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kON DAT, MARCH 17, 1919. TUX GASTONIA GAZZTTX PACK FIVE. WANT COLUMN WANTED. WANTED: .ri,000 ..1,1 casing tor Gates Half-Soles. James & Ixive, Gastonia Garage. WANTED: (ioo.l single man, or boy, for dairy work. Good wages to right partv. Applv to Gastonia Dairy Farm. tf FOR SALE. FOR SALE: Thornhill one horse wan on, good condition. Mrs. Esther II. Payseur, Route -, Gastonia. (Near Ckapel Church.) tf FOR SALE: A fine gentle four year old seven-eighths Ilolstein bull. Well narked, sure and gentle. Weighs around 1,100 pounds. Trice, 1 125. G. V. Knox, Jlover, S. C. 19c 2 WANTED: Good second hand grocer's refrigerator. Fisher . Brothers, West Franklin Avenue. 2 1 j3 FOR HALF: Two good gasoline stoves, four burner and two burner. Bargain. J. L. Henderson. lit).'! i i I FOR SALE: Csed Dodge touring car, $500. .lames i: Loe, Gastonia Gar age, tf I FOR NAI.K: I hate L'.' fine pigs for sale, t'an ship in five weeks fmm this date. Price, $17 per pair F B Wa.viies ville, N. C. Cash with order. John l. Oarswell. Waynesville. N. t '. M'eil FOR SALE: I'air large cheap mules. J. F. Jackson. 17pL' OR SLE: Few ears of brick. I'rice right and can make immediate ship ment. Mo-Ho Brick Company. Phone 13. tf FOR SALE: Windshield glasses, all sizes. Ford specials. Spencer Lumber Co. t tf FOR SALE REAL ESTATE. FOR SALE: Desirable building lot on West Airline, 100 by iH0. F. M. Francum. tf FOR RENT. FOR RENT : Rooms for light house keeping. "OS 8. Chester St. Telephone 359-J. tf FOR RENT: Residence of the late .1. M. Sloan near Belmont. See John R. Rankin or W. R. Ford at Belmont. tf POULTRY AND EGGS. FOR SALE: Pure Bred Rhode " Island Rod eggs for hatching. 1 for 15. J. F. Jackson. 1 7p2 FREE: Setting of pure bred eggs, any breed, for club of five subscriptions to The Progressive Farmer. J. V. Harpei Gastonia, N. C. 'JO. ti MONEY TO LOAN on real estate. Six per cent, long terms. J. W. Timber lake, First National Bank Building, tf KOGS FOR HATCHING, any breed. J V. Harper. U6c6 FOR SALE: Hatching eggs from pure bred Barred Plymouth Rocks. $2 per 15. L. F. Wetzell. L'l p .1 USED CAR BARGAINS. FOR SALE: 1!17 Ford Touring Car good condition, $.'1?.. James Jfc Love Gastonia Garage. tf FOR SALE: 1914 Bub k Roadster, .ti'50 Generator and electric lights James ft Love, Gastonia Garage. tf FOR SALE: Chandler touring car, run only 1(500 miles. Sacrifice price. James ft Love. tf FOR SALE: I'sed Oakland Roadster, excellent condition, sacrifice price. James & Love, Gastonia. (iarage. tf NEW OLDSMOBILE. Chalmers and Indiana Trucks in stock, call for de monstrations. James & Love, Gastonia Garage. tf IT WILL PAY YOU to see James & Love before buying new or second band Automobiles, Trucks or Tractors. LIBERTY BONDS taken at par on pur chase of automobiles by James & Love, at Gastonia Garage. tf JKIStELAlVFUS OVER 2,000 users of Gates Half Sole Tires in Gaston and Mecklenburg. Au thorized service at Gastonia Garage, tf NOW showing a complete and up-to-date line of children's, misses' and women's millinery for spring and summer. Mrs. F. N. Wood, Loray. 17c2 GATES Half-sole tires (authorized ser vice station) at Gastonia Garage; 3,500 mile non-puncture guarantee, one half price new casing. Investigate. tf. "WHY CONSIDER a four cylinder auto mobile above $1,000.00 when that well built classy looking six cylinder Oldsmo bile can be bought for $1,450 delivered. James ft Love, Gastonia Garage. tf BARGAIN prices on all dry goods for a short time only. Also closing out line of shoes at actual cost. Let us save you money on these items. Mrs. F. N. Wood. Loray. 17e2 REGISTERED PIG FREE: For 35 yearly subscriptions to The Progres jive Farmer, mailed to me before March 28th, I will give free a registered pig, any breed, and $5 in cash. J. V. Harper, Gastonia, N. C 26c6 TEXTAN HALF-SOLES $1 a pair. Goodyear Shoe Shop, Phone 572. tf WORK CALLED FOB and delivered. Goodyear Shoe Shop. Phone 572. tf RAISE POTATOES: We will pay 75 eenta per busheL Wilson Potato Co., Our Aim is to Please the Most Exacting Man Whether you need ready made or made to measure shirts, underwear, neckties, hose, handkerchiefs, or whatnot in men's wear, we pledge ourselves to give, you the greatest market values, the widest range of style and prices, per fect service and satisfaction. Look over our stock. You will be pleased. , GASTON IATf?C T LOCAL HEMS -Mr. J. II. Np.-nk left yesterday for the North on business. - Mrs. F. II. Cat hey is ipiite ill at her home on West Airline avenue. -Mrs. Walter M.-Aiver is quite ill uitb pneumonia :it her In. me on the York road. Mrs. Henry W. Eddy, Jr., of Char lotte, spent Friday in the city as the guest of her sister, Mis. Kenneth Todd. 'corgc l.jikio and Betty Conipsoii in " The Terror of the Range,'" big V and Roll n eoiucily .it the Meal today. Mrs. T. C. Ahornethy, of l.incolnton, spent the weekend here with Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Abernethy. Mrs. L. W. Kelner returned home ."Saturday night after a six weeks stay in Little Rock. Ark., and Greenville. Miss., with relatives. - Mr. and Mrs. R. C. McLean, Master b'obert mid Miss Alice McLean spent the week-end at Greensboro with Miss Knth erine McLean who is a student at the State Normal Collego. - Mrs. T. M. Campbell has-been con fined to the City Hospital for the past week by an attack of influenza. Her friends will be glad to know that she it improving. Mrs. James A. Kstiilgo left yester day afternoon for Newberry, S. C, to be with her sister. Miss Ruth Senboeh, who is ill. She will probably bring Miss ISea boch to the Gaston Sanatorium for treat ment tomorrow. Dr. .1. W. Campbell, who recently purchased the M. A. Turner residence on Chester street, has moved his family to ( lasl on ia and is now located here for the pr.'ietire of his profession. lie has his office at the Adams drug store ( Mor row's) upstairs. r. Campbell lias for thi past two e:us been in the r i I i i : 1 1 department of the army, with the rank of captain. He was first stationed at. Camp Jackson, Columbia, but has been at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C, most of t lie time New Finn Organized. An important new business Yrni Gastonia is the American Real TIstate Insurance Company, charter for which was issued last week. The company was organized Saturday and officers elected as follows: W. G. Hamner. president; H. S. Legale, vice-president; Joseph W. Wat son, secretary and treasurer. Mr. Wat sou has been in Gastonia for the past year, during which time lie bought out the insurance department of the National Realty Company and has been doing a successful insurance business. The new members of the firm, Messrs. W. G. Haut uer and II. S. Legare, are young men of splendid business ability and the new or ganization has every promise of great success. For the present the firm will use the offices on the second floor of the First National Bank building which Mr. Wat son has occupied for some time. Marguerite Clark in "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" at the Gastonian Tuesday. see R. L. Wilson or phone 349-J 17c9 COMPLETE LINE of Automobile Tires and Accessories at Gastonia Garage, tf ELECTRIC vulcanizing equipment and factory repair man. For tire service call 193. Gastonia Garage. tf. AUCTION SALE: On Saturday, March 22, at 1 p. m. at my residence in Dal las, I will sell at auction two mules, one horse, two one-horse wagons, two bug gies, two yearlings, four shoats, and farming implements. Sid Smith. 1SV5 AUTOMOBILE Springs, (front or rear), for all popular make cars. Gastonia Garage. tf BEGINNING January 25th, all our pro ducts will be sold for cash onlv. South ern Cotton Oil Company. tf FOB ICE AND COAL the year round eau uastonia lee & Coal Co. Phone 281. tf IF YOU ARE GOING to build a house, see II. Jr. Oakley. General Contractor. Phone 296-L. Mv19d DODGE parts at discount from regular list at Gastonia Garage. tf 7Tk-. mmm A BIT OF HISTORY AND A LEGEND CONNECTED THEREWITH. i Pi "in the lieliuniit Clarion.1 Between the years of 1 7' and l77o there lived in this neighborhood a family i.v the inline of Maddux. Their home uns on the southern side of the then Olier's I'oi.l Itoad " now the Mc Ademille rood i. The known ineinbeis of mis family were James and,, Henry Maddux and the legend gics them a sis or, whose name is unknown. .lames Maddux fought and was killed at the battle of Kings Mountain. His grae is in the valley at the foot of the moun tain. This family w;;s noted for its wonder ful physical strength, and James Maddox became famous as a list lighter. His fame spread throughout the colonies of the Carolina's and even to Virginia. The legeiol tells us that a man of V irginia, having heaid of James Maddux's fame, one-nod the ilea of defeating him in i fight. S he rode on horseback all tin' way from the colony of Virginia to this part of North Carolina for this purpose. Having located the home of James Maddox, which was surrounded by a rail fence, he galloped bis horse and made him .jump the fence in front of the house. This Iiihim' was a typical log house of the time. lie began to call boisterously for James Maddox. The door was opened by Miss Maddox who informed him that James Maddox ;i not at In He told her who be was. where he was from and that he had come all the way from Virginia to give James a whipping. Miss Maddox was very much amused ami told liiui thai if that was what lie had come for he had better go back to Virginia. He then vehemently replied that he would not leave that yard until he had whipped James Maddox. Whereupon Miss Maddox rushed upon him a n. I picked him up and throw him bodily over the fence. The legend goes mi to tell us that he then told Miss Mail dox if she would just throw his hoio over, lie wi.-nld take his depaituie for Virginia. SHUFORD-MITCHEM ANNOUNCEMENTS. Handsomely engraved aimoiiio ement cards reading as follows were issued Sat urday : Thomas Robert. Shnford 'an ie Kathrvn Mitcheni Man led Wednesday, March fifth Nineteen, hundred nineteen Charlotte, North Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Sliuford returned Satur day from Florida, where they spent their honeymoon, ami are receiving the con gratulations of their friends. MRS. CHARLES A. PLONK, JR., LEAVES FOR NEW HOME. y Mrs. Charles A. Plonk, Jr.. left this morning for Chicago, where she will .join her husband Lieutenant I'lonk. From Chicago Lieut, and Mrs. I'lonk will go to I'lainfield, Wis., to visit Lieut. Plonk's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Plonk, Sr. After April first they will be at home 11 lu Seventh Street, S. E., Minne apolis Minn. Lieut, l'louk received his discharge from the military' service last Tuesday at Camp Dodge and is now asso ciated with the Northeastern Sehool Sup ply Co., of Minneapolis. Mrs. I'lonk was formerly Miss Janette Fayssoux, of this Citv. BROWN-PINY AN WEDDING WAS A SURPRISE. The wedding of Mr. Evon L. Brown, of Gastonia, and Miss Cordielia May Pin yan, of Harrisburg, which was solemnized in Charlotte Saturday morning, came as a great surprise to the relatives and friends of the young couple. The cere mony was witnessed by Miss Minnie Helms, of Harrisburg, and Miss Etta Mc Coy and her father, of Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. Brown returned to Gastonia Saturday and are spending a short while with the groom's mother, Mrs. Mary L. Brown, at her home on East Airline ave nue. They will make their home in Green ville, S. C, Mr. Brown being a trainman in the employ of the Southern Railway Company with headquarters there. Big Fire in Atlanta. The Southern Railway freight transfer at the Inman yards, near Atlanta, was completely destroyed by fire last night, the loss being approximately 11.000,000. A bout 80 carloads of foodstuff and other freight was also destroyed. The Inman yards plant was said to be ono of the largest freight transfer stations in the South. FARMERS' UNION 4 BEHIND MOVEMENT State Council North Carolina Farmers Union Passes Resolutions Endorsing Work Cotton Association and Ap points Committees to Co-Operate. Whereas, the needs of the world today call for more cotton than w produced last year and now unused and Whereas, the war stricken rountriet of Europe are today suffering as much for want of clothing as for want ol food, and Whereas, the present low price n) cotton, which Is below the cost ol production, is die primarily to er nomlc restrictions on Its shipment t the countries most in need of It. and Whereas, the p: -.sent trice of fer tilizer has been arbitrarily raised from $6 00 to $10 00 per ton above the high war prices of last year, and Whereas, the present pric of man lac turerl , cotton Ut the consumer i abnormally hiph compared to t' present low prir a of raw cotton therefore. Resolved first- TTiat the power o be Government of the lnit"d Stat' should at once be exerted to re:rov the embargo and all other ee-in"m i restrictions on the free shipment raw cotton and all other farm nr duets to all the markets of the wc.r'd nd Resolved, second: That cur gov rnnient should at once fix the pri of fertilizers at a figure not to exeee, the high war prices of last .war, am Resolved, third: That as a temp" rsry defense measure a committee hi formed to arrange with the cottte growers of the state to aerep to rdue cotton acreage in accordance with t' cut adopted by the Raleigh Cotton A socistion. February 11th. Resolved fourth: That in order that ueh cotton growers mav be enable to bold their present crop of cottor until the embargo and other economy restrictions are removed, said con mittee shall arrange with all banks far as possible to loan money on eas terms to all cotton growers who w" pledge themselves 'to thus reduce cot ton acreage, and Resolved fllfth: That In order th'" sll eotton growers and other produce"? mav he able to use their own r sources to enable them to hold the' cotton, we appeal to the Congress r the T'nited States to amend the Fed eral Farm Ixian Banking Law. so a to make it easier and less expenslv to form Farm Loan Associations an' the rate of interest on prey To,Ti"' through such banks, reduced to th rote on Liberty Bonds, and furthe that we aieal to the Ieg'slsture 't our state to amend the State Torretr Iand Title law. so as to simplify an cheapen the cost of securlng a tif(rn ti.ih'e title to land, to the end thpt such title may facilitate loans throw:)" said Farm Ioan Banks. nd Resolved sixth: That the lee'sl- tnre of our state is hereby u-ged t" enact t its present session a Strt' Cf Hon Warehouse bill, under whb-r C'o cotton tr -wers of n h cumtv i-i-build a fire proof cotton wan-noii'-.- nnd have tV same operated und -s'-itf inanaeement at the lowest po sib'e cost to both the t;,te and t rrc-n rr-owero. and t' us give to eacl cotton ir-ower a liquid asjett to tti ert'-nt i f the bales of cotton stared I' si; -'i 'v-refnuisn. and Pouo'ved seventh: That copies o' (V,,.,;., r, lotlr.ris bo o"t to ti e Pre !.", r f or ;: 'J. nnfe of the f';- ' ?-Ux. f'o -';. -.ler of the -1 1 -- : TTouse cf Hoo-eoenf.'itives. Sena'or ni"il Representatives in Civgr Pro-ident cf the St-ire Senate. Speak er of the House of Representatives and p.e:n !i"rs of the Legislature State O-.'anizer W. R Dixon cf W:1 Ffiri Dr .1. M. Teniu'ef -n. Cary, and O'.v R Kip.e of Nashville were an pointed as a committee to work wit1" the Cotton Association and nr act iv lv eo-operatipjr in further ng its al read fine progress. BANKERS. FA R M F PS. MERCHANTS. ORGANIZE Tl'e increasing importance and the fcnred success of the movement of the farmers to reduce their cotton pcreare is the result of the organize t!on between hankers, farmers, mer chants and the general business inter ests Tb's is not onlv the first time In th historv of the South that there Is a consolidated movement of s:H r'miress interests of the So'ith. but te first t1mp th"t a thornuphlv sy fevi-tfc er'" "''nCon his been formed that ts Vnoi's in touch with the movement and is fully postfd on the pit.i-tiori. Mr,n of wealth and much busine Wir'ence. who are recogTiizd a leaders, w ho h ve r'ven mi""h thoueV to th's mifter. state that thr l riot a nossibilitv cf failure. That as a re. stilt of conditions brought on b th war and the propram now out on 1r the cotton belt. pTeit ! tp In evftable. and certain as rW Mlw n'rht. throughout the -t-v- t,r't Oes chT-r" will mem rro-"t non perity throughout the ent're South. "There ts of course a retrular prop aganda beins; put forward to combat the movement of the farmers to or ganite, co-operate and cut their cot ton acreage. One of the principal things that the objectors bring np Is that Tku or some other State, i. falling to do her part. We bare traced these stories down to untrntna. Gastonian Theatre Phone 512 TODAY A "First National" Attraction THE SIGN A mightyfdrama TUESDAY-MARGUERITE CLARK in 'WRS. WIGGS of the CABBAGE PATCH" There may be a more famouslnovel than "Mrs. Wiggs of bto the Cabbage Patch" Lut we don't know of it. JWR. AND MRS. SIDNEY DREW" in "ROMANCE AND RINGS" ADMISSION: 10 AND 20 CENTS WEDNESDAY "CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG" COMING "HEARTS OF HUMANITY" NOTICE OF ELECTION. Whereas, a petition signed by qualified voters of the City of Uastonia to a iium- ber equal to at least twenty-five per cent of tlm qualified voters at the lant election held in said 'ity, has been addressed to the Hoard of Klectimm of iastoii Coun ty, on this date, requesting said Hoard to all an election to lie held in suiil City for the purpose of K'viiiK the voters in said City the opportunity to vote upon the fol lowing question, to-wit: "Hlmll the City of (iastonia adopt the. form of govern ment defined as Plan I), consisting of a government by " Mayor and four Coim- illors with a City Manager, according to the provisions of Chapter l.'iti, sub chap ter XVI, Public Laws of North Carolina, 1 0 1 7 f ' ' Now therefore, pursuant to authority "(inferred upon said board b.v said laws. the said County Hoard of Elections of iastim County does hereby call an elec tion to be held for the City of (iastonia it the City Hall of said City, from 7 o 'cluck a. in. until sunset on Wednesday, April 16, 1919 o permit the qualified voters of said City i inte upon whether or not said City shall adept the said Plan I), form of gov- iiineut consisting of a Mayor, four unicilluis and a City Manager, or whether said Citv shiill retain its present (inn of government. At sui h election a alhit will be furnished which shall ceil aiii a brief description of the said I'lan ) I'n nil of gio el iiini'iit and a No shall cell- Mill the existing form of government. ml the voter shall designate thereon his ireteunce nl the t vu forms, in cistini' is ute. .S'lid eloctinii sluill lie held under, ami goverueil Oy the laws ami regulations governing the regular city elections of istonia as ;ire mo in force. The undersigned Hoard hereby ;ip points O. M. Hoy. I, HMI K. Franklin Ave.. astimia, N. registrar fur said elec tion, and H. N. Wilson uml (ieorge If. Kawlings, of ( l.istou la, N. ('., sire ap pointed judges fur said election. The said registrar will be furnished gist r;it ion book which be will have open nt tin' City Hall of ( in stun in on the our consecutive Saturdays next preced ing said election, lietween the hours of ; .lock, a. in. and 7 o'clock, p. in., and I persniK win. are entitled to register ii. I vote who have nut already registered are entitled to oto ;i re notilied to ipply to linn fur registration at such times and place. It is hereby ordered that notice of said election be given by publication in The fiastonia (iazette for four consecutive weeks next preceding said election, and by posting notice thereof at the door of the City Hall and three or more public places in said City fur .'in days next pre ceding said election. This the 17th day of March.. HM. COI NTV HOARD OP HI. FICTIONS OF OASTON COI NTV, Hy M. A. Carpenter, Chairman. M-A-l -4,v New Building and Loan. The I'iedmont Building & Loan Associ ation, charter for which was recently is sued, was organized here .Saturday. When the details of organization are completed within the next few days, names of the officers and other announcements with re gard to the business will be made public. The new association will give Gastonia three enterprising home building organi zations, and these all offer to the citizens of the town the best known means for saving toward the erection of one 'a own home. Emile Cottin, the anarchist who re cently made an attempt on the life of Premier Clemeneeau, has been sentenced to death by a French court martial. Twenty members of the United States House of Representatives, including Messrs. K itch in and Webb, of North Carolina, will leave New York April 12th on an official visit to Porto Rico to inves tigate political and economical condi tions in the island with reference to pro posed legislation affecting Porto Rico. The Gazette's telegraph service gives yon the news of the world in condensed form. Subscribe today. INVISIBLE" of the Northland CANNIBALISM is supposed to be a thing of the past, nevertheless a short time before our visit, to this island, this ship was blown ashore. The natives of the neigh boring islandi told us of columns of smoke arising, signs of feasting, and the ship's crew of eight men have strangely disappeared. Can nibalism is by no means dead. MARTIN JOHNSON. Martin Johnson' CANNIBALS of the SOUTH SEAS Photographed at the risk of life The most astounding picture of its kind ever screened one of the most sensational and refreshing pictures of ,the year. FRIDAY! FRIDAY! LIFT CORNS OR CALLUSES OFF Doesn't hurt! Lift any corn or callus off with fingers Don't suffer! A tiny bottle of Free zone costs but a few cents at any drug store. Apply a few drops on the corns, calluses and "hard skin" on bottom of feet, then lift them off. When Freezone removes corns from the toes or calluses from the bottom of feet, the skin beneath is left pink and healthy and never sore, tender or irritated. 17-31 BROADWAY THEATER ''f(kU-Z. Mr I Wn GASTOXIA-DALIaAS transfer 1 LINES. Cars leave liastonla From J. M. Belk Companys. Cars leave Dallas from Dallas Cafe. L.7. Gastonia 8:00 a. m. Lt. Gastonia . 9:25 a, m. Lt. Gastonia ....11:25 a. m. Lt. Gastonia 1:25 p. m. Lt. Gastonia 3:25 p. m. Lt. Gastonia 6:25 p. m. Lt. Gastonia 7:25 p. m. Lt. Dallas 7:30 a. m. Lt. Dallas 8:25 a. ra. Lt. Dallas .....10:25 a. m. Lt. Dallas 12:25 p. m. Lt. Dallas 2:25 p. m. Lt. Dallas 4:25 p. ra. '
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