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MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1Z20.
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8AST0NIA, THE SOUTH'S CITY OF
CP1NDLES.
MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1920.
tain citizen believes it scored -a ten
strike last Friday afternoon in enlisting
the aid of Senator Overman in secur
ing the census figures for Gastonia in
time to le released in the Saturday af
ternoon edition. We do not know,, nor
care, how Mr. Overman got the figures,
but had it not been for him, we would
have leen ' ' scooped ' ' by the Charlotte
j tapers of Sunday morning. As The Ob
server says, however, the thing was doneJ
to the ' ' delectation of the town and the
glory of The Gazette in particular. "
Senator Overman may have to account
for the affair in some way or other to
somebody higher up, but he should worry
as to the outcome of Mr. Brook's race
in this neck of the woods.
. THE LEGION AND OTEEN.
Score one for The American Legion.
This organization of exservire men, de
spite the tact that in Home localities it
has had a unit tier slow growth, is vol
destined to become a powerful factor iu
America, This belief ia exemplified
through the result of the recent investi
gation at Oteen hospital. II ad it not been
for the Legion and the unofficial investi
gation made by Mr. Walter dark rep
resenting the legion, the affairs prob
ably never would have been aired. In
fact, similar conditions are said to have
existed there for more than a year. They
were commonly known and talked In
Asheville, but until the American Legion
sent an official to investigntu no action
was being taken.
The Asheville Citizen, discussing the re
part of Col. Kinney, points out certain
very apparent discrepancies between the
inspector's report and that made in
answer to Mr. Clark's visit some weeks
ago:
"In liis statement to the pres on
March 14, the commanding officer stated
that an excellent cafeteria is run on the
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WE ARE RIGHT UP TO THE MINUTE ON
STYLE AND QUALITY
And our Favorite One Price System is the same
to strangers as to our friends.
Your are invited
GASTONIA FURNITURE CO.
One Price
ily, et cetera.
5. Number of play)iTt5jic;s. (a)
Number of children accommodated on
each, (b) Possible accommodations (d)
Character of supervision, (e) Location.
$. Y. M. C. A. buildings, (a) Facili
ties for recreation, (to) Amount of pat
ronage, (c) Character of patronage.
H. I'ublin gymnasium.
Clubs for men.
Clubs for women.
Com mercia 1 i'.ed athletics.
Opportunities for good music, etc.
9.
10.
11.
12.
A SMALL POTATO.
A small potato ia a little thing. It
kaa eyes, yet it sees not. Its skin is
n .VI. ..J it i. ni ilv
' 7 ' ' post and that the men are free to pur
braised. It is very dense and no light , ... ,, , , .
, . j chase meals there. The fact that the
penetrates either into or thru it, nor does
it radiate any light or warmth. It must cafeteria does only a small business, ac-
nanally be roasted or cooked before it is cording to the commandant Is "cxcel
good fox anything. I lent evidence" to him that the patient
TT . ... 1. Ill, imtft am 11
a...,..-......-.. reasonublv well satisfied with
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potatoes, a no wcy un cyco, mcy wc
not quick to see their own opportuni
ties, nor can they see good in others.
Their skin is tender and when their own
shortcomings are made plain to them or
when they see others possessed of quali
ties or attributes they themselves lack it
bruises and hurts them. They are cold
Talking About Us
And Our Town.
the
food the government furnishes them."
"How does thiit. statement compare
with I nspcctor-Wciieral Chamberlain 's
that the food and sanitary conditions
ure ' ' reprehensible ' '
"In his statement with reference to
and dense, offering neither cordiality nor I the isolation of patients tn a ward with
Cheer to their fellows, nor appreciating it ' w.aret fever"; the o lnmlnut said the
" V"??9' 10 ke charge was sillv. ' Colonel Kinnev sub-
eflort to bring the lights of accomplish- .
menu or the benefits of civic activity and j fi"'t"',, th charges and states that he
they decry it in others. It is usually I a mm t see the reason for exposing the
necessary to roast them well before you men to greater .laager than they Had in
can even nuke them appreciate that they
are small potatoes.
