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( ' r "' a IT' TT ,; - 'r'Y PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AXD FRIDAYS. VOL. XXX11I. XIA, N. Cm FRIDAY AFTERXOOX, JLXY 14, lltt. A YEAR Df ADVAXCa ikAGREE TO GLQSE EARLYfEIJTHUSlASTIC MEETlfJ THE BUGS WIN FIRST COMING AND GOING- : JSB. G. W. UTZ . SEVERELt . IHJUREO MERCHANTS TO GIVE CLERKS I0RERES1 DIRECTORS AOGFI URGE - PR06RAI 1IWBERSL0STT0 K0R6AHT0N THURSDAY IP . r ; a .QT(T7T)Ki A- ML Ax SEROUS GOIIDITIOI Aaidstaat to President of RItter Iiumber -' Oompaa la Hospital Here Suffering From Internal In juries That Mat Prove Fatal ' Ha Chance of I4fe Two Other iters i 7 Injured When Motor Cars CoWd ed. As a result of a head-on collision between two railroad motor cars near Collettsvllle on the'C. ft N. W, Railway Wednesday morning about 7 o'clock, Mr. George W. LItz, .of Columbus, Ohio, assistant . to the president of the W. M. RItter Lumber Company, lies in a very critical condition today in the City Hospital here while Mr. Gus Branch, section foreman on the railroad has a broken leg and Mr. H. E. Cobb, -an employee of the lumber company, is suffering from, minor injuries. The three men were brought tol 5astonia on a special train Wednes day 'arriving shortly after noon. J Dr. J. W. Long, a prominent sur geon of Greensboro, and Dr. Pryor, of Chester, S. C. had been sum moned by- wire, and reached Gas ton la Wednesday night. Realizing 'Mr. Litz was internally injured ad in a very serious condition, Drs. Long and Pryor. assisted by Dr. J. C. Moore, of Mortimer, and local physicians, operated on him after midnight Wednesday night. It was found that his intestines bad been badly bruised and perforated and that peritonitis had set tn. ' 61 nee-then he has been holding his 'own, having recovered nicely from the effects of the operation, and while his condition today is con 'Bldered very grave his physicians say that he has a chance to live. Dr. Scott, of Bluefield, W. Va., ar rived on No. 37 at noon today and .Dr. Charles H. Hamilton, a noted surgeon of Columbus, Ohio, has been summoned and is expected to reach Gastonia some time today. All that medical skill can do is be ing done to save his life. Among those" of his family and freinds who are here at his bedside are his wife, Mrs. Ethel W. Lltz, and little girl, Helen, of Columbus. O.. -who arrived on No. 37 today accom panied by Judge James French Strother. of Welch, W. Va.. and Dr. 6cott, of Bluefield; his brothers, Mr. B. H. Litz, of Morristown, Tenn.. A. Z. Litz, wife and daughter. Miss Georgia Litz, of Tazewell, Va., Joe F. Litz, of Tazewell, Va.; his sister. Mrs. T. H. iSmott, of Tazewell, Va.; Mr. S. M Wolfe, division superin . tendent-)l the Ritter Lumber Co., or Asheville; Mr. R. L. Hooker, local superintendent of the Ritter plant at Mortimer: W. E.Weakley, traf fic manager of the company, Colum bus, O., and Mr. Landon C. Bell, as sistant general counsel of the com pany, of Columbus. Air these are guests at the Armington. As nearly as the facts can be as certained it appears that Mr. Litz and party left Lenoir for Mortimer early Wednesday morning, expecting to reach the latter place before the section crew went out. Some trou ble on the way, however, delayed them a little. On a sharp curve near Collettsvllle they met and collided with the motor car of. the section crew in which were Mr. Branch and others. Mr. Lltz was thrown from the car and hurled against some ob ject, sustaining internal injuries. He was apparently not bruised exter nally and it jvas Some time before It was realized that he was. in reality, dangerously wuonded. He and tbe other injured men were then brought to Gastonia as Quickly as possible on a special train. Much sympathy Is felt here for the injured man an dhls family, whose waiting and anxiety over the outcome of his injuries causes them keen suffering. Those who know Mr. Litz say that he was an unusual lr careful man and wm. In rallT BASES STATESVILLE vs GASTONIA filonday, iTuescIay, Wednesday: 4 P.M. LORAY PARK . Twenty-Eight Merchant and BuiO- nem Men Sign Contract 8Ctmg Early Hours of Closing Came as the Result of Recent Meeting of Ministers