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The gastonia gazette PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.60 A YEAR DT ADVAXGBfe VOL. XXXV. GASTONIA, N. C. TUESDAY AFTKKXOOX, MARCH 17, 1914. NO. 23. t A DEBATE FRIDAY NIGHT SHORT LOCAL ITEMS WEEK'S MISSION GLOSES IN SOCIAL CIRCLES DEDUCTION IS CHANTED NEWS OF THE COUNTY THE MOVEMENTS OF 6AST0N PEOPLE SERVICES AT ST. MARK'S GREAT SUCCESS LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD COMMERCE COMMISSION IS FAVORABLE SHELBY AND 6AST0NIA SCHOOLS MEET Initiative and Referendum to Be Pis fussed by High Srhool Pupils Here and at Shelby Simultaneously Should Gastonla's Representatives Win in Both They Will Go to Chapel Hill April 3rd to Compete for Aycock Memorial Cup. Much interest i8 being; aroused throughout the city in the approach ing debate between the Oastonta high school and the Shelby high school which is to be held at Casto nia, in the Central school auditori um, Friday evening, .March 20th. This debate is a part of the regular plan of the High School Debating Union of North Carolina, botn schools being enrolled in the Union and being placed in a group witn one another. The debates between Castonia and Shelby have always been warmly contested during the past few years, anil the chances are that this year's debate will be well up to the average in closeness and will surpass the others in general interest. The query that will be discussed is the same that will be debated all over the tate on the same evening: "Resolved, That the C onstitution or North Carolina should be so amend ed as to allow the Initiative and Referendum in State-Wide Legisla tion." Gastonia will have the af firmative of the query here, arid y ill be represented by Miss IyOtfisa Reid and .Mr. Judson Shannon. Shelby will have the negative side and will be represented by .Messrs. leit .Moore and Samuel Bostic. At the same time theetvie is ing on here, Alis.i Alva ilailon .Mr. Ernest Warren will be cepr--senting the local high school at Shelby in a contest with the Shelby high school on the home grounds. They will have the negative side or the query there, and will be oppos ed by Shelby's atlirmative debaters, Messrs. Durham Moore and Wiseman Kendall. If the Castonia debaters win both of their debates then tliey will make the trip to Chapel Hill to compete in the final contest for tue Aycock Memorial Cup on April 3rd. The High School Debating Union is the result of the organizing work of the Di and Phi Literary Societies of the State University among the high schools of the State. One hun dred and fifty of the leading second ary schools of the State have enroll ed in the Union and have been ar ranged in triangles. At each of these schools a debate will be held on March 20th. similar to the one between Gastonia and Shelby. F.aen. school puts out two teams and every school which wins both debates sends both teams to Chapel Hill Tor the final contest for the Aycock Cup. Other Gaston schools which have enrolled in the Union ar.d at which debates will be held on March 20th ! are Dallas. Bessemer Cit and Cher ryville, tli"': 'hree beinj; in a trian gle together. ;'.nd Belmont, this school being grouped with the Hun tersville school. Large audiences will no doubt witness these contesrs over Gaston county next Friday. No other State in America can boast or a more harmoniously working or more generally successful high school debating system than North Caroli na. house mantels, grate and tiling at gastonia furniture company's. Special Health Warning" March. for March is a trying month for the very young and for elderly people. Croup, bronchial colds, lagrippe and pneumonia are to be feared and avoided. Foley'B Honey and Tar Is a great family medicine that will ' quickly stop a cough, check the pro gress of a cold, and relieve inflamed and congested air passages. It is safe, pure, and always reliable. For sale by All Dealers. Adv. Clean-Up Day April 13th. The second Monday in April, the 13th, has been decided upon by the members of the Woman's Betterment Association as the date for the Spring Clean-Up Day. It is hoped that everybody will bear this in mind and give their premises a thorough cleaning. Heretofore all boxes and barrels of trash have been placed on the sidewalks to be removed by the city's wagons, but this year the wag ons will go into the back yards where it is desired, If the receptacles are placed in a convenient place, so as to be loaded on the wagons con venlently. The announcement pre viously made that April 2nd would be Clean-Up Day