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GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 10, 1915.
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ALLIES BET FOOTHOLD IN BULGARIA
Capture Strnmltaa, Point of Straeglc
Value Permitting Defense of Rail
way Gorman Invaders Meeting
With Greater Resistance In Serbia
Than They Had Expected Other
War News. -
Following Is the Associated Press'
review of the war situation as pub
lished in this morning's papers:
MaJ. Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton has
been relieved of the command of the
British forces in the Dardanelles and
called home to make a report to the
War Office on the Gallipoli cam
paign. He is to be succeeded by
Maj. Gen. Charles Carmlchael Mon
ro, who has seen wide service.
The Dardanelles operations have
not been as successful as the British
War Office and people would wish,
and of late there has been much crit
icism because of the failure of the
land and sea forces to make progress
that seemed material to the ultimate
aim of the expedition, which was to
reach Constantinople.
Another important incident on the
British side of the war is the resig
nation from the Cabinet of Sir Ed
ward Carson, the Ulster leader, who
was appointed Attorney General last
May on the formation of the coali
tion ministry. Disagreements are re
ported to have arisen between Sir Ed
ward and other members of the Cab
inet While the Serbians and Montene
grins in northern and western Serbia
are strenuously contesting the march
of the Teutons and on the east the
Serbians are fighting hard against
Bulgarian attacks, the Anglo-French
forces to the South are declared in
Unofficial reports to be making prog
ress in their efforts to bring relief to
their harassed Allies. '
Report has it that Anglo-French
troops already have occupied the im
portant strategic town of Strumitsa
In the extreme southwestern part ot
Bulgaria and that a landing has been
made by them in Turkey at Enos at
the mouth of the Maritza river, a
short lstance southeast of the Bul
garian port of Dedeaghatch.
While Enos Is a shallow water
port and Its environs are unhealthy
owing to the marshy country the
Maritza River is navigable at this
season of the year by barges as far
as Ardlanople. A short distance
westward an invading force would be
In close proximity to the Bulgarian
railroad line running north througn
the territory recently acquired by
Bulgaria from Turkey to Adrianople,
luo juuluuu uiui s& iu7 vcu i tin
ning from Belgrade to Constantino
ple which the Teutonic Allies are try
ing to secure control of In order to
aid the Turks.
Both Berlin and Vienna claim
their troops and those of Bulgaria
are making progress in Serbia, but
this progress is slow. Vienna claims
that several, additional vantage
points have been taken by the Teu
tons and that the Bulgarians in the
North have gained ground in tne
mountainous country and farther
South have advanced over Egrl Pa
lanka in their attempt to gain the
Uskup-Nish Railway, the cutting or
which would probably delay the pro
gress of the French and British
troops from Saloniki.
Artillery bombardments and fight
ing by means of hand grenades have
been the sole methods of warfare a
long the French line; while on the
Russian front the attempt of Field
Marshall von Hldenburg to push
through to Dvinsk has brought out
the hardest fighting. Berlin asserts
that good progress has been made by
von Hlndenburg to the south of Riga
and that near Uloukst Russian posi
tions extending over a front of near
ly two miles have been captured.
Stubborn fighting continues in the
Austro-Itallan zone, with the Italians
on the offensive. On the plateau of
Doberdo the Italians in an attack
reached the Austrian entanglements
-at some places but Vienna says were
finally driven off.
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Cherryvllle Man Killed.
Newton Enterprise.
Charles Carpenter, of Cherryvllle,
employed, as repair man by the
Southern In the Asheville yards, was
fatally hurt in Asheville Monday and
died in the hospital later. He was
working on the pilot of an engine
standin in the pit, and the
engine was moved, catching him be
tween it and the end of the pit. The
remains were sent to Cherryvllle for
.interment.
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THE GRADE CROSSING.
Raleigh Times.
A Raleigh grade crossing recently cost another life that of a small
negro boy. The accident might have happened as well to a large rich cit
izen in motor ear. The elimination of all such dangerous crossings is,
of course, a policy that ran be carried out only at enormous cost. But It
is doubtful whether the expenses Incident to damage suits for deaths
-and injuries nave not already amounted to more than the cost of such
elimination would have been. - In a few years the grade crossing will
irank as a dodo of corporate short-sightedness.
