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GAST051A. H. C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 8, 11T. )
fXOO A YEAR Ef ADYATCZ.
: Hi SOCIALCIRCLES
HIGHWAY
50,1)00 PEOPLE COMING
SILVER LI16 IS GOIIE IIEI'S OF THE COMITY
BOMBS DROPPED
MEETING TONIGHT
ON GERMAN CITIES
UTEST EENTS WOTM UTOBLB
IS THE CUUXmJKE CASE HOPELESS? UTEST FEOlhoUB iCOBBESPCEQITS
8ASTGM COUXTY FJUBTO A EISEVEH
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4. -
: WILL MEET r
NEXT FRIDAY. -
The first regular meeting of " the
Gastonla Chapter, or tne cniiayvon-
serration League of America will be
' held next Wednesday afternoon at
3 o'clock in the Chamber of Com
merce rooms. Since this is the first
" ramilnp mAMnf alnce the organiza
tion was perfected all members are
urged to be present i nose wno as
not sent in their monthly dues are
asked to send them promptly to Mrs.
" J. Holland Morrow.
CLARK.RIIYNE
WEDDING.
- Mr. Earl Clark and Miss Annie
Rhyne, both of Bessemer City, came
to Gastonla yesterday afternoon and
were united in marriage at 3: SO
o'clock by Rev. J. C. Diets, pastor
of .the Gastonla Lutheran church, at
his residence on South Chester
street. The groom is a son of Mr.
G. W. Clark, of Bessemer City, route
one, while the brfde Is a daughter of
, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Rhyne, of BesBO
v mer City. The groom Is a brother of
Mrs. T. E. Robinson, of Gastonla,
route three. Both have many
friends who will be Interested In the
news of their marriage.
PLOT TO CUT OFF
SUPPLY OF UNIFORMS.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 6. The arrest
and internment of thousands of the
members of the Indusrlal Workers of
The World Is predicted by a govern
ment official as the result of the dis
covery of a plot to cut oft the supply
of uniforms for the national army
through a nation-wide strike of
garment workers. It Is believed that
German money financed the scheme.
NEW BRITISH POSITIONS
WERE HEAVILY SHELLED.
(By Internationa News Service.)
LONDON, Oct 5. - The new Brit
ish positions In Flanders were heavi
ly shelled last night, according to an
official announcement ofMhe War
Office. , Germans, however, did' not
continue their counter attacks. The
British worked desperately under
German shell, fire to consolidate and
strengthen their brilliantly won
positions. German, raids in the
Oniascourt section were repulsed.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
(By International News Service.)
N NEW YORK, Oct. 5. The cot
ton market opened with January
contracts selling at 25.25, July 25.35.
REMARKABLE COALITION
TO FORM NEW PARTY.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 4. President Wil
son will be persuaded to align him
self with a new party being formed
here by a coalition of Progressives,
Socialists, Prohibitionists, single
taxers and Independents, according
to the leaders of the new party. They
, declare the President will make the
change before 1920.
LAFOLLETTB INVESTIGATION
( o 5, .MAY BE HELD YET.
VrBy International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4 An in
vestigation to determine 'whether
Senator LaFollette'e utterances war
rant his Impeachment became a
strong probability today. The com
mittee on Privileges and Elections
discussed the matter for an hour
this morning and then adjourned un
til tomorrow, when final action will
be taken In regard to the investigation.
' Boy your lunch at THE BIG GAS
TON COUNTY FAIR from the Phil,
the Class, Main Street Methodist
Church, booth. . 8
ADMISSION TO
The Big Gaston County Fair
October 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1917
Adults: Day 35y Night 25c
ChildreD: Day and Night 15c.
Gaston County School Children Free October 10.
No Extra Charge For Aufoa and Buggies.
; 15c Round Trip
Square to Fair Ground or Fair Ground to Square
Buy Your Ticket and
town Ticket ; Office,
J. XL H0LLAIJD;
Everyone interested in securing
the Bankhead highway for Gastonla
and Gaston county 'Is urged to be
present at the court house tonight.
The meeting Is to be called to order
at 7:30 o'clock, according to plans.
Members of the committee are C. C.
Armstrong, chairman, S. A. Robin
son, W. It. Balthis, W. H. Adams. W.
T. Rankin, J. W, Atkins and R. G.
Rankin.
.,, Nothing has come up for consider
ation in years of more vital import
ance to Gastonla than the Bankhead
highway proposition. In the opinion
of those who have looked into the
matter, and a large attendance is
urged. , It is also urged by the-committee
that all come early. The
meeting-need not last long, but is or
great Importance.
OLD LANDMARK .
DOWN
The brick buildings occupying tne
space between the Bank of Gastonla
and the J. M. Belk Company, the
property of the National Realty Com
pany, 'have been torn down prepara
tory to the erection of two hand
some modern store , rooms Immedi
ately. One of these buildings was
occupied for a great many years by
the postofflce until Uncle Sam erect
ed a handsome building of his own,
and the other was occupied by the
Modena and Morowebb Cotton Mill
offices until these corporations mov
ed recently Into quarters in the First
National Bank building. The build
ings torn down were among the old
est in the business section of the
city.
The new buildings will be 17 1-2
feet wide by 100 feet deep and will
be modern in every particular. The
plans were prepared by Wilson - ft
Somparac, of Columbia, S. C, the
architects who designed the new
First National Bank building. Mr.
H. B. Pattlllo, of Gastonla, Is the
contractor. The fronts will be of
dark red texture brick and the de
sign to be used on the fronts is most
attractive. A feature which will dis
tinguish these store rooms from any
others on Main avenue will be a
marque awning. It is expected that
the new buildings will be ready for
occupancy by the first of January.
AT THE MOVIES
IDEAL.
TODAY: Dorothy Dalton in "The
Flame of the Yukon", a drama of
the gold-mad days of '98 in the law
less land of the Arctic. .
COZY.
TODAY: Mary Plckford in "Re
becca of Sunnybrook Farm", rrom
the play by Kate Douglas Wlggin.
BROADWAY.,
TODAY: Anita Stewart in "A
Regiment of Two"; also Clara Kim
ball Young in "Happy Go Lucky."
Buy your lunch at THE BIG GAS
TON COUNTY FAIR from the Phlla-
thea Class, Main street Methodist
Church, booth. 8
Miss Addle Perry, of the City
Hospital, is spending a few days in
Wilmington on a visit to Miss Lola
Davis, of this city, who is taking the
nurse's training course at the James
Walker .Memorial Hospital.
Avoid Hush. : Uj
Corner Marietta
Executive Scctc
Everything in Readiness for Gastoa
County Fair Which Begins Next
Tuesday Seventeen Community
Kaira Will Hare Splendid Exhibits
Thousands of Electric Lights
' Will Make Grounds Brilliant at
Night Old-Time Kinging Feature
of First Night Big Advertising
f atmpalgn Has Been Carried On-
Next week will be fair week in Gas
tonla and, unless all signs fall, tne
town will be : host tq the largest
number of visitors ever gathered
here at any one time. Asked to
how many people he expected Secre
tary Holland stated this morning
that 50,000 was his lowest estimate
Last year's fair brought about 30,
000 despite the fact that it rained
the first two days. .This year an un
usually vigorous and exenslve adver
tislng campaign has been carried on
in half a dozen or more adjacent
counties and It would be surprising
to find that there Is anyone within a
radius or 50 miles or more wno is
ignorant of .the fact .that a big fair
is going to be held here next week.
Not only In point of attendance
but also as regards the quantity and
quality of exhibits Is this year's fair
expected to far surpass all previous
fairs In the county. There have been
held in Gaston during the past two
weeks eleven splendid community
fairs, every one of whlclUwill have a
fine exhibit at the county fair con
slstlng of the blue ribbon winners at
those fairs. Not only so but three
community fairs from Lincoln coun
ty, one from Cleveland and one from
York will have large exhibits. There
have been probably 9,000 entries at
these 17 fairs and the best of these
entries in each department will be
brought here for exhibition next
week. It is expected that the com
munity fair exhibits will form one
of the most Interesting parts of tne
fair.
Workmen are now completing the
two new exhibition halls and the new
poultry building. Each of the main
exhibit halls Is 60 by 250 feet. These
afford more than double the exhib
it space avauaoie iast year ana it is
believed by the management that ev
ery Inch of space will be taken, in
fact, It is practic4Uy all spoken for
now.
Another set of workmen is now
busily engaged in the installation of
hundreds of electric lights. Im
mense electric arches will connect
the two exhibition halls and several
hundred feet of bright lights will
adorn the cornices and eaves of these
halls. The electrification will be
dazzling and will make the fair
grounds by far the brightest spot
ever seen in this part of the country.
A big feature of . the opening day
will be the old-time singing which
will take place at the band stand
Tuesday night. Two hundred or
more of Gaston's best old-time
singers are priming themselves for
this occasion. The dust has been
rubbed off all the American Tune
Books in the county and the welkin
will ring with the old-time melodies
It will undoubtedly be well worth
going to hear.
Look for "Pollyana", the Glad
Girl, October l&th. 10c8
SOLDIER KILLED BY TKAIX
AT CAMP SEVIEK.
Date J. Klnter, of Petersburg, Vs.,
a private in Motor Truck Company
No. 1. 105th supply train, formerly
the North Carolina supply train, of
Raleigh, was fatally Injured Thurs
day afternoon when the truck which
he was driving was struck by South
ern passenger train No. 12 at a
grade crossing in the Camp Sevier
reservation at Greenville, S. C. . He
was rushed to the military base hos
pital, where he died a few hours af
ter the accident. His injuries were
numerous, his skull being badly
fractured and several', ribs broken
and crushed, some piercing the tho
rax. According to witnesses Klnter
was thrown 30 feet In the air and
fell 50 feet away from his truck. He
was the second man of his Organiza
tion killed recently.'
If It Is something to eat get it
from the Philathea Class, Main r.
Methodist Church, during The Big
Gaston County Fair.
OOMMITTEE TO INVESTIGATE
LAFOLLETTE'S UTTERANCES.
(By International News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, Oct. 5. Senator
LaPollette's alleged seditious utter
ances will be investigated by a sub
committee of the Senate committee
on Privileges and Elections. Defin
ite action to this end was taken jo
day when a committee of five Sena
tors was appointed to probe Into tne
accuracy of LaFollette's Minneapo
lis . speech which was forwarded
here by Governor Burnquist, of Min
nesota, and to 'investigate the truth
of the Senator's statements. The in
vestigating committee is headed by
Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, and has
been Instructed to make its report
on the first day of the next session,
which convenes December 3.
MEMORY OF POET - 1
..!-. ; s HONORED BY CHILDREN.
(By International News Service.!
INDIANAPOLIS. IND Oct 5.
Hundreds - of . thousands of Hoosler
children are' today: paying their an
nual tribute to the memory of James
Whltcomb RHey. the children's poet.
The birthday anniversary of the be
loved poet will be observed In church
es on October 7.- .
By Repudiating Their Agreement of
a Week Previous, Cleveland Coun
ty Board jef Commissioners Makes
: Settlement of County-line Dispute
Practically Impossible Gastoa
Commissioners Conceded Them
East Kings Mountain and r Kings
Mountain and Thought Compro
mise Had Been Agreed Upon In
junctions and Counter-Injunctions
Probable to Prevent Either County
from collecting Taxes. ,
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That there will be any settlement
of the Gaston-Cleveland county-line
dispute at any time in the near fu
ture seems now to be very lmprobar
ble. Either a decree of the courts or
a new act . of the General Assembly
will In all probability be necessary
to a final settlement of this contro
versy which has been hanging fire
for many months past. Last week
there was a silver lining to the
clouds: there were Indications that
a compromise would be effected
which would bring about an arnica
ble and satisfactory settlement of
the case but these hopes 'were dash
ed to earth yesterday when a com
mittee from the Cleveland county
board ' of commissioners repudiated
the action of the Cleveland board as
a whole taken a week previous, in
the meantime property owners in
the section of territory Involved in
this unfortunate controversy do not
know to whom to pay taxes and as a
result it is very probable that very
little If any tax money will be secur
ed from them this year from either
cotfnty.
Chairman R. K. Davenport, of the
Gaston board of commissioners, and
Rev. A. T. Lindsay, commissioner
from Crowders Mountain township,
returned yesterday afternoon from
a conference at Kings mountain with
a committee from the Cleveland
county board, which, It had been an
ticlpated by Gaston commissioners,
would result in a final settlement or
the county line dispute. Their mis
sion was in vain, however, and pros
pects indicate the courts will have to
settle the matter and. that long and
bitter litigation likely will follow.
Last Wednesday the entire Gaston
county ' board . met the Clevelaild
county board at Kings Mountain and
an understanding was reached as to
the running of a line to separate the
counties, in making the agreement
The Gaston commissioners conced
ed to Cleveland the entire town of
East Kings Mountain and that part
of the town of Kings Mountain prop
er which has always been In this
county. This was "the milk in the
cocanut." The Cleveland commis
sioners agreed to running the line a
certain way, according to an agree
ment made then.
Gaston's representatives went back
yesterday with a surveyor, Mr. Lloyd
Ross, to run the line and finally set
tie the matter, and Cleveland's com
mittee backed down and repudiated
their agreement.
The bulk of the haltanlllion dol
lars' worth of taxable property in
volved lies in the town of Kings
Mountain and East Kings Mountain
which Gaston agreed to concede to
Cleveland, the balance of the territo
ry being almost valueless bo far as
tax revenue la concerned.
Gaston Is preparing to collect tax
es In this territory, all formerly a
part of this county, and Cleveland, it
is understood, is doing the same
thing.
Injunctions and counter-injunc
tlons are looked for 'in the near fu
ture.
If it Is something to eat get It
from the Philathea Class, Main St.
Methodist Church, during The Big
Gaston County Fair. 8
PASHA MADE DUPES OF
CANADIAN BANK OFFICIALS.
(By International News Service.)
NEW ORK, Oct. 5. Further evi
dence that Bolo Pasha, the German
spy, posed as a loyal Frenchman and
succeeded In duping even officers of
the Royal Bank of Canada, was
gathered here today and sent for
ward to the French embassy. Pasha
succeeded In transferring $1,700,000
of the corruption fund to France.
Large amounts of this fund were
handled through the Bank of Cana
da.
Meets at Lowell.
The semi-annual district meeting
of the Red Men of the eighth district
will be held with Sago Tribe No. 131
at Lowell Saturday afternoon, be
ginning at 2 o'clock. District Sach
em A. M. Dixon, of-Gastonla, will
preside. Address of welcome will be
delivered by Mr. Sloan M. Robinson
and the response dt Mr. Ed C. Ray,
of McAdenvllle. At the" evening ses
sion Past Great Sachem J. R. Ander
son, or charlotte, win deliver an
address. A large number of the
members of the Gastonla tribes will
attend the meeting.
Mrs. H. F. Gash, who has been
in the City Hospital for ' the past
eight weeks, returned today to . her I
home at iLowell. ,
Anita Stewart, Rose Tapley and
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG, BROAD-
WAY THEATER Today, -f:-
Croupt, ' ,
If your children are subject ' to
croup get a- bottle of Chamberlain s
Cough Remedy, and when the at
tack comes on be careful to follow
the plain printed directions, yon will
be surprised at the quick relief which
it affords.
RATCHFORD FAMILY REUNION.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
SOUTH POINT, Oct. 4. The an
nual reunion , of the Ratchford famt
ly took place at the home of Mr. Ru
fus A. Ratchford In South Point
township, about four miles east of
Union church, Tuesday. As usual it
was a very Joyous and delightful oc
casion. The guest of honor was
Rev. W. W. Ratchford, of Bethel
Presbytery, South Carolina, who is
now in his 87th year but stilf vigor
ous and active and still serving two'
or three churches. The day before
he drove from his home at Tlrxafl
church to the 'Ratchford home m
South Point, a distance of 45 miles.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. J. H. Henderllte, pas
tor of the First Presbyterian church
of Gastonla, after which Rev. W. W.
Ratchford made a very interesting
address. No one listening to him
would think for a moment that he
was over 60 or. at the most. 70 years
of age.
After this, dinner was served on
the grounds and such a dinner!
Only those who were there or who
had attended some previous reunion
at this place could have any concep
tion of the good things- provided or
the abundance.
Among those present were five
ministers of the Gospel, namely:
Rev. W. W. Ratchford, Rev. J. H.
Henderllte, Rev. R. S. Burwell. Rev.
J. T. Dendy and Rev. G. A. Sparrow.
Gastonla was well represented by the
mayor, Mr. a. m. Dixon; Chief vof
Police J. W. Carroll. Dr. L. N. Glenn.
Mr. W. H. Adams and several others.
After a day spent In pleasant In
tercourse and renewing: old acaualnt
ances, the guests left for their homes
hoping that the Ratchford reunion
would be one of the permanent in
stitutions of Gaston county and that
they, each onev would be numbered
among the invited guests. With all
the Joy and pleasure ' there was a
tinge of sadness because at the board
and in the home there was the va
cant chair. Since the last reunion
Mr. Thomas A. Ratchford has been
called away from earth but the pres
ence of many friends was a tribute
to the respect and esteem In which
he was held in his adopted citv of
Gastonla and all over the county. -
Mount Holly Hatters.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
MT. HOLLY, Oct. 4. Mrs. J. W.
Mallard and children, wnn hvA hun
spending the summer with her
daughter, Mrs. M. L. Barnes, leave
today for their home in Allendale.
S. C.
Messrs. Edaar and Ollrer Mnnr
of Globe. 8. C, entered school here
this week.
Two new taachnra havA hnn mAAat
to the faculty, Mrs. Lucy McLean,
of Kings Mountain and Miss Mabel
Bacon, of. Newton. ' Mrs. McLean
takes the overflow of the second and
third grades and Miss Bacon h
charge of the sixth grade.
'Rev. E. H. Kohn has returned
home from Virginia, where he at-
tenaea ynoa lor several days.
Mr. Victor Aderholdt, principal of
the Denver high school, was In town
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C R Hntrhfnann on
daughters, Misses Mary and Eunice,
were recent visitors to Greenville.
S. C.
Miss Sadie DunlaD BDent the week.
end at her home in York, S. C.
Mrs. W. G. Moore was on the air
list but is now able to resume her
duties in school.
Anita Stewart. Rom Ta.niv .i
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG, BROAD-
Vk.AX TIIKATKK Today.
"Polvana" will teach too t ni
the glad game on Oct. 10th, 10c8
Buy Your Tickets Avoid Rush
UPTOWN TICKET OFFICE
Comer Marietta and Main
15c Round trip
Square to Fair Ground or Fair Ground to Square -
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5 Big Days
Recreation Fan Amusement
.The Big Gaston County Fair
October 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1917
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J. M. H0LLAII0,
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(By International News service.) .
THE HAGUE, Oct. 5. Great
damage has bean Inflicted on -Frankfort
and Stuttgart by French air
men, according to advices ; received
here from the - front . today. . Both
cities contain many noted buildings.
WHAT CONGRESS HAM DONE
IN SIX MONTHS SESSION.
' (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Oct 5. Vice
President Marshall gave out the fol
lowing statement today: "There has
been much unjust criticism of the -Congress
which ends Its extraordlna- ,
ry session tomorrow. The declara
tlon of war on April 1 found the Uni
ted States unprepared. We have ob- V
tained, equipped and drilled an army -
and provided funds for ourselves and
aur allies, authorized the .biggest air
fleet In the world, authorised the
control of shipments to foreign coun
tries, of food, fuel and have'purchas-
ed an Immense merchant marine and.
passed compensation act tor our sol- -diers.
Students of history In the fu
ture will be amated atwhat was ae
eomplished by the Congress of the
United 8tates In tlx months. It has
done in that time what the British ;
nation required three years to do.
Let us now prove our, patriotism by
action and sacrifice, and not hamper
the government ! by , carping criti
cism." . .... , .V -
BELLIONT BUDGET.
Correspondence of The Gazette. ' '
BELMONT, Oct. 6 The advance
sale of seats for the Lyceum attrac
tion at the high school auditorium
tonight have been most satisfactory
and a large audience for the opening
performance Is assured. - Many In
quiries for seat reservations from
Mount Holly and Lowell - indicate
that they will be well represented ra
the auditorium tonight., The attrac
tion la the "Dietrichs", musical num
bers and lllusionary work. .
Considerable work ' on streets and
sidewalks of the city Is being done, a
large 'force of workmen having been
engaged for several days In re-surfacing
and leveling the main streets
preparatory to the rough weather. '
A complete system of cement side
walks was recently completed In the
Climax Mill village. . , - i -
An important business deal con
summated yesterday waa the sale by
Manager A. F. Pearson of his Inter
ests In the Star theatre to Mr. G. B.
Stowe. Mr. Stowe will continue the
operation of the moving picture
show, making extensive improve
ments. RED CROSS ITEMS.
f. f
All members of 'the Red Cross .
auxiliaries throughout the - county
who Intend to enter comfort kits or
surgical dressings as exhibits In the
Gaston County Fair next week are -
urged to send the same direct to the
fair grounds on Monday in the same,
way that other exhibits are entered.
These articles wills. not be sent
through the work room, $ut will go -as
individual exhibits, and It is hop
ed that a large number of the Red .
Cross workers throughout, the coun
ty will make such entries. ' , ,
The Mount Airy ft Eastern Rail
way and property of this company'
was sold at auction by the Continen
tal Trust Oo. to satisfy a mortgage
held by that company on these prop
erties. The railroad and rolling
stock brought I16.P00 and the Um
ber properties were bid In for 9 64,
000. all were bought by H. L. Light, :
of 'Washington, and ft is understood
that the operation of this line will
be resumed under a new charter m. '
the near future. .
Exccctivc Secrciay