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Gity Pro Meeting Tonight Everybody ASTON I A GAZETTE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUKSDATS AND FRIDAYS. . IT-' $1.50 A YEAR IX ADVAXOB. " - -' ' VOL, JtfcXVH, - NO. 60. QAOTOXL., X. C Fill DAY AFTEKXOOX, JULY 28, 1918. CORPS PLANS T LQCAt ITEMS 2 BRIDGES TO BE BUILT THE G BIG MEETING PLANNED j MAKE FEED FOR CATTLE CITY PROGRESS MEETING 1 BIB TIME SCHEDULED FOR TONIGHT At lieast Five Hundred Gastonlana Kxiected at Court House at 8:30 Ylock IJght Itef reshnienfcs to be Served Xo Long-Winded Speeches Everybody Invited to tw lresent. "report conies from Chairman Se park oday that due to the increased interest in the city progress meeting to be held tonight at 8:30 o'clock in the court house arrangements have been made to seat and serve light refreshments to about 500 people. Mr. J. H. Separk will act as chair man. The program does not include any long talks. Mayor C. B. Arm strong, President T. L. Craig, of the Chamber of Commerce, Secretary Roberts, of the Chamber, Mr. S. J. Durham and a representative of the Gastonia Woman's Betterment As sociation, as well as a few other local citizens will give talks of about Ave minutes each. Mrs. W. F. Michael, chairman of the civic committee, and her commit tee have prepared refreshments for the evening. A local club of young ladles have volunteered their assistance in tag ging the people of the town today with little green diamond-shaped tags, on which there is the following reading matter: On one side, "I'll Be There, l-Kuni 2"; on the other side. "City Progress Meeting To night."' The Boy Scouts are expecting to be on hand and render any assist ance needed. All ladies and gentlemen of the city, including the young ladies and young men, are cordially invited to this meeting, whether any one of the family is a member of the Cham ber of Commerce or not. Marguerite ('lurk Ideal Today. - Mr. O. I). Carpenter, of Worth, was a Gastonia visitor yesterday. Catawlta River Flood Picture Ideal Saturday. Mr. Louis Sherman, who has been a patient in the I'nion Protest ant Inrirmary at Baltimore for the pust seven or eight weeks, is expect ed to return home Sunday. Mr. Sherman was operated on seven weeks ago.. His many friends will be glad to learn that he is recovering nkelv. Catawlta lUver Ideal Saturday. Flood Picture MKT AT ST. PAUL'S. Sltelby District iiference Wax Well Attended Gastonia Well Represented Yesterday Sunday .school Itay. Gastonia was well represented at the annual District Conference of the Shelby District, Western North Car olina Conference of the M. E. Churcn. South, which was held Tuesday, Wednesday and yesterday at St. Paul's church. Cleveland county. This church is on the Cherryville cir cuit, of which Rev. O. C. Fortenber ry is pastor, and Is located about two miles from Waco. Fortunately the road from Gastonia was In excellent .shape for automobiles with the ex ception of a short section of dirt road just before getting to tne church. Those attending the conference from Gastonia were Rev. H. H. Jor dan, pastor of Main Street church; Rev. H. M. Wellman. pastor of West End church; Rev. W. L. C. Klllian, Mr. S. J. Durham. Mr. G. W. Wilson, Mr. R. G. Rankin, Mr. C. D. Gray and Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Morris. Yesterday was given over to the Sunday school work of the district. The feature of the day was a lively round-table discussion of problems confronting the .Sunday schools. Mr. J. M. Holland and about forty mem bers of the Philathea class of whicn he is the teacher and of the Baraca Class went up in autos and attended the sessions yesterday. Delegates to the annual confer ence, which meets here In November, were chosen as follows: J. F. Har relson, Cherryville; Mr. Cilne, Lin colnton; C. D. Gray, Gastonia, and CJ. A. Jonas, of Lincolnton; alternates G. W. Wilson, of Gastonia, and A. J. Rankin, of Belmont. The attendance at the conference was splendid, considering the condi tion of the roads and the weather and the entertainment furnished ty the people of that community was all that could be desired. City Progress Meeting court house tonight, Be the. Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Slfford. of Walhalla. 