THE GASTONIA GAZETTE -.. -1 - PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. 5 SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.00 A YEAR IX ADVAXC VOL. XXXV. GASTONIA, N. C. FIUDAY A FT K K N (X)N , MAKCH 20, 191L NO. 23. THE COURT WAS SHORT ONLY TWO DAYS OF CRIMINAL TERM Superior Court Adjourned Wednes day Kvening Pocket Was a Light One .Several (Jet Road Sentences, Including Two Women Two Grand Jurors Fail to Answer and Are Fined $20 Kach. Gaston County Superior Court Tor the trial of criminal cases adjourn ed Wednesday evening after a two days term, the shortest term of court held since Gastonia has been the county seat. Judge W. J. Adams presided and Solicitor Ceorge W. Wilson represented the State. A large number of rases were con tinued. Those disposed of were as follows: State vs. J. F. Williams, gambling-, 'judgment suspended on payment of costs. State vs. George Burton, gamb ling, fined fl'O and costs. Houston Williams, retailing, no! pros with leave. Eraest Muskelley. assault. fined 20 and costs. Annie Mav Poston. off the docket, half the costs itaid bv the county. I John Kwing, carrying concealed weapons, fined $.'50 and costs. Will Brown, retailing, off the docket, half the costs being taxed a gainst the county. Bill Anderson, carrying conceal ed weapons, judgment suspended on payment of the costs. W. I j. Mayfield. abandonment, no! pros with leave. A. B. Clarke, carrying concealed weapons, fiiied $2"i and costs. Ed King, carrying concealed weapons, fined $2." and costs. Luther Archie, retailing, judg ment suspended on payment of one half the costs. John T. Speiele, 'retailing, ninety days on the roads. Henry Reynolds, retailing, prayer for judgment continued on payment of costs for whi h the county Is li able. Augustus Fen tor. Jtff-nv. nol pros. Ben drier, retnilinir. defendant to pay costs and amn-ar at the nevr ' tern) of court and show good be havior. Rose Costlier and Kliza Costncr, keeping disorderly house, each sen tenced to 12 months in jail, capias to issue in .TO days. Roscoe Ciiillick, carrying conceal ed weapons. ?o days on roads. Ernest Musl-elley, carrying con cealed weapons, fined $10 and costs. John Speisle. retailing, nol pros. IROX STATION XEW S Correspondence of The Gazet'". IRON STATION", March IS.- V". Wren Armstrong, of Spencer Moun tain, spent the week-end with his parents here. Miss May Hicks, of Denver, spent last week with her brother, Mr. Charlie Hicks. Mr. John Rradshaw spent a few days fast week with relatives nea. Hickory. Miss Springs McConnell has been visiting near Lowesvllle. Mrs. Annie Ingle and Mrs. M-ittfe Beaton and children, of McAden vllle, have been visiting Mrs. Ed Lineberger. Mr. D. A. Trout man spent yester day in Charlotte. Mrs. I 'f- .v ruistrong and lit i daughter 1 I - n he. have been isif ing Mrs. Armstrong's parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. M. Hallman. Mrs. Adam Whisnant, of Maiden, is spending a few days here wnn her parents. Misses Ada Furr. of Mt. ITolly, aafl Nannie Warren, of Belmont, have been visiting friends here. Miss Edith Robinson, of Hardin, spent Surday here with homefo'.ks. Mrs. E. V. Senter, of Alexis, spent several days last week here wltn her daughter, Mrs. Odes Long. Over 200 Million Acre Available for Enlarged Homesteads. Since the enactment of the en larged homestead law 211.000.ono acres have been classified by the United States Geological Survey as nonirrigahle -and designated by the Interior Department a9 enterable un der this law in 320-acre tracts, the limit being twice that allowed under the original homestead law. During the month of February 3,312,206 acres were thus classified by the Sur vey and thrown open to entry by Secretary Lane. The States most affected were Colorado, where 1, 129,000 acres were so designated; Montana, with 1,590,000 acres, and Oregon, with about 300,000. Subscribe for The Gazette. Read The Want Ads On Page 5 SHORT LOCAL ITEMS THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Personal