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O - J ... W C U J 7- li ii , j". w' m0? ' -S fe 11 ' -f ' ' ' PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEKTUESDAYS AXD FRIDAYS. f VOL. XXXVII. NO. SS. GASTONIA. IT. C, FRIDAY AFTEN003r, JULY 21, 191C $IJM A YEAH Pf ADVAXC2. A AV SUCCUMBS TO mJURIE&IGASTOIilA QUITS L EH. UTZ HIDE BRAVE FI6HT FOB ISt , Official of IUtter Lumber Com Injured More Than Week Ago Motor Car Accident Died Yestei day Afternoon In Local Hoepl Body, Accompanied by Faml and roenda. Taken TWa Morni to Old Home at Tazewell, Va, f Bttrialw Prominent in. ,. ternal Circle Much Sympathy , it Here lor Bereaved Ones. Following a determined and markable but a losing flgbt for his life -which lasted nearly eight days, Mr. George William Litz, assistant to the presidents! the W. M. Rltter Lumber Company, of Columbus, O., succumbed at 1:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon to Injuries he sustained In , a motor car accident near Colletts- . ville on the Carolina & Northwest ern Railway Wednesday morning, , July 2th. . Throughout. Wednesday Mr. Litz apparently Improved and his physicians had more hope for his recovery than at any time since he was injured. However, there was at no time anything but a faint hope that he could live. Yesterday morn ing he grew rapidly worse, develop lng a high fever, and continued to decline very rapidly until the end came at. the hour named above. -.,-, Brought here on a special train Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Lits was taken immediately to the City Hos pital where he was operated on ... shortly after midnight Wednesday night by Dr. J. W. Long, of Greens boro, and Dr. Pryor, assisted by . local surgeons. Dr. Charles H. Hamilton, a prominent surgeon of Columbus, Ohio, was summoned and left that city last Saturday. He was delayed nearly three days by being marooned in the vicinity of Ashe ville by the high waters which cut that part of the State off from the outside world. He reached . here Wednesday. Mr. Lits' body was removed from the hospital yesterday afternoon to ' the establishment of the Ford Un dertaking Company where it was embalmed and prepared for burial. It was taken in a special Pullman .car attached to No. 39 this morning to his old home at Tazewell, Va., where the funeral and burial will take place. The party will go by -way of Atlanta, Chattanooga and Bristol to Tazewell. In the party ac companying the body were his wid ow, Mrs. Ethel G. Litz, and little 18- months-old-daughter, Helen; his brothers. A. F. and J. F. Litz, Tazewell: P. G. and J. L. Litz, Coeburn, Va.. and D. H. Litz, Morristown, Tenn.; sister, Mrs. of of or T. RSmott. of Tazewell; Judge James French Strother, of Welch, W, Va.: "Mrs. A. Z. Litz and Miss Georgia Litz, of Tazewell; Mr. W. E. Weak ley, traffic manager of the Rltter Company, and Mr. Landon C. Bell, assistant general counsel of the com pany, both of Columbus. Deceased was born October 24, 1472, In Tazewell, Va.. one of a fam ily of fourteen children, of whom there are living seven brothers and three sisters. He had been with the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company for the past -16 vears serving the company in variouacapScTttesFor several years he held the responsible position of assistant to the president of the companyr' He was also vice president of the Colleton Cypress Co., of Colloton, S. C, and of the Big Sandy & Cumberland Railroad. He was a highly valued official of the Ritter company, which has plants In several States. He waB known and greatly loved by the other offi cials as well as by hundreds of the employees of the company at differ ent points. He was especially well known over the western part of the State where the news of his death will be heard with great sorrow. About six years ago Mr.. Litz mar ried Miss Elizabeth G. Wakefield, of Ashland, Ky., who survives together with an 18-months-old daughter. Helen. Deceased was prominent in fra ternal circles being a member of the . Masonic lodge at Welch, W. Va., and of the Commandery Knights Templar of Tazewell, Va.; he was also a member of the Elks at Bluefleld, W. Va., and of the T. P. A. He was a consistent member of the Methodist church. Among other organizations of which he -was a member were the Athletic Club , and the Scioto Coun try Club of Columbus. While Mr. Lits was a stranger to Gastonlans, he and the members of his family and his friends who came here to be at his bedside gained a place in the hearts of many local people who mourn with the bereav ed ones in the heavy loss which they nave sustained. That the family and friends are deeply appreciative of the kindnesses .shown them here Is evidenced from the card of thanks from them appearing elsewhere in this