3. C, passed through the city yesterday en route to Mecklenburg county where they will spend today and tomorrow with Mr. Sifford's sister. Mrs. John Sadler. Tbey will return to, Gastonia tomor row afternoon and will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. D. E. McConnell. Broadway Today Mary Fuller. Editor J. T. Perkins of - The Chester' (9. C.) Reporter spent awhile in town this morning between trains en route to Davis White Sul phur Springs at Hiddenite where he will spend some time recuperating from a recent operation. He was accompanied by his little daughter, Mary. ELECTION OF OFFICERS WEDNESDAY Gastonia Pythian Drum Corps Held Enthusiastic Meeting Wednesday Night Has Been Organized Only Six Month But Has Been a Big Advertisement for Gastonia Planning to Help at Gaston Coun ty Fair in October. At a regular meeting of the Gas tonia Pythian Drum Corps, which was held Wednesday night, officers for the ensuing term were elected and committees appointed as fol lows: R. G. Cherry, president; Kenneth Todd, vice president; F. C. Abernethy, secretary and treasurer: J. Holland Morrow, drum major; R. C. Simpson, director; M. D. Aberne thy, preBS agent; finance committee: R. G. Rankin, J. F. Bess, G. B. Ma son, C. B. Armstrong, W. T. Love. J. W. Atkins; auditing committee: E. N. Pegram, H. H. Groves and J. 1a Page. , Wednesday night s meeting brought to a close the first six months of this organization, and during that time much has been done by the young men who make up the personnel of the corps. The Gastonia Pythian Drum krps, which was organized, drilled and trained by the Pythiates of the to-wn, has done mort to adver tise Gastonia within the past six months than any other organization. Its first showing was made iu the big Twentieth of May celebration at Charlotte, and their fancy drills and splendid music brought no end of praise from the many thousands who saw the men in action. At Waynes ville, in June, at a joint meeting of the Grand Ixdge, Knights of Pyth ias, and the summer ceremonial of the D. O. K. K.. the corps also gave the town a boost when they led the dress parade of the two orders through the streets of a nesville followed by about .100 members from every section of North Caro lina. Plans are being made by the olli rers of the corps to take a promin ent part in the advertisement of the Caston County Fair this fall. Ar rangements have been made with Secretary .1. M. Holland, of the fair association, and it is very likely that the drum corps will participate in all of the parades and exhibitions that will be given each day during fair week. The details will be com pleted at a meeting of Secretary Holland and a committee from the corps for that purpose. It is the In tention of the members of the corps to help make the Gaston County Fair a success, and they will begin practice at once on several new drills which will not be used at any time until the opening of the fair in October. Arrangements, have also been made for the cdkps to attend a big summer ceremonial of the D. O. K. K. at Wilmington some time about the middle of August. The corps will at this meeting, as in Waynes ville, head the procession of the of ficial divan of Suez Temple, Char lotte. A larger attendance is ex pected at this meeting than at an other time. Meeting nights of the corps have been changed from Wednesday night to Tuesday night of each week. This change has been made in order not to interfere with or dis turb any of the religious meetings of the local churches which are held on that night. The drum corps was organized and is being maintained by the members of Gastonia Lodge No. 53, Knights of Pythias, with a double purpose in view. One is for the benefit of the local lodge of Pythians and the other Is to boost Gastonia. It is hoped by the members of the corps that the citizens of the town will realize that their co-operation and approval is desired and needed. In organizing the drum corps the young men made an excellent move and they will have the support and consideration of the best people of the town. Catawba River Flood Pictures Ideal Saturday. Because of the tie-up in freight traffic as the result of the flood con ditions, street paving. work has been suspended for several days. As soon as material begins coming in again it will be resumed. In the meantime the Noll Construction Company's force of hands has been loaned to the railroads for bridge construction work at Mount Holly. Broadway Today Mary Fuller in "A Huntress of Men." The Lincolnton furniture factory was sold at auction Tuesday and was bid in by Mr. D. H. Rhyne. Marguerite Clark Ideal Today. According to a Charlotte man who has made the trip by auto the Le-noir-BlowIng Rock turnpike is in much better shape than previous re ports indicated. He made the en tire way by auto and found only one place, a few hundred feet