Items About Gaston Folks and Their Friends Short Items About People and Things That Are of Interest to Gazette Read ers. Remember Monday April I n i h , is Clean-L'p Day. .Mrs. Sam Morris, of Ml. Holly, was among yesterday's shoppers in Gastonia. m Mr. C. A. Eury, of Raleigh, was a business visitor in the city yester day. Mr. T. C. T. Smith, oT Belmonr, was in the city on business this morning. Mr. .1. W. Patterson, of Mt. Hol ly, was in the city on business Wed nesday. Mr. W. (;. Torrence returned Tues-l::y limn a peveral weeks tr;, to various points in Florida. .Miss Janie .Matthews and Mrs. R. S. Springs, of Charlotte, were tne Kiiesis liiursuav oi ine ioimei s brcrtlir, Mr. J. 1L Matthews, here. The subject of Rev. W. C. Bar- rett's spei ial sermon at the First Baptist 'church Sunday night will be "Courtship and Marriage." Mrs. Clayton Costner and daughter, Miss Maude Costncr, or Dallas, were shopping in the city Tuesday. , Debating teams from heiiiy and Gastonia High Schools will meet in a contest at the Central school au ditorium at S o'clock tonight. -Mr. I. 1 1 . -Stradley has bc:n quite seriously ill at his home on East Franklin avenue fo. several days. -The "Library Notes" furnished us for today's paper, are crowded out of this issue by the heavy de mand for space, and will appear Tuesday. - Today's offerings at the Ideal include. "Tho Touch of a Child," drama in two parts, featuring the famous King Baggott, and "The r.lectric Gir Eclair comedv. Mrs. R. E. Sims, of Chester, S. C, who has been the guest for sev eral days of Misses Ann and Nell Lean at their home on South Broad street, returned to her home today. A ( barter has been Issued by the Secretary of State to the Gaston Medicine Company, capital jr.,iioit subscribed by W. H. Love and ot ti ers. Mr. Ed F. Wilson, a former Gas tonian now living in Asheville, ar rived in the city Tuesday night to spend some time visiting relatives and friends. .Miss Helen Grist was tho guest for several days this, week of Mrs. L. C. Davis, being en route from her home in Lenoir to Augusta, Ga.. where sin has a position as a nurse. Mr. W. Pink Lewis, who recent ly moved from Belmont to liesse City, was in Gastonia on business Wednesday and paid The Gazette of fice a call. - Mr. E. P. Lewis is spending a week or more m Darlington, S. ("., and vicinitv in the interest of Lewis long staple cotton of which ho is t lie originator. The Gaette is requested to state that Rev. R. A. Caldwell, pan tor of the Second A. R. P. ehunn. will preach a special sent on to chil dren and young peoplo Sabbath af ternoon at 4 o'clock at Boyd's school house. , Mr. Pelham Morrow, who Tias been visiting relatives at Mooresville and Davidson, spent Wednesday and Thursday here as the guest of his sister, Mrs. B. J. Caldwell, and re turned yesterday to his home at Hamlet. ' Mr. William Mauney and Miss Beulah Metcalf. both of ( rouse, were married Tuesday in the office of Register of Deeds Smith at the court house. Rev. J. J. Reach performing the ceremony. The bride is a daugh ter of Mr. Rudolph Metcalf. of Crouse. It was a runaway affair. At her home at the Armstrong Mill Wednesday night at 11 o'clocK Mrs. Eliza Ledford died at the age of ST. Funeral services were held at the residence yesterday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev. J. J. Beach offi ciating, and the body was interred in Hollywood cemetery. Deceased made her home with her son. Mr. W. Lyle Smith and family, together with Mr. Smith s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Smith, who have been living at Spencer Mountain for the past year or more, moved back to the city Tuesday and are occupy ing their residence on Columbia street, in which Mr. W. M. Rockett and family have been living. Mr. Smith will continue to hold his posi tion as bookkeeper in the offices of the Spencer Mountain Mills, but his family will make their home here. Gaston Calmette, editor of The