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TONIA GAZETTE PI BUSHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AXD FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. 1J50 A YEAR IN ADVAJTCB, VOL. XXXIV. GASTOMA, X. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 1, 1013. NO. 78. IN DAYS OF THE KU-KLUX I SHORT LOCAL ITEMS BALL SEASON CLOSES A BONDED WAREHOUSE MR. BRYAN TO BE THERE NEWS OF THE COUNTY THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE WILL MAKE EARLY START NEXT SEASON SECRETARY OF STATE AT KINGS MTN. LATEST FROM tOUR CORRESPONDENTS THE GAS i REMINISCENCES DFLATE MR. HUNTER Mr. Charles Ij. Stowe, of Sherman, Texas, Contributes Interesting Facts About Exj.eriences of Late Mr. John J. Hunter, of Yorkville, in the Days of the Carpet bagger and the Ku-Klux Klan Hanishec to Texas, He Lived Interesting Life on the Chisholm Trail. . Mr. Charles L. Stowe, a native of Gaston county and for nearly nrty years a resident of Sherman, Texas, where he is engaged in the real es 1 tate business as the senior member of the firm of Stowe & feiowe, sends The Gazette an interesting commun ication concerning a period in tiie life of the late .Mr. John J. Hunter, of Yorkville, S. (.'., mention of whose recent death was made in The Ga zette, which will carry many or our older readers at least back io a day when conditions were far different in this section Irom what they are now. In a private note to The Gazette .Mr. Stowe says: "The semi-weekly visit of your excellent paper has be come a regular pleasure to me. The people of my native county, Gaston, and of York county, S. ('., where I attended school in the years IMiO-Gl are your subscribers and of them you publish much that is of interest to me. In your issue of the ."th in stant you announced the death of my life-long friend, -Mr. John J . Hunter. The enclosed statement of facts regarding a part of his career, 1 feel, will be read by his Carolina friends with approving Interest. I certify to the truthfulness of this article as to the part in which .Mr. Hunter is connected and as to the description of Hed River Station. As a cowboy 1 assisted in driving a herd of 800 steers over the Chisholm Trail to Abilene, in the year 1S70." .Mr. Stowe's contribution Is as fol lows: The late John J. Hunter, a prom inent citizen of Yorkville, S. '., wh recently died and was buried there, resided for something over a year in this section of Texas. In reconstruc tion days and when the ex-Confederate soldiers were disfranchised, not allowed to have part in the election of local. State or National officers governing their homes and country, and when the negroes, but lately j freed from slavery, were upheld by i I'nited States soldiers stationed in j every town in the South, and when I the carpetbaggers, supported by t tie i same military power, filled the State j and local o.Tices and misruled our people, the Ku Klux Klan was or- ( ganized. In South Carolina a large , part of the ex-Oonfeilerate soldiers , became members of this secret or ganization, a necessity for protection I of their wives and daughters rrom j the brutal negro rapists and that j their property be made safe from thieves and themselves no longer daily subject to insults from their ! new-made lords, the carpet gaggcrs and ignorant negroes. Mr. Hunter became an active, loyal Ku Klux. Dr. Bratton, of Yorkville, was captain of the Klan in which Mr. Hunter was a member and an om- cer. After months of very efficient service, resulting in great benefit .