long, that was anything like impassable for machines. Broadway Today Mary Fuller In a 5-part Drama. -Palm Beach, Kool Kloth, Mohair and Cashmere Salts at S3 per' rent redaction. Swan -Slater Company. Mr. Millard Williams, of Clover. was a Gastonia visitor yesterday. ! Miss Ruth Seabock spent sever al hours in Charlotte yesterday. Mr. Todd Lowery. of York, was here yesterday on business. Misses Mary and Margaret Ru disill, of Dallas, were Gastonia visi tors today. Rev. J. B. Hood, pastor of Pis gah A. R. P. church, is a business visitor in Gastonia today. Mr. Roland L. Gooch, of Ox ford, was a visitor in Gastonia Wed nesday. . Mr. James King, of Greenville, S. C, is spending several days in the city this week on business. Mr. Howard Riddle, of Vork county, South Carolina, was a Gas tonia visitor Wednesday. Mr. James Adams, of Crowders Creek section, was in the city yester day. Gardens have suffered a great deal from the rains. The crop of grass is a big one. Miss Nell McLean, of South Point section, is in the city tills week, the guest of Mrs. W. L. Wet zell. The concrete foundation for the Gastonia Plumbing & Heating Co's. building on South street is being laid. Miss Bertha Falls, of the PIs gah neighborhood, left yesterday for Charlotte, where she entered the Charlotte Sanatorium training school for nurses. Miss Mary Hildebrand has gone to Morganton to spend her vacation with homefolks. She was delayed tn going nearly two weeks because of the flood. Mail for the North and East is now being dispatched on three trains. Nob. 6. 46 and 12. Mail from the East is coming in on trains .'!i. 1 I and 4.1. Miss Etta Sheppard,' of Winston Salem, who has been the guest of Miss Lois Torrence on South York street for several days, returned home Tuesday. --Mrs. J. M. .Holland and son. J. Mack, Jr., left the city last week !or Memphis. Tenn., to spend some time with Mrs. Holland's sister, Mrs. R. H. lanier. Mr. Johnnie Krause. represent ative for Isaac Hamburger & Sons, custom tailors of Baltimore, Md.. ;s at Stowe-Baber Company's this week in the interest of the company. - Mr. Robert Gage, cashier of the Commercial Bank at Chester, spent several hours in the city yesterday on his way to Blowing Rock for a short visit. Miss itura Page is expected home this week from Newport News, Va., where she has been for the past month visiting her sister, Mrs. C. W. Hopkins. Misses Estelle and Elwell Mc Lean, of Blshopville, C, returned to their home Sunday after spending three weeks here with their cousin, Mrs, A. B. O'Neil. l-Building operations of all kinds have been delayed during recent weeks because of the constant rains and inability to get building mate rials in by freight. y Mr. Bill Pope, a former Gasto nia baseball player, is spending sev eral days in the city visiting friends. He was a member this season of the Griffin, Ga., ball team in the Georgia Alabama League. Mrs. Alexander Broyles, of Dayton. Tenn., who has been visiting relatives in Steele Creek, Mecklen burg county, spent several hours here yesterday with Mrs. J. W. At kins and Mrs. Mattie Anderson. She was en route home. Mr. H. W. Counts and family left this morning in their automobile for Peak, S. C, where they will spend a week or more with Mr. Counts' father. Mr. H. H. Counts, who will celebrate his 71st birthday tomor row. VMrs. R. M. Stevenson, of Hous ton, Texas, arrived in the city yester day to be the guest for some time of Mrs. J. Flay Bess. Mrs. Stevenson has been visiting friends and rela tives at Due West. S. C, and Char lotte for several weeks. Mrs. Rugenia Marche. who has been the guest of her daughter, Mrs. John Petcheos, left yesterday after nooncfor her home at Columbia. S. C. She was accompanied by Mrs. Petcheos, who will spend a month or more with her parents. Mr. W. M. Nolen, Jr.. of Spar tanburg, arrived in the city Wednes day to spend a week or two with homefolks. His host of friends here will be glad to know that he is recovering nicely from an operation he recently underwent for appendi citis. Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Gilliam, Miss John si e Adams, Mrs. G. W. Ra gan and Mrs. S. A. Robinson return ed to the city Wednesday night from Montreat by way of Atlanta. This circuitous route was made because of the damage done to railroads by the recent floods. "Before going to bed, I always rub a little Parisian Sage into my scalp." says a woman whose luxuri ous hair is greatly admired. This cures dandruff, stops itching scalp and keeps the hair from falling out. Guaranteed by J. H. Kennedy & Co. Adv." , AT THE TABERNACLE SUNDAY NIGHT Splendid Program Arranged for En tertainment for Benefit of Flood Sufferers Special Music I'rovlded Col. Armstrong to Preside Number of Short Talks to le Made How Contributions of Money and Clothing May be Made. " 'A mass iiielTfigoTrrasfonia citi zens will be held Sunday night at 3 o'clock In the tabernacle for the pur pose of considering the matter of re lief for the Mood sufferes. There will be no services at any of the uptown i him hes and this meeting will take the place of the regular Sunday night union service at the tabernacle. A splendid program has been arranged by the entertainment committee of which Mr. J. H. Kennedy is chair man and is given in full below. May or C. B. Armstrong will preside. The fact that Colonel Armstrong was in some of the devastated districts iu the mountains and has personal knowledge of the extent of the dam age done there tenders him doubly well qualified to preside at such a meeting- As noted in Tuesday's 'Gazette Mr. .1. I.ee Robinson is treasurer of the relief fund. Any person who cannot be present at Sunday night's meet ing and who wishes to contribute to this fund can do so by leaving checK or money with Mr. Robinson at the First National Bank. Checks should be made payable to J. Lee Robinson, treasurer. Contributions may be handed to Mr. Robinson either be fore or after this meeting. A list of the contributions will be published from time to time In The Gazette. Any persons who wish to donate clothing suitable for men, women, boys or girls are asked to leave the same at the oltices of Craig & Wil son. Such packages should he ad dressed to Rev. S. L. Cathey in or der that they may be handled with out any confusion. The relief committee hopes that all Gaston county people who intend to contribute anything to the relief of flood sufferers make their contri butions through the local committee instead of sending it out of town to some other relief committee. The pastors of all the churches in the city, both uptown and suburban, are asked to make announcement of this meeting at their services Sun day morning and urge their members to attend. It is desired that the tabernacle be rilled. Following is the program: Selection by Orchestra. Prayer by Rev. J. C. Lietz. Object of Meeting, by J. H. Separk. Chorus. "A Grievous Famine," by MiUjic. Club. Recitation, "The Burial of Moses." by Miss Margaret A. Rees, of Scran ton, Pa. Song, selected by Male Quartet. Flood Experiences, by Rev. S. L. Cathey, of Mount Holly, and others. Trio, "Jesus, Savior, Pilot Me ". by Mrs. H. B. Moore. Mrs. Hqjland Mor row and Miss Jane Morris. Chorus, "Rejoice for Blessings Round I's Fall", by Music Club. Talk by Dr. J. C. Galloway. Collection, by O. F. Mason. Benediction by Rev. W. C. Bar rett. Palm Beach, Kool Kloth, Mohair and Cashmere Suits at 2M er cent reduction. Swan-Slater Omipany. A voluntary increase of five per cent in the salaries of all clerks and agency forces who have been in the employ of the company for twelve months or more has been granted by the Atlantic Coast Line Railway ac cording to an announcement made Wednesday. More than 2.000 men are affected. Marguerite Clark Ideal Today. Rev. William Perry England, mis sionary bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, was killed near Carlisle. Pa., a few days ago. He was fishing when his steel fishing rod came in contact with a high tension electric wire, resulting In his sudden electrocution. Suit and hat prices for slim purs en. Swan-Slater Company. Extreme heat in Canada last week resulted in the death in Montreal alone of 250 children. In Quebac City 2 children died from heat in two days, Monday and Tuesday. Benefit entertainment for flood sufferers at tabernacle Sunday night. Everybody invited. Straw hats, one-half price. Swan Slater (Vmpuny. Unlike other cities in the United States, the city of Seattle, Wash., has an ordinance which causes- the American flag to be unfurled at the opening session of every meeting of the board of aldermen, and each al derman reverently salutes Old Glory before any business is dispatched. Straw hat, one-half price. Swan Slater Company. Benefit entertainment for flood sufferers at tabernacle Sunday night. Everybody invited. Panama and Rankok hats 25 per rent reduction. Swan-Slater Co. BY RAISING QU16K GROWING CROPS County Demonstrator Gray Tells Gaston Fanners iiiey Can Great ly Believe Present Conditions by Planting: Cros That Will Mature Sufficiently Before Frost to Fur nish Tltem Itoughneas !intortaiit Information for