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VOL. XXXIV.
GASTONLA, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON', JINK , 1913.
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SHORT LOCAL HEMS HUGH LONG VINDICATED WANTS CLEANER TOWN GASTON MAY ORGANIZE
FINALS AT UNIVERSITY NEWS OF THE COUNTY
IHE MOVEMENTS OF 6AST0N PEOPLE
THE JURY'S VERDICT IS NOT GUILTY
JUST FREIGHT RATE ASSOCIATION
VICE-PRESIDENT T. R. MARSHALL SPEAKS
LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Personal Items About Gaston Folkj
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Things That Ar
of Interest to Gazette Reader!
Condensed for Their Oonvenienc
Once more swat that fly.
Read Belk's page advertise
ment In this issue.
Blackberries will son be on the
market.
Miss Mary Wilson left yesterday
afternoon for a visit to friends at
Kings Mountain.
Mr. Francis Whitesldes is at
home for the summer from Trinty
College.
Mrs. H. L. Wright, of Clover,
was among the out-of-town visitors
here Wednesday.
Mrs. H. B. Stowe, of Belmont,
and Miss Hattie Stowe of New Hope,
-were visitors in town yesterday.
Mr. J. P. Stowe. ofBelniont, was
a business visitor in Gastonia yes
terday. Thomson's closes now at 0:30
every evening in the week except
Saturday.
Mrs. Coit M. Robinson, of Hal
las, leaves the first of next week Tor
;reenville, S. C. to visit relatives.
Mrs. Fred M. Howell returned
liome yesterday after a brief visit to
homefolks at Bowling (Jreen.
Dr. and Mrs. J. K. Anthony, of
Kings Mountain, were visitors in
Gastonia yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Crawford,
of route one, were in town yester
day. Mr. Otis Lineberger arrived at
home a few days ago from Louis
ville, where he has been a studenr
5n a dental college.
Miss Susie Hoffman, of Fay
ettevllle, arrived in the city yester
day to visit Mrs. .1. Lean Adams
and Mrs. E. W. Gilliam.
Among the new advertisements
in today's Gazette are those or
Claremont College, at Hickory, and
Peace Institute, Raleigh.
Gastonla !xdgo No. T.fiO A. F.
and A. M. will hold regular com
munication tonight and do work in
the third degree.
Col. and Mr T. L. Craig wore
visitors in Chaiiutte Wednesday, be
ing the guests of Colonel CraU
toiler, Mrs. K W. Mellon.
Mr. Hugh A. Query, assistant
editor of The Gazette, returned yes
terday from i ' lisiness trip to Co
lumbia, S. C.
Spartanburg Journal, ."th: Miss
Lois Torrence. of Converse College,
left Monday for Rock Hill, where
she will attend the commencement
dance.
Mr. Raymond Fnderwood. or
Chicago, arrived in Gastonla Tues
day on a visit to his brother, Mr.
John Underwood, and other rela
tives. There will bf regular service
at St. Michael's Catholic church on
Sunday. June Stn. at 10:30 a. in. ty
the pastor, Rev. Fr. Melchoir, (). .S.
U.
Esq. W. Meek Adams, justice of
the peace and notary public, has
moved his office to one of the rooms
upstairs over the Klite grocery store,
opposite the postofflce.
Misses Euphemia and Bessie
Robinson will leave tomorrow morn
ing for Asheville to attend the com
mencement exercises of the Normal
and Collegiate Institute.
Mrs. J. D. Lindsay has returned
from Spartanburg, S. C. wher she
spent some time with her daughter,
Mrs.x Ij. D. Profitt. She was accom
panied home by Mr. Proffltt and
children.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Guy, of An
derson, S. C, have been the guests
for the past week of their daughter,
Mrs. T. C. Qulckel. They left this
morning for Danville, Va., to visit
their son, Mr. J. A. Guy.
