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THE GASTON A HA PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEKTCESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. ( VOL. XXXVII. NO. 43. GASTONIA, N. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, 5LY SO, 1816. tUW A YEAR IX ADYAJfCat, 1LKS!I0TCHILDBEII DREW LESSONS FROM ANIMAL LIFE , Evangelist Browning Last Xlglit Taught the Boys and Girls Is- tiona from the Urea of the An;, Spider, Grasshopper and Babbit Hpecjal Service for Colored Folk Next Sunday 'Afternoon Mr. Kid der to Sjteak Tomorrow Xljiht Secial Trains from Kings Moun tain and Lincolnton. At last night's service at the tab ernacle Evangelist Browning again preached to the children,, of whom there were a large number present. He had announced that his subject would be "The Ant, the Grasshopper, the Spider and the Rabbit." From the lives of these humble dumb ani mals Mr. Browning drew some ex ceedingly impressive lesson. The illustrations he used drove home some splendid lessons in each in stance -and the children learned things that will no doubt remain vividly with them throughout life. From the ast the speaker drew the lesson of thrift and perseverance. "Did any of you children ever see a little ant resting under the shade of a blade of grass fanning himself?" asked the speaker. "No" respodned a chorus of little voices and Mr. Browning then told them how tne little ajit is always at work, tireless and unceasing. From the life-history of the ant he brought home tne leiBon to his hearers that thrift and unceasing work are necessary In the Christian life. "Can a .grasshopper stop a train?" he next asked and the children read ily responded "No." He then told them how, a few years ago, out in the Rocky Mountains, there was a pest of grasshoppers, millions of them everywhere. Swarms of them gathered on the railroad tracks. As the wheels passed over and crushed them on the track, the rails became slick and the wheels slipped and turned but the train stood still. From the incident he drew the les son of organization and co-operation. 'He told the children that, af tlon. He told the children, that. ir they had given their hearts to God. they should Join the church of their choice at once and let their efforts for the cause of Christ be combined with the efforts of all the other peo ple in the church. Thus they could accomplish something. If they re mained on the outside and tried to work alone they could accomplisn but little of anything. The spider-builds in high places. From the life and habits of this lit tle animal the speaker Impressed up on the children that they should have high ideas and high ideals. The rabbit, he said, is not as big as a dog and could not whip him. The rabbit, however is wise and when the dog starts after him he runs to a place of safety. So witn boys and girls, men and women; when the devil of temptation gets after us we can run to the Rock of Ageaend there find sweet refuge from the snares and temntations that ASB&il US. Last Friday and Saturday night the services were especially impres sive. A large number of people went to the altar on each of these nights and many were converted. There Is a growing spirituality in the meet ings and the hearts of many people are being touched and warmed by the preaching of Evangelist Brown ing. As a preacher he is logical and convincing. He makes plain the words of the Scripture and his argu ments for living the Christian life are unanswerable. He is a master hand at giving illustrations and re lating Incidents bearing on the sub ject he has under discussion. Often he has his congregation in tears and at other times he as easily makes them laugh. No more direct, power ful and convincing preaching has ever been heard here, according tor the opinion of many who have heard him. Next Sunday afternoon Mr. Brown ing will preach a special sermon to the colored people of the city. Tonight a large delegation or Kings Mountain people, probably 2 5 (X or 300. will be here for the ser vice. Thursday night a special train wilt come from Lincolnton bringing several hundred people for the serv ice. On tomorrow night Mr. Charles D. Kidder, the pianist, will have charge of the meeting. Mr. Kidder ' was converted under Mr. Browning's preaching at Newbern a year ago. He was rescued from a-life steeped in sin. At tomorrow night's service he will tell of his life and experlen cea and he is desirious that the young men of the citly especially tome out to near mm. Souvenirs of Meeting Issued. A hnnVlat utnTanlr rf f ha Rrnwn Just been issued from The Gazette nju mil ennt&ina 24 Daces.' the ef fort of Mr. Charles O. Kldder.