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HEAR EX-GOVERNOR GLENN FRIDAY NIGHT .4 - .r ASTON I A PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TCKSOA VS AND FRIDAYS. VOL. XXXVII. NO. 75. QADTOXIA. N. C Tl'ESJAY AFTKRXOON, SKPTKM BEIl 16, 1910. $iJM A YEAR IX ADVAXiH. G GAZETTE TOE ELECTING A PRESIDENT 14 Cleveland Breaks Long Reign . of Republicans. CLEVELAND. G ROVER CLEVELAND of New York was the first Democrat elected since 1850. lie defeated James G. Blaine of Maine In 1884 by a rote of 4.011.017 to 4.848.334. T. A. Hendricks of Indiana was chosen vice president. However. In tlie nezt election Cleveland wax defeated by Ben jamin Harrison of Indiana by a vote of 233 to 108. Cleveland re ceived a majority of tbe popular vote that year, nevertheless. Levi P. Morton of New York was elected vice president. Cleveland tben came back in tbe election of 1802 and defeated Harrison by a vote of 5.556.918 to 5.176.108. Adlal E. Stevenson of Illinois was elected vice pres ident thut year. (Watch for th taction of Mc Kinlay in 1896 in our next isaus.) HOSPITAL EXLAKMED. 1ty Hospital Will Occupy Part of Fifth Floor of Realty Building as Nurwes' Home Counte of Study in the Nurse' Training School Ex tended to Meet State Require ments. The City Hospital Company, all the stock of which is now owned by Dr. J. M. Sloan and Dr. L. X. Glenn, on yesterday obtained from the Gastonia Insurance & Realty Company, owners of the Realty Building, a lease on the front half of the fifth floor of trre building, the entire third and fourth floors of which are already occupied by the hospital.The newly leased part of the building is the front half of the fifth floor, formerly occupied by the Odd Follows and Knights of Pythias as a lodge room. This will be divided into rooms and complete ly fitted up as a home for the nurses, which will release all the rooms on the fourth floor now used by the nurses for hospital purposes. This will give one large ward and several private rooms on the fourth floor, as well as a room specially fitted up near the operating room for the $4. niiK X-ray machine which has been purchased and will be installed soon. This enlargement of the hospital's quarters was made necessary by the continued growth of its patronage during the past few months. Three nurses will be added to the staff, which will give twelve nurses. The course of study in the nurses' train ing school will he at once revised to conform to the new and higher standard nowi required by the State Board of Examiners. When these improvements are completed, which will be within a short time. Gastonia will have one of the best equipped and most modern hospitals In tne State. Furniture for the additional rooms have already been ordered and shipped. ALL FAIR TICKETS ON SALE UP-TOWN TICKET OFFICE Near Square Buy Your Tickets II Here and Avoid Rush BOOSTER TRIP PLANNED ADVERTISING THEJASTON COUNTY FAIR Publicity Campaign Will Have Climax in Monster Automobile Parade on Wedneaday, the 27th Hundred Machines Kxected to he in Line Will Visit Six Towns Similar Trip to Clover and York on 121t h Knlire County Will Participate In lil Krent. A big booster trip will mark the culmination of the vigorous adver tising campaign which has been on for several weeks to acquaint tne people of this and adjoining coun ties that Gaston is to have a fair here October 3rd to 7th Inclusive. Mr. R. G. Rankin is chairman of the com mittee having the arrangements for the trip in hand and Mr. G. B. Mason and Judge A. C. Jones are the other members of the committee. It Is expected that at least 100 automobiles from Oastonia, Besse mer City, Dallas, Cherryvllle, Stanley, Mount Holly. Belmont, Lowell and McAdenville will participate in this big event. Headed by the Gastonia Pythian Drum Corps the party will leave Gastonia at 8:30 o'clocK Wednesday morning, September 27. The route will be as follows: Gas tonia to Bessemer City, then to Kings Mountain, Shelby, Cherry vllle. Linrolnton. Dallas and back to Gastonia. The party will stop for dinner urobably at Shelby. In each of these towns the Drum Corps will give a fancy drill. Mayor Armstrong will be master of ceremonies for the day. An urgent invitation is extended to every automobile owner, in tne county to participate in this monster booster parade. All of those living in other