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GAZ GAS THE TONIA EXXE PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEK TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. SINGLE COPY 8 CENTS. UK) A YEAR CT ADYA3KA GASTONIA, N. O. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 36, 1915.

TOL. XXXVI. NO. ft. P0ST0FFICESR0BBED THE LEGISLATURE SHORT LOCAL ITEMS THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE AFTER A $40000 PLflH SOCIAUIRCLES SASTONU HASCH4NCE AT HEW.FACTORY LATEST EVENTS III WOMAN'S WOULD YE66S BLOW SAFE; MAKE SMALL HAUL STORY HOUR Manufacturer of Patented Article Used In Building Has About De TAKE RELIGIOUS CENSUS WflBLWlNDlCANVASS TO BE MADE S00I Two Hundred Men, Volunteers from arloiu Churched, Under Direo Hon of Ministers Conference, Win Take Complete- Religious Ohm of City Sunday, February 7th Tentative Constitution Drawn tor Associated Charities To Be Sub witted to Mass Meeting at Early Date.

The Ministers Conference of the city met In the First Presbyterian" church yesterday morning and heard reports from the committees appointed to arrange for a religions census of Gastonia and also to pro-pare a constitution for the proposed Associated Charities. The report of the first committee was approved and arrangements were made, to take the religious census of the city on Sunday afternoon. Mr. V. M.

Lineberger, of Charlotte, a former Gastonlan, was here yesterday attenaing court. Mr. J. W. Mode, of Kings Mountain, spent a few days at the Arlington Mill last week on business.

Miss Edna Rhyne left yesterday for Greer, S. to spend a wees visiting relatives. Messrs. J. N.

Hanna and E. Q. Pasour spent Saturday in Charlott" attending the big Republican mass meeting. Mr. Norman Morrow, proprietor of the Adams Drug Company's store, is able to be out again after a serious illness of some days.

Miss Willie Stewart, of Kings Mountain, was the guest Sunday of Miss Lee Morris, at the Arlington Mill. "4 Squire Henry Garrison, of Mecklenburg county, celebrated his 102nd birthday one day last week. He an uncle of Dr. D. A.

Garrison, of Qastonia. cenator Arthur M. Dixon came dawn from Raleigh and spent Sunday and yesterday here with home-folks, returning to Raleigh last night. Mr. Oscar Mitchem, son of Mrs.

Gabrilla Mitchem, of Gastonia, has recently completed a term of service in the United States Army and has returned to Gastonia to live. Her friends will regret to learn that Mrs. Chas Ford has been 111 Tor several days at the Franklin Hotel. Her condition is somewhat improved today. Miss Etta Saunders, who is teaching at Kettle Shoals, spent the week-end here with homefolks.

She was accompanied by Miss Eunice Robinson, who was her guest here. Mrs. H. R. Steel, of Nashville, educational secretary of tne Mission Board pf the M.

Church, South, arrived in the city yesterday afternoon to be the guest lof some time of Mrs. M. E. Detwiler. VI Mr.

G. H. Marvin, manager of tne Gastonia Coca-Cola Bottling Works, returned Friday night from Atlanta where he attended a session of the Coca-Cola Bottlers Convention. There were about 300 in attendance. Mr.

Marvin says that there was a spirit of optimism among the bottlers and they were practically unanimous in reporting an improvement, in business. The society section of Sunday's Charlotte Observer contained excellent half-tone cuts from photographs of Mrs. George Alexander Gray, in her bridal costume, and of Miss Marie Torrence, Miss Blanche Gray and Miss Lydia Sheppard, the latter of Williamston, S. who were respectively maid of honor and bridesmaids at the Gray-Torrence wedding last November. Mr.

Fred C. Nantz, who has been a wireless operator in the employ of the U. S. Government for the past five years, has Just been transferred from the battleship San Francisco to land duty at Charleston, S. where he will be engaged in the radio station at the Navy Yard, which is a promotion in the service.

Mr. Nantz is a son of Mr. James A. Nantz, of Spartanburg, who was here yesterday to attend the funeral of his brother, Mr. W.

