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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
VOL. XXXVII.
NO. 72.
QA9TON1A, N. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 8, 1010.
flJM A YEAR IN ADVANCE
ELECTING A PRESIDENT
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LINCOLN.
THE election of 18G0 found
the country on the verge
of civil war. The aboli
tionists were members of the
Republican party, and In the
convention Lincoln defeated Wil
liam H. Seward of New York.
Lincoln was not an abolitionist
in the strict sense of the word.
He later wanted the government
to buy all the slaves. The "Doug
las Democrats" nominated Ste
phen A. Douglas of Illinois, who
likewise was In favor of pro
hibiting the further extension of
slavery. J. C. Breckinridge of
Kentucky was the candidate of
the other branch of the Demo
cratic party, while John Bell of
Tennessee was the candidate on
the Union ticket
Lincoln defeated George B.
McClellnn of New Jersey in 1804.
(Watch for the alaction of Grant
in 1868 in our noxt isauo.)
GIVEN HONORARY DEGREE.
Rev. J. L. Vipperman, Formerly of
This Section, Given Iegree of D.
D. by Mississippi College Is Now
Pastor at Columbus, lMsn.
At the recent commencement of
Mississippi College at Clinton, Miss.,
the honorary degree of D. D. was
conferred upon Rev. J. L. Vipper
man. formerly of this county but
now pastor of the First Baptist
church at Columbus. Miss. This will
be news of interest to Mr. Vipper
man's many friends in this State. He
served several years as pastor of
churches at Dallas, Iwell, Wil
mington and Spencer before going to
Mississippi.
Last Spring Mr. Vipperman deliv
ered a series of lectures before tne
students of Mississippi College and
the Jackson (Miss.) Clarion-leader
had the following to say regarding
the series:
"The people of Clinton and espec
ially the people of Mississippi Col
lege have been highly Instructed and
at the same time highly entertained
by Dr. Vipperman. pastor of the
First Baptist church. Columbus,
Miss., who this week has delivered a
series of lectures along lines per
taining to scriptural studies. Dr.
Vipperman shows himself a master
in his work and displays a most re
markable familiarity with the Bible.
He gives quotation after quotation
without ever once referring to the
book. It was acknowledged by all
who heard him that he excelled any
one ever heard in Clinton."
Charlie Chaplin Cozy Theatre Sat
urday and Monday.
Lincoln county's Confederate vet
erans held their annual reunion at
Lincolnton last Saturday. Dr. D. H.
Hill, of Raleigh, was the principal
speaker.
BE A BOOSTER
GASTON COUNTY'S 2ND ANNUAL FAIR
OCTOBER 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 1916
AN ASSURED SUCCESS
What are you doing to make
it such? The more you do,
the bigger success it will be.
We need your ideas and
suggestions.
Don't put it off -Do it now.
J. H. HOLLAND, Secretary
DEMOGRATSFGRM CLUB
CHEfNLLE MAKES THE FIRST MOVE
A Wilson-Bickett-Webb Club Organ
ized in Neighboring Town Wednes
day Night Its Object it to Poll
Bifc Majority For AH Democrats
Plans Being Made to Secure Koine
lood Speakers Has Set the race
For Other Communities.
CHERRY VI LLE, Sept. 7. Tiie
Democrats of Cherryville and, tne
surrounding community took'' tne
first steps toward championing tae
cause of Democracy on Wednesday
night when they met in the city hail
and organized a club to be known
as the Wilson-Bickett-Webb cluD.
Considerable interest and enthusiasm
was manifested at the meeting and
a vigorous campaign is to be wagea
in this community and town for tae
Democratic candidates.' Officers and
committees in charge of the various
work of the club were appointed and
no time will be lost in getting down
to real work.
Messrs. S. S. Mauney and David P.