Figaro, Paris, was shot and,killed by Madame Caillaux, wife of the French minister of finance. The .tragedy was the result of a cam paign the paper was waging to de feat Carttanx: Calmette's slayer is In Jail. Aside from the advertisements It tarries The Gazette gives its readers more tlien twice a much readmits matter for the money aa any other paper pnhNsbed In the coast) Had yon thought abont it? t HELD DISTRICT MEETING TWELFTH OISTRICT CONVENTION I.O.O.F. Semi-Annual District Convention or the Odd Fellows of Twelfth Dis trict Adjourned I and Night After Very Pleasant and Successful Meeting Visiting Team Confers Itefiree Nevt Meeting at Monroe. The semi-annual district conven tion of the Odd Fellows of the U'tn District, whlih convened here in tlie hall of the Gastonia Lodge No. lhS on Wednesday night, came to a ( lose last night at a late hour after a meeting whii h broke all former rec ords tor attendance oi wuu renown upon any meet lug of the order held with the "local lodge. At the onetime sess on Wednes- day night, which was a public meet ing open to all, addresses of wel- i.ome were delivered in behalf o I (;aijtonia lMdilv No. is.s by Superlu tendeiu Joe S. Wray, of the city schools, and in behalf of the City or Gastonia by Judge A. ('. Jones, or the municipal coutt. Response to these was made by Mr. B. J. Sum mei'l'ow, of harlot te Lodge No. SS, the vi c pi csidetit ol the convention. The principal address was then de livered by Rev. .ado! Paris, Ph.D., of Cornelius, who is Grand Chapialn of the order in Noith Carolina and financial agent of the I. t. O. F. children's home at Goldsboro. Dr. Paris took lor his subject "Fratern alisni." and spoke eloquently upon that interesting theme. He told very fully of the work being aci om plish ed by the Odd Fellows in No th Car olina, and of the success of plans which are being carried out to ma;e the children's home at Goidsboro one of the finest and most success ful institutions of its kind in the State. In connection with the chil dren's home, where orphan children of deceased Odd Fellows are cared for and educated, the order conducts a home for aged and indigent Odd Fellows and their wives, and a num ber of this class are now being cared for in the home. The business of the convention I w;is transacted at two sessions held Thursday and presided over by tho president of the district convention, Mr. G. II. Marvin, vice-grand of Gas tonia Lodge No. 1SS. The other of ficers of the convention were B. .1. Summerrow. of Charlotte Lodge No. SS, vice-president; W. S. Rolph. or Charlotte Ixxlgo Xo. SS. secretary and treasurer; A. L. Charles. Char lotte Ixidge No. 88. marshal, and S. S. Morris, Gastonia Lodge No. ISs. sentinel. Beginning at 9:0 Thurs day morning the convention was in sest'-'ii until noon, hearing reports fro'n the various lodges of the dis trict through the delegates present, and discussing questions and prob lems relating to the work of the lodires in the. district. The afternoon session was given i ui) to routine work, the reports of officers and committees, and general discussion of various matters of In terest to those present. Monroe was chosen as the place for the next meeting, which will be held on Sep tember If. and 17. Officers for tne ensuing term were elected ns foT-lows- President. B. J. Summerri.v. ' Charlotte: vice resident. W. T Linker, of Concord: secretary and treasurer, W. S. Rolph. of Charlo"". marshal. W. T. Stewart, of Motv.i The finl session of the conven tion, held last night, was in the na ture of a recular meeting of Gasto nia IOdge No. 188. at which the first, degree was conferred upon a class of six candidates by the d greo team of Charlotte Lodee No. SS. which amply sustained its re-i tation- of being tho finest degree team in the Grand Lodge of Xnrp Carolina. The hall waswell filiec with visiting Odd Fellows Trom tie various lodees of the district, th-ir. being in attendance probnbly a lar cer number of Odd Fellows than ever met in