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ASTON I A G PUBLISHED TWICK A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. VOL. xxxvn. NO. 74. GA8TONIA. N. C FKIDAY AFTEItXOOX. BFJPTEMilKH 15, 1916. $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANC. G XHE ELECTING k PRESIDENT 13 More Votes For Tilden, but Hayes Elected In 1876. HAYES. AGAIN In the elecUon of 187U the andldate who received the smaller number of pop ular votes was elected presi dent Samuel J. Tilden of New York. Democrat, received 4,284. 885 votes, and his Republican op ponent Rutherford H. Hayes of Ohio, received 4.033.930. The re sult of this election was In doubt for many days. Discrepancies In Louisiana changed oue vote, and the result In the electoral college was: Hayes. 185: Tilden. 184. An electoral commission de cided for Hayes. William A. Wheeler of New York was elect ed vice president. James A. Garni Id. Republican, defeated W. S Hancock. Demo crat in 1880. Chester A. Arthur was elected vice president and after Garfield's assassination be came president (Watch for th election of Cleve land in 1884 in our next iaaue.) Killed an Alligator. Wonders never cease. Gastonia is a long ways from the tropics, the part of the world where alligators and such like are wont to congregate, but in some mysterious manner an alligator found its way into the pond at the loray Mill. Early this morn ing it crawled out on the bank or rather into the road which skirts the pond and was basking in the warm sunshine when Mr. W. V. West shot him. A negro man on his way to work spied the animal and notified Mr. West who lost no time in get ting his shot gun and goings after the 'gator. He was : inches long. Just what age his size would indi cate we do not know. How it came to be in the lake no one seems to know. No tenable theories have been advanced by Mr. West or any other person as yet as to "how come" an alligator in Gastonia. On to Scliool. A very large number ofvGaston young people have left this week to begin work at the various institu tions of learning. Among the num ber were Misses Rebekah McLean, Katherine McLean, Mary Bradley, Madge Craig. Ruth Morris, Mary Ratchford, Madeline Thomson, Sue Kanisey Johnston and Aline Reld to the State Normal College at Greens boro; Misses Lena Lineberger, of Gastonia, and Bertie Stowe. of Bel mont, to Peace Institute at Raleign . Misses Mary McLean. Mary LaFar. Ruth Mason, Louisa Reid and Gay nelle Boone to Queens College at Charlotte: Mr. Tom Carpenter to the 1'niversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Mr. Kenneth Lewis to the Kansas City Veterinary College, Kansas City, Mo. ofGa The Gastonia Furniture Company wants to see you. rjnonoonnnnnoonnononnnonnnnonooon a a a n a a a a a a a n a a a a a n n a a a a a n a a a n MAKE YOUR PLANS EARLY FOR g FIVE BIG DAYS g AMUSEMENT, FUN, EDUCATION n AT GASTON COUNTY'S SECOND ANNUAL FAIR' . GASTONIA, N. C. OCTOBER 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,1916 J. M. HOLLAND, Secretary BAILuOADSJp RATES LOW ROMIPJABES TO THE FAIR Soutiiern and C & X.-W. Railroads Grant Liberal Induction In Fares to Gastonia from Many Points F.xpected That They Will be Taxed to Capacities Four More Amuse ment Attractions Added, Which Guarantees the Largest Midway Ker Seen in This Section Inter est in Fair Grows Daily. Arrangements have been made by Secretary Holland of the Gaston County Fair Association with the Southern and Carolina & Northwest ern Railways for special low round trip rates on account of the ap proaching fair. Both , roada have been exceedingly liberal in making the rates, thus manifesting a dispo sition to assist the fairmanagement in bringing into Gastonia for that event a large number of people. A special rate of three cents per in lie plus 2." cents for the round-trip has been made by the Southern, this rate applying from Spartanburg. Rutherfordton, Statesvile, Salisbury, Lancaster, S. C, Chester, S. C, Un ion, S. C, and intermediate points. Tickets will be on sale from Septem ber 30th to October "th inclusive, with final return limit October 9th. The rate on the C. & X.-W., ap plying from all points on the road, is four cents per mile for the round trip with p. minimum of 50 cents. The dates of sale and final return limit are the same as granted by the Southern. The matter of special rates has been taken up with the P. & N. Rail way and announcement will proba bly be made within a few days of the rates to be given by that road. With these special rates In force the people from any of the territory included can attend the fa'ir in Gas tonia at small cost. The fair man agement is expecting that the rail roads will have their capacity taxed during the five days of the fair. MORE AMUSEMENTS. The Great American Shows, tne carnival company which is to furnish all of the midway amusements for the fair, has notified the secretary that they will bring four more at tractions than the original contract calls for. They will also