North Carolina Newspapers

; ' ; "j ... V;v v -.- " ;'v;:y ,. i v-:.'"-y :.- ;Vr ,:v'yyi;- h- 'W! i i va, i . v.. f ill PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AMD FRIDAY. GASTONIA, N. C. WEDlDAr AFTEBXOOjrUNK ia'lOl ' 92.00 A YEAR I!f ADVAJTcbj 1918, GASTONIA BOY UG V7 THREE I'ORE YOUNG GAS- VI D. AtiD L HEN i:is..v. L lo;;c dead I IEETOS TO PLAN FOR SHELBY EOYCI.TCDAY'S AFTER LOIIG ILUiESS COMMUNITY FAIRS THE SERIOUSLY WOUNDED TONIANS ENTER THE SERVICE WILL ADJOURN TODAY , casualty u:r J J$jij- f jy J t ict ' - i ; Following a long and painful 111 ' neaa Mn Mary Ida Long, wife of i Mr. V. E. Long, died at 6 o'clock this morning at her home on East Airline .avenue. Her death was not unex tpected, her physicians having aban doned all hope )t. her recovery some weeks aKb. This fact. Tiowever, did not lessen the shock to her family And friends when it was announced ' that death had 'claimed her, Mrs. Long had been confined to her 3ed since the latter part of January. ; She was slightly Injured by a fall on the Ice at that time which served to ' .aggravate the disease from which she was suffering and which eventu ally caused her death, sarcoma of the .spleen. In February she was Uken to Johns Hopkins Hospital, Balti more, for treatment but the special ists there held out no hope for her. As a last resort she was given the ra dium treatment at the Kelley Sani torium In Baltimore. Receiving no benefit daring a five-weeks stay there she returned home. For the past three weeks she bad been unable to take any nourishment and grew gradually weaker until the end. She manifested remarkable constitution al strength, however, retaining com plete consciousness until yesterday forenoon when she lapsed Into a state of coma from which she never rallied. Deceased was a daughter of J. B. and Sarah Beal and was born in Lin coln ceunty October 13, 1868, thus being 49. years, seven months and 29 days old. When she was eight years old her parents moved to Gastonia and she had resided here ever since. She was married to Mr. V. E. Long December 22, 1886. From this un ion the following children survive, namely: Mrs. Isaiah McPhaii, of Hamlet; Mrs. J. Linwood Robinson, of Lowell; Mrs. V. B. Higgins, of Knoxville, Tenn and Mrs. J. E. Reeves, of Gastonia. She is also survived by her husband and father, one brother, Mr. J. L. Beal, and one sister, Mrs. 8. B. Barnwell. All of ner children were with her at the nd. Dr. McPhaii and Mr. Higgins are expected to arrive in the city to day to be present at the funeral. . Funeral services will be held at 1 1 ' o'clock tomorrow morning at Main Street Methodist church, of which airs. Long had been a loyal and con sistent member elnce shortly after "her marriage. Prior to her marriage he was 'a member of the Presbyte rian church. Rev. H. H. Jordan, ner 'pastor, who is in Durham, has been notified and will arrive here tonight to conduct the funeral. He will be assisted by Rev. Dr. J. H. Henderlite. -pastor of the (First Presbyterian church, and Rev. W. L. C. Killian. Interment will be in the family plot In Oakwood Cemetery. Deceased was a Christian woman of the highest type. As wife, moth er and friend she was faithful to ev ery trust of life. She was held in the very highest esteem by all who knew her and her passing leaves a vacancy In the home and in her cir cle of acquaintances which cannot be filled. The Gazette oins with a -wide circle of friends in extending Its sympathy to the stricken family In their hour of great bereavement. The active pall-bearers will be G. R. Spencer, J. O. White, O. B. Car penter, J. Lee Robinson, R. C. War Ten, G. W. Wilson, W. C. Davis and E. J. Rankin. The honorary pall-bearers will be B. T. Morris, W. H. Jenkins, A. R. Anders, E. G. McLurd, J. H. Separk 'and J. K. Dixon. Mrs. Long was a loyal'member of Gastonia Chapter. United Daughters of the Confederacy, and the mem.bers of the chapter will attend her funeral tomorrow In a body. BASEBALL Thursday, June