issue of The Gazette. ' - Teg O' The Ring'! Ideal today. John Hessln Clarke, Federal dis trict judge at Cleveland, Ohio, was on Friday - of last week nominated by President Wilson as ena&soefcrte Justice of the United States Supreme Court to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. C. E. Hughes, Republican nominee for President. "Pes Of Tba Ring" Ideal today. , EAGUElEHOR OIRECTOBS DISBAKOEO TEAS KEOSESM Because of the Lack of Interest Man' ifceted During First Five Weeks It Was Thought Wise to With draw from Weetem, Carolina Baseball. League Mcrgantoei Has Followed Gastonia's Steps and Will Also Quit tbe League All Obligations W ill Be Met by the inrectors. , oball in Oastoula unaatja to be a reality'' Wednesday .afternoon at the close of two abbreviated affairs between the local team and Morgan ton's 'pennant-grabbing outfit. Di rectors of the Gastonla club reached this conclusion two days ago after many hours of worry and careful consideration. A multiplicity of cir cumstances is responsible for the ac tion of the directors in wiping from the eyes .of Gastonia enthusiasts ilve long weeks of "strictly amateur' baseball. Only a few hours had elapsed af ter the directors ultimatum until Dr. R. M. Reld, president of the lo cal club, received a telegram from Mr. R. T. 'Claywell, president of the Morganton baseball team, announc ing that the Bugs would be disband ed at once. Piteeldent Claywelra telegram read as follows: "Conditions here are such that we cannot complete schedule. - Are dis banding team. Letter follows." Gastonla 's ball players have been compensated by the management of the association and are now at liber ty, having been released by manager Carver Wednesday afternoon fol lowing the games on that day with Morganton. The Morgantpn team, it Is stated, has gone to Kannapolls where two exhibition games will be played before returning to the Bug town. "Lack of interest," declared Mr F. L. Smyre, secretary and treasur er of the Gastonla Athletic Associa tion, "has been responsible for tne action of the board of directors in disbanding the team. The attend ance has not been even half what it was last year and although we have not lost any money and could carry out our part of the schedule, there dldn t seem to be enough interest manifested ' to warrant it, and it is very likely that the association would suffer more during the seconds naif than the first. Since Morran Ion has disbanded Us team our schedule could not be carried out. and we believe that in view of the existing circumstances our action will be approved by those who have helped to support the team. All the obligations made by the association will be met by the directors even If the funds in the treasury are ex hausted. Thus closes a chapter in the an nals of Gastonla baseball that Is al together different from what was recorded in the preceding chapter last year. After winning a pennant, seeing baseball that was faster even than that played by the Carolina League, and having on its payroll such a string of big leaguers as to cause people in several States to wonder at the nerve of such a small city, the Gastonla Athletic As sociation has been forced to aban don an undertaking that failed to please the public. The drop was too great, it has been said by some,' from professional baseball to purely amateur, i 1 Along with the fact that the class of baseball was not what Gastonia fans wanted there came a flood which tore down every means of travel, thereby making it impossible for the team 8 to keep the appoint ments as outlined in the original schedule. And although it is true that Gastonla did not have the best team in the league, there could have been very little kick on the work of Its players because they were in sec ond place and there is no way of telling what would have happened before the close of the league. It was not the players but the class of baseball against which the Gastonla fans were objecting. Local fans from the start had fears as to the outcome of the ven ture. There is no objection or criticism registered against those who have directed the career of this year's team for it is known that they did their best to make the ven ture a success. It has failed not because of the management but be cause of itself. 