bring an other band and several more conces sions. This will give a total of It shows, three riding divices, two splendid bands and between :)0 ana 4 0 concessions. This means that tne midway at the Gaston County Fair will be the largest ever seen in this part of the country. There will be no lack of amusements. It is gratifying to the officers and directors of the fair association to note the very large and increasing interest that is being manifested in the fair by the farmers of the coun ty. This interest would seem to guarantee that the exhibits of agri cultural products, livestock, hogs and poultry will be even larger than had been hoped for at the beginning of the summer. Secretary Holland has just gotten in a large quantity of attractive ad vertising matter and within the next week this and adjoining counties will be thoroughly worked. Mary Pick ford Ideal today. Iset un niii your cotton on our Xew Automatic Ginning System. It costs you no more to have it ginned on these gins and you will find a good market for your cotton as the lint will never le cut. Try us on (1) bale and yon will brinji: "s all. Southern Cotton Oil Co., .1. 1 Itess, Manager. Miss Carrie Dixon, who has been spending the summer in Astie ville. returned home yesterday and resumed her studies at Linwood Col lege. a tea P n n n a T TRJU JUDGE JONES TALKS OF REFORMATORY Head of Gastonia Municipal Court and Chief of Police Carroll Spend Day at Stonewall Jackson Train ing School and Are Most Favora bly Impressed With the Splendid Work I Icing Done There larger Appropriation and Increased Ac commodations a (Vying Need. Judge A. C. Jones of the Munici pal Court and Chief of 'Police Wiley Carroll spent Tuesday at the Stone wall Jackson Manual Training School (the State reformatory) at Concord. They went to place In that institution Francis Perry, a 10-year-old Gastonia boy. The trip was made in a machine, with Mr. William Da vis as chauffer. The Perry boy is an incorrigible. Though only ten years old he has been before Municipal Court on charges of larceny and em bezzlement several times. He was put on probation for eight montns under the juvenile probation officer but this system apparently made no impression upon him. The utmost efforts of the probation officer prov ed futile and. as a last resort, ne was placed in the State reformatory with the hope that there he may ue reformed. This was Judge Jones' first visit to the school and he expressed him self yesterday to The Gazette as be ing profoundly impressed with tne institution and the work that is be ing done there. He and Chief Carroll were the guests during their stay ot Superintendent Charles E. Boger. They were shown over the entire plant by Mr. Boger and were given an Insight into the workings of the school. Judge Jones made a short talk to each of the several groups of boys. The farm at the school consists of 290 acres, most of which is in culti vation. The farming is done by the boys under the supervision of an ex pert farmer employed by the man agement. Besides the farm there are several departments of manual training, including a machine shop, a carpentry and cabinet shop, a printing department from which is issued a neat and attractive monthly magazine called The I'plift. The boys are also taught to sew and are thus enabled to mend their own clothing, sew on their buttons, etc. At present there are '. in the school, this being about its capacity. Ap plications for admission to the insti tution are necessarily turned down almost daily, the capacity being less than half w hat it should be in order to accommodate all who ought to be there. In addition to the manual training the boys are given two military drills daily, with the guns eliminated. Splendid advantages are given tne inmates in school work also. Expe rienced teachers are employed and the course of study provided carries th em through the eighth grade. Half of the boys work in the forenoon and attend classes in the afternoon while the other half attends classes in t;io forenoon and works in the afternoon. in establishing this school the man agement followed the cottage home plan. There are four cottages, eacn under the management of an experi enced person. The honor system Is in vogue. Each cottage is organized, having a full complement of ollicers. Once each week an officer of the day is chosen, his election being subject to the approval of the superintend ent, and this officer is in charge or all the boys in his cottage during that week. The boys, as a whoie, ie spond splendidly to the workings or the honor system. In the dormitories each boy mqkes up and looks after his own bed. Judge Jones said. "I was shown into one large room where there were f0 single iron beds. Everything was us neat and clean as a new pin. The linen was spotless. 