was a mistake, the second .Monday In April being the proper date. There will also here after be two other days set apart for the same purpose each year, one in i August and one in November. Misses Lillian Lewis and Jessie McKee, Messrs. Ray Armstrong. Frank and Davidson Hall and Mr. H. A. Query, of Belmont, were visitors In town a short while this morning. They came up to hear the local hlgt school debaters. Personal Items About Gaston Folks and Their Friends Short Items About People and Things That Are of Interest to Gazette Readers. Mr. H. D. Shelton, or Charlotte, was in the city on business Saturday. Messrs. Roy and Ernest Todd, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in the city. Mr. M. M. Kendrick. of Rock Hill, S. C, spent Sunday here witn his mother, Mrs. Sue Moss. Mr. ("has. Ford spent a part or yesterday in Grover on a visit to his mother .Mrs. Laura M. Ford. Mr. J. F. Clenimer. of Ixnvell, rouu two, was in the city on busi ness Saturday. y Mr. Fate Arrowood, of Kings Mountain, route five, was in the city on business Saturday. Mrs. Hope Adams returned lust week from a visit to her brothers, Messis. (irissoin, of Etowah, Tenn. The ground hog's reign is over and spring-like weather is prevail ing, y There is. as is almost always the case, a scarcity of houses in (!as tonia. y --Messrs. Guion. the contractors, are today resuming the const ruction of concrete sidewalks. Mr. and Mrs. James Long spent Sunday in Dallas with the former's grandmother, Mrs. Emeline I'asour, who is seriously ill. Mr. Kay Roberts is back at his I'ost as bookkeper at S hneiders after having been out for a week or more on account of illness. Friends of Mrs. J. Math Arm strong will regret to learn that she is quite ill at her home in Soutn Point township. Mrs. ('has. Ford left this morn ing for Newton to be the guest frr a week or more of her mother. Mrs. J. D. Post. Miss M. Lee Jeeter, of Rich mond. Va.. is expected to arrive in the city this week to again have charge of the millinery department at the Lebovitz Department stores. -The last attraction in the lyce um course will be given next Mon day night, March 23rd. at the Cen tral school auditorium-by Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Winters. Today's offerings at the Ideal Theatre are "The Flash in the Dark, "The Box Couch'' in which King Baggot is the star, and "Slim Joins the Army.'' a good comic. Mej.i's. .. li. and J. W. Kend rick. of Cherryville, were in ine city Saturday returning f:om Bel mont, where they attended the funer al of Mr. John F. Leeper. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday of this week will be opening days with the local millinery establishments. Bead the announce ments in today's Gazette. Mr. Sam Armstrong, Miss Mary Armstrong and Mr. Alec Armstrong were among the number of (las- tonians who attended the funeral or the late John F. Leeper at Belmont Saturday. .Mr. D. Lebovitz and daughters, Misses Lena and Hinda, returned yesterday from New York and other northern cities, where Mr. Lebovitz purchased spring goods for the lebovitz Department stores. On Friday night of this week there will be a box supper at tne home of Mr. J. N. Neely near Bowling Green for the benefit of the Crowdrs Creek School. Everybody is cordially invited to attend. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Marvin are expected to arrive in the city to morrow or Thursday on their return from an extended visit to Syracuse, N. Y., and points in Canada. They have been away about a month. Mrs. D. M. Walker, of the Pleas ant Ridge community, was able to be in town Saturday for the first time in a number of weeks, having only recently recovered from a severe ill ness. Mrs. Florence Grier accompa nied Mrs. Walker. Mr. Sam Shuford, who recently went to Philadelphia as bookkeeper for the Gaston County Yarn Co.. Inc., has given up that position and returned to Gastonia. He has not as yet decided what business he will enter. The Tropical Amusement Com pany, which advertises a week's en gagement here beginning next Mon day, March 23rd. has secured the Hoffman field at the corner of East Airline avenue and North Broad street for their exhibitions. Mrs. W. G. Armstrong and daughter. Miss Thelma, who have been the guests for some time or Mts. Armstrong's sister. Mrs. G. C. Andrews, left this morning for their home In Albany, Ky. They were ac companied as far as Spartanburg by Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Mr. J. L. Nelll was the victim of a very painful and serious accident Friday afternoon when he