Friends of Mrs. C. .7. Huss, of
Bessemer City, will regret to learn
that she is quite seriously ill. She
will probably go to Johns Hopkins
hospital in Baltimore for an opera
tion. Mrs. Bradley Holland and sons,
Sam and Ned, left Wednesday Tor
Mecklenburg county to spend a few
days with her father. Mr. S. M.
Monteomery. They will return hinie
the firat of next week.
Mrs. J. W. Tlmberlake and lit
tle daughter. Virginia Winston, left
on No. 3 6 Wednesday morning for
an extended visit to friends and rel
atives at Charlottesville and Stras
feurg, Va.
Mr. E. Ralph Rankin, of Gas
tonla, who received his bachelor's
degree at the University at the re
rent commencement, received an ap
pointment as an instructor in the
department of education for next
year.
Misses Georgia Connelly. Emma
Cornwell, Stella Lewis and Emma
Holland left on No. 38 last night
for Baltimore, Washington. Phila
delphia and New York. They will
be absent from the city about ten
days.
Mr. C. K. Marshall and family
have moved from the J. W. Moore
residence- on South street to the old
Grler Love house on Oakland street.
Mr. George F. Hovis has moved In
to the house vacated by Mr. Mar
shall and Mr. J. R. Jenkins has
moved into the residence vacated by
yir. Hovls.
Case of Former Gastonlan on Trial
for Killing Pickens Gunter Creat
ing Much Interest Throughout
State Proves Good Character
Jury Acquitted Him Without
Leaving Box.
The trial of Mr. Hugh Long, for
merly editor of The Gastonia News,
for the killing of Pickens Gunter at
Wagener, S. C, last fall, now being
conducted in Aiken. S. C, is the oc
casion of much interest in South
Carolina. Mayor C. B. Armstrong
returned yesterday from Aiken
where he went as a character wit
ness for Ixng.
The following from yesterday's
Charlotte Observer under an Aiken
date-line throws more light on tne
case:
"Witnesses for Hugh Long. Rep
resentative from Aiken county in
the South Carolina Legislature, who
is on trial here charged with tbe
killing of Pickens N. Gunter, a
banker at Wagener, last fall, testi
fied today that during bis campaign
j Gunter had threatened tbe life of
Long, u the latter were elected to
the Legislature.
"The defense also introduced wit
nesses who testified that during t lie
political campaign last summer Gun
ter followed Long over the county
and on one occasion attempted to
gather a crowd in Interrupt Ixmg
when he should make his speech.
"Physicians who examined Ixing
after be was brought to jail, follow
ing the killing of Gunter. testified
that Long bore several wounds on
tbe bead and throat. Ir. W. P.
Houston, of Monroe. N. ".. a brotn
er of Secretary of Agriculture Hous
ton, and several other citizens of
North Carolina testified that I,onc
had borne a good reputation for
peace and order in his home county.
"Attorneys for Long announced
tonight that Ix)iig will tomorrow
morning take the stand and tell of
the circumstances surrounding the
Killing of Gunter. It is regarded as
unlikely, however, that the case will
go to the jury before the end of the
week.
"This afternoon W. V. Jones, who
acted as mayor of Wagener during
Long's absence, testified that threats
made by Gunter and otners caused
him to employ special policemen To
preserve the peace. This witness
also said that he advised Long by
letter not to return to Wagener."
LONG VINDICATED.
Since the above was written, a
telegram reading as follows has
been received by Mayor C. B. Arm
st rong :
"Aiken. S. ('., June ."i.
Mr. C. B. Armstrong.
Gastonia, N. C.
"Completely vindicated. Jury
never left seats. No attorneys
spoke."
"Ht'CH I)NG."
This will be welcome news to Gas
tonians and especially so to those
who knew Mr. Long. As shown in
the telegram the fact that the jury
never left their seats and that no
attorneys spoke shows the complete
ness of Mr. Long's vindication. The
case has been watched with interest
in Gastonla and this happy termin
ation of the affair is pleasing to all.
DIES AT 0:2.
Mrs. Lavlna Tritt Parses Away ar
Advanced Age Rom nnd Reared
In Gaston Leaves Many Descend
ants. Mrs. Lavina Tritt died Tuesday
night at the home of her son,, Mr.