VAS COMPLETE SUGGESS
ETON'S FIRST FAIR WAS A FINE ONE
More Than Twenty Thousand People
Entered Grounds During rive
Days Saturday, Clrcue Day,
Brought About Seven Thousand
Management Pleased With Finan
cial Result Splendid Promises for
Next Year's Event.
Gaston county's first annual Kir
came to a close Saturday night. The
records showed that more than 20,-
000 people entered the grounds be
tween the opening of the fair Tues
day morning and midnight Saturday
night. It was a decided success in
every respect and the management is
highly gratified at the results. Some
of the exhibits were not as large as
might have been desired but were as
large as ccjald have been expected.
With the enthusiasm engendered a-
mong the farmers by this fair there
is every reason to believe that the
agricultural and livestock exhibits
next year will easily treble or even
quadruple those of this year. The
same is probably true of the exhibits
by local merchants and manufac
turers. Financially the fair was every
thing that was hoped for and more
too. Besides defraying all of the
operating expenses the receipts will
fall only a hundred or two dollars
short of paying for the entire amount
spent in permanent improvements
such as fence, barns, stalls, pens,
graing, etc. ' The managers had en
tered into the proposition with a feel
ing that they would be perfectly sat
isfied if they should come within
$1,000 to $1,500 of getting enough
to pay for the permanent improve
ments. For next year's fair several
more permanent buildings will be
erected, large enough to accommo
date all exhibits. This year the ex
hibits were made in large tents
leased for the purpose.
Saturday was the biggest day in
point of attendance, something like
7,000 passing through the gates.
This was due, in large part, to the ap
pearance on the grounds of Robin
son's Circus. For the afternoon per
formance there were sold 4,200 gen
eral admission tickets and at night
there were between 1,200 and 1,500,
while probably 2,000 went Into the
grounds during the day who did not
attend the circus. The circus was a
very creditable one. There were lots
of out-of-town people here, .the color
ed race predominating. They came
in on excursion trains on the C. & N.
W. mostly. The clrucs manager said
that the Gastonia crowd was tne
largest they had played to since they
left Richmond, Va., some weeks ago.
FAIR NOTES.
In listing the names of the firms
having exhibits in the tent devoted to
booths for Gastonia merchants and
manufacturers the reporter inadvert
ently omitted to mention the Robin
son Shoe Company. This concern
had an unusually attractive display
of shoes, etc., their booth being ex
ceptionally pretty In its decorations.
"I've got a pig at home that would
have taken first prize over anything
at the fair in his breed" said Mr. E.
Hope Forbes, of the Crowders Creek
community to The Gazette man af
ter he had inspected the pigs shown
at the fair. "The pig exhibit was a
splendid one," he added, "but I wish
I had taken time to bring mine up.
Somehow it just escaped me till It
was too late to enter him." It is
safe to assert that Mr. Forbes will
be on hand at the 1916 fair not
only with thoroughbred hogs but
with other agricultural exhibits.
Doubtless numerous other farmers,
just like Mr, Forbes, had exhibition
stock but kept putting off entering
them until it was too late.
Mr Oscar L. Rhyne is one progres
sive young farmer who has been
thoroughly convinced that the county
fair is a most excellent avertising
medium for advertising one's wares,
provided he has something worth
while to show. He had some fine
pigs on display. He did not bring
them to the fair with any Idea or
selling any of them but simply to
show them. A pig fancier from Meck
lenburg came along and the animals
caught his eye. Result Mr. Rhyne
sold a sow and seven little pigs Tor
$100 and another pig for $75. It's
a dead certainty that Mr. Rhyne
will have pigs and some agricultural
products as well on display next
year.
It was in every respect one of the
best behaved crowds ever seen here.