Don't be a small potato.
cur red by leaving the reservation while
I quarantine was on.
"The commanding olticer also remarked
that he wished to assure relatives and
friends "that the patients here are well
cared for. . . . . "
"The facts which Colonel Kinney
found to lie indisputable,1 refute the
statement that Oteen patients receive the
appetizing, wholesome food ami sympa
thetic treatment to which they are en
titled by every consideration of humanity
and of governmental obligation to those
who lost their health in its service.
"If such conditions hare existed for
is peculiarly gratifying. We were a the past year, if they only began to im
Kttle dubious about claiming so much j pr0ve under threat of investigation and
territory in an utterance of last week, j did improve while the inspector was col
but as The Observer says, we have letting evidence, those responsible, from
proved a good prophet The gain in 1 the commander on down a !Ttv or
negligence that has resulted In heaven
Brownsville
Rotary Club Wheel of Progress.
CENSUS FIGURES ARE SATIS
5 FACTORY.
Gastonia people generally are well
pleased at the showing made by this city
m the census report announced Satur
day. Of course, there are those who say
that they were looking for figures up a
round the 15,000 and 18,000 mark.
The per centage. of gain. 123.5 per cent,
the largest yet announced in the South,
GOT SAM ON THE WIRE.
Charlotte Observer.
The Gastonia people were properly ex
cited Saturday over a developed situa
tion. The Census Jlureau had its popu
lation figures for their town in hand,
lut hail hinted them for issue at V
o'clock that uight. (iastouia did not
want Ui wait until night for the informa
tion, and request was made upon the
Associated Press for it at once, if not
sooner. But the A. 1. was sorry the
Census Bureau would not furnish the
figures in advance of the hour fixed.
Then The Oazette began to wonder what
Senator Overman was in Washington for,
and made apiiiication to him. We cah
imagine that Overman sat down to his
telephone and called up thv Bureau.
Then "Sam, what is the population of
(iastonia?" Buck came unsuspectingly
the obliging answer mid Overman passed
it on to Gastonia in time for The Gazette
in emblazon it on the first page of its
regular edition, to the delectation of the
town in general and to the glory of itself
in particular.
time is a struggle and the truth about
it may as well be told. A disappointing
abseuce of zest and enthusiasm for the
cause has been perceived "and the can
vassers find that many financially-able
citizens of Charlotte are 'not disposed
to help along at all in this enterprise.
Such a condition of apathy is not the
curse of Gastonia where work" has al
ready started on a 90-room apartment
and hotel to be built' at a cost of about
$.'100,000 and an addition to the Arming
ton hotel of that city at a cost of $150,
000. . (iastonia evidently has the same
problem that Charlotte has in the way of
insufficient housing and hotel accommo
dations, but Gastonia proceeds to solve
heis while it is necessary to get the
dynamite out here.
COTTON MILL STOCKS
SUBJECT SALE, WE OFFER: ; (
50 Duncan 25 Park . 10 Superior
30 Winget 100 Eagle . 50 Adams-Spencer t
20 Jennings 10 Adrian 39 Lol -. ,'
20 Dixon 50 Shuford ' , 20 .Parkdale
25 Arrow 50 Clover . 50 MuagTOve",
7 Rex (Pfd.) 30 Dobbins 50 Victory
30 Ridge ' 20 Rowan 40 Catawba Spinning
30 Dorothy 40 Perfection 50 Limestone
25 Ranlo 40 Flint 60 Stowe
25 Crescent 15 Grace -50 Sterling
25 Drayton is Laurens 70 Osage
75 Priscilla 100 Mildred 35 Rhyne-Anderson
40 Globe . 10-20 Gaffney 60 Arlington
50 Cash 13 Clara 75 Linford
40 Rhyne-Houser 25 Marlboro 30 Clifton
Haynes (Pfd.) 20 Newberry 10 Pelham
We want: Dilling, Locke, Gibson, Mason, Osceola, Seminole, Arlington,
Mutual, Clara, Dunn Gaffney Pacolet Clifton, Aragon, Superior, Victor
Monoghan, Belton, Pelzer, Woodruff, Myrtle, Norcott, Limestone, Ham
rick, Broad River, Flint, Morowebb.
