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CM GAZ a: STON I A ETTE "-.. i ).. PUBLISHED THICK A WEEK TCF.SIl. VS AXD FRIDAYS. f ' txoii xxxvii. NO. 67. GASTOXIA. N. C TUESDAY AFTKKXOOX, AUGUST 22, I9I6. 1.50 A YEAR IX ADYAVfe THE UMRjEV " 'HUIILT CUM GATHERS OH OLD HISTORIC GROUND GLUB WOMEN ORGANIZE SPLENDID MEETING HELD AT TANYARO AUGUST COURT BEGINS JUDGE M. H. JUSTICE IS PRESIDING COMING AND GOING- o i Q Electing a president rr:.. ' -e Adams Elected by House la Exciting 1824 Fight J. Q. ADAMS. A there were no recognized political parties this year, election became a personal contest, which resulted as fol lows: Andrew Jackson, 99; John Qulncy Adams. 84; William H. Crawford, 41: Heury Clay, 37. No one having received a major ity, the house of representatives elected Adams. Thirteen states voted for him. John C. Calhoun was generally supported for vice president and was elected. This Is the first year where the popular vote Is on record. That year It was: Jackson, 155,872; Adams. 105.321; Crawford. 44. 282: Clay. 4U.5H7. It Is thus noted that, while Jackson re ceived 50,000 more votes than Adams, yet be was defeated. (Watch for ths faction of An drew Jackson in 1828 in our naxt issue.) A FIFTEEIICEHT FARE JITKETS 6IYE CHEAPRATE FOR FAIR Secretary Holland Closes Deal With .ill City Jitneys to Haul I'assen Krs from Square to Fair Grounds and Hack During Fair Week Tor Fifteen Cents Arrangement As sures Ample Transportation Facil ities at Very Reasonable Price. By the terms of an agreement made yesterday between Secretary J. M. Holland of the Gaston County Fair Association and the 18 Jitney drivers of the city, the public will be transported during the fair, Octo ber 3rd to 7th Inclusive, to the fair grounds and back up town for the small sum of lf cents. This Is an exceedingly reasonable rate and will enable the tnousands of people who will be here for Gaston's big second annual fair to get to the fair grounds and back at a nominal cost and wltn out delay. The street car, of course, will be able to handle thousands of people but its facilities are not such as to enable it to transport all toe people by any means, air. nuimuu has made an ideal arrangement and one that will be highly pleasing and satisfactory to the public. Last year there was no scale of prices and the prevailing price was 25 cents one way. The system of transportation has been further simplified in that the Jitney tickets will be handled entire ly by the fair management and a ticket will be good on any one of the 18 Jitneys. A passenger can mae the trip one way in one auto and the other way in another. No cash fares' will be accepted by the Jitney driv ers. In order to get the 1 5 cent rate for a round trip or a ten cent rate for a one-way trip the passengers must have a ticket. Jitney tickets will be sold at some prominent place uptown. Secretary Holland expects to have these tick eta and the general admission tick et for the fair on sale at the same place uptown. This will give people going to the fair an opportunity to buy their admission tickets berore starting to the grounds, thus en abling them to avoid delay and in convenience at the gates. Donald Brian Ideal today. Dress Parade Tonight. At 8 o'clock tonight there will be a dreaa parade of the Pythian Drum Corps in the business section or town. All members of the corps are requested to bring their uniforms and meet at the Pythian castle hall promptly at 7:30 o'clock. Geraldine Farrar Ideal Thursday. To Picnic at Lakewood. ' ti Knniiav school of Main Street Methodist church will go to Lake wood Park tomorrow for their annu al picnic. The trip will be made on a special train over me r. t leav ing here just behind the regular 9 -.-wt ar All teachers' and mem- v viw- bers of the Sunday school are re quested to be at the church at 5 o'clock, each one reporting to bis or . .i smm Hr tickets for t&e UK l ilMD . - trip will be distributed. Committee have been appointed to nave of the various featurea of the picnic and every provision haa been made for the effort and pleasure of tne Large Attendance Saturday at First Annual Reunion of Deacendanis of Christian Mauney, Pioneer Set tler Held on Situ of Tryon Coun ty Court House 1774 to 177U Speeches by A. Nixon, O. . Ma son, C. It. Hoey, W. A. Mauney and Others Nplendid Picnic Dinner. Responding to a cordial invitation that had been sent out far and wide by ex-Senator W. A. Mauney, ol Kings Mountain, many