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GASTON IS TT ' -TT PUBLISHED EATERY M .YDAYt WE DXESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 87. GASTONIA If. On FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31, 1917. 92.00 A YEAR IX ADVANC3. i i il 200 MORE ARE GALLED TO REPORT HUESOJIY AND .WEDNESDAY Local Exemption Board Finds It r Necessary to Call Up 300 men for - Examination In Addition to 833 Already Called One Hundred to Ha Examined Next Tuesday ana 100 Wednesday. Notice have been mailed out by the local exemption board to 200 registered men to appear for exam ination next Tuesday and Wednes day. September 4th and 5th. These names are In addition to 833 men al ready called up, and constitute the men whose order numbers run from 834 to 1,035 Inclusive. Below are siren names, serial numbers and addresses of the 100 men summoned to appear on next Tuesday! for physical examination. Names oft the second hundred, be ginning with order No. 936, who are to appear Wednesday, will be pub llshed in Monday's Gazette: CALLED FOR TUESDAY. 2886, Forest Elliott Clemmer, Dal las. 1652, Webb Honeycutt. M. Holly. 1433, Lester Embrose Lutz, Bes semer City. 2143, Geo. Leeper, Belmont. 1640, Samuel Alexander ilovis, Mount Holly. 1798, Charles Harrison Pugh, Stanley. 622, George Klngsley Mlllen, Uas tonla. 2409, Frank H. Morris, Mayworth. 585, Charles Bogan Lanney, Gas tonia. 3003, Samuel Calvin McAllister, Dallas. 2873, Ernest Tom Watson Clonln- ger, Dallas. HBttXSSSt 2071tfnntar-tbofs j e Belmont. 3619! ft lo ifeW, 1464rwlll Perl; sefoePcity. 1257, Chas Hullender, K Mtn. Shams 1077: Arthur Chester (Starnes), Gastonia. 1961, John Franklin Shoemake, Gastonla. 2616, Enoch Marion Devine, Choc ryville. 3708, Pringle Lineberger, Stanley. 255. Ernest , Frlsley Biggerstaff, "Cliurry 781. Luther Glenn TurneTTTfaTfo: 2131 , Fred Klrbyr Belmoitf - - 2690, Robert Baxter Ledwell, Cherryville. 1415, Curtis Hudson, B. City. 1035, Marshall Rhyne, Gastonia. 3623, Turner Reid, Lowell. 1634, Thomas Lennard Hand, Mt. Holly. 958, James Ralph Johnson, Gasto. 323, Robert Bernard Terrell, Gas. 1343, Lawrence Augustus Beam, Bessemer City. 244 4, Steel Worth Roberts, Lowell 2491, Phillip Wineberger, Lowell. 1439, John James Mlllen. B. City. 1804, Thomas Avery Rhyne, Low ell, R-l. 857, William Henry Brannon, Gastonia. 2950, Walter Theodore Huffstet ler, Dallas. 1554, James Horace McGinnas, Alexis. 1401, Calvin Lee Haynes, B. City. 2677, John Coleman Jenkins, Cherryville. 1303, Allen Wallace, K. Mtn. 2151, Charlie Alexander La wing, Belmont. 963, John Lloyd Jenkins, Gastonia 438, Horace Greely Cooper, Gasto. 878, James Monroe Caldwell, Gastonia. 1059, Carl B. Spencer, Gastonia. 441, Clyde Tracy Currie, Gastonia. 880, John Wesley Carroll, Gasto. 1776, Russell Shelton Cloneger, Stanley. 3144, Samuel Leroy Crosby, G. county. 3102, J. Cephas McGInnis, Xo Ad. 357, William Lewis Wetzell, Gas. 23, Julius Flay Bess, Gastonia. 1173, William Thomas Hollis, I 9 1 Lowell. . 'r 331, Broadus Booth White, Gas. 1881. Hal Durke Uttle, McAdenv 3337, Frank Young, Gastonia. 1108, Andrew Henry Williams, Gastonia. 3551, Leonard Bigger. Lowell. 2617, Thomas Henry Delllnger, Cherryville. 2489, William Wilson Wlllard, Lowell. 3362, Toney Beatty, Gastonia. 2794, William Forest Mauney, Bessemer City. 2790, Miles Lynch, Llncolnton. 1910, Davis Calvin Ray, McAden 492, Charles Robert Grigg, Gasto. 1201, Carl Franklin Stroup, R-2, Lowell. 1978, George Refbert Abernethy, Belmont. 2199, James Floyd Reneau, Bel mont. 2933, Jacob Osborn Harmon, Dal las. . 3228, Ernest White, Dallas. 800, Carl Porter Warren, Gastonia 1747, Minyard Edward Watklns, Mount Holly. 1447, John Leonard Oates, B City. 1049, Marshall Perkins Rhyne, Gastonia. 1442, Burton David Nance, B City. 1715, Walter Arthur Sigmon, Mt. Hotfy. 961, Boyto Wm. Jenkins, Gastonia 539, Steve Harmon, Gastonia. 