Joe Tritt, on Crouse. route one, near
Lander's Chapel, following a brier
illness. She was nearly 9 2 years
old. having been born October 22,
1821. in this county. Until recently
she was fairly active for one of her
years. Death was due to infirmi
ties incident to advancing years.
Funeral services were held Wed
nesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
Lander's Chapel by the pastor and
interment was made in the ceme
tery at that place. She joined tne
Methodist church about 16 years
ago.
Surviving are four children,
Messrs. Ephraim. Joe and Jake Tritt
and Miss Fannie Tritt, all of this
county. She also leaves 1." grand
children and 25 great-grandchildren,
a half-brother and a half-sister.
Her husband has been dead'40
years or more.
REV. MR. ASHBY LEAVES.
Pastor Lutheran Church to Relin
quish Charge on Account of
Wife's Healtti Much Regret Felt.
The many friends of Rev. and
Mrs. M. A. Ashby will regret to
learn that they are soon to leave
Gastonia. The failing health of
Mrs. Ashby necessitates the change.
They leave Monday for their former
home, Shenandoah. Va.. where they
remain until later in the summer.
About the first of August It is their
Intention to leave for Phoenix, Ari
zona. This announcement will bring re
gret to all Gastonians and especially
to members of the Lutheran denom
ination. Coming here several months
ago from Virginia Rev. and Mrs.
Askby have endeared themselves to
all tbelr friends and acqnalntances
whose earnest wish is that Mrs.
Ashby may be speedily restored to
health. x
PUT BAN ON ALL SURFACE CLOSETS
Progressive Citizen Favors Great
White Way But Believes in Start
ing at Bottom Would Abolish
Surface Closets and Pig Pens nnrt
Have Regular Collection of Garb
age Makes Good Suggestions.
To the Editor of The Gazette:
With your kind iiermission I wish
to call the attention of our citizens,
more especially our city council, to
a few evils in our city that need at
tention at once.
Now that we are at the beginning
of our hot weather season, would It
not be wise for the city fathers to
attend to a few things that menace
the health of our city. Surface
clotets ought to be removed where
ever sewerage mains have been lain.
It should not be a question left to
the house-owners whether they want
it done, but it. should be a law that
they must Install water closets
within a given time or be heavily
fined that's the way It's done in
other towns and the very best time
to do this is now before the side
walks are laid. Well do I remem
ber when my home town. Washing
ton, D. C had surface closets In tne
very heart of the town, but as fast
as the seweraee mains were laid
water closets had to be Installed -It
was the law. I remember that many
were put out in the back yards be
cause it was much cheaper than to
build thetn in the house. Abolisn
surface closets and you will not on
ly add to the health of our town
but to Its revenue, with very little
additional expense to the town. And
right here let me say, the town is
loosing other revenue. In the busi
ness section of Gastonia there are n
number of buildings that have no
water closets and its occupants have
to use those in other buildings.
This Is an imposition on some one
and the town Is loosing revenue that
rightfully belongs to it. Investigate
this and make it a law that every
building must be provided with clos
ets of Its own. Other towns have
such a law, why not we?
Another evil that presents Itseir
Is the pig pens. They ought to be
removed from Inside the city limits,
at least within the old city limits,
for a pig ien at its very best is un
clean, unsanitary and very offensive.
Cow and horse stables and lots
should be put under strict sanitary
regulations.
The citv ouirht to collect all gar
bage not less than twice a week and
oftener during the slimmer months.
What to do with the kitchen gar
bage is a nrohlem that confronts ev
ery housekeeper. Some just throw
it out In the back lots where it
slowly decays, spreading unsanitary
odors and flies over the neiehbor
hood. Others have darkies call for
it w ho get It for their pigs he usu
ally takes only the solids and pours
the liquid out In your yard, which
is l"t as bad.