WW-, A rn A -r Luna i i 19TH CO. 3RD MOTOR MECHANICS, CAI!P GREENE r - . vs - .. I 20TH CO, 3RD IIOTOR 1IECHANICS, CAMP GREENE l ' - . v , - . Every player reported either professional : t .. : . or semi-professional . - v ADMISSION t Children 15c Adults 25q Grand Stand 15c ; Ladies Admitted Free to Grand Stand v ; 1 Seat AutomoMes 15c r 2 Seat Automobiles 25c Benefit: LOCAL RED CROSS There will be meetings tor discuss ing Community Fairs the shall we or the shall we not if so, when and how at A. number of places during the next few weeks. Themeetings to be held this week will be: Landers Chapel, Thursday night, June 20th. Sunnyslde, Friday night, June 21. Mount Olivet, Saturday night, June 22nd. The meetings that have been ar ranged for the week following are: South Point. Thursday night, June 27th. Pisgah, Friday Bight, June 28th. "New Hope, Saturday night, June 29th. At these meetings Mr. Fred M. Al len, secretary of Chamber of Com merce, and of the county fair will be present, also County Agent Steele and the home demonstration Miss Pickens, and probably Fair Specialists from Raleigh, will have with them lantern agent, other They slides for giving illustrated lectures on timely subjects. At this meeting it is expected that the question of whether or not these communities will hold fairs this year will be determined. They will probably form a definite organiza tion, electing their officers, etc. The demonstrators of this county are not insisting on these or any other com munities hold fairs, but they are of fering to co-operate heartily with ev ery community that wishes to under take this important work. Last year the community fairs in this county were the best in the State, consider ing the fact that the proposition was new to every community that under took it. This is a remarkable record. This year they will have the advant age of experience and should be able to do even better. Several communities are planning to add a new feature to their fairs this year in the way of some form of local entertainment. 'That-in itself will constitute a great improvement as it will eliminate any seeming drag in the afternoon. It is hoped by those interested that these meetings will be well at tended so that those already late in beginning may go forward in full swing. COLORED SELECTMEN TO LEAVE FOR CAMP TAYLOR Below is given a list of colored se lectmen who have been notified to appear before the local exemption board on Friday, June 21. to entrain for Camp Taylor, Louisville. iCy. Out of the number summoned 15 men wlll.be selected and Inducted into service under call No. 652. The men summoned are John Watson, Chester Harris, James William Coy, William McLean, Eugene Augustus Herndon, James Adams, Charlie Grier, Will Shaw, Moses Sanders, Will Sadler, John Samuel Miller, Ben Frankliu Martin, Jr., Pink Williams, John Les lie Starnes, Verle Glenn, John Alli son James Ingram, Jesse Armstrong, Pleas Williams and Robert Jackson. GKRMAX RAID HEPIaSED. (By International News Service.) LONDON, June 12. An attempted German raid on the Aveluy wood was repulsed last night. The British raided the German trenrties in the Beyalles sector. German artillery is active near Lens. 13th, 4 p. m. PARK The casualty li:-t issue ! by tha W tr Department yesterday aiorninfe r.nd received by The- Gazette through ihc International News dispatches at noon, contained the name of John H. Tritt, of Gastonia, among those seri ously wounded. A telegram hd been received Monday by Mr. J. M. Tritt, of Gastonia, route one, father of John H. Tritt, stating that his son had been seriously wounded and that any further information received by the department as to his condition would be- promptly forwarded by wire. John H. Tritt enlisted at the local recruiting office on March 8, 1917, nearly a month before the declara tion at war by the United States. He became a member of Company K, 28th Infantry, and sailed for France with his division on June 13. 