the city on any previous occasion. A distinguished visitor at the meeting was Mr. M. L. Fhipman. of Henderson vllle. Grand Master or the jurisdiction of JVorth Carolina, who delivered a short address of very great interest to all present. Tack Frost refrigerators and Ice Imi'ph at Gastonia Furniture Compa nyV. N'o Danger from Smallpox. Superintendent Hall has received inquiries during the past few days from some parts of the county as to whether persons coming to Oastonia on the occasion of the county com mencement on the 28th would be In any danger from smallpox. He gives it as his oiunion that there is abso lutely no basis for such fear at all. City Physician Stovall, when Inter viewed today, states that the man Hudson, who was sent to the pest house a week or more ago, has en tirely recovered, and was discharged as well today, and no one need hes itate for a moment Jto come to Gas tonia to the county commencement on that account. Read the adrertlsemeiita la The Gaxette. They are aa lnterastiag aa ewa and are frequently more prof I table reading thaa te aewa. 111 SOCIAL CIRCLES LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD GAVE BIRTHDAY PARTY. j Mrs. S. A. Lanier delightfully en- tertained a few of her friends at her I home on South Chester street 'lues-j dav in honor of her sister, Mrs. A. A. Clark, of Charlotte, who is here ona visit to her mother, Mrs. M. M. Rat hford. AX KX.JOYAHl.K PARTY. Quito a number of her young friends were delightfully entertain ed Wednesday night by Miss Lattice , sl,elton at her home on Kast Thir(I i avenue. Games were played and ' music was furnished by Messrs. ' r '" " "" "cni.r.n pleasing feature of the evening. T I K S I A V A FT F 1 1 N ( HX CM It WITH MRS. K1RI5V. At her home on West Franklin avenue Tuesday afternoon Mrs. M. F. Kirby, Jr., was hostess to trie Tuesday afternoon Club and a num ber of invited guests. It was a St. Patrick s Day attair, the stianiro) k .nil tlin otticrnM li iu ticini? HKt'cT ' both in the decorations and the re- freshments. Progressive Forty- two was played at six tables. A salad course with coffee was served the sandwiches being tied In green ribbon with shamrocks. and the mints also being in green and white. Among the out-of-town guests were Mrs. J. Kemp Dough ton, of Raleigh, Mrs. J. W. Wilson, of Washington, Miss Emma Mc Elhaney and Mrs. Pickett, of Wades bo ro. ORIGINAL THIRTEEN WITH MISSES M I.EAX. At their homo on South Broad street Tuesday afternoon Misses Ann and Nell McLean were hostess es to the Original Thirteen Club, the occasion being in honor of their guests, Mrs. William King and Mrs. R. E. Sims, of Chester. Tho affair was a St. Patrick's Day party, trie score cards being shamrocks, and the shamrock and its color also pre- vailing in the refreshments and dec orations, ine ciuti piaveu tiurn, 1 ... .m iihhixt 1'cii'np. r o will M OiFiitMt while there were also three tables of ! . . ' , , ., , . . . , ,, . , , ,..jlie several candidates from Meck- bridge for tho other guests. After ! , . , i nr Ktttiit titrii'HJiin i n i cn iiirino were served, consisting of a salad course, followed by an ice course and mints. The next meeting of the club will be on Tuesday, March ill,! with Miss Myrtle Gray. TO ORGANIZE CIRCLE OF KING'S DAl'GHTEKS. The ladies and girls wlio are In terested in organizing a Circle of King's Daughters in Gastonia are re quested to meet Mrs. It. F. Dixon at the library room at ,'i: 30 o'clock Sat urday afternoon. The chief purpose and work of this circle will be in tne interest of the Stonewall Jackson Training School at Concord, N. C. The King's Daughters were among the first to plead for the establish ment of this worthy institution, and all the circles in our State eltcept one, have adopted this school as their State work. The funds re ceived for its support are not ade quate, neither is there room for many boys who should be under its discipline and training. To assist even in a small way. in supporting