3780, Wm. Brooks, Gastonia. 349, Jack A. Wilcox, Gastonia. 1596, Lloyd Hunter Black, Mt. Holly. 562, John Jackson, Gastonia. 2436, Avery Poarch, Lowell. 1407, Ephrlam Oscar Holland, Bessemer City. 501, Carl Beatty Garrison, Gasto. TSt 6, Cyrus Thompson Lowe, Mayworth. .8253, Alfred Andrew Wellman. Dallas. 102, John Berry Glenn, GastofiTa. 2025, Thos. Harvey Caldwell, Belmont. 1915, James Obed Stafford, McA., L, 1411. John Grier Hovls, fi, (City I i, Logan finnney Annstrong, Belmont. ill ! 875. Jas. Andrew Cobb, fUttonia.' 2769, Spargo Randolph I parpen ter. Llncolnton 2893. Will Rufus Clemmd 1780, John Gaston, StanlfJ' Dallas ' I All HMiy. biia? yUsfl rhl TO LEARN A delegation frouiA Daniel's community in Lincoln coohUr headed by Mr. J. E. kohn, Vice-president of the Daniels Community Fair, and Mrs. Florence R. Winn, county agent for Lincoln county, will come to Gastonia Saturday afternoon. The purpose of this visit is to confer with Secretary Holland of The Big Gaston County Fair about the plans of or ganization and arousing Interest, be ing so successfully used by the twelve community fairs in Gaston county. Gaston county is receiving State-wide attention on account of her community fairs and many in quiries are being received from dif ferent sections of the Staje as to the methods being used. Bluebird Picture Cozy Today. Gastonia Lodge Xo. 369, A. F. and A. M. will not meet tonight. The Ideal Theatre will present today and tomorrow William S. Hart, the "King of the West ' In Wolf Low ry. Hart is a favorite with movie fans and this picture is said to be I ver fine. f A telephone message to The Ga Vzette from Belmont at 2 o'clock brought the Information that the river had risen considerably today resulting In about half of the tem porary toll bridge at Sloan's ferry being washed away. It will require about three days to restore the bridge to traffic. Subscribe to The Gazette. 17 NEW SECRETARY HAS ARRIVED Members of Chamber of Commerce Met Last Night for Informal Wel come to Mr. Fred M. Allen, tlie New Secretary. Mr. Fred M. Allen, the new secre tary of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce, arrived in the city last night. Mr. Allen comes from Orlan do, Fla., where he has served as sec retary of their commercial organiza tion for the past two years, and it was with much reluctance that they gave him up. Mr. Allen is not only well fitted for the work he takes up in Gastonia but has had much experi ence in newspaper work. A good delegation of the business and professional men met Mr. Allen at the train, and escorted him to tne assembly room of the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. J. H. Separk, presi dent of the chamber? took charge of the meeting, and asked Hon. A. M. Dixon, mayor of Gastonia, for an ex pression on behalf of the city. May or Dixon in a few well chosen words welcomed most cordially Mr. Allen to our city, and pledged the hearty support of the administration to tbe work. Following Mr. Dixon, Col. C. B. Armstrong, on behalf of tbe chamber, welcomed Mr. Allen, and said that he was sure if the reports of Mr. Allen were true splendid re sults would be brought about under his leadership, and pledged to him the support of the board of directors and tho membership. Mr. Allen expressed himself as be ing highly pleased with the cordial reception given him and the spirit of co-operation manifested by so many present. Those present wero very favorably impressed with Mr. Allen, and It is certain tho chamber under dership will make an enviable list hit I fcjj&nn.'i I Mr. Allen didYntit tfrlnfc'bfs family with him., Mrs. Allen and child w kVrW lii'Gist61K within' the ne ill next two or three we'eTW. A? ti meeting yof the board of directors last night -President' Separk ofMthWhamWeT'wa authorized to pe$reand''l3U ai; handbook,,, -of