R. Nantz, of Lucia this county. Mr. Archie Medlln, who is a member of Company 145 C. A.

C. and stationed at Fort Moultrie, S. C. returned to his post yesterday after a two months leave of absence. Mr.

Medlln spent about one month of hie leave with relatives and friends in Gastonia and vicinity. He was the guest while here of Mr. W. E. Morris, at the Arlington, and Mr.

and Mrs. W. M. Armstrong, at the Trenton. He was accompanied on hlB return to Charleston by hiB sister, Mrs.

A A. Short, who will spend some Um visiting there. Both branches of the Legislature held short sessions Monday. The most notable bill passed by the Senate was to require that before being licensed as optometrists persons must have a high school education, and two years in a college of optometry or under an accredited practitioner as preliminary training. A bill introduced by Senator Muse would require the State Treasurer to credit the State's prison with only the actual cost of maintenance and guarding of the convicts worked on railroads in exchange for stock instead of credit for full par value of stock as now provided.

The House voted to allow the use of the Representatives' Hall February 2 for the ceremonies of the North Carolina Bar Association for the unveiling of the, statue of Chief Justice Ruffln, which has recently been set up in the new Administration Building. Much time was devoted to the bill to amend the act of 1905 relative to the statute of limitation as applied to mortgages and deeds of trust, the bill finally getting past second reading, but being held up on final reading by objection by Mr. Bowie, which forced it over to another day. Woman Notaries Public. The bill from the Senate allowing women to hold the office of notary public in North Carolina passed the second reading Saturday with a few feeble noes and on the third reading there was not the semblance or opposition.

Later on Mr. Allen, of Wayne, who was not present when the vote was taken appeared in tne chamber and seemed very much surprised that the bill had such easy Bailing and was at that very minute a law in North Carolina. He asked to be recorded as voting against it and moved to reconsider whereby the bill could again be placed on the calendar. The chair ruled Mr. Allen had no rights in the premises.

Mr. Douglass came to his aid but was met with the same ruling then up stepped Mr. Dunning, from Martin, who said he voted for the bill and moved a reconsideration. He was seconded by Mr. Hutchinson and together they got the bill back on tne calendar.

It was set as a special order for Tuesday morning at eleven o'clock. Woman Suffrage to Front. Representative Gallatin Roberts, of Buncombe, presented the bill for an amendment to the constitution giving the women of North Carolina the right to vote and Representative Smith, of Cleveland, got in the first airtight liquor bill of the session, preventing the shipment of intoxicating liquors into Cleveland county Tor any purpose whatever, with the exception of medicinal. Lincoln Magistrate Land). Representative Hoover finally got Pink Thompson appointed justice of the peace for Catawba Springs township, Lincoln county, and the usual fish row started between representatives from eastern counties but as the fry" began to sizzle, Representative Nettles shut off debate by moving an adjournment until 12 o'clocK Monday.

Page Get Wrathy. A storm of applause swept through the House of Representatives Satur day morning when Representative Henry A. Page, in a personal privilege statement, denounced on the floor of the House an editorial in the Greensboro Daily News of Friday as both false and malicious. Tho editorial what was being especially denounced was that charging that Speaker Wooten had made Finance Committee appointments of "standpatters" in return for the retirement of Representative Bowie from the speakership contest, the arch offense being the naming of Doughton as chairman and the subsequent a-gr cement of the joint Finance Committee to "sit steady" in matters o' tax revision and appropriations. Mr Page declared that the fact was that Chairman Doughton was much the most progressive Speaker In connection with the Joint Finance Committee conference in question.