'Peg O The Ring" Ideal today. One hundred and forty men, who were supposed to have gone down with the naval collier Hector off Charleston last Friday were brought into Charleston Saturday. Not a one was lost. The collier is reported to be a total loss to the government. RHEUMATISM ARRESTED Many people suffer the tortures of lame muscles and stiffened joints because of impurities in the blood, and each sue ceeding attack seems more acute until rheumatism has invaded the whole system. To arrest rheumatism It is quite as im portant to improve your general health as to purify your blood, and the cod liver eil in Scott ' Emulsion is nature's great blood maker, while its medicinal nourishment strengthens the organs to expel the impurities and upbuild your strength Scott's Emulsion is helping thousands every day who could not find other relict. Refuse the alcoholic substitutes. . . T LOCAL ITEMS There will -be regular services t St. Michael s Catholic church on Sunday, July 23, at 10 a.m. Mr." L. D.' Lindsay, of York, was n the city Wednesday visiting rela Ives.:- 1 . - , Esquire Jacob Kiser. of Besse mer City, route one, was in Gastonia in business this morning. Mr. J. M. Torrence, of Besse mer City, was a business visitor in the city Wednesday. ' An interesting -letter from our Belmont . correspondent reached us too late today for publication. It will appear in Tuesday s Gazette. Regular meeting of Piedmont Encampment,' No. 6, I. O. O. F at 8 o'clock tonight in the hall in the armory building. Her friends will regret to learn that Mrs. J. D: Lindsay continues desperately ill at her home on Co lumbia street. ys Mrs. L. C. Davis had as her guests yesterday Mrs. R. E.Summey and daughter, of Shelby, and Mrs. I. in. Davis. Miss Kathleen Terrell, after a visit of some time to her brother, Mr. L. E. Terrell, has returned to her home a( Gainesville, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. J. White Ware and little daughter, Margaret, returned Wednesday from a week's trip to Wrightsville Beach. Mr W. Lyle mith's residence on South street is practically com pleted and Mr.jSmith and family ex pect to move into it within he next rew days. Mr. J. Edgar Murphy, of Jack sonville, Fla., Is spending a - few days in the city as the guest of his bother-in-law, Mr. F. D. Barkley, and family. V Mr anl Mrs. Hugh Wray re turned yesterday from New York and Atlantic City where they have been for the past ten days on a pleasure trip. A cow belonging to a Mrs. Weaver at Bessemer City was struck and killed by lightning during tne severe electric storm yesterday ar Mr. ternoon. Charlotte Observer, . 21st: Robert W. Adams, of Atlanta Is spending several days in the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. William E. Adams, the former his brother, at their home on Jackson avenue. Piedmont Park. Notice is given to the public in this iBsue that the C. & N.-W. Rail way will operate trains No. 9 and 10 between Chester and Dallas, and trains No. 7 and 10 between Lincoln- ton and Hickory until further no tice. l-Dr. T. A. Wilkins will leave to morrow night for Louisville, Ky., to attend the annual meeting of the National Dental Association, which will be in session there next week. Dr7 Wilkins goes as a delegate from the Cleveland District Dental Asso ciation. V-Mrs. C. C. Cornwell, of Dallas, who went to Brevard last Friday for a few days visit, is unable to return home because of the damage done to railroads by recent heavy rains. Mr. Cornwell received a telegram last night from Mrs. Cornwell stating that she was safe but that foods were scarce. It will be some time before trains will be operating from that section. QUIXX-ROBIXSOX WEDDING WEDNESDAY, In a quiet but pretty wedding sol emnized Wednesday afternoon at the home of the bride s mother, Mrs. M. L. Robinson, on route two. Miss Eunice M. Robinson became tne bride of Mr. L. Lloyd Quinn. The bride and groom entered the parlor to the strains of the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, rendered by Miss Lois Robinson, a sister of the bride. Rev. A. R. Beck, pastor of the Dal las Lutheran church, performed the ceremony, which was witnessed only by the immediate family. The bride has been for the past two years a popular and efficient teacher in the public schools of the county. The groom is a prosperous young farm er of the Philadelphia section near Dallas. Immediately after the cere mony Mr. and Mrs. Quinn drove to the home of the groom's father, where they will spend some time. Liter they will make their home with the bride's mother on route two. Announcements reading as fol lows were sent out after the wed ding: Mrs. Mi L. Robinson announces the marriage of her daughter Eunice to Mr. L. Lloyd Quinn on Wednesday, the nineteenth of July one thousand nine hundred and six- ' teen Gastonla, North Carolina. Trade With Gazette Advertisers. . FARMERS, ATTENTION. County Demonstrator J. M. Gray asks The Gazette to state that if any farmer In the county needs help be cause of damage to his crops by the recent floods, he will' be glad to come to the assistance of such a one. . If there is any .advice or help of any kind needed in the matter of crops communicate with Mr. Gray at Gas tonia and he will respond immediate