Dellinger, two former members of
the legislature, were elected presi
dent and secretary, respectively, and
Mayor E. L. Webb, treasurer of tae
club. The following committees
were appointed subject to additional
names: On securing speakers ana
directing the campaign, T. B. Leon
hardt, D. P. McLurd, C. A. Wither
spoon and George Jarrett; on mem
bership, Stephen Stroup, J. H. Trott,
J. C. Ballard, C. O. Dellinger, U. C.
Niell, C. A. Blake, Motz Dellinger,
Durant Homesley and Julius hov;s,
on publicity and literature, M. A.
Stroup, L. H. F. Houser, R. F. Put
nam and D. P. Dellinger.
In the organization of this cluD
there is doubtless attached quite a
bit of interest to friends of Democ
racy over the county inasmuch as
its formation is the first aggressive
step that has been taken by tne
Democrats of Gaston county this
year. The Democrats of Cherryvilie
and this section believe that this
part of the county will vote for Wil-son-Bickett
and Webb and that the
county officers elected will ail be
Democrats.
Active preparations will be made
by the committee on securing speak
ers to get several speakers to come
to Cherryville In the interest of
Democracy within the next week or
so. Mr. T. B. Leonhardt went to
Gastonla yesterday to see Col. T. L.
Craig, chairman of the Gaston county
executive committee, and arrange
ments are to be made with State
chairman Thomas D. Warren at Ra
leigh within the next few days witn
the view of having some of the hest
speakers of the State to speak m
Cherryville.
Charlie Chaplin Cozy Theatre Sat
urday and Monday.
PLANS TO PliAY OTHER TEAMS.
Mount Holly Ncliools Elect Officers
for Two Athletic Associations
Expect to Put Out Winning Teams.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
MT. HOLLY, Sept. 7. The great
er schools of Mount Holly are enter
ing the field of athletics with com
mendable zeal and good results are
sure to follow. Two strong athletic
associations were organized in the
schools this week. Plans are being
made to play some of the leading
school teams In this part of tne
state. The managers are now ready
to arrange schedules with other
teams.
The following officers have been
elected: President. Litaker Jones:
vice-president. Ogden Lineberger;
secretary-treasurer. Avery Keever.
Baseball, manager, Floyd ADerno
thv rantain Oeripn Lineberger.
J Girls association, president. Miss
: Gertrude Kohn; secretary-treasurer.
I Miss Ila Kale; press reporter. Miss
i Inez Abernethy; manager. Miss Sa
! rah Rankin.
DISPLAYS BY MERGHAfJTS
II
A BI6 FEATUREJF C0MIN6 FAIR
One Big Tent, Half a Block Long,
Will House Agricultural, Pantry
and Dairy Supplies, Household
Fabrics and Merchants' and Man
ufacturers' Displays Tents Will
All He Up Ten Days Before Fair
Reservations for Display Space
Should be Made at Once Interest
in Fair Growing.
Displays by Gaston county mer
chants and manufacturers will form
one of the most interesting and prof
itable of all the exhibits at the sec
ond annual Gaston County Fair to
be held here October 3-7. Many
merchants and manufacturers of
Uastonia and perhaps of other towns
as well are already planning their
exhibits. That they will be more in
number and more elaborate in de
sign than last year has already been
assured.
This year the line of exhibits men
tioned above, together with the ex
hibits of pantry and dairy supplies,
household fabrics and agricultural
products will all be housed in one
immense tent which will occupy a
conspicuous site on the grounds. It
will be 60 feet wide by 27 o feet ions,
sufficiently large to anord ail the
room that will be required for aii
the displays in the lines mentioned.
This tent, together with all the ota
er tents to be used, will reach Gas
tonla on the 2.th of September and
will be immediately erected. This
is ten days before the opening of tne
fair and will afford ample time tor
all exhibitors to get their spaces and
prepare booths. Merchants, manu
facturers and others desiring space
in this tent should see secretary
Holland at once and make reserva
tions. Any amount of space desired
can be secured provided it is reserv
ed at once.
As the date for the fair draws
nearer interest on the part of tne
farmers and business men is gaining
momentum. Secretary Holland and
his office force are kept constantly
busy sending out literature and an
swering inquiries from prospective
exhibitors and others.
The premium list is just from the
printer and copies of it may be se
cured by application to Secretary
Holland s office. It is an attractive
booklet of 120 pages and contains
besides the premium lists, a large
amount of attractive advertising.
