HEAR EX-GOVERNOR GLENN FRIDAY NIGHT
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PUBLISHED TWICK A WEEK TUESDAYS AXD FRIDAYS.
vol. xxxvn.
NO. 7.
QASTONIA, If. C, FRIDAY AFTERXOOX. SEPTEMBER 22, 1918.
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COMING A N D GOING-
ELECTING A PRESIDENT
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M'KINLEY.
FREE silver was the issue
tn 1890. William Jennings
Bryan was nominated by
the Democrats, while William
McKinley of Ohio was nominat
ed by the Republicans. While
the popular vote was close, Mc
Kinley received 271 votes In the
electoral college to Bryan's 17)5.
Garret A. Hobart was elected
vice president Other political
parties bad sprung up by this
time. Including the Prohibition
ists and Socialists.
McKinley was again elected in
1900, defeating Bryan by a vote
practically tbe same as that of
1896. Theodore Roosevelt of
New York was elected vice pres
ident McKinley was assassi
nated about hIx months after bis
second inauguration, and Roose
velt served three and one-half
years of his second term.
(Watch for th .taction of Room
volt in 1904 in our n.xt is.ua.)
Chicago bakers yesterday raised
the price of bread from five cents to
six cents a loaf.
The End of tlie World will come.
What Plans Have You Made For It?
Fire yesterday afternoon destroy
ed the business portion of (be town
of Hiddenite, entailing a loss of
140,000. It originated in the Thom
as Roller and Planing Mill. Among
the buildings destroyed was the de
pot. Marguerite Clark Ideal Tuesday.
Miss Lucy Bullock, of Drewry,
Warren county, and Frank Morton,
of Townsville, Vance county, were
instantly killed last night at Hender
son when a shifting engine on the
Durham & Northern tracks drove a
box car into an automobile in which
they were riding.
Pauline Frederick In Paramount
Picture Ideal Today.
There were three deaths from ac
cident at Wilson Wednesday and yes
terday. Lon Cobb was killed by a
hoisting crane in a rock quarry. The
operator of a merry-go-round at a
carnival was caught in the cogs and
killed. An unknown negro was kill
ed on the railroad.
The End of the World will come.
What Plans Have Yon Made For It?
Webb Issues Challenge.
Representative E. Y. Webb, of the
ninth district, has written his Re
publican opponent, Charles E. Green,
challenging him to a joint canvass of
the district. He asked for a meet
ing of the committees to fix dates for
speaking appointments.
Marguerite Clark Ideal Tuesday.
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I IRK PRESIDENT WILSOX'S COURSE
Foreign Policies Bring Peace With
Honor, Domestic Policies, Pros
perity and Justice -To Change
Executives Now Would be Nation
al Chaos A Contribution from
You Puts You In the Fight at
Once on the Right Hide.
It is the people of the United
States who are on trial, not Wood
row Wilson.
Xo President In history has. been
called upon to face such a succession
of tremendous problems; no Presi
dent in history has ever faced prob
lems with more courage, vision and
statesmanship.
His international policies have
given us peace with honor; his do
mestic policies have given us pros
perity and justice.
Not one of those who oppose him
has dared to file a bill of particu
lars against him; not one has had
the manhood to say boldly what h
would not have done that Woodrow
Wilson has done, or what he would
have done that Woodrow Wilson has
not done.
Only general attack, only blanket
criticism, only peevish fault-finding,
only base alliance with every for
eign country that is In controversy
with the United States.
Never were issues so plain; on
one hand a President who puts
America first, and on the other hand,
those who put party first.
Patriotism versus spoils; empty
promises versus splendid perform
ance. Democracy against Toryism, pro
gress against reaction, honorable
peace against Financial Imperialism,
even-handed justice against Special
Privilege, prosperity against panics.
To reject Woodrow Wilson is to
reject the wise laws that have given
American industry and business such
amazing impetus.