towns who can do bo are asked to come to Gastonia and start with the crowd from here. How ever, where this is not possible, the auto owners in other towns are asK ed to fall in line when the party reaches their town. All who are will ing to go on this trip are asked to phone or write Mr. Rankin or one of the other members of the com mittee at once. Already many public-spirited citizens have offered therr services to help make this the big gest advertising tour ever under taken in the county. Much interest has been manifested not only by Gastonians but by residents of other towns in the ocunty. On Friday, reptember 29th, a similar trip will be made to Clover and York in York county. On thai day the party will leave Gastonia at 3:30 p. m., and returning will reach (lastonia by supper time. It is a matter of very great regret to the fair management that it will be impossible to include Mount Holly and Belmont on either of these trips on account of the fact that those towns are cut off from Gastonia be cause of the recent destruction of the bridges over the South Fork river. The F.nd of the World is coining. Durham also wants one of the 12 Federal Farm Loan banks. Grace Funard and Francis Broadway Wednesday. Ford Five persons were killed, two probably fatally injured and four others less seriously hurt Sunday when an automobile in which they were riding crashed through a guard rail on a bridge across tjie Harlem river. New York. Mr. Lindsay to Preach. Rev. A. T. Lindsay, president of Lin wood College, will preach next Sunday night at the union service tn the tabernacle. The public is cordi ally invited to hear him. 11 WILL BOO BRIDGES PLANS MADE AT MEETING YESTERDAY Iir Joint Meeting the Mecklenburg am) iaston Commissioners Iteacli Agreement Bridges at Mt. Holly and Belmont to he Replaced First Gaston WUI Pay Only Its Pro portional Part Work to Start at ( nce. Plans were begun yesterday after noon to secure the immediate re placement of the bridges over the Catawba river at a joint meeting of the Mecklenburg and Gaston county commissioners held at Mount Holly. This action comes as the result of the continued agitation the people of Gaston county have manifested for the bridges and will meet the ap proval of the business men of this county. As the result of yesterday's meet ing an agreement was reached by tne two boards and it was decided to re place all of the. bridges that were destroyed in July. It was decided to rebuild the Mount Holly and Sloan's Ferry bridges first. The bridge at Rozzelle's Ferry is to be replaced at a later date. According to County Commission er J. F. McArver no definite action w as taken at the meeting as to whicn bridge would be rebuilt first, but bids will be received on both bridges at the same time. State Engineer W. S. Fallis has been wired and when he conies to Mount Hollv an other joint meeting of the commis sioners will be held for the purpose of considering just what the struc tures will cost. While it was not de cided upon at yesterday's meeting it is stated that a bridge will be built at both points which will be equal to those which were destroyed. Of especial interest to the people of Gaston is the fact that the two bridges, at Mount Holly and Sloan's Ferry, are to be paid for according to the taxable poll of each county. The approaches that were left stand ing on the Gaston county side of the stream are the personal property or Gaston county and will be so consid ered by the Mecklenburg commi siouers when the cost of erecting the bridges is being computed. At th Sloan's Ferry site on Gaston coun ty's side several hundred feet of the old structure is standing and can be used in the erection of the new bridge. This will materially lesser the cost of the bridge at this point for Gaston county. The third bridge to be rebuilt is the one at Rozzelle's Ferry above Mountain Island. The Gaston com missioners agreed to assist in replaci ing this bridge but not on the sain basis as the other two because of its isolated location. They consented, however, to pay one-third of the ac tual cost of the construction witn the understanding that the bridge should not be built until a later date when it was convenient. It is not known at this time just what type of bridges will be built but it was agreed at the meeting yester day that only permanent