Secretary Holland spent a day
this week in York county in an ei
fort to create an interest among tne
farmers and business men in the ap
proaching fair and met with most
nattering encouragement. That York
county will send several thousand
people to the fair is a foregone con
clusion. Charlie Chaplin Cozy Theatre Sat
urday and Monday.
GOV. STl ART COMING.
Virginia's Chief Executive to he
Chief Orator at Kings Mountain
Celebration.
Governor Henry C. Stuart, of Vir
ginia, has accepted an invitation to
deliver the principal address at tae
celebration of the 136th anniversary
of the famous battle of Kings Moun
tain to be held in the town of Kings
Mountain on Saturday, October 7tn.
According to this week's Heralrt
preparations are already being made
for this event. The Kannauoltn
Band has been secured to furnish
music. Low rates will be secured
on the railroad. Committees have
been appointed to look after the va
rious phases of the celebration.
The Herald says:
The celebration of the 136th an
niversary of the famous battle or
Kings Mountain which was the turn
ing point of the American Revolu
tion in favor of the freedom of tne
colonies from British rule, to De
held in the town of Kings Moutrta.n
on October 7th is expected to claim
the attention of people all over Cue
Nation. This annual event has oe
come a fixture and people far and
near have learned to look forward to
it. It is an event of no small im
port when it has brought forth such
men as William Jennings Bryan and
ex-Governor Folk, of Missouri, as
speakers, and this year to have such
a prominent character as Governor
Stuart, of Virginia, to deliver the
principal address. It's an event tn
which all Americana are interested
because this battiefied is one of tne
mile posts on the bloody road from
British tyranny to American free
dom, and is so near In point of time
and distance to where Old John Bull
laid down his arms before the out
spread wings of the American Eagle
It is of interest because the tide or
the war found its turning on this
rugged mountain and there brave
Colonel Ferguson fell and his army
was either killed or captured. It is
a privilege to be able to attend these
celebrations and to be reminded of
the patriotism, loyalty and heroism
of those who fought so successfully
and many laid down their lives that
this occasion might be possible.
Paramount pictures Ideal today.
A concrete road connecting Le
noir and Blowing Rock is a project
being considered by L. P. Henkel. a
Statesville capitalist, and others.
The distance is 22 miles. The cost
of such a road would be large but it
would undoubtedly result in making
Blowing rock one of the most popu
lar summer resorts in the South.
Bar It In Gaatooi.
LYCEUM ATTRACTIONS
SPLENDID SERIES FOB THIS WINTER
I'nder Auspices of Gastonla Library
City is to Have Lyceum Courao
This Season Contract Closed
With Alkahest Bureau List of
the Attractions Public Manifest
ing Considerable Interest in the
Counte.
I'nder the auspices of the Gasto
nla Public Library Gastonia is to
have this season a series of lyceum
attractions of a high class. Miss
Lottie Blake, the librarian, who ia
largely responsible for securing tne
lyceum course, has closed a contract
with the Alkahest Lyceum Bureau,
of Atlanta, and the attractions have
been selected. The dates, however,
have not as yet been designated but
will be made public a little later.
The first attraction will probably De
early in December.
Following is a list of the attrac
tions, five in number:
Hettie Jane Dunaway in "Just
Plain Judy," an adaptation from
"Daddy lxng Iegs." Miss Dunaway
is an artist in her line and has scor
ed many successes in various parts
of the country both in this attraction
and in her presentation of "The
lady of the Decoration."
The Waiklkl Hawaiian Singers
and Players. Thero are five in this
troupe and they present a musicaj
program of real merit. On account
of the present popularity in this
country of Hawaiian music, this at
traction will no doubt draw iaige
crowds.
Lyceum Arts Conservatory Or
chestra, of Chicago, conu'o.ed of
eight young ladies. This attraction
presented in Charlotte a season or
two ago and one of the papers of
that town said of it: "Tvic proas
comments that had preceded tho nr
tiBts were very flattering ani to ray
that they lived up to these represen
tations would only be a halt truth.
