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ASTON 1 A GAZETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS. GASTONIA IS A BUSY TOWN. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVAXCEfc VOL. XXXV. G A STOMA, N. C. TUESDAY A FTKKXOOX, MARCH 31, 11M4. NO. 2r. THE G BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL y4 MORRIS BROTHERS SOLD FGR M1000 Property at Corner of South Street and Main Avenue Purchased I Sat- unlay Night by Ionir Brother i Second Big Deal in Gasionli Dirt Within the Week Humor as to Purjtoses of Xew Ow ners For the second time wjrtiin a wees a big deal in GaUfiia real estate was made when Messrs. V. E. and L. H. Long Saturday night purchased the property at the corner ot South street and Main avenue owned by Messrs. 13. T. and S. M. Morris for the sum of $)(, UuO. On Monday the Love building, in the block immed ately west of the Morris lirothers corner, sold for $jO..Vu as chroni cled in Tuesday's Gazette, Mr. V. V. Glenn being the purchaser. Thai property fronted 1 1 U feet on Main avenue and brought a fraction over $450 a front foot. The .Morris Brothers property fronts 00 feet on Main avenue and runs back 1 10 feet. It brought $Miu a front root. This is the highest price ever paid Tor real estate in Gastonia and is a fuD- Uious sum wnen com pm cci iu mc market value of property here a lew years ago. Not only in the sum which ( hang ed hands but in the rapidity witn which this sale was coiisuummated did this latest big deal in dirt set a new record in local real estate cir cles. It returned only a few min utes to close the deal. As reported by witnesses to the transaction, it took place aboift this way, the time being Saturday night, one of the bus iest of all nights in Gastonia: I Mr. V. K. Long said to Mr. P. M. Morris: "I'll give you $;), o ( 1 1 for this property." "We'll take $ 10,000." replied Mr. Morris. "It's a deal." replied Mr. Long, who explored his pockets and brought up four silver dollars, all the chance he had with him, anil passed it over to bind the trade. The other parties interested were phoned lor and an agreement was drawn up. Yester day morning the deeds were proper ly made out. At present there arc two brick 8tore-rooms on this property, each having a 2."-foot front. The one on the corner is occupied by Morris Brothers as a department store, they having been in business on this cor ner for 2C years. Tho other build ing is occupied by the Standard Hard ware Com pan v. Each is two stories high. When the Messrs. Morris came to Castonla from Dallas 2 6 years ago a small wooden store building stood on this corner, now one of the most valuable business sites in th city. The late Mr. John H. Craig was con ducting a general merchandise busi ness there. They took over the bus iness and a few months later pur chased the property, paying between $700 and $S00 therefor. A little later they built the hrick building on the corner still occupied by them and about 10 years ago erected the store room adjoining occupied by the Standard Hardware Company. Both of these firms will continue to occu py their respective store rooms for another 12 months, tho transaction including a year's lease on both buildings. No red octip tra' 'i-tion which has ever taken place here has caus ed as much comment as this one. It was the talk of the street Saturday night and is still being talked or. The general opinion seems to bm that while the price was a high one the property is worth it. There baa been much speculation as to just what nsr the Messrs. Txmg Brothers would pn' this property to. Among the things mentioned as possibilities are a theatre, a hotel, etc. The probabili ty of a big drug store on the corner ground floor is also mentioned. The owners themselves have had nothing to say as to what they intend to do with this valuable piece of property. Farm Demonstration Assured. Though there were many farmers in Gastonia Saturday it was Impossi ble to get them together for a meet ing, which had been scheduled for the city hall at 9:30 o'clock because of the widespread interest in the county school commencement. Mr. E. S. Millsaps, district manager of farm demonstration work, was here ana was to have addressed tho farm ers. He spent the large part of the day here conferring with varicrs persons interested in the proposed cenionstration work' and as a resuU of his visit it was assured that Lias ton county is to have a farm demon strator. Something more definite on this subject, will be announced at an early date. Read The Want Ads On Page 5 IN SOCIAL CIRCLES LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD STOHV HOI K KOH MISS GILL'S BOOM. On Friday afternoon of this week. beginning at 2 o'clock. Miss Jessie Stockard will conduct a story hour at the library for all the pupils oT Miss Gill's room. S. AXD O. ('LI B WITH MBS. BBISON. The regular meeting of, the S. and (). Club will be held Thursday after noon of this week at 2:::o o'clock with Mrs. B. Hope Brison at her home on West Main avenue. betteioient to meet pkidav a ftebxoox. The Woman's Betterment Associa tion will hold its regular meeting In the auditorium of the Central school at o'clock Friday afternoon of this week. All members are espe cially requested to attend, two very important events are scheduled "or the next two weeks. Miss Van Bur in's lecture next Monday afternoon and SpHng "Clean-l'p" day on April 13th. U. C. CM B MET WITH MBS. JONES. The regular meeting of the TT. C. Club was held last Friday afternoon with Mrs. A. C. Jones at her resi dence on Dallas street. The club Is studying Italy and the topic for the afternoon was "Rome," and papers were read by Mis,s Blake on "Fa mous Ruins at Rome," and by Mrs. Ilenderlite on "Art Treasures in Rome." Miss Mary Ragan gave a very interesting reading from MarK Tvr inY, "Innocents Abroad' and Mrs. Timberlake gave a reading on "The Vatican." At a business meeting which was held at tiie conclusion or the literary program Miss Ragan was elected a delegate to represent the 1'. C. ' lnb at the meeting of tiie Sta'e Federation in Fayetteville May 6 to N. COMPLIMENTARY TO MBS. J. I). DUFF. The following is from yesterday's Rock Hill. S. C. Record: Complimentary to Mrs. Dudley Duff, of Clover, who was the house goes' last week of her sister, Mrs. .T. K. Parker, Miss Mary Marshall en tertained very delightfully Thursday afternoon a number of friends. At small tables arranged in rooms ef fectively adorned with lovely spring flowers, a series of intrestine games of "Bunco" was played progressive ly. At a late hour a delicious salad course wis served and the affair was a most Tho Dudley Robert 'isse j.-,.,,.,, Bo vce. enjoyable one. e present were: Mesdames Puff. Sadler Love. Calvin Ste w. M. Price, Barber Roddev, M Murchison, .1. P. Hollis, Nellie Reid. Mamie Steele, Wilson. May Lyons and Julia DIED SUDDENLY. Sergeant Preston K. Gilbert, of Gas ton Guards Answers Inspection Boll Call and Falls Dead To be Buried in Lincoln County. A moment after answ:ering "here" to roll call at the annual inspection of Company B in the armory yester day afternoon at 2 o'clock Sergeanr Preston K. Gilbert fell out of a chair in which he was pitting to the floor In an unconscious condition and was dead within 10 minutes. He was not feeling well and was pres ent to respond to roll call, having informed Captain Bulwlnkle that he did not feel well enoueh to drill. Mrs. Stovall and Anders were sum moned immediately but Gilbert was dead when they arrived. Heart trou ble was assigned as the cause of death. Deceased was in his Hist year and was married. He is survived by his widow and one or two children. H was employed as an operative at the Loray Mill and was known as a qui et and Industrious young man. He had served in Company B for three years and in January of this year re-inlisted for another three years. He was faithful in his attendance on the drills and took great interest in the company's affairs. Because of the death of a member of the company in the armory trie official inspection was limited to a drill and inspection of the armory and equipment. Cant. R. C. Lanrr don. 1. P. A., and Col. Thomas Strirafleld. X. C. X'. r... conducted the inspection. Col. ,T. T. Gardner, of Shelby, and Capt. W. R. Robert son, of Charlotte, wpre present as spectators. The officers stated that the local military company has the best equipped armory in the State. They found everything in number one order. There are at present 4" enlisted men and three officers In the company, which has a splendid rating with the war department. Mrs. Roth to Lecture. Mrs. Julia T. Roth, of Toledo. O.. national secretary of the Daughters of America, will deliver a lecture on Immigration and the Public School System at the Central school audi torium Wednesday night, beginning at 8 o'clock. The lecture is given free under the auspices of Gastonia Council Xo. 68, J. O. V. A. M., and everybody is cordially invited. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Personal Items About Gaston Folks and Their Friends Short Item About People and Things That Are of Interest to Gazette Bead- ers. Mr. J. F. Thomson was a busi- ness visitor to orkville yesterday. - Hev. R. A. Miller, or Lowell, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday. - Mr. L. A. States spent yesterday in Lincolnton on business. Dr. .! . M. Caldwell, of Blacks- j burg. S. ('., was a visitor in the city j yesterday. j Mr. V. K. Clemmer has pun-has- j eel a farm just west of the city from Mr. J. Yandei burg. i Mr. A. Q. Kale, of High Shoals, I was a business visitor in the city -at u i da . J Miss Lena Green, of Belmont, was the guest Saturday of Dr. and Mrs. ('. J. MeCombs. Mr. Harry rVilU. of Greensboro, spent Sunday here as the guest or Mr. and Mrs. V. K. Long. - A handsome new steel ceiling is being put in the tilln us of the Gas tonia Insurance t Realty Co. --Muring the month of March inn cases were tried in the Municipal Court. - Mr. C. S. Carson, of Bessemer City, was a Gastonia visitor Satur day. ('apt. C. M. Nolen, who has been con lined to his home by illness Tor the past two or three weeks, was able to be out again Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Carpenter and little son, of the Landers Chapel neighborhood, attended the county com meiicement Sat unlay. Mr. H. P. Mat key, a senior at I Oak Ridge Institute and captain of the baseball team, was a guest Fri day of his sister, Mrs. A. K. Woltz. Brown Wilson, one of The Ga zette's carrier force, is laid up witn mumps at his home on West Airline aven tie. Mrs. E. X. Hahn left last week for Lenoir on a visit to her sister, Mrs. W. L. Minish, and other :ela tives. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Love, of Monroe, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. MeCombs. Mrs. Love is undergoing treatment at tho City Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. V. B. Hlgglns will leave tomorrow for Greenville, S. C, where they will make their home in the future. Mr. Biggins is building inspector for the Southern Railway. Gastonia's new photo-play and vaudeville theatre "The Cozy," locat ed in the Craig & Wilson building, will have its opening Thursday night of this week. See display ad on page eight. Mr. R. P. Parker has disst.'vd partnership with his son, Mr. C. T. Parker, and opened up a new gene;- al merchandise, business in his eld I stand on South Oakland street near the Dunn Mill. i Mr. Mark Wilson has purchased from Mr. J. Y. Miller a lot on South street adjoining the property of Mr. W. C. Abernethy. It has a frontage of inn feet on South street. Mr. Wilson may build on this lot. --Mrs. E. C. Wilson went to Char lotte today to be present this after noon at a presentation of a porlralt of Harvey Wilson by Mr. George K. Wilson to the Charlotte Law Associ ation. Harvey Wilson was the fath er of Mrs. Wilson's husband. --.Tho baseball teams of Trinity College and Davidson College are In I the city for the game scheduled to ' be played at :!::S0 this afternoon, bur i at 2 o'clock the indications are that J a downpour oi rain win interiere with the playing of the game todav - -The United 5, 10 and 25 Ceni Stores, whose Gastonia store will oc iiipy the Adams building, will have their formal opening Friday niglit from 7:30 to 9:30 and be open ri regular business Saturday niornii...' u 9 o'clock. Nothing will be sol I at (he forma! opening' except can dies. Further announcement will ue made in Friday's Gazette. Dallas, Route 1, News. Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS. Route 1. March 26. Mrs. Etter, of this community, and a Mr. Moss, of Cherokee. S. C, were married at Black sburg Tuesday. We wish for Mr. and Mrs. Moss a happy and prosperous married life. Mr. Ralph Costner has been con fined at home the past week with mumps. Miss Et'a White visited Mrs W. J. Clemmer, of Bessemer City, Tues day of last week. Mrs. Geo'rge Pasotir spent Tuesday in Bessemer City with her mother, Mrs. W. R. Thomas. Mrs. Beeler Lineberger visited friends in Dallas the first of the week. Mrs. Eliza White spent one day last week with her sister, Mrs. J. L. Clemmer. Mr. and Mrs. Price Ratrhford vis ited a Mr. Luther Best's the first of tho week. Durham's Million Dollar Fire, the biggest that ever happened In the State, shown In pictures at Luinlna Theatre todav. FIRST COUNTY COMMENCEMENT GRAND SUCCESS : ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND SCHOOL CHILDREN PARTICIPATED IN MAMMOTH PARADE ' ( . j 1 j j ton County' First Comment - incut Held Here Saturday Brew Nearly Ten Thousand People to Town, Half of Them Pupils of the Public Schools Event Was a Grand Success from the Big Pa rade to the Athletic Events Names of the Winners in the Sev eral Contests Was a Gala Day In Gasionia. From the time the band began to play in the morning