an institution in which our unfrtu nate boys may be reclaimed and trained to usefulness, is something worthy of the very best effort of our women and girls. Jack Frost refrl-rerator and tee boxes jit Gastonia Furniture Company's. MASS MEETING OF Gaston County Farmers City Hall, Gastonia SATURDAY MORNING MARCH 28, AT 9 O'CLOCK Hear Mr. E. S. Millsaps Of StatesTille, N. C. who is in charge of farm demonstration work in forty-two counties in this state, under the direction of tie United States Department of J Agriculture. Other speakers will hare interesting! tallu on FARM DEMONSTRATION YOU ARE WELCOME-COME Gastonia Chamber of Commerce Ml Mi. Berk to Preach. The Gazette is requested to state j that Rev. A. R. He. k, of Dallas, will j preach at the Lutheran Chapel on I the fifth Sunday. March 2'Jth, at 11 a. m. Mr. Abernethy Out. As intimated in The Gazette Tuesday Mr. W. C. Abernethy Is a candidate for the nomination for sheriff of Gaston county. His an nouncement appears elsewhere In today's Gazette. Mr. Abernetny served Gaston county as sheriff Tor three terms prior to lsss when tne compensation, he says, was about $".(Mi a year. He is a Confederate veteran and has lived all his life in the county. (ins by July First. Manager Smith of the Gaston I ''"' Company states that his company expects to have gas in the mains by July first. Already three miles or more of mains have been laid and a large force of hands is engaged in putting down pipes. With good weather this part of the work can be pushed with rapidity. As previously noted in The Gazette ground lias been broken for the con struction of the plant on North Marietta street and this will be pushed to completion. Talk of Opposition. ( , According to the Charloffe papers there is some likelihood that Solici tor G. V. Wilson, of the fourteenth judicial district, will have opposi tion for re-nomination. Wednes day's Chronicle stilted that Mr. John G. Carpenter, of the Gastonia bar, was being urged to run. When seen by The Gazette man yesterday Mr. Carpenter said ho had nothing to say on the subject at this time. Should any Gaston man come out in opposition to Mr. Wilson, say the . I hrifliitti-i tri I m t-u ll fir A u-Ill iii,Ihi k.ln Protecting Dumb Animals. Recently the Gastonia Society Tor the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals has posted the State laws wltn reference to the inhuman treatment of dumb brutes and the punishment therefor in all section of the town. In addition, quite a lot of educa tional literature has been distributed , by the soi iety, all of which will ' ......... ..IV...., I i .. ...1.. . lliuuin-rn iiwt- t un mr in run' iU- ing the people away from the brutal and inhuman treatment or horses and other domestic animals. Mrs. J. Y. Miller, president of the society, states that the organization is mak ing satisfactory progress and that some convictions have bew secured. It is the purpose, states Mrs. Miller, to prosecute offenders of these laws whenever and wherever they may be found in the city. She asks that all members of the society or others, who know of any violations of these laws, furnish her information witn reference thereto. No effort will be spared to bring every person guilty of unliumanity to justice. Church Notice. At the West Airline Methodist church Sunday night at 7 o'clock, the subject of the discourse to bo de livered by the pastor, Rev. S. B. Ste phens, will be, "How to Deal With Your Kenemy." All are cordially in vited to this service. am VUJUAJJMuJl J NEWS OFJHE COUIIIY LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Newsy Letters from Gaxette Cor pendents Here and There Ortt Good Old tias ton What Oaq Neighbor Are Doing In the Vaj loin Sections of the CountyPar onal Mention of People Tn Know and Some You Don't KwuWt VOI XO LADY DEAD. Mls Hem Jackson Pase Away at Home in New Iloe tn the Flowee of Young Womanhood Daughter of .Mr. . A. Jackson. Correspondence of The Gazette. NKW HOPE, March 1. MIsa