hundreds or the descendants of Christian Mau ney, together with their friends and relatives, gathered Saturday on tne lands of Esquire K. R. Mauney, on the Bessemer City and Cherryville road aboat four miles south of Cher ryville to hold a family reunion and to celebrate the 141st anniversary or the Tryon Declaration of Independ ence. Heretofore there have been separate reunions of the different branches of the family, but since the death of Mrs. Jane Mauney tuis year, it was decided to hold one big reunion of all the descendants of tne original founder of the family in what is now Gaston county, Chris tian Mauney. The site of the reunion was especially appropriate, being on the lands where Christian Mauney lived and reared a large family. The exact spot on which his dwelling stood was marked by a flag. A spa cious speaker's stand had been erect ed in the adjoining grove, as well as ample tables- for the picnic dinner. Hon. W. A. Mauney, of Kings Mountain, to whom much credit is due for working up the details or the occasion, presided and was lps first speaker, explaining the circum stances which led to the decision to hold the gathering on this date and at this place, and was followed by Hon. O. F. Mason, of Gastonia, wno made a very interesting address and introduced Hon. A. Nixon, clerk or Lincoln Superior Court, who made the principal address of the'day. Mr. Nixon s address is published In full elsewhere in this issue of The Ga zette, and is an exhaustive study or the history of the locality and of the Mauney family. At the ocnclusion of Mr. Nixon's address Hon. Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby, assistant United States Attorney for this district, made a very appropriate speecn, dwelling upon the sturdy character istics of the pioneer settlers of this section, and the debt which the pres ent generation owes to them. The noon hour now having arriv ed a picnic dinner of generous boun ty was spread on the long tables which had been prepared in the grove, and after prayer by Rev. C. K. Bell, pastor of the Kings Mountain Lutheran church, all partook of the sumptuous repast. In the afternoon there were interesting exercises, con sisting of the reading of Christian Mauney s will and other interesting documents bearing upon the family history, and the reading and discus sion of the family records which Mr. Mauney has had prepared with great care and diligence. The address prepared and deliver ed by Hon. A. Nixon was one or the most interesting historical papers which The Gazette has ever publish ed and all our readers who are In terested in local history are urged to read it. Some facts of great interest which are not generally known were brought out in this address. The Bpot on which the reunion was held was the county seat of Tryon coun ty, w hlch then extended from the Ca tawba river to the Cherokee reserva tion and was 4 5 miles wide from north to south, from 1774 to 1779 and then the county seat of Lincoln county until 1783. Here a declara tion of freedom was drawn up ana signed in August 17 75, only three months after the Mecklenburg dec laration, and prior to the Declaration of 1776. Lord Cornwallis' army en camped on this site one day and night in January, 1780. Just after the battle of Cowpens. Ionald Brian Ideal today. Farmers Picnic Tomorrow. At Linwood College tomorrow will be held the annual picnic of the Gas ton County Farmers Union. As pre viously announced the principal speakers will be Dr. H. Q. Alexander, president of the State Farmers Un ion, and Mr. J. Z. Green, of Marsn vllle. State lecturer for the union. A large crowd la expected and a pleas ant day is anticipated. Geraldine Farrar Ideal Thursday. Attended Browning Meeting. A number of Gastonia people are attending the Browning-Stapleton revival services now being held at Lincolnton. Among those who at tended the services Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. John L. Beal and fam ily, Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Plyler, Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Morris, Mrs. S. B. Barnwell and Miss Geroline Barn well. Mr. G. R. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jennings. Miss Lola Davis, Miss Alma Howell. Mrs. S. M. Morris. Mr. W. H. Rhyne and Miss Lena Rhyne, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hanna, Mrs. C. M. Dunn and Miss Mary Dunn, Mr and Mrs. George W. Smith. Mr. John Warren. Mr. and Mrs. E. X. Hahn, Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Summerrow, Mrs. A. R. Rankin. Miss Willard 'Jenkins, Hiss Delia Xolen, Mr. E. G. McLurd. Geraldine Farrar Ideal Thursday. Francis X. Bushman Coxy Wednesday. MeinlxTN of Women's and Girls Clubs from AH Over Gaston Gath ered at Tan yard Friday Where Permanent Organization Was Per fected Meet Next Year ut Pisguh Some Splendid Paers Head lie fore the Conference IMcnic Din ner, on the Ground. Cocrespondence of The Gazette. WTAXYARD, Aug. 21. The first conference of women's clubs In the county, held at Tanyard school house on Friday, the 18th, seemed to be quite a success. Club women from all parts of the county were here and enjoyed every number on the pro gram. Though the day was very warm and the rooms crowded to their capacity, all seemed to enjoy the day. The program committee was fortu nate in being able to secure Miss Minnie Jamieson, who for a number of years has taught home economics in the State Normal College at Greensboro. She made a splendid talk on "Household Economics' in the morning and another in the af ternoon on "The Importance of or ganization." Mrs. J. Y. Miller, president of tne Gastonia Woman's Betterment As sociation, read a splendid paper on "Better Co-operation Between Town and Country Women." fche said that the town needs the country woman's ideas and the country woman needs the town woman's ideas. We hope many will be profited by her paper and induced thereby to work more together for the betterment of Gas ton county as a whole. Dr. Bess Puett, of Dallas, read a carefully prepared paper on "The Care ot the School Giri, " which should be helpful to all mothers as well as girls. Other talks were made, all of them interesting anil helpful. The reports from ciubs showed that this county has many active and j enthusiastic club women and girls. Aynoon all partook of a most botfDtlful dinner, consisting of ev I Wy delicacy imaginable from tne farm. In the afternoon an organiza tion was formed to meet annually or oftener. Officers were chosen as fol lows: President, Mrs. C. P. Robin son, Gastonia, route three; vice-pres ident. Mrs. W. J. Clifford, Gastonia: recording secretary, Mrs. M :'. Shetley, Bessemer City; correspond ing secretary. Miss Maggie Gamble, Bessemer City, route one; treasurer, Mrs. C. E. McLean. Belmont, route one. The conference was invited to meet at Pisgab and will meet at that place the third Friday in August. 1917. Geraldine Farrar Ideal Thursday. THE STRIKE SITUATION". Employes Agree to Terms Proposed by President ilson Hut Itallroad Executives Still Hold Out Coun ter Proposition Will be Advance:. Au Associated Press dispatch or August 21 says: As one American citizen to anotner President Wilson today appealed to each of the executives of the coun try's principal railroads on grounds of patriotism to accept his plan ror averting the threatened disaster or a Nationwide strike. He-emphasized the necsesity for keeping the rail roads in service as a pan oi tne na tional defense, and to make possible nrnrations for meeting conditions that will exist after the European war. On leaving the White House the railroad presidents, augmented dur ing the day by arrivals from tne West, held a conference, at whicn sentiment was said to be against agreeing to the President's proposal in its present form. Hope was ex pressed, however, that some satisfac tory counter-proposition might be aa vanced and it was decided to turn over to a committee the task or drafting a final reply to the Presi dent. With more than 60 men, most o." them with their own ideas about what ought to be done, the execu tives found it difficult to "get down to brass tacks," as one of them ex pressed it. Tomorrow morning an other meeting will be held and every effort will be made to reach a decis ion promptly. The railroad heads still insist that President Wilson is asking them to sacrifice the principle of arbitra tion. Elisha Lee, chairman of the National Conference Committee or Railways, issued a statement tonight in which he said: "That the railroads should grant, under threat of a National strike, a $50,000,000 wage preferment to a small minority of their employes, without a hearing before a public tri bunal, is inconceivable in a democra cy like ours. All questions at issue wages, cost, operating conditions are submerged by the greater is sue: 1 Shall arbitration be abandon ed In the settlement of industrial disputes?" Tha