until the athlet ic events, including a baseball game, were concluded in the afternoon Gaston county's first commencement of the public schools, held here Sat urday, was to use a slang expression, "a howling success." In the early morning hours tho clouds lowered .threateningly over tho land and doubtlesH kept hundreds of people in remote sections of tho county from coming to witness the events, not withstanding which fact there were, according to conservative estimates, something liko ten thousand people in town. Of this number between 4,oihi and r.,000 wero school chil dren and marched in the big parade. It was indeed an Inspiring sight, that long line of public school pupils, ranging in ago from six or ve.cn-year-old tots to grown young men and young women, marching togeth er under banners which stood for public schools and public education. As they marched along Main avenue, crowded as it had probably ,ie. er been but once before, these young people -"the hope of Gaston county" as one expressed it were loudly c heered by enthusiastic specta'ors. It was about II o'clock before the head of tho procession struck the business section of Main avenue. It was led by tho Junior Order severa: hundred strong who wero headeJ by the High Shoals Band. The line or march was along tho northern side j of Main avenue to York street and , back on the southern sido of Main avenue to Oakland street where i ranks were broken. It required i about three-quarters of an hour to complete iho march. Each school carried a banner showing the enroti i iiient and tho younger pupils of sfw j eral schools wore distinctive uni forms. Gastonia's banner showed an enrollment of 1,."r0 and was, or course, the largest in the procession. Tho uniforms wero of white and uroon, the smaller pupils having i: con book satchels at their sides. Belmont's uniform was white anct led and several other schools r,a '. -i mctive colors. ..it tor me tact tnar. epidemic or measles, mumps and otn" c nnt lgl ' mis diseases prevailed in sever,'! sec tions of the county, preventing whoTft schools from attending. 'be parade would no doubt have contilned 6, 'ni o or more pupils. Xo ;. ' cedent occurred to mir the pleasuie of the day and tha order ir.aiiiti, inrii by all classes of ; eople was ec pt tonally good. '. :''e.' in p the parad .oiliest wo"o ; i id. according to profi.im tn M'i"ta' '.'ails and the results of tne ue "."i'-Tii below in detail AT THE METHODIST CHURCH. The spelling, short story and es- i say contests were in charge or .Mr. , H. A. Querv at the Methodist church. I In the spelling contest f h ree sepa rate heats were sneiled. tne winner of two out of three of these being "warded the Mall medal for spelline. There were six contestants as fol lows: Eurie Queen, of the High "boals school. Pallas township: Ava favseur. of the East Kines Moun tain school. Crowders Mountain township: Paul Traywk-k. of tne Belmont school: Mary Lineberger. of River Bend tow nsh in : Prue Crowder. of Gastonia. and Ruth Harrelson. of Cherryville township. Master Eurie Oueon was the successful sneller and to bi"i was awarded the medal in an .v-nroTirjatp speech by Rev. J. E. Abernethy. Mr. Ouerv announced that the icidtre of the short etorv contest was Editor .T. C. Pntton. of The Char lotte Xews. and that Editor J. !. Miller, nf The Charlotte Evening Chronicle, was to have acted as iudge of the pepays. but that on account or sudden illness at the last moment wis l'tiablo to do so. Tn his stead pnprin(pndent IT. P. TLnrdine. or the Chrlotte cc-Vinols. bidsred the e siv. The entries in tho phort etorv content worp as follows: Dallas townchp "Snrh PPv as a Fatter Dp'h." River Bend tnwnshln. "Pi,irV winp. Crowc'erc Mountain town-Mn, "A Birthdav Adventure." Gastonia townshin. "A Horsehack Trin to and from Ohio " Pouh Polnr fownshin. "The TTaunted Church." ChP-rvville to-vnshin. no entry. Tpp following letfpr from Mr. fatton ws rid: Prof. Tln-h Qne-v. Bo'-nonf. X'. C. My Dear Sir: T herewith return 'ftp manuscripts of short Fto'ies left with me. After coin? over them carefully I have decided that In my opinion the story entitled, "The Haunted :'hunh" is the bst of the lot and i.etit.-. the lirst pii.e. It is a splendid pie. e of imaginative production, and Horn the standpoint of torcetul and terse expression it is unusually good. It is a difficult job to pick the prettiest (lower from a garden of pretty ones, and 1 assure you it was not easy to select the best story in this lot. They were all good, un usually so, much belter than the ma jority of short stories appearing in our college magazines. It was a real pleasure to go over them. Respectfully, J. C. PATTOX. P. S.