He said that he wanted to emphasize the declaration that in every case the editorial statements were false and the inferences malicious. Mr. Page was tendered a vote of thanks for the denunciation on mo tion of Representative Currie, and then Chairman Doughton took a hand and, in the course of a dignified statement, stirred another outburst of applause when he characterized the editorials an "dreams of a man who would injure a great political party." He added that his committee would "undertake to save money to the taxpayers and would not be deterred by political dreamers." The Dunning bill for the division of the State into an eastern and a western circuit, of Superior Courts instead of the long-established present system of one circuit and Statewide rotation of the judges was carried In the House Friday by an overwhelming majority, after being strenuously opposed by numbers of the representatives, including Currie, of Cumberland, Bynum. of Chatham, and others, as tending to decrease the intermingling of the people of the two sections and the creation of something of a Mason and Dixon Line in North Carolina, on the other hand, advocates of the measure argued that the malting of two circuits no more than having two Safo in Lowell Postofflce Blown Frl day Night and Abouc flOO 10 Stamps and Money Taken Mc- Adenvillo Postofflce Robbed Samr Night, liOfcing Small Amount Presumably Work of Profession 1n -No Clew as to Perpetrator of Crimes. Robbers, presumably professional yeggs, blew the safe in the store or the T.

P. Rankin Company at Lowell Friday night in which were deposited the stamps and funds of the Lowell postofflce, funds of the T. P. Rankin Company and private papers belonging to Postmaster Tom Rankin. The same night the postofflce at McAdenville was entered and the cash drawer rifled.

The McAdenville postofflce has no safe. Entrance to the Lowell store was gained by prizing off some iron bars over a rear window. The robber or robbers blew the safe open presumably using nitroglycerine. From appearances It would seem that the work was that of professionals. The door was not blown off its hinges and the safe was not badly damaged.

The thieves secured about $300 worth of stamps and about $100 in cash. They also took some notes, deeds and other private papers belonging to Postmaster Rankin. So far no trace of these papers, which were valueless to a yegg, has been found. It would seem that they were carried away or destroyed. At what time In the night the crime was perpetrated Is not known.

No one in the town heard the explosion. The robbery was not discovered until Postmaster Rankin arrived on the Bcene at his usual hour to go to work Saturday morning. At McAdenville entrance to Mr. J. W.

Little's store in which the post-office is located was gained in the same manner as the Lowell store. Postmaster Waggstaff has no Bafe. The cash drawer, containing about. $30 worth of stamps and a dollar or two in change, was prized off. It was carried away bodily, along wltl Its contents, and no trace of it has as yet been found.

At both places all of the money order blanks were stolen. Sheriff Davis was promptly notified of the crimes and began an investigation but so far no clews have been discovered which give promise of any' successful result in apprehending the criminals. No susplcl ous characters were seen in the vicinity of these towns on Friday or Friday night. Two strangers were seen to board the first P. N.

car Saturday morning for Mount Holly. Sheriff Davis communicated with Officer West at Mount Holly wbn conducted an investigation resultlnc in the establishment of the Identity of the men. One was a prominent citizen of Cleveland county and the other was a resident of Virginia There was no suspicion against either of these. As soon as the news of these robberies reached Gastonia Saturday morning, the universal comment was "Irish Jimmy" has returned. It will be recalled that "Irish who was serving an eight-year sentence in the State prison for robbing tne McAden Mills office at McAdenville a number of years ago, made his escape from the State farm at Tillery several weeks ago.

THE WHITE HOUSE BABY. New York World. The first baby born in the White House in twenty-two years, the first boy born there since Tyler's time, is deeply and legitimately interesting to many millions of people. Excepting the four children of Major Donelson, Jackson's secretary, the White House babies have all belonged to the Immediate families of Presidents. One, Esther Cleveland, was the child of a President.

James Madison Randolph, Jefferson's grandson; Mary Louise Adams, and Tyler's grand-children Letitla Tyler and Robert Jones, are dead. Julia Grant, daughter of Gen. Fred D. Grant, now Princess Canta-cuzene in Russia, was the only Presidential grandchild born in the Executive Mansion in more than seventy years until Master Sayre made his appearance. The children of the White House have been a more numerous body.

Robert Lincoln Is the dean of the corps, ex-Secretary of War, ex-Minister and man of affairs. As long as both Presidents and babies are of interest to normal humanity, White House children win never cease to attract attention and sympathy. Fortunately, Master Say-re Is too young to be spoiled by knowledge of the commotion he has caused. Says Publishers Are Wise. Statesville Landmark.