To reject Woodrow Wilson is to
reject the foreign policies that have
given us peace and honor and high
est standing.
To reject Woodrow Wilson is to
turn the United States over to chaos
between November 2, 1916, and
March 3, 1917, for his repudiation
involves the surrender of every
American contention with foreign
nations.
Do you want to drop a pilot who
has steered us safely through the
rocks and storms?
You do not have to wait until
election day to make the one an
swer that an American can make.
An immediate contribution to tne
Woodrow Wilson campaign fund
puts you in the fight at once on the
right side.
Against the millions of the oppo
sition, Woodroow Wilson places en
tire dependence upon the free offer
ings of the people.
send your contributions today to
this newspaper. Your name will be
printed on our "roll of honor," and
you will receive a handsome litho
graphed receipt from Wilbur W.
Marsh, Treasurer of the Democratic
National Committee.
Visiting Nurse Elected.
Miss Mabel Potts, of Pinevilla, bfcs
been elected visiting nurse to Suc
ceed Miss Eva M. Price, and has ac
cepted the position. Miss Potts will
enter on the duties of her position
October first, but will spend next
week in the city becoming familiar
with the work. Miss Potts is a sister
of Miss Carrie Potts, formerly a
member of the city school faculty,
and is a graduate of the Presbyterian
Hospital training school at Char
lotte. She has had one year's expe
rience in private and hospital nurs
ing and is especially well qualified
for the position which she has ac
cepted here.
Messrs. D. E. Rhyne, J. O. Shu
ford, John Abernethy arid Mrs. J. A.
Abernethy, of Lincolnton, spent sev
eral hours in the city yesterday.
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In Membership Campaign for Great
er Gaston County Association
itelmont Leads With Others Close
Behind Yesterday's Work tn
Gastonia Fruitful Believed That
40O Members WU1 be Secured
Easily.
Reports coming In from the towns
of the county show that the prelim
inary campaign for the establish
ment of the GREATER GASTON
COUNTY ASSOCIATION will be
really county-wide in its scope.
While Gastonia has raised over
$1,200, the county towns have prac
tically equalled this sum and have
shown the greatest enthusiasm and
energy in the work.
In Gastonia yesterday there was
a decided improvement in the re
sults obtained. The committee
captained, by O. B. Carpenter and
composed of E. G. McLurd, P. W.
Garland, R. Hope Brison reported
a total of twelve members and $250
secured. This committee, however,
was closely pressed for premier
honors by committee No. 1, com
posed of J. L. Beal, chairman,. W.
L. Balthis, Dr. Ralph Ray and John
R. Rankin. Number one's total was
$230 for the work. Other commit
tees doing excellent work were those
of Rev. J. H. Henderlite. D. M.
Jones, R. B. Babington, Geo. R.
Spencer, and a special committee
headed by A. G. Myers, cashier of
the Citizens National Bank.
The best work in the county
towns was done in the energetic
little city of Belmont where G. W.
Stone, with his excellent committee
composed of W. D. Craw'ford, D. P.
Stowe, J. R. Ratchford, J. B. Hall,
F. P. Hall and A. J. Rankin, re
ported a total of 30 new members
and $250. In Stanley. Cherryville
and Mount Holly, the committees
headed by J. M. Relnhardt, M. L.
Mauney and R. K. Davenport, res
pectively, showed first-class reports.
Late reports from Bessemer City,
Dallas and McAdenvllle Indicate that
the committees in these towns are
steadily and earnestly working to
bring their memberships up to the
quota desired.
It is now confidently expected that
when the organization is finally es
tablished and well under way at
least 400 members will be represent
ed in the central body. These mem
bers subscribing annually approxi
mately $5,000 will be able to ac
complish splendid work for the whole
county. Their work will be varied
and comprehensive, embracing not
only agricultural developments but
Interesting themselves also in tne
establishment of new industries
throughout the county, the improve
ment of credit conditions, endeavor
ing to reduce the death rate to its
minimum, in the securing of better
markets for farm produce giving
careful attention to road mainten
ence and in every other line of activ
ity that falls within the natural field
of a county Chamber of Commerce.