-- I should like to print these stories if agreeable. The author of the story, "The Haunted Church," was Mr. Ray Arm strong, of the Belmont school, ills story will be printed in the next issue of The Gazette. The following were the. entries in the essay contest : Dallas township, "The Regula tors"; River Bend township, "Edu cational Development In .North Cniy olina Since r.'OO"; Crowders Moun township, no entry; Gastonia town ship, "Xorth Carolina's part In tne Battle of Kings Mountain"; South Point township, "Xorth Carolina In the Civil War"; Cherryville town ship, no entry. I'rol. Harding's at ion of the essay letter in explana colltest was read as follows: Mr. H. A. Query, Gastonia X. C. Dear Mr. Query: I have read with much interest all of the essays submitted. It is hard to decide which is the best, all of them are so good. After consider ing composition, subject matter and the general arrangement of fads I have decided In favor of "Xorth Car olina in the Civil War." 1 congratulate the si hool authori ties of Gaston county on the splen did work that Is being done in com position in the public schools B these essays are representative oT that work. Very Truly, H. P. IIARIMXG. The author of the essay, "Xorth Carolina in the Civil War," was Mr. Ray Armstrong, of the Belmont schools. It will appear in The Ga zette at an early date. All the above essays and stories were submitted to the judges on tne same footing, despite tho fact that there were some which exceeded the length limit of 1,.nn words. AT FIRST PRESBYTERIAN' CHURCH. Tho girls' recitation contest was held in tho First Presbyterian churcn. The exercises were in barge of l'ror. Ray Funderburk, of Mt. Holly. There was a very large attendance, tho audience of a thousand or twelve hundred people overflowing the main auditorium and gallery into the Sunday school room. This contest was a drawing card among tho mul titudes of people who catno to Gas tonia for the county commencement day, and those present were not dis appointed. There wero six contest ants for the medal and every one or the six-did first-class work. Nothing connected with the great day reflect ed more credit on the schools of Gaston county. Although there was a long and tiresome delay in get tin; started, the large assemblage awaited tbiough to the last piece with un diminished interest. The programme was as follows. Miss Alina Rhyne, of Dallas, "As Mie .Moon Rose;" Miss Irma Reid, jf Ixiwell, "The Sweet Girl Graduate:'' Miss Annie I'o Craft, of Cherry ville, "As tho Moon Rose;" Miss Juanita Rollins, of Bessemer City, .-augmy .eiia; .Miss ixjllie Kan kin. of River Hend, "Aunt Sophroina Tabor at the Opera:" Miss l.oui-a Reid. of Gastonia, "Four Bars in d.e Key of 'G'." The judges were Bev. R. S. Bur well, of Xew Hope, Mr. Wharton and Miss M'Kenzie of Charlotte, tni last named being the teacher of ex pression in Queen's College. The.-e judges had no easy eask, but arter some conference decided that I ho palm should go to Miss Louisa Reid. of Gastonia. The prize in this con test was a gold medal offered bv M D. P. Bellinger, of the local bar. Mr. Bellinger will continue to offer this beautiful trophy for annual con test among all the girls in the schools, of Gaston county. The medal wa3 awarded in a brief speech by Rev. J. IL Ilenderlite, pastor of the First Preslyterian Church of Gastonia. '' mgh this was an unusually sti ,g contest throughout and every effort was first-class, yet along with the winner. Miss IxMiisa Reid, special men: ion should he made of the fine work of Miss Irma Reid of Lowell, and li'tle Miss Juainta Rollins, who captured her audience with the pranks . f "X'auehty Zella." AT ' 'EXTRA I, SCHOOL. At the itra' s hool auditori'im the oral rep !"jction of etorie con test was held .-? the supervision of Prof. J. S. W ray. There were contestants, one t. '. "rich towr.Mo. The second grade 'r . ''herry i t", the third from Besser-'-- ' 'ty r-ir--sented by Miss Virgini.n ! the fourrh from Belmont, rei .-".