North Carolina Newspapers

THE GASTONIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FBI DAY. "VOL. XL. NO. 42. GASTONIA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1919. 2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION HOLDS REGULAR MEETING PRESIDENT WILSON MR. M. C, DAVIS IN JURED IN AUTO ACCIDENT COBB Will BE HERE WITHOUT FAIL HUNGARIAN SOVIET GOVERNMENT OVERTHROWN LAWRENCE TEXTILE STRIKERS START RIOT IS BETTER TODAY Tin1 Woman V Betterment Association met Friday afternoon I'ur t lie rogiilui monthly meeting with tin- rt i I 1 1 . Mrs. K. C. Warren, in the chair. The meeting was opened with prayer l.y I 'rot'. W. I'. Crier. Tlie minutes of the last meeting were rend and approved. Two new names were reported by tlie iiicmlior.ship com in it tee. Tlie library committee made it.s report, showing a very gratify inn increase from 1-7 to llinti inemliers in the past two years, since it was made a free library. The January circulation of books was the largest in the history of the library, be ing over J'Jlili. The l.veeuin committee was not ready to submit its full annual report, but will do so at the next meeting. They called emphatic attention to the Menus Ander son Concert Company, which will appear net Thursday night, being the last nuiii lur in the series fur this season. This is considered among the best attractions -cut out by the Kedputh I'ureau and has proved universally popular. It lias tlie line record of having never been adverse Iv criticised. Mr. V. K. Todd extended an invitation to tlie betterment to visit his bakery at i a early date to be named Intel by Ml Todd. This invitation was unanimously ind with great and hungry expei taticins .vpted. Mis. T. M. I !rn kni:i n . cliaiiinan of the Humiliating committee, brought in the following rcpoit: Officers for the next venr: President. Mrs. d. W. Ifagan; tirst v ice president. Mrs. .1. II. Sopark ; -:ei-md vice president, Mrs. I. If. La Far; recording secretary. Mrs. .loe S. Wra.v ; corresponding secretary. Mrs. .1. V . Moore; treasurer, Mrs. .1. I'. Thomson; club editor. Mrs. '. .1. Mct'oinbs. These wsre all unanimously elected to serve nexl .year. After which the meeting adjourn Hd. .1. JAPANESE PLAY TO BE CIVEN TUESDAY NIGHT. AH is now in readiness for the Japan ,'ic opera, -I4illy in Japan." which is to h given '' leal talent at the Central -s-hool auditorium tomorrow night, April v for tin- hem-lit of the Castonia Public LiVeury. The dress rehearsal will be Jweld tonight. The cast has ben rehearsed faithfully and a splendid performance is promised Milly in Japan" is a merry frolic from beginning to end and well worth going to sec for Its own sake, add-f-r to the fact that it is being given for the lieiiefit of the library. Tickets arc lion on sale at Ki edy 's Ming Store. CHILDREN'S CHAPTER MET SATURDAY. The J. It. Moore Chapter Children of the Confederacy held its I itld.v meeting At tlie home of Miss Frames Mason Sat unlay afternoon at 4: :in o'clock. The meeting was opened as usual by its lead r. Mrs. T. 1.. Craig. With a few appro priate remarks Miss Nancy Kankin. the uowlv elected president, assumed the dll ties of this office. Miss Khun Watson wan welcomed to the chapter as a new member. After the business i ting was iver, the members had an enjoyable social liour. The chapter enjoyed a duet." Mil itary March.'" by Misses Virginia and Karhel Henderlite. Miss Margaret War ren played a beautiful piano solo. Loves lament." After the program was ren dered, the hostess served delicious hot hocolnte and sandwiches. The meeting iidjournod to nuvt the first Saturday in May at the home of Miss Lottie Warren. "WOULD THROW KITCHIN AND CLARK OVERBOARD. Leaders Must Be Displaced if Democrat ic Party is to Succeed, Says Congress man Ayres. Washington. April . -If the Memo-4-ratie party is to avoid another defeat at tlie hands of the Republicans in IO'Jii. ac ording to Representative W. A. Avers, of Kansas, it must get rid of such leaders as e Speaker Champ Clark and former floor leader, Claude Kitchin. and others not in sympathy with the democratic ad ministration. The nnr on the democratic leader is he'iiiR waged le- the democratic reorgani zation committee which is making strenu ous efforts to start a back fire of senti ment among democrats of the country for h change. The old leaders deny there is any following of consequence to the re organization movement and predict that "Mr. 1ark will ! the next leader in the house. Mr. Avers declared today that insta of meeting republican attacks the' "lead ers" sat back seeming to say " Hit them again. "' It was so sickening." said Mr. Avers, "to many of the new memliers that they would return to their offices and try to