1917. being among the very first United States troops to reach the fighting front. Members of his family, in cluding his sister, Mrs. A. T. Rhyne, of 807 East Franklin avenue, have heard from him at intervals, but do not know, of course, where his divis ion was located. FOUND COTTON CROP PROSPECTS SPLENDID Messrs. J. K. Dixon and Lewis H. Balthis, ci Gastonia, and S. M. Rob inson, of Lowell, have returned from an extended trip through the cotton growing sections of Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi and Tennessee. They visited Atlanta, Birmingham, Greenwood, Miss., Memphis and oth er points. On the return trip Mr. Dixon left the party at Atlanta to spend a few days with friends in his old home town of Athens, Ga., re turning to Gastonia Saturday night. Mr. Dixon states that they found the prospect in the cotton States in dicated the best crop of the staple ever produced. GRADUATING EXERCISES TAKE PLACE TONIGHT The graduating exercises of the senior class of the Gastonia High School, to be held tonight in the au ditorium of the Central school, will bring the commencement exercises of the city schools to a close. The following is the program for tonight: Invocation, by Rev. J. C. Dietz, pas tor of the Lutheran church.. Anvil Chorus from "II Trovatore." by the high school chorus. Welcome, by Pearl Wileca. Introduction of speaker, 07 Mayor A. M. Dixon. Address, by Hon. Clyde K. Hc-ey, of Shelby. Valedictory, by Robert K. Boyd. Presentation of Superintendent's Scholarship prize, by Prin. W. P. Grier. Class Song. "O, Who Will O'er the llowns So Free," by Girl's Glee Club. Presentation of Diplomas, by Supt. Joe S. Wray. Song, "The Star Spangled Banner.' The Schpol Benediction. A large and appreciative audience was present last night to attend the Class exercises. The class history was given by Robertson LaFar, the poem byvPearl Wilson, and the class will by Grace Henry. Miss Harris sang two songs, The New Moon, and Love's Fashion, compositions by Miss Alia Pearl Little, which were greatly enjoyed. Another enjoyable feature of the program was the play, "A Vis it to the Queen of Daisy-Dell," In which all the characters gave their parts extremely well. More Recruits. The following men have recently been accepted for service at the local recruiting station of the U. S. Army: Joe L. Hedrick, of May worth. Fred C. Wise, of Gastonia, and Clarence Cashion. of Mayworth, for the Coast Artillery; Staly Weaver and Aubert Johnson, of Franklin, for the Medical Department. These men went from Gastonia to Greensboro, whence they will be sent direct to Fort Thomas, Ky., for training. Mr. Lester Smith, son of Mr. mnd Mrs. R. J. Smith, of East Air line avenue, recently enlisted In the army and is now stationed at Fort Thomas, Ky. - v. ,. Dies the Child! Bessie went with her mother to the meat market the other day, and, see ing : awdnst on - the floor,- she- whis pered: "Mamma, does he botcher dolls Boston Transcripts - Mr. Henry Rankin, one of Gas- tonia's prominent young business men. leaves tonight for Boston, Mas sachusetts, to enter the naval avia tion service, having enlisted and suc cessfully passed the examinations some time ago. Mr. Rankin la a son of Mrs. R. P. Rankin and, since com pleting his course at the State A. and "College, a year or two ago, haa held a responsible position with the Gastonia Insurance & Realty Co. Mr. Law-rence Rankin, a brother of Mr. Henry Rankin, expects to leave tomorrow for Raleigh to stand a final examination for entrance into the naval service. He will be accompan led by Mr. Henry M. Rankin, a son of Mr. and Mrs. John O. Rankin, who will enter the same branch of the service. They will probably be sent from Raleigh to NorfolK. HANDSOME NEW THEATER OPENS HERE FRIDAY Gastonia's fourth moving picture house, the Gastonian. wfll open Fri day with "The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin." Reports from ether cities state that this picture has drawn ca pacity houses