Farmers. To the Editor of The Gazette: The disastrous results of the con tinued rains and floods will leave a great many farmers without rougn age enough to , carry their sioi k through the winter unless steps die t ken soon to supply this need from uuick growing crops that can ma ture from now until frost. There are several crops that can be growv that will furnish a good qualitv of feed. Chief among these are the millets. The common millet is the earliest In maturing. On good land it is ready to harvest iu tin days front sowing. The Hungarian and German millets are a little later than this but will be ready to cut before danger of frost. They should all be cut before they fully mature as they will make - mote palatable food then. The land should be well prepared with a disc harrow and the seed sown broadcast and harrowed in with a section har row or brush. Some times the Ger man millet does better when sown in two foot drills and cultivated a few times. Especially is this true when put on lowlands that are likely to leave a hard crust when they dry out. Some of the early corns such as Trucker's Favorite, Adams' Early, Early Golden Dent and Mexican June will mature enough to make a lot of good roughage and In some in stances make ears. These corns should be planted as soon as possible so that they may mature well before cutting. Sudan grass, if planted on rich land and in drills will produce a heavy yield of excellent forage. Un der favorable condition it will pro duce two cuttings. It should be well manu red. New Era cow peas, If sown within the next Id days, will produce a good hay; the grain will not mature but there will be a heavy crop of v I nea. Turnips planted on rich laud will produce a heavy yield and make an excellent substitute for silage for the cows. Turnips fed to milk cows will increase the milk tlow and cut down the grain ratioti. Save all wheat straw, oat straw, and rye straw. Any of these straws are equal to and some times superior to cotton seed hulls when fed in the same manner. And there in unite a difference in price. Every one should get an Increased acreage in crimson (lover, crimson clover and oats and vetch and oats and rye. Crimson clover and rye, preferably Ambiuzzl rye, when sown early, makes an excellent winter pasture that will cut the feed bill half In two. The hay from any of these crops will be ready early in the spring and will carry the stock through the summer months in ex cellent condition. I have seen crops made on good crimson clover and vetch hay with very little grain feed. This year has demonstrated the fact that the man with plenty of pas ture and hay land suffers least from adverse years. And it is hoped that this will encourage many others to sow a larger acreage of pasture and hay crops. I will be glad to help any one select the seeds best suited to his land and conditions. And al so to help get the seed at the best price. JAMES M. GRAY. County Agent. Suit and lut prices for slim purs es. Swan-Slater Company. BESSEMER BRIEFS. Correspondence of The Gazette. BESSEMER CITY. July 27. Things are getting back to normal after the storm. The merchants have had to hustle to keep on hand the necessary things of life. Not being able to get what is needed nearer, several of them went to Spartanburg Tuesday and purchased supplies or provisions there. The farmers are in desperate straits over the crop situation but perhaps it will be much better than is now thought. It sems that, tn any event, with conditions as they are this late In the season a full har vest cannot reasonably be expected. Rev. W. B. Shinn and Mr. C. C. Kiser are attending district confer ene. The A. R. P. church here was dam aged by the heavy rains of the past two weeks. The session of this church has granted the pastor. Rev. R. R. Caldwell, the month of Au gust for a vacation. Mrs. John Wilson, who was shock ed by a bolt of lightning last Friday, Is not getting along very well but it Is expected that she will recover. Benefit entertainment for flood sufferer at tabernacle Sunday night. Everybody Invited. The little kingdom of Hungary will have to raise $75,000,000 next year to paj the Interest alone on Its war debts. To raise this interest taxes are being levied on everything In sight. Pick up a few dollar while oar sale la on. Swan -Slater Company. PLANS MADE AT MT. HOLLY IEETN6 Commissioners of Mecklenburg and -(awton (Vmnties In Joint Meeting Yesterday at Mount Holly Agreed on Two Sites Committee Ap- f INlnted to Decide on Bridges and Ix-t Contract Meeting With En . Kineer