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FRIDAY, JULY 21,1916. TUB GASTOXU GAZETTE. pace tilt.:: 2 theT TREETS Indiscriminate OJsevatioiis nd .Rambling, Notes Gathered Here ' and There at Random Over, '- i the at; by One of the News Gatherers. We are requested to announce that there will be preaching ser vices at Chapel Lutheran church Sunday afternoon, July 23, at 3 o'clock, by Rev. J. C. Diez, pas tor of the Gastonia Lutheran Church, and at the same hour on 1 Sunday afternoon, July 30 by Rev. A. L. Bolick, of Newton. Lost in Gastonia in broad day light is what happened to a ne gro man last week who works for the Piedmont & Northern Railway Company, and the oc cassion of his disappearance caused quite a commotion among his fellow workers. The negro around whom this story is writ ten had been sent into the big culvert which runs under Frank lin avenue at the intersection of South street on an inspection tour, this being thought necesa ry before laying the concrete be tween the P. & N. tracks. Just what happened to this subterra nean explorer is not definitely known but it is known that he sojourned below the surface for several hours, while his boss and co-workers marveled at his con tinued absence. It was true that the recent rains had sent an abundance of water through this underground passageway, and for a while it was thought this man had met an untimely end. This, howev er, was disproved when an ex amination showed that only a small rivulet of water was pass ing through the culvert. The man was at last given up in de spair, but as the six o'clock whistles were blowing, passing pedestrians in front of the Idea theatre were startled by the cries of a negro man. An investigation showed that the man was in the opening where the water from Main avenue pours into the big culvert and starts on its way to Hanna branch south of the city. With the assistance of a crowbar a slab of granite was pried up and the darkie given his free dom. His only explanation was that he got lost and was unable to find his way out, having wander ed around between the narrow walls of the culvert for several hours. There are some, howev er, who doubt the man's story The Perfect i: . t V V-. S Com Flakes New Po ToeMle are not only inexpensive but they bear a new new process of cookery the first to produce corn flakes with the self So fine is this flavor that New Part Toastiee are wondrous good eaten dry. Unlike common corn flakes, they do not require cream and sugar to make them palatable. Try some that way you'll appreciate the point, though they're even better when served with cream or good milk. New Poet Toastles don't mush down in cream, and they are not "chaffy" in the package, like common flakes. They're new In form, new In flavor, and new In appearance. Note the Uny.buh bles on each flake an Identifying feature. v Put up In wax-eealed packages. New Post Toastles retain their served at your table. . Have your grocer deliver a package for tomorrow's breakfast. j 1 1 ii iii in it -o.v a i inns I l G Ho! Everybody!! KnowZuZu EatZuZui Thecrisp est, spiciest ginger snap that ever tickled a palate. Make a bee line to the nearest grocer man, and get a whole packageful for s a nickel.- NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY ZuZu ZuZu ZaZu saying that he was only avoiding the more arduous work that would have been required of him on the surface. How pleasant it was in the confines of this cloaca has not not been attested to but it is remembered that the sun was beating down on that day in a mqst terrific manner, and it might have been decidedly cooler below the the surface than above, thus explaining the negro's seemingly unusual conduct. "Safe at third." you bellow loud. Why! you old safe cracking rob ber, Every home fan In the crowd Knows he's out, you crooked job ber. Gee, you lying bandit vile, Doyle got that guy a mile. The above is but the mildest form of epithets which Gastonia Tans hurled at Umpire Dawson last Thursday and Friday afternoons at Loray Park. That Dawson's rul ings were at times decidedly unjust there is no doubt, and seemingly Gastonia got the worst end of every close decision. From the bleachers it no doubt looked as If the umps badly In need of a pair of spectacles; that Thompson was safe at second; that Doyle caught the ball fully two feet on the outside of the foul line; that Carver was safe at the home plate, and that he robbed us in ev ery frame. When everything bad and mean had been said, however, not a decision had been changed and Mr. Dawson possessed just as much virtue as he did the first time he ever set foot within the limits of Gastonia and Lor a Park. "Go get him," shouted some. Just what the would have done had they "got him" is rather doubtful. From what was said by many, lynching would have been entirely too good. Considering that the fans were