R. S. DICKSON & COMPANY
228 W. Main Are. INVESTMENTS. Phone 750.
"Over seven years practical cotton mill experience "
A PERMANENT FIXTURE.
Charlotte Observer.
The (iastonia Daily Gazette is not only
a permanent fixture but ham arranged for
erection of a permanent home from which
it may be published under the advan
tages of modern facilities. The Gazette
has been performing the purposes for
which it was launched with peculiar suc
cess, a success that has come to it up
on the basis of merit. It lias given an
excellent news", service, local, State and
general, and i altogether deserving of
the popularity it has attained.
THE GASTONIA WY.
Charlotte Observer.
The Gastonia Gazette appears rather
jubilant that "there is no scrambling
to raise hotel stock" in its town, as is
the method of general adoption in other
North Carolina communities. While
other towns "are scrambling around to
raise money for new hotels and apart
ment houses, ' ' it advises, ' ' Gastonia
omes to the front today with announce
ment of work already begun on a com- ,
bined apartment house and hotel of 90 i
rooms, to cost from $275,000 to (300,000,
& t . ... .
vmmhuii s population nas come trom a
"steady inflow of people into the town ",
says The Observer and a "natural and
normal growth has been established."
It is true that since the 1910 census, the
city limit have been extended to take
ia certain sections, but even yet there are
areas outside just as much a part of the
city as is Main Street. We think we are
safe in saying that the population of
Greater Gastonia, the people who live
here, who trade with our merchants, who
draw, their wages from Gastonia banks
and who sre an integral part of the
life f this community, is easily 20,000.
Many of our leading cotton mills and in
dustrial centers are just outside the city
limit, but their inhabitants come to
Gastonia every Saturday, attend our
churches and schools and help make Gastonia.
only knows what fatalities to those who
have rightly expected this hospital to be
for them a home where they would be
nursed into health and strength.
COMMUNITY SURVEYS.
Discussing the subject of community
surveys, a reeent Issue of Community
Progress, published by the students of
the North Carolina College for Women,
at Greensboro, says that a community sur
vey is comparable to a physician's dia
gnosis. Its purpose is to determine the
resources and liabilities of the communi
ty, and implies that both the good and
bad are to be studied and tabulated. It
anus io mow ine iacis aoout a com
munity in order that a sane program of
action may result. It is not enough to
know that something is wrong in com
munity life. The community must know
However, we are content with the ! exactly what is wrong and wny.
Community Progress goes on to say
record just registered for North Caro
lina and the South to look up to for the
next ten years.
ON THE MAP.
That Gastonia got on the map in large
letters last week is evident from the
column "of comments reprinted else
where on this page today. The combina
tion of nearly a half -million dollars for
hotel and housing facilities, together with
the 12.1J5 per cent gain in population
gures,-was enough to attract state-wide
' attention and the Charlotte papers are
very complimentary in their remarks
concerning Gastonia and the Gastonia
way of doing things.
HE SHOULD WORST.
The Gazette, together with the Cham
ber of Commerce, Botary Club and eer-
that one purpose of a community survey
is to determine the positive and negative
recreational agencies of the community
in order to determine the recreational
program essential for the community's
nigiiest welfare.
In view of the recent agitation for a
V. M. C. A. and a Library building
in Gastonia, the following is given as an
example of a type of the survey to de
termine the recreational advantages of
a community:
i. Last of the positive and negative
agencies.
1. Number of pool rooms, (a) Xum
her well managed, (b) Number poorly
managed.
2. Number of soft-drink parlors, (a)
u. un negative nnuences. (b) No.
with positive influences.
3. No. motion picture theaters.
xo. snowing wnoiesome pictures, (b) No.
snowing unwholesome pictures. .
? . umber of other theaters. (a)
taudeviue of high character, (b) Vaude
ville of low character. U) Musical come-
WHY IS THIS?