and Business Men Hardware and' Furniture Stores Will Close at Nine O'clock on Saturdays Drr Goods and G rerir Stores Will done at lrug and Fruit Stores Will Hour Before Midnight. As a result of a recent meeting of the business men and ministers or the city for the purpose of consid ering the feasibility of closing tne stores and business houses at an earlier hour than heretofore tne following petition has been drafted and signed by tnose business men who believe that their clerks need more time for rest and recreation: "We, the undersigned merchants and business men ,of tbe city of Gastonia, realizing that we and our clerical help need, and are justly entitled to more time for rest and recreation than we now have, and believing that we cari shorten tbe hours of labor without doing any m fury either to ourselves or our pa trons, mutually agree that the hours suggested below for closing will be fair, just and reasonable to all per sons concerned, and hereby pledge ourselves to close our places of busi ness not later than the hours indi cated in the following schedule: ."Dry goods, clothing, men's fur nishings and shoe stores to close ev ery day not later than 6 p. m. ex cept Saturday and then not later than 10 p. m. "Grocery stores to close every day not later than'iv p. m. except Satur day and then not later than 10 p. m. "Fruit stores to close every day not later than 10 p. m. and on Sat day not later than 11 p. m. "Hardware and furniture stores to close every day not later than 7 p. m. and on Saturday not later than 9 p. m. "This schedule is to take effect Saturday, July 15th." Harry-Baber Company. Swan-Slater Company. Robinson 6hoe Company. J. M. Belk Company. The Efird Company. Ideal Grocery Company. Columiba Tailoring Co., Otto C. Duncan, Manager. John Farris. George Knuckley. Farris Nostef. . Howell-Groves Shoe Company. Sweetland, Chris P. Leventls, Manager. Torrence-Morris Company. McLellan Stores Company. Sherman Bros., A. R. "Sherman, Manager. Standard Hardware Company. Stowe-Baber Company. A. B. O'Neil. Gastonia Furniture Company. Morris Brothers. H. Schneider. Elite Grocery Company. D. & L. Lebovitz. Rankin-Armstrong Company. Gastonia Hardware Company. H. M. Van Sleen. Thomson Mercantile, Company. P, P. Leventls & Company. It was impossible for the commit tee to communicate with the propri etors of two of the drug stores, but It is thought that they will readily agree to the terms of the schedule. Two of the drug stores agreed to 'close but withheld their names In order that the petition might be sub mitted to the managers of the other drug stores. This is an excellent movement and Is only in keeping with the pro gressive steps taken by other towns in the State. always opposed to riding on these railroad motor cars as he was fre quently called on to do when visit ing any of the plants of his company. 7 ro-,1 Ten- Clowe I ALL I H rectors of Chamber of Commercs Hold Bis Meetimr and Adoot Pro mm of (lontitractlv Work JUil Town Meeting to lie Held Thijfl Month Recommendations of Serf meeting of the board of di rectors of the Chamber of Commerce held last night a. program of con structive wort was adopted, and ev ery member of the board expre3etd the opinion that the work of the chamber for the balance of the year would be more successful tban at any time heretofore. Included in the program adopted by the chamber directors are plans for a well-arranged advertising cam paign which is destined to bring more capital, farmers, residents and industries to Gaston county. In con nection with this campaign, tbe chamber Immediately begins the publication of the Gaston Magazine, which is to be published under the direction of the Greater Gaston As sociation. This magazine will reach all the people In this county and others throughout the country. in order to facilitate the develop ment of Gaston county, and follow ing the suggestion of various citi zens in the county, the chamber starts a move to organize the Great er Gaston Association, the purposes of which will be to promote the in dustrial, agricultural, educational and social Interests of Gaston coun ty. The plan of this organization In, brief