More than 20,000 were in the fair
grounds during the five days and only
one arrest was made. There were
plenty of officers about and they kept
a close watch. The offenders just
were'nt there. This is a splendid
HEWS ofjhe couim
LATEST FROM CUB CORRESPONDENTS
Dallas Dots.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DALLAS, Oct. 18, 15. The Music
Lover's Club met last Friday evening
at half past seven o'clock with Miss
Sarah Hoffman.
The following was the program for
the evening.
Piano solo, "Pasquinade," Gotts
chalk, Miss Muriel Bulwlnkle.
Paper, "What America is doing for
the advancement of Music To-day,"
written by Mrs. C. C. Cornwell and
read by Miss Corinne Puett.
Piano solo, Love Song, Nevin, Miss
Sarah Hoffman.
Piano solo. Last Hope, Gottschalk,
Miss Mabel Bulwlnkle.
Vocal solo, Little Pink Rose, Mrs.'
Colt Robinson.
Violin solo, With Sweet Lavender,
Miss Corinne Puett.
Piano solo, "D. K. E. Waltz,"
Thompson, Mrs. J. W. Summey.
Plans were discussed for the speci
al meeting of the club which will
probably be held about the middle
of November. These special meet
ings are held at the end of each
quarter, and each member has the
privilege of Inviting some one out
Side of the club.
At the close of the business meet
ing the hostess served some delici
ous scuppernong Ice cream and cake.
Misses Odessa Richardson of Mon
roe and Lucy Jordan of Gastonia
were the guests of Miss Anna Puett
Saturday and Sunday.
Supt. M. S. Beam brought down a
number of his teachers in his auto
mobile on Friday to visit the schools,
the graded and the Farm Life school.
In the party were Prof. Ward, Mrs.
Horton and 'Misses Farmer, Nixon
and Roberts.
Late last night a message was re
ceived here from Lenoir that a
change for the worse had taken
place in the condition of Mr. Marvin
Cornwell. Mr. Cornwell was oper
ated on for appendicitis last week at
Lenoir and it was thought his condii
tion was very favorable until last
night.
Messrs. P. A. Summey, J. W. Sum
mey and Coit Robinson left at once
in Mr. L. D. Gribble's car. Mr. and
Mrs. C. C. Cornwell left for Lenoir
this morning.
Rev. A. R. Beck and Mr. Waldo
Beck attended the meeting of the
Tennessee Synod of the Lutheran
church at New Brookland 'church,
near Columbia last week.
Cherryville Chat
Correspondence of The Gazette.
McADENVILLE, Oct. 18. Mr.
and Mrs. P. F. Ballinger, of Savan
nah, Ga., were the guests last week
of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ray.
Mr. James Holt, of Charlotte, for
merly superintendent here, was the
guest last Wednesday of Mr. George
L. Webb.
Mrs. Bettie Lowe, of Charlotte,
visited friends here last week.
Mr. W. W. Lowe, of Huntersville,
was here Sunday as the guest of Mr.
Bud Funderburk.
Dr. Ralph Ray, of Gastonia, spent
Sunday here with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. R. R. Ray.
Mr. Will Ingle and son went pos
sum hunting last Friday night and
caught thirteen.
Mr. M. L. Dixon and family, of
Clover, S. C, vleited relatives here
Sunday.
Mrs. M H. Flack, of Forest City,
is spending a faw weeks here with
her daughter, Mrs. Walter E. Wil
son. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Ray cpent Fri
day in Gastonia attending the fair.
Messrs. Jake Stafford, M. T. Staf
ford, Will Ingle, James Cashlon,
Thomas Thompson, Bill Mauney and
Mr. Bradshaw, who constitute Mc
Adenville's regiment of possum
hunters have 25 or more nice fat
possums and will give the Confed
erate veterans of the town a "pos
sum and 'tater" dinner next Satur
day. The string band will make mu
sic for the occasion and a great time
is anticipated.
LORAY LOCALS.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
WEST GASTONIA, Oct. 18. Miss
OUie Gray, of Spencer, visited Miss
Madge Dalton this week.
Mr. and Mrs; C. Fite, of McAden
ville, spent a few days this week
visiting relatives here.
Mr. J. C. Dood spent Sunday In
Shelby visting relatives.
