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FRITJAT, OCTOBER 22, 1915,
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1915.
1 1 Gaston 35
Years Ago
A A A A. - A A V V V - A
Happenings in Gastonia and
the County Over a Third
of a Centnry Asro as Chron
icled in the Gazette of that
PeriodInteresting Items
Reproduced from the
Paper's Old Files.
From The Gazette of July 31, 'SO.)
TENTH INSTALLMENT.
Local Dots.
Miss L. M. Ward, of Dallas, Is vis
iting relatives in Charlotte this week
Dr. William Barron, wife and two
daughters, of Perry county, Ala
bama, returned to Yorkville, his
former home, last Friday.
Dr. John D. McLean, of this coun
ty, is rusticating at Cleveland
6prings, this week. The doctor is on
ly 87 years old and will be much
amusement for the guests telling an
ecdotes of the past.
We received calls Thursday from
the following delegates of the Kings
Mountain Centennial Association:
Capt. W. T. R. Bell, J. W. Garrett,
Dr. J. T. Tracy, Dr. T. J. Walker and
Have you seen these lots? They
are located in the best residential
section of Gastonia and all modern
conveniences are available. See
us at once and let us have the
pleasure of showing you this new
development.
FOR RENT
5 Room cottage (one
block from square)
209 W. Longave., per
month $15
Office in Realty Bldg.
(2nd floor) per month $10
4 Room cottage (close
in) per month $6
GASTONIA INSURANCE & REALTY CO.
W. T. Rankin, Pres-Treas. R. G. Rankin, C. B. Armstrong, Vice-Prests.
E. B. Brittain, Secretary
and Dr. Paul Barringer, of Dallas
examined the wounds and found
several large flesh wounds on hts
head and his skull badly crushed
which they pronounced fatal
Mr. Krogg says this is the 14th
man he has killed and whiskey has
been the cause of nearly all.
The First Cotton Factory in the
South.
The first cotton factory in the
W. A. Mauney, Kings Mountain; W. South was built on Mill Branch, in
l. wniQDy, Airline K. K. TJnrnln rnnntv. In th vAr ISIS hv
ine cnarioue Air Une train from Mirhal Srhftnck. erandfathor of
Atlanta last night, at the 151st mile Judge David Schenck. It must have
POSt, ran over and killed a White hn n verv minif nr affair. Inrte-
jnau wno was paruauy insane ana In frnm the. niz nf th stream on
woo paia no neea to tne alarm or which the factory was built. It was
me wnistie. it was impossible, or the Southern company. As the de
course, to stop the train, in fact It mands on the capacity of the facto-
wm iiiuuHii ue noma siep on me ry increased it was removed to South
track, but he gave no heed to the
rumbling of the cars.
The Killing of Mr. Joseph White
Near Gastonia,
This young man who is about 30
yean old and son of Mr. James
White, a prominent citizen of this
Fork. It was burnt in 1860. A
part of the frame work of the old
factory building is still standing.
mark to the historic spot, and is the
property of Mrs. McDaniels, a daugh
ter of Michael Schenck. Mr. SchencK
moved to Lincoln county from Lan-
conntr. w. kiiii hv th wt hnnH ca8ter county. Pa. The machinery
night express train on the 25th in- wa "hipped from Providence, R. I.
tant. He attended Mount Olive One of the old spindles which is In
Methodist church Sunday night I nn.iin nt iii ch.n o ....
where a revival was In progress. It L mma
discovered that he was intoxi
cated, and after leaving the church he
went to the residence of Mr. John
W. Gamble, near the Rail Road, and
. procured something to eat, then
started for home about two miles
distant. Mr. Gamble cautioned him
bout the train, which he said would
oon be along, when Mr. White ask
ed him if he thought he was fool
enough to let the cars run over him.
From all appearances, after crossing
ine cattle guard, about 400 yards
EDITOR ON A "GROUCH.
And He Had a Right to Be Spent a
lay With the C. & N.-W. and
Thirty Minutes at the Garton
County Fair.
Newton Enterprise, 19th.
The entitlements of this grouchy
story are "A Day on the C. & N.-W.
or Thirty Minutes at Gaston Fair."
east of Joseph Gamble's residence, And it might be said at once there
he took a seat on the end of a prom- .r crrn,, ,h o cm
lnent cross-tie. when he fell asleep, " A u , T
on a big heavy grade and a short time they are lnduced 0T an inactive
curve. It would have been lmDoRsl- liver; a chronic grouch is entirely a
ble for the engineer to have seen mental affair: a gen-u-wine, up-
a.rJrV.. M Ve' more t6an standing, bonaflde and Justifiable
todes Maiden. At about 10:40 we
took a siding to let the northbound
passenger train by, and that lasted
about 10 minutes. Pulling back to
the mainline, we found a hot box,
and that took awhile. People got
out and walked about. About 11:10
we were off again, and reached Mai
den, thank God, about 11:20, and
six minutes later we were valiantly
steaming towards Llncolnton. Run
ning backwards is a precarious busi
ness, and the engineer took his time.