in earnest and meant what they said, and following their action to its logical conclusion it would lead inevitably to that point where a re spect for the rights of others would be forgotten in the howl of the mob. Mob rule is in opposition to the laws of this fair land of ours and Gastonia citizens who countenance - Masihies Stir Ttr 7xs 5ftx .Zo vS&pf. r? ZuZu ZoZd ZoZu even the semblance of mob rule have no claims on the good name that this town boasts of. This flood season offers a splendid time for snake stories and there are plenty of them afloat just now. One is that rattlesnakes are thick all along the South Fork and the Ca tawba rivers since the water went down. Be it known that this 1b not a rattlesnake country. The explana tion advanced is that the reptiles were brought down from the moun tain fastnesses by the unprecedent ed waters. One report here Wed nesday was to the effect that a rat tler seven feet long was killed that morning in or near Belmont. The report did not say how many rat tles the reptile had. Another report was that five rattlers were seen go ina down the river on one log. The originator of this story did not Indl cate how rattlers are to be distin guished from any other breed of snakes when seen from shore and while floating down the middle of a swiftly flowing river. Those, how ever, are merely little omissions that the bearer of snake news does not feel necessary to be told. In fact It ruins a snake story, doncherknow, to put too many little details to it. "Mark my Word," said the oh servant citiren, "There's going to be lots of fever and other forms or sickness along the rivers now that the waters have subsided. It is a self-evident fact that there must he thousands of dead carcasses of cats, dogs, chickens, hogs, cows and even other animals buried in the mud along the banks of these streams. A vigourous cleantag-up campaign ought to be started at once by every town and country community which is within any reasonable distance ot any of these streams. A pound of prevention, you know, Is worth a pound of cure." This is doubtless the opinion of many others besides the citizen who was talking and It would doubtless be a good idea fox 4 it to be acted upon. One of the happiest fellows in town Wednesday afternoon was Jack Blake? You don't know Jack? Well, he's the colored por ter on the Carolina & Northwestern Railway and has been on the regu lar run between Chester and the northern terminus of the road for 26 years. "I shore Is glad to see Gastony dellciousness, produced by - developed true corn flavor. oven - crispness and flavor until ' Sold by Grocers everywhere ;lKlilitJ P one again," naicf Jack to a group In Bwan-Slater Company's store. "It looks like I'se gettla. back close to home." ; ' "j " Jack arrived.' via the crosstte route from Edgemont. the northern terminus, of his road. Edgemont nestles away up la the mountains and Is' almost at the jumptng-off place. The passenger crew of which he was a member was marooned there Friday night and their train Is still there. - Asked why he left Edgemont Jack replied that rations were get ting short. "If those folks don't get something to eat soon they're go lag to auifer," he said. "It wasn't just right comfortable bein' up there, either," he said. "If you started, up the side of a hill1 to get away from the water why the land begun to slide. ' A fellow wus kin der between the devil and the deep blue sea." In reply to a query as to how he made the trip to Gastonia Jack said that he left there walking Monday. He walked to Collettsville and rode some distance on a dump car which they had frequently to. drag over dirt slides. He rode part of the way on' a motor car, walked some more, rode in an automobile, rode an en gine, walked some more and finally, by hook and crook landed in Gasto nia. He left on the southbound train yesterday evening feeling very much at home and happy In the thought that be would get to spend another night under his own little vine and fig tree at Chester. From Jack it was learned that everything at Edgemont washed away except the hotel. Xo guests, he said, were marooned there, in all ten houses, including the depot, were taken from Edgemont by the flood. The C. & N.