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'VOL. XXXIV.
GASTONLA, N. Cf FRIDAY AFTEKNOON, JUXE 20, 1913.
NO. 4ft.
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
SPURNS MILLION GIFT
LATEST EVENTS IN GASTONIA'S SOCIAL CIRCLES
RECORD OF LOCAL SOCIETY HAPPENINGS ANO D0IN6S OF 6ENERAL INTEREST
YEGGS III CHARLOTTE
THE MOVEMENTS OF 6AST0N PEOPLE
Personal Items About Gaston Folk
and their Friends Short Item
About People and Things That Ar
of Interest to Gazette Reader
Condensed for ThH Convenience
Rev. R. A. Miller and wife led
Wednesday morning for Rock Hill.
S. C, to visit for a few days.
Miss Sarah Hoffman, of Dallas.
Is visiting Miss Clara Patrick In trie
Union section.
Miss Delia Stamey, of Fallston.
Is the guest of Mrs. D. A. Cline for
a few days.
Mrs. G. R. Patrick and daugh
ter. Miss Clara, of the Union sec
tion, were visitors here -Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Fayssoux
liave moved to Hamlet where Mr.
Fayssoux Is engaged In the Insur
ance business.
Mesdames John M. Smith am:
Pressly, of Clover, were among the
out-of-town shoppers in Gastonta
yesterday.
Mr. D. H. Cox, of Lowell, deal
er In building material of all kinds,
has an advertisement on page two
of this issue of The Gazette.
At St. Mary's College, Belmont,
the late service on Sundays' during
June. July and August will be at 9
Instead of 10 o'clock.
Mr. Joe Holland, of Liberty. ?.
C, arrived in the city Wednesday to
spend a few days here as the suest
of his brother, Mr. J. Mack Holland.
Mrs. R. C. Warren returned
yesterday from Shelby where she
has been since the death of her
father, C'apt. S. A. Hoey.
Mrs. A. C. Williamson, of Mon
treal, formerly of C.astonia. is visit
ing Mrs. C. E. Adams at her home
on South Broad street.
Miss Columbia Kelly left yes
terday for Charlotte to visit Miss Su
sie Hutchison for a few days before
returning to her home in Salem, Va.
M8. William Ix)wrance Gatlin
and son, W. L., Jr., and Mit-s Irene
Davis, of Texarkana, Ark., ere visit
ing Mrs. A. F. Whltesides.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Stanton and
Misses Bertha and Hester Jackson,
of the Bethel section, were in town
yesterday, coming up in Mr. Stan
ton's auto.
Messrs. W. X. Davis. Grady
Rankin, J. W. Carroll and .1 W.
Walters were visitors to Shelhy
Tuesday night, attending a meeting
of the Royal Arch Masons.
Work in the actual laying of
concrete has been begun ;: East
Main avenue near Mr. Love Davis'
residence and continuing down Mam
street into Broad. The A. H. Gulon
Co.. of Charlotte, has the contract
and is pushing the work rapidly.
Work on the Presbyterian
church annex has begun. Hook &
Rogers, architects, have a force of
hands excavating for the new Sun
day school room and the other re
pairs and extensions will soon be
under way.
The Gazette is requested to
state that there will be regular ser
vices at St. Michael's Catholic
church Sunday, the 22nd, at 10:30
a. m., consisting of holy mass, ser
mon and holy communion. fol'oweo"
by benediction with the most bless
ed sacrament.
Dr. and Mrs. O. P. Rhyne ar
rived In the city Wednesday night
from Baltimore and will spend some
time with the former's parents. Mr.
nnd Mrs. Peter S. Rhyne, on route
two. Dr. Rhyne held a fellowship
during the past year at John Hop
kins University and received his de
gree as a Doctor of Philosothy at
the recent commencement of that
institution. Dr. Rhyne specialized
in his graduate work In German and
Germanics and has been elected to
a position as instructor in these
hranches at the University cf Nortn
Carolina for the coming year.
Schneider's Rig Sale.
H. Schneider, the well-known
Main street merchant, has a big
Mid-Summer Clearance Sale on. It
began with a rush Wednesday morn
ing. and will continue for 16 days,
closing Saturday evening, J'lly ."tn.