We make a big fuss to "swat the
fly" and to "exterminate the mos
auito" and all the while breeding a
thousand in our back yards for ev
ery one we "swat." Now the house
keeper alone trv as she will enn
not keep tn nre"iises sanitary wifn
out the aid of the city authorities.
M- mmnving the garbage at regular
Intervals.
There are other things that
need, hut the above will do to stnrr
on. We need an inspector of milk,
meats, fruits and other foodsh'fs
that easilv snoil in hot weather. We
need an Inspector of weights and
measures so that we will get a
nound of butter that, weighs 1 fi or,.
instead of 12 to 14 oz. as it does
now, or a cord of wood that will
measure a cord Instead of 3-4 or
7-S of a cord, but I will sneak of
these and other things some other
time.
Theiv has been a good deal of
talk of a "Great White Way" and
other improvements for Main street
of our city. 1 am heartily in favor
of all this, as I am a progressive In
anything that will make our HttTe
My get nearer to the top of the lad
der and make It stand out as a city
among cities, but 1 believe In be
ginning at the bottom and going up.
What we need first is cleanliness
and health, then beauty. When we
have these, we will have a combina
tion hard to beat. Just as well nut
a new suit of clothes on a man wlen
in reality a bath, a shave and clean
linen would do him more eood. It's
the same with our city. Let us be
clean In our backyards, alleys and
by-ways as well as on Main street.
1 hope our city fathers 111 take
these suggestions In the same friend
ly spirit in which they are given an1
remedy these evils: it's In the!:
power to do so. if they will. 1
would like, to hear the opinion of
other citizens. Iet's start this thing
g.ing and keep It up until we have
the cleanest, healthiest and most
progressive city in the State of
Ncrth Carolina.
L. F. WETZELL.
WILSOX-GEXTRY
MARRIAGE.
From Wednesday's Spartanburg
Journal It is learned that Mr. T. L.
Wilson, an instructor In the Wor
ford Fitting School, and a son or
Mr. J. J. Wilson, of Crowders CreeK,
was married to Miss Eunice Gentry,
of Falrforest, S. C, Jast Wednesday.
The conple after a honeymoon trip
Xortb will make their home In
Spartanburg.
Mayor B. Armstrong and Other
Prominent Business Men in Re
ipt of Letter from President F.
. lute, of High Point, CaRnig
for Gaston County's Organization
in the Just Freight Bate Fight
Time for Gastonians to Get Busy
Mayor C. B. Armstrong and other
prominent business men of tbe
town today received the appended
letter from Mayor Fred N. Tate, of
high Point, president of the Nortn
Carolina Just Freight Rate Associa
tion, calling on Gastonla and Gas
ton county to fall in line in the
great fight being made in the State
against discriminatory freight rateB.
The letter follows:
"High Point. June 3.
"Mayor C. B. Armstrong et al,
"Gastonia, N. C.
"Gentlemen :
"I am just a little disappointed
that Gastonia has not yet organized
its Gaston County Branch of the
Just Freight Rate Association, but
of course presume you have good
reasons for not doing so up to the
present.
"As the counties all over the
State, however, are taking greaT
deal of interest in the matter and a
number of splendid branch organi
zations have been formed. I am
writing each of you gentlemen with
the hope that you can immediately
get together and arrange for a good
strong meeting and organize this
week if possible. If this Is Imprac
ticable, then just as early next
week as you can arrange to do so.
"In this connection. I would be
glad to have you secure any of your
Charlotte friends, such as Mr. Jus
tice. Mr. Dowd, Mr. Preston and Mr.
Foreman to go over and assist you
in your meeting, provided you care
to have any outside help. These
gentlemen will gladly do their duty
in this respect and I sincerely hope
that without further delay, we may
get Gaston county in line to help
carry on the fight.
"Mr. Hubert Rainsaur, the State
Organizer, will not be able to reacn
your town for several days, as he Is
hard at work on the organization of
other counties just at this time, so
that I hope you will not delay your
meeting on that account, as we are
extremely anxious to, so far as pos
sible, complete the entire organiza
tion of the principal counties at
least, by the 1 "ith of this month.