-The booklet contains pictures oi Messrs. Browning, Stapleton. Kidder and others connected with the meeting. It also contains a biographical .v.ia if Rvin relist 'Raymond Browsing and some selected sparks f rem his anriL Fixe of the most i- urn cr mnr In the meetlnc ' are also Included in the booklet as ' wall as other interesting iniormauon. The books can be had for a nominal charge, whicn is smaii. 1 I1 ' x - ' 1 - r I o A. L. FRENCH Draper, N. C. Republican Candidate for Commission of Agriculture. WILL HAVEBASE BALL CASTONIA ENTERS WESTERN LEAGUE Agreement Reached Monday at Statesville Meeting To Be Strict ly Amateur Players iSea-son Will IdtHt Ten Weeks and Will Be Di vided Into Two Halfs Gatonla, Ktateftville, Kamutpolis and Mor icanton Comprise Ijeajjue Fast BallPromlsed. Gaistonia is to .have baseball this umuner. Messrs. J. Flem Johnson and J. Mack Holland returned from States ville last night where they met with representatives of the several towns In the Western North Carolina League yesterday and an agreement was reached whereby Gaston ia was given a berth in the association. The exact terms on which Gastonia ac cepted a place in the league have not been fully announced, but it is known that the towns of Statesville, Mor ganton, Kannapolis and da stoma are to comprise the Circuit. Beginning June 19th the season will open and will continue for ten weeks, ending some time the latter part of August. The season will be divided into two halves of five weeks each. The winner of the first half is to play the winner of the second half. At the end of the season the winner will probably play the suc cessful team winning out in the Eastern Carolina League on some neutral ground. That, however. Has not at this time been definitely de cided upon but will be at some ru ture date. The Western North Carolina Baseball League is the official tltlte of the organization with Dr. Carlton, of Statesville, as secretary and treas ury. A president and other officers are to be named later. Only ama teur players shall be allowed to par ticipate in any of the games and it Is understood .that this rule will be strictly adhered to. The promoters of the Gastonia club will put fortn every effort to secure a winfhng team. , A fast, snappy class of ball Is promised and it is useless to say that Gastonia fans will give their loyal support to the team. This action brings to a close nego tiations which have been carried on with the towns which last year com posed the Western Carolina League, and no doubt the hearts of many rooters of last year's fame in base balldotn will be thrilled with Joy at the glad tidings. Don't miss "The Target" at the Broadway today. Fire in Durham Sunday night de stroyed the Brian building, causing a loss of 110,000. Marguerite Clark in "Mollis Make Believe," Ideal Friday. Fire, at Rutherfordton early Sun day morning damaged -the Southern Hotel at that place to the extent of $6,000. Mr. T. M. Brockman and family returned Tuesday from a two weeks vacation spent with relatives at Mar shall. WAS TROUBLED AT NIGHT - Painful, annoying bladder weak' sees usually Indicates kidney trou ble. Bo does backache, rheumatism. sore, swollen or stiff muscles or joints. Such symptoms have' been relieved by Foley Kidney Fills. Hen ry Rudolph. Cannl. Ill- writes: fSlnce taking Foley Kidney Pills I sleep all night without getting up.1 J. H. Kennedy t Co. AdT. IES J HILL PASSES EMPIRE BUILDER OF THE NORTHWEST i Notable and Conspicuous Figure In American Finance and Politics Pan After lllnens of Few Days Itofte From Lowly Position to Plate of Uiutual Power Was Great Railroad Builder. A dispatch from St. Paul, Rfinn., to yesterday afternoon's papers says: James J. Hill, railroad builder, capitalist and most widely known figure of the northwest, died at ihs Summitt avenue residence at 9:30 o'clock this morning as the result of an affection due to bowel trouble. Mr. Hill was unconscious for nearly 12 hours before he died. Dr. Herman M. Biggs of New York and Dr. Stanley ceager of Rochester, Minn., together with members of tne immediate Hill family, were at tne bedside when the end came. James J. Hill discovered "tne breadbasket of the world'" in tne Great Northwest; he led in 'its de velopment from a wilderness into what now comprises six wealthy States dotted with 400,000 farms; and he blazed a trail for transpor tation which reached eventually from Buffalo to Asia, with a total mileage of rail and steamship facili ties that would nearly girdle tne earth. That but roughly spans the story of his achievement. Near Guelph, in Ontario, where James (Jerome) Hill was born in 1838, the son of an Irish-Canadian farmer who died when the boy was 15, therei stands a tree stump la beled: "The last tree chopped by James J. Hill." It marked the lad's resolution to go to the United States. He had been prompted by an odd incident. According to the story that is told, a strange traveler had stopped at the Hill farm to take dinner, and lert his horse at the gate. Young Hill saw the animal was tired and he carried it a pail of water. The stranger was pleased with the lad's thoughtfulness and as he drove off he tossed him a newspaper from the United States, and called out gravely: "Go there, young man. That country needs youngsters of your spirit." Hill read the paper carefully. It contained glowing accounts, of op portunties in the States. He re solved to investigate, for himself. It was the next morning that he chop ped his last tree. As a mere roustabout lad of 18, he toured from Maine to Minnesota. When, in 1856, he disembarked from a Mississippi river packet at St. Paul that place was a frontier town of 5,000 inhabitants. At the sign of W. J. Bass & Co., agents for the Du buque & St. Paul Packet Company, he found a Job as both stevedore and clerk. In the fifteen years that followed he seized every opportunity to study the whole problem of river transpor tation. He gathered no end of ex perience and a little capital with which he launched his own firm of Hill. Griss & Co., which promptly displayed its initiative by bringing the first load of coal that had ever been seen in that section into St. Paul. Two years later, with a fiat bottomed steamer he established tne first regular communcation with St. Paul and the Manitoba ports or tne fertile Red rive valley. About that time St. Paul was hav ing its first experiment in railroad building. Eighty miles had been laid to St. Cloud, 316 miles to Brecken- ride. boh of which terminals were at the southern end of the Red river valley, and there were about 100 miles of track "whichr began no where and ended in that same indefi nite spot." This venture ran up a debt of $33,000,000 and collapsed, with its only assets being " a few streaks of rust and a right of way." Hill had had sufficient success in the region to be seized with a con suming desire to purchase the de funct property. After five years of financial dickering, including the sale of all his other interests, which netted a fortune of $100,000, he and a syndicate of three others Sir Donald A. Smith. George Stephens and Norman W. Kittson obtained the object of this desire. The St. Paul, Minnesota and Mani toba Railway was formed to operate the property, with Hill as general manager. When in 1883 Mr. Hill was elected president he undertook tne extension of the road from its Da kota and Minnesota homestead to tne Pacific ocean. He was confronted by three great competitors to the south, each of which had received big bo nuses as government .aid, whereas the "Manitoba" or the Great ortn ern. as it came to be known, did not have a dollar of government subsidy or an acre of grant to forward Its progress from the Minnesota bound ary to the sea. In this light. Hill's plan was wide ly deemed pure folly, but he pressed it to conclusion by building ana pop ulating as he built. For several rears