Mr. Schneider had a page ad full of
enticing bargains in Tuesday's Ga
zette. If you didn't read it look up
your paper and go through It. You'll
find bargains in many lines cf goons
listed.
WARREX-BRVAX WEDDING
SKX1 WEDNESDAY.
At the home of the bride's motn
c. Mrs. Ellen Bryan, in Ru-a
Square, Northampton county, ni
Wednesday raorn ug at 8:30 o'cl:
Mr. W, Y. Warrcii, of Gastonia, pim
Miss Eunice Bryan will be marr el.
The ceremony will be performed by
Rev. B. C. Tbompjon. of Goldsboro,
a former pastor cf the bride. Mr.
Warren will leave Gastonia on No.
1? Monday afternoon and will b.
accompanied by Aib&rs. H. B. Purs
ley, R. 3. Lougjridge. J. W. F.ii:s
aud Ernest Warren. The only at
tendants will be Mr. Pursley as beer
man and Miss Minnie Bryan, sister
of the Wide, maid of honor. Shortly
after the ceremony Mr. and ' Mrs.
Warren will leave Rich Square Tor
Gastonia and will arrive here Wed
nesday nighty on No. 43. On- the
following Friday they-will leave for
-points in the mountains where they
will spend their honeymoon.
BISHOP CANDLER SCORES CARNEGIE
Offer of $1,000,000 to Vanderbilt
University Shrewd Move to Con
trol, Says Methodist Bishop lie
Urges Denomination to Refuse
Proffered Donation from Iron
Master;
The following Associated Pss
dispatch from Atlanta to yesterday
morning's papers will be of interest
to many Gazette readers, especially
such as are Methodists:
Charges that the recently an
nounced gift of $1,000,000 by An
drew Carnegie to the Vanderbilt
University at Nashville, "is not a
donation, but a snrewa attempt to
get control or part of the University
property," and that the retired iron
master is "dangling ' money before
the public wfth the purpose of In
fluencing litigation pending over tne
University," are made In a state
ment given out here today by Bishop
W. A. Candler, of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South'. Bishop
Candler characterizes Mr. Carne-
I gle's offer of a donatfon to the Uni
versity to establish a medical school,
as an "impudent proposal of an ag
nostic steel nioMgei." and "not so
I much a donation as an ;' tempt to
denature the institution."
"This loud heralded gift." Bishop
Candler's statement recites, "on
close inspection of its terms, appenis
to be no gift at all, but a shrewd at
tempt to get control or a part of tne.
property of Vanderbilt University !n
oHer to set up a medical sehoo
i'ashioned according to the pecuilj'
Uleat. of Mr. Catnegie.
BELONGS TO CHURCH.
"Vanderbilt University belongs to
the Methodist Episcopal Churcn.
South. The Church's ownership
having been denied, suit was brought
some time ago to settle the question,
and the Chancery- Court decided ev
ery point in the Church's ravor.
From that decision an appeal was
taken and is now pending In
Supreme Court of Tennessee.
"To this Mr. Carnegie makes
1 ision in his letter, putting his
tne
at-of-
fer In such relation to this suit as to
make it tantamount to dangling
money before the public with the
purpose of Influencing this case."
Bishop Candler quotes Mr. Car
negie's letter in which the latter
stales his objections to denomina
tional control of colleges and uni
versities and imposes conditions on
hi? donation consequent upon deter
mination of the question of denom
inational control of the University.
"The dullest mind can see," con
tinued the Bishop's statement, "that
Carnegie does not propose to give a
penny to the Vanderbilt University,
hut dismember from it one of its de
partments, worth about $500,000.
"It appears also that the Episco
palians see In this affair an effort to
defeat the proposed medical depart
ment of the University of the Foutn.
If they are correct In their opinion,
Vr. Carnegie is proposing at one
b'.ow to destroy the medical school
of the Episcopalians, and denature
the medical school of the Methodists
and raise on the ruins of both a
Carnegieized establishment of his
own image and likeness."
Ross Enters Protest.