- '. t,y Miss Xell Stowe, the sixth from Mf. Iloiiy, the tenth from Dallas ai. I tr.e eleventh from Gastonia, represented by Miss Louisa Reid, who won tne medal, which is given by Mr. H. M. Van Sleen. The judges were Mr.. Victor L. Stephenson, of the local rdafl of The Charlotte Observer, Miss Sarah Kelley of the Charlotte hlga school, and Miss Sudie Blankensntp, the principal of the IMlworth school, Charlotte. ( The medal w as present by Mr. A. E. Woltz. ot the local bar. who, on account of the length or la contest -and the lateness of the hour, -made only a few remarks. Tho crowd in attendance at this contest as at the others was large and th interest keen. This is one of the most unique of the county contests an Id this is the first year a medal has been offered for oral reproduction of siories in the county. AT TIIE OPERA HOFSR. The declaimer's contest was held in the opera house where Prof. J. B Benson was in charge. Mr. S. N. Iioyce, chairman of the county school board, is the donor of the gold medal givn annually for the best declalmer in the county. There were Ave con testants, as follows: "Patrick Henry and British Segregation", by Jennings Rhyne, of Crowders Mountain town ship; "The Sepulchers of Our Fallen Braves." by Magnes Edwards, or River Bend township; "Eulogy on Vance," by Ernest Warren, of Gas tonia; "Appeal to Arms," by Earl Ramsey, of Dallas; "Boys of Amer ica", by Conley Robinson, of Cherry villle. Tiie judge in this contest was Mr. A. F. Long, of Mecklenburg, who also delivered the medal. Mr. Jrnest Warren, of Gastonia, being the winner. An excellent address was made by Mr. S. J. Durham, ot Gastonia, and Mr. Boyc e, the donor Of the medal, made a few remarks. There was a good crowd in attend ance and the exercises were highly entertaining throughout. AT THE COl'RT HOUSE. One of the most interesting con tests of tho county commencement was that for the debater's medal which was held in the county court house under the supervision of Prof. Joe Nixon of the Cherryville graded schools. The gold medal for ths best debater in the county is given annually by the Torrence-Morrls Co of Gastonia. Tho Judges were Bev. J. C. Deitz, pastor of the Gaslonts Lutheran church; Prof. Howerton of the Shelby graded schools, and Hon. A. L. Qulckel. of the Lincoln ton bar. The subject, debated was tho same one used in the High School Debaters I'nion of tho State this year, namely, "Resolved, That th Constitution of Xorth Carolina Should be so Amended as to Allow the Initiative and Referendum in Slate-wide Legislation." Messrs. Judson Shannon, of Gastonia; Hor ace Xims, of River Bend, and Ray Armstrong, of South Point, repre sented the affirmative and Messrs. Walden Weaver, of Cherryville; Ern- ' est Lineberger, of Dallas, and Cosslej Williams, of Crowders Mountain, tho negative. The affirmative won tns decision and Mr. Walden Weaver, of Cherryville, who led the negative side, was picked as the winner of the gold medal. All of the debaters acquitted themselves exceedingly well and numerous comments were made to the effect that the speeches were very much better than the average argu ment before a jury, more like the speeches of lawyers than those of school boys. The medal was pre sented by lion. A. L. Qulckel, of Lincolnton. Bev. W. E. Abernethy, of Shelby, who was to have delivered an address, dec lined on account of the lateness of the hour and nlade only a few remarks. The attendance was large and all present thoroughly enjoyed the occasion. ATHLETIC EVENTS. The atletic events were held on South York street in the afternoon and under tho direction or Prof. James, of Bessemer City, drew quite a pood crowd. The events were as follow s: 100-yard dash won by Inland Mor ris, of Gastonia; time '2 seconds. 1120-yard run won by Iceland Mor ris, of Gastonia: time U .I seconds. Ito-yard run. won by Kendrlck; time tit seconds. Relay race won by Gastonia. Running broad jump, won by Ken drick, of Cherryville. Standing broad Jump, won by Fred Pearson, of, Gastonia. Running high jump, won by Fre4 Pearson, of Gastonia. Throwing baseball, won by Cherry ville contestant. Baseball game won by Cherryville. Score Cherryville, 17; Dallas, 7. Maje-tic Range Demonstration. A demonstration of the Majestic ranue is being held this week at tne s.:cre of the Standard Hardware Co.. ixdusive asents here for this weP-1.- nna n kitchen equipment. Mr. R. I S. Carroll, representing the Majesttc Manufacturing Company, is in charge j of the demonstration. Hot biscuits I and coffee made on. a Majest'T range are being served free. This cooK ing school" will continue thron?H Saturday of th's week and the pro prietors of this store invite all tse ladies of Gastonia and surroundns country to visit their place and se what the Majestic wi'l do. This n ternoor?. i? -o the chiidrc"'.. 'lew to -r.aVe r.'.y ) inc o? cake '--irie you want in h minute and a ha.f ' will be demon-. rated tomom. Thursday the menu will be "How to bake a biscuit that wil keep frestt. for a week." On Friday It will be. steak." As a special offer this weelt the company is giving absolutely free with each range sold an JS set ot cooking utensils.