( themselves and friends, the I nltcd ' States military forced Ir. Bration. I Mr. Hunter and dozens of other good ! men to flee from their homes to pre vent being arrested and imprisoned. Dr. Bratton reached Canada and was afterwards kidnapped from there, his case causing an Interna tional controversy between England and the I'nited States. Mr. Hunter came to Texas and he, having known me all my life previous to my leav ing North Carolina, my native State, for Texas in 18fi6, came to visit me at my home in Sherman. This was in the year 1872 and that his enr niies should have no opportunity to give him trouble, his correspond ence with his people in South Caro lina passed through my hands:. Ms letters coming addressed to me a Sherman, Texas, and he sending his letters to me from where he resided for over a year, and I mailed them to his South Carolina home. For several years following trie great war. a trail, known to this nay as the Chisolm Trail, led from South and Middle Texas along the frontier counties, crossing the North border of Texas at the mouth Tyf Salt Creek on Red river, thence across the west ern part of Indian Territory, cross ing its northern border at Elm ySpringf on the South Canadian riv er, thence across what is now tne State of Oklahoma, thence crossing Into Kansas at the mouth of Little Arkansas river, where it enters into its big namesake, thence to the Kan sas Pacific Railroad at Abilene. Over this trail thousands of cattle were driven from Texas; with but few settlements near it until Hed river was crossed, then a wild waste of most luxuriant grass tfTT the crossing of the Arkansas river ena bled the Texas cattle to graze and fatten every mile of the route and nobody to care or interfere. At the Texas border was a rough frontier store railed Red River Sta- tlon and in this store Mr. y Hunter lived and worked all the months he was a refugee from - his Carolina home. This store was owned by a Sherman firm of merchants with whom I was connected and, being located 110 miles west from us and that distance from the nearest rall- ( Continued on page four.) Personal Items About Gaston FoIk and their Friends Short Item. About Peonle and Things That Ar of Interest to Gazette Reader Condensed for Ther Convenience Red lemonade and peanuts. - Young America is in his glory the elephant has come to town. This is opening day with the dry goods and millinery stores ana circus day with everybody. A few straw hats still linger almost in the lap of winter, as 'twere. Mr. Ed C. Ray, of McAdenville, was a business visitor in Gastoma Wednesday. Mr. Martin L. Rudisill, of ('rouse, route one, was among the business visitors in Gastonia Wed nesday. Mr. J. M. Holland left yesterday for Black Mountain on business ana will be out of the city for several days. Mrs. Thomas Norment and Master Durward Morrow returned Tuesday night from a visit to rela tives in California. For lack of a quorum the ad journed meeting of the city council which was to have been held Tues day night was not held. Miss Letha Hamilton, of the faculty of Weddington Academy at Weddington, arrives today to spend the week-end with her sister, Mrs. C. J. McCoiiibi. Col. T. L. Craig has been con fined to his home for a week or more by an attack of rheumatism. His friends hope for him an early recovery. Miss Julia La Far will re-op?r. her kindergarten next Monday, Sep tember 22nd, at the residence of Mr. A. J. Hale, 107 East Franklin ave n ue. -The Ideal Theatre in this Issue announces as a sieeial feature rpr Monday "I'ncle Tom's Cabin." The feature for toniorrow, Saturday, wiil be the "Great Circus Catastrophe." Mrs. W. M. Wilson Is a patient at the City Hospital, where she un derwent an operation yesterday iiiorniug from which she is recover ing in a very satisfactory manner. Charlotte Observer, 18th: The friends of Miss Susie l-iove will re gret to learn that she has been quite sick for the past several diys at lier home, 212 East Morehead street. We regret to learn that Mrs. J. li. Heal, whose serious illness was noted in Tuesday's Gazette, contin ues quite low, there being very slight hope for any improvement in her condition. Mrs. L. C.'Eury, who has been spending some time with relatives in Salisbury ami Hickory, returned from Hickory to Gastonia yesterday and is visiting at the homo of her daughter, Mrs. W. G. Torrence, on Columbia street. Miss Virginia Haynes ret u rue J Wednesday io :.er home at ClifTside after spending .