Is a sfollows: There is to be a unit of the organ ization in each township of the county, the president of each town ship unit to be a member of tbe board of the Greater Gaston Associ ation. The president and other of ficers to be elected at the annual meeting, the first of which will be held at Gastonia about September the 5th. In connection with this meeting each year will be held t a farmers congress and county me diants convention. A strong pro gram is being arranged for this meeting and for the entertainment of the farmers and merchants and their families in Gaston county. It is expected that arrangements will be made to entertain from 6.000 to 8,000 people. Special features will be arranged for the women. There is an organization needed and its sole purpose will be to assist tne towns in the county and the county as a wbole. institutes will De con ducted in every school house in tbe county. Roads will be improved and conditions in general improved through this organization. The tem porary officers of the organization are president, Mr. Frank P. Hall; secretary, C. W. Roberts. The offi cers will be elected at the meeting held In September. The Chamber of Commerce witb the assistance of the Woman's Bet terment Association will establish in Gastonia a rest room where farm ers' wives, their children and others may have a place to rest wnen com ing to Gastonia to shop. This room will be provided with a cot, baby's bed, Comfortable chairs, water, light, gas, toilet and other necessities. An attendant will be in charge and chil dren may be left there while the mothers shop, or baggage left, and it it will be a place for the shoppers to go instead of having to loaf around the stores waiting for trains. This feature will make shopping In Gas tonia a pleasure. The Chamber of Commerce will undertake the development of a system of playgrounds inthe city, the first one to be started aseoon as a suitable site has been selected. The assistance of the municipal gov ernment will be solicited for this feature. The program as adopted by the chamber calls for a permanent ex hibit of manufactures and farm pro ducts produced in Gaston county. This-exhibit will be collected and es tablished in a prominent location in the city where it will be seen by ev ery person visiting the city. At a date to be named later, a big town meeting will be held, proba bly in the armory at which all tbe citizens of the city will be invited to attend including .the ladles. The Chamber of Com mere a and Woman's Betterment Association will have charge of the meeting. And every man. woman, young lady and young man is expected to be present. It will not be a dry meeting of speak ing, but entertaining features will be arranged end refreshments serv ed. " ; The civic committee will start a campaign to have all store fronts remodeled, repainted and improved in a modern way, and to encourage well-kept windows, and well-lighted at night. This committee also hopes to, get the merchants whose stores run bach: 'to the railroad to have the rears cleaned np and not to .allow any signs or posters of any ucind tacked on them, or allow old boxes and .trash to accummulate in the rear of the stores. " The industrial committee of the chamber starts out with a systemat ic campaign. foV industries. Infor mation on several industries is now being collected by this committee, and the chamber is getting In touch with . competent . men Vho may be come interested in them. - At least thir department is going after de sirable industries in a business-like fashion, "but will; sot go factory '- ' " . (Continued on page 4.) iy a Score of 6 to 2 tbe Morgan urn Outnt Kuns Away With First Game Evans and 8taunton trie Opposing Moundmen Martin and Evans Feature With Home-runs for the Visitors Umpire Daw son's Decbilong at Times Were Kxceedlnirlv Rank A Itoubla BUI Lglated for This Afternoon. S Gastonia lost he first game of the series with Morganton at Lorsy Park yesterday afternoon tn a rath er slow game by a score of 6 to 2. The Bugs managed to score three in the first frame when Billings sin gled, stole second and scored on Burke's single. Martin, next up, hit out