ly. - GIF HI'S BODY f OUIID El'ET DEATH KEAR BELfiOXT BRIDGE H., P; Griffin Wednesday Morning and Brought It Here Shipped Yesterday Morning to -Old Home at Liberty, . C, for Burial Was Half Burled in Bind and Sand Mne Victims of Bridge Disaster tm Vnacconnted For, A searching party composed of Southern Railway employees discov ered the dead body of Supervisor H P. Griffin of the Southern Railway Wednesday, morning about 10 o'clock, it was found two or three hundred yards South of the site of the Southern bridge at Belmont on which he was working at the time It gave way and was carried down Into the swift current of the Cataw ba Sunday night. The body was par tially covered with mud and ' sand and some time was required to com piete tne laentmcation. This was done by a brother of the dead man who was in the searching party. Re ports circulated here to the effect that Mr. Griffin had tied himself to a tree and that his body was found in that position were erroneous. The body was considerably bruised, he having no doubt been struck by some of the debris as the bridge went into the water. , Mr. Griffin's body was brought to Gastonia on No. 11 Wednesday, reaching here Bhortly after noon. It was taken to the establishment of the Ford Undertaking Company and embalmed. Yesterday morning, ac companled by relatives and friends. it was taken on No. 39 to his old home at Liberty, S. C, for burial. Deceased is survived by a widow. He was well-known in railroad circles and there is great regret at his trag ic death. It is believed that when the railroad bridge went down he sustained injuries of such a nature that rendered him Incapable of mak lng an effort to save himself. " Reports which reached here Wed' nesaay to tne effect that three or four men of the bridge party which went in at Belmont had been rescu ed at Lancaster, S. C, are apparent ly unfounded. Claim Agent P. L. Ward of the Southern is authority for the statement that those reports were unrue. There are yet unac counted for at least nine bodies of men who lost their lives or at least were carried down in this tragic ac cident. It has been so long now since It happened that very little hope Is entertained that any oil tne nine are alive. 1 'Peg O The Ring" Ideal today. PROMISE SUPPORT. Citizens of River Bend Townehip Hold Mass Meeting and Pledge Their Support to County Oommla tonera,in Work of Replacing Lost Bridges Over the Catawba Urge Immediate Action. - Correspondence of The Gazette. MT. HOLLY, July 20. At a mass meeting of the citizens of River Bend township held here last night the following resolutions were adopt ed: WHEREAS, Gaston county has been unfortunate in that It has lost many bridges over creeks and riv ers, and WHEREAS, this condition has se riously handicapped the entire coun ty and hinders business, therefore we the citizens of River Bend town ship, in mass meeting assembled, present the following resolutions: RESOLVED, first, that we hereny express our full confidence In the county commissioners, that they will do their duty in conducting the business of the people; RESOLVED, second, that we rec ommend and give our support to the securing of bridges to replace those lost by the flood of July 16 and 17, 1916; RESOLVED, third, that the ur gency of communication and trans portation call for immediate action on the part of the county commis sioners. E. H. KOH.W M. B. PETERSON, R. C. BELK, S. A. STROUP. O. L. HOFFMAN', Committee. IX CLEVELAND COUNTY. Ten Important Bridges Washea Away Damage to Mills and Crops Heavy. From Tuesday's Cleveland Star, which reached Gastonia yesterday, the following facts are gleaned wltn reference to the flood damage in Cleveland county: For four days Shelby was cut off from, communication with the out side world. The town was entirely without water from Friday night until Tuesday morning. Ten Cleveland county bridges were washed away and many others were more or less damaged. The county's loss in bridges is estimated at from 125,000 to $50,000. The Star says that wooden structures will be put up as quickly as possible over the river at C. C. Hamrick's and . across Brushy creek at Blan ton's old mill. Marcus . M. Manney's mill has been greatly damaged and will have to be rebuilt. The Lily Mill power station at Stice'a Shoals was greatly, damaged. The Belmont, Shelby, and Ella Cotton mills, de pendent upon Southern Power Com pany's current, ,have been - at a standstill since Saturday says The Star. The opening, boiler and en gine rooms of the Lawndale mill were flooded. 6AST0 GASTO LATE EVENTS 1H TOViN AXD COUNTt Death of a Child. " r . , , ' William Henry, the seven-months-old son' of. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Bell, died at their home on North ' Marietta street yesterday afternoon ' at - - two o'clock. Funeral services were con ducted at the home this morning at 11 o'clock by Rev. J. C. Diets, pas tor of the Gastonia Lutheran church, and the body was taken to Lowell for burial. . . . , Tent Meeting In Progress. - The tent meeting recently an-. nounced ror tne western ena 01 tne city is now in progress.' The tent is conveniently located for both the Gray and Arlington mills. . Rev. n. A. Taylor, conference evangelist of the Western North Carolina Confer ence of the M. E. Church, South, is doing the preaching. Services are held daily at 8 p. m. The public is cordially invited to attend. ' , . ii 1 11 nil ti ra t r K Desperately 111. , A card written last Saturday was received last night by Mrs.. E. N. Hahn from relatives at Lenoir stat ing that her sister, Mrs. 8. F. Puett, was very dangerously ill and asking that she come at once. , An effort was made last night to get in com munication with Lenoir by telephone and telegraph to ascertain if Mrs. Pueti was still living but without success. All communication of ev ery kind between Gastonia and Le noir is severed and consequently Mrs. -Hahn is unable to reach her sis ter' bedside or to learn anything at all as to her condition. Is President of State Jewelers. Mr. W. B. Morris returned to the city Saturday from Greensboro where for two days he attended the annual convention of retail jewelers of the State. Mr. Morris was hon ored by the jewelers at Friday's ses sion when he was selected as their president for the coming year. Fol lowing the adjournment of the con vention on Friday, a banquet at the Guilford hotel and an automobile ride over the city was tendered by the Greensboro Jewelers, chamber of commerce and merchants' associa tion. Wrightsville Beach was se lected as the next meeting place. Mr. Balthis on Board. Mr. W. L. Balthis, of this city. was recently elected a member "of the board of directors of the Thomp son Orphanage at Charlotte. The annual meeting of the board was held at the orphanage on Thursday of last weekBlshop Joseph Blount Cheshire, of Raleigh, president of the board, presided and Archdeacon W. H. Hardin, of Salisbury, is secre tary. At this meeting of the board very important steps were taken looking toward the enlargement and improvement of the orphanage. Room is badly needed for the ac commodation of children who are waiting to gain admittance to the home. Here From Detroit. Rev. and Mrs. Fred L. Lineberger, of Detroit, Mich., arrived here on No. 40 at a late hour Wednesday night from Columbia, S. C, where they had been for several days. They will spend a week or more here wltn Mr. Lineberger's father, Mr. Brown Lineberger; his brothers, John and Lee Lineberger, and other rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Lineberger walked across the railroad bridge at Columbia after it had been closed to traffic and finally managed to catch a train and get here, coming by way of Newberry, Union and Spartan burg, S. C. Mr. Lineberger is pas tor of Christ English Lutheran church at Detroit. He will preach at Chapel Lutheran church here Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Buy It In Gastonla. Lowell Locals. Correspondence of The Gazette. LOWELL, July 20. High waters caused much damage in different ways, and while Lowell is not on the water-front proper the people are suffering for lack of power to oper ate the mills. The town was in darkness for several nights. Unknown parties entered Mr. Worth Roberts' barber shop a few nights ago and carried off some clothing, razors and several other articles. No arrests have been made at this time. Miss Lucy Gaston left a week ago to attend the Summer School at the University of North Carolina. Mr. Garnet Cox will go to Shelby on next Monday to accept a position with Dr. Lattimore, who has opened a new drug store there. Miss Myrtle Tltman returned home last week from an extended visit to friends la the eastern part of the State. Miss Fannie Kate Wilson, of Un ion section, visited at her uncle's. Mr. J. R. Titman, last week.