GASTON COUNTY'S SECOND ANNUAL FAIR, OCTOBER 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th
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VOL. XXXVII. NO. 78. GASTONIA, N. CL. FRIDAY AFTEKXOOX, KEPT EM R Ell 29, 1916. 91.50 A YEAR IX ADVAXCk.
BIG LOCAL OIL COMPArJY
ORGANIZED WITH $125,000 CAPITAL
FOR FAR F.1ERS' BENEFIT
A LOAN ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED
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ELECTING A PRESIDENT
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Party
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Wilson
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WILSON.
THE Democrats with Wood
row Wilson came back to
power In the election of
1912. Th Republican conven
tion In Crlcago nominated Taft,
who was uo w opposed bitter
ly by Rcwevelt. There were
many cot tested delegates, and
those In t .itborlty seated a ma
jority of delegates with Taft
proclivities.
Roosevelt bad many warm sun
porters and was an avowed can
didate. When Taft was nomi
nated Roosevelt formed the Pro
gressive party and ran on toe
third ticket
The vote In 1912 was: Wilson,
6.293.019: Roosevelt. 4.119.607;
Taft, 3,484,956. Wilson received
435 votes In the electoral college.
Roosevelt 88 and Taft & Thom
as R. Marshall of Indiana was
elected rice president.
111ZEK AWARDED.
Modena Betterment Association
Awarded Six Frizes for Prettiest
Yards School Children to le Ex
amined. At a largely attended meeting of
the Modena Betterment Association
..held last night at the school house
the prizes offered annually by this as
sociation for the prettiest and best
kept yards were awarded. The com
mittee of judges consisted of Mrs. J.
Y. Miller, Mrs. W. F. Michael and
Mrs. P. R. Falls. Mrs. Miller made
a short talk and delivered the prizes
as follows:
First prize, $6.00 to Mrs. Lizzie
Cullender; second prize, $5.00, to
Mrs. C. C. Hoffman; third prize, $i,
to Mrs. Elizabeth Clark; fourth prize
$2.00, to Mrs. J. B. Hord; fifth prize,
$2.00, Mrs. C. J. Storey; sixth prize.
$1.50, to Mrs. Bessie Lynn.
Announcement was made that all
the pupils In the Modena school will
be examined by Dr. L. Xeale Pat
Tick for any defects or ailments of
the eye. ear, nose or throat.
astonlans Spoke at Lowell.
A Democratic rally was held at
Lowell last night under the direction
of the Wilson-Bickett-Webb club
that was recently organized there.
Messrs. John G. Carpenter and A. M.
Dixon, of this city, were the speakers
for the occasion and for nearly two
hours they discussed the achieve
ments of the Democratic party in
both State and nation. They were
frequently applauded by the 150 or
200 people who attended the meet
ing. Music for the occasion was
furnished by the Loray Band. The
meeting was held in the Red Men's
ball.
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Will Handle All Kinds of Petroleum
Products in Competition With
Standard, Texan and Jndian Corn
panics Will do Business in Hev
eral Counties Mr. J. Flem John
won, for 21 Years With Standard,
is Manager and Mr. S. S. Shuford
l;i Secretary and Treasurer
Ready for Business in Few Weeks.
ApplIcation has been made to the
Secretary of State for a charter for
the Piedmont Oil Company, Inc., of
Gastonla, capital stock $125,000. Of
this amount $15,000 has already
been paid in. The Incorporators are
C. B. Armstrong, W. T. Rankin, W.
H. Adams and S. S. Shuford. As
soon as the charter is received a
meeting of the stockholders will be
held for the purpose of electing a
board of directors and officers for
the company. Mr. S. S. Shuford is
to be secretary and treasurer and
Mr. J. Flem Johnson manager of the
plant and of the sales department.
It Is not known yet, of course, who
are to be the other officers.
All kinds of petroleum products
will be handled by this concern, in
cluding kerosene, lubricating oils,
gasoline, axle grease, etc. The oils
will be purchased direct from the re
fineries just as the Standard Oil
Company, the, Texas Oil Company
the Indian Refining Company and
similar organizations purchase
theirs. This will mean that the Gas
tonla concern will make the profit
that has heretofore, been going to
the middleman. The company will
maintain large tanks and warehous
es. These and the offices will be lo
cated on the property of the P. & X.
Railway somewhere between Broad
and Avon streets and Main and
Franklin avenue. It is expected that
the company will be ready to com
mence business within the next
month or six weeks.
Mr. Johnson, the manager, was for
21 years the local agent for the
Standard Oil Company and for the
past two years has been the local
agent for the Texas Oil Company. He
resigned the latter position a few
days ago. His successor has not as
yet been appointed. Mr. Shuford,
the secretary and treasurer, was for
several years secretary of the Ozark
Mills here but for the past year or
two has been farming in the Point
section. He will move to town at an
early date to take up his new duties.
This company will do business in
several nearby counties.
IW,tti nt Mr. Ktiers.
Following an illness of many weens
with pellagra Mr. William A. Styers
an aged man died in West Gastonia
near the Arlington Mill on Wednes
day night at II o'clock. Surviving
are five children, three daughters
and two sons and the widow. Fun
eral services will be held today at
Elizabeth church, near Shelby, and
interment will be in the cemetery at
the church. Rev. G. P. Abernethy.
pastor of the deceased, will con
duct the services.
Mrs. Amy E. Archer-Gilligar, who
conducted a home for elderly people
at Windsor, Conn., has been indicted
for first degree murder on five counts.
She will be tried In December. It is
alleged that she put her victims out
of the way by using poison.
Paramount Picture Ideal Today.
Try our new automatic ginning
system and get more and better lint.
Southern Cotton Oil Company. Oc
The scarcity and high price or
print paper has caused The Tribune,
of Seaford, Del., to suspend publica
tion. Paramount Pictures Ideal Today.
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ALL READYJFOR THE FAIR
INTEREST IN IT INCREASING DAILY
Office Force Kept Busy Making and
Filing Entries for Exhibitors
Carpenters, Tentnient, Painters
and Electricians Making Things
Lively at Fair Ground Adjaeeni
Counties Preparing to Send llig
Crowds Everybody Should Take
a Day or Two Off and Come to
Gastonla Xext Week.
As the time for the second annual
Gaston County Fair draws near the
interest manifested in this and ad
joining counties increases. The force
in Secretary Holland's office Is kept
busy giving information to farmers
and others who want to make exhib
its and a large number of entries are
being made daily. It is now assured
that the showing of pigs, cattle, live
stock, canning club products and
agricultural articles will be excellent,
far surpassing both in quality and
quantity those of last year.
One of the most encouraging signs
is the interest that is being taken in
adjoining counties. In Lincoln coun
ty, for instance, Chairman Ed Love
of the Democratic county executive
committee, has been unable to make
dates for some well-known polltiacl
speakers for next week because the
people in practically every communi
ty requested that no dates for polit
ical speakings be made for that week
as everybody had planned to go to
Gaston's Fair. From Cleveland,
York, Cherokee and Mecklenburg al
so are coming large crowds of peo
ple to the fair.
Already there is considerable ac
tivity at the fair grounds where Col.
Bob Roper is superintending the
raising of the big tents and where
carpenters, painters and electricians
are busily engaged in preparing for
the event. Tomorrow and Monday
the local merchants and manufac
turers who are to. have exhibits will
be busily engaged in building and
decorating their booths. The mid
way attractions are expected to ar
rive Sunday and will be unloaded
early Monday morning.
It is hoped by the management
that everybody in the county and as
many as can in adjacent counties
will take a day or two off next week
and take in the fair. They are all
assured of a big reuturn for the time
and cost Incurred in coming.
The fair begins Tuesday morning
and continues till Saturday night at
1 1 o'clock.
MAKHIAGK AT KAlll GHOUXItti.
Popular Young Couple of County
Will Plight Their Troth on Band
Stand Wednesday Xight at S:l."
Thousands Will Witness Ceremony
Public Already Ottering Wed
ding Presents.
An event of unusual interest will
be staged on the fair grounds Wed
nesday night at 8:15 o'clock when a
popular young couple of the county
will be publicly united in marriage,
'lhe ceremony will be performed on
the band stand, probably the most
conspicuous spot on the ground
where thousands of people can wit
ness it. The Gazette is not privileg
ed to give the names of the contract
ing persons in today's issue but ;s
promised the privilege of giving them
in Tuesday's issue. The groom elect
is a prominent young farmer living
near Bessemer City. He is 39 years
old. The bride-to-be is a popular
and charming young lady of the
Cherryville section and her age is
given as 26. The young man was in
the city this morning and all arrange
ments for the nuptials were agreed
upon between him and Secretary
Holland of the fair association. The
young lady has already given her
consent.
To the young couple will be ac
corded the privilege of selecting the
minister who is to tie the knot. The
fee will be paid by the fair associa
tion as will also the license fee to
the county and State. In addition,
the association will present the cou
ple with a handsomely engraved mar
riage certificate properly filled out
and nicely framed. Already quite a
number of merchants and other busi
ness men have voluntarily indicated
their intention of making presents to
the couple and it is expected that
they will receive a large number of
valuable and useful articles. A com
plete list of these presents together
with the names of the donors will be
published in the first issue of The
Gazette after the wedding takes
place. Any one desiring to give a
present to the young couple should
report to secretary Holland.
An informal reception will be ac
corded the couple on the fair grounds
immediately after the ceremony.
Paramount Pictures Ideal Today.
Try onr new automatic ginning
system and get more and better lint.
Southern Cotton Oil Company. Oc
In a fit of despondency Mr. Xat L.
Simmonds, a highly respected citi
zen of Charlotte, committed suicide
yesterday morning a few minutes af
ter 11 o'clock at his home on East
avenue, by shooting himself through
the temple, with a .32 calibre revol
ver. Ill health is attributed as the
cause of the rash act.
Paramount Picture Ideal Today.
The October term of U. S.. District
Court at Charlotte has been postpon
ed from October 2 to October 9 on
account of the illness of Judge Jas.
E. Boyd. , '
Gaston to Have a Farm Loan Associ
ation I'nder New Federal Farm
Ioan Bank System Applications
for Loans of H70.0OO Already Pil
edOrganization Meeting to He
Held Here Next Friday Afternoon
Salient Facts itegardlng the
Xew Institution.
y Gaston county Is to have a Farm
Loan Association,, organized and op
erated under the new Farm Loan
Bank system established by the ra
cent Congress and which is now in
process of organization. Already,
within a day or two after the move
ment for the establishment of this
association here was commenced, ap
plications have been filed for loans
aggregating $70,000, more than
twice the amount applied for in trie
Mecklenburg association organized a
week or so ago. Each applicant for
a loan is required to take stock equal
to $5 per share or five per cent or
the loan.
The Gaston Farm Loan Association
will be operated in connection with
the Gastonla Insurance & Realty Co
and a meeting will be held in the of
fices of that concern next Friday, the
6th, at 1:30 p. ro. for the purpose of
completing the organization. It is
expected that by the time that meet
ing Is held the applications for loans
will have reached $100,000 or more
Below is given for the benefit of our
readers a comprehensive digest of
the rules and regulations governing
the farm loan associations:
THE FK HE I (Alt FARM LOAN LAW.
A Brief Outline of the Art ami In
formation for Prospective Farmer
Borrowers.
Compiled by .1. W. Timberlake,
Esq., of the Local Bar.
The purpose of the act is to pro
vide capital for agricultural develop
ment, to create standard fonws of
Investment based upon farm mort
gages, to equalize rates of interest
upon farm loans, to furnish a mar
ket for I'nited States bonds, to cre
ate Government depositaries and fi
nancial agents fbr the United States,
and for other purposes.
Administration.
The administration oT the law is
under the direction and control of
the Federal Farm Ixan Board, which
has general supervision of the Fed
eral Farm Loan Bureau, a branch of
the Treasury Department at Washington.
Federal land Bunk Districts anil
Federal Land Banks.
The territory of the I'nited States
will be divided Into twelve districts,
which will be known as Federal Iand
Bank Districts, said districts to be
apportioned with due regard to the
farm loan needs of the country, but
no district to contain a fractional
part of any State.
The Federal Farm Ixan Board
will establish In each district a Fed
eral Land Bank, with its principal
office located In such city within the
district as said Board shall designate,
and any such bank may establish
branches within the land bank dis
trict. National Farm Iohii Associations.
The local branch of the Iand Bank
to be established In the respective
counties and through which the bor
rowed money must come, is a cor
poration to be known as a Xatlonal
Farm Loan Association. In other
words, a National Farm Loan Asso
ciation may be organized by persons
desiring to borrow money on farm
mortgage security under the terms
of the act, and it is only through
such an organization that loans may
be secured. Ten or more natural
persons who are the owners, or a
riout to become owners, of farm
land qualified as security for a mort
gage loan under the act, may unite
to form p. Xational Farm Loan Asso
ciation. The officers of such an as
sociation consist of a president, a
vice-president, a secretary-treasurer,
and a loan committee of three mem
bers, and the Board of directors con
sist of five members. The secretary
treasurer shall receive such compen
sation as the board of directors shall
determine. The directors and all of
ficers except the secretary-treasurer
shall serve without compensation,
unless the payment of salaries to
them shall be approved by the Fed
eral Farm Loan Board. All officers
and directors except the secretary
treasurer shall be bona fide resi
dents of the. territory within which
the association Is-authorized to do
business, and shall be shareholders
of the association.
Membership in Loral Association
Who May Borrow and How.
Questions that will naturally arise
in the minds of the farmers are
these: 'What will I have to do to
take advantage of the provisions of
the new law and to secure a loan
thereunder, what steps will I have
to take? Can any farmer secure a
loan under the law? How much
money will I be able to get on my
land? What rate of interest will I
have to pay? For how long a time
may I get a loan? How will I hare
to pay it back?, etc.
The first thing the farmer must do
is to loin a Xational Farm Loan As
sociation. As stated above, each
Xational Farm Loan Assocatlon
must hare at least ten members' and
it cannot begin business with less
than $20,000 in 'loans applied for.
(Continued on page. 6.)'
BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
Get ready for the fair.
Plan to bring all the family.
Tell your friends about it; they
want to come to.
Eggs are selling at thirty-five
cents on the local market.
Mr. B. M. Holland Is a business
visitor to Charlotte today.
Mr. R. B. Mclean, of Colletts
vllle, is visiting his brother, Mr. J.
G. Mclean.
Miss Ollie Suther, of Concord,
Is visiting her brother, Mr. A. A.
Suther.
lhe hoped-for rain came last
night and this morning. It has done
much good.
W-X ew scholars are enrolled dally
in the city schools. The enrollment
at present is considerably above 2,
000. y Mr. 11. A. Query, superintend
ent of the Belmont public schools,
was a visitor In the city yesterday.
Preaching at the tabernacle
Sunday night at 7:30 by Rev. J. H.
Henderllte. This Is the last service
for the summer in the tabernacle.
Mr. Ben Xolen returned home
this week from Hendersonvllle
where he has been spending the past
month visiting relatives.
Cotton is opening rapidly. I r It
does not frost for ten days or two
weeks yet the late cotton will prac
tically all be open.
Mr. W. Y. Warren left last
night for Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York to purchase late fall
and winter goods for Swan-dlater Co.
Mrs. E. O. Jennings returned
Wednesday from Atlanta after a two
weeks visit to Mrs. I'. I). Hlnson and
Mrs. C. H. Hlnson.
- Mrs. C. W. Hopkins arrived to
day to spend a -few days with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Page.
Mrs. Hopkins is en route to her
home in Xew Orleans.
V' East Franklin avenue 1b now
open, the paving having been com
pleted to Church street. This ar
fords a magnificent asphalt road al
most to the fair grounds.
Mrs. W. S. Penny, of Raleigh,
arrived in the city Wednesday to be
the guest for several weeks of her
sister, Mrs. Kenneth Rabington, at
her home on Lee street.
Miss Pearl Little, of Hickory,
arrived In the city yeBterday after
noon and Is at the Central school to
day to begin her work as teacher of
voice and expression.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Coins, of
City Point, Va., arrived in the city
Tuesday night to he at the bedside
of Mr. Coins' step-father, Mr. W. A.
Styers, whose death occured late
Wednesday night.
Miss Ida May Hlnson, of Lin
colnton, and Mr. Frank Ruth, of
Raleigh, were the guests yesterday
of Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Jennings.
They motored down from Lincoln
ton. Charlotte Observer, 29th: Mrs.
Stuart W. Cramer has returned
home after spending a month or lon
ger with relatives In Boston. Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Cramer are at their
Summer home, Maymont. In Gaston
county.
" Mr. Iamar Rankin, son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Rankin, will leave on
Southern train Xo. 38 this afternoon
for Westfield, Mass., where he goes
to accept a position with the West
field Manufacturing Company as
shrapnel Inspector.
Rev. O. D. Stacy, formerly of
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SQUARE TO FAIR GROUNDS
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FAIR GROUNDS
Every public
Gastonia gives
down in one car and return
in any of the others.
Gastonla but now pastor of the M. E.
church at Oakboro. Stanly county,
was in the city several days this week
visiting relatives and friends. 1 Mr.
Stacy has just finished a new churcn
at Providence, on his work, and a,
'new parsonage at Oakboro will be
started next month.
To Speak a Belmont.
Mr. John G. Carpenter, of the lo
cal bar, will address the voters of
Belmont on Monday night, October
2nd. He will discuss the issues or
the present campaign. Everybody is
cordially Invited to come, out - ana
hear the speaking.
Gastonla Jews Celebrate. v.-.. s
Jewish high holidays, which be
gan Wednesday afternoon at san-'
down, were observed by Gastonia
Jews with appropriate services yes
terday and today. Special services
were held in the local synagogue.
These services are held in celebration
of Rosh Hashanah, or the Jewish
Xew Year. This la the first day of
the month Tlshrl and will be follow
ed by ten days of penitence. Rabbi '
Friedman, of Charleston, S. C, haa
charge of the services here. -0 J
Insane Inmate of Jail Captured.
An insane man, who has been con
fined in the county jail for several
weeks, made his escape last nignc
about 8 o'clock when the cell door
was opened to deliver his supper. . A ,
lively chase followed, the man ran '
down South street several blocks and
was lost in the darkness. The hunt
was kept up and later Mr. Claude '
Craig, son of Jailer Henry Craig, cap
tured the man on the school house
grounds. s
DEATH OF TWO CHILDREN. -
Son of Mr. Will 11. Htowe IMed '
Wednesday Morning Year and
Half 'Old Child of Robert McGlaa
Passes. ::.i:' ,
Pringle Grier, the two-year-old aon
or mr. ana Mrs. Will H. tftowe, died
at the home of the parents shortly
after midnight Tuesday following an .
illness of several weeks. ' Funeral
services were conducted at the home
Wednesday afternoon at three o'clock
by Rev. J. H. Hendellte. Interment'
was in Hollywood cemetery.
n i lire o ciock weanesaay morn-'
Ing, James A., the little son of Mr. :
and Mrs. Robert McGinn, died after
an illness of several days duration.
Deceased was one year, five month
and 14 days old at the time of his V
death. Funeral services were con- '
ducted by Rev. J. W, Whitley at 10
o'clock yesterday morning and inter .
nient was In Hollywood.
Weather Forecast: Local tbun
dershowers and cooler-Friday; Sat
urday fair and cooler.
Charlotte Observer, 29th: Born,
to Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Ritch, a
daughter, Hazel Morris. Mrs. Ritch
and daughter are at St. Peters Hos
pital. Immediately after he had shot and :
killed a mad dog in his yard at Spen
cer Thursday, Jacob X. Boone, aged
70 years, dropped dead of heart fall
ure. ' .f'-'J
CARD OP THAXTIS.
We wish to take this means of ex
pressing our deep and heartfelt
thanks to all our friends who were
so kind and helpful to us during the
Illness and at the death of Mrs. Eu
genia Skinner.
MR. AXD MRS. R. F. SHELBY.
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