1 never saw any thing at a college or a university that was any better kept. The room was large and airy, having an abund ance of fresh air and sunshine. Kacn cottage has an assembly hall where the boys gather each night to read, play games and have a general good time." Judge Jones was most favorably Impressed with the system of keep ing records of all the inmates, not only while they are there but after they leave and until they attain their majority. According to tne records, which have been carefully kept, more than 50 per cent of tne first class of boys taken In w hen the school was first established several ..ers 'dzn. have gone right making useful and intientlal citizens. The per rentage since that time has been considerably more. The appropriation for the mainte nance of this Institution from the State is only $18,000. To support even the capacity at the school as it now stands the amount needed, says Judge Jones, is at least $25,000. Two new cottage homes are now being constructed, making six in all. Both Judge Jones, and Chief Car roll had their eyes opened to tne great possibilities of this institu tion. They were impressed not only with the splendid equipment and the fine manner in which the plant is be ing carried on but were still more profoundly impressed with the fact that the institution should be enlarg ed to a point where It can accommo date a much larger number of boys who should be under its fostering care. Mary Plckford Ideal today. 151 lie SCHOOL GOING m BRIDGES 6AST0NIANS MAKE BI6 DEMONSTRATION Business Men of Gaston County In vaded Charlotte This Morning With Big Automobile Parade Headed by lh-uin Corps Make Earnest Attempt to Secure Some Action From Mecklenburg County in Matter of Rebuilding Bridges Commissioners in Joint Session a. MounC Holly. Goaded almost to the point of desperation certainty to that o" exasperation by the flat failure of the board of county commissioners of Mecklenburg county to take any action looking to the rebuilding or the joint county bridges over the Catawba river at Belmont and Mount Holly which were washed away by the recent high waters, a large and enthusiastic delegation of Gaston county business men invaded Char lotte this morning and made a rous ing demonstration. This demonstra tion was one of protest against the spirit of "do-nothingness so con sistently and persistently manifest ed by Mecklenburg county and was made in an effort to arouse the busi ness men of Charlotte to a realiza tion of the fact that they have lam dow n on the job and that both coun ties are suffering by their negligence. Headed by the Gastonia Pythian Drum Corps the Gaston delegation, occupying more than fifty automo biles, paraded the business section of Charlotte this forenoon. The parade was scheduled to start from Wearn Field at 10 o'clock, all tne business men who went having been requested to meet there prior to that hour. With banners flying and to the noise of the drum and the bugie this live bunch of men from West or the river made an effort to arouse their friends on the other side from their lethargy. What the result will be remains to he seen. Following the parade the Gas tonites, including leading citizens of every town in this county and some trom Lincoln county, came to Mount Holly to be present at a joint meeting of the commissioners of tne two counties for a consideration or the bridge question. In the July Mood the big joint concrete bridge at Belmont, built by the two counties at a cost of $110, 000, and the new Joint bridge at Mount Molly, constructed by Gaston ana Mecklenburg counties at a coat of $IN,u0U, were washed away. Gas- ion count v took immediate actum to provide the money with which to ...tut ne-. itti i ui tne expense ol re building. The money has been avail able since a short tune alter the flood and the Gaston commissioners nave made every eifort possible to get some action from the Mecklen- ourg commissioners. i neir euoris nave so far proved futile. While we are waiting for the construction ol temporary or permanent bridges, the public has been subjected to great inconvenience and heavy charges lor ferry service. The Uei mont bridge was on the National Highway and was crossed daily uy tourists from all sections ol tne country. They are giving us a lot or bad advertising over the country be cause of the condition of things. Alter so long a time it seems that the business men of Charlotte have begun to realize the predicament they have been placed in by their board of commissioners and within the past ten days have been endeav oring to start something. Today s demonstration by Gaston countlans wnl, u is hoped, result in securing some prompt and detinite action from Mecklenburg county. it Charlotte's business men are really desirious of seeing those bridges rebuilt promptly at Belmont and Mount Holly, we believe 'they can get some action from their board of commissioners witiiout an iurtn er delay. Yesterday afternoon's night edi tion of '1 he Charlotte News says ;n part: 1 his morning Mr. W. .1. Francis of the Heimont-tow e Drug company of Belmont. Mr. .1. M. Sloan, who lives at the Gaston county end oi the wreched