of the park scoring Burke ahead of him. Staunton, for Gastonia, who had been selected as the slab artist, now settled down and held tbe visitors scoreless until the seventh inning when they raced two more across as the result of Holding's three-base hit,, a sacrifice fly and Billing's two base hit which scored Hodglii who had been given first on a batted ball which all but floored the ( umpire. Morganton's sixth and last tally came in the ninth as the result of Evans' circuit clout over left field fence. Gastonia's first run was made in the fourth when Arnold doubled to centerfleld, went to third on a pass ed ball and scored on Haun's single. In the seventh inning the Climbers lost an excellent chance to put the game on Ice hut the so much desired hit was conspicuous by its absence. Haun beat one out to first, advanced to second on Cox's single, both run ners advanced on Staunton's short single to left field. With three men on, Evans was unable to find tbe platter and Acton was given a free pass which scored Haun. Doyle. whiffed for the third out. Umpire Dawson came in for his share of the rooting at yesterday's game, but the rooting was at him and not in his favor. The fans were indignant as were the Gastonia play ers and there can be no doubt as to the justifiability of their objections. At times his umpiring was erratic and savored of the can. Whether or not he was honest in his decisions makes absolutely no difference, inas much as en error In good faith huns just as much at a ball game as one that was premeditated. Gastonia fans are asking for relief and should have it, while it remains to be seen whether or not their requests will be granted. A double bill is staged for this af ternoon and Gastonia fans are ex pecting to annex both affairs. Score by Innings: R. H. E. Morganton ..300 000 201 6 6 1 Gastonia ...000 100 1002 8 1 Batteries: Evans and Lewis; Staunton and Carver. A double bill was divided by the Gastonia Climbers and the Morgan ton Bugs on Tuesday afternoon at Morganton. Taylor sustained a fracture of the nose in the fourth inning of the first game but con tinued in the game fo r the other five innings. The following special to The Charlotte Observer tells how the games were played : In a splendid dobule-header here today, Gastonia and Morganton split even. . Evans pitched a shut out game In the first, with Thomp son doing the same in the second. Evans never gave the visitors tne slightest chance to score and Thomp son was in danger only once, but pulled out with ease. In the first game, Taylor finished pitching the game and secured two hits after having had his nose broken In the fourth by a foul ball. x Score by Innings: R. H. E. Gastonia . . . 000 000 000 0 4 6 Morganton .. 022 001 OOx 5 9 2 Batteries: Taylor and Carver; Evans and Lewis. Second game. Score by innings: R. H. K. Gastonia ... 100 000 0203 4 2 Morganton . . 000 000 000 0 4 6 Batteries: Thompson and Arnold; Ellis and Lewis. y Xew Realty Development. Marietta Heights is the name of a new real estate development in tbe colored section of the city. It Is owned and is being put on the mar ket by the Gastonia Insurance ft Realty Co. It consists of 40 or mora lots, situated on North Marietta street. This property Is splendidly located and has excellent drainage. It promises to be developed Into a high-class colored residence section. Broadway Today, Cleo Madison In -Whoa the Wolf Howls." - Paramount Ideal Today. a.v;ohd F0I.:0TI!EnS It is a grave mistake for mothers to neg lect their aches and pains and suffer fa silence this only leads to chronic sick ness and often shortens life. ; , . ,. If your work is tiring; if your nerves are excitable; if you feel languid, weary or depressed, you should know that Scott's Emulsion overcomes just such conditions. It possesses in concentrated form the -- - - rx inviimrate the blood.' strengthen the tissues, nourish the nerves. and build strengtn. , . . . Scott's is strengthening thousands, of toothers and will help you. No lcol. Soott 9l Bowae- BlooaiSeld. N. J. BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT TOE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Twelve pages