Gastonia. It is understood that the publication contemplated will be far fihelklfcf anything? ever issued by tne s. LTO 14J1 Itrtl 1 U Ui''Ai t tKn Lh i n nuf n ii i ktxd w v cull' w i l uaui- ber and to the towm'--"'1 ' t ttm Allen le 'amative of Florida amr Wiynfcieen' secretary of the Or lando Chamber of Commerce fpr the pait-tWdarsV He 'was also secrer lary of tie "Soil th- Georgia I Chamber of Commerce, an orgdhittation em- racing wieen counties; ana assist ant secretary of the Tri-County Fair Association. He has been identified in one way or another with board of trade work for a number of years. He has done considerable newspaper work for metropolitan publications. ENTERTAINMENT BY YOUNG FOLKS. The Junior Missionary Society of Main Street Methodist church gave a most delightful entertainment last Sunday night, consisting of songs, recitations and dialogues. The semi annual opening of the mite boxes was also a feature of the evening. The children carried out their parts, in a splendid manner, evidence that they bad been, well trained. Mrs. B. T. Morris made a brief talk in which she told of what the children of the Western North Carolina Conference are doing for the cause of missions. The sums realized from the mite boxes together with the offering taken totaled about $40, which will be applied towards a special pledge the young people have agreed to raise. The congregation was a large one and all present not only en couraged the young people by their presence but thoroughly enjoyed every number of the excellent pro gram. Bluebird Picture Cozy Today. ATTACKS MADE IN MIST AND RAIN (By International Xews Service.) LONDON, Aug. 31. (Official). After a long period of comparative inactivity the Germans on the lower end of the Arras front suddenly as saulted the British around Arleux, but were driven back. The attack was made in a mist and rainstorm. Elsewhere on the British, Belgian and Portuguese Army fpmts rain and fog are holding up operations. The shell craters are now miniature lakes and the fields sodden with mud. Only the aviators are active. RU8SLAN DHTSIOX FALLS BACK. (By International Xews Service.) PETROGRAD, Aug. 29. Mutiny In the Russian army has reached the Roumanian front, where an entire division,, stationed at FokshanI, re treated, permitting the Germans to advance for 24 hours without re sistance. . INVESTIGATING HOCSTOX .----? RACE RIOTS. (By International Xews Service.). HOUSTON, TEX., Aug. 89. In spector General Chamberlain, acting as the personal representative of Secretary of War Baker arrived to day to investigate the recent race riots here. White officers, acting on orders, refused to testify at the civil inquiry. - : - ... - Subscribe for Tb Gasette. SEVENTY-FIVE MORE ARE ACCEPTED Liat of persons called into the ser vice of the United States and not ex empted or discharged. These were certified Wednesday to the district board at Statesville by the local ex emption board. Those having stars opposite name are colored: . 27 3674, David Keerans Mt. Holly. 49 3543, Price Nox, Belmont. 653604, Curtis Johnson, Low ell. 70755, FIlo Pinkney Smith, Gastonia. 723786, Floyd Clark, Kings Mountain. 112 43, Henry Dunbar Castles, Gastonia. 1151763, Paul Marcellus Bollck Stanley. 145374 4, Wesley Sidney, K. Mountain. 2161818, Joseph Harry Whit ner, Stanley. 219 772, Herbert Turney. Gasto nia. 280 1769, Manuel Walker Clem mer, Lowell, R-2. 289343. John Helan White. Gastonia. 357 2885. Clarence Grady Clon- 441 1016, Benard Fuller Oakley, Gastonia. 443 335, Ernest Robert Warren, Gastonia. 4501358, Carl Grady Carpenter, Bessemer City. 47 2360, John Hoyle Wallace, Gastonia. 4793455, Lum Wilson, Bowl ing Green, S. C. 481 2102, Alfred Locke Harvell, Belmont. 483 704, Beverly Jackson Rhyne Gastonia. , 484 344, John Mack Daniels, 'G-dStornla: '-"-- , , IgB-ii-hso, Dei)itW Williams, "m-yfttW; (iferd'on. James , Ruft- ,lt MnnnK HAIIw'W'l I'll ' ! ""'"-i' ' felt, Mount Holly 4 982012, Robert' CaH BraffordV 'A'CllMUlll. 