lost three fingers of his right hand In a plan ing machine at the T. A. Henry planing mills, where he works. It was necessary to amputate the tb-.e- fingers at the middle joint. Mv. Neill stood the operation well, b It will require several weeks for Jie hand to heal. Week's Mission Conducted at St. Mark's Kpis opal Church by Dr. T. Tracy Walsh, of Yorkville, Came to ji Close Sunday Night A Very Successful Meeting. The mission services conducted by the Rev. T. Tracy Walsh at St. Mark's Episcopal Church closed Sun day night. The greatest interest marked the closing days of the mis sion. Iarge congregations repre senting all the religious bodies in the community were in attendance at the Sunday services. Sunday morning at 10:4j o'clock Dr. Walsh celebrated the Holy Com munion and preached a strong and helpful sermon, his subject being, "Toiled All the Night." At 4 o'clock in the afternoon, a service was held for men only, and the church was tilled. Dr. Walsh spoke impressively and convincingly upon personal purity and the church's need of strong men. At the evening service a very large congregation heard Dr. Walsn plead earnestly for church unity as the greatest need of the Christian world today. The series of services was in ev ery way a most gratifying success and will doubtless prove of great moral and spiritual benefit to tne community at large. Dr. Walsh re turned yesterday to his home at Yorkville. globe-wernicke sectional book cases at gastonia furniture co's. Slogans Coming In. Secretary Lloyd of the Chamber or Commerce is now receiving and fil ing suggested slogans which are be ing sent in by the public school pu pils of the county in the contest for the $10 gold prize inaugurated by i the chamber. Y'esterday was the first day designated for sending In slogans and there seems a strong probability that Secretary Lloyd's mail will be heavy until the contest is over. The bulk of the slogans, however, will very probably be sub mitted on Saturday, the 2Sth, coun ty commencement day. A large bal lot box will be provided on that day in some public place where the chil dren may deposit their suggestions. AVOID STUFFY WHEEZY BHEAT Disordered Kidneys Cause Much Misery. With pain and misery by day, sleep-disturbing bladder weakness at night, tired, nervous run-down men and women everywhere are glad to know that Foley Kidney Pills re store health and strength, and the regular action of kidneys and blad der. For sale by All Dealers. Adv Belmont Items. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT. March 17. At the preliminary debate held in the hign school auditorium last night the fol lowing debaters were chosen to rep resent Belmont high school in the debate against Huntersville: Affirm ative, Ray Armstrong and Frank Hall, negative, Davidson Hall and Lillian Lewis. The latter team goes to Huntersville Friday night of this week. The judges of the debate were Prof. John James, of Bessemer City, Roy Funderburk, of Mount Holly, Grier, of Gastonia, and Misses Eleanor Reid and Mildred Rankin, of Gastonia. ?ince the death of Mr. John F. Leeper there has been much specula tion as to his probable successor from South Point township. Sever al names have been mentioned among which are Messrs. R. R. Ray, of Mc Adenville. S. M. Robinson, of Lowell. J. M. Sloan, and R. L. SUwwor Belmont. At a mass meeting of the citizens of Belmont held Saturday night. Mr. R. L. Stowe was enthusU astically endorsed. Mr. Stow1a very reluctant about arceptlngth position were he to receive the ap-j pointment. but his friends here bej lieve that it is a case of the office seeking the man and that he shoultj not turn a deaf ear to the petition! of his friends. Mr. Stowe Is pres dent of the Bank of Belmont, chal man of the local school board seer tary and treasurer of the Chronicle and Imperial Mills, an aldermanor the town and withal one of thellest business men in Gaston ojiaty. He has always stood for progresslveness and forward movements in the county and his friends believe that he would be the right man In the right place as county commissioner. On next Monday afternoon and night there will be held the prelimi nary athletic, recitation and declam ation contests from South Point township. There will then be se lected the township representative In these various events. Lowell, Nw Hope and Union and other schools will compete. Tomorrow afternoon the local high school basket ball team or girls will go to Charlotte to play the Charlotte high Bchool team. T. A. CLUB WITH MRS. M. F. KIRHV, JR. At her home on West Franklin