Miss Media Holcomb has returned
home after spending a month visit
ing relatives In Asheville.
Mrs. F. J. Bradley, of Concord, is
visiting Mrs. T. W. Bradley this
Miss Flossie Jenkins, of McAden
ville, spent a few days this week
visiting her brother, Mr. A. 3.
Jenkins.
Mr. Lee Corn, of Kannapolls,
spent a few days here this week vis
iting relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gilliam, who
have been visiting Mr. Gilliam's
brother, Mr J. Gilliam, returned to
their home in Old Fort Sunday.
Miss Bessie Rankin, of McAden-
Tille, visited relatives here this
week.
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THE LATEST NEWS OF GASTONIA AND VICINITY
Personal Pickups, Short Paragraphs, Social News Gathered By The Gazette Report
er And Put In Condensed Form For Busy Readers.
Personals and Locals.
Mrs. J. P. Reld was a visitor to
Charlotte yesterday.
Mr. J. E. Simpson was a busi
ness visitor to Charlotte yesterday.
Mrs. 8. M. Robinson, of Lowell,
was In the city shopping yesterday.
Mr. J. W. Abernethy, of Alexis,
was a Gastonia visitor yesterday.
Messrs. Ed Adams, Clyde Mc
Lean and W. H. Adams visited friends
in Clover, S. C, Sunday evening.
Col. C. B. Armstrong left last
night on a business trip to Philadel
phia. Mr. J. H. Huffstetler and Mr.
Harold Huffstetler, of the Union sec
tion, are In town today.
Mrs. Lou Hill returned to her
home in Newton today after visit
ing relatives here.
Mr. D. G. Young, of Salisbury,
spent Saturday in the city attending
the fair.
Miss Lillian Robinson, who has
been the guest for a week of Mrs. E.
O. Jennings, returned yesterday to
her home in Salisbury.
Mr. Thad P. Clinton returned
yesterday to Clover, S. C, after
spending several days attending the
fair.
Miss Eleanor Moore Reld, who
is teaching In the Statesville Female
College, spent Sunday here with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Reid.
Mr. Charles Craig, who has been
with A. H. Gulon A Co., left yester
day for University to take a posi
tion as lineman with the Southern
Power Co.
Mrs. G. W. Abernethy, of Lowell.
is spending the day in the city wltb
her daughter, Mrs. H. F. Cash, of
Tampa, Fla., who has been a patient
at the City Hospital for some time.
Mrs. G. H. Culberson, of San
ford, who has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. J. S. Walker, leaves
toay for Honea Path, S. C, to visit
another aughter, Mrs. W. C. Brany
on Mr. Ellison, secretary of the
Lancaster, S. C, chamber of Com
merce, spent Friday here as the guest
of Mr. E. O. Jennings and went from
here to Greensboro to attend the
Central Carolina fair this week.
The fourth quarterly meeting
will be held at the Avon Wesleyan
Methodist church Saturday night and
Sunday. The annual conference of
this denomation meets in Asheville
November 23rd.
Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Anthony,
of Shelby, were the guests of their
niece, Mrs. R. H. Plyler, during the
fair week. It was Mr. Anthony s
first visit to Gastonia and he was
much surprised to find such a thriv
ing little city. They enjoyed their
visit very much.
Mr. R. C. Hood died at his home
at Olanta, Florence county, S. C,
last Wednesday night after a long
illness. Mr. Hood was ahout forty
years of age and Is survived by his
wife, who is an aunt of Mr. R. B.
Falls, of this city. Mrs. Hood was
before her marriage Miss Esther
Falls, of Falston, Cleveland county.
BKTTER BABIES.
List of the Winners in the Better
I tables 0ntest Held Last Thurs
day No Scores for Babies Under
Six Months Old.
Below is given the report of the
committee of physicians who award
ed the prizes in the Better Babies
contest held last Thursday for the
benefit of the Gastonia Public Libra
ry. We are asked to say that it was
impossible to give any scores for ba
bies under six months of age, as the
committee had no standard of
weights for children under that age
by which they could be Judged. Fol
lowing are the winners in the various
divisions:
FIRST DIVISION.