A copy of The Daily Gazette, "for one day only," comes to The Landmark from the office of The Gastonia Gazette. It Is a neat four-page 5-column paper, Issued under the auspices of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce. The Landmark would be pleased to see The Gazette every day but the publishers are wise not to put it on until the field will take care of it. The New York World, three tint week (almost the same as dally 1 and The Gazette both for one rear for S2.00 ambunOm soda. cided on Gastonia for Atiamonaw Plant AnnOnnromftnt Made I President Craig at Chamber if Commerce Last Night tjuirr Transacted.

One of the most interesting de--velopments at the special meeting of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce beld at the court house last night was the announcement made by President T. L. Craig that negotiations were pending between a well-known manufacturer and the chamber which gave promise of resulting in the establishment in Gastonia at An early date of a new industry employing 40 or 50 men and turning out a product that would amount In gross sales to many thousands or dollars a year. The manufacturer is the patentee of an article used very extensely in building operations and lias for the past two years been turning out this article in a plant In another nearby State. The demand for the article has grown eteadily since it was put on the market and, in order to take care of the increased business, it is found necessary to build another plant.

The sum necessary to build and equip the plant will be about most of which will be outside capital. Every indication is that Gastonia will be chosen as the site for this, factory and The Gazette hopes to be able at an early date to give full particulars with reference to it. By unanimous vote of the chamber the action of the various committees in the election of their chairmen was ratified. The committee chairmen constitute the board of directors. They are as follows: Audit W.

Glenn. Business Enterprises J. Lee Robinson. Entertainment J. H.

Separk Advertising S. A. Robinson. Transportation F. L.

Smyre. Legislation W. J. Clifford. Introduction G.

H. Marvin. Conventions A. G. Myers.

Information and Statistics A C. Jones. Membership M. F. Kirby, Jr.

Agriculture C. B. Armstrong. Finance J. F.

Thomson. A number Of short talks regarding matters to be looked after by the chamber were made by Messrs. E. G. McLurd, J.

M. Shuford, B. T. Morris, G. H.

Marvin, J. Y. Miller, C. Armstrong, and A. C.

Stroup. A smoker was enjoyed and the entire meeting was a most enjoyable and profitable one. Chairman M. F. Kirby.

of tb membership committee reported seven new members since the annual meeting on the 14th. They are E. D. Houser, J. S.

Zimmerman, W. T. Btorey, George A. Gray, E. R.

Underwood, C. B. Ijewton and J. M. Kendrick.

Death of Mrs. Ed Brads haw. Mrs. Sue Carpenter Bradshaw, wife of Mr. Ed Bradshaw, died last Thursday at 1:30 p.

m. at her home on King street in Gastonia. She had been sick for five or six weeks. The end came very quietly. She was ready for the summons, and peaceably went to her home and reward.

She was born May 30, 1887, being 27 years old. She leaves to mourn her loss, a beloved husband, Mr. Ed Bradshaw, and one little child, a son about seven years old. She has five brothers, Messrs. J.

Clark. Jess, Rufus and Oscar Carpenter, and three sisters. Misses Josie and Johnnie Carpenter, of Gastonia. route two, and Mrs. Lula Penneger, of Monroe.

Most of the children live with or near the mother, Mrs. Jane Carpenter. Mrs. Bradshaw was a consistent member of the Loray Presbyterian church. She was born at Monroe but has lived most of her life in this county.

MISSIONARY CONFERENCE AT CHARLOTTE. The annual meeting of the Woman's Missionary Conference of th Western North Carolina Conference of the Southern Methodist church will convene in Charlotte Friday of this week and will continue through the Tuesday following. The program for this year is unusually attractive. Among other features will be two sermons on Sunday by Bish op Atkins. The ladies of Main Street Methodist church here are planning to attend in a body on Monday, leaving here on the 9 o'clock P.

N. car that morning. It is desired that as many of the members as possible go at that time. A special rat-has been granted by the P. iti tor the occasion.

The, delegate from Main Street church is Mrs. E. D. At kins with Miss Lowry Shuford a alternate. Mrs.

B. T. Morris, president of the society, and Miss Susie Rawllngs, leader of the Light Bearers Society, will attend the meetings The" Gazette works for Gastonia. Don't forget that we do all kinds of FOR FIRST GRADERS. On Friday afternoon of this week between the hours of 2 and 3 at the Gastonia Public Library Mrs.