Nashville. Tenn., June IX. Bish
op E. E. floss of the College of
Bishops of the Southern Methodist
Church, which will take action Fri
day on the protest of four members
of the Vanderbilt University Board
of Trust relative to accepting An
drew Carnegie's gift to the medical
department of $1,000,000, today
published the protest. The four
trustees question the board's right
to accept the conditions attached:
question the fairness of the proposi
tion toward Carnegie, with suit pend
Ing contesting the riehts of tne
Board of Trust, and allege that this
is In fact giving away a department
of the University. Bishop Hoss In a
statement specifies two serious ob
jections: (1) "The University does not
get a dollsr but gives away its mefl
ical department to a new governing
board without restrictions."
(2) "Mr. Carnegie makes no
promise to give the $800,000 as en
dowment unless the trustees succeed
in eliminating the Church."
Dr. Robert S. Young, one of Con
cord's most prominent physicians,
died suddenly at Landls Wednesday
about 11:30 a. m. while en route
from Concord to Salisbury In his au
tomobile. Dr. Young had been . tn
bad health for several months but
since he underwent an operation at
Baltimore some time ago he had Im
proved sufficiently to resume hts
large practice. In addition to being
the dean of the medical profession
of Concord and prominent in the
profession in the State, he was close
ly identified with politics and all
public movements. He was for a
number of years chairman of the
county Democratic executive com
mittee of Cabarrus county and was
a delegate to the Democratic nation
al convention at Baltimore last sum
mer. He belonged to a number or
medical associations and other or
ganizations. Mrs. Weaver Dead. ,
Mrs. Bertha Weaver died yester
day at her home 84 Loray street.
Death was due to chronic dysentery.
The funeral services were held this
afternoon at 3 o'clock by Rev. J. D.
Moose and interment was In the Lo
ray cemetery.
Rev. and Mrs. J. K. Abernethy Cele
brate Twentieth Wedding Anni
versary Wehner-Jenkins Mar
riage in Charlotte 'Chreitzberg
Wyche Wedding in Spartanburg
Music Recital Surprise Marriage
Shower for Miss Iiong Music
Club Meeting.
PORCH PARTY FOR
VISITING YOUNG LADIES.
Complimentary to her house
guest. Miss Iottie Mae Hendricks, of
Shelby, and Miss Mildred Butt, of
Charlotte, and Miss Llda Brooks, of
Texas, the house-guests of Mtss
Katherine Mason, Mrs. W. J. Clif
ford entertained with a delightful
porch party yesterday morning from
10 to 12 o'clock at her home on
South Marietta street. There were
present twenty guests. Trail was
played, following which a salad
course was served. Misses Annie
Clifford and Miss Ruth Mason as
sisting in the ferving. Potted plants
and nasturtiums were effectively us
ed In decorating. A pleasing feat
ure of the occasion was th music
which was furnished by Miss Lucy
lioyi e.
S ETZK R-I I A 1 1 V I : V WEDDING
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
Mr. James W. Setzer and Miss
Eva' Harvey were quietly married
Wednesday afternoon at the home of
the bride's parents. Mr. and Mrs. G.
E. Harvey, of East Main avenue,
the ceremony being pronounced in
the presence of onry a few friends
and relatives by Rev. W. C. Barrett,
pastor of the First Baptist church.
The bride is the fourth and young
est daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Har
vey, who formerly lived at High
Shoals, but have been conducting
the Gastonia Inn for the past year
or more. The groom also formerly
lived at High Shoals, but has been
for a year or more in the employ of
the Gastonia Garage Co. Both have
many friends to whom the news of
their marriage will be of special in
terest. Wednesday was also Mr.
Harvey's fiftieth birthday anniver
sary. Mr. and Mrs. Setzer will go to
housekeeping at once in a residence
on North Oakland street.
BLACK-HERMAN
INVITATIONS ISSUER.
Cards reading as follows have been
issued :
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Herman
request the honor of your presence
at the marriage of their daughter
Ada Mae
to
Mr. Benjamin Harrison Black
on Thursday morning the twenty
sixth of June
One thousand nine hundred and
thirteen
at eight o'clock
at home
Stanley, North Carolina.