Two other projects suggested for
the work of the organization are
the building of a creamery to serve
the whole county and the establish
ing of a textile Industrial school at
which mill workers, adults as well
as children, may secure an education
while working alternate weeks in
the mills. This plan is similar to
the one of the Textile Industrial In
stitute already established in Spar
tanburg. The following men In Gastonia
have already pledged themselves to
membership in the new organiza
tion: Contributing members:
A. G. Myers.
Citizens Nationl Bank.
Andrew E. Moore.
Loray Mills.
Clara Mfg. Co.
Dunn Mfg. Co.
Gastonia Ins. & Realty Co.
W. E. Haynes.
Joe S. Wray.
Carl Finger.
Ed C. Adams.
O. B. Carpenter.
A. G. Mangum.
P. P. Lerentis.
P.. W. Garland.
Piedmont Tel. & Tel. Co.
J. F. Thomson.
J. M. Sloan.
C. B. Armstrong.
S. X. Boyce.
Jno. L. Beal.
Swan-Slater Co.
J. W. Timberlake.
A. C. Jones.
A. B. 0Neil.
Kenneth Todd.
Gastonia Garage Company.
, E. G. McLurd.
Geo. R. Spencer.
M. A. Carpenter.
W. H. Adams.
R. Hope Brison.
G. W. Ragan.
C. I. Loftin.
J. L. Price.
H. M. Eddleman.
F. D. Berkley tt Co.
John O. Rankin.
John R. Rankin.
A. J. Klrby.
W. I Balthis.
L. H. Balthis.
J. H. Matthews.
L. T. Lineberger.
W. T. Rankin.
W. T. Love.
W. B. Morris.
J. E. Page.
Appearance of Medlln Children, De
clared by Supreme Court to be
White, Breaks I'p a Public
School Risky Thing to Fleet Re
publican) to Ofllce Comment on
Maine Klection.
Special to The Gazette. .
'RALEIGH, Sept. 19. Four chil
dren of the Medlln family who are
"accused of having negro blood in
their veins." have stopped the Mt.
Vernon public school in House
Creek township, Wake county, locat
ed four miles from Raleigh and
this in face of the fact that both the
County (Superior Court and the State
Supreme Court have decided recent
ly that there ia no taint of negro
blood in the Medlin children, accord
ing to the evidence produced at the
trial of the case In court.
The neighbors of the Medlln fam
ily think the court does not know it
self, or that they know more than
the court. So the parents of all the
white children accompanied their
children to school on the opening
day of the new school term, and
when the school superintendent de
clined to bar the Medlln youngsters,
all withdrew their children from the
school. At present they have the
teachers and County Superintendent
Giles "up a tree," and there's no
school going on at Mount Vernon.
The county board of education at
last accounts had taken up the mat
ter, and is now wrestling with the
question of what is to be done un
der these remarkable conditions.
Paper Mills for North Carolina.
Newspaper publishers and other
large consumers of paper will be in
terested in the efforts that are mak
ing to establish wood-pulp paper
mills in North Carolina. The State
Forester is preparing a wonderful
exhibit for the State Fair at Ral
eigh, the third week in Oct., show
ing the possibilities of North Car
olina in the field of production or
wood pulp and of high-grade paper
from our native woda proving that
this State can manufacture paper
and can establish splendid paper
producing mills here if the proper
efforts are made. .
The State Fair management this
yeas is particularly stressing the
economic value of the Fair to tne
people of the State. The Better Ba
bies contest will be under greatly
improved conditions, and will be un
der the direction of the Woman's
Club of Raleigh, and all parents are
requested to communicate with tne
Club for full information.
Risky Thing to Fleet Republican to
Ofllce.