structures would be considered. Nothing def inite can be ascertained as to the es timated cost of the bridges until the commissioners have consulted with ,-tate Engineer Fallis and have re ceived estimates on the work. The commissioners of both counties will be governed largely by the advice of Engineer Fallis as to the style of bridge and material. Just as quick ly as plans and specifications can be secured and estimates received on the construction work and material, the contracts will be awarded and the work begun It is very likely ; hat within the next few months at least one of the bridges will be re placed and in readiness for traffic. At the former meetings of the two boards the Mecklenburg commission ers asked that Gaston county pay one-half of the cost of the bridges as well as a part of the approaches or. the Mecklenburg side. This the Gas ton county commissioners fatly re fused to do and it was because trie Mecklenburg commissioners held our for this that such a delay has been occasioned. When the Mecklenburg commissioners realized that their proposition was not meeting even the approval of the people of Char lotte and Mecklenburg county they finally agreed to the propositions made by the bridge committee of Gaston county. Those who attended the joint meeting yesterday besides the entire Mecklenburg board and their attor ney E. T. Cansler and the brldee committee of the Gaston commission ers, were about 50 Charlotte busi rw "ien who were anxious that Gaston's proposition be accepted. The bridge committee of the Gaston county commissioners are Messrs. O. G. Falls. R. K. Davenport, R. L.. Stowe and J. F. McArver. WHAT GASTONIANS THINK. The Gazette has interviewed quit number of Gaston business men on the bridge question and gives below what each had to say: Dr. James A. Anderson says, "We are badly in need of the bridges that were swept away In July and they should be rebuilt just as soon as pos sible. There are hundreds of people who are handicapped on account of not being able to get to Gastonia. I believe the Sloan's Ferry bridge is tbe most Important and should be replaced first. Tbe Gaston county commissioners are to be compliment ed on the speedy and efficient work they have done on the county bridges (Con tinned oa pace four.) A ASSOCIATION IS NOW BEING FORMED Committee of Live Business Men at Work Today in Kvery Town in . County Soliciting Members Tor Greater , Gaston Association Large I (exults F.xpected Cam paign Will Continue Through Thursday Mr. ktiigsley Moncm Directing the Work. In Gastonia this work was formal ly launched last Friday night at a banquet at the Armington Hotel, witn Mayor Armstrong as host, when forty leading business men were present, thirty of whom volunteered their services to help in the mem bership campaign inaugurated this morning. At a luncheon given at the Armington yesterday at 1 p. m., with Mr. J. H. cepark as host, there were present thirty other business men,. nearly all of whom likewise volunteered their services for the campaign. At both of these events Mr. Kingsley Moses, who nas been secured to direct the perfecting or this organization, was present and gave a clear outline of tne plans and purposes of the proposed organiza tion. This morning at 10 o'clock in ev ery town In the county strong com mittees started out to enlist mem berships and secure subscriptions Tor the Greater Gaston County Associa tion. Last reports from the chairmen of each township committee indicate that the committees are meeting w ith splendid success and that before the end of the day several hundred men will be enlisted in the county organi zation. The campaign will continue for two more days, Wednesday and Thursday of this week, with the ac tive work of all the committees. When the active campaign is con cluded tbe big organization meeting will be held at which time the lour otlicerH: President, two Vice-Presidents and Treasurer will be elected from the County ut large and eacti township separately will elect two of the board of directors, representing that township. Fifty per cent of tne total amount of the funds raised will be devoted entirely to the mainte nance of the central organization, while titty per cent of the amount raised in each township will be de voted to the work of tnat township. In this way every town in the i'ouncy will tind it possible to have at least a small local Chamber of Commerce. ..ails oi .ionization, however, will be tree from all expenses since the cen tral county organization will serve each town. It is hoped that $ Mi.OUO.uo may be raised lor the work of the organiza tion. ly apportioning these tunds among the townships every township will have not much less than J.'itMi.uu to work with which should be an amount sullicient to insure telling work by each local Chamber of Com merce. 