- ; Miss Mary Cox returned r home Saturday on a visit to homefolks. She has been in Richmond, VS., in the Memorial Hospital. - ' .' ' Any hair or scalp trouble you may- have will quickly vanish after a few days use of Parisian Sage. J. H. Kennedy & Co. sell it on guarantee of money back if not satisfied. Adv. ' ; . COITIOIISII BETTE RIVERS RETURN TO K0H"AL LEVEL Flood-tide Leaves Rain In Its Wake for Illea Grocers Say There Will Be no Shortiage of Food Tele phone Service Has Been Restored . Erroneous Reports .Circulated - in Chester. -J; , - , After reaching the highest stage ever recorded in the history of Gas ton county, the Catawba and South Fork rivers have returned within the ' bounds of their banks to normal lev els and now their placid waters slide , slowly and quietly past its line of de- , struction and ruin with the mee J ness of -a lamb. Death, ruin .and i disaster now 'mark for miles ; the . banks of these two streams which on Sunday and Monday were raging tor rents of " treacherous r , red : water. Hurling its turbulent waters, with a speed never before seen, the roaring ' Catawba swept down . every bridge .tLat,spann.edits.width-!wtth as much ease as it uprooted trees, washed . away houses, snapped off telephone poles and' did hundreds ' of' other feats sever witnessed by residents of : this section of tne country. , 1 . . At, every point along the rivers' where damage had been done were ' hundreds and hundreds of men, wo-. . men and children. who had traveled for miles to witness scenes that beg- gar description by even the most facile writers. ' Every form of ani mal life almost was seen being car rled down in the surging waters of , the Catawba river. Thrilling stdrtea of the rescue of eleven workmen, -" who were swept Into the flooded rrv- -er 8unday. night,' are. being' toll 1 which read more like highly plctur-' ed fairy tales or fiction than' pure . facts.' There can be no doubt as to the authenticity of the daring res-' cue oC men from. all but submerged tree tops below the point where the Southern Railway bridge collapsed 1 Other tales are being told of the risk of life .when an opportunity of earn-1 -ing several dollars - was presented. Men in quickly constructed r crafts ' dared the riotous ' stream with the ease and abandon of experienced sea men and time after time returned to land and safety with a cargo of hu- - man freight. Two negro men from Belmont have received the greatest ' amount of praise for such daring work, and have been tendered a re ward of several hundred dollars as a token of the esteem and praise in which they are held by the people of ' Mecklenburg and Gaston counties. These men will, no doubtbe given Carnegie hero medals, or at least ( should for they accomplished a' task that was unusually dlffioult and dar- " ing..-"- i SsV V ;';Vvf V'" . :.. vV ' , - With . a maximum speed of 15 or 16 miles per hour, the angry water -of the 'Catawba river ? seethed ' f or . ' hours with ' everything ' imaginable . that could keep above the water. ; Heavier articles - were - carried along in the swirl of the current, while all kinds of vegetable life was seen by ! spectators at some time or point on . the river during the three days m which the stream was at flood-tide. Among the many: things picked out : and named by on-lookers which were -interesting are, two-story t, houses, hundreds of bales of cotton, giant' trees, chickens on driftwood; water- ' melons," carcasses of dead animals -and all descriptions of floating de-. bris and lumber enough to construct 1 several times as many . homes and . factories as were . washed, down ' ' stream. ' ' ; : v: ' !' Communication with the outside world was only a game of chance for' hours beginning early Sunday night" when . the bridges along the Catawba -river collapsed, ' carryinj" down all telephone and telegrapher! res. ; On- ' ' ly .with the Boutjr was tnve any means 01 cpmmanicauon lonnours. ? reopie wno naa ooastea 01 airecora of having staved at home fori years were stranded this or others coun- ties, far from! loved ones. ither the money nor loye could bridgt; chasm which had been madeby an unruly river. V Millionaires found themselves Isolated In Gaston' coun ty, trains were detbuted QJr several States in order to transport passen gers from, one point, 'to another, which' under normal condition could be traversed in a very - few hours. Fruit trains were :- turned back here and routed by way of At lanta and Cincinnati In order that peaches and watermelons might be furnished people in 'the East. ' Rail road companies . dispatched their trains over leased roads as one after another of their own bridges and trestles went down under the weight and strain of too great a burden. .- There can be no figure as to the total amount of damage wrought by the floods at this time, but with ev ery hour there comes news of addi tional loss of life or . damage to property which will force the con servative estimates of several day ago far above the million - dollar mark in Gaston county. ; oy. ' Conditions in Gastonla since Sun day night have been excellent as compared with .hundreds of towns and communities over the country. With the exception pf the lack- of electric lights and numerous other Inconveniences the people; -of Gasto nia have fared welr?TtTrEors were rife yesterday thaf there vps a su gar famine in Gastonia but a inves tigation proved that this untrue. Although the mercmrntr supply cr (Continued on paga Z ft f 7