1 , ,f , .501 01 11, Ed C. 'AfdamsV 'Gastonia. Ed C. 'A'damsV 'Gastonia. 5 Dallas. 546 1595, wMftl'tutber Bow in; Jr'.r'MtJ'floHy, nUU ! 548 13551, '".DikdW5 'hWt Boyles, Bessemer City. ' V "V ' ' 55t-2l9tr; mfetf 'A.!"Query, Bel- mnnt. " ' " , , 551 2752, John'flflH'ary Wooofo-, ,Tnah;,"(!herryvUle.'! . i rn'-uv - $60151, WlUftfnjr'Jordoni -iiasw tdt)la.": ' T . 505 1057, Meek L. Shannon, Gastonia. 572 14 23, Chas. W. Kennedy, Bessemer City. 667 974, BenJ. Ueber, Gastonia. 579 3260, Hayes Nelson, Gas tonia. 596 3099, John Maxwell, Dallas 597 2591, Jacob Earl' Jenkins Costner, Cherryville. 599 705, Fred Smith Rhyne, Gastonia. 601 3802, George Washington Dixon. Kings Mountain. 602 3638, Tom Williams, Low ell. 61 1 2023, Lester Furman Cren shaw, Belmont. 620 1943, Claud McLean Glenn, Gastonia. 621 3199, Ulysees Napoleon Jackson, Gastonia. 631 939, Grover C. Henderson, Gastonia. 651 1628. Ivy Alexander Fisher, Mount Holly. 653 3043, Albert Ruebertus Ru disill, Dallas, R-l. 6542853, Luther Wince Ave ry, D&11&8 6563707, Henry McDowell, Stanley. 659 3025, Walter Lloyd Pasour, Dallas. 6633712, Giles Froneberger. Stanley. 692 2652, George Henry Hefner, Crouse. 702 1118, Edwin Roy Petty, Bowling Green, S. C. 703 2938, Pade Holllfleld, High Shoals. 704 121, John Allen Hunter, Jr., Gastonia. 709 3080, David White, Besse mer City. 7242557, Arnold Click Beam, Cherryville. 728 2689, Iva Preston Long, Cherryville. 735 2139, Oscar William Lawing Belmont. 738 2984, Albert Lawrence Line berger, Stanley. 746 1284. Griffin Gold Rollins. Kings Mountain. 756 1179, Walter Ervin Low Lowell. 761858. Willie Lee Bradley, Gastonia, R-l. 763 1996, Andrew Eddleman Beaty, Belmont. 775 1511, Clarence Broadus Thompson, Bessemer City. 7792279, John Alexander Woo ten, Belmont. 7873085, Sidney A. Williams, High Shoals. 783 1995, Marvin Ray Beaty, Belmont. 7862147. Dorus C. H. Lowe. Belmont. 792 3487, Gunt Glenn. Belmont 753 3296, Xorman Edw. Thack ston, Gastonia. 794 1622. John Alexander Ed wards, Mt. Holly. - " - - ' 810 336. Granville De Wayne White. Gastonia. 4111 ,2342, Price Elmore Ford, LowelL , " 8202700, Shiver Qulnn McCraw, Cherryrllle. . 822 170T, John Warner - Riley, Mt. Holly. ' TROOP LEAVES MONDAY MORNING V Captain R. G. Chefryof the Ma chine Gun Troop received7 telegraphs ic Instructions this afternoon from the Southeastern Department of the United States Army that the troop would leave Gastonia for Camp ' Se-, vier, Greenville, S. C, on Xo. 39 at 8 o'clock Monday morning. The troop will occupy three coaches and one baggage car. The troop will attend services In a body Sunday night at the First Pres byterlan church, when the pastor. Rev. J. H. Henderllte, will preach a patriotic sermon. Bluebird IMcture Cozy Today. AMERICA WILL LEAD IN AVIATION (By International Xews Service.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. Within a few weeks American factories will be turning out 100 aeroplanes month ly, the work now being fully organ ized. America Is leading and will manufacture airships on the largest scale in the mechanical history of the world. The recent appropria tion of $600,000,000 made this pos sible. The new type of engine being used surpasses anything of the kind ever used before. There are six avi ation training schools, located in Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Iong Island and Illinois. : iBy-Mrtternatibnttl tNewaflervioetf ' ! XEW ,VO'RK;'A."5tll.lfhB cot tflh m'ar)teif'iWiie,hfe4 .'.'tUi ""morning wtyh 'OVtober'coiifra'cts ' selling ' mt KiffO, "January .'contacts' 'ar'Sja-.ei. ; tXltlVMl.VfSRATbn ' 1 j ' ' FOll 1 TE$.YllSS.KJK. '.nHirtl-i: ,lr.