Fa HI to Be Held .Thursday -Gaston Commissioners Have Been Busy and Contracts for Three Bridges Have Been Let Work at McAdcnville Already W ; sgnn. y Plans to" rebtiild tba Mount Holly' and Sloan's Ferry bridges across the Catawba river were made at a Joint meeting of the Mecklenburg and Gaston commissioners yesterday af ternoon shortly after 1 o'clock at Mount Holly. No deflinte action was taken by the commissioners other than agree ing that both of the bridges should' be erected at an early date. Noth- -ing was agreed on as to the amount the bridges would cost, but a com mittee composed of Messrs. O. O. Falls, R. L Stowe. J. F. McArver, K. K. Davenport and the entfre Meck lenburg board was appointed to con fer at once for the purpose of hav ing plans drawn and specifications made for the bridges. A meeting of this committee has already been scheduled for Tuesday, August 1, at which time definite action will be ' taken and arrangements made as to the kind of bridges that shall be built. Contracts for both the ML Holly and Sloan's Ferry bridges will be let at the same time. On Thursday, August 2, the com missioners of Mecklenburg and Gas ton counties will meet with State Highway Engineer Fallls, and . will visit the Mount Holly and Belmont' sites for an inspection of the two points. He will confer with the commissioners and make some rec ommendations relative to the re building of the bridges. An effort will also be made to secure through Mr. Fallls a loan from the State to aid in this work. It was the opinion of the commis sioners that the bridges across the Catawba should be built and the . communication between the two counties re-established at the earli est possible date. Gaston Commissioners Iiet Contracts Announcement was made to The Gazette this morning that a bridge committee composed of Gaston com missioners R. K. Davenport and R. L. Stowe had been appointed by the Gaston commissioners to take some action In the building of the county bridges that were swept away. This committee has already begun its work and contracts have been let for the erection of bridges at McAden vllle, Spencer Mountain and Arm strong's Ford sites. Arrangements are pending now for the erection of the bridge at Har din and the contract no doubt will be closed within a very short time. At McAdenvllle the bridge will De built three feet higher than the old bridge, although at the same site. All except one of the old piers are standing and will be used. The wa terway on the south side of the river at this point will be widened several feet in order to provide a Vetter ap proach to the bridge. Active work Is now being done on the bridge at McAdenvllle. It Is expected that the salvage of the steel work of the destroyed bridges will be about one-half at each site. (KH)ll SERVICE. Southern Uses 15 Automobiles and Mas Every Facility for Putting Passenger Across the Catawba at Belmont. This morning's Charlotte Observ er says: With 15 well equipped and skill fully operated motor cars and an abundance of "help" at hand to at tend to the needs of all passengers, the Southern Railway is winning laurels for itself by reason of tha excellent manner in which It is op erating the service across the Cataw ba river at the Belmont ferry. Gen eral Superintendent W. N. Foreacre Is personally in charge at this point and the way in which be is directing the activities Is a splendid augury for an early resumution of through service. Passengers arriving at Belmont for Charlotte are ushered out of their cars and into wilting automo biles, their baggage is trangferre. by porters and they axcarried wi a maximum of ease and Comfort to the Catawba wTiere they wklk down, a well-conduoted wooden boardwalk, with handralings on elthei side, to the ferry'. This ferry cajffles them across the (river and ono another wooden boavdwalk whictr takes then to the waiting cars, yriich In torn whisk themo Pawreek crossing where they boa-reV'the trains for Charlotte. The same system Is fol lowed for passengers northbound and southbound. The dispatch with which the transfer is made and with al, the ease and'convenlence of the change is such as to attract much fa vorable comment. Little has been said about this facility and yet It is one of the notable features of ; the. effort towards a correction of the troubles occasioned by the flood. Just a nominal fee. ft a year, la chanted Its members by the Gastonia. i Public Library. ' For that amount ' yon Jut ve acceme to hundreds of good books, including many of Um latest volumes of fiction- . of -