1 he organization committees uiu a:; follows: t'berryville township: M. L. Mauney, chairman. M. O. Kendrick, J. R. Nixon, S. R. McNeely. 1). A. Dellinger. t'rowders Mountain township: R. i". Kennedy, chairman. J. T. Gates, K. L. Froneberger, C. T. Whitney, it. C. Froneberger. M. i Shetley, J. i lyde Arrowood, R. I. Ormand, C. I'. Kiser. Gastonia township: J. F. Mc Arver, chairman, S. X. Boyce. C. B. Armstrong. J. H. Separk. Crown W. Wilson, Jno R. Rankin, 1'. W. Gar land. H. M. Eddleman. J. W. Timber lake. V. G. tirier, .1. H. Matthews, J. M. Sloan. Geo. R. Spencer, O. B. i arpenter. Ed C. Adams. W. H. Wray, P. R. liuft'stetler. .1. Iee Robinson. V. E. Ixmg. J. White Ware. W. T. Rankin. H. F. Glenn. R. B. Babing ton. R. Hope Brison, A. G. Myers. 1). M. Jones. W. L. Balthis. M. F. Kirby. Jr., A. M. Dixon, v . E. Haynes, .1. il. Kennedy. Kenneth Habington. Ralph Ray, Jas. A. Anderson. A. .1. Kirby. J. L. Gray. J. H. Henderlite. S. A. Robinson. John O Rankin. H. Rutter. G. C. Andrews, W. II. Adams. E. (i. McLurd, Jno. L. Beal. J. F. Thomson. Dallas township. J. Worth Sum niey, chairman. E. L. Ilouser, A. K. Rudisill, W. L. Thornburg, J. S. Ieu ford. C. J. Pasour. M. B. Gates, .i. H. White. H. G. Rhyne, Carl Une berger, C. S. Cunningham. B. G. Buckner, J. C. Puett. C. I... Thorn burg. Bert Cloninger, B. E. Uneber ger, L. M. Hoffman, Jr., J. X. Moore. River Bend township: R. K. Davenport, chairman for Mt. Holly. J. A. Costner, R. G. Rhyne. E. li. Kohn. W. B. Rutledge. J. M. Rein haidt. chairman for ttanley. Jacob Jenkins. J. H. Whitener. VV. H. Aber nethy. .l.-M. Archer. Aruthur Stroup. South Point township: R. R. Ray. chairman for McAdenville. JU. J. Ray. G. W. Stowe, chairman fbr Bel mont. W. D. Crawford, D. P. Stowe. J. R. Ratchford. J. B. Hall. F. P. Hall. A. J. Rankin. The projects before the organiza tion are outlined in a letter recently sent out by temporary President Hall, which was published in full in last Tuesday's Gazette. Wallace Held and Clew ICidgeley Ideal Theater Today. A party of six automobilists. all of South Bethlehem. Pa., were killed Sunday near Quakertown. Pa., when their car was struck by a train at railroad crossing. Wallace Reid aad Cleo Kidgeley Ideal Theater Today. GREATER GASTON COMING AND GOING- BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE Mr. Ed C. Ray. of McAdenville. was in town Sunday. Mr. R. C. Simpson spent Sun day in Charlotte with homefolks. Mr. W.B. Puett. cashier of tne Bank of Belmont, was a Gastonia vis itor Saturday. Mr. Charles E. Cloninger, of Stanley, was in Gastonia on buesi ness Saturday. Miss Ethel Craig spent last Wednesday In Charlotte as the guest of Mrs. George Daly. Rev. H. H. Jordan left yesterday for Greensboro to attend a meeting of the board of education of the Western North Carolina Conference. Miss Lillian Watson returned home Saturday from Charlotte, where she spent the week as tne guest of Miss Sarah Mellon. Miss Estill Estes. of Spartan burg. S. C, was the guest Friday of Miss Mary McLean. She was en route to l.nolr to visit her mother. Mr. and Mrs. W. X. Peoples, of Pompano, Fla., spent Monday in the city visiting their nephew, Mr. M. F. Kirby. Jr. Mr. R. G. Cherry returned to the city yesterday morning from Dur ham where he spent several days on business. Mrs. B. Iouls Hoffman. Jr.. who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Ijiy, at Withers, for the past month or more, left Sunday night for her home at Ioraln, Ohio. "I saw frost on some ploughed ground near my house Thursday morning," said a prominent citizen yesterday. It was evidently light as no damage was done. -Mr. Charlton K. Torrence left yesterday morning on Southern trarn No. 3 7 for Atlanta. Ga.. where he will enter the Georgia College of Technology. Miss Ferris Patterson, of Pat terson Springs, arrived last week to enter the Gastonia city schools. She will make her home with her sister, Mrs. J. Quinn Earl. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Armstrong returned home Sunday after spend ing the past two weeks with rela tives and friends in Virginia near Richmond. They made the trip via auto. Mrs. B. F. Dixon, who lias been spending the summer with nejxfcon. ; I'rol. Robert L. Durham, at Abing don. Va.. w ill arrive tonight to spend the winter here with her daughter, Mrs. W. I.. Balthis. Misses lx)ls and Blanche Robin son will leave tomorrow for Ashe ville to resume their studies at tne Normal and Collegiate Institute.' where .Miss Lois Robinson will be a member of the graduating claHs this year. Little Miss Annie Wlnfred May licld ret u rued Sunday to her home at I'acolet. S. ('.. after spending two weeks here as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Littlejohn She was tr couinanled home by her father. Mr. J. F. Mayfield. who came up Satur day. Mrs. B. E Atkins and Miss Lil lian Atkins leave tonight for Bar boursville. W. Va.. where they will spend several w eeks w ith the "form ers daughter. Mrs. t'laude R. Miller, and family. Miss Atkins will also visit Miss Flora Steele at Tazewell. Va . while away. Miss Jessie Baber, of York. S. ('.. and Mr. Luther lloag. of Clover, S. C. motored to Gastonia Sunday afternoon and spent the afternoon In 71 15 CENTS I SQUARE TO FAIR GROUNDS Hi 0R I FAIR GROUNDS TO SQUARE Every public Automobile in Gastonia gives this rate. Go down in one car and return any of the others. the city as the guests of their nncle, ' Mr. J. R. Baber. They were accom- ( , panied home by their grandmother, ' -Mrs. E. A. Baber. . . -' 'Work Is progressing rapidly ont the new county bridge across the South Fork at McAdenville to re place the one washed away by the ' recent flood. The piers are complet ed and the steel work Is expected to arrive within the next few day. About 50 per cent of the steel in the old bridge was salvaged. It is stated. After the new steel work is received say the contractors, only three weeks will be required to have the bridge " open to traffic. lk you want to laugh, cry, or both? Then see "It Happened In Honolala" Broadway finlay. A movement is on foot In Wilson county to secure a new court house to cost not less than 1100.000. The present court house was built ' CO years ago and does not tneet present requirements, It is said. Broadway Friday ''The Castle of Itospalr." OltBKRKD TO HOKOKIt. North Carolina .National Guard Rest' nients Received Orders HatnrUay to Proceed to the Mexican Border Will Probably Start This Week. The members of the North Caro lina National Guard, of whom there are three regiments of Infantry, two troops of cavalry, an ambulance company and a field hospital corps la camp at Camp Glenn. Morehead City, received Saturday the welcome newt that they had been ordered to the Mexican border. The North Carolina troops have been at Camp Glenn since June, and have been waiting anxiously for weeks to learn wheth er they would be assigned to a period of border duty or discharged from duty without making the trip. it Is stated that one regiment will probably go by way of Charlotte and Atlanta and the others over the At- . lantlc Coast Line and the Seaboard Air Line. It Is supposed that the North Carolina soldiers upon therr . arrival In Texas will be stationed at or near El Paso. Several daya win be required to assemble the railway cars necessary for their movement, but it is expected that the start will be made this week. DKMOCHATIC SPF.AKIXO. f There will be Democratic speak ings at the places named below, to which the public is cordially invited:. Belmont. Saturday night. Sept 23, at s o'clock, by Clyde R. Hoey. of Shelby. Mount Holly. Saturday night. Sept. 2:'.. at 8 o'clock, by J. D. Mo- Call, of Charlotte. Bessemer City, Satiyday night, Sept. 2:'.rd. 8 o'clock, by George W. Wilson and X. F. McMillan, of Gas tonia. l.owell. Saturday night. Sept. 23, s o'clock by Judge A. C. Jones and. R. G. Cherry, of Gastonia. l't us Kin your cotton on our New Automatic Ginning System. It costs you no more to have it ginned on these gins and you will And a Rood market for your cotton an the lint lll never be cut. Try un on (IX hale and you will brintf us all. Southern Cotton Oil Co., J. F. Hess, Manager. ROUND TRIP - a a i w H i 'J