"I am inclosing additional copies
of my last circular letter, together
with a few suggestions which may
be of interest to you along this line.
"Trusting to hear favorably from
you within the next few days and
assuring you of my great desire to
see this vexatious question settled to
the satisfaction of every commuulty
In our State. I beg to remain,
"Yours truly,
FRED N. TATE,
"President."
The above should be sufficient to
inspire the Gastonia merchants to
immediate action. Gastonia Is as
much affected by the discrimina
tions of the railway companies as rs
any town in the State. It Is to be
hoped that when Mr. Ramsaur, tne
State Organizer, reaches Gastonla he
will find conditions ripe for an Im
mediate and effective organization.
Marriage Licenses.
Since our last list was published
the following marriage licenses
have been issued from the office of
the register of deeds:
Holbert H. Acker, of Anderson, S.
C and Florence Moore, of Dallas.
Robert Brandon and Mary Craig,
of the New Hope section.
O. E. Caruthers and Lida Mae
Spake, of Gastonia. '
L. B. Hoffman and Ethel Cox, or
Gastonia.
J. J. Huffstickler, of Kings Moun
tain, and Eugenia Houser, of Cher
ry ville.
Jesse Holmes and Lula Brymer,
of McAdenville.
E. A. Riser, of Gaffney. S. C, and
Kate Ixiis Wiley, of Bessemer City.
Dan F. Little, of Monroe, and Ma
bel Mcintosh, of Stanley.
W. M. Mauney and Mrs. Alice
Ifaas, of Gastonia.
!i L. MiGinnas and Maggie Ham,
o'i" Kings Mounlr.'n.
A. F. McNeill, of Charlotte, and
Vtirsaiet Hagler, of Columbus, O.
Ktnneth C. Mcleod, of Timmons
v !!e S. ('., and Bessie Grice, of Gas
'(nia. Murry Parham and Essie T..
Wood, of Gastonia.
W H. Parker and Rebecca Stroup
i f Gastonia.
V. illiam Shives and Mary Mar
shall, of Gastonia.
H. L. Smith and Jennie May Hir,
oT Vount Holly.
J W. Weir and Rosalind Beattie.
of Kings Mountain.
W. P. Williams and Sarah Ross,
o. Cherryville.
Miss Ora Glenn left this morn
ing for Black Mountain to attend
the Blue Ridge Missionary Conven
tion. After spending ten days there
Miss Glenn will go to Banner Elk,
where she will teach during the
summer.
.Mr. D. L. Glenn, son and daugh
leave today to spend a month or
more with Mr. L. B. Brown, of York
ville, route eight.
Executors and administrators of
estates who want the largest number
of people to see their advertisements
should place them Im The Gazette.
Students of State University Bear
Vice-President Thomas B. Mar
shall President Venahle to Take
a Best During Bis Year's Leave
of Absence Dean E. K. Graham
Will Act as President.
The following extract from an ex
haustive account of the I'nlversity
commencement in yesterday's Char
lotte Observer will be of interest to
all the old students of the Univer
sity residing in Gaston as well as to
the friends of that institution in
general :
TJiomas Riley Marshall, the
Hoosier Vice-President of the I'nlted
States, today lent the prestige of his
presence, the potency of his unique
personality and the concentrated es
benie of his political and social phil
osophy to make historic the one hun
dred and eighteenth commencement
of the I'nlversity of North Carolina.
It was Mr. Marshall's day As lie
rose to 6eak. the great .audience
which filled spacious Memorial llai:
tosc also In a spontaneous tribute,
n the course of his address and eo
pedally ac its conclusion he waj
heartily applauded and then as lr&
crowning recognition of his achieve
ments in the realm of Statecraft tho
I'nlversity conferred upon him it
coveted degree. Doctor of Laws.
Dr. C. Alfonso Smith of the faculty
of the I'nlversity of Virginia was
similarly honored. both presenta
tions being made by Dr. Charles Lee
Raper.
An announcement of unusual In
terest was made by Doctor Venabi
to tbe efi'rrt that he had ben grant
ed a year's ieave of absence and tbat
Dean Edward Kidder Graham will
act ii: his stead. This came as an
entire turpriso to almost everyone,
including Ihe great majority of the
faculty. The strain of his strenuous
duties for the past dozen years anl
more has become so keen that Doc
tor Wn.ible felt a rest to be abso
lutely iieiessary and Dean Graham
is next in succession.
.V) pi ' son of less distinction than
Mr. Ma: -ball albeit In the words o:
Anrony, "a plain, blunt man '--
ould thus have borne off the honors
of a commencement of signal bril
liance at which no less thnn !IS de
grees were conferred. Of these 7 7
were given to undergraduates In tne
academic department, four In law,
ll.ree in pharmacy and 12 were mas
ter' degrees.
The coming of the Vice President
drew to Chapel Hill one of the larg
est gatherings of recent years, peo
pling the campus with a varied pop
ulation, which first viewed the Im
posing academic procession which
marched from the Alumni building
to Memorial Hall.
First, came the I'nlversity orches
tra, then the nearly Kit) candidates
for degrees, each Ixdng clad In black
cap and gown. As the steps of Me
morial Hall were reached, these un
dergraduates halted and formed an
aisle through which the others pass
ed. As Vice ('resident Marshall witn
President Venahle entered this lane,
Mr. Marshall being also clad in acad
emlc costume, every senior removed
his cap as a salute, and as the sev
eral score professors and hundred
or more trustees and alumni reach
ed this point they, too, uncovered.
Those who, mindful of his New
York sveech, had expected him to
make some sensational utterance,
were disappointed, unless It be sen
sational to declare profound relig
ious beliefs, for the note of religion
ho frequently sounded. And, by the
way, surely, it Is rare self-restraint
in a representative of a Charlotte
newspaper to delay thus long to
chronicle the fact that he referred
In terms of praise amid applause, to
the Mecklenburg Declaration of In
dejvendence. Placing his right hand upon a
pulpit desk and his left on a neartiy
table, he spoke for 1." minutes with
out a gesture. Then he warmed to
his subject and from that point used
his right arm many times to drive
home his points. After the first few
minutes he spoke to the accompani
ment of a downpour of rain on the
roof overhead and rumbling thun
der. This opposition by nature's
artillery may have aided to stir him
to greater effort, and yet the recep
tion accorded him had been In it
self of sufficient warmth to elicit
his best work.
The Vice President spoke for ex
actly 50 minutes, beginning at 11:-
10 and closing at 12:09. He had
no written speech and only occas
ionally consulted his notes, except
for the last hundred words or so
which he read from his cardboard
memorandum. A moment after he
had concluded Dr. Kemp Plummer
Battle, the aged but youthful nes
tor of North Carolitia scholars.
teachers, lawyers and statesmen, aa
vanced across the platform and
shook the Vice President's hand,
whereat the big audience clapped
loudly. Mr. Marshall spent only a
few hours here, arriving this morn
ing by automobile from Durham and
departing when the exercises were
over.
Death at Mod en a.
Mrs. Lizzie Seism, wife of J. F.
Seism, died Wednesday evening at
7:20 o'clock at her home near the
Modena Mill. Death was' due to
pellagra. Mrs. Seism was 4 6 years
old and Is survived by her husband
and several children. Tbe body was
taken this morning to Laboratory
for Interment
Xewsy letters from Gazette Corree
pendents Here and There Over
Good Old Gaston What OuX
Neighbors Are Doing In the Var
ious Sections of the County Per
sonal Mention of People Yon
Know and Some You Iton't Know.
Cherryville Chat.
Young Robinson Recovering From
Bis Injuries Postofflce Moved
Personals and I-ioeals.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
CHERRYVILLE, June 5th.
hcrc will be held In the Methodist
church Sunday night a rally and
children's service by the children of
tbe Sunday school.
Rev. C. M. Robinson, pastor of
the Baptist church returned from
Shelby this morning bringing his
son, Conley, back who was carried
theie five weeks ago for a very seri
ous operation. The people of
I'lurryvllle are highly elated over
the success of Dr. Shoemaker and
the Shelby hospital In handling this
very serious and complicated case.
It will be recalled that young Rob
inson was blown up at the hands of
another boy In the Melville Manu
facturing Company with an air pres
sure instrument used in cleaning
electric motors, the force of the' gas
or wind busrting the Intestines In
several places.
Miss Maude Rudlslll Is able to be
out again after being confined to her
room for the past several days suf
fering from a nervousness.
Prof. Joe Nixon and Mr. Hampton
Chllds, of Llncolnton, sjient Monday
in town.
Mr. D. S. Thornburg, postmaster,
moved the office yesterday from the
Morrison building where It has been
for the past four years, Into the Rn-dlslll-Ilouser
building next door to
J. II. Rudlslll & Company.
Mr. J. II. Rudlslll Is spending this
week In Georgia looking after his
lumber Interests and helping Install
some needed machinery.
Mr. D. E. Beam Is erecting a nice
dwelling on Depot street on the lot
where one of his two-story dwell
ings was burned about four years
ago.
Master Curtis Falls, son of Ttr.
Falls, of Laurlnburg, will spend the
summer with his sisters, Mrs. H. M.
Houser, of Shelby, and Mrs. E. E.
McDowell, of this place.
Mr. Orland Davis, 1io has been
with the Cherryville Drug Company
for some time, has accepted a posi
tion with John M. Scott Co., and
left this week to enter upon his du
ties. Conley Houser. RalpH Mitchell
and the colored shoe shine boy of
Moss Bros, barber shop, each about
1 r years of age. were before Mayor
Houser last night on the charge of
assault and battery. Houser and
Mitchell were each taxed $1 and the
costs and the colored boy was set
free.
Mr. Charles L. SIgmon has ac
cepted the position as night over
seer of the Melville Mfg. Co.
Prof, and Mrs. Stlrewalt, of HIcK
ory, were the guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Mauney.
Messrs. J. S. P. Carpenter and M.
L. Mauney will leave Monday for
Winston-Salem to attend the meet
ing of the Grand Lodge of Pythlans.
Mr. Carpenter Is deputy of this, the
eleventh district, and Mr. Mauney
goes as the representative of Cher
ryville Lodge, No. 17 4. They are
thlnklntr of making the trip In Mr.
Mauney's auto.
MISS CBR KITBE BG
TO BE MARRIED.
The many friends In Gastonla of
Miss Anna Chreitzberg will be inter
ested to know that she Is soon to be
married. She spent several years
here while her father was pastor of
Main Street Methodist Church and
later frequently visited in the city
as the guest of her sister, Mrs. L. L.
Hardin, now of Columbia, S. C.
Wednesday's Charlotte News has
the following to say of the approach
ing event :
"Of pronounced local interest In
social and educational circles will be
the announcement of the approach
ing marriage of Mr. Pierce Wyene,
of this city and Miss Anna Chreitz
berg of Spartanburg, the marriage to
take place a fortnight from tonight
June 1Rth. at the home of the
bride's mother, Mrs. H. C. Chreitz
berg.' The bride-elect Is the young
est daughter of the late Rev. Dr.
Chreitzberg, pastor for four years
of Tryon Street Methodist church,
and one of the ablest divines of the
Methodist ministry. She is highly
Intellectual, charmingly refined,
sweet, attractive and is loved by all
of her father's parishioners here and
elsewhere. Mr. Wyche, a son of Mr.
and Mrs. F. P. Wyche of this city,
the former principal of the hign
school, has for several years been
principal of the South school. He Is
a college graduate, a young man of
splendid ability, and as an Instruct
or has few equals In the state. To
Intellectuality of a high order he
adds fine traits of character which,
make him strong friends and admir
ers. His marriage will be an event
of wide social note. Mr. Wyche)
was graduated from Wofford College
He Is to return there as principal of
the fitting school the preparatory
school. J