obtain consolation by writing an alibi to their constituents. " ' X CARD OF THANKS. We wish to thank our many f rjends ami tieighlior for their loving ministrations during the illness and at the death of our .lear mother. Esjeciilly do we wish to thank those who were so kintl as to fur Mian automobile for the fnneral and who went the lovely floral tribute. MR. AND MRS. R. B. TERRELL. Gastonia, N. C, April 7, 1919. ( I'.y international News Soivicc. I'AKlS, April 7. I "resident Wilson, who has been suffering from a serere cold, is it j 1 1 1-1 better today. He is working in his bedroom, inspecting expert reports on toiK lit ions in Certnany. Colonel Mouse again set in for the I'lesident at a meet ing of the Pig Four which is now con sidering the Adriatic claims. Welcome to Soldiers. Castonia Council .No. (is. .1. li. I. I'. A. M., will welcome all the returning sol diers tonight at S:.'!H, regular meeting. The service roll will be called and there will be a treat to those present. Community Meeting. A very important meeting of the fann ers of the Mt. Olivet community will be held at I he M t. ( Mix et scl I house on Thursday night of this week. April u, at s o'clock. Mi. C. I. oo Cowan, county a geat, and a representative of the Mate department will be present to discuss le gumes and cinp rotation. liefi eshincnt s will be .served. Goes to Rochester. Miss Olhc Katchf.ii.l. a giaduate of the City Hospital training scl I for noises, and who has been doing piivate lllllsin tol sonic tune, is to leave I'lidav tin Kocliestci . Minn., when- she has a ccptcl a position as nurse in the famous Ma.vo Brothers hospital. Miss Kntehford has inan.v triends who are glad to Irani of her rapid progress in her chosen pro fession. Lyceum Attraction. The next attraction in the lyccuin couise which is being given under the nil spices of the Cnstonin Public Library will be the Means Anderson Company, who are to appear in the Centinl school auditorium on Thursday evening of this week. April l'. at V.'.u o "clock. The company is composed of Miss Ldu.'l Means, reader, formerly lean of the Col lege of Oratory of Highland Park I'ni versit.v: Miss Lvo Anderson: violinist, ami Miss Hilda Mrnd.v . solist. The com pany gives an exc lingl.v blight and in tercsting program- ami has met with unanimous a p hi use every w here. Seats for the performance will be on sale at Ken nedy's drug store Wednesday from L' to "I p. in. and Thursday from ! a. m. to 7 p. in. Tlo'ie will In' a mass meeting of all West Castonia at the Loray Itaptist dun I'll Wednesday evening at s o'clock at which time Hi. J. II. I lendei lite will speak in the interest of the Armenian and Syrian relief. All are asked to be pies cut. Mr. Marshall C. Mavis, a well known tanner living on the I'nion road live or six miles suufJi V' Castonia Was painfully injured about midnight Saturday night when he was struck by an automobile drivei ley a young man named Ferguson. The accident occurred at Pleasant Kidgc. Mr. I (avis had ridden over to that place on a mull' on business. Informatiou ob tained here is to the effect that Mr. Mavis was on his mule at the side of the road when he was struck. The car hit the mule, breaking its leg and throwing its rider to the ground. Mr. Mavis was ren ! dcred unconscious and sustained painful bruises but had no bones broken. Mr L. N. Patrick was summoned from Castonia and dressed his Wounds, of which he sus tained several about the head. Capt. Cherry Honored. At the closing exercises of Main Street Methodist Sunday school yostei.ln.v inorii ing 'a pt a i n li. C regg Chei ry , of ( 'oiu pa n v A. 11.1th Machine dm llattaliou, was presented with a handsome gold watch as a token of a ppi ec lat ion from the Young Men's Wesley li.naca Class, of which he was formerly teacher. The speech of pre sentation was made by Mr. J. II. Sopark. I superintendent ol' the schnol. who spoke very appropriatelv of the high esteem in which Captain Chorrv is held by the mem- j bers of the class, as well as the entire school. Mis. iie f. b'.inkiii is .-.inline. I to ! her home bv an atta.k of iuiliien.a. Mr. and Mis. Cleveland 1 1. Welch, of Ma v vv oi t li, spent Sunday heie with Mr. and Mrs. S. X. Hoy co. Misses Maig.net Anthony, of Kings Mountain, and KI in bet h Anthony, of Shelby, spent the weekend here with Mr. and Mrs. U. P.. dardiier. In a subscription contest conducted recently by The Piugressive Farmer Mr. .1. V. Harper, of Castonia. was the win ner of a valuable thoroughbred sow as a prom i 1 1 II : . The pie social" at the Armstrong community house Friday night, under the direction of Misses Ward. McCnllers and (ttey, netted ill for the purchase of pic tures for the school and linen for tin1 community house. Mr. II. O. Winget proved his ability to auction as well as eat pies. A general good time was ell joyed by all present. tine pie was sold to a Castonia business man for -1 which j is prima facie evidence of the quality of the pies a nd gi i Is. am toi lion. said Henry Ceorge. So aie I he fellows who build bridges, const l in t railroads over deserts. estab lish great businesses and tear down moun tains tor ship canals, only they don't s.