everywhere. . Manager J. A. Estrldge has a force of hands busily engaged putting tho finishing touches on this theatre When completed this will be one of the handsomest motion picture hous es in the State. The owners have just spent $10,000 in remodeling and equipping it. A new front of white brick has been put in, while the lobby is finished in tile and mar ble. Mr. M. B. Owen, of Gastonia. decorated the Interior walls, which are unusually attractive. Electric fang in abundance and two large overhead ventilators will add greatly to the comfort of the patrons. A splendid new fibre screen gives the pictures a soft effect and a light that is easy on the eyes. There is a large, comfortable gallery which seats 200. Tho total seating capacity of the the atre Is 800. There are rest rooms ond toilet rooms on the first floor. Nothing has been omitted that would in any way contribute to the comfort or convenience of its patrons. "The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin." will be shown Friday and Saturday. BASEBALL TOMORROW FOR REDICROSS BENEFIT The game at Loray Park tomorrow afternoon between the 19th and 20th Companies of the 3rd Motor Mechan ics Regiment at Camp Greene, for the benefit of the local Red Cross Chapter, promises to be an excellent exhibition of the national game. Ev ery player on both teams is either a professional or semi-professional. Following is the line-up for the game: l'Jth Company Lynch, r.. Stringer, p.. Walker, 1st base. Petry lac, 2nd base. Freiiian, :;rd base, Fas sett, s. s., Schneider, r. f., Wilson. 1. f., Mack, c. f. ; 20th Company Beck, p., Teloquin, c. Baechle', r. f., Tebo to, c. f., Christianson, 1. f.. Lapeze, 3d base, Ie, s. s., Ligett, 2nd base, Maley, 1st base. A telephone message received this morning from the camp states that local fans may expect to witness a game at least the equal of that play ed at Wearn Field last week between the aviation section and the 3rd Mo tor Mechanics. Local fans who saw that game say it was the equivalent of the best talent in the North Caro lina League. Mfewionary Rally . There will be a missionary rally at the 'First Wesleyan Methodist church corner of East Franklin avenue and Church street, next Sunday evening, June 16th, at 8:30 p. m. An interest ing program will be rendered and ev erybody is cordially invited to attend. Rev. C. A. Curtis is the pastor. Dr. Henderlite In Greensboro. Rev. Dr. J. H. Henderlite was call- L ed Monday to Greensboro to attend a called meet!ngNof the Synod of North Carolina for the purpose of consider ing the establishment of a synodlcal college for women. Dr. Henderlite is chairman of the committee ap pointed at the last annual meeting of the Synod to give consideration to this proposition. Greensboro. Ral eigh and Charlotte are bidding for the Institution and possibly othei ther V towns may enter the lists. Ormmfmioned an Captain. Dr. J. A. Anderson this morning received a commission from the War Department as captain in the medi cal section of the Officers Dorps. . Dr. Anderson does not know when he will be called into service, bnt proba bly in the very fiear future. Bora .. , ,- . sTo Mr. and Mrs.' Floyd C. Todd on Tuesday. June 11. 1918, a daughter. LL Xr Edgar "McLean: received his commission last week and has been assigned o Camp Pike, Ark. - With the election ov officers and the selection of Wilson as the place for the next annual meeting the North Carolina Building & Loan League adjourned shortly after noon today. A feature of the morning session was the adoption unanimously of resolutions pledging the associa tions of the State to lend their best endeavors to assist the government in the sale of Thrift and War Sav ings Stamps and Liberty Bonds and the dispatching to President Wilson of a telegram telling him that the North Carolina "Building & Loan League stands with him in the carry ing out of all of his policies for the winning of the war. In addition to these matters other matters of rou tine business wera attended to. Officers for the ensuing year were chosen as follows: President, G. R. Wooten, of Hick ory. First Vice-President, H. F. Wilder, of Wilmington. Second Vice-President, J. C. Alli son, of Raleigh. Third Vice-President.