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4U ruuK. THS GASTOKIA GAZITTX. THiniSDAY, OCTOBER so, I91K THE GASTONIA GAZETTE :. 1 ued Every Afternoon in the Week Kxcept bunday at 236 West Main Avenue. GAZETTE PUBLISHING COMRANY, Publishers E. D. and J. W. ATKINS, Managers HUGH A. QUERY, Editor MRS. ZOE KINCAID BROCKMAN, Society Editor Admitted into We mails at the Post Office at Gastonia, N. C, at the pound rate of Postage, April 2Sth, 1902. NEWEST NOTES OF SCIENCE. By Carrier or Mail in the City: Om Year 15.00 Six Months (2.50 Three Months $1.25 Om Month 45 Om Week 10 SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: By Mail Outside of Gatonia: One Year $4.00 Sii Months $2.00 Three Month $1.00 One Month .35 THE WEEKLY GAZETTE: One Year $1.25 Six Months 75 Payable Invariably in Advance ESTABLISHED 1880 OFFICE: 236 WEST MAIN AVE., PHONE 50. Member of The Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitled W the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein. All rights of re- psblieation of special dispatches are also reserved. GASTONIA, THE SOUTH'S CITY OF SPINDLES. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCT. 30, 1919. POLITICAL TALK REVIVED. Political gossip in this judicial district, somewhat on the quiet order for the past two months is revived now, and al ready the gossip-mongers are busy. Judge Boyd's resignation and the almost certain appointment of Yates Webb to his position has started many mouths to watering for the forth coming plums. Local interest centers around the successor to Webb. Some think that Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, will have things all his way. Mecklenburg .Democrats think otherwise. Theodore Tiller, political writer from Washington to the Greensboro Daily News says : "When Representative Webb is nominated for judge that action will bring on a spirited political contest in the ninth dis trict of North Carolina. Several leading attorneys who were indorsed for the place of district judge only to have their claims swept aside eight months ago when the President first informed Senator Overman that he desired to name Represen tative Webb, will soon be at liberty to enter a free-for-all race for the V ebb seat in the house of representatives. "There is now little doubt that the name of Mr. Webb will be sent in to the senate within the next week or so, and that, With Judge Boyd's letter on file at the White House, immediate confirmation will be brought about. So long as certain of Judge Boyd's friends were opposed to his displacement willy nilly, there was a prospect of some opposition among some Re publicans of the senate to the confirmation of an additional judge, nevertheless it was generally conceded that Representa tive Webb, former chairman of the house judiciary committee and a member popular in both branches of Congress, regardless of partisan lines, would meet iess objection to confirmation than another nominee. "Ten or a dozen candidates probably will enter the contest for the seat of Representative Webb. First it is understood here there will be an elimination content in Mecklenburg coun ty 60 that the several candidates from that county, in which Charlotte is located, may fight out their differences among themselves and the county choice may go into the real primary with a favorite son backing. Although a dozen or more names may figure first and last in the political contest report in Washington is that candidates certain to throw their hats in the ring include Judge W. B. Council, of Hickory; and Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby; Marvin Ritch, Dr. H. Q. Alexander, Cary Dowd, and John A. McRae, of Charlotte. '. ing hum shaped shield lias 1.' tiie list of automobile head hcll:e!'S. iisi' tin shall v,v s'rtaiiis an English es iuiit a t n t; boat diiven by au a HALLOWE'EN. And tomorrow is Hallowe'en day. What boy or girl does not thrill with delight at the thoughts of the accompanying pleasures and pranks? The very sound of the name is mysterious, but.at the same lime jolly. With the name we as sociate ghosts and goblins, apples and pumpkins, cats and jack-o-lanterns. Small boys the world over have appropriated Hallowe'en night unto themselves exclusively. On that night they take the law unto themselves. Front gates disappear mysteriously and turn up the next day on the other side of to-'n. Spooky sights and shapes and noises render the life of the nervous and grouchy inhabitant a veritable nightmare. Older boys and girls go to parties all dressed up in the weirdest cos tumes. They bob for apples and have their fortunes told. And many a happy life-long journey down the hill of life has had its beginning in the light of a Harvest moon on Hallowe'en night. It is noteworthy that most of the old Hallowe'en practices ot our lathers and mother nad to do with the desire to learn of one s future husband or wife. Among these were those of wetting a shirt and eating an apple before a mirror. The owner of the shrt wet the sleeve, and hanging it by the fire to dry, lay awake in bed watching it till midnight, "when the appari tion of the future partner will come in and turn the sleeve." If on Hallowe'en night a girl ate an apple while looking in a mirror, it was believed she would see her future husband peep ing over htr shoulder. Apples and nuts seem always to have a prominent place in Hallowe'en stunts. The story of Hallowe'en is well worth the knowing. It dates back hundreds of years. Because the name is shortened from All Hallows Eve or the Eve of All Saints' Day, manv people think it was a church festival ; but this is not true. In England, lort before the Christian era. there was a custom of lighting bonfires on the hilltops, on the last evening in October, to ward off evil spirits. The Druids also offered sacrifices to the pagan iro.S and one of their great festivals was that of Samhain. the end of summer." One of the widespread beliefs was that the spirts of the dead were allowed to return to visit their homes and friends. Consequently, great fires were kept blazing on the hilltops and men waved plaited wisps of straw to ward off attacks of witches. If there is one fact above all others that the history of Hal lowe en shows us, it is that superstitions die hard. Praise be, the millenium has come! A newspaper editor nas received a pounding, one of the sort that preachers get when larder and pantry are replenished. Editor Fain, of the Rock Hill Herald, had such a visit the other night after the bond election, for which he had waged a most successful light in his paper against the town "machine." "The crowd certainly dealt an awful blow to the H. C. L., as far as the editor s household is concerned," says Editor Fain The day of miracles is not over. Woman, it is said, can well-nigh accomplish the impossible. We believe it. And we think they can effect the early closing cf stores on Saturday nights once they start in that direction, knVUli WVn Kha- itJ,"? 'Henry. but in spite of our best efforts, it get by in that shape sometimes. Powder to prevent false teeth slipping is the idea of au Ohio inventor. The Dead fctea is estimated ti contain Uiuls of slt for emli ton of water. Millions of ducks are killed annually in ' s.it iv t.i Biiiiiiiy the feather in dustry. been a due i'gh' K. IiUIU aerial propeller. An inventor lias added a foot brake to tiie iian.l power freight truck to make its operation safer. Traps that can be connected with light fixtures have been invented in Europe to electrocute insects. Driven by an electric motor a portable grinding machine for machine shop work is a Wisconsin inventor's idea. In a British arsenal is a scale that weighs guns up to loo tons with a pos sible error of less than seven pounds. In the interest of cleanliness an Iowa inventor has patented a wire frame to hold a milk pail up from the ground. i es. Hazel, the reason some men get married is that they are too tender hearted to refuse. A novelty in the penholder line is a short tube to be slipped on a writer 's finger with a side projection to hold a pen. The germ theory of the transmission of disease was entertained as long ago as Hio7, when Rome as ravaged by the plague. So that a watch will be as accessible as if worn on a wrist an inventor has patented a pouch to be suspended from a belt. Flour with which bread can be made is being obtained from sugar beets in France us the result of scientists' experiments. For golfers' practice a canvas curtain has letn invented that stops without per mitting to rebound a ball driven against it The Colombian government has contract d for two powerful radio stations and a ubmarine cable from Colon to its north coast. A new pneumatic tool for cutting off rivets heads includes a sleeve to catch them and prevent them flying and injur i nk- workmen. Hereditary color blindness, according to Rritish authority, is transmitted to :ihlren only by mothers and never by fathers. The light from an incandescent lamp is said to be increased by the use of a new globe which contains a phospheres cent material. A machine has been invented in Eng hiicl t.i redress worn wooden paving blocks ;. .'M'.' vf 10"U an hour they can be iiS'.'J agiiiii. An attachment for clocks that a Min nesota inventor has patented enables them to cb:i!ige the dates on a calendar at each miduit i't. Kii'.w Mine the Twelfth century, the tits! complete siiivy of the west coast f J-pi'.hcrgeii will not lie finished until i ext year. I i.tei'.icd for use in si. k rooms, a new ; hcviiio'iiftcr can be read at :i distance as it has only three marki:, for tin, 7u and o degrees. The recent death of a woman in London f; 'in a mos'jiiito bite is said to have been the tirs' fatality of the kind ever known in England. A Kansas farmer is the inventor of a vertical windmill consisting of four sec tions of a cylinder mounted on a shaft and closing to reform the cylinder when the null is stationary. For blowing two sowp bubbles at once, one within the other, a pipe has been patented. Southern Russia has made sunflower cultivation an important industry, the seeds being used as substitutes for olives in the manufacture of oil. The hinges on a recently patented silo door are so formed as to serve as rungs of a ladder to permit a man to climb to .:pen any section or a silo. Floats have been invented by an Eng lishman to enali a bicycle to be driven through water, the same as on land with- c nt the addition of a propeller. A patent has been issued for a hobble to fastened over an automobile tire which makes steering a car so difficult that thieves will let it alone. An English concern plans to transport merchandise long distance through hy draulic tulx-8, much on the pneumatic tube principle but on a larger scale. .. Frenchman is the inventor of a ten ' t revolver small enough to be carried in a vest poocket and fired when conceal ed in a man 'h hand. Operating much like tee tongs, a brack et has been invented to hold a camera o a tree trunk or other upright object that its jaws can grip. Engineers are studying the upier Nile river and its tributaries with a view to controlling its flow with reservoirs for practical purposes. The heads of new thumb tacks for draftsmen are so flat that a T-square can lie slid over them and the tacks are re moved with a special tool. A British syndicate which is planning an aerial passenger service between Eng land and Australia expects to cover the distance in seven days. A recently patented bath tub fixture ad mits hot and cold water supply pipes and an overflow drain pipe through a single hole in the end of a tub. In connection with a canal system France has built a tunnel four and a half miles long by 72 feet wide and 53 feet high, one of the greatest In the world. An Arkansas inventor has patented an electric headlight to be mounted on a horse's bridle, furnished with current from dry batteries attached to the harness. YORK COUNTY GOSSIP. The Enquirer. ' I drove a ear 700 miles without touching dirt," said Mr. 8, L. Courtney, well kn .v. u automobile dealer of York vdie. v. o returned to orkville recently " ' '"'i' tVticit, Mho. Mr. Court ney .'u.'. i Uie retain lr;:i i, :..!inl,;i, and for .' miles oi the Jist.ui e of more I. on ! miles from Detroit to Vork m! v, ne .raitled altogether on concrete and its, i. alt roads. Thus his statement that ; n.iles were traversed without t .,: -hing dirt. "People, in the northeast k.u.,7 Homing but good roads," said Mr. Courtney, '-even as I am hopeful that the day is soon coming when the people of the south will know of no other kind. These good roads in Michigan and the other states that I traversed cost more than ifi'o.OOU a mile to build but they are worth it and more as all the people will testify." Stew Beef Popular Dish. "Maybe you never thought of it," ob served a well-known citizen to Views and Interviews as the two sat in a restau-J rant in a lork county town a day or two ago; "but it is a fact that no restau rant in this county that did not serve stewbeef could do business. A great ma jority of the people who patronize restau rants in this neck of the woods want stewbeef to eat ami nothing else. Per sonally I don't see why, I wouldn't eat a plate of the stuff if it were served with peach brandy sauce and brought in by the prettiest waitress between Kalamazoo and Omaha, Xeb. But they surely go for the stuff. Just count the people in here now that are eating stewbeef." The count was made. There were eight peo ple in the place and six out of the eight were eating stewbeef. A Bit of Luck. 'I made a lucky deal in connection with the buying ofthe fixtures for the bank," remarked V. Q. Hambright, cash ier of the First National Bank of Clover, the other day. "It was practically im possible to buy new fixtures for the bank at the time I wanted them and I was at h ss as to what to do. One of the Clif ford beys who was working in Orange burg, happened to overhear a remark that the fixtures of a oank down there were for sale and 1 bought them from a Char lotte .onceiii. The next day the parties from whom I purchased informed me that they were scrry they hail sold to me since the following ,ay they had an offer to sell them for twice what they sold them McADENVILLE MATTERS. Corresi "udence of The Daily Gazette. McAHKNYILLK. Oct. .!()( 'ohincl Tl M. Mi-Aden was here on his regular busi- j iifs rounds hist week. I Mr. fit'Tge Tate, our superintendent I was si. k las; week, but is at his post this v. ei- k . Mr. !'. P. Pay s;.ent one dny in Char lotte on business last week. V.'e are all cj.-id the railroads all went ba -ii ou the old time again Sunday. Hope it '. ill that way for all time to come. Prof. .1. I.. Webb began a --ingi'ig sch -A in X.uth Charlotte Monday night, tin- 7th. Mr. '. W. N'i; per has bought out the stock of goods ill .1. Little's store and Mr. I.itt!,- is talking of going to liol u:oii t . . do !.i!sino-s. P'-v. i . A. ' al iui il. our Baptist readi er, moved !.er." Tuesday the L'!h, and will tiil the pulpit next Sunday. Mrs. Katie Turner, who has Ijeen very low with tuberculosis, is still very sick. Mr. Sjnders. our dr.iggist, has been in Charlotte several days with his sick wife. We are proud tn say she is much better. .is income. a i.uvoc Cameo Jewelry Cameo's were popu lar 500 years ago. They are popular today. No changing fashions when it comes to Cameo's. We have them set in Brooches, Rings, Laval lieres and Scarfpins, and we think we iave the finest collection to vbe had in any town of this size. May we show them to you? H. M. VANSLEEN Jeweler. k -'ti P We Have Many Prettie Things That Will Add t Cheerfulness to Your Room. At Moderate Prices. You are Invited Fine Furniture DENNISON'S Crepe Papers For Decorating In all colors and flowered designs. Both rolls and Hat. The most economical and attractive materi al for decorating for all occasions. Spencer-Atkins Book Co. "Gaston.a's Quality Book Shop." DEATHS Miss LOCI!-: t.I'IN. Mrs. Louie (Join, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ham ami wife of Mr. Ansel Guin. of the Scninol" cotton mill sec tion, died in the City Hospital laM Hun day afternoon after a lingering illness of eleven days. The circumstances at tending he: death were peculiarly sad. While" attempting to start a smouldering fire with kerosee, her clothing became ignited, and she was fatally burned be fore friends lould rush to her relief. Everything possible was done for her, and she made a brave fight against death. ' , The deceased was - y:;rs old. having been married Decern!" r LM, l'U. She was a consistent nrinber of the South Rai.tist church. Tue funeral riteswere Lheld on Monday in their home, inter ment following ::i Hollywood cemetery with Rev. . T. H -igh officiating. A large number ' friends noi iviauves sympathize wit.: the Ui.-ved ones in their great loss. . : FEDERAL TR00?3 ARRIVE AT KNOXVILLE. (By The Associated Press) KNOXVILLE, Ten., Oct 29. As a result of the street car strike, and conse quent rioting last Sunday, federal t j :s are Kere in command of Gen. E. M. Lew i. who arrived late yesterday afternoon with two companies of infantry and one machine company, including about 500 nffiivn and men. Today a joint cog:m- nieation, signed by Governor A. H. Rob erts, United States District Attorney w. t v.n.ir Sheriff W. T. Cate and May- or E. W. Neal, was addressed to General Lewis, giving him full authority in tna I local situation. The sequel to thu may be a declaration of martial law, in the event of further serious trouble. PUBLIC HEALTH SOCIETY!. liy The Associated Press) NKW ORLEANS, Oct. St. Dr. W. Su Rankin, of Raleigh, secretary of the North Carolina State Hoard of Health, was elected president of the American 1'uhlic Health Association at a general session tonight. San Francisco was chos en as the place of meeting for the 1920" ,i onventioH of the association. London, Oct. .'!(. An undated despatch) from Saloniki contains an announcement by the Greek general staff that Greek troops have entered Karasu Yenidjo and Porto Lagos ( respecively 110 and 125 miles east northeast of Saloniki.) Subseribe to Tiie Gazette. IDEAL TODAY ALICE BRADY In "RED H E A D" (Select Production) and MR. and MRS. CARTER DE HAVEN ; In "CLOSE TO NATURE" Two Reel Comedy FRIDAY " "THOU SHALT NOT A Story of Haw In nocence Tasted the Apple of Knowledge.
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