Bess Jackson, daughter of Mr. W. A. Jackson, died at her home here Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock fol lowing an illness of some time from t uhci'i nlosis of the throat. She had been in fulling health since last Thanksgiving. While going to a jiarty Thanksgiving night she wa thrown from a buggy and her arm broken, he had been up and down since that time and had only heen confined to her b'l all the time for about two or three weeks. Deceased was li years old, hav ing been born July 4, 1S88. She is survived by her father and one sis ter, llss Janie Jackson. A brother, Mr. Ross Jackson, died two years ago. She had been a member of the New Hope Presbyterian church since early childhood and was a young lady of most exemplary character. She was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Funeral services were held at New Hope church Wednesday con ducted by Rev. R. S. Burwell, the pastor, and the body was laid to rest in the New Hope cemetery. The bereaved father and sister have the sympathy of many friends 'n their sorrow. Lowell Locals. Mr. Murphy's llewldenre Xearlnjr Completion Family Movc to tiastonln Ididy Injured In Mill Newx Not ex nnd Personal. Correspondence of The Gazetto. I)WKU,, March 18. Prof. Ram seur is busy these days practicing his school up In athletics, etc.. for the big meet In Gastonia on the Jin. Miss Mary Hchoof, of Moorasvllle, visited Miss Mary Reld Friday, re turning homo Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Jasper K. Hand came over this afternoon to vlait rel atives. Mr. Murphy has the painters at work on his house now aiyi It be gins to have the appearance or a finished job. Mr. I). A. Croves, the "shoe shop barber," went to Greensboro Satur day to visit his family, returning Tuesday. Mr. J. K. Rhyne moved from here to Gastonia last week. They will occupy the house known as the Jones residence on Highland street. Mr. F. 1). Phillips Is having bis barn and house covered. Mr. Self and family, of Charlotte, have moved to Iowell. Mr. Self Is section foreman for the Southern. Mr. W. H. Holmes went to Cal houn. S. C, Tuesday on business. Mr. A. Titman has bought a baroer out lit and w ill open up a shop next door to the postoftice. Mr. Brady Hendrix has returned from Richmond where he studied, the barber business and has openet up near Mr. Nipper'B store. Miss Lula Williams had the mis fortune to get her hand caught tn some machinery in the cotton mill Tuesday and was pretty badly hurt. Mr. Chappell, one of the stock holders in the Ixiwell Cotton .Mill, speut part of Tuesday hern. Mrs. Bakley and daughter, Mtg3 Klsie. accompanied Mrs. R. R. Fori and Miss Annie to Charlotte ?atur day in their auto, which was driven by Mr. Palmer Titman. Mr. .litehel, track foreman for P. & N. Railway, has moved his fam ily here and is occupying a part of Mrs. Harney's house. Miss Kdith Robinson Is absent this week at Anderson. S. C, wi!h her sister. Miss Kate, who li at tending school there. Miss Pearl Evans will spend the week-end with Miss Mvrtle Titman at Cherokee Falls, S. C. SHOUT LINKS PKOTEST. Opioe Bill Proposing Pay for Car rying Mail on a Space instead of a Weight Itawis. Washington. March 18. Capt. L. T. Nichols, of Chester, S. C, repre senting the short lines association of the southeast, appeared before tiie senate committee on postoffices and post roads today and protested a ealnst the adoption of the nrnnnoo.i bill which would allow the carriers pay for carrying mail on a space in stead of weight as at present. Mr. Nichols told the committee that his railroad, as well as many others, are now carrying the mall at a great loss: that the parcel post had- In creased this loss and to adopt tne bill now before the committee would work an additional hardship upon the railroads of the country and es pecially upon the short lines. The New York World, three times a week (almost the same as a dally) and The Gazette both for one rat fr $2.00. Subscribe today. V ..: