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IN THE WAKE
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS
- Mr. Alfred - Moore spent the
week-end In Spartanburg, S. C,
with homefolks.
" Mr. Piato Durham, of Bessemer
City, spent several hours here yes
terday on business.
Mr. John J. George, a prominent
, citizen of Cherryville, was a Gas
tonla visitor Monday.
Mr. D. V. Bloomfield, a former
Gastonian now living in Atlanta, was
In the city on business yesterday.
Mr. Otto Duncan, manager of
the Columbia Tailoring Company,
spent Sunday with homefolks at
Rock Hill, S. C.
Mrs. S. E. Parker and daughter
spent yesterday in Kings Mountain
with Mrs. Parker's daughter, Mrs.
S. R. Williams.
Mr. J. E. Robbing left this
morning for Spartanburg, 'S. C.
where he will spend several'days on
- business.
Mrs. T. Craig Dixon, of route
three, will leave tomorrow for At
. lantaTGa., where she will spend a
month visiting friends.
Mr. Dave RoblnBon, a prominent
Attorney of Columbia, 8. C spent
several hours in the city yesterday
shaking hands . with old acquaint
ances. Miss Faye Cunningham, of
1 Waxhaw, returned home today after
spending several days with her
brothers, Messrs. F. H. and J. W.
Cunningham, of this city.
Misses Roie Burnett, of Spar
tanburg, S. C, and Iva Beam, of
- Anderson, S. C. arrived in the city
. : .yesterday to be the guests for a
. week of Miss Nettie Robbing at, her
home on East Franklin avenue.
Mrs. T. J. Alexander and daugh
ter, Miss Delphlne, went to Gaffney,
S. C, Saturday on account of the se
rious illness of Mrs. Alexander's lit
tle three-year-old grandson, George
v! Elmore. Word received here yes
v terday was to the effect that the lit
. tie fellowwas better.
Mr. J. Leak Carraway, editor of
the Southern Public Utilities' Maga
zine, was in town on business yes
' terday afternoon. Mr. Carraway
, says that the Southern Power Com
pany end the P. ft N. Railway are
exerting every possible effort to get
s. power and transportation Bervice
back to normal.
; Mr. A. M.- Brown and sister, ;
, Miss Jennie ' rown, of Bethany,
York county, returned home today
after spending several . days here
' with the families of. Lee Smith, Al
fred Smith and Adam Sill. "This is
the first time I have been in Gasto
nla for four years," remarked Mr.
- Brown, -"and the town certainly has
: done some growing In that time."
' Mrs; H. A. Zlem, of Charlotte,
Arrived In the city Thursday, from
an extended trip in Alabama where
she has been visiting her brothers,
Mr. Marshall Dilling, of fiilurla, and
Mr, O. C Billing, of Birmingham;
Bhe also spent several days with
relatives In Spartanburg, S. C.
'While here Mrs. Zlem was the guest
of her sister, Mrs. F. E. Saunders.
. Capt. Coy, formerly - of the
Salvation Amry, asks The Gazette
to state that he has recovered front
his recent illness and that he and
Mrs. Coy have made arrangements
to do settlement work In the city,
having the- sanction of the city for
this work. They are to make stated
reports to the Ministerial Associa-
lion. - . .' ' .
JOYCE FAIR, Cosy Today.
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OF THE STORM
Ill SOCIAHJIRCLES
LITEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S - WORLD
CROOKS-MURREY WEDDING
AT LKWI3BURG, TENN,
Handsomely engraved announce
ments reading as follows have been
received in the city:
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Murrey
announce the marriage of their
daughter
Caroline
to
Mr. Oliver Nichols Crooks
on Tuesday, July the eighteenth
one thousand nine hundred and six
teen Lewisburg, Tennessee.
At home after August the tenth
South. Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
The bride Is. a sister of Mrs. Em
met D. Atkins, and has been a visi
tor in Gastonla.
HAVE RETURNED
FROM ASHEVILLE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Harper and lit
tle daughter returned yesterday
from A8heville. where they have
been visiting Mrs. Harper's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jenkins. Mr.
Harper succeeded in making the trip
from Gastonla to Aaheville last Fri
day In company with Mr. J. K. Dixon,
Jr., and Mr. Leonard Curry. They
went by way of Spartanburg to Try
on on the train and .walked from
Tryon to Hendersoavllle over wash
outs and 'other very difficult places.
On the return trip Mr. and Mrs. Har
per left Asheville Saturday and went
to Murphy, where they spent the
night. From Murphy they took a
train to Atlanta Sunday and spent
Sunday night In, Atlanta, coming to
Gastonla on No. 12 yesterday. Mrs.
Harper has some extremely interest
ing pictures of the flood In Asheville
which were taken on Sunday, July
17, near the Southern Railway pas
senger station, in which the water
rose to a height of eight feet. The
Southern State Bank, of which Mr.
R. E. Currence, a Gastonla boy, is
cashier, was flooded within a foot of
the ceiling and was forced to move to
a new location last week.
Broadway Tomorrow,' "Pirates of
The Air," Si-reei L-KO Comedy.
Auction Sale Saturday. -
Attention of our readers is called
to the large display advertisement in
this Issue of The Gazette announcing
an auction sale of 25 building lots
and five houses to be held, at Groves,
the eastern suburb of Gastonla, . at
1:30 o'clock Saturday, July 29. This
property Is adjacent to the new.
Groves mill and belongs to Mr. J. F
Jenkins,' of Gaffney, 8. C. -
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Edna Goodrich Ideal Today.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Klrby and
two children, Wllma and Fred. re
turned to Gastonla Saturday -. from
9arion where, they spent a week or
ore. "I didn't see a dally paper or
an electric light all the time I was
In Marion," remarked Mr. Kirby yes
terday as he stood behind the counter
at Swan-Slater Company's store, of
which he Is manager. He looked
like he was glad to be back In Gas
tonla and didn't deny the charge.
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.Paramount Ideal Today. "''
Marguerite Clark, Ideal Friday.
v Friends of Mr. M. H. Shuford
will .regret to learn that he has been
very 111 for several days at his home
on West Franklin avenue.
Arrangements Made ! by Loral Instt
in t Inn With ttrst National llanld
' of Richmond at Special Meeting
Yesterday Money Will be Secur
i on m ruw i or wni Mnu anw
Will be Spent for the Erection of
' Destroyed Bridges In the County
Work Will be Begun Immediately
Joint Meeting of Conuniasioners
Will be Held Thta Week.
Arrangements were made yester
day at a special meeting of the coun
ty commissioners whereby the First
National Bank of Gastonla and the
First National Bank of Richmond,
Va., are to provide Gaston county
with a four per cent loan of $100.-
000. This money will be used for
the immdelate erection of bridges to
take the place of those which were
destroyed by the recent floods with
in the county, and to repair the roads
which were damaged.
While this loan was made on the
basis of four per cent, it will cost the
county a little less than that amount
as a provision has been made for a
rebate which will cut this figure a
bout one-fourth of one per cent. An
other feature of this loan Is that the
county will only pay Interest on the
amount of money that is used, and
the bank in turn will pay the coun
ty for the use of any money that is
not needed to complete the work. It
is thought that the amount borrowed
will easily replace bridges that have
been destroyed and damaged as well
as repair the county roads which
were ruined in the recent freshet.
The actios of the First National
Bank in making this loan to the
county means that the work of re
building will be begun at once. Gas
ton county is fortunate in having. in
its bounds such an Institution.
An order was issued by the com
missioners at yesterday's meeting to
Superintendent Ware that all the
bridges In the county that have been
washed away should be salvaged and
the material preserved for use In the
erection -of the new bridges. Some
of the first bridges that will be re
built are: The McAdenville, Arm
strong's ford, Vestal's ford, Hardin
and others. It is the purpose of
the commissioners to rebuild all of
the bridges that were destroyed
within the county just as quickly as
possible. The details will be worked
out by them at an early date.
A joint meeting of the commis
sioners of Gaston and Mecklenburg
counties will be held Thursday or
Friday of this week for the purpose
of discussing the advisability of re
building the bridges across the
Catawba river.
Francis X. Bushman and Beverly
Bayne in A Million A Minute, Cozy
Wednesday.
JOHN D. SMITH DEAD.
Died at the Home of His Son on
Broad Street at Six-Thirty O'clock
This Mornlnjf Funeral Services
and Burial Tomorrow.
At the home of his son on North
Broad street this morning, Mr. John
D. Smith passed away at 6:30 o'clock
following a stroke of paralysis over
12 years ago. On July 1, 1904, Mr.
Smith was afflicted ' with , the first
stroke of paralysis and two days
later he was stricken again. From
that time until several qnontha -before
his death he was able to move
about the house, but as the result
of a third stroke which came about
a year ago he was confined to his
room.
Deceased was born August 19.
1844, and was therefore 71 years,
11 months and 6 days old. He was
a native of Gaston county having
been born about two miles east of
Gastonla. He was in the employ of
the city of Gastonla as sanitary of
ficer at the time he was stricken.
. Deceased was married to
Miss Clara Carson, of Yorkville,
(now York), South Carolina and to
this union there were born five
children as follows: Messrs. Will
S., and J. Dorie Smith,, Mrs. Lula
Groner and Mrs. Tom Veach, and
Miss Bright Smith, all of Gastonla.
Funeral services will he held at
the home of Mr. Will S. Smith on
North Broad street tomorrow morn
ing at 10" o'clock, and Interment
will be in Oakwood cemetery. The
services will be conducted by Rev.
W: C. Barrett, pastor of the deceased
assisted, by Rev. H. H. Jordan.
Deceased was a faithful member
of the First Baptist church of Gas
tonla. He was one of the oldest
residents of Gastonla and Gaston
county and way well-known here,
baring- spent all of his life In this
county. He answered the call of
the South at the time of the Civil
War but was never In active service,
his company having been turned
back st Raleigh. He bad a host of
friends over the county - who will
learn with sorrow of bis death.
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Paramount Ideal Today.
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' How Sweet.--Asphodelia
Twobble went down
into the tenement district yesterday
to brighten the lives of poor slum
dwellers." : " .
"Highly commendable. What did
she do for them?
"She told them about .. the good
times she's been having at Palm
Beach." Life.
Pastors and Members of Uptown
Churches Met Last Night and Out
lined Campaign to Raise Fund to
Help Those W horn Flood Has Left
, in Destitute Circumstances Ben-
- efit Entertainment to Be Given la
Committees Appointed to Plan foi
A meeting of the pastors of the
several , uptown . churches together
with a few members of each congre
gation was held in Main Street Meth
odist church last night for the pur
pose of discussing the matter of rais
ing funds to assist In the relief of
our fellow citizens who are In desti
tute circumstances as a result of the
recent floods throughout Western
North Carolina.
Rev. H. H. Jordan presided and
called upon Rev. W. C. Barrett to
explain the object of the meeting.
Mr. Jordan was chosen chairman and
Mr. E. B. Britain secretary of the
meeting.
A motion offered by Mr. J. Lee
Robinson to the effect that steps be
taken to aid In the relief of suffering
and destitution caused by the recent
floods was unanimously adopted. Mr.
Robinson was chosen treasurer of
the organization.
It was decided that an entertain
ment be given on Sunday night, July
30th, for the benefit of this fund, the
tabernacle being selected as the place
for holding it. The nature of this
entertainment is to be determined
by a committee of two men and five
ladies In whose hands the arrange
ments for this event were placed.
This committee Is composed of J, H.
Kennedy. T. L. Craig, Mrs, H. B.
Moore, Mrs. Holland Morrow, Miss
Jane Morris, Miss Lillian, Atkins and
Mrs. J. F. Thomson. Details as to
the nature of the entertainment to
be given will be made known In Fri
day's Gazette.
Other committees were appointed
as follows:
Steering Committee: J. H. , Se
park. C. B. Armstrong. W. L. Bal
this, H. B. Moore and S. N. Boyce.
Publicity Committee: C. I. Lof
tin. J. M. Holland, J. W. Atkins, G.
Ed Kestler and C. W. Roberts.
By motion the chairman of each
committee was empowered to fill
any. vacancies that might occur on
his committee.
That there is great need for funds
to alleviate the suffering In many
quarters caused by the floods is ap
parent. Efforts along. this line are
under way In other towns over the
State and Gastonla will, as she al
ways does, come to the front with
her full share of the burden lifted.
Watch Friday's Gazette for furth
er particulars on this subject.
JOYCE FAIR, Cozy Today.
HANLY FOR PRESIDENT.
Former Governor of Indiana Nomin
ated for the Presidency by the Dry
Folks Sulzer Made Poor Hhow
fag. St. Paul, Minn., July 21. The
Prohibition National Convention
which has been In session here since
Wednesday morning adjourned sine
die at 3:30 o'clock today after nom
inating J. Frank Hanly, former Gov
ernor of Indiana, ac candidate for
President of the United States and
Dr. Ira O. Landreth, of Nashville,
candidate for Vice President. Doc
tor Landreth'a nomination was made
unanimous after the other vice pres
idential candidates had been with
drawn. Mr. Hanly's nomination came on
the first ballot and followed a num
ber of hurried conferences between
advocates of the candidacy of Wil
liam Sulzer, former Governor of
New York, and several brief demon
strations in the latters' behalf which,
however. ..were offset by the out
bursts of enthusiasm that followed
every mention of Mr. Hanly's name..
Mr. Hanley received 440 votes
against 181 for Mr. Sulzer. Finley
C. Hendrlckson, of Cumberland. Md.,
received 51 votes; James Gilbert Ma
son, of New Jersey, 11; W. P. F,
Ferguson, of Pennsylvania, 'four;
Sumner W. Haynes, of Indiana, two,
and Henry Ford, of Detroit, one. A
motion to make Mr. Hanly's nomina
tion unanimous was defeated when
objections were offered by Eugene F,
Chafln, of Arizona, and a score . of
other delegates.
Edna Goodrich Ideal Today.
The Salisbury Post of Saturday Is
authority for the statement that Mr.
W. J. Bolick. of Barber, Rowan
county, killed 80 snakes in less than
24 hours one day last week. '
Paramount Ideal Today.
' Blarguerite Clark Ideal Friday. '
Installation of Officers,
At a called communication of
Gastonla Lodge No. 369, A. F. A.
M., on Friday night July 2lfiU
officers for the ensuing year were
installed as follows: P. ,W. Gar
land, master; J W. Timberlake,
senior warden; A. C. Jones, Junior
warden; E. G. McLurd. treasurer;
F. R. Anders, secretary; A.- M.
Dixon, senior ; deacon; Will Grlgg,
junior, deacon; J. R. Baber, senior
steward; A, B. O'NelL Junior stew
ard; F. A, Costner, tyler.
Marguerite Clark Ideal Friday.
Encountered Yarietjr of Experiences
in uetting Back to Gastonia from
Mountains Rode Twelve Miles In
Wagons and Waded Buffalo Creek
0l. Armstrong Worked Roads
and Had Experience) With Grafter
Damage Done by Landslides In
stead of High Water.
rim flays ot hardships in th
mountains where they had been ma
rooned by- conditions brought
about by the recent heavy floods,
Mrs. C. B. Armstrong and two da ugh
ters, Ethelda and Mildred, and sev
eral members of the Dainty Tea
Club) reached Gastonla last night
at 7:30 o'clock from Chimney Rock.
The other members of the party
were Misses Burney . Boyce. Sadie
Thomson, Christine' Sloan. Mary La
Far and Launa Rankin. They were
brought back by Col. C. B. -Arm-
strong and Mr. Ralph Armstrong,
who left here last Tuesday morning.
The return trip was made In Just
twelve hours, the party left Chimney
Rock yesterday morning at 7:30
o'clock. The trip was without acci
dent but full of hard traveling.
From the Mountain View hotel, to
which the party went from the Es
meralda Inn upon the arrival there
of Col. Armstrong, who found that
the Esmeralda had been flooded and
was not ln.the best condition, the
party went to Buffalo "Creek, a dis
tance of four miles, in wagons. They
were compelled to wads Buffalo'
Creek as the wagoners were afraid
to cross it, thinking they might mire
in the sand. This creek, however,
was not more than twelve Inches deep
at the deepest points on the ford and
was clear and sandy. ' Once across
Buffalo Creek, they secured other
wagons and drove eight miles to
Cove Creek, making a total of twelve
miles of the trip in wagons. From
Cove Creek to Rutherfordton, a dis
tance of twelve miles, they made in
autos as they did also the remainder
of the trip home, coming by Shelby.
"I'm afraid to tell anything about
conditions up there." said Colonel
Armstrong. "It's hard for one to
believe what he sees these days much
less what' he hears. The damage
done In the Chimney Rock section
was not from high water in the river
but from landslides caused very
probably by cloudbursts or water
spouts. Gret masses of dirt, rock
and trees slid down the mountain
sides, carrying everything before
them. At the rear of the Flack ho
tel there lay trees, some of them two
feet thick, without a sign of bark on
them, which had been carried from
the mountain sides. Numbers of
small houses were carried into the
river and in one or more instances
the occupants were drowned and
their bodies have not yet been re
covered. Great rocks were moved
down the stream and places In the
river where there were no rocks be
fore now harbor big stones which
rolled down the mountains. The
banks of the rivers were badly wash
ed out and in some places new chan
nels were cut by the waters. That
such slides could happen ' Is almost
unbelievable and it is impossible for
one to attempt to describe the condi
tion of the country in that section.' '
"I put in some time working roads
while 1 was up there," remarked the
colonel. "There was a stretch of
four miles between Chimney Rock
and Buffalo Creek which, If opened,
would afford an outlet to the people.
I secured the services of an old ne
gro named Freeman, and his ' eight
sons and we put that stretch of road
la pretty good shape. This ccgro
was in excellent circumstances finan
cially. He and his sons together own
2,900 acres of land, have six auto
mobiles which they operate as jit
neys, and have twelve mules. They
were anxious to get the road open in
order to operate their machines. Be
fore we finished we had that stretch
of road In pretty good shape."
"There are plenty of grafters in
that section as well as down here,'
he commented. "There was one
place on the road where a small
bridge was needed in order to assure
vehicles getting across. I paid a mna
25 on his promise to have this
bridge built Saturday. That after
noon 1 saw this man engaged In car
rying baggage for tourists, charging
them a" dollar for conveying a piece
of luggage a short distance. 'Have
you got our bridge built?' I asked
him. No'. he replied, 'we couldn t
find any lumber.' There was plenty
of lumber nearby. That bridge
hasn't been built yet and I haven t
my $25 but a committee having
charge Of the road work there prom
ised to see that it was used to help
rebuild the bridge."
The Logan house is reported as
undamaged. The Flack house and
the Esmeralda Inn were both more
or less damaged by landslides.
In the party which reached here
last night was a newly married cou
ple, Mr. and Mrs. Tate, of New York,
who took advantage of this oppor
tunity to make a start back towards
home. They spent last night here
and will probably go on North today.
JOYCE FAIR, Cosy Today. 7 ,
William Martin .a well-known
young white man of Rowan county,
met a . tragic, death Saturday morn
ing when be fell on a circular saw at
the lumber plant of J. W. gloan at
Mill Bridge and his body was cut
In two. His brother. Grover Martin,
was killed by lightning la Iredell
county la June.. -
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At Ills Own Personal Expense and.
W ith Great Difficulty Postmaster
Rankin is Bringing in Malls From
North by Boat Across Catawba
No Aid So Far From Postoflico
Department P. A Ji. Railway and
Mount ' Holly Postmaster Render
ing Great AMilataace Southern
ot Transferring Any Mails Front
North. . t ' '
OnCTbTTne most serious conditions ""
brought about by the recent floods
was in the Inability to get mail from. r .
the Norths However, thanks to the .
initiative and energy of Postmaster
Jno. R. Rankin, who is paying the " '
expenses of transferring malls from
Charlotte to Gastonla out of his own'
pocket,, the people of Gastonla' are . ;
now getting two mails a day from
the (North, So far Mr. Rankin has -been
unable to secure any help from
the Postofflcs Department or from. ' -the
Charlotte office la ins matter of
getting mails through from the
North.'' :?'.. - , :
The last first-class mall to reach
Gastonla before the going down of
the railroad bridges which cut off all
traffic from the North was on No.
43 Saturday night, July 16th. From
that time, until ' Wednesday after
noon, the 19th, no first-class mall
was received here from that direc
tion, It having been impracticable to
get It across ' the Catawba . river.
Postmaster Rankin went to Charlotte
Wednesday afternoon - and brought
back with him the first-class mall
that had accumulated there. Since
then a clerk from the Gastonla post- '
office has gone over twice a day, car
rying outgoing mail and bringing in - s"'
the incoming mall. The expense of
the clerk's car fare, of the hauling of
the malls from the landing on the
Catawba to the P. A N. depot in ML.
Holly and of hauling the mails from
the P. N. depot here to the postof-,
flee is being born by Mr. -Rankin
personally. Not only Is Gastonla
thus securlpg Its own first-class mail '
but Mr. Rankin is In this manner
transferring to this point all the first
class mall for the Edgemont and
Chester line and for all points 8outh
on the Southern Railway. '
At the present time malls are be
ing brought bere at 10:30 a. m., and
6:30 p. m., daily and 'are being
despatched to Charlotte at 4:30 p.
n., dally. This schedule will prevail
until further notice. , -:
It Is due that credit be given the
P. A N. Railway for rendering very
great assistance to Postmaster Ran
kin in getting the malls to this
point. While this company has no,
mal contract whatever with the gov
ernment It has dons everything. pos
sible to asslsj Postmaster Rankin In - .
getting the mails . through from
Charlotte and the North. The South
ern Railway, which has -the mail
contract, has apparently' made ' no
effort to get mails through nor did
the Charlotte postmaster take any
steps whatever to secure mall. from.
Gastonla and this section. Psot-
master Rankin "took the bull by the
horns," as it were, and has been glr-
Ing the people bere excellent ser
vice in this respect without aid ex
cept from the P. A N. Railway and
Postmaster Bob Gardner, of Mount
Holly,, and at his own personal ex
pense. Mr. Rankin Is under many -obligations
to Postmaster Gardner,
of Mount Holly, who has ' spent a -
great deal of his time at the river
aiding In getting the mails across. '
Mail from the south Is coming In
regularly and with practically no de
lay. ' y. '- , - ,
. The above Information Is given the
public not for the purpose, of "blow
ing" Mr. Rankin's horn for him but '
to let the people of Gastonla know
the facts as to why and how they
are getting mall. . ".-.v..
Francls X. Bufihman and Beverly
Bayne In A Million A Minute, Cozy r
Wednesday.
Broadway Tomorrow, "Pirates of
The Air," SS-reel LKO Comedy.
Will Black, the 16-year-old negro,
whose capital offense against a six-year-old
white girl . resulted In the
lynching of bis lather. Joseph Black,
at Klnston recently, was electrocuted
at Raleigh Friday.
Broadway Tomorrow, "Pirates of
The Air," id-reel L-KO Comedy. - .
. Edna Goodrich Ideal Today. I
DEMOCRACY. . '
The Democratic party represents
the great principle of progress. It Is
outward and onward in Us move
ments. It has a heart for action.' and
motives for a world. . It constitutes
the principle of diffusion, and Is to
humanity what the centrifugal force
Is to the revolving orbs of a.uaL
verse. 'What motion is to them De
mocracy Is to principle.
It Is the soul in action. It con
forms to the providence of God. It
has confidence In man, and an abid
ing reliance la 'his high destiny. It
seeks the largest liberty, the great
est good, and the surest happiness.
It aims to build up the great Inter
ests of the' many, to the least detri
ment of the few.; It cares for tie
weak,, while it permits no injustice
to the strong. LAMARTINE.
Join the Kbrarv. Only f l.C! t n
year dues. Gives you the s.-ira-
of m good reading room -J
to large number of books la a'l t -pertinents
of literature.
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