-iv .I ILWIOS T.v rus h'ayinund Cobb will positively appeal in the line up in the game Thins day at Loray Paik between the Hostel. Kr.-.ves and I (droit Tigers. This information came in a telegram to Fred I.. Sm.v re Sundav from the busi ness manager of the Muston Mtaves who stated : ' ' l on can positively announce T.v Cobb in line up Motroit Itostou game your city. He joins Metroit at Florence Tuesday. I have Cobb's word for it liimsejf. " And besides a Macon dispatch in the morning papers quotes llughie Jennings, Metroit 's manager, as saying that he had word from ( ebb that he would be with the team for the Kock Hill and Castonia games. This news is most pleasing to local fans. The icgulai line up of tlie big major league teams was guaranteed for the game but that did not spell Cobb as lony as he had not signed up. How ever, lie is down in black and white now and has given his word that lie would be in Castonia for the game. It is expected I that the game will diaw the largest crowd j seen hole snoe liender pitched for the! lainoiis Castonia team of a few cars ago. I There an- still ! reserved seals unsold I at Keliiie.lv s I I 1 1 or stoic but tllOV will i . I piobablv be gone long before the game. Castonia is charging less than any city ill the sei ies ;iM ntheis i liaiyuig war tax e tin. TO RAISE $4,500 TOR SUFFERING PEOPLE A In i go congregation was present at the First Pi esbyteriaii church last night in attendance upon a union service in the inteiest of the A rmcii in ii Sy tin n Relief Fund. The principal address was made by Mr. J. M. Chaun.e.v, of Raleigh. Fol low ing loin Rev . Mr. .1. II. H lei lite made a In let' but stirring appeal to the people of (iastnnia to enter heartily into this campaign and see that Castonia 's quota of s.."iiiu is promptly raised. Thirtv million dollais is the sum Am erica is being asked to contribute to this great win k and North Carolina's poitiou of that sum is t'-"1'.""" So far Onstnn ciomtv has never failed to go over the top in au.v good cause and Mr. Chauncev and Mi I lendeilite made a convincing plea that tlie tow u and the county make goo.! once mole. Cast on con nty s quot a for the cause is 7,."iii. b'cv Mi. .1. I . (iallnvvav plcsnled ovel the meeting and at the conclusion an iiouiii ed a coiniuittee of five business men ' who are to meet at the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce this afternoon and iav plans tor the conducting of this can vass. Called to Winston. IJev. A. L. Stanford, pastoi of Main Street Methodist church, received a uics sage vestei.la.v atteiuoon conveying the sad intelligence that bis brother was i it icall.v ill in a hospital at Winston Salem and was not expected to live through the night. Mi. Stanford left for Winston Sa lem last night in iesMnse to this mes sae. Farmers Union Meeting. The icgulai quarterly meeting of the C.-isti.n County Farmers' Cnion will be held in the court house next Satniday im. ruing. April P'. at I" o'clock. At L' o'clock the same afternoon there will Im' a .joint meeting of the imuitv Farmers' I'uiou and tlie ll,'itnii Cniintv Cotton Crovvers Association at tin' court house. To this meeting all fanners who are in terested in the cotton holding movement are especially invited, whether they are membeis of the association or not. Why War Stamps Are Sold. Croat Mritain in the seven weeks after the armistice had a total expenditure of more than :'.'u million pounds sterling, whereas the expenditures for the seven weeks before the armistice, at a time when hostilities wore at their height, .just exceeded million. This indicates that other great nations, as well as the I'nited States, are finding that they will require more funds to get through the year following the great war than they did to carry on the war for a year. This also explains the necessity for the con tinued sale of iovernment HomN and War Savings Stamps. GASTONIA SOLDIER ILL IN CHESTER. Chester. S. C. April 4. A memler of the famous Old Hickory Division, Private Ed Cash. ,.f Company H, lloth Infantry, is in a serious condition at Pryor's hos pital in Chester, having lieen removed from a passenger train in a dazed condi tion, looking like he had teen drugged. He lives at Castonia. X. C. The above item is from Saturday's