again today. ' Read Eflrd's big two-page . ad vertisement in this issue. Family reunion at the home of Mrs. Mary G. Rhyne, near Dallas, tomorrow. Ice cream supper at the Ozark tomorrow night under auspices of the Ozark Betterment Association. Little Miss Margaret Reece, of Scranton, Pa., Is visiting her aunt, Mrs. Frank Stein. Mr. Lloyd Ross, city engineer, spent the week-end at Wlahalla, S. C, visiting friends. Mr. Kendall Parker will, tears tonight for Hopewell, Va., where be will engage In business with his un cle, Mr. Clinton Green. Mrs. Harry Hand has returned to her home in Charlotte after spending several days here as the guest of Mrs. Frank Stein. Mr. D. R .LaFar and family left this morning in their car for Mon treal where they will spend several weeks. There will be special servloeaat St. Michael's Catholic church on (Sun day, July 16, at 10 a. m., by the pastor, Rev. Fr. Melchlor, O. S. B. Mr. J. Craton Sevier, a former resident of this city, spent two days here this week. Mr. Sevier is now traveling representative of the Proctor ft Gamble Company. Mrs. R. J. Sifford. of Walhalla, 8. C, is expected to be in the ctty next Tuesday and .Wednesday as tne guest of Mrs. D. E. McConbell at her home on West Second avenue. VMr. and Mrs. J. White Ware and child left yesterday for Wrights ville Beach, where Mr. Ware goes to attend a meeting of automobile salesmen. Messrs. Theo Labry and George Kereakos, of the Southern Fruit Co., Charlotte, were visitors in Gastonia Wednesday, the guests of Mr. P. P. Leventls. Miss Mary Shu ping, who has been the guest of Miss Lucy Jordan, has gone to North Wilkesboro where she will visit friends before return ing to her home at Morganton. Miss Prue Thomasson and Mr. W. h. Thomasson left Wednesday for Kinston, where they will visit their sister, Mrs. J. B. Meachem, and family. Before returning ho;ne tbey will also spend several days at More head City. At the High School Conference which is being held all this week at the I'nlversity of North Carolina, Mr. H. A. Query, superintendent ot the Belmont public schools, this county, delivered an address Tues day on the subject, "How a School Paper May Be Published." During the past year the students of the Belmont high school, under Mr. Query's direction, published Tbe Clarion, one of the best high c'shool papers issued in the State. Paramount Ideal Today. Dr. Clark to Preach. Dr. J. M. Clark, of Oklahoma, who is spending tbe summer at Mon treal will fill the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church Sunday morn ing at 11 o'clock In the absence or the pastor. Rev. J. H. Henderlite, who is taking his vacation. Dr. Clark will also preach at the union service at the tabernacle Sunday ev ening at 8 o'clock. The public Is cordially Invited to attend this serv ice. CLEO MADIHOX Rroadway To day. Gaston Auto Hales Company. Mr. J. White Ware and associates who recently sold the Gastonia Gar age to Mr. J. R. Dellinger as noted in these columns, have organized tne Gaston Auto Sales Company. This concern will deal exclusively in the sale of cars, their principal machines being the Maxwell, Chandler and Oakland. Paramount Ideal Today. , - y 1 I Injured This Morning. Carolina ft North Western pas senger train Ho. 19 smashed into a dray wagon this morning at the crossing on East Main avenue, throwing Mr. E. M. Hnghes who was driving the wagon to tne ground. He was carried to the City Hospital where an examination was made and it was found that ho had suffered no broken bones, bat was slightly injured by the falL One wheel of the wagon was demolished, there being no-other damage done. The wagon , was going down Main arenas towards the Avon mill, and had all but cleared the crossing when struck by the train. - Broadway Today, Cleo Madisom. ' . Dock Grier, a Mecklenburg negro, was sentenced to 29 years In tbe State's prison Wednesday by Judge Justice in Superior'. Court at Char lotte for the murder of Bob Harris, an aged negro, on Jane 3rd. Miss Lucy Jordan left tods j, for : Durham where she will be a mem , ber of a .house party given by tne Misses Rogers. From there -she will go to Virginia Beach.' . . Secretary