They far exceeded the expe?tatloiib
of the audience. Each mi ruber was
vociferously encored not once, but
many times."
Booth Lowery, "The Blue Moun
tain Philosopher," In one of his in
imitable lectures. He is described
as "A humorist who is not coarse, a
satirist who is not crude, a tscientibt
who is not tedious, an orator who is
not sophomoric." Iwery Is one or
the most popular lecturers in tiie
country and fills many return ei.
gagements. Mario, the Great, described as tne
master magician. There are four
people in this company. The press
notices of this attraction are very
flattering.
There are five numbers in tiie
course. The schedule of prices ror
tickets is as follows: Double sea
son ticket, $3. ."(ii; single season
ticket. $2; child's season ticket, $1.
2". Single admissions, ,"p0 cents Tor
adults and 2." cents for children.
The attractions will all be presented
in the auditorium of the Central
graded school.
These numbers were selected by
the library committee from a large
number offered by the bureau and
constitute the cream of the season's
lyceum numbers.
Gastonians should show their ap
preciation not only of the efforts on
the part of Miss Blake and the com
mittee to give them something wortn
while but of the splendid work be
ing done by the public library, which
will be the beneficiary of this course,
by extending a liberal patronage. As
soon as the dates for the several
numbers have been arranged they
will be published in The Gazette.
Paramount pictures Ideal today.
Mrs. A. W. Howell Dead.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
- CHERRYVILLE. .ept. 7. - Al
though expected for sometime, yet
Cherryville was shocked to learn or
the death of Mrs. A. . Howell,
which occurred at her home here this
afternoon about 3 o'clock. She is
survived by her husband, Dr. A. W.
Howell, and six children. Mrs.
Howell, before her marriage was
Miss Lucy Stroup. daughter of Moses
Stroup, a well-known farmer of this
Township.
Mrs. Howell is survived by one
brother and five sisters. Mrs. A. H.
Hubs and Mrs. George Falls, of Cher
ryville, Mrs. John Coon and Mrs. Fe
lix Kincaid, of Bessemer City, Mrs.
J. R. Beam, of Gastonia, Mrs. Dr.
Kiser. of Reepsville, and Mr. Augus
tus Stroup, of Bessemer City.
The funeral services will be con
ducted at the Methodist church to
morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock ny
Presiding Elder Scroggs, of Shelby,
assisted by Rev. Wessinger. of the
Lutheran church, and her body laid
to rest in Town cemetery.
Henry Ford has filed suit for $1,
000, 000 against The Chicago Trib
une for personal damages alleged to
have been sustained by the plaintiff
because of an editorial appearing in
that paper questioning his patriot
fsra.
Two men were killed and another
seriously injured near Albemarle
yesterday as the result of a collision
between a motor truck and a pas
senger train on the Winston-Salem
Southbound Railroad. The dead are
G. K. Kearnes and John Merritt, of
Albemarle.
Congress was scheduled to ad
journ at 10 o'clock this morning.
The present session has lasted for
nine months.
COMING AND GOING-
BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
It's turnip-planting time.
-Are you getting ready for tne
fiUr.
School opens a week from to
day. Mr. Theodore Rankin left this
week to enter Davidson College.
Mr. A. C. Jones spent yester
day in Shelby on legal business.
Mr. S. B. Dolley is a Charlotte
visitor today.
Rev. G. P. Abernethy, pastor of
the Loray Baptist church, spent yes
terday In Charlotte on business.
Miss Alma Howell left this Week
for Ienoir to resume her studies in
Davenport College.
Ex-Sheriff J. D. B. McLean, of
South Point, was a business visitor
in the city yesterday.
Dr. aid Mrs. J. VV. Gamble, of
Lincolnton, were Gastonia shoppers
Tuesday afternoon.
Wednesday and yesterday were
unusually hot days. Today Is cloudy
with some prospect of rain.
Attorney C. E. Whitney, of Bes
semer City, was In Gastonia on busi
ness yesterday.