Sloans Ferry bridge, and Mr. W. B. Puett, another promi nent citizen of Belmont came to Charlotte as a committee from the Gaston side of the river urging the citizens of this county, who, they understand are as anxious for the rebuilding of the Catawba river bridges as the people of Gaston, to Join with them tomorrow in a demon stration in favor of immediate ac tion and a visit to Mt. Holly, where, it was learned yesterday afternoon tue commissioners of Gaston and Mecklenburg had planned a joint meeting for tomorrow at 1 1 o clock. The Gaston county committee re ported this morning that the business men of Belmont reinforced by citi zens from other points beyond the river held a mass meeting and adopted strong' resolutions, urging that the rebuilding of at least two of the bridges destroyed by the floods of July be begun at once. The mass meeting also dispatched messengers to Bessemer City, Kings Mountain. Gastonia. Shelby, Lincolnton and all nearby towns asking them to come to Charlotte by automobile tomor row and add their request to the committee that of the citizens of Charlotte that the commissioners of Mecklenburg meet the commissioners of Gaston at once and urge that the work begin on the bridges. The Gaston county citizens said (Continued on page 5.) COMING AND GOING- BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Mrs. George W. Falls, of Crow riers Creek, is in town today. Mr. William Riddle, of Bowling Green, is in town today. Mr. Loy Jones, of Alexis, was a ('astonia visitor yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Todd motor ed to Gaffney. S. C. yesterday. Messrs. L. L. Brison and Foster S. Clinton motored to Clover, S. C, Tuesday night. Mr. John Plonk and Rev. Mr. Berryblll, of Kings Mountain, are visitors in town today. Miss Carrie iSpencer left Wed nesday to visit her sister, Mrs. C. O. Lynch at Thrift. Miss Etta Saunders returned yesterday from a visit to friends at Newton. Mr. Giles L. Wilson, a promin ent banker of Jacksonville, Ha., ar rived in the city last night and is the guest of his sister. Mrs. J. K. Dixon. Mr. J. A. Craw ford and Mr. Rob ert A. Jackson, of the Crowders Creek section, are business visitors in the city today. Mrs. P. K. Falls, Mrs. S. X. Boyce. Miss Lucy Boyce. Mrs. P. W. Garland and Mrs. R. G. Rankin were Charlotte visitors yesterday. Miss Pearl Lineberger returned Tuesday from a month's visit to her uncle, Mr. H. L. Lineberger, at Lime stone, Tenn. Newton Enterprise, 1 2th : Mrs. R. F. Cox, of Belmont Is spending some time with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Self. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cochran, of Newton, spent Tuesday night in Gastonia as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Baber. There will be regular services at St. Michael's Catholic church next Sundav morning at 10 o'clock by Rev. F. Melchlor, O. S. B., the pas tor. Miss Mabel Little will return to the city from Hickory next Monday and will reopen her studio at the Central school on Tuesday, Septem ber l!i. Misses Iena and Madge Hanna. Mr. Star Hanna. Mr. Klbridge Craig and Misses Ethel and Emma Stowe motored to New Hope Tuesday even in L. Miss Nellie Hose Sloan, accom panied by Miss Mary Frew whom sue has been visiting for the past ten days in Rock Hill. S. C. returned to the city Wednesday afternoon. -Mrs. F. I). Barkley and little daughter, Jennie Gray, who have been visiting tor the past week rn Statesville. will return to the city today. Mi. F. M. Francuin returned the first of the week from a business trip to Johnson City. Tenn. He says that crops in that section look very much better than they do in this part of the country. Doctors Ralph Ray, T. A. Wil kins and J. A. Anderson and Messrs. Ed Adams and It. C. Simpson at tended the Nashville-Charlotte base ball game at Charlotte yesterday af ternoon. Prof. Edgar lxing, of Due West. S. ('.. spent several hours in the city yesterday, having come over from Charlotte where he had been on bus iness. He returned home last nigiii going by way of Rock Hill, S. C. -Misses Lucile, Ixjuise and Mary Todd and Master Iester Todd, after spending ten days here with their uncle. Mr. W. E. Todd, returned cdnesday to the Pythian Home at Clayton. -A new series of Western pic tures entitled "The Girl from Fris co'' will be shown at the Cozy Thea ter every Mondav beginning next Monday. Eahc installment will be complete in itself. Mr. J. A. Estrldge has as his guests his mother, Mrs. Sarah Es tridge, his brother, Mr. Allen Es tridge, and his cousin. Miss Azalea Harmon, all of Waxhaw. Mr. Allen Estrldge will attend Linwood College this fall. Mrs. Joseph L. Rhodes and chil dren, who have been spending sever al weeks with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Page, have returned home. They will spend several days with friends in Atlanta. Ga.. before re turning to New Orleans. Newton Enterprise: Delegates to the state convention of tne Daughters of the Confederacy at Gastonia. chosen at the meeting last week at Mrs. J. A. Galther's are Mesdaroes J. P. Yount. C. M. Mc Corkle. XV. XV. Trott and Mrs. Gaitn er. Mrs. S. R. Clinton, of this city, and Miss Jessie Xeill. of Clover, S. C, who have been visiting for sev eral weeks in Washington, D. C re turned to the city Wednesday night accompanied by Miss Columbia Con way. Miss Conway will visit friends in Clover for a short time. - Master Ben Atkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. W. Atkins, underwent an operation at the City Hospital Tuesday, having his tonsils and ade noids removed. The operation was performed by Drs. T. C. Qutckel and R. M. Reld. He is recovering nicely from the effects of the operation. -Mr. W. B. Morris, of Gastonia, and Mr. F. H. Robinson, of Dallas," left yesterday for Richmond, Va.,' where they will spend several days. " Mr. Morris goes to see the distribute ' ing plant of the Edison Phonograpn Co. The Torrence-Morris Company ' is local agent for the Edison ma chines. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cox, of Crittenden, Ark., and Miss Kather ine Fleming, of Memphis, Tenn., are spending a couple of weeks in the city with Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Bos hamer at their home on Dallas street. Mr. Cox is Mrs. Boshamer's brother, and this is his first visit back to this section since he went West 35 years ago. Miss Fleming la a grand daughter, of Mrs. Cox. They will return home next week. OCT-OF-TOWX TEACHERS. Their Names and Where They Are staying School Opened Thl Morning With Large Attendance. Gastonla's city schools began the session of 1916-1? this morning with splendid prospects and a very large enrollment. At the time of going to press the registration figures for the several schools were not available. They will be published Tuesday. Following is a list of the out-or-town teachers, their boarding places, phone and street numbers: J. C. Carpenter's, 414 North Mo dena street: Miss Carrie M. Brown. F. W. Brawley's 210 East Long avenue, phone 4 35-L: Misses Annie ' Laurie Council, Emma Mc.Nlnch, Re becca Stlmson. Mrs. Dynum Long's, 209 East Long avenue, phone 4 58-L: H. Claud isk. B. T. Morris's, 323 W. Main ave nue, phone 226: Misses Fannie C. Bagby and Fannie M. Darlington. Mrs. Price Rankin's, 218 S. Oak land street, phone 364: Misses Mary Kate Webb, Claudia Brown, Helena Reynalds, Lorena Kernodle, Margar Ite Wiley, Elizabeth Frasier, Katie -X. Smith, Lucy Culpepper. Mrs. J. P. Reld's, 307 8. Broad street, phone 11-J: Misses Kstner Caldwell, Susan Markham, Amelia McNab. Ina Anderson. Mrs. J. F. Thomson's, 4 20 West Main avenue, phone 247: Misses Agnes Curlee, Mary Huey, Saddle Stewart. Mrs. :. D. Gray, Second and By street, phone 24 2: Miss Mary Frew. Mrs. A. G. Mangum's. 309 Falls street, phone 2:11: Miss Alice Mc Cullers. Mrs. G. C. Andrews, 32t West Air line avenue, phone 230-.J: Misses Minnie l.ee Peedin, Margaret Tlddy, Ella Belle Copeland. Mary Pickford Ideal today. Everything in furniture, stoves, ranges and house-furnishings at Gas tonia Furniture Company. MARSHALL NOTIFIED. Democratic Nominee for Vlce-Presi-dent Accepts the Nomination La Strong Address at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind , Sept. 14. Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall was notified tonight of his re-nomination for Vice-President on the Dem- " rratic ticket and formally accepted the honor. A large number of prominent ' Democrats, including National Chairman Vance MeCormick, from all over the I'nited States, were pres ent at the notiiication. Informal po litical conferences were held by the leaders, and plans for the campaign were discussed thoroughly. Reports of what had been done in Indiana were made to National Chairman MeCormick. Martin H. Glynn, former governor of New York, delivered the speech of notification, after having been intro duced by J. A. M. Adair, candidate for governor of Indiana, chairman of the ceremonies. All the speakers praised the present Democratic ad ministration, replied to the Republi can attacks which bad been made on ft and expressed confidence of a Dem ocratic victory. , Mr. Glynn summed up the results of the administration of Woodrow Wilson, replied to critics of the ad ministration and set forth the rea sons why he believed Mr. Wilson and . Mr. Marshall should be re-elected. . Mr. Glynn described the Wilson . administration as one "that in effi ciency of service and in responsive ness to popular will has had no rival . in this country In the last 50 years. Still Another Ahead of Charlotte. . Newton Enterprise, 12tn. . The Observer says Charlotte Is the first city in the two Carollnas to get the advantage of motor vehicles for express delivery; and The Gastonia Gazette up and says Gastonia - has , been getting auto delivery for sever al months; and Newton can claim the same though of course there 4 Isn't as much city here as there Is at Charlotte.) 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