Apropos of the misleading "criti
cisms" of the "Butler crowd" and
the Republican spellbinders now
stumping the State, of the Demo
cratic State administration of affairs,
it is pertinent to show how the 1 0
counties of the State which have
been under Republican rule the last
two years or more have fared. Take
the tax rate levied In the State man
aged by Republican boards of com
missioners in 1914, the last year for
which complete figures are available.
The tax rate levied by these sixteen
counties and by the other 84 coun
ties in 1914 is shown on page 282
of the annual report of the State Tax
Commission for 1915. This shows
that the average tax levy In the 16
counties managed by Republicans
(including the State tax. which is
the same in each county) is $1,019
on each hundred dollars' worth of
property. The average tax rate in
the 84 Democratic counties was 96.
7 cents on each hundred dollars'
worth of property. So If Mr. But
ler's premise is correct, and the gov
erning party is responsible in eacn
case for the Increase in taxes for
public improvements, the citizens of
those 1 6 counties should retire their
Republican boards of county com
missioners and put Democratic
boards of county commissioners r??
boards in charge. And notwithstand
ing the lower average tax rate in the
Democratic counties, those counties
in the State that have made progress
in public improvements will be found
in the Democratic list of counties.
Not one in tbe list of Republican
counties has made a conspicuous
record for building public roads and
other public improvements. '
Comparisons of Democratic and
Republican records in this latitude
always show up the Republicans in a
bad light to aay nothing worse.
When It wasn't Incompetency It was
corruption, that featured Republican
direction of public affairs and their
past performances and the great ma
jority of voters know how risky a
thing it would be to ever give them
another trial in the State.
All That Was Expected.
Democrats here who talk about the
Maine election last week lnvaribaly
express satisfaction over the result.
The Republican plurality Is much
smaller than It has been in any pres
idential election year in a generation,
with the single exception of 1912.
when the Republican vote was split
between Taft and Roosevelt. If the
same ratio shows up In tbe doubtful
States. Wilson will defeat Hughes
badly in the electroal college. The
Democrats who were In office in
Maine were elected in an "off year"
when local and State issues controll
ed the voting. This year national
issues overshadowed all other is
sues, and Maine ought to have given
the Republicans a majority twice as
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BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT 'THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
Mr. W. E. Todd motored to
Shelby Wednesday on business.
Rev. R. R. Caldwell, of Besse
mer City, was a Gastonia visitor
The local gin of the SodUrern
Cotton Oil Company has ginned 35
bales of new cotton this month.
Mr. J. W. Cunningham, of
Belk's sales force, waa a business
visitor to Charlotte yesterday.
Mrs. T. J. Lancaster has been
quite ill at her home on West Frank
lin avenue for some daya.
Mrs. Ike Campbell, of Clover,
S. C, was a Gastonia shopper yes
terday. Mr. Will P. Smith and two sons,
of Clover, S. C, spent several hours
in the city yesterday.
Miss Louise Guy, of Ldwrys
ville, S. C, was a Gastonia visitor
yesterday.
Read the classified column on
page Ave. There's always something
new in It.
Ex-Governor Robert B. Glenn
at the court house tonight will ad
dress the people of the county on po
litical issues.
Miss Julia LaFar returned
Tuesday from Connelly Springs,
where she has been spending the
summer.
Supt. Wray stated this morning
that the enrollment in tlie' city
schools has gone beyond the 2,000
mark.
There will be regular services
at St. Michael's Catholic church on
Sunday. September 24, at 10 o'clock
a. m.
Rock Hill Herald, 19th: Miss
Lottie Blake, a former popular Rock
Hlllian, is the guest of Mrs. J. B.
Heath.
Messrs. Kenneth Todd, C. C.
McLean. J. T. Sadler and J. S. Win-
gate were among those who attend
ed the Shrine cabaret in Charlotte
Wednesday night.