statement suggests, however. that railroads stand ready to taKe whatever action the people or me country desire. It concludes: "The weight of 'public opinion must determine this issue. We can nnt hoi i eve that it is the calm Judg ment of the countrv that we should sacrifice the principle of arbitration in Industrial disDutes. under a threat to tie up the commerce of the coun- try." One Capital Cane That of Belle Page and Twelve-Year-Old Son For Murder of Delia Farris In May Very Probable That Case Will lie Called This Afternoon Xumerous Cases Disposed of Yesterday. August term of Gaston Superior court for the trial of criminal cases convened yesterday morning with Judge M. H. Justice, of Rutherford ton, presiding, Following an excel lent charge to the grand jury, whicn was concluded a few minutes before 12 o'clock, the court settled down 10 the trial of cases. Solicitor George W. Wilson, of this city, is appearing for the State. A large number of cases is on the docket, there being one capital case. Belle Page, colored, and her twelve-year-old-son, Willie Page, are indict ed for the murder of Delia Karris, colored, on May 6th. This murder occurred as the result of a free-ior-all fight between the two women, Willie Page and Mack Page, hus band of Belle Page. It is expected that this case will be called for trial this afternoon. Following are the cases dispised or yesterday: No. 8. James Brown, abandon ment, nol pros. No. 9. Chevis Wells, assault. Fine of $ 1 5 and costs. . No. 10. J. A. Hartzoe. failing to pay license tax. Costs paid. No. 24. Oscar Hopkins, gambling. Judgment suspended. No. 25. Dan Fite, perjury. As signed to work on public roads for 30 days. No. 2 7. Eph Hicks, keeping dis orderly house. Not guilty. No. 2 It. Bub Ballard, gambling. Fined $10 and costs. No. 3t. Jim Reid, abandonment. Nol pros. No. 47. Russell Dellinger. assault and battery. Fined $7 5 and costs. No. 55. Tom McAfee, cruelty to animals. Fined $5 and costs. No. 56. Brinkley Uneberger. car rying concealed weapon. Fined $13 and costs. No. 64. Clarence Richardson, Son Ieeper, Arty Davis, Ed Williams, Pete Hall, Joe Hunter, gambling, ton Leeper called and failed. Judgment ni si sci fa and capias. Pete Hall fined $5 and costs. Richardson, Da vis, Hunter and Williams, fine of $10 each and costs. No. 85. Mollie Eskridge, assault with deadly weapon. Fine of $15 and costs. Nos. S8 and 104. Son Jackson, carrying concealed weapon. Guilty in No. S8. Fined $1j and costs. No. ! I . v-ani l.eonhaidt. carrying concealed weapon. Fine or $15 and costs. No. 12. Ott Ixjng. gambling. Fine of $ 1 0 and costs. No. ;;. George Barrett, gamb ling. Fine of $10 and costs. CLKO MADISON, Broadway Fri- day. Faiully Reunion. On August 31st, a reunion or tne Bradley and Hanna families will be held at the home of Mr. C. A. Spen cer in West Gastonia. Both families have a large connection and it Is hoped that as many as possibly can, will attend. All friends are cordial ly Invited to be present. Dinner will be served in picnic style, and all who attend arg requested to bring well- filled baskets. CLKO MADISON, Broadway Fri day. Capt. A. L. Bulwinkle. Sergeant E. E. Boyce and Corporal Wilson Mc- Arver, of Company B, arrived In tne city Saturday night on a five days leave of absence. Francis X. Bushman Cozy Wednes day. Miss Cora Foy, of the nursing staff of St. Luke's Hospital. Ricn- mond, Va.. is the guest of Mrs. By num Ixng. Francis X. Bushman Cozy Wednes day. Mrs. F. P. Rockett and children left this morning for Mooresville where they will spenda couple or weeks with relatives. Mr. Rockett will leave within the next few cays for Hickory to spend his 15-day va cation with relatives. CLKO MADISON, Broadway Fri day. The regular semi-annual meet ing of the board of directors of the Piedmont Telephone A Telegraph Company was held In the offices here last Thursday. The directors pres ent were Mr. Leland Hume, of Nash ville. Tenn.; Mr. Addison Maupin, of Atlanta; Mr. W. B. Moore, of York. 6. C; Mr. M. B. Spier, of Charlotte, and Messrs. W. T. Love. J. White Ware and R. B. Babington. of Gasto nia. The thrifty farmer, the farmer who has money In the bank, has a farm that tells you about the char acter of the owner the minute you come in sight of It. .Such a man has long since learned that the fence corner or under a tree is no place for an implement not in use. Such seemingly little things added to oth er like little things make the