(,c 1 1 r ,fii, jut t. T. iuy inematMmaiiUNewa JBertice.r fMMW' aTncc, ea ineiapuwwiient or Pror. IL A, mursa,., oi ivnoxvuie, RS, 001 801; The twenty-seventh, jcai ui MKuvir v. unege, iiichory, .. "., will begin as follows: Tuesday, Sept. 4: Examination for admission to the Freshman class. Candidates, for admission presenting certificates from recognized High Schools will be admitted without ex amination. Examinations for the removal of conditions and deficien cies. Wednesday, Sept. 5: Registration and arrangement of courses of study. Thursday, Sept. 6: Recitations and lectures In all departments will begin. Students should reach Hickory not later than Tuesday, September 4. On that date all trains will be met. Those coming on any other date should inform the president of tbe time of their expected arrival. . . I T IT, , v Including Potatoes. "I hear you mortgaged your house yesterday." "Yes, 1 was hungry and wanted a good square meal." Jacksonville Times. Surely. "He borrows from Peter to pay Paul." "Well, that's all right, if you hap pen to be Paul." Judge. Hands Off! "You say she always wears a touch-me-not air?" "No: but It's always a case of fresh paint." Exchange. NO SHOW That a lady cannot visit at THE BIG GASTON COUNTY FAIR OCTOBER 9, 10, 11, 13, 1917 WRITE New Premium List THREE CASH PREMIUMS ON EVERYTHING J. LL HOLLAND, ; Executive Secretory REPORT PREDICTS BIG COTTON CROP (By International Xews Service.) , WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 li . The government census report, made pub: lie today, places the condition -of the cotton crop on August 25th at 67.8 per cent of normal, against 61.2 on August 25th of last year. The year's crop is estimated at- 12,499,000 bales. This would exceed by a mil lion bales any crop of the last three years. A shortage of cotton pickers Is feared. BUILD NO MORE WOODEN SHIPS (By International Xews Service.) WASHIXGTON, Aug. 31. It was officially announced by the Shipping -Board today that there will be no additional wooden ships built by tbe United States government. Those which have already been contracted r for will be -completed, but no others will be built. The re-organized board' thus sustains the contentions ot the former head of the fleet corporation,' General Goethals. " WORLD'S BIGGEST AVIATION FIELD (By International Xews Service.) AMERICAN CAMP IN FRANCE. Aug. 31. The American army la France is to 'have the biggest avla Umk field. in,tt0.vafHlwIt,iFrll be 10 wllft-suare, with barrack to nouse lo.rtnfen -days. Hang ars enough. ,are.rea,djr . to,, accommodate- Lu aeroplanes, . and there will (be,foqm for- 5,(00 by January. Hun- dreds. jOf.jroung Artiejifjans, are tf ftftjng , " , aylatlon , (, , now It.ilOO ENGINEERS il' MMllul!l.;i KHlllf'('(r,n A TO FRENCH FRONT .'111.' l'. . , , j-, T-, ... i (By.i JnternaXlonal News Service.) iiWAAHlKOTQNABg, 31, rr- Ten thepsand lengineers,, including four thousand laborers, are soonMto leave - -for France, it was officially learned ' today. A far greater number will follow them within a short time. De tails of the movement cannot be di vulged. CROP REPORT CAUSED A DROP (By International News ServTce.) NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Cotton broke 50 points on the government crop report, later reacting 10 points. HALF BILLION REVENUE ADDED. (By International Xews Service.) ' WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. A half billion of dollars was added to the -revenue bill today when the Senate committee voted to place a 60 per cent tax on war profits over 300 per cent. HTHOXO GERMAN REDOUBT CAPTURED. (By International News Service.) LONDON, Aug. 29. The British positions southeast of Langemarck were strengthened last night by the caikure of a strong German redoubt. The British successfully raided Ger man trenches In Northern France. Get a Rand-McXally War Map al The Gazette office; 15 cents. FOR
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