T. C. Quickel will conduct a story hour for the benefit of the first grade pupils of Miss Jay's room in the city schools. VISITING NURSE tXMMITTKE MEETS TO-MORROW MOItNING. The regular meeting of the Visiting Nurse Committee of the Woman's Betterment Association will be held at ten o'clock to-morrow morning the chapter room at the library.

Every member of the committee is urged to be present, as matters or especial importance are to be considered. MISSION STUDY CLASS WITH MRS. CARPENTER. A very enjoyable meeting of the Mission Study ClasB of Main Street Methodist church was held yesterday afternoon with Mrs. Miles A.

Carpenter at her residence on Suth Oakland street. The sixth chapter of "The Social Aspects of Foreign Missions" was studied with Mrs. T. Summerow as leader. There was a good attendance and the interest was good, At the conclusion of tne study hour deliciuos refreshments were served by the hostess.

The next meeting of the class will be held on February 22nd, with Mrs. E. O. Jennings at her home on South Broad street. U.

C. CLUB MET WITH MISS BLAKE. A very enjoyable meeting of the U. C. Club was held Saturday afternoon at three o'clock with Miss Lottie Blake at her residence on South Broad street.

The program included a paper on "Spanish by Miss Mary Ragan, a paper on "The by Mrs. M. F. Kirby, and a reading "The Bull by Mrs. S.

J. Durham. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess, assisted Mrs. L. F.

Wetzell, Mrs. W. L. Balthis and Mrs. D.

K. Jackson. Mrs. L. L.

Hardin, of Columbia, S. a former member of the club who is visiting friends in the city, was present as a guest. MISSION STUDY CUSS WITH MRS. PARKER. 4 The Ladies Mission Study Class of the Lutheran church held its January meeting on the fifteenth witn Mrs.

R. H. Parker at her residence No. 614 West Airline avenue. There was a good attendance of the members and the meeting was an unusually interesting one.

Mrs. T. C. Quickel was the leader of the meeting and the subject of study was "The Hand That Rocks the Cradles of the World." At the close of tlie study period there was a short social session, during which the hostess served delicious chocolate and wafers. The next meeting will be held on Friday, February 5th, with Mrs.

R. F. Shelby, at 1111-2 West Main avenue. JUNIOR MUSIC CLUB MET SATURDAY. The January meeting of the Junior Music Club was held Saturday afternoon with Miss Lillian Atkins at her residence on East Franklin avenue Members answered roll call with current musical events from Musical America and the following program was rendered: Success Mazurka, Bachman, by Jeanette Davis; Dream Waltz.

Schultz. by Mary Lineberger; Haymakers March;" Zimmerman, by Ma-die Dunn; Last Hope, Gottschalk, by Willie B. Knight: Dance of the Demons, Hoist, by Wilmot Whitesides: Marche Militaire, Schubert-Tausig by Ella Mae McFadden. In a review of the composers Mozart, Mendelssohn and Schumann, the following had correct papers Wilmot Whitesides. Kathleen Morris.

Madie Dunn, Willie B. Knight. Maxie Bradley. Ella Mae McFadden and Mary Lineberger. Question were asked and musical games were played, after which refreshments were served.

CRESCENDO MUSIC CLUB WITH MISS CLIFFORD. The Crescendo Music Club held a most pleasant and interesting meeting on Saturday morning at the home of Miss Annie Clifford, at her home on South Marietta street. The program was as follows: Duet, Russian Intermezzo, Francke, Misses Martha Morrow and Lucy Wilson. Warblings at Eve, Richards, Miss Mary La Far. (a) Awakening of Spring, Haba-dier; (b) Cradle Song, Gottschalk; (c) A Curious Story, Heller, Miss Christine Sloan.

Song of the Gondolier, Barbour. Miss Burney Boyce. March of the Night, Gottschalk, Miss Bleeker Beamguard. Rondo-D Major, Mozart, Miss Martha Morrow'. Tarantella.

Heller, Miss Annie Clifford. After the program the card games, "Great Composers" andd of Music" were played. A delicious salad course was served by the hostesr and her mother, Mrs. W. J.