big things that determine a man's sue cess or failure. The Progressive Farmer. BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Mr. J. M. Underwood was a busi ness visitor to Charlotte Saturday. . Mr. John Currence, of the Point section, was In town Saturday. Mr. Thad P. Clinton, of Clover, motored up to the city yesterday. Mr. J. B. Beal left Friday ror a week's visit to Wrightsville Beacn. Mr. Lloyd Ross was a Char lotte visitor yesterday. Mr. Wilson McArver. of Com pany B, is at home for a few days from Camp Glenn on furlough. Mr. Kemp Nixon, of Lincolnton, was a business visitor In the city Saturday. Mr. J. M. Smith, of Bessemer City, was a Gastonia visitor yester day. , Mrs. W. C. Abernethy left Sat urday for Lincolnton where she will spend ten days visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Vlnderman, of Clover, S. C. were shopping in the city yesterday. Dr F. R. Anders spent Sunday In Charlotte with Mrs. Anders and children who are visiting relatives there. Mrs. J. Holland Morrow and child left yesterday for Easley, S. C, where they will spend some time wltn her uncle, Mr. E. G. Kirven. Rev. C. M. Robinson, pastor of the Cherryville and Lonk Creek Bap tist churches, preached Sunday morning at the Loray Baptist church. -Misses Tena and Hilda Iebovltz returned home last Thursday after spending three weeks on a delightful visit to relatives in Rocky Mount. There will be an ice cream sup per at the home of Mrs. Lloyd Co ble at Pleasant Ridge Saturday night of this week. Everybody is invited. Mr. Cecil Simmons, of Rock Hill. S. C, is visiting in the city as the guest of Messrs. W. H.. Earl ani Charles Thomasson. Mrs. G. It. Spencer and Miss Ruby Spencer returned yesterday from Wrightsville Beach where they spent some time. -Miss Helen Macy Schad, wno has been the guest for some time or Mr. und Mrs. William L. Halttils. left fcunday for her home l.i Halt nuore. w Miss Kthel Kincaid has gone to Raleigh where she will spend some time with her sister, Mrs. Claude A. Eury. Mr. R. B. Babington returned yesterday from Moreliead City wuere lie spent a tew days. While there lie visited the Gaston boys at Camp Glenn. Dr. C. J. McConibs went to Mon roe Saturday and spent Sunday there with Mrs. McConibs and children, who have been visiting relatives. They returned to Gastonia yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. William Harris, or Greenville, S. C, were in town Satur day a short while en route to Stan ley to visit Mr. Harris' brother-in-law, Rev. X. C. Williams. Misses Blanche Sherrfll and Ethel Queen, of High Shoals, were the guests Sunday of Rev. and Mrs. G P. Abernethy at their home on West Franklin avenue. Mrs. Israel Buckner. of Balti more, who has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. D. Lebovitz here, left Thursday for Gaffney, S. C. to visit relatives and friends. rilr. and Mrs. J. H. loeDark and Xontes Blanche and Myrtle Gray re turned Friday night trom a ten days trip to Atlantic City, Philadelphia and New York. Mr. Dana J. Caldwell, who holds a responsible position with the Sou thern Railway Co. in Columbia, S. C, spent the week-end In the city visit ing relatives and friends. A-Miss Lucy Jordan returned last week from a month's visit to friends at Burlington, Durham and Virginia Beach. She leaves tomorrow for Monroe to visit friends. Mrs. A: B. 0"Neil and Mr. A. J3. O'Xeil, Jr., returned Saturday from .New York where they spent a week or two buying the fall and winter stock of goods for O'N'ell's Variety Store. Rev. George Hendree Harrison, rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church, left last week for Atlanta to spend two weeks with his father. Col. Z. D. Harrison, at his home "Fern Bank." Among Saturday's visitors in the city were Mr. John F. Puett, of Dai las; Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Archer, or Stanley; Mr. R. G. Rhyne, of Mount Holly; Mr. F. S. Kale and Mr. E. S. Upe. of High Shoals. Mr. G. R. Spencer returned Sat urday from a combined business ano" pleasure trip to Charleston, the Isle of Palms, and several points in east ern North Carolina. , While away he indulged in some fishing stunts on Xeuse river. Miss Ruth Vainedeau. who has been the guest of her sister, Mrs. W Otis Pratt, at -her home on v est Air line avenue, and has also been at tending a house party at Piedmont Springs, left this morning for her hstmA mt Fa vattArl Tin Mr. Robert Atkinson was week-end visitor to Lenoir. Mr. and Mrs. Jams A. Estridgs motored to Wsxhaw Sunday. I - Mr 1 W RUU r iV. TT.A ..... v. i.iuuiQi lUD y iuum section, is a Gastonia visitor today, Misses Kate Carpenter and Mamie Peterson, of Stanley, are shopping In the city today. Mr. and Mrs. Plato Price, of Steele Creek, attended the funeral of Miss Belle Caldwell today. Misses Louise Yarboro and Wll- . ma Blanton left yesterday on m week's visit to friends at Grover. Mr. C. C, Johnson, of Lincoln ton, a former Gastonian, spent Sun day in the city visiting relatives. . Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Smith, ot Clover, S. C, spent yesterday in the city. v -Miss Eunice Cathey. of Thrtrt, arived In the city today to be the guest of Misses Lois and Harleo Todd. miss L,oi8 rodd returned noma Saturday from Charlotte and Meca lenburg where she has been vlsltlnx friends and relatives. Miss Emma Cornwell returned to the city Saturday night from a ten days visit to friends and relatives m Durham, Raleigh and Eelma. Mrs. J. P. Roark, of Grover, is nere on visit to ner sister, asrs Frank Merrill, who Is a patient at the City Hospital. Mrs. Fred Tywer and children, of Charlotte, are visiting Mrs. Tys zer's father, Mr. W. P. Bell, at his home on Xorth Marietta street. Mrs. A. B. McCarter returned home Sunday from Clover where sua has been visiting her father, Mr. W. B. Beamguard. - Miss Cora Foy, of Richmond Va., arrived in the city yesterday to spend some time with her father. Mr. William Foy, In the Plsgah section. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Tyson return ed home yesterday from Mount Ol lead where they have been for tne past week visiting relatives.' Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Freeman re turned home Friday from Charlottes ville. Va., where they have been visiting relatives. Mr. Fred M. Arrowood, of Bes semer City, passed through the city Sunday en route home from Union section where he has been vlsltlnx friends. Messrs. Frost Torrence, M. F. Klrby, Warren Gardner and T. A. Hatchford attended the Charlotte- Asheviile ball game in Charlotte yes terday. Mrs. Arthur Poole, of McAden- vllle, underwent a very successful operation for goiter yesterday at tne ( It - Hospital, and Is getting along nicely. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Johnson and little son. R. 11. Jr.. of Atlanta, Gad., arrived In the city last night to spend a week w Ith Mr. Johnson mother. Mrs. V. A. Johnson. Mr. E. X. Hahn and family re turned last Thursday from a ten days visit to relatives at Hickory, Lenoir and Morganton. They made the trip by auto. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Saunders and family and Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Moss and family will leave this afternoon for a week s trip to Rock Hill, 8. C. They will make the trip in Mr. Saun ders' automobile. Mr. O. D. Wallace, of Enlo, Texas, who has been visiting in the county, accompanied his brother, Mr, S. M. Wallace, to Spartanburg, S. C, Sunday where he will spend a few days before returning to his home. Miss Lillian Atkins will return tomorrow from a ten days visit -to Aahavlllo WavnMTillA n1 IaM Junaluska. She will be accompanied by Miss Flora Steele, of Tazewell, Va., who will be her guest for some time. Mrs. D. R. Shields returned yes terday from a ten days trip to New York, Baltimore and Philadelphia, where she purchased an unusually at tractive line of Fall millinery. Miss Annie Coble, of Baltimore, who Is to be with Mrs. Shields again this sea son, will arrive in the city the latter part of this week. -T-Mr,J. Y. Love and Mr. 6am FalraTof Paris, Texas, arrived Sun day to spend some time in the county with relatives. Both are Gaston countlans but have been living in tne West for many years. This is their ft rut Tialt t rt tha nlA tinmjt pnnnfr tit several years. " Mr. C. D. Holland received a telegram Saturday summoning' htm to the bedside of his brother. Dr. George Holland, at the latter's home In Bluefleld, W. Va. He left Gas tonia on Xo. 38 Saturday evenmg. Mr. L. J. Holland, another brother, also lives in Bluefleld. . , v ; Mrs. Nannie Hemphill, of New-' nan. Ga., and her gtvest. Mrs. Seme Carson, of pots wood,, Va.. are ex pected to arrive in the city tonight to be the guests of Mrs. J. C, Galloway. On Thursday night Mrs. :. Galloway and Miss Willie McKemy will accom pany them to Mrs. Carson's home Ga Virginia for a visit of several weeks. children.