Charlotte News. All efforts of The Ga zette so far to ascertain whether Cash 'a people live here or a.o otlier information as to identiy have proved futile. I'.y International News Service.) I. (N I K N . April 7. Helakun. the for eign minister in the Soviet government of ILingnrv. has been assassinated ami the govci nmeiit overthorvKn. said a telegram from Pans today, quoting an Kxihange Telegiaph dispatch received in Paris from Vienna. DEATHS IIAIfh'Y SIIIKLKV. Hairy Shirley, tlie little s f Lien tenant and Mrs. Jesse L. hhirley. died lit the home of Mrs. Shirley in Mavvvorth last Fiida.v. following an illness of some tunc. The body was brought to Castonia Saturda.v and inteired in Hollywood cem etery. Lieut. Shiile.v is with the Amori can I pei I it 1 1 1 1 1 ; t rv I'oices in France. M US W. l. CASH ION. Mis I', ailcc ( ashion. widow ol the late 6 W. O. I '.'i-lnmi. of Lowell, and mothei of Mis. , !. Teiroll. ol Castonia. with whom she made hei home, died Saturday uioiiiiiig at 1 .1 iicol n t on from ptomaine i. ois. hi i m tollovviiie an illio'ss of less than two .lavs. Mis. i ashion went to Lincoln J ton flmis.lav to attend the fi ral ot a illative She was in In i usual health. Follow in., siionci Thins. lav niL'lil she bo I came violently ill and the attending ph.v su i.iii found that she was suffering from ptomaine poisoning. Lver.v thing possible was .lone for hei. des.ite which death came Satin. lav moining following nearly 'J I houis of unconsciousness. The body was drought to Castonia Saturday even ing and funeral services were held at the home of Mis. Terrell at .'. o'clock yester- dav afternoon and interment was in llol Ivvvood Cemetery. IvYv . O. C. Forten l.urv conducted the funeral, assisted by b'ev. A. I.. Stanford. A fuller sketch of Mis. Cushion will appear in Wednesday s ' Caette. - I Mils. I.. L. KIN Mh'h K Ml-. Llie M. Kellilrnk. wife of Mi. L. L. Ken. link, died on Wednesday of last week at the lion f hei fat hei, Mr. b". W. MiCiniiis. in K a n 1 1.' i polls, aftei an illness ot' olllv tlilee davs t'lolll plieUillo nia. Mis. Kendii.k had an attack of in llueiia in the fall. Coin which she had never fully recoveieil. and when attacked bv pneumonia she was unable to with stand it. She was isitmy the family of hei father at the time she was taken ill. the bo.lv was drought to May's Chapei. neat Maiden, when- the tmieial and lor ial took place Fin lay. Me.iase.l was L'". veais ami seven mouths ot' age. and is survived by her husband, who is chief petty otlicer in the I'nited State- Navy yards at Philadelphia, and one child. If i by lratl, aged three vents. Surviving aie also her father. Mi. K. W. McCinnis. of K a una pel is. two sisteis. Misses Annie and Nokie Mediums, one brother. Leroy Mediums, and several halt' brothers and sisters. Mr. Kendrick was untitled ot Ins wit'e's set lolls illness, but only succeeded in getting a furlough in time to reach Kaniiapolis f.u the funeral services Fri day. Mrs. Ken. Iii.k was a dev oted a ml faith ful member of tin- Last dastonia Haptist church, and has ninny friends who will be deeply grieved to learn of her untimely death. M l!S. W AL'I LI! L. M. A It Lit. Mrs. Pauline Pearson .M.Aiver. wife of Mr. Walter I.. McAivcr, died at her home on the York road south of the city. Saturday morning at 1( : 1.1 o'clock fol lowing an illness of four weeks. Month was due directly to meningitis, which de vclnpcl follow ing an attack of intbiena pneumonia. Mis. MiArvcr was recover ing from a lui mi-k- illness from that disease when she suffered a relapse and giadiially grew wins., until the end. Prior to her marriage to Mr. McArver eight years ago, deceased was Miss Pau line Pearson, daughter of Mr. K. A. Pearson, of the Pisgah section of the wiiiuty. She is survived by her father, one sister. Mrs. . W. Torrence. ami two brothers. 1ee and Mi-ek Pearson, alt of the county; her husband and three chil dren, Henry, Katherine and W. I... .Ir. Early in life she joined the Pisgah Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian hurch when' she retained her meniliersliip until death. She was a young woman of splendid Christian character and a most lovable disposition. As daughter, wife and mother she was true to every rela tionship of life ami her passing leaves a vacancy in the home which cannot l filled. Many friends mourn liecause of her death in the very prime of life. Funeral services were held at the home yesterday morning at 11 o'clock. Rev. A. T. Lindsay, her former pastor and president of Linwood College, where she was educated, officiated, assisted by Rev. .1. B. Hood, pastor. Burial was in the cemetery at l'isgah church. The pall liearers were J. 8. Winget, W. I). Rawl ings. W. L. Pursier. Ernest Warren. Will Ratcbford and W. Y. Warren. (By International News Service.) LAWIfKN'cK, MASS.. April 7. -Street fighting broke out today in the textile strike. A pitched battle In which many shots were fired took place lietween th police ami strikers. Twenty of the ring leaders of the strike were arrenteil. Bul lets struck the city marshal's autniiiobile. A house in Mewbury street, in which ft wake was Imuiik held, was partly wreeked bv Isimbs. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET. (I'.y International News Service.) NKW YORK. April 7. The cotto market opened with new contracts for May selling ut LH.4t, July ut 24.2., Au gust J.".. October U'UJ'.o, December 21. nii, January L'1.711 and Murvh 21. .15. , NEIGHBORHOOD HOME OPENED AT OSCEOLA The attractive and eoy neighborhood home of the Osceola Mill was formally opened Friday night with appropriate ex ercises. Mr. W. T. Kankin, in extending to his people the use of the building, spoke with much feeling of the struggle of other days and the warm re lilt ions that had always existed between employer anil employees of the Osceola. He also said the stockholders considered the 1 ' nor ial center'' the best investment ho had made. Kev. Mr. .1. II. Henderlitti talked briefly on the splendid advantages of the new home. Miss My at, of Sinitldiehl, waa in troduced as the social secretary um will have charge of the social, domestic and home department. Kev. (I. R. Gillespie will be in charge of the religious activi ties conducting Sunday school, preaching service and prayer meeting each week. ROADSIDE TREES AS MEMORIALS. Within the next few years many hun dreds of miles of hard surfaced roads will U- built in North Carolina. Am they going to lie simply a means of getting from one phi.e to another, or will they themselves be niiule attractive for the. toiiiist and tinvellei, and real pleasure resorts for our own people. This will de pend to a l.ugi' extent upon the use which is made of the i lause in the new High way law pioviding for roadside trees. S'l tion I of tin' Statewide Itolld Iaw lo.ivi.lcs for the co operation of the Htate Highway Commission and the Htate For ester with ''the county, township or dis 1 1 i. t road authoiitics in the proper selec tion, planting and pioteition of roadside trees, ami tin- State Highway Com mis sion is heiebv empowered to make alT ssaiv rules and regulations for the piotei tion of the State highways and the loadshlo tues herein provided for." Koadside trees which are such striking ami attractive fen tu res of the landscape in loiiope and which have been witlely planted ami protected throughout the more Northern States are only now lie eomiiig generally appreciated in the South, be. . i use we are just beginning the const i net ion of hard surfaced roads. Itoad engineeis agree that while direct sunshine is an advantage to earth roads, shade benefits macadam, concrete ami other haul sui faced roads, preventing their dry ing out and crumbling into dust. Shade tiees should therefore In- planted oi I'.sci ve I along such roads as the pro posed through highway from New Hern to (ireens)ioro and other similar stretches. According to the new law. the rights of way of State highways are to be furnish ed by the county, township or road dis trict free of charge. It is therefore up to them to secure rights of way sufficient in width for all possible purp'ises, in cluding a row of trees on each side. It may Is? that the trees are not yet wanted. They will be some time however; ami, in securing the rights of way, this should le provided for. No right of way for a State highway should be less than forty feet wide, which is tlie minimum width provided by the road law of 1SII7, and where the traffic is likely to be heavy 50 or Ho feet would be ocst. Where an electric trolley line is likely to lie built along the road, a immlicr of feet should be added to in. hide it. A highway of ficial writing in "The American City' advocates so to Hi feet in such cases. The plan of planting memorial trees. avenues or parks, wiin n lias is?en auopi ed by organizations all over the country, cannot lie too strongly recommended. The Lincoln Highway is a model for us to follow. Why not have a Lilierty High way leading out of or through each of our county towns, overhung with mag nificent oaks, each one named for a man from that county who has made the su preme sacrifice for liberty, or who has gone forward, offering all, though later returning in safety to receive the lore ami respect of those who stayed at home? Lieut Raymond Underwood, who baa been stationed at camp mi, stew jersey. for some time, returned to Uastomia Fri day having received his final discharge from the army.