-.E. G. Mc Lurd, of Gastonia. Secretary and Treasurer, A. G. Craig, of Charlotte. Executive Committee: G. A. Fol lin, of Winston-Salem; G. F. Stron ach, of Wilson; E. L. Keesler, of Charlotte; A. W. Little, of Wilming ton, and J. A. S. Idol, of High Point. The delegates enjoyed an auto drive over the city this morning and also visited the Kings Mountain ar tillery range. A large percentage of the 54 build ing and loan associations composing the North Carolina Building and Loan League were represented yes terday morning at 1 1 o'clock when President E. L. Keesler, of Charlotte, called that body to ordar in its fif teenth annual session in the assem bly room of the Armington Hotel. Following the invocation by Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, of this city, May or A. M. Dixon welcomed the dele gates and visitors to the city in an appropriate address. He was follow ed by S. A. Robinson, who extended a welcome to the delegates on behalf of the seven associations In Gaston county, and the chamber of com- wnerce. Chase Brenlzer, of Charlotte, responded in a brief but timely ad dress, In which he stressed, as did all the speakers, the great work the building and loan associations are do ing for the county. These were fol lowed by President Keesler, who de livered his annual address. He reviewed briefly the progress of the building and loan work, and laid stress on the fact that a humanita rian institution In itself, to a very large extent, the organization in North Carolina had attained the suc cess which it has won without the aid of any of those civic organizations which should lend it assistance. He advocated legislation which would relieve the associations from State taxes, and other reforms which would make it possible for the organ ization to increase its usefulness. Through all the addresses made throughout the day there was a dis tinct patriotic strain. On account of the fact that the morning session did not start until 11 o'clock, the topics on the program for discussion were not taken up. Ai Miller, of ehelby. made a short talk on the building and loan association with which he is connected, and which has the un usual distinction of having :"0 per cent' of its stockholders and 50 per cent of its loans in the rural districts. At the afternoon session addresses were made by H. F. Wilder and G. A. Follln. and topics of Interest to the building and loan men were discuss ed. The speaker for the night session wan State Insurance Commissioner J. R. Young, of Raleigh, whose sub ject was conditions and suggestions. An informal smoker and a discussion of topics of Interest to the delegates were other features of the night ses sion. AMERICAN MARINES . MADE BRILLIANT ATTACK (By Henry Wales.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, June 12. Belleau wood, a strategic forest near Chateau Thier ry, is now In the hands of American Marines, although it was defended by crack Prussian and Saxon troops, the flower of the Kaiser's army. They were no match for the dauntless Am erican Marines, who swept them back taking 300 prisoners, two Krupps, several great minnenwerfers and many machine guns. American cas ualties were slight, as the Germans were stunned by violent shelling and cyclonic charge. ITALIANS mm ;J AUSTRIAN BATTLESHIPS (By International News Service) ROME, Jnne 12s Bjt Another dar ing Italian naval raid two more Aus-tro-Hungarian battleships of the lar gest type were torpedoed. An Aus trian destroyer chasing the raiders was damaged.- - ' - . 1 (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 12. TodayV casualty list is as follows: ' s Fifteen killed In action. - ..'