Miss Herman is the fourth daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Herman and
was for four years bookkeeper for
the firm of C. H. Robinson & Co., of
Charlotte, but recently held a posi
tion as stenographer with the Tex
tile Mill Supply Co. She .Is a young
lady of charming personality and
during her stay in Charlotte won
many friends.
Mr. Black is the second son of
Col. and, Mrs. T. J. Black, of Char
lotte. He is an experienced press
man and at present holds a respon
sible position with the Williams
Printing Co., of Augusta, Ga.
DELIGHTFUL DANCE
AT RIVERSIDE. .
The second dance of the season
given last Tuesday night at River
side Park, Mount Holly, by the Gas
tonia Cotillion Club was a thorough
ly delightful affair. Dancing began
at 9 o'clock and continued until 11.
Orchestrion music was furnished.
About 20 couples were on the floor.
Those dancing were: Mr. Fred
Wetzell with Miss Lyda Brooks, Mr.
Tom Wilson with Miss Katherine
Mason. Mr. Roland Clinton, with
Miss Anne McLean, Mr. Rob McLean
wjth Miss Lucy Boyce, Mr. Ralpn
Armstrong with Miss Violet Ran
Rankin, Mr. A. G. Myers with Miss
Blanche Gray, Mr. Henry Boshamer
with Miss Myrtle Gray, Mr. Ed Ad
ams with Miss Marie Torrence, Mr.
Hampton Chllds with Miss Lois Tor
rence, Mr. George B. Mason witn
Miss Mildred Butt. Mr. James Camp
bell with Miss Lillian Watson. Mr.
George Marvin with Miss Pauline
Fayssoux, Mr. Fred Valz with Miss
Katherine Pegram, Mr. Frank Love
with Miss Katherine Carpenter, Mr.
Clyde McLean with Miss Clara Arm
strong. Mr. V. B. Hlgglns with Miss
Loie Long, Mr. W. H. Adams with
Miss Columbia Kelly, Mr. and Mrs.
L. J. Howard and Mr. and Mrs. O.
B. Cocker. Stags: Messrs. Murray,
Craig, Quintard, Brown. McLean.
Carpenter, Mangum, Llneberger and
F. Clinton. Patrons and patroness
es, Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Long. Mr. and
Mrs. E. O. Jennings. Mesdames
Frost Torrence and S. R. Clinton.
JENKINS-WEHNER
MARRIAGE.
The following account of the Jen-klns-Wehner
marriage in Charlotte
Wednesday night is taken . from
Thursday's Charlotte Observer.
In the presence of a large assem
blage of relatives and friends. Miss
Anna Wehner and Mr. Harry Ed
ward Jenkins were wedded last ev
ening at 8:30 o'clock at Tryon Street
Methodist Church, Rev. E. K. Mc
Larty, pastor of the church, officiat
ing. The chancel was artistically ar
ranged with groups of palms and
ferns and floor vases filled with
queen's lace and banked with a pro
fusion of field daisies. The altar
rail was covered with white, and
festooned with ivy. Prior to the
ceremony Miss Mattie McNlnch sang
"I Love You Truly" by Carrie Ja
cobs Bond, accompanied by Miss
Stella Scroggs, who rendered the
wedding music. As the notes of the
"Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin
were sounded by Miss Scroggs, two
ushers, Mr. Augustus Hart of Co
lumbia, S. C. and Mr. John Fletch
er, entered and passed down the
rishl and left aisles and formed out
side the altar. The bridesmaids,
Miss Rita Beard, cousin of the bride,
and Miss Willie Jenkins of Gastonia,
pister of the groom, entered next
passing down opposite aisles. They
were handsomely gowned In white
crepe do chine en raln, trimmed in
lace and pearls with hair ornaments
of white French tips. Each carried
an armful of pink Killarney roses
end asparagus ferns tied with plnK
chiffon ribbon. Mr. Emmett Gray
and Mr. Samuel Craver, the latter
of Greensboro, ushers, entered next.