-t :ai days hero with hi sister, .Hi.,, i;. A. Love. Thurs day isfornin., Mr. i.i.d Mrs. Love and childieti left for 'nentoii. Ter.n.. where they wiil lesiclc in the fuluie. - Gastonians have nothing to kick about (beg pardon, we forgot that local street car service) as crops are good, cotton is bringing a good price and the outlook for business is excellent. The busy town will soon be busier than ever. Gaffney, S. C Ledger, lf.th: Miss Iris Littlejohn spent the past two weeks in Gastonia, X. C, doing substitute work in the Gastonia gra ded school. She came home Friday and was accompanied by Miss Mun dy. who will be hr guest for ten days. For the first time In many moons there was no municipal court Monday morning. Chief of Police Carroll stated that the department did not have a single call Saturday night. Sunday or Sunday night, an occurrence so rare in the history or the town that he could not recall when it had ever happened before. Prof. O. A. Hamilton, of I'nlc.n ville. arrived yesterday to spend a tew iays here with his sister, Mrs. f. J. McCombs, before going to Wil mington to resume his uuMes a Principal of the Hemenway -'caoji. I'rc 7 Hamilton has just leturned f; jiii abroad, having sient his vaca tioT. touring Europe. Mrs. L. C. Davis and Miss Lo:a Davis returned on No. 3 7 yesterday morning from a two-weeks visit to Misses Sarah. Carrie and Rebecca Fayfesoux at Philadelphia, Pa. While there they took a very pleasant trip of several days to Atlantic City ana New York. They also visited Mrs. D. H. Siegfried, a sister of the Miss es Fayssoux, who lives in West. Philadelphia. Rain this week has delayed work on the construction of con crete sidewalks and has put those streets which have recently been worked in a pretty muddy fix. The sidewalk gang is now constructing the lUje to the Ozark Mill on East Airline- avenue. A short strip was skipped-near the railroad crossing where the street is to be widened and also in the vicinity of the old Hoffman spring in anticipation of the probable construction of an un derpass at that point. Gaston County League Pennnnt Won by the Loray Team of Gastonia With McAdenville a Close Seronc; The Hutting Averages nu Standing of Teams. The Gaston .County Baseball Iveague closed its second year most successfully on last Saturday, Sep tember loth. During the pas' two fceasons this league has furnished Gaston countians a fine exhibition or amateur I u.-el.i 11. The schedule as agreed upon by the managers of the various teams before the opening of the season was carried out in full with the excep tion that Spencer Mountain, without giving any reason, failed to appear lor the game scheduled to be played at Belmont on the last day. Presi dent Ford declared the game forfeit ed under the rules of the League to Helmont and it so counted in the of ficial standing given below. It is planned to make an early start toward organizing the league for next season and a number of im provements in the regulations are being c onsidered. Some of the teams during the past season failed to "come out" financially, while others were able to show a reasonable prof-it- Following is the standing of the clubs at the (lose of the season: STANDING OF CU BS. W. L. P. C. Gastonia 17 3 .8."0 McAdenville 1 fi 4 .800 Mtn. Island 10 0 .7,28 Belmont in in .: r.oo Ixiwell ;i K .17.8 Sitencer Mtn 3 17 .17.0 TEAM BATTING. A. B H. P. C. McAdenville 7.48 1 78 .32.1 Mtn. Island (128 1 74 .277 Gastonia C02 1 8S .272 Belmont .1.13 1 48 .2r,T INDIVIDUAL BATTING AVERAGES The first figure after each name indicates the number of times at bat, the second the number of hits, and the third the percentage. Jenkins. ()., Gastonia, 13, 30, .476. Bentloy, J., McAdenville, 72, 34, .472. Van Pelt, I.., Mountain Island,, Til, i::. .4 1 y. Stone. Belmont. 7n. 20, .401. Guin. C, Mountain Island, 29, 1 1. .379. BcHitley, W.. McAdenville, 77, 28, ..164. Stafford. ()., McAdenville, 7(1, 27, .37,(1. Costner, McAdenville. 31, 11,.3.",r,. Dagenhardt. Gastonia, 71, 2:., .37,2. Autrey, Mountain Island. 03, 22, .3 4 0. Lawing, F.. Mountain Island, 70, 27, .342. Funderburk. McAdenville, 78, 2fi, .333. McKelvey, M., Mountain Island. 24, Grisdale. McAdenville, 17., 7., .333. Jenkins. A., Gastonia, 77, 2 7,, .321. Willis, Gastonia, 84, 2,1, .208. Bumgarner, C, Belmont, 4S, 14, 0 0 0 Stafford, J., McAdenville. 67, 19, .283. Fisher. Mountain Island, 46, 13 .270. Lawing, E.. Mountain Island, 73. 2'). .27 1. Reeves, McAdenville, 66, IS, .273. Gordon. Belmont and Gastonia. 4.1. 1 2. .267. Lee. Belmont, 64, 1 7, .26.1. Parker, Belmont. .10,. 1 2, .240. Sahms, E., Gastonia, 72. 1 7, .236. McKelvey, J., Mountain Island. 7 3 17 o o Abernethy. Belmont, 70, 1 6. .220. Lewis. Belmont, .10. 1 1, .220. Van Pelt. J.. Mountain Island. 7..1, 12, .21 1. Every Business Man in Gastonia is Urged to Attend The' Freight Rate Mass Meeting at the City Hall "ONIGHT ; At 8:30 Important Matters NEW $125,000 ENTERPRISE FOR TOWN Charter Has Been Kequesf;ed for People's Bonded Warehouse & Storage Co. With Authorized Cap ital of 1 2.1,000 Will Build Warehouse on East Franklin Av enue to Hold G.OOO Hales Re ceipts Negotiable Anywhere. Gastonia's latest enterprise Is to be a large bonded cotton warehouse, application having been made yes terday to the Secretary of State for a charter for the People's Honded Warehouse & Storage Co. with an authorized capital of $1 2.1,000 and a paid-in capital of $16,000 with Messrs. Andrew E. Moore, D. -M . Jones, A. G. Myers and H. M. Cleve land as the principal stockholders. A site for the building to be used by this company has been imrcbasea from the Piedmont & Northern Rail way Co. on East Franklin avenue between Broad and Willow streets. A two-story fire-proof building, 100x 17.0 feet, will be erected on this property at once. The contract for its construction will probably be let within a few days. The building will be equipped with the latest sprinkler system for fire protection. There w ill be six compartments, eacn made to hold 1,000 bales. It Is in tended to have the warehouse ready for business by the first of Novem ber. The principal mission of this warehouse, it is understood, Is to ac commodate the local cotton mills. While cotton will be warehoused ror those farmers who may at any time desire it, the purpose of the compa ny is to take care of shipped-ln cot ton for the various mills, issuing thereon warehouse receipts which will bo negotiable anywhere. That it will operate to the advantage or the manufacturers and fill a need which has long been felt here Is not doubted To Richmond II .spilttl. Dr. H. M. Reid left on No. in ,ast night for Richmond, Va., taking with him Mr. J. Lee Robinson, Mr. W. X. Davis and Mrs. John C. Rob son, all of whim o to the Johnson Willlts SanitoriiKr. for the purpose of undergoing operations. Mr. Rob inson spent some weeks in this san itorium in the eai iy summer, having gone there for an operation for ap pendicitis. His condition was ucn at that time, however, that he was not able to stand the operation and returned home. Since that time he has rapidly gaind strength and, IT the physicians there advise It, he will undergo the operation fop that disease at this t'.ino. Dr. Reid ex pects to return to the city about Tuesday. Wood, Gastonia, 28, 6, .214. Bumgarner, 1)., Belmont, 47, 10, .212. No standing is given for any play er playing less than 5 games nor who has batted less than .200. However, all players were counted in team averages. Ixjwell and Spencer Mountain failed to report their averages and therefore are not included in the summary. Jewell's averages are given separately below. Farris. 4 8, 1 7, .37,4. Johnson. 33, 10. .303. Lawing, 20. 6, .300. Price. . 60. 1 0. .27.1. Titman. 6 1, 1 7, .266. Ratchford. 24. 6, .2.10. Gaston. G.. 1 2, 3, .2.10. Price. J., 30. 0. .231. Price, X., 7.2, 11, .212. r ! I": O'clock to be Taken up The Great Commoner Ieflnltely Ac cepts Invitation to Deliver Prlncl pal Address at Celebration of Rat tie of Kings Mountain October 7th Other Distinguished Men to lie Present. Secretary of State William J. Bry an, the "Great Commoner," will be the principal attraction at the cele bration of the one hundred ana thirty-third anniversary of the fa mous battle of Kings Mountain to be held in the town of Kings Moun tain on Tuesday, October 7th. There is no longer any doubt of this. The SKCKETAKV OF STATE V. J 11KVAX. committee on arrangements for this big event received a message Tues day from Congressman Webb stat ing that Mr. Bryan had finally and definitely accepted the Invitation io Beak and would be on hand. It is probable that he will be accompan ied by Mrs. Bryan. Iist May a committee of citizens from Kings Mountain went to Wasn ington and extended in person tills invitation to Secretary Bryan to be the guest of honor on this occasion and to deliver the principal address. He assured them at that time that he Would come if the duties of his ollice would permit but there was never any certainty of his coming until this week. Other prominent men who have also accepted Invitations to attend the celebration are Congressman M. Y. Webb, Senator Lee H. Overman, Governor Ixicke Craig, of Norm Carolina; Governor B. W. Hooper, of Tennessee, and Assisant Cecreta ry of War Breckenridge. Governor Cole Blease, of South Carolina, has also been invited but aB yet has not signified his acceptance. Elaborate preparations are being made for this event and there is ev ery indication that the attendance will eclipse that at any celebration yet held at Kings Mountain or on the battlefield. Mass Meeting To-Night. Kvery business man in Gastonia Is urged to attend the mass meeting at the city hall tonight at 8 o'clock at which time important matters re lating to Gastonia's part In the fight for relief from the discriminatory freght rates will be taken up. The time for action is short and it is highly important that tonight's meeting be well attended. Three Weeks of Court. Solicitor G. W. Wilson has receiv ed a letter from Mr. J. P. Kerr, Governor Craig's private secretary, stating that the Governor has pro vided for three weeks of court In Gaston county, beginning on Mon day, October 13th. The first wees, beginning on that date, will be tne regular civil term. The next weeK, beginning the 2oth. will be a crim inal term anil on the following Mon day, the 27th. there will be a special week's term for the trial of civil cas es. With this provision it is proba ble that both the civl and criminal dockets will he considerably reduc ed if not cleared. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ixnve nereavl. Friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Ixiwe. of West Knd. will sympathize with them very deeply in the double bereavement which has befallen them. Their little seven-year-old daughter, Bertha, after an Illness oi about three weeks from typhoid pneumonia, died at .1 o'clock yester day morning and at 2 o'clock this morning their three-months-old baby. John Wesley, Jr., died at tne City Hospital, Where he had been under treatment for some time, nav ing been exceedingly frail since hia birth. Funeral services over the re mains of both the children were held at the home on West Franklin ave nue at 1 o'clock this afternoon by Rev. Xeill C. Williams, pastor oi West End Methodist church, follow ed by Interment in one grave In ihe Loray cemetery. The sovereign grand lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which has been In session this weeK at Minneapolis. Minn., will hold Its 1914 session in Atlantic City, X. J. The body of Alice Hopper, a 1-year-old girl who had been missing 'since Saturday from her ' home in Kearny. 3 J., was found Wednesday lti the Passaic river at Harrison, her skirts being weighted with stones. It is believed that she was murdered. Newsy Letters from Gazette Ooi pondent Here and There Ore Good Old Gaston What On Neighbors Are Doing in the V! ion Sections of the Connty Per onal Mention of People Ym Know and Some Yon Don't Kaow Hickory Grove News. Correspondence of The Gazette. HICKORY GROVE, Sept. 15. Mrs. Stroud returned to her home in Greensboro Monday, after spendlnc a few days with Miss Buena Bigger staff. Mr. Thomas Uren visited Mr. Os car Payseur Sunday. Miss Ferrle Froneberger visited homefolks Saturday and Sunday Mr. William Payseur gave the young people an ice cream supper Saturday night. All present had a good time. - Miss Ida Clemmer, of Gastonia, visited Miss Marietta Payseur San day. Mr. Augustus Clark and sister. Miss Lucy, were the guests Saturday and Sunday of Miss Eunice Carpen ter. Mr. Arthur Caipenter and sister. Miss Susie, via. ted Miss Ella Klser Sunday. Mr. Clemmer and family, of Gas tonia, visited Mr. and Mrs. M. 8. Payseur Sunday. Mr. Claud Mauney and wile, of Wac o, attended the services at Beth ci Sunday. Messrs. Arthur Biggerstaff and Samuel Payseur were business visi tor In Cherryvllle Saturday. niKltHYVILLK, HOUTK 2. Correspondence of Tke Gazette. CI1ERRYVILLE, Route 2, Sept. 17. Mr. Augustus Clark and sister, ter, Miss Lucy, spent Sunday With Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Carpenter. Mr. Will Farris returned from Kings Mountain last Friday. Misses Vassle and Buena Stronp spent Sunday with Miss Eunice Car penter. Miss Sallle Stroup spent Sunday with Miss Maggie Lee Carpenter. Mr. W. R. Carpenter and son. Fltzhugh. spent Friday with Mr. D. H. Harmon. Miss Ferrle Froneberger spent Saturday and Sunday with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Froneber ger. Mrs. John R. Stroup spent Tues day with her mother, Mrs. Stewart. Mr. Ed Gardner, of Raeford, is spending a few days with, his fath er-in-law, Mr. T. J. Black. Mr. Columbus Harmon spent Sat urday and Sunday with homefolks. IKON STATION NEWS. IRON STATION, Sept. 17. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Llneberger and children, of Dallas, were visitors at Mr. and Mrs. E. I. Rhyne's Saturday and Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. E. V. Senter, Mr. and Mrs. Iee Hoover, of Alexis, and Mr. Luther Long, of Mount Holly, were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. I). O. Long. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Carpenter, Oi Lincolnton. have been visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hallman. Mrs. Mary Rhyne and Mrs. Polie Rhvne and children, of Dallas, viSr Bed Mrs. O. .P Rudlsill last weeK. Miss Eva Dellinger, of the Lin colnton graded school, spent front Friday till Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dellinger. Mr. I). A. Troutman was in Char lotte today. Mr. and Mrs. John Hamrlck gave a party Saturday night to a number of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Reinhardt wer shopping in Charlotte yesterday. IT ItTIIKH CONCESSION'S. Railroads Submit Amended Proposi tion Which Grants Lower Rates Co Gastonia and Other Border Towns Commission May Accept" the New Proposition. , 1 A special from Raleigh -to The Charlotte Observer under date of Tuesday says: "An amended proposition from the interstate carriers In an effort to ad just the differences between the North Carolina shippers and the car riers as to Interstate freight rates 18 in the hands of Chairman E. 1. Travis of the Xorth Carolina Cor- poration Commission and was sub mitted to Governor Craig today. Chairman, Travis is just back from Washington, where he has been in conference with the railroad officials several days. The most notable amendments to the former proposi tion, which was rejected in August, give additional concessions to Gas tonia and other points on the South ern border line of the State and to all points bordering on the Virginia line and further concessions in rates to the Asheville or Western division of the State." The amended proposition of the railroads is being given careful con sideration by the entire Leglslatve commission on freight rates, and them is some probability that It will be accepted. , 1