he laid the rails westward at the rate of a mile a day, and at a cost of $30v000' a -mile, and as he went he left a trail of embryonic farms by the roadside. ' With the line to Puget Sound once laid, he turned empire builder. He Introduced the live stock industry Into vast areas of bunch grass plains. and dsteloped them by Importing blooded stock; he sent demonstration (Continued on pare .8) 1 M. L. SHIPMAN Raleigh, N. C. Democratic Candidate for Commis sioner Labor and Printing. T LOCAL ITEMS Mr. J. Ixn Thomasson, of Kings Mountain, 'spent Sunday in Gastonia. Another much-needed shower fell last night. It was needed. Ninth installment of "The Strange Case of Mary Page." Mr. Thad P. Clinton, of Clover, spent Saturday here on business. Mr. C. F. Harry, of Grover, is a business visitor in town today. Mr. Fred S. Wetzell, of .Char lotte, spent Sunday here with home folks. Mr. Locke McKenzle, of Salis bury, spent Sunday here, with friends. Mrs. J. A.Estridge spent last week with her mother, Mrs. t?ea boch, at Hickory. Miss Evelyn Frew, of Rock Hill, is visiting her sister, Miss Mary Frew. Miss Madge Webb, after spend ing several days as the guest of Miss Kathrine Mason, returned Mon day to her home at Shelby. Mr. Robert White, who holds a responsible position with a stioe store at Statesville, spent Sunday here visiting relatives. - Miss Daisy Howard, of Lincoln- ton, arrived in the city Monday af ternoon to be the guest for several days of Miss Prue Crowder. Messrs. W. R. Armstrong and Robert McLean motored to Spartan burg Sunday, returning home Sun day night. Messrs. Wilson McArver and Theodore Morris, who have been at tending A. & M. College at Raleigh, returned home for the summer last week. Because of the crowded condi tion of our columns on Fridays we have changed our weekly trade-at- home page to Tuesdays issue, be ginning with this week. Miss Myrtle Rhodes, of Wil mington, who has been the guest' Tor the past fortnight of Miss Ruby Spencer, returned home Monday af ternoon. 1 Mr. A. G. Myers returned home Sunday morning from Durham, where he attended the funeral Satur day of the infant son of his brother, Mr. C. C. Myers. Miss Cora Clark left Saturday for Lincolnton on a visit to friends, and from Lincolnton she will go to day , to Dandridge, Tenn., to spend the summer with Mrs. M. C. Fain. Rev. and Mrs. H. M. VVellman left this morning for Nebor where they will spend several days as tne guests of Mrs. Wellman's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wilson. . Recently Messrs. R. Hope Brl dbn & Co. have added ice to their wholesale business and are now op erating ice wagons over the entire town. Read their advertisement tn today's Gazette. Miss Stella Munday, of Denver, spent Sunday in the city withher sister, Miss Jamie Munday, en route to her home from Monroe, where she has been teaching in the public schools for the past year. Mr. Henry Rankin, son of Mrs. R. P. Rankin, left Sunday for Ra leigh to attend the commencement exercises of A. & M. College, Mr Rankin is a member of the graduat ing class in the department of elec trical engineering. The second quarterly confer ence for the West End and Franklin Avenue Methodist churches will be held at 5 o'clock on Saturday after noon of this week at Franklin ave nue church. Rev. J. R. Scroogs, of Shelby, will preside. SHE TOLD HER NEIGHBOR : "I told' a neighbor whose child had croup about Folers Honey and Tar, writes Mrs. Rebkamp. 2404 Herman St.. Covington, Ky. ' When she care it a couple of doses she was so pleas ed with the change she didn't know what to .say." This reliable -remedy Helps congas, . colds, croup and whooping cough. J. H. Kennedy CO. AdT BURTON GEISJEII YEARS AT HARD LABOR IN STATE'S PRISON Aged Slayer of Bewtemer City I -a (I onvictd of Second Degree Mur tier Judge Orders Mark Iage Ta ken In Connection With Negro Murder Cae Juilxe Frank Car ter Completes Term in This 11 trict Number of Minor Cae lbpoweI of. The May term of Gaston Superior Court was concluded Saturday morn ing, at which time Isaac Burton, an aged white man of Bessemer City, was sentenced. to ten years in tne State penitentiary at Raleigh for the murder of Buery