Clifford. February 7th. It will be taken by about 200 men from the various churches who have volunteered their services for this work and will cover the entire city from the Arlington Mill on the west to the Flint Mill oa the east. Rev. C.

Barrett, pastor of ths First Baptist church, will be la chafge of the work and the city will' be divided into districts for each of which a sufficient number of canvassers will be appointed to take the census, the whole city being thus covered and the whole work dona ta about two or three hours. The col ored ministers will be requested to take a similar census of the colored' population at the same time. The committee to draft a consti tution for the Associated Charities also reported, submitting a tentatlro draft which was approved after some changes had been made. A mas meeting of the citizens of Gastonia will be called at the first convenient opportunity, to which the matter will be submitted. It is proposed to or- ganize an Associated Charities ror -Gastonia.

the management of which will be vested in a board of directors, not less than six in number, to bo -appointed by the city council, on the nomination of the citizens mas meeting. This board may be assisted In their work by a committeo from the Woman's Betterment Association and is empowered to employ a visiting nurse. The work is-to be supported by appropriations and voluntary contributions and, if the plans in mind shall be adopted by the people, the charitable and benevolent work in the city will bo done in a wise and systematic way. Miss Marguerite Moore, of Lexington, arrived in the city last night to be the guest for a few day of Mrs. J.

C. Galloway and Mia Willie McKeray at their home oa South York street. Mr. Karl Hudson, of the sale force of the J. M.

Belk Company, has" been at his home in Monro for the past week suffering from an attack of grip. It was learned Saturday that he Is better and he is expected to return to his post within a few days. A dispatch from San Francisco dated the 24th says: Thomas A. Watson, an associate of Alexander Bell, and the first man to hear word spoken over a telephone wire, will talk from here to Mayor Mitchell ia New York tomorrow at a celebration of the completion of a trans-continental telephone service. The original experiments were made by Bell and Watson in Boston in 1875.

Court on Civil Cases. Superior Court began today tho trial of civil cases. There was no session yesterday because of the illness at his home in Charlotte or Judge Lane. He was able to be out this morning and arrived shortly before noon. The civil, was scheduled to commence last Friday and, as the criminal docket required all of last week numbers of civil cases Bet for trial will of necessity be continued until next.

term. A full list of the criminal cases disposed of since the last issue of The Gazett will appear in Friday's issue. Meeting of Aeats-it' Mr. J. A.

Hunteiferoflfietor of the Lost Granary by Fire. Mr. Peter Lineberger, who lives on the old Summey place near High Shoals, had the misfortune last Wednesday night to lose his granary and machinery shed by fire. Besides the building the loss included a large quantity of grain, a wagon, a buggy, harness and farming implements of various kinds. His loss is estimated at $700 or more, with no insurance.

It Is not known how the fire originated. Mr. Lineberger's barn and residence were saved by reason of the fact that his granary was some distance removed from both of them. The latest town to join the visiting-nurse brigade is North Wilkesboro. Funds are being raised there now ror the purpose of employing one.

R. L. Nunn, a well-to-do citizen and farmer of Stokes county, recently disappeared from his home and his whereabouts is a mystery. It Is stated that he was badly Involved financially and that warrants had been issued for his arrest. Salisbury has something new in the shape of a "community centre When Rowan county built a new court house they were left with an old one, in a splendid location and in fairly good repair.

It has been fixed up and will be used for public meetings and gatherings of various kinds. In this respect Salisbury leads In North Carolina. religious conierences, dioceses or other divisions for the better prosecution of the work to be furthered. Gastonia Book Store and local agent for the Curtis Publishing Company, of Philadelphia, publishers of The Saturday Evening Post, The Ladles' Home Journal and The Country Gen- tleman, left last night for tot attend a meeting- of tne 1 Southern agents of that The publishers are giving a free trip to Atlanta, including all expenses, to their Southern agents, of whom they have several hundred. Mr.

Hunter, expects to return to. Gastonia Thursday night. Read the advertisements ta Tho Gasette. They are as Interesting mm aews and are frequently more prof--' table readlxur toaa ta rat-class Job printing..