!' Nine wounded. Eighteen died of disease. i! One killed in. aeroplane accident, : Seventeen died by accident ? and other causes. .;.,- f - V Sixty severely wounded. 7 " ill Six wounded, degree undetermined One missing In action. " Cyrus Adcox,' of Fayettevlfle, "In, C, and Leslie Venters, of Shelmer- J-dine, N. C, were killed in action; . Gordon Hayes, ot Nicholas, S. .; Emmett Segrays, of Hampton, Ga., and Eddie Smith, of Florala, Ala., died of disease; Fred Corsine, of Con cord, N. C; Sam Conley, of Siawas see, Ga.; Edwin, Head, of Need more, Ga.; Gentry Hennlcutt. of Greenville, S. C; Arthur Johnson, of Lakeland. Fla., and Henry Kennedy, of Way cross, Ga., were wounded severely; The Marine Corps casualty list la' as follows: Eleven killed In action.' Ten died of wounds. - 1 1 . . . 5 . rour severely wounaea. t Warren Hoyle, of .Shelby", X, C. and George Murphy, of SpartanbiirtV 8. C, were killed in action.' s. j j ' Warren Hoyle, mentioned above, is a son of Mr. iFrank'L, Hoyle, clerk of the court of Cleveland county. f He ' is known to quite a good many Gas- , tonlans. all of whom will read with sorrow of his death. X . i I GERMANS IRLKEV.' if! MEN INTO THE FIGLT if. (By International News Service.) PARIS, June 12. The Germans ar pouring reserves Into the fighting In unending stream, utterly regardless of losses. It is understood that they are replacing their shattered divis ions at the rate of five, to six each, day on a comparatively iarrbw front Not only has the German advance been definitely halted at practically every point, but the Germans' are losing ground, giving the 'French valuable strategic positions for a continuation of the growing counter assaults. Over a thousand Germans were captured in French counter at tacks. ." i 1 Dr. J. 8. Hood, of Kings Moun tain, was a Gastonia visitor yester day. . i! 1 ' Mrs. R. K. Davenport, of Mi ' Holly, spent yesterday in the city: a the guest of Mrs. B T. Morris. , ' I Misses Jennie and Lillian Bren nan, of York, 8. C, are the guests of Mrs. R. J. Smith at her home on East Airline avenue. : - Mr. Oscar M. Jones, formerly with The Gazette, now linotype oper ator with The Asheville Citizen, i r Is spending a few days with friends In : the city. . M.' - - Miss Lottie Nichols, after spend- ;- -ing a few days here with. Mrs. Flayv -E. Stubbs. on South Rhyne- street, will leave tomorrow for Lincolnton to spend the week-end with ' her grandparents. v. ' It. IS. KNGINKkHS OUT ; WITH STATEMENT. Men In Cab All Over South Tell How Tunlnc Kestored Then to Health. When a railroad engineer's health is impaired, the lives of thousands may be endangered dally, for bis . work requires a clear brain, a steady nerve and a strong constitution. The following statements from some, of -the best known railroad engineers In the country tell how Tanlac relieved them of suffering and restored their ' health: ' ' V. L. Nabers, AtlanU, Ga.. saldi "I had lost appetite liver and kid neys were deranged haven't had J ' a -, pain since taking Tanlac gained, 14 -pounds." ; . - L C. Bowers, 910 Firsts Avenue", Nashville, . Tenn.. said: . "Tanlac overcame my stomach trouble and nervousness gained S pounds." i i i - D. A. Mid diet on. 1717 Chenovert street, Houston, Texas, said: "Was . in bad shape couldn't walk.' Tan- . lac built me up like a new man gained 11 pounds. . S. T. Watk Ins, Birmingham, Ala-1 said: "Suffered 27 years with, stom ach disorders Tanlac ended my troubles." . i Jeff D. Riggs. 2020 Pearl street, Vicksburg, Miss., says: "Was nerv- r ous and physical wreck gained 25 pounds. -"; .. Other well-known railroad engin- eers who have endorsed Taulac are: J. B. Watson, Mobile, Alar , B. F. -House. R. D. No. 5, AtlanU. Ga.: T. G. Ayers,;107 Rainey Ave.; Nashville, Tenn-C. J. Weeks, 2139 Lydia Ave., -Jacksonville. Fla.; Lynn Sills, '440 Bellevue Ave., Memphis, Tenn.. and , others too numerous to mention. ' Tanlac is sold by Adams Drag Co., Gastonia; Stowe-Sannders Drug Co., Belmont: Holland Drag Co., ML Hol ly; Allen Drag Co., Cherryrtlle. 7