C. W. Roberts of the Chamber of Commercs and Mrs, Roberts moved today into Mr. W, M. Morris' residence on West Airline avenue where they will keep house. Their phone Is .No. 18-L. ' ! Miss Julia LaFar. who recently returned from . Charleston, ".'U. C.,o where she spent the winter with rel atives, left this morning for Connel ly Springs, where she will spend the summer. . t V ? Among -the new dentists Just licensed to practice by the State Board ot Dental Examiners is Dr. , P. R. Wllklns, of Rutherfordton, a V-" brother of Dr. T. A. Wllklns. of Gas tonia. He will locate for the prac tice of his profession at Forest ICty. Mrs. T, J. Lancaster and little daughter Pearl left yesterday morn- . lngfor Gaffney. 6. C, to visit rela tives for a few days. From 'Gaffney they will go to Spartanburg to spend several weeks with Mrs.. Lancaster's, mother, Mrs. J. F, Zlmmreman. Captain A. L. Bulwlnkle, who returned home a few days ago from. camp Glenn for tbe purpose ot opening a recruiting .."station, "has already enlisted six men and they have reported to headquarters at Camp Glenn. f , ; The name of Dr. George R. Pat- , rick, of Lowell. Is Included in a list of 96 who were licensed by the, Bute Board of Medical Examiners Wednesday. Dr. Patrick has not announced where he Intends to lo cate. . Mr. J. J. O'Brlan, of Mayworth, and Mr. Henry M. Rankin motored to Asheville on Monday in Mr, O' Brlan 's car. Because of the , bad . condition of the rosds the car was . left at Asheville and Mr. O'Brlan V went on to Waynesvllle, Mr. Ran kin returning home Tuesday Friends of Mr. Will yolsn, of Spartanburg, 3. C, a son of Mr. W. M. Nolen, of Gastonia, (will be glad ' to learn that he is recovering nicely from the effects of an operation for appendicitis which he underwent ' Wednesday at Steedly's hospital in Spartanburg. ; ? HAD SEVEN GALLON' H LIQUOR. Two CWawba County Men Arretted Lat .Night by ttherift Davis With 14 Half-gallon Fruit Jars Filled With WhMtey Were Bound Over 1 to Superior Court This Morning. , Two white men, W. F Talent and Ernest Costner, both of Catawba . county were tried before Magistrate 1 J. H. Green this morning and bound over to the August term of the Su perior Court on the charge of trans-' porting whiskey Into Gaston county. Talent and Costner were arrested by Sheriff Davis end deputies Ader holdt and Kendrick last night about 10 o'clock in the woods near the Arlington Mill. When captured too men were sitting around a firs and.' more than seven gallons of blockade corn whiskey were .found near a wagon owned by the two men. in order to transport the liquor with- -out being arrested, the men had placed it in one-half gallon fruit jars which in turn were put under a layer of eggs in egg crates. Two boys, Lemuel Propst and Ed Yancey, also from Catawba county, ' and who were camping near Cost ner and taelnt, were held as witness es but were not charged with hand ling whiskey. Talent, it is stated, : plead guilty to a charge ot blockad ing at the last term ef Federal court in Statesvllle. Old Files Show Interesting Figures. One of Torrence Drug Company's windows Is filled this week' with a score or more, of their old prescrip tion file books and some ineterstlng facts have been gleaned from the pre- : scriptions which represent a busi ness that extends over a period of: 31 years, the first ones being dated in 1885. During this period of 31. years a total of 180,685 prescrip tions have been compounded. Fig-' uring their average length at six inches and If they were laid end to end they would make a paper path over. 17 miles long, reaching from Gastonia to Lincolnton. If laid side by side sod end to end they would cover Main street for one and one half blocks, and if they were stood upright end to end the total length would be 170 times higher than tne Washington monument. Allowing fire minutes for the filling of eacst prescription it has taken a total or 16,057 hours or 27 days or . one rear and 262 days. Thin-haired readers of this issu should begin using Parisian S3? and thus escape baldness. J. H. Kennedy ft Co. sell it on gnaract to stop falling hair and cure dandru and itching scalp or money tack. Adr.