Hardin, a young white boy. Burton was convicted or murder in the second degree. The killing occured the night of May 10th on the streets of Bessemer City. Burton, it is stated, was tried in Kings Mountain about ten years ago for the murder of his brother, but was acquitted. Delia Page, colored, and her 12-year-old son, Willie Page, who are charged with the killing of Delia Farris on Saturday night. May 6tn, were arraigned Friday morning. Judge Carter ordered a mistrial of the case. Mack Page, husband of Delia Page, who appealed from tne recorder's court on. a charge of as saulting his wife with a deadly weap on, and who was out under a $200 bond, failed to appear for trial when called. A reward of $25 is offered by Sheriff Davis for his arrest. With the May term of court Judge Carter completed his sitting in the fourteenth Judicial district of whicn Gaston county is a .part. During Judge Carter's stay in Gastonia he has made many friends because of the excellent manner In which he runs the court. His court is orderly at all times and the docket is dispos ed of with dispatch. The following cases were disposed of: No. 9, T. E. Leroy, practicing med icine without license. Judgment sus pended upon payment of costs. No. 27, Lee Stowe, keeping whis key for sale. Nol pros. No. 4 0, Joe Ramsey, larceny. Judgment suspended on payment of costs. No. 4 8, Otto Rupp, false pretense. Defendant having made full com pensation and paid all costs, Judg ment suspended. No. 53, Page Ballard, burglary; bill changed to forcible trespass and defendant plead guilty; Judgment continued upon payment of costs. No. in, Melvin Glenn, larceny. Four months in jail.. J No. 5 8, Melvin Glenn, carrying concealed weapons. Judgment sus pended on good behavior. No. 71, Adrian Hoover, slander. Judgment suspended upon payment of one-half the costs. No. 11, Chevis Wells, assault. De fendant required to give bond in sum of $100. No. 51, Walter Brittain, nuisance. Judgment suspended on payment of one-half costs. No. 56, E. L. Jenkins, appeal from recorder. Nol pros. No. 63, Henry Adams, larceny. Not guilty. No. 64. John Edwards, c. c. w. Fined $10 and costs. No. 67. Ben Chase and Roscoe ii II ic k larcpnv .Indenipnt an to Gullick suspended upon good behav ior for three years; Chase suspend ed upon payment of costs; must show good behavior for three years. No. 68. Ben Chase and Roscoe Gul lick, injury to property. Judgment as to Gullick, 3 months on roads. Judgment as to Ben Chase suspend ed upon payment of costs. . jNo. 69, John Henry Craig, biga my. One year on roads. No. 74, Will McGinnas, Joe Fron eberger, Sid Froneberger and Hill Smith, affray. Judgment suspended on payment of costs. No. 86, Esther Richardson, c. e w. Nol pros. No. 36, J. P. Carpenter, aiding and abetting in assault. Judgment continued upon payment of costs. No. 37, Bud Lay, abandonment. Nol pros. No. 52, Robert Barron, c. c. w Judgment suspended on payment of costs. No. 70 Oscar Tate, assault with deadly weapon. Prayer for Judg ment continued upon payment of costs. No. 8, Sip Adams, assault. Judg ment continued unon payment of costs. ' So. 82. Esther Richardson, as sault. Six months on roads. No. 85. Campbell LelL Tom Propst and Mrs. Alonzo Moses, af fray. Nol pros as to Moses; not guilty as to Propst. guilty as to Lell. Judgment suspended; insolvency ad mitted. No 73, Bell Page and Willie Page, murder. Mistrial. No. -3, -David P. Delllnger, solicit ing Insurance in unauthorized com panies. Judgment suspended on pay ment of costs. No. 26, Will Black, abandonment. Three years on public roads. No. 62. Robert Barron, e. c. w. Prayer for Judgment continued on payment -of costs. ... No. CI, Claud Ramsey, abandon ment. Prayer for judgment con tinned; defendant' to pay into court for the use of his wife $2 per week. No. 79, I, J. Barton, Murder. Convicted of murder in the second III SOCIAL CIRCLES LATEST EVENTS IN W0KAIT5 WCHLB ATTENDING LUCAS. WILLI AMSO.Y WEDDING. J. Misses Lavinla Hunter and Nellie Rose Sloan left Monday afternoon for Florence, S. C to be present at the marriage of Miss Ruth William son to Mr. Marion Lucas, which will take place Thursday evening, June 1st. Misses Hunter