Mr. Earle McLean left Wednes
day for Raleigh where he goes to
enter A. & M. College.
Mr. Howard McLean, of Char
lotte, spent yesterday In the city with
his brother, Mr. Iowry McLean.
Mr. and Mrs. Linden Smith, of
Clover, S. '., spent several hours in
the city Wednesday.
'--Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Pursley and
little daughter, Rachel, spent sev
eral hours in the city yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. Henderson Long
left yesterday for Due West, S. C,
where they will spend a week or
more with friends.
Miss Grace Rudisill, of Kings
Mountain, has accepted a position in
the offices of the Gastonla Chamber
of Commerce for a limited time.
Mrs. J. S. Walker and children
will return tonight from a visit or
several days to relatives in Cameron
and Sanford.
Mr. A. B. Taylor, manager of
the Western I'nion Telegraph Com
pany, who has been Hpending ten
days in Jacksonville. Fla., returnred
to the city yesterday. y
Mrs. W. B. Morris and children
and Miss Mollie Separk left Wednes
day for Raleigh where they will
spend two weeks visiting relatives
and friends.
Miss Evelyn Price, of Monroe,
who has been visiting relatives ;n
the city for several weeks, has ac
cepted a position as stenographer
for Mr. A. C. Jones.
County Superintendent F. P.
Hall and Superintendent II. A.
Query, of the Belmont Public
Schools, visited the Cherry ville Pub-li-:
Schools yesterday.
Mrs. F. D. Barkley and little
daughter, Jennie Gray, left yester
day afternoon to spend ten days
with Mr. Barkley 's relatives at
Statesville.
Miss Flora Steele, who has
beeji the guest for some time of Miss
Lillian Atkins at her home on East
Franklin avenue, left this morn
ing for her home at TazeweU. V'a.
-Rev. A. A. Mclean and Mm.
Mclean's mother, Mrs. F. W. Hall, of
( lover, S. ('., are spending the day
in the city with Dr. and Mrs. C. L.
Adams on .south Broad street. ,
The Gazette is requested to an
nounce that there will be regular
services at St. Michael's Catholic
church on Sunday morning, Septem
ber loth, at 10 o'clock.
The Sunday school of the Ijo
ray Baptist church will hold its an
nual picnic tomorrow afternoon
from 3 to 5 o'clock at the big poplar
spring in the grove near the Arling
ton Mill.
Hickory Record: Mr. Robert
C. Glenn, who spent the summer
with his sister, Mrs. L. L. Russell,
has gone to Tupelo, Miss., where he
is a member of the faculty of the Tu
pelo Military Institute.
Concord Times: Mrs. F. 5.
Bulwinkle, of Dallas, returned home
today after a visit to her daughter.
Mrs. S. A. Wolff. She was accom
panied by Mr. Miles H. Wolff, who
will spend a few days in Dallas.
Mr. Charles W. Jenkins, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Jenkins, and Mr.
Jennings Howell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George W. Howell, have entered
Rutherford College for the session
of 1916-1917.
Miss Charlie Westbrook, who
spent the month of August at Lake
Junaluska, is spending this week In
the city as the guest of her cousin,
Mrs. B. H. Parker, before returning
to her home at Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne C. Wilson
and little daughter Thelma, of Val
dosta, Ga., arrived In the city last
Saturday to spend a week with Mr.
Wilson's aunt and uncle. Mr. and
Mrs. V. L. O. Killian, at their home
on South Broad street.
Rock Hill Herald: A motor
party to Gastonia Wednesday was
composed of Mrs. B. C. Younts,
Misses Claudia and Elizabeth Seaiy
i and Miss Laura Hanks. The latter
young lady was returning home from
a visit with the Misses Seaiy.
Dr. R. M. Reld spent yesterday
at Lenoir, having been called there
to see Mr. Lamar Pegram. who is
desperately ill. Mr. Pegram's manr
friends here and elsewhere will learn
with very great regret that his phy
sicians have no hope for hfs recovery.
Kings Mountain Herald, 7tn:
Dr. J. E. Anthony and Mr. Floyd J.