Passengers made silly Jokes. "If I
had 'a' thought about it and brought
my dogs," opined one, "we could 'a'
hunted some rabbits along here."
Came to another siding and stopped
to let a freight pass. Passengers
grew restless. One started out the
car rather vigorously. "Hold on!"
shouted his friends, in pseudo alarm,
"if you start walking we'll never
ketch up with you," and he desisted
and sat down. Freight came dashing
up and stopped, and the engineers
visited around with each other,
swapped the time o'day and parted.
It took some ten minutes there, and
coming back, the same train stopped
at the same place to let a freight go
by, and passengers of the morning
looked out and found the surround
ings so familiar that it looked like
home. It would have been an excel
lent time for prospective settlers and
real estate agents. They could have
examined every foot of the country,
analyzed the soils, run imaginary
lines, estimated the stumpage, flow
of streams, etc.
the fair, and get back.
The train left at 3:15, made good
time, waited at Llncolnton awhile for
the bea board and then suddenly de
ciding that the Seaboard wasn't
such-a-much to wait on any how, it
ieu, arriving at Maiden In due course
and waiting on the way for a freight,
and getting to Newton at 5:30. The
day, insofar as it had to do with a
guest or the Carolina & Northwest
ern, was a howling success. One
might say that with the exception of
tne nour and a half we had "off" tn
Gastonia, we were dealing with the
larollna & .Northwestern from 9:30
a. m. until 5:30 p. m.
At Llncolnton, which we reached
at 12:09, the engine left us, ran
through the triangle and came back
with cowcatcher pointing towards
Gastonia, and thereafter we burnt
tne wina. At iz minutes to one
o'clock we hit Dallas, and reached
the outskirts of Gastonia five min
utes later, paused awhile, and rolled
into the union station at 10 minutes
after 1 o'clock. Having begun the
journey at about 9 a. m., we had ac
100 yards distant. It is supposed he 1 . w compliahed the trip in four hours
waa struck by the ensine on th 6,uu " 10 uaBCU " ibiuuuu iv minutes, in actual running time.
neaa, which broke his skull in. All service, morning else in tne world
Ma wounds were in the head and Elves you a better rieht to a erouch
caused his death in ten hours after than a railroad system that will taRe
Mr. Fred Kroe w nrin.. vour sooo money ana give you push
bo blame whatever can be attached cart or wheelbarrow service for it.
to mm.
Dr. R. H. Adams, of this place.
STOMACH TROUBLES
Or. Raflind Writes Interesting
letter on Thi Subject
Madison Heights, Va. Mr. Chas. A.
Ragland, of this place, writes: "I have
been taking Thedford's Black-Draught
m wuigcsuon, ana omer stomach troub
les, also colds, and find it to be the very
vcm mcuitinc i nave ever used.
After taking Black-Draught for a few
art, i always feel like a new man."
Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain
fa pit of stomach, and a feeling of full
ness after eating, are sure symptoms of
stomach trouble, and should be given the
proper treatment, as your strength and
health depend rery largely upon your
food and Its digestion.
'Z? grt quick a"d Permanent "lief
from these ailments, you should take
a medicine of known curative merit
Its 75 years of splendid success, in the
treatment of Just such troubles, proves
the real merit of Thedford's Black
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and without bad after-effects, it is Ure
to benefit both young and old. For sale
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People who had it in mind to
spend several hours at the far-famed
Gaston Fair Wednesday fore
gathered at the Newton station and
other stations down the line, and
waited for the first installment of
the double daily service recently In
augurated by the Carolina & North
western. Newton nacks carry you
to the station at 9 o clock, or there
abouts; it is when your Journey he
gins. Capt. J. W. Pope had slipped
this party the word Tuesday night
that there had been a freight wreck
that afternoon at Hickory. "I spect
that down train will be a leetle late,'
he vouchsafed. Nevertheless, word
from the station was encouraging
They knew nothing of any wreck;
tne train bo iar as tney Knew was
running and on time. The various
travelers purchased tickets and step
ped out, confident, expectant, and
gazed brightly up the track todes
Conover. That was 9:30. It was,
however, on the 13th of the month.
also.
we had made the 36 miles in about
two hours and 4 0 minutes. Some
service!