and 8foan will be bridesmaids in the wedding. They expect to spend several days away from home vlsltlng'snd will return to the city Sunday morning. TREAT FOR GA8TOXIAXS TOMORROW XIG1IT. t One of the most interesting events of the season will be the recital to be given tomorrow evening at 8:30 o'clock by Miss Pearl Miller, sopra- -no, and Miss Amy Chllds, reader, in the (Central school auditorium. ' Ttfese young ladies won much sfl plause and admiration from a Gasto nia audience on a previous occasion and their return is looked forward to with pleasure. Miss Miller has a soprano voice of unusual beauty and power and is also endowed with at tractive personality and artistic tern- peranient. Miss Childs possesses great skill at entertainment and decided genius tn the art of expression. She has mas tered her art to the- extent that tne years of training seem to be forgot ten when she appears before an au- ' dlence. so completely does she give herself over to her characters and so clever is she In her impersonations. Miss Chllds recently gave her graduation recital at Brenau, pre senting an entire play, and won great praise. . t ; All lovers of song and story are In vited to hear these young artists, and a treat is in store for all who at tend. M'LKAX-M'KENZIK WEDDING ANNOUNCED. Misses Marie and Lois Torrence entertained the Original Thirteen Club with a prettily appointed breakfast Saturday morning at 10 o'clock at heir home on South York street in honor ot Miss Clara Arm strong, whose marriage to Mr. W. I Wetzell will take place the 6th ot June. The house was artistically decor ated with baskets of pink roses and ferns, the color scheme being pink and green throughout. The dining room was especially attractive. The table was festooned from the chan delier to the place-cards with pink ribbons twined with Dorothy Per kins roses. The centerpiece repre sented the sea of matrimony and was an oblong mirror banked with pink roses and smilax, upon which sailed two small boats paddled by Cupids. Concealed In the chandelier among the smilax were two surprises that became known when each guest was told to draw the ribbon at her place. As the ribbon was drawn a dainty shower of handkerchiefs for the bride-elect fell from the end of Miss Armstrong's ribbon, and attractive souvenirs were found upon tne guests' ribbons which were little Cupids holding an engagement ring bearing the announcement of Miss Nell McLean's engagement to Mr. William Locke McKenzie, of Salis bury, in October. The announce ment came as a complete surprise, the breakfast being given for Miss Armstrong, who was supposed to be the only bride of the occasion. When the announcement became known a beautiful corsage bouquet of Killarney roses and valley lilies was brought In on a silver tray and presented to Miss McLean from the groom-elect. Miss McLean is a member of the Original Thirteen Club and quite a social favorite. Tne announcement of her engagement will be of great interest to her nu merous friends. She is the youngest daughter of ex-Sheriff and Mrs. J. D. B. Mclean, and has made her home in Gastonia until recently, when she moved to South Point. Mr. McKenzie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKenzie, of Salisbury, and is a popular young business man of that city. The only guests at the breakfast other than the club members were Miss Ethel Miller, of Goldsboro, who Is visiting Miss Maud Rankin, and Miss Madge Webb, of Shelby, tne guest of Miss Katherlne Mason. Wallace Held and Cleo lUdgely, Paramount, Ideal today. - A. H. Twichell, president of the Clifton and Glendale Mills, South Carolina, died at his home tn Spartanburg Sunday, aged 75 years. He suffered a stroke of paralysis 10 days ago. Mary Miles Minter in "Lovely Mary", Gwy Today. The Lakeview Mills, Inc.. is a ; , new cotton factory Just chartered j .; lor nnsiae. ine capital sioca is . $200,000. - A flour mill is being built at Cliff- -! side. - : - Don't rali MIW Target at tbe Broadway today, : '-- degree and mercy of the court rec- -ommended. - ; No.-81, "William. Champion,' -WiH Huffstetler. Will , Petty, burglary. William Champion 'given 1$ months, Huffstetler given 12 months.