Mauney have returned from an ex
tended trip into Tennessee. Mrs.
Anthony spent the interim of thetr
visit with her parents. Mr. and Mrs.
W. M. Crawford, in Gaston county.
Mrs. Florence R. Winn, county
home demonstration agent for Lin
coln county, is in town today confer
ring with Secretary Holland of tn
Fair Association with reference to
the canning club exhibit for the fair
from Lincoln county.
Lenoir Topic, 6th: Mrs. W. 8.
Robinson, of Dallas, is visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Deal.- ,
Mrs. J. N. Blum and daughter, of
Liberty, 6. C, after a visit to her sis
ter, Mrs. E. D. Pulllam, left Friday
for a few days visit In Gastonla be
fore returning home.
The following Gsatonlans at
tended the annual picnic given by
the Sunday School of Steele Creec
Presbyterian church en Wednesday:
Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Henderllte, Mr.
and Mrs. 8. A. Robinson. Mr. W. L.
Gallant, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Hanna,
Mrs. 8. H. Johnson, Mr. L. B. Free
man and Miss Lois Freeman.
Dr. L. N. Patrick is having
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modern ten-room residence erected
on his property at the corner of
South Broad street and Franklin av
enue, the site of the old Patrlc
home. The new residence will be
finished in a style to conform with
the adjoining residences.
Mr. E. R. Rankin, who is col
nected with the Bureau of Extension
at the University of North Carolina '
at Chapel Hill, arrived in the city
Wednesday to spend several days tn'
the county in the Interest of tne
University. Mr. Rankin reports that
preparations have been made for
upwards of 1.500 students this year.
The fall term begins September H.
Mr. and Mrs. George Meade. '
who have been spending some time
at Green Park, near Blowing Rock,
will arrive in the city this afternoon
to be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.
T. Love for a few days. Mrs. Meade,
who was before her marriage Miss
Eleanor Hussey, of Nashville, Tenn.,
was a popular teacher in the local
schools some years ago.
Paramount pictures Ideal today.
EDITOR ASSAULTED.
Mr. Gold of Wilson Times Hay Nome
Hard Things About His Assailant
Afterwards.
Greensboro News.
Wilson. Sept. 6. John Gold, edi
tor of The Times, was assaulted this
afternoon by W. T. Burton, the own
er of the Burton Bros. Auction Co.,
In The Times office. The fray was
the outcome of r. conversation. It is
alleged Gold had with Burton's
daughter yesterday about printed
matter which, it is said. Gold refus
ed to print for Burton without mon
ey. Several blows were passed Be
tween Burton and Gold before the
police interfered and took Burton
away.
Gold in The Times this afternoon
said:
"This afternoon Mr. Burton came
to our office and called the editor of
The Times on the front porch of tne
office and asked us about the con
versation. "While explaining the matter to
him he assaulted the editor, striking
him several times.
"We put up as good a fight as pos
ble against the old beef of a coward
who dare fiot attack a man of his
size.
"The only people we have ever
heard he attacked were men smal
ler than himself. "
"Mr. Burton has sent us word If V
we print anything about him he will X
repeat the attack and we warn htm
if he gets in 15 feet of ns we will
drop him in his tracks."
This affair has created quite a
bit of Interest in Wilson.
Paramount picture Ideal today.
Death at Kings Mountain.
The Herald, "th.
Dill Falls, a well-known brick ma-
son of Kings Mountain,, died at his
home near the Pauline mills Sunday
about noon after long suffering from
stomach trouble. He was 53 years ,
old. The funeral was conducted
from the home at 2 p. m. Monday'
and interment made in Mountain
Rest cemetery. He is survived by
the widow and mother, Mrs. Mary D.
Falls, and the following - brothers
and sisters: Mrs. J. W. Uren, Mrs. '
Culp. of Belmont,' Mrs. Cnlp, of In
man, S.- C Mrs. Crow, of Kershaw,
S. C.: Jeff Falls, of Trocmotten,
Tex.. Mrs. Mercer, of Globe, Arix.,
and Calvin Falls, of Kershaw, S. C.