First. Ruth McLurd Babington,
98.5.
Second, Mary Cornelia Morris, 9 8.
Third, James Whiten Rankin, 97.1,
and Henry A. Shannon, R. F. D., 97.
1. SECOND DIVISION.
First, John Andrew Chandler, 98.2
Second. Will Stewart Atkins. 97.7.
Third, Jenlelle Falls, R. F. D., 97.-
1.
THIRD DIVISION.
Second, Margaret Almand, 97.9.
Second, Margaret Almond, 97.9.
Third. Paul P. Sholar, Bessemer
City, 97.6.
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Happy Thought.
"Tour honor." said the arrested
chauffeur. "I tried to warn the man,
but the horn would not work."
"Then why did you not slacken
speed "rather than run him down?"
A light seemed to dawn upon the
prisoner. "That's one on me. I nev
er thought of that." Case and Comment
Town and County.
Born
To Prof, and Mrs. B. M. Weir on
Thursday, October 14, 1915, a
daughter.
To Cbntlue Another Week.
The Gazette is requested to state
that, by special request, the Salva
tion Army will continue its services
at the Clara Mill hall for one week
more. Last week there were twenty
seven conversions and very great In
terest was manifested in the services.
These meetings begin promptly at
7:30 o'clock and close at 9. Every
body Is invited to come and enjoy
these meetings.
Have Xew Machine.
Messrs. L. Thompson A Son have
just installed in their shop on South
street a complete electrical shoe
repairing outfit. The machine is the
latest model put out by the United
Shoe Repairing Machine Co., is
driven by an electric motor and heat
ed by gas. It represents the finish
ing touch in shoe repairing and en
ables the firm to do the best and
quickest work that can be done any
where In their line.
Negro Killed by Train.
Bub Jackson, a well-known negro
of Clover, was run over and instant
ly killed at that place Saturday morn
ing by an excursion train on tha
Carolina ft Northwestern Railway,
which was bringing a large crowd
here to the fair and the circus. The
train, it is understood, was crowded
with excursionists which it had tak
en on at Chester, Yorkville and oth
er points down the line and did not
stop for passengers at Clover as
there was no room for them. The
negro made an effort to swing the
train and was thrown under the
wheels, his body being cut in two
and badly mutilated.
Colored Floral Fair.
Gaston ia's Colored Woman's Bet
terment Association will hold its
third annual Floral Fair October
27th, 28th and 29th in Winona Hall
on North York street. A special
feature this year will be a canned
fruit contest. The colored popula
tion deserves credit for the interest
they are taking, as manifested in
this annual Floral Fair, in stimulat
ing interest among the members of
their race in growing flowers, im
proving the appearances and condi
tions around their homes and In can
ning fruit and vegetables. The Ga
zette commends them for these wor
thy efforts and hopes their fair this
year will be bigger and better than
ever.
Superior Court.
The October term of Gaston Su
perior Court for the trial of criminal
cases will convene here next Mon
day, October 24th, with Judge J. U
Webb, of Shelby, presiding. The
term will continue only one week.
The Jurors are Messrs. J. G. Payne,
W. H. McGinnas, W. L. Falls, E. B.
Putman, G. D. Harrill. C. O. Derr,
W. N. Robinson, F. D. Phillips. R. C.
Kennedy, U. L. Black. G. E. C. Pa
sour, T. H. Holland, Ezra Harris, R.
Q. Ford, Phillip L. Carpenter, L. E.
Dixon. Jesse Caldwell, Phillip a
Mauney, Sidney Thornburg, R. R.
Gamble, W. H. Horsley, HendrlcR
Balrd, J. P. Hord and J. T. Clonln
ger. Mrs. Press Ballard Iead.
Mrs. Press Ballard, aged about 30
years, died Friday night at the home
of her mother in High Shoals, where
she had been visiting for some time.
Death was due to pneumonia and
followed an illness of only a few
days. Funeral services were con
ducted Sunday morning at 9 o'clock
at the High Shoals Baptist church by
