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aston i a Gazette PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK- TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS, 8INULE COPY 8 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.50 A YEAR Df ADYAJTC GASTOXIA, N. C. FRIDAY AFTKIIXOOX, MARCH 27, 1914. NO. 23. VOL. XXXV. T. P. A. ENDORSES MOVE COLLEGE GAME TUESDAY SHORT LOCAL I T E M b THE COUNTY'S FIRST COMMENCEMENT TO-MORROW NEWS OF THE COUNTY THE G TO HAVE ALL SOUTHERN T.WJS STOP Stat Hoard of Directors of Travelers ' Protective Asso iation i:eartily Kn dorse Efforts of Chamber of Com-i nierce to Have Southern Itailwa Stop All Its Passenger Trains Here The Resolutions Fight Will lie Kept lp. Secretary Lloyd of the Chamber or Commerce has received from the sec retary of the State boaid of direct ors of-the Travelers Pro.ective Asso ciation, one of the two lame organi zations of traveling men, a copy or the resolutions adopted b ihe board a few days ago endorsing tiie cham ber's efforts to have the .-outhern Railway stop all its passenger trains here. Following is the resolution: Whereas, The Chamber ot Com merce, of the City of Gastonia, is en deavoring to have the southern Railway Company to make the ity of Gastonia a regular and permanent stopping place lor an passenger trains passing through the city, and believing that the convenience" or the traveling men and the traveling public in general and the importance of the city justify such action on the part of the fcouthern Railway Co. Therefore be it Resolved, That tne State Baord of Directors of the Trav elers Protective Association or North Carolina Division do hereby endorse the action of the Chamber of Commerce of Gastonia, and that we Join them in the request of the Southern Railway Company that such action bo taken, and that our officers be authorized to co-operate with the olticers of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce to bring about such results. As previously noted in The Ga zette the Chamber of Commerce nas taken this matter up with the offi cial of the road .As yet very lime satisfaction has been obtained from the road but the chamber does not expect to let up one jot or tittle m the light which it is waging to se cure justice for Gastonia in this mat ter. With the traveling public and more especially with the commercial travelers, who constitute no small percentage of the traveling public, the fact that Gastonia has always heretofore been only a "flag stop" for the fast trains on the Soutnern has been a joke. GaBtonia furnishes the Southern more passengers and freight business than any other town between Salisbury and Atlanta with the exception of Charlotte, Spartanburg and Greenville, yet even N'os. 37 and 38 will not stop unless forsooth one is going beyond Washington, north, or beyond Atlan ta, south. In those events Gastonia is a "flag station." MISS MARGARET CAKSOX Aged Lady of Pisgah Xelgl;1orhood Passed Away Tuesday Night Funeral and Burial at Pisgah Church Wednesday Afternoon. Miss Margaret Elizabeth Carson, a well known and highly esteemed lady of the Pisgah neighborhood, died Tuesday night at 7 o'clock at the Carson homestead, where sno made her home with the family of her nephew, Mr. J. R. Carson. Miss Carson suffered a slight stroke .of paralysis about one year ago. since which time she has been in rather feeble health. About a week before her death she suffered a second and very severe stroke, which resulted in her death Tuesday night, at tne age of 73 years and two months. Miss Carson was the last of her im mediate family, one brother, Mr. James Carson, having died of small pox during the Civil War, and two other brothers, Messrs. J. B. and R. W. Carson, having died during tne past few years. Deceased was a daughter of the late James Carson, and was born In the same neighborhood in which she died on January 6, 1841. She had been an active member of Pisgah As sociate Reformed Presbyterian church since early life, having been a member under the pastorate of tne late Dr. E. E. Boyce for 4 4 years, of Dr. J. C. Galloway for eight years, and during the pastorate of the pres ent pastor, Rev. A. T. Lindsay. Funeral services, which were con ducted at Pisgah church Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock by the pastor, Rev. A. T. Lindsay, were attended by a' large concourse of relatives and friends who had gathered to pay their tribute of respect to the de ceased, who was greatly beloved hy all who knew her for her splendid Christian character. Following the furferal service the body was laid to rest in the Pisgah cemetery. Read The Want Ads On Page 5 THERE ABE SOME SPECIAL ..BARGAINS ADVERTISED THERE TODAY. DAVIDSON AND .TRINITY MEET HERE ifosehall Nines of State's Two Lean ing Colleges to Meet on Ixray Park Field Xet Tuesday After nMn Two Gastonia Hoys on Trinity Team Both Teams in jod, Condition Trinity Coach Will be Here. i Tuesday afternoon at .!:J0 o clock the baseball teams of Trinity and Davidson CuV.ege will rross Vats on tho diamond at the Loray ParK and Gastonia lans aro promised a number one exhibition of the national game. .Mr. Francis A. Whitesldes, j who is a member of the senior class j at Trinity College, has been here for several days past advertising the ap- I proai hing game and putting things in readiness for the event. Numer- i ous pennants of the two colleges a- , dorn the show windows of many j business houses as do also large , placards advertising the game. Sea;s are on sale at Torrence's drug store; i the admission will be 5 0 cents. Mr. T. T. Spence, of Goldsboro, Is captain of the Trinity team and Mr ! H. B. Gaston, of Lowell, this county, Ns manager. Mr. Z. V. Roberson, ot ! Durham, is manager of the David I son team. Two Gastonia boys will ' be in the game, both on the Trinity side. They are Mr. Edgar McLean and Mr. John Durham, son of Mr. ana Mrs. S. J. Durham. McLean's place is behind the bat while Durham plays third. Trinity's battery is Kanipe and Mclean. The last named is doing duty as catcher on the Trinity team for the third year and Durham promises to make one of the best third basemen Trinity has had for some time. ! lioth teams, it is said, have ! shown up well in all the games ! played this season up to date and next Tuesday's game here promises to be a close one. The Trinity team, says Mr. Whitestdes, has more than doubled the score in, every college game plaved this season to date. Dr. Adkins. Trinity's coach, will be with his boys and it is reported that Mr. C. I). West, Trinity's umpire this sea son, will umpire the game. MlMCIPATi COIRT. .Neatly One Thousand Cases Tried During First Twelve Months To tal Amount of Costs Collected Nearly JM.OOO. Below is given the report submit ted to Mayor Armstrong by Judge A. C. Jones and City Solicitor A. L. Bui winkle of the Municipal Court giving the statistics covering the first twelve months of the court which ended March 3rd. This will prove of considerable interest to Gastonians as it will enable them to see .iust what the court is doing. Following is the report: Gastonia, X. C, March 9, 1914. To the Hon. C. B. Armstrong, May or, and the Hoard of Aldermen or the City of Gastonia: We. tho undersigned, respectfully submit the following report, show ing the number of cases disposed or, the nature of the crimes, the amount of fines and costs collected, and the road sentences imposed in the Mu nicipal Court for the year ending Tuesday, March 3, 1914, viz: Nature of rases. 1. VIOLATION'S OF STATE LAWS. Homicide 1. rape 1. robbery 4. forgery 3, embezzlement 1, perjury 1, abduction 1, seduction 1. larceny 35, false pretense 10, fornication and adultery 3, bastardy 3, keeping house of ill fame 1, abandonment 3, slander 1, gambling 27, carrying concealed weapons 20, retailing co caine 10, retailing liquor 27, keep ing liquor for sale 2. resisting arrest 2, affrays (with and without deadly weapons) 144, assaults (with and without, deadly weapons! 114. dis posing of mortgaged property 3, remnvine crons 1. beating board 7, trespass (forcible and prohibitive) 16, disturbing public worsnip a, cru elty to animals 4, injury to personal property .:. vagrancy 14, stealing ride on trains 16, total 4S2. 2. VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORDI NANCES. Disorderly conduct 127. public drunkenness 2S0, begging without permission 2. riding on sidewalks 14, exceeding speed limit 11. driving ma chines without lights 4, fast and reckless driving 13. driving on fire hoso 2, peddling without license 9, failure to muzzle dogs 20. discharg ing fire arms 12, total 4S4. Total number of cases 966. Number of convictions 837. Number of acquitals 77. Number nol prossed 52. Judgment was suspended abso lutely in 19 cases of those convicted. In some cases judgment was sus pended on less amounts than the full COftS. Total amount of costs collected In all cases $3,965.00; amount collect ed from Gaston County $300: total amount paid City Treasurer $4,265; total amount of fines collected $2, 209.55. Total amount of road sentences imposed by-the court (this does not include the cases tried In the Super ior Court) 24 8 months and 26 days. Respectfully submitted, A. C. JONES. Judge. ' " . . A. L. BTTLWIXKLE, Prosecuting Attorney. THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLi Personal Items About Gaston Folks and Their Friends Short Items About People and Things That Are of Interest to Gaxette Read er. County Commencement Day. --Here's hoping the weather will bo nice. Don't forget to put that slogan in the big box. Principal John James, of the Bessemer City graded schools, was a Gastonia visitor yesterday. Secretary A. O. Lloyd of tne Chamber of Commerce is a business visitor to Charlotte today. Mr. R. F. Ratchford, of the Point section, was a business visitor in Gastonia yesterday. Mr. C. C. Cornwell, clerk of the Superior Court, attended the funeral of Mr. Joseph L. Spratt at ( herry ville Wednesday. Rev. A. R. Beck, pastor of the Dallas Lutheran church, will preacn next Sunday morning at 1 1 o'clock at the Chapel Lutheran church. --.Mr. W. L. Home, of Mt. Gilead, was the guest Saturday and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Whitfield. Mr. Home is Mrs. Whitfield's brother. Miss Elizabeth Huffstetler or the I'nion neighborhood, was trie guest this week of Miss Lettle Starnes. Miss Tessie Hastings, of Besse mer City, was the guest this week of Miss Lettie Starnes at her home on Willow street. J Mrs. J. Linwood Robinson, or Lowell, spent Monday in the city as the guest of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Iong. -Mr. W. L. Pursley has accepted a position with the Swan-Mater Co. succeeding his brother, Mr. II. M. Pursley. Mrs. J. M. Manor and (laughters Mrs. Ellie Roberts and Mrs. H. Ft. Cain, spent Wednesday In Dallas as the guests of Mrs. Manor's daughter, Mrs. Joe Burgln. At the Lumina today tho pro gram includes "A Romance of the Hills," a western drama, "Sacrifice' Vitagraph special, and "Hilda or Heron Cove," a Selic romance Mrs. W. J. Whisnant and little daughter, Evelyn, of Burnsville, ar rived in the city this morning on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Woltz. Mrs. Whisnant is Mrs. Woltz' sister. -Mrs. Julia Johnson and Mrs. J. W. Walker left yesterday after- r,nnn fnr Mui.loTl tf QttoilH ttlP Hil)lf I UUtlll IUI .UU1UV.11 . v.v tlv. ...... and Mission " Institute of the South Fork Baptist Association. Mr. J. Pollard Kirven, Jr., of Darlington, 3. C, is expected to ar rjve in the city tomorrow on a visit to his sister, Mrs. J. Holland Morrow. A card from Dr. W. IT. Hoff man, who has been spending tiie winter at Miami, Fla., states that he will go next week to Fayetteville, X. C, to spend some time with his son-in-law, Mr. W. E. Kindley. Misses Lavlnia Hunter and Nel lie Rose Sloan, students in Converse College, Spartanburg, B. C, arrived in the city yesterday to spend the Spring holidays with their parents here. Mr Evon L. Houser, formerly of Dallas, has moved to Cherryville, where he is agent for the Home in surance & Realty Company, a new organization recently formed in Cherryville. Houses are about the scarcest things in town at the present. Peo ple coming to town find it impossi ble to get houses, notwithstanding the fact that new ones are going up : all the time. The Ideal Theatre today pre sents "The Heart of Carita," a Mex ican drama, "Testing Bill's Courage.' Imp comedy, and "The Weaker Sis ter" as played by Ix)is Webber and Phillip Smalley. Mrs. A. B. O'Neir and daughter, Mrs. Mary Neel, of McKeesport, Pa., have returned to Gastonia after spending a couple of weeks in Flor ida and will leave the first of next week for home. They are guests or Mrs. O'Neil's son, Mr. A. B. O'Nell. Rev. W. C. Barrett, pastor or the First Baptist church, and Rev. J. J. Beach, pastor or the Last Gas tonia Baptist church, left Wednes day afternoon for Maiden to attend the Bible Institute which is in ses sion there this week. Mr. J. S. Whitfield returned Sun day from Gough. Ga.. where he con ducted a successful special sale for a large mercantile establishment. Since January Kth Mr. Whitfield has conducted sales in Atlanta, Lexing ton. S. C. and several other towns in South Carolina and Georgia. An entertainment will be given tonight at 8 o'clock by the pupils of Tanyard school, of which Miss Pearl Dickson is teacher. A program or songs, recitations and dialogues will be rendered. There will be no charge for admission and the public, is cor dially invited. , , Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Ratchford, an account of whose marriage ia giv en in another column, were the guests of Mr. Ratchford parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Ratchford, Wed nesday r.iffht and Thursday. They left last nisht for their home In Sa vannah. Ga. They were accompan ied by Mr. Edgar Batchford and Miss Wilkins. of Savannah, who were mong the attendants at the wedding 6REAT EDUCATIONAL EVENT WILL DRAW (aston County's First General Pub lic School Commencement Will :e Held To-morrow in Gastonia Five to Seven Thousand School Children Kxitected Along with Three or Four Thousand Parents and Friends Monster Parade by Junior Order a Feature Seven Gold Medals to le Awarded The Program Showing Where the Various Events Will Take Plate. To-morrow, Saturday, March 28, 1914, will doubtless be a day long remembered In Gaston for on that day will be held the first county com mencement of the public schools, ir weather conditions are good it Is believed that 10,0(10 people, In cluding something like 6,000 school children, will be on hand either as participants in the events or as spectators. There are enrolled in the county between 9,000 and 10, ooii school pupils. Preparations for this beig event have been going on for some time under tho general supervision of County Superintendent of Schools F. P. Hall, who has had the hearty and TOMORROW'S Parade starts at lO o'clock from Central school grounds. I if ne of march up Oakland street to Main ave nue, down south side of Slain avenue to York street, Imck Main avenue on north Hide to Oakland street where marchers will break ranks. Immediately following parade, contests will he held as follows: Deleters' Contest at court house, Prof. Joe Xlxon, of Cherryville, in charge. Address by Hev. W. K. Ahernethy, of Shelby, followed by presentation of TorrenceIorris gold medal. Reciters' Contest at First Ireb tcrian church. Rev. J. II. Henderlite in charge. . Address by Rev. Mr. Henderllte followed by presentation of David P. Delllnger's gold medal Essay, Short-Story and Kielling Contests at Main Street .Methodist church, Prof. II. A. Query, of Belmont, In barge. Address by Hev. J. K. Ahernethy, followed by pre sentation of gold medal for essay given by The Progress, gold medal for short story given by The Gazette and gold medal for selling given by Prof. F. P. Hall. Declaimers' Contest in opera bouse, Prof. J. B. Hen son in charge. Address by Mr. S. .1. Our hum followed ly presentation of gold medal given by Mr. S. X. Boyce. Oral Reproduction of Stories Contest in auditorium of Central school, Prof. J. S. Wray in-charge. Address by A. K. Woltz, followed by presentation of gold medal given by H. M. VanSleen. Athletic events on South York street at 2:30 o'clock. enthusiastic support and co-operation of l."0 or more public school teac hers. . In every township in the county preliminary contests have been held during the past week or two for the purpose of selecting representatives for the final contests to be held here. Seven gold medals have been offered and will be award ed to-morrow. They are for debate, recitation, declamation, essay, short storv, spelling and oral reproduc tion' of story. In the program as published elsewhere on this page will be found the details with reference to the holding of these contests. In tho afternoon tho athletic events will take place on South York street. If the weather permits a monster parade will be a feature of the day. It will he headed by the Junior Or der I'nited American Mechanics in a body led by the High Shoals Band and following, in alphabetical order, will be the pupils from all tne si liools in the county. Superintendent Hall, the principals of the high schools, members of the county school board and public school teachers will participate In th3 pa rade also. As announced in Tuesday's Gazette the P. & N. will give special rates from Mount Hilly and intermcVale stations to and from Gastonia on the cars leaving' Charlotte Saturday morning at 8.15 and 9:1.". Another, interesting feature of the day. aside from the commencement exercises, will be the contest inaug urated by tho Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of obtaining an ap propriate slogan for Gastonia. A reward of $10 In gold has been of fered to the public school pupil wno suggests the slogan which a com mittee shall decide upon as the best for practical purposes in advertis ing the city. Already several hun dred suggested slogans have been re ceived by Secretary Lloyd of tne chamber throtieh the mail. A large ballot box will bo provided on tne public square where the children who have not sent In their suggestions THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN HERE may deposit them to-morrow. It Is hoped by the Chamber of Commerce that several thousand suggestions will be sumitted as It is desired to get a slogan that will fill the bill to a T. Editor Joe Patton, of The Char lotte News, is acting as judge In the short story contest and Editor Julian Miller, of the Charlotte Evening Chronicle, Is judging the essays. TO PUBLISH PAPER. Students of Davidson College Will (iet Out Weekly Publication Baseball Season Now in Full Swing. Correspondence of The Gazette. DAVIDSON. March 26. The stu dent body of Davidson College re cently decided to issue a weekly newspaper. The name of the new publication will be "The Davldson ian" and it will be issued weekly. Mr. F. W. Price, of China, has been elected editor-in-chief, and Mr. P. D. Patrick, of Greenville, S. C, business mana eer. Dr. W. M. Vines, pastor of the First Baptist church of Charlotte, delivered a strong address before the Y. M. C. A. last week on the sub ject, "The Force of Habit." Hev. J. H. Pressley, of States ville, was to have conducted a series of revival services in the Davidson Presbyterian church this week but PROGRAMME was prevented from being present on account of the Illness and death of his mother. In his stead Rev. Mr, Wilson, of Mooresville, Is conduct ing the services. President Martin left Monday for a 10-day visit to Washington, New York and other points on business connected with the college. Mr. Frank Jackson Is back in his office again after having been con fined to his room for a week or more with the mumps. The baseball season Is now In full swing. Davidson defeated Catawba College Monday 8 to 1 and was de feated this afternoon by Oak Ridge 2 to 0 in an eleven-inning struggle. Osteen for Davidson pitched a hit less game against Oak Ridge until the tenth inning when two or three hits and an error put Oak Ridge a cros8for the winning scores. Da vidson has 20 games on her sc hedule this spring including three games each with Wake Forest and Trinity The second debate In the series with Wake Forest will be held at Winston-Salem Easter Monday. Rock Hill Herald. 2 nth: Miss Ollie Moss, of Gastonia. N. C, is fhe guest of Mrs. M. M. Kendrick, on Moore street. Marion Progress: Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Thompson, of Hickory, are vis iting their son, Rev. L. D. Thomp son. The library notes and one or lirn enmmuniratinns which had been ! put in type for this issue are crowd- ! 1 y r - ill a,. ed out for lack or space ana m published next Tuesday. Township Winners. In the preliminary contests held this week to determine who should be representatives of Gastonia town ship in the county contests tomor row the following were the winners: In declamation. Ernest Warren: in recitation. Louisa Reid; in debate, Judson iShannon; in short stotry contest, Louisa Reid; in spelling, Prue Crowder; in essay, Louisa Reid. LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONOEMTS Newsy Letters from Gaxette Oorr pondents Here and There Orel (rtMKl Old Gaston What Om Neighbor Are Ioing in the Va iom Sections of the County Par aonal Mention of People Yol Know and Some You Don't Rbow( THREE DEATHS. (rim Reaper Busy in the Cherry villa Section Mrs. Benajah Black, Mrs. Sarah J. Heavner and Mr. J. L. Spratt Died During Past Week. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYVILLE, March 26. Mr. Joseph I.. Spratt, one of the best known citizens of the Bethlehem sec tion, died suddenly at his home Tuesday morning, being found dead at his barn. Mr. Spratt was 69 year of age and is survived by bis widow, who was before her marriage Mlsa Margaret Sullivan, and four daugh ters. Mrs. 7.. V. Harrelson, Mrs. W. C. Connor, Mrs. C. L. Eaker and Mrs. A. L. Wilson. Mr. Spratt served In the Confederate army as a member of Company K, 49th N. . Regiment. Funeral services were conducted at Bethlehem church Wednesday at H o'clock by Rev. W. T. I'sry, of Cher ryville. Mrs. Annie E. Black, wife of Mr. Benajah Black died last Friday, aged 7 8 years. Funeral services were conducted Saturday by her pastor. Hev. B. D. Wesslnger, followed Df Interment In the family graveyard. Mrs. Black is survived by her hus band, who is 87 years of age, and the following children: Mrs. Chas. McNeely, Mrs. M. F. Payseur, of Bes semer City, route two, and Messrs. Lee, F. 5. and Ben Black, of Cherry ville. Mrs. Black was a faithful member of fit. Mark's Lutheran church and had been an invalid for the past 30 years. Mrs. Sarah J. Heavner, wife of Mr. W. D. Heavner, died suddenly at the Lincoln ton hospital Monday at-.-ternoon. Mrs. Heavner had only re-' cently returned from a stay of ser eral months In Florida, and had gone to the hospital upon the advice of her physician for treatment. Though her health had been poor for soma time she was not thought to be In a serious condition. She is survived: by her husband and eight, children. Funeral services were conducted Thursday by Rev. B. D. Wesslnger, and the remains were laid to rest in the city cemetery. Hickory Grove News. Correspondence of The Gazette. HICKORY GROVE. March 26. Mr. and Mrs. Haskel Davis, of Besse mer City, spent last week with her brother, Mr. Burt ('lark. Miss Annio Reep and Miss Vera Carpenter spent Sunday with Mrs. Martin Carpenter. Misses Kathleen and Fay Bella Howey spent Sunday with MIbs Lucy Clark. MrB. Norah Ray field spent Mon day with Mrs. J. L. Whitesldes. Mrs. Etta Taylor spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. D. R. VanDyKe, at Cherryville. Miss Ocie Clark spent Sunday with. Miss Bryte Farrls. Mr. Herbert Carpenter made a business trip to Cherryville Monday. Mrs. J. P. Allen has been quite ill, but we are glad to know that she is somewhat improved. Mr. Henry Hasten is seriously III at present. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Whitesldes has been ill with pneumonia, but is somewhat im proved. Mrs. Bessie Carpenter Is very Blck at the present time. Mr. C. H. Blackburn gave the young people of this section a sing ing Saturday night. The little daughter of Mr. Charles Reep is very ill with pneumonia. Mr. Sylvanus Clark made a busi ness trip to Dallas Monday. An Interesting Personage. One of the most Interesting per-t-onages connected with the carnival showing here this week Is Mr. I. lienyakal, who is traffic manager or he Barkoot shows, of which the Tropical Amusement Company is a iart. Mr. Benyakai is a native l gyptian, having been born in Cairo, Egypt. He is the only Egyptlaa Shriner in America. He speaks sev en languages fluently and is a most interesting talker. Du:ing the 20 jears or more that In has been in this country he has met and become acquainted with man public men. He prizes very highlr s liter he ra eived from the late President Mc Klnle when the latttr was chief ex ecutive of Ohio. Another letter he piizes highly Is one from Carter II. Harrison, mayor of Chicago. He has besides these many letters of commendation from prominent men In 'srions parts of the United States. Mr. Benyakai has two children. Miss California Benyakai, a most Charm ing young lady, who is here with him, and one eon, Mr. McKlnley Benyakai. As an entertainer Xir. Benyakai is most interesting. His fund of humor is almost inexhaust ible. He carries a smile with him at all times. While here he has made numerous friends. When applica tion was made to the city for per mission to show here this week trs mayor remarked that "if It wasn't for the gray-headed Egyptian w wouldn't let them come." - v I