av enue this afternoon at 3:30 o'clocR Mrs. M. F. Kirby, Jr., will be host ess to the Tuesday Afternoon Club. MUSIC CIA H WITH MRS. TORREXCE. The Music Club will hold its reg ular meeting with Mrs. Frost Tor rence tomoVrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The subject for study will be "Nevin." I). A. R. MKT WITH MRS. THOMSON. The regular meeting of Willam Gaston Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution was held last Friday morning at 10 o'clock with Mrs. J. F. Thomson at her residence on West Main avenue. An interest ing program was carried out after which refreshments were served in two courses. LADIES TO PROVIDE REST ROOM FOR VISITORS. We are requested to innounce that tho civic committee of the Wo man's Betterment Association has made arrangements to provide a rest room for ladies and children who at tend the county commencement on Saturday, March 2Sth. The commit tee has secured the vacant store room in the Ragan building, adjoin ing Poole's Grocery, on the corner of Main avenue and Marietta street, and this will be fluted up and Tur nished in a suitable manner to pro vide a comfortable rest room for all visitors on County Commencement Day. The room will be in charge of a committee of ladies of the Better ment during the entire day. and all ladies and children are cordially In vited to make use of it. MISS VAX RUREX TO LECTURE APRIL O. The civic committee has arranged for Miss Maud Van Buren, chairman of the department of junior civic leagues in the American Civic Asso ciation, whose home is at Owatonna, Minn., to be in Gastonia on Monday, April tith, and deliver several lec tures on civic work. Miss Van Buren will speak to the pupils of the Cen tral school at 10: no in the morning, to the members of the Woman's Betterment Association and all the ladies of the city at 3:30 in the ar ternoon, and at 8 p. in. will deliver a public lecture, following which a junior civic league will be organized. All these meetings will be held in I the auditorium of the Central school. Miss Van Buren's public lecture at night will probably be illustrated with stereopticon views of civic work in different parts of the nation. An effort will be made to secure large audiences at each of these meetings, and her coming is expec ted to stim ulate very great interest in the work of the local organization. To Cure a Cold in One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. It stop the Cough and Headache anil works off the Cold. IruKKist refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE S signature on each box. 25c Theatricals at Clover. The Gazette is requested to state that there will be a home talent min strel show in the opera house at Clo ver Friday night of this week, the 2oth. The admission fee will be 13 and -"i cents and the proceeds will be for the benefit of the Woman's Betterment Association. Plain Truth That's Worth Money. Using Foley's Honey and Tar for a cough or cold may save you both sickness and money. F. F. Mona han. Menomonie, Wis., says: "I am exposed to all kinds of weather and I find Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound always fixes me up In good shape when I catch cold or have a bad cough. I recommend It gladly." Refuse substitutes. For sale by All Dealers. Adv. Dallas Commencement Address. It has been announced that Dr. J. L. Caldwell, president of Queen's College, Charlotte, will deliver the commencement address to the grad uates of the Dallas High School on Monday, May 11. at 11 a. m. Cures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. The worst cases, no matter of how loot standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter'a Antiertic Healing Oil. It reHevel Pain aad Heals at the same time. 36c, 50c, $1.00 A Correction. The statement In last Friday's Is sue of The Gazette that MaseagnPs "Ave Maria" was to be sung by the choir of St. Mark's Episcopal church as an offertory was an error, due to our being misinformed. A religious hymn addressed to God the Father, and set to the tune of the Intermez zo from Cavalerla Rusticana, was sung as an offertory. "Ave Maria" and other hymns addressed to the virgin Mary or any other than God are not sung in the Episcopal church. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable DP PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HRAUNG OIL. u rical droning- thai relieve pm aad heal at the aaaae time. Mot a lininaent. 25c 50c JliXX. Petition of State and ltuil roads Is (ranted by Inter-State Commerce Commission, Allowing Reduction in Rate to North Carolina Will Probably Save Shipers of the State $2,(MM,(M0 a Year To Go Into Effect in About lO Days. A Washington dispatch dated Fri day, March 13, and appearing in the morning papers of Saturday, says: The Interstate Commerce Com mission today approved the agree ment of the North Carolina authori ties and the railroads providing for 20 per cent reduction in freight rates by granting the petition of the carriers for "relief from the fourth section respecting class and com modity rates from the Ohio river crossings, St. Louis, Mo., and Mem phis, Tenn., to North Carolina points." The commission decided the pro test of the Virginia cities, charging discriminations, is not well founded. The order of the commission says: "it is ordered, that pending the action of this commission upon any of the applications for relief from the provisions of the fourth section, filed by the carriers or the agents on or beforet February 17, I ! I I , re specting class and commodity rates from the Ohio river cities and .St. Louis, Mo., to North Carolina points, the petitioners herein be, and they are hereby authorized to establish rates named in the applications as amended, from the Ohio river cities and St. Louis, Mo., via the Virginia cities and via points through Atlan ta, (la., Asheville, N. C. and John City, Tenn., to North Carolina points, and to establish proportional ratas as proposed, the applications as amended from Memphis, Tenn., to North Carolina points applicable on business coming from stations west of the Mississippi river, provided such rates from Memphis be so lim ited in their application as to pre vent increase in discrimination a galnst intermediate points of origin: but the commission does not hereby approve any rates that may be filed under the authority, all such rates being subject to complaint if in con flict with any provision of the act. "It is further ordered that when the commission passes upon any ap plication for relief from the provis ions of the fourth section with re spect to the rates herein referred to, the order issued with relation thern to will automatically cancel the au thority herein granted to the rates covered and affected by such or der." In commenting upon the order or the Interstate Commerce Commission Chairman Travis, of the North Car olina Corporation Commission, gave out a statement expressine his grat ification at the outcome of the move ment. He believes that the reduc tion in rates will mark the beginning of a distinct advancement In the commercial nnrl industrial life of the State. It is conservatively estimated that the reductions granted will mean an aggregate Ravine to tne shippers of the State of annroxlmfe ly $2,000,000 a year. The new rates will probably be ready to go Into er fect within about fiO days, as soon as the necessary tariff sheets ran be prepared, printed and distributed to the proper officials of he various roads. Miss Jamison to Iectur. Miss Minnie L. Jamison, director of domestic science at the State Normal College, Creensboro. will give a free lecture in the auditorium of the Central school Friday after noon at 3 o'clock under the auspices of the home eronomirs committee or the Gastonia Woman's Retterment Association. Miss Jamison Is an ex pert in her line and will no doubt bring to the women of Gastonia a message full of valuable information and instruction. Every woman m tne city, whether a member of the association or not. Is cordially invit ed and urged to be present and bear this lecture. This Is the first of a se ries of lectures to be given under the auspiceBc of the association. Vo More Smallpox. City Physician Stovall says that no more cases of smallpox have develop ed since the man Hudson was sent to the pest house over a week ago. One negro suspect has been found and is being kept at home. It Is be lieved that he has a case of chicken- pox and not smallpox. So far the city physician has vaccinated, wltn in the past ten days, more than a hundred neople. Following the leaa of the State and county the city has discontinued quarantining smallpox. The houses where patients suf fering from the disease are confined are placarded with a yellow flag s warning to the public. Since small pox Is held by the medical profes sion to be almost if not entirely pre ventable by means of vaccination, the authorities have entirely changed the method of preventing the spread of the disease; instead or maintain? Ing quarantines they are putting the responsibility upon the Individual citizen of being vaccinated. It is up to the citizen who does not want to take chances on contracting this loathsome disease to be vaccinated. LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDED Newsy Letters from Gazette) Con pondenta Here and There Ovesl Good Old Gaston What Oasf Neighbor Are Doing in the Vasx lou Sections of the County Per sonal Mention of People Tn Know and Some Yon Don't Cherryville Chat. Correspondence of The Gazette. I'll KRRYVI LLE, March 16th. Mr. Columbus Harmon and family, of Hessemer City have moved here and are occuupying the house near the depot formerly owned by Mr. J. T. May. Mr. L. Clay Harrelson, who ha been chief of police for the past 18 months has resigned and doffed his uniform Saturday night. Mr. T. P. Seagle, who has been assistant po lice for several months has been elected chief and assumed charge this morning. Saturday the schools of Cherry ville township held their contests here at the graded school building to decide who would be the winner that will be entitled to enter the county contests. All the honors except one were carried off by the Cherryville school. The contests and the win ners were as follows: Itocltatton. Miss Annie Lee Craft; spelling, Miss ltuth Harrelson, of the sixth grade; running and jumping, Mr. Clyde Kendrick; flat-foot Jumping, Grier Friday; 100-yard dash, Mr. Mar tin Rhodes; 200-yard dash, Mr. Wal den Weaver, and the 4 4 0-yard dash was won by Mr. James Mauney, of Fairvlew school below town. Mr. and Mrs. It. P. Rollins, or Hessemer City, were visitors In town Sunday. Mr. J. D. Allen, of Lavonla, Oa., is in town today selling an Improved kind of cotton seed. Mr. T. P. Jenks Is moving today to his farm in f.lncoln county. Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Crouee, of Kings Mountain, spent Sunday here. LORAY LOCALS. Correspondence of The Gazette. WEST GASTONIA, MAIM' 11 l. Mr. and Mrs. O. II. Rhlneheart left Monday for Paw Creek where they will make their future home. Mr. !urkln Panders, of Creensnoro. visited friends here this week. Mr. (1. W. Taylor, left Monda Tor law Creen, wheie he will accept s position as a barber. Mr. Marion Mooney has accepted a position with tho Piedmont News Co.. as news butch. Mr. Hryson Taylor left Tuesday Tor Paw Creek. Messrs. Oscar Sahms and Henry Stephenson have returned home after spending a month or two in Union, S. C. Mr. John Willis, of Clover. S. C. visited homefolks this week. Mrs. F. J. Boyter, of High Shoals, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Dalton this week. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Jenkins enter tained a few of their friends Satur day evening at their home on Melton street. Those present were Messrs. Phil Parker, Fin ley Hurgin, Walter Sheppard, Richard Clonegar and Cliff Hill; Misses Dewey Taylor. Certle Sheppard. Made Sahms, Ina Arrowood, Donnle Lytle, Daisy Blanton, Maude and Alma Gaines. Games were played and all enjoyed the evening. Mr. T. J. Sprouse, of Cnlon, S. C, visited lxray friends Sunday. Paul, the little son or Mr. and Mrs. D. Withers, is very sick witn measles. Messrs. Ike Jenkins and Press Jenkins and Misses Florence Gennt and Gertrude Ford, all of King Mountain, spent Sunday with Mrs. Myrtle Nolen. Miss Lillie Clonegar spent Satur day and Sunday with relatives near Linwood College. James, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Pink Hill, is quite sick with measles. Iewts and Connie Burgln, the little son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Burgln, have the measles. Mrs. Carrie Cathey left Saturday for a few days visit to relatives In Paw Creek. The Ixray Tigers went to Pied mont High School Saturday and gave the high school teem there a game. The score was 3 and 3. The game was called at the end of the seventh, ending on account of darkness. The features of the game were the pitching of Dagenhardt and the catching of Willis. This was tne Loray boys' first game this season and they put up a better game than was expected. The batteries were: Dagenhardt and Willis; Piedmont Smith and Jenkins. Born, Wednesday. March 11, 191. to Mr. ana Mrs. Ben Roberston, m daughter. Mr. Wilson a Candidate. Elsewhere in this Issue appears for the first time the announcement of Mr. E. Lee Wilson as a candidate for Clerk of the Superior Court or Gaston County. Mr. Wi'son Has lin ed this position before, having been clerk a number of years ago, before the beginning of the prttent clerk incumbency, and is well qualified for the duties of the office. He has many friends who will be Interested in th announcement of 1 s decision . to mane me race ror cieik.