-W. track is washed out, according to him, from Edge mont to a point several miles down the Wilson creek gorge. At Mor timer seventeen houses were wasn ed away and an immense amount of lumber belonging to the Ritter Lum ber Company was carried down stream, causing an enormous loss to that concern. According to Jack desolation and ruin stare one in the face at practically every turn tn that neck o' the woods. You don't mean to tell meihat our new 1100.000 concrete bridge at Sloan's Ferry has been washed away?" queried a Gastonia citizen Tuesday morning. "There must he some mistake about that bridge washing away," he continued when told that the bridge in question had been snapped in twain by the con tinued onslaughts of the violent Ca tawba and Its cargo of driftwood. It took more than argument to prove to this man that the best bridge in the State had been swept down "Well. 1 won't believe it till I see it with my own- eyes," he concluded as he shook his head and departed. Gastonia citizens believed that tne great bridge, built only three years ago, would stand the test of ages and it was hard for them to realize that it had given away. 11 "1 did the first hoboing of my reer Sunday night, remarked a nrominent young Gastonia business man to the writer of this column of dona Wednesday. "I didn't do It because I wanted to hobo but I want ed to get to Gastonia and I tooK chances. It happened this way. I went to Charlotte on business ou No. 36 Sunday morning. As you know that was the last passenger train go ing North before the railroad bridges went down. At the P. & N. passenger station Sunday afternoon there was a crowd of people waiting to go to Gastonia and while we were waiting there news came , that tne interurban bridge at Mount Holly had gone down and, of course, that killed every prospect of getting home that way. 1 hiked down to the Southern depot where they were making up No. 45, which reaches Gastonia ordinarily at 5:45 p. m., to route It by Rock Hill. There were ten passengers on the traJn, three of whom were ladies. When we ap proached the bridge between Fort Mill and Rock Hill we all got on the rear end of the coach and the men all shed their coats. It' was report ed that the bridge was shakyanff we did not know but that we might have to jump and do some swim ming. However, we got across the river safely and, as it happened, that was the last train to cross that bridge before it, too, succumbed to the angry waves. From Rock Hill our train went by way of Yorkville to Blacksburg. I was still as far from Gastonia as when I started and had traveled a considerable distance in the bargain. "At Blacksburg a wrecking train was being made up with orders to proceed through Gastonia to the Southern bridge at Mayworth. I ap proached the conductor and asVed permission to ride with him to Gas tonia. He replied that there was nothing doing. I then showed him my Southern Railway pass but that didn't impress him at all. He said, 'Get an order from headquarters and I'll take you. He was about ready to leave Blacksburg then and there was no time for wiring for orders. I didn't bother him any more but I had already determined that I was going home on that train or be put off somewhere alcAg the line in the attempt. While his back was turned I crawled meekly up on the car carrying a big pile driver and secreted myself. At a o'clock Monday morning the train stopped at the -water tank at the Trenton Mill Inside the corporate limits of Gastonia and I quietly slid off the car and hiked ' home. He never knew I waa on there. You can bet I was slad to get home. , Henry J. Mclntyre, a crazed negro, ran amuck In Chicago Tuesday and kilted four oersons before he was captured. . .' At Morcanton Sunday a young man earned a reward of. 91,200.. ' Alfon so Duckworth, a .merchant, was afloat in the middle of the current nn tha roof of his store house. He r.fleied a reward, it Is said, of 1 500, then 9800 and finally of 91,200 m anv nerson that would rescue him. Will Clarke rigged up a boat and res cued him and Duckworth paid the reward of 91,200 in cash. THE PROOF OF OUR PRE SCRIPTION EXPERIENCE IS IN OUR WINDOW IT WILL BE WORTH TOUR WHILE TO STOP AND TAKE A. LOOK AT THIS WINDOWFUL OF PRESCRIPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FILLED DURING 31 YEARS OF BUSINESS. IT IS GOOD EVIDENCES , OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE FILLED ENOUGH TO KNOW HOW TO CORRECTLY FILL YOURS JUST AS YOUR DOCTOR ORDERS. A Good Drug Store TORRENCE DRUG CO. We Take Care . CHKKRYVILLK'H CELEBRATION. August Mh Is the late ThU Year's Kvent to Eclipse AU Previous Kf fort A III Crowd Is Expected. From Cherry ville comes word that neither time nor mean are be ing spared to make their big annual celebration this year equal to or bet ter than for five or six years. This annual affair Is looked for ward to by thousands of people m Gaston and adjoining counties. And the managers are anxious that great preparation be made by the people to come and spend the day with them. No one who has ever attend ed one of these occasions has ever regretted the trip. Let every one who reads this, ar ticle make it a point to carry the good news to friends of theirs tn the different sections of the country. Friends will appreciate the favor and will be glad to attend, and then the management will likewise appre preciate it. Then above all else be gin now to arrange to be present and enjoy the day among thousands of friends and fun-seekers. Plenty of free attractions will be furnished for the amusement of all who come. There will be brass bands, baseball by good teams, foot races, fat man's races, barrel races, greasy pole climbing, wheelbarrow races and rolling, merry-go-rounds, airships or balloons with several drops; something new, side shows, and many other forms of amusement for all who may come. Watch (or further announcements. And remember the date, Saturday, August 5th. Everybody come. Come. Adv. Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus tria is reported critically HI. His relatives have been summoned to hoenbrunn castle to be at his bed side. Two lives are known to have been lost In Catawba county section dur ing the high water. John Pope, a young white man, was drowned near Hif-kory. Another man, name not given, was drowned at Newton. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic propertiesof QUININ3 and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. SO cents. SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES 5P ,.,AXo ALL MUSICAL DEGREES CONFERRED 18TH . Unequalled Teachers Superior vnir-P Advantages Training Course y OK h a Specialty of Stndy violix SOUTHERN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC E Durham, N. C. PIPK CHLMORE WARD BRYANT A Director W. H. OVERTON p ORGAN' Secretary LENOIR COLLEGE, hickory, n. c A Christian IartJtuUon for the Higher Education and Culture of Younc Men and Women. i, Ln .! for von to decide tljrrfed the advantage offered by lnolr. - . m nmmA VvjiL. Educational Experts have placed Lenoir among the A Grade Colleges . of Xorta Carolina. .. J " ..ulll.i-Jil The Yoder Science umiaing oners snpenor wwmwj . for the study of Chemistry. Physics and Biology. i J . , IU reorganized Department of Education secures complete recogni tion from the State Board. . " : -1:.- ' Departments: laterary. Cancauon, iuwirs u Art Domestic 8clence, and Sub-Freshman. . ' ll f Genuine College advantages within reach of aU the people, aeces- , sary expenses guaranteed not to exceed f 175 per Ja. ,.". f";y.; - R. U rafTlXsWeK'orV. C LONGAKER, . Ylcelpreeldent, .Bkkory, I- 1 1 A M IV1 ChricHm Horn School. ! V Expron, Pkytal Culture, I lervatory erf Mu&ic Hih ttandard maintained by r& sU8 of exix-rrx-rd, trained Instructor. Take only boarder and teach the tncv' uaL In . Hasted health record. Brick bafldinas. Steam heat, ttet.ic I . E" 't -J tabic. Good Gymnasium. MUi. vnu lor oar caiajos onorcseiecLins ue college ioryouxc . MISS MARY OWEN CRAILUl,PmWent V ' .' M'-C Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System Tbt Old SUadard (rami trftbalt toate. . GROVg-S TASTJtLBSS chill TONIC, drives Mt Atmtoaic tot adolttaaacfcUdtta. 90s. It Is said that three and perhaps five English and French cruisers are lying in wait for the German subma rine Deutschland off the Virginia, capes. That they are going to get Capt, Koenig and his boat if possible is a sure thing., , ' , Taking Big Chances. . It Is a great risk to travel without ' a bottle ot Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, aa this preparation cannot be obtained on the trains or steamships. At tacks ot bowel complaint are often, sudden and very severe, snd every. -one should go prepared for them. Obtainable everywhere. Adv. . . According . to reports Catawba county was hard hit by the floods. The total loss is estimated at 92. 000,000. Hickory is entirely cut off from the outside world and was re ported Wednesday as being out of , -sugar and flour. . v, . Lax-Fes, ARM. CffscOvt Uxafttl UnrTstt , Does Mot 6rlps sor Cfsturh ts$ SfomstX In addition to other properties, Lax-Foe contains Caacars in acceptable form, a stimulating Laxative and Tonic. , Lax-Foe acts effectively and does not gripe nor . disturb stomach. At the same time, it aids digestion, arouses the liver andaeczctiona and restores the healthy functions. 50c. News reached here Wednesday; to the effect that Lake Junalusxa, near Waynesvllle where the Southern Methodist Assembly Grounds are lo cated was uninjured by the high wa-. ters. The report-came by way ot , Knoxvllle and purported, to be oOW clal. The assembly property, is said, to be uninjured. f, . ItlllouNiefM and Ktomach Trouble. , 'Two years ago I suffered from frequent attacks of stomach trouble and biliousness." writes Miss Emma Verbryke. Lima, Ohio. "I could eat very little food that agreed wlttt me and I became so dlzxy and sick ' at my stomach at times that I had to take hold of something to keep from falling. Seeing Chamberlain's Tablets advertised I decided to try them. I improved rapidly." OT-' tainable everywhere." Adv. ' - ' . " on a College until yon have lave- Preparatory and CoIJcf'e coorwC A rogy. Domesbcfidenc, busineM, etc Pedagogy. Domestic fidenc busincw, etc. Park - like Concerts, lecture. t--ris, tktir..t-
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