Miss Emma Stowe, who has
been at Eflrd's for several months,
has accepted a position as saleslady
with Belks. 'She went to work there
this week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Pearson are
expected to return home today from
Gray Court. S. C, where they have
been spending the past week witn
relatives.
Mrs. J. E. Farmer and daugh
ter. Miss Marlon Farmer, returned a
few days ago to their home at Jack
sonville. Fla., after a visit to Mrs.
Farmer's sister, Mrs. G. C. Andrews.
Misses Made WhltesldesV ami
RIanche Carson have gone to V"Due
West, 8. C, to enter the Woman's
College. Mr. Luther Anthony en
tered Erskine College.
In the column of professional
cards on page seven Mr. Stephen B.
Dolley. attorney-at-law, has a card.
Dr. Chas. R. Fisher also announces
opening of his class In pianoforte
and organ playing.
Mr. C. J. Storey, master me
chanic of the Modena Mills, was
quite painfully but not seriously in
jured Wednesday by tbe falling of a
piece of machinery which he was
unloading. He suffered some pain
ful cuts and bruises, but is able to
be back at his work.
Pauline Frederick In Paramount
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BETTER R1BIE9 CONTEST.
The Beauty Show and Better Ba
bies Contest to be One of the
Features of the Gaston County
. Fair Will be Held, Under the Aa
apices of the Library Committee
of the Woman's Betterment Aaeo
elation Thursday, October Fifth
is the Day. . .. ., . .
i&neof the most Interesting and
profitable features of ths 8econd An
nual Gaston County Fair will be ttte
Better Babies Contest to be held on
Thursday of fair week under tne
auspices of tba Library Committee
of the,Woman's Betterment Associa
tlonxQuite a different plan for tne
corfduct of the' contest and the Baby
Show has been worked out from that
followed last year. Here are some
of the important point of differ
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1. Longer hours. Examination
will continue from a. m. to I p. m.
and will be conducted by specialists,
both physlciana and dentists, from
out of ths county. 'Examination will
be private, only the doctor. ' nurse
and mother being present In , the
booth. ' y
2. Examination of children will
be made In the order in which they
are registered. Those who register
first will be examined first. .
"3. At the Baby Show, beginning
at 3 o'clock In tba afternoon, all ba
bies will be placed on raised plat
forms, in three different divisions:
First, babies 6 months to 18 months
old; Second, babies 18 months to 2
and 1-2 years old; Third, babies S
and 1-2 years to 4 years old.
One fee of 25 cents pays for regis
tration in both the Better Babies
Contest, and In the Baby Show, and
the funds thus received go to the
benefit of the Public Library.
In the better babies contest tne
scoring will be done with extraordi
nary care and each parent will be
given an exact score card,- Ia addi
tion to the score card there will be
blue ribbons for the highest score tn
each of the three classes, and red
ribbons for the second highest score
in each class. ,
In the baby show there will be : a
first prize and a second prize in eacn
of the three classes named . above.
The first prize in each class will be
a silver cup, snd the second a gold
pin. .. v ,
Tbe committee in charge of this
department of the fair consists of
Mrs. D. A. GarrisfM. Mrs. W. L. Bal
this. Mrs. J. W. Moore, Mrs. J. H.
Henderlite and Miss Lottie Blake.
Names can be registered for the bet-,
ter babies contest at any time up to
noon on October 6th by applying
either to Mrs. Garrison, chairman, or
to Miss Blake at the public library.
So carefully have the arrange
ments been made for these two con
tests this year, that it ia confidently
expected by the members of the com
mittee that there will be no ground
for any dissatisfaction such as arose
last year. The examination and -scoring
will be done thia year under
much more satisfactory conditions,
and parents are urged to enter their
children for botb affairs, and to re
member that those who register first
will be examined first. . - r
The Knd of the World will cone.
What Plans Have Yon Made For UT
Alfred Gilliam, a farmer living
near old Old Fort, dropped dead
Wednesday while cutting bay on his
farm. He was 60 years of age.
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