An hour later an engine running
backerds, pulling two cars came
down. It visited the water tank first,
and doubtless considering that being
an hour late, anyway, the loss of a
few minutes more would make no
material difference, the fireman let
the water into the coal box and it
washed out neat little piles of fuel
on each side of the tender; and
while the weary passengers stood
and watched and waited, the fire
man and the porter seized shovels
and gaily flung the coal back in the
tender indulging in facetious re
marks and hilarious repartee the
while, wasting 10 minutes. "Beats
anything I ever saw," said an admir
ing traveling man about to take his
first plunge on the C. & N.-W. Af
ter a while, then, the engine backed
At the Piedmont & Northern elec
tric railway office inquiry was made
as to street car service to the fair
grounds. The gent behind the wicket
said the regular Gastonia cars run
once an hour wow! but there was
a special car for fair week crowds,
he said, that ran every 15 minutes.
Good! how long before it comes a
gain? He couldn't tell. It might
be short and it might be long. Spe
cial car had to dodge the hour local
car and the Charlotte interurban
trains and take its chances. In the
face of uncertainly, the walk of six
of seven blocks appealed and it was
hoofed. It was then about half past
one. C. & N.-W. woufd leave at
3:10 o'clock; so, we had an hour and
a half to walk to the fair see the
Bights and get back.
The fair did very well for the first
fair. It was not extensive. There
were some fine black Polled Angus
cattle, and some other that weren't
so fine. The horse barn had a couple
of good specimens, the poultry exhib
it was very good, as were the fancy
work, pantry supplies, etc. The usu
al big pumpkin, sweet potato and
gourd were there. The grounds
haven't a race track yet. A lot of
shows occupied the landscape. The
airship man wasn't to go up till 4
m.. and the train left at 3. After
all, it didn't take much time to "do"
And it wasn't a novel experience.
You can run over in your minds past I
times wnen Dig events had been
glowingly advertised for weeks,
when the public was moving in large
bodies, when passenger traffic was
heavy, and went up against the same
sort or railroad service on most any I
railroad in the State, found the event
was not so big after all. and got
back home feeling like the devil had
Bnatched a day out of your calendar
and made a spitball of it which h
bean-shooted into your eye.
We get wroth when DeoDle blow
into this country from sections where
public service is right on the dot.
and make fun of our way of doing
tnings; out when you come to think
about it, we've really and truly get
some distance to travel in the way or
improvements and means of trans
portation, and so forth 'and so on.
You've a chance to take a day off
ana go see something. You pay your
money and light out. You spend
practically the whole blessed day
messing with a dinky little train,
find disappointment In the glowingly
aescriDea attractions and come home
feeling like the thing you are a
durn fool. You could have spent the
time better knitting socks for the
belgian soldiers.
CAMPGROUND LITIGATION'.
Recommends Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy.
"Last winter I used a bottle or
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a
bad bronchial cough. I felt its ben
eficial effect immediately and before
had nnisned the bottle I was cured,
never tire of recommending this
remedy to my friends," writes Mrs.
William Bright, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Ob
tainable everywhere. Adv.
Another Paragraph in Rock Springs
Affair.
The following from The Newton
Enterprise will be of interest to Ga
zette readers:
C. A. Jonas, Esq., of Llncolnton.
has been retained in association
with W. C. Feim8ter, Esq.. of this
place, by the trustees and tent-own
ers of Rock Springs, in the suit a-
gainst them by a committee repre
senting the Western North Carolina
Conference of the Methodist Church.
As noted in Friday's paper, this com
mittee appointed by the church, sold
the campground to Albert Sherrill,
alleging that the church owns the
property. The tent-owners and
trustees refused to recognize the
claim, and presumably the suit is for
ejectment, but it will develop the ti
tle and show who owns the proper
ty, the church or the folks. The lat
ter wish to continue campmeetings;
the former desires to Btop it. For
several years there has been a clash
of authority and so far the camp
meeting crowd has won out, for it
has held campmeetings regardless.
A Fixed Institution.
Charlotte Observer.
The Gaston County Fair had the
weather and it had the people, and
it got a start that no doubt makes it
a fixed institution.
Fifty-five persons were killed and
114 Injured by a Zeppelin raid on
London Wednesday night.
The State eunday School Conven
tion will be held in Salisbury Novem
ber 22 to 24.
For Indigestion.
Never take pepsin and prepera-
tions containing pepsin or other di
gestive ferments for indigestion, as
the more you take the more you will
have to take. What is needed Is a
tonic like Chamberlain's Tablets that
will enable the stomach to perform
its functions naturally. Obtainable
everywhere. Adv.
They're
Almost Here!!
Good-bye Cold and Discomfort
No mora chilly bedrooms, shivery bathrooms,
icy dining rooms. Myl but they look cheerful
and comfy, and- never in your life did you see
such attractive oh. well, words won't do them
justice.
WATCH THIS SPACE
They will appear to-morrow
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Get the habit of taking home a box of candy,
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