Pretty little Miss Dorothy Ball.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Ball,
preceded the bride. She wore a
dainty hand-embroidered frock of
white batiste with pink satin ribbon
sash, and carried a basket filled wltn
pin ic sweet peas and ferns. The
brld? entered with the groom. She
was beautiful in her wedding gown
of white crepe meteor en train,
trimmed in real lace and pearls.
Her long tulle veil was worn with
can eft'ert, and thrown back. She
carried a shower bouquet of Bride
roses and ferns. During the cere
mot'v Miss Scroggs rendered Schu
bert's "Serenade" and as the reces
sional Mendelssohn's wedding march
Mr. ana Mrs. Jenkins left soon af
ter the wedding for a bridal trip to
AtlunUr City. New York and Niaga
ra Falln. Returning South early in
July they will first visit Gastonta
whore trey will be giver, a reception
by tho groom's parents, Mr. and
Mrs Vvf H. Jenkins. Later they will
be a: home in Salisbury.
The bride Is a young woman of
retired beauty and charming person
ality. Sh is prominently connected
and Is admired by a host of friends
for her winning manners and fine
traits of character. For the past
several years she has been a teacher
In the city schools and was very
popular with the members of tne
faculty and students. Mrs. Jenkins
made her home with her aunt, Mrs.
C. C. Kennedy.
Mr. Jenkins Is a son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. TI. Jenkins of Gastonia but
Is located In Salisbury where he has
business Interests. He Is a splendid
young man and Is held in high es
teem by numerous friends.
Out-of-town guests here for the
wedding were: Mr. Otto Wehner of
Greenville, S. C. brother of the
bride: Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Carpenter
of Stanley: Mr. and 'Mrs. Clyde Arm
strong and Miss Clara Armstrong of
Gastonia and Mrs. Algler Fair of
Lincolnton.
Others from Gastonia attending
were Mrs. O. W. Davis, Mr. John
Fayssoux. Misses Pearl Gallant and
Delia Nolen and Mesdames J. H.
Williams and K. M. Glass. Among
the many handsome presents was a
chest of silver from the groom's
parents.
RECITAL RY PUPILS OF
MISS LITTLE.
A piano recital will .be given by
the pupils of Miss Little In the Cen
tral school auditorium next Monday
evening at 8:30 o'clock. All music
lovers of the city are cordially In
vited to attend.
Following is the program:
Chorus. "When Life is Bright
est." Pinsutl.
"The Young Trumpeter" (Spauld
lngh Miss Rachel Henderllte.
"When the Boat Tips" (Dutton).
"Whipporwil," Miss Virginia Hen
derllte. Promenade March (Spaulding),
Miss Margaret Spencer.
"Katydid" (Kern), Miss Mary
Love Babington.
"The Tin. Pan Guards' Parade"
(Spaulding). Master Hazel Long.
"America."
"Canoe Song" (Tapper), Misses
Rachel and Virginia Henderllte.
"March of the Hob-gobbllns"
(Crosby) Miss Mary Lee Land.
"Blind Man's Buff" (Sehnecker),
Miss Lucy Wilson.
"Lilliputian Parade" (Ducellel.
Misses Emma Glenn and Madge
Hanna.
"Song Without Words" (Holzel),
Miss Madge Hanna.
"The Village Band" (Meyer),
Misses Boyce. LaFar and Armstrong.
PART TWO.
Chorus. "Swing Song" (Lohr).
"Pomponnette" (Durand).
"The Butterfly" (Merkel), Miss
Burney Boyce.
"Dreams of My Mountain Home"
(Rathburn), Miss Ethelda Arm
strong. "The Graces" (Wachs).
"The Music Box" (Pol dlnD.MIss
Mary LaFar.
"Turkish March." two pianos,
(Mozart), Misses Gaynell Boone And
Margeret Louise LaFar.
(Continued oa pace four.)
NEWS OF JE COUNTY
LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS
Newsy Letters from Gazette Corres
pondents Here and There Ore
Good Old Gaston What Oui
Neighbors Are Doing in the Var
lom Sections of the County Per
sonal Mention of People Yos
Know and Some You Don't Know
Long Shoals Items.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
LONG SHOALS, June 19. Misses
Ella Riser and Cletus Pasour and
Anderson Klser spent Sunday at Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Hubs'.
Mr. and Mrs. LaFayette Klser
spent Sunday at Mr. Loy Carpen
ter's. Quite a hall storm passed through
this section yesterday but little dam
age was done.
Misses Venia and Emma Iee Car
penter spent Sunday with Miss Lo
chie Withers.
Mrs. Liza Withers spent a few
days with Mr. and Mrs. Audie Sum
niey. There will be communion service
at Bethel church the second Sunday
in July.
Mrs. Sylvanus Pasour spent Sat
urday with her daughter, Mrs. G. L.
Carpenter.
Master Hunter Cauble Is very sick
with typhoid fever.
Misses Marie and Emma Withers
spent Sunday with Miss Annie Mae
Alexander.
Stanley Happenings.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
STANLEY, June 18. Misses Fer
ry Abernethy, Katherine Whltener
and Edith Mason attended the Pres
byterlal at Union church last Friday,
Saturday and Sunday. They re
turned Monday by way of Gastonia.
Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Carpenter and
Miss Katie Carpenter were among
those who attended the Jenkins
Wehner wedding In Charlotte Wed
nesday evening.
Miss Hattle McKeown, who has
for the past year been doing office
work at the Barium Springs Or
phanage, returned home to spend
the summer last Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Milton Whltener.
who have been visiting relatives In
and near Stanley for several weeks,
returned to their home In Virginia
last Thursday.
Mr. Henry Rankin, of Gastonia, Is
spending his vacation with Mr. Dick
Rhyne at his home near here.
Mr. Fred Cllne Is traveling In
Minnesota this summer.
Mr. Thomas R. Cline of Charlotte,
spent the week-end with his parents,
Rev. and Mrs. R. H. Cline.
Mr. Clyde Bass, of Charlotte,
spent Sunday with homefolks here.
The Methodist Church Sunday
School will have a picnic in Stanley
Saturday, June 21st. Every one Is
Invited to come and bring a basket
full of dinner.
Miss Fannie Setzer, of Newton,
who has been visiting friends In
Stanley for several days, returned to
her home Tuesday.
Hae New Auto Truck.
Messrs. Harry-Baber Co., the pop
ular grocers, have recently Increas
ed the facilities for handling their
ever-growuig volume "Of business by
aoiiing to their delivery system a"
up-to-date Chase auto-truck. It ar
rived Tuesday and was put right In
to service. The addition of this
tiuck enables the flim to dellvci
goods with tiiibiderablo mure
promptness than heretofore.
Personal Mention.
Miss Johnsle Fisher, of the
City Hospital force. Is nursing Mrs.
L. A. States who Is III at her home
on South Broad street.
Mrs. J. O. Shuford returned to
her home In Lincolnton yesterday
after spending several days in town
with relatives.
Messrs. J. S. Wlnget and J. L.
Adams returned yesterday from
Charleston where they have been at
tending the Shrlners convention.
Little Savera Messer, the child
of Mr. and Mrs. Messer, at tne
Armstrong Mill died yesterday. The
burial was at Lowell.
Mrs. B. J. Allen was called this
morning to Charleston in response
to a message stating that her daugn
ter, Mrs. J. N. Todd, had died. It Is
not known when Mrs. Allen will re
turn. Dr. C J. McCombs returned
yesterday from Morehead City where
he has been attending the sessions
of the State Medical Society. He
was joined In Monroe by his wire
and children who accompanied him
home.
The Gazette Is requested to
state that a protracted series of ser
vices will begin at West Airline Av
enue Methodist church next Friday
the 27th and will continue for a
week or more. Rev. W. G. Wil
liams, of Hickory, will do the
preaching.
Entering a cloakroom In the
Washington High School building,
Miss Geraldlne Henhing came upon
a huge black snake which showed
fight. After a .terrifflc battle, the
girl killed the snake just as other
pupils rushed In to the room to aid
her.
NORTH CHARLOTTE POSTOFFICE ROBBED
Organized Gang Safe Blowers Be- j
lieved to be Operating in Nortls i
Carolina Kernersville, Spencer;
and North Charlotte Touched. j
It is believed that an organized: j
gang of safe crackers is at work tn) I
North Carolina. A few nights ago j
the postofflce at Kernersville, near) :
Greensboro, was robbed. A store an ;
Spencer was entered a few night)
ago and Wednesday night or Thurs
day morning early the postofflce at ,
North Charlotte was entered and I
robbed. In view of the fact that
"Irish Jimmy," one of the most no- ;
torious yeggmen in the country, id ;
lodged in the Gaston Jail the story
of the robbery at North Charlotte
will be of interest to Gazette read-
ers:
Says The Charlotte Observer of
yesterday:
The safe In the North Charlotte
postofflce was blown open by yegg
men at an early hour this mornlaC
and the burglars secured several
thousand stamps but very llttla
money.
Mr. W. V. Hall, the postmaster,
was awakened about 3:30 a. m. and
told of the affair. When seen on hta
way to the office to investigate the
robbery be stated that the yeggmen
secured very little cash, there being;
less than $25 In the safe. He said
however that there was between
1 5,000 and 25,000 stamps of differ
ent denominations In the safe. These
were taken and the loss will amount
to something between $500 and $li
000. Postmaster Hall Immediately no
tified the Postofflce Department at
Washington, also the chief postof
flce inspector at Greensboro. They
will Immediately get to work on the
rase but there Is very little likeli
hood that the robbers will be cap
tured. They seem to have made
complete getaway.
Entrance to the building waa
made through a door which waa
forced open. The noise of the ex
plosion awakened a number of peo
ple In the neighborhood who haa
tened to see what was the cause. By
this time the yeggmen had secured
their booty and left.
From the appearance of the safe
It Is evident that the robbers used
nitroglycerine. It was literally
blown to pieces. The robbers were
evidently in a hurry as they left a
few stamps scattered on the floor.
There seems to be an organized
band of postofflce robbers operating;
In this section, the office at Ker
nersville being robbed only a few
nights ago.
FOX LIVES UP TO ITS NAME.
Many Are the Runes Employed by
Iteynard In Making Successful Es
capes from the Hounds. (
The reputation of a north of Eng
land pack was suffering, and tha
huntsmen were baffled over and over
again by a certain fox, which they al
ways lost at exactly the same spot. ;
He gave them a grand run to the slda
of the wood, and then disappeared,
leaving no clew as to where he had
holed.
At last the head huntsman hid him
self before the meet at this particular
place. As usual, Reynard worked off
his old trick, and this Is how he did
It. By the side of the wood ran a rail
fence, and he coolly mounted it, walk
ed along the top for a short distance.
Jumped upon a large tree which waa
hollow half-way up, and, creeping In
side, was safe. The hounds, of course,
lost the scent when he left tha
ground.
As in this case, the two following
Instances were watched, and the fo
tried his best move once too often. '
Number one was always lost just on
the top of a hill, and it was proved
that he did not descend the other
side. On the hilltop there was a hol
low, and he would run, with tha
hounds not far off, up the bank, and
then quietly lay himself fiat down In
the bottom of this hollow. Right over
him ran the hounds and galloped tha
horses. When they pulled up over tha
crest the scent was finished. After
they had all passed him, foxy simply
crept out and went back on his old
track! .(
The other one used to trick tha '
bounds at the top of a steep precipice,
with a face of rock over which no
hound would go but Reynard did. Ha
itretched out his legs and slid down
the rock with his face to it, as a man
would, until his hind legs rested on a 1
narrow ledge. He let himself down
carefully, walked along the ledge and
entered a crevice at the end. From
this place he apparently had no way
f escape, for the rock was too steep
to negotiate in either direction.
It was found, however, that be had m
back door on the side of the hill a
tunnel running between the two open
ings. Had he entered the hole on
the hillside he would have been
caught, but his front door was safe,
because no one could see It from tha v
top of the precipice. Exchange.
Rer. Neill C. Williams who is
In Rockingham at the bedside ot
his mother and who waa expected to
return home last night will not
reach Gastonia for some days yet. .y
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