Charlotte News.
It is impossible for a Charlotte man
to procure reservations ni the offices of
the Southern Railway here from Char
lotte to New York direct, although the
people of Gastonia can step on a train
any night and walk into a compartment
reserved for them from that city to the
metropolis. Why should this be? Evi
dently more people patronize the direct
travel conveniences between Charlotte and
New York tbab lietween Gastonia and
New York and yet if a Charlotte man
wishes to make the trip without having
to get out at Washington and there' take
;i change on getting a comfortable seat
the balance of the way, ha is not likely
to be accommodated at all. He can't
bo accommodated by the Charlotte office
and it is very uncertain wtioilier he can
get such accommodations even by wiring
to Atlanta for the reservation. There
must be some reason for it, but we have
no imagination sufficient to concoct one
REALESTATE ,
Lot on 4th Ave. between Marietta and South St $2,350 00"
Lot on N. Oakland St., 102x180 $1,250.00.
Lot on 8. Marietta St., 75x170
Lot on Page St., 103x217 $1,250.00.
5 room dwelling on Arlington St. with three acres land, and other out build
ings, llargain $5,750.00.
4 -room dwelling w ith bath, N. Church" St $2,250. 00 J
8-room dwelling, 509 S. Marietta St $5,700.00
We have several good farms for sale at reasonable prices, i
R. S. DICKSON & COMPANY
INVESTMENTS
228 W. Main Ave. Phone 750
R. O. CRAWFORD, Salesman. Phones 750 and 3303.
LADIES and GENTS
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WHERE THE GRAVY IS GOOD
Special Dinner Daily 45c
Sandwiches of all kinds
Home Made Pies and Cakes
Cold Drinks, Milk, Butter Milk '
Buckwheat Cakes Served all Day 15c
Hot dog specialty, 5c with Chile Sauce
CLUB SANDWICH 40c
F. S. COWART
Contractor and Builder
General Repair, Painting, Gravel Roofs.
Estimates in my line gladly furnished
GASTONIA, N. C.
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NOTICE.
Effective April 1, we will discontinue !
and an addition of 50 rooms to the Arm-1 accepting subscriptions to bepald by
ington Hotel to cost $150,000, or nearly j
half a million dollars to be spent on In
creased housing facilities for Gastonia,"
Ah excellent record, indeed, and ja keep
ing with the Gastonia way of doing
things. With the new Armstrong Apart
ments and the addition to the Armuigton,
Gastonia will be equipped for taking eare
of . the -overflow for at least a year to
come, and when the call arrives for more
hotel facilities, Gastonia will be found
promptly on the job of supplying the
need, just as it does when more yhool
room is needed.
A FAST-GROWING TOWN.
Charlotte Observer.
A few days ago The Gastonia Gazette
made bold prediction that when the Cen
sus figures were made public it would be
found that its city bad scored a larger
percentage of growth than any other com
munity in the State and there was a very
good possibility that it would lead the
South, and behold! The Gazette has
proved a good prophet. In 10 years Gas
tonia has grown from a town of 5,759
people to a thrifty little city of 12,871.
This is an indicated gain in population
of 123.5 per cent, and is very likely the
highest percentage of gain in the South
yet announced by the Census Bureau.
The next highest percentage, as we re
member it, was scored by Knoxville, with
s gain of 114.1, but a large part of this
increase was attributable to the fact that
since -1910 Knoxville, by legislative en
actment,' has taken io, the surrounding
territory. " including several small Knox
villes. The Gastonia gain indicates a
steady inflow of people into that town,
establishing a natural and norma) growth.
It is an extraordinarily fine showing. In
10 years Gastonia has doubled its popula
tion and putnearly 1,500 on top of the
double. .Industrial enterprise . is largely
accountable for it. Gastonia has made a
splendid record and with this substantial
force back of its impetus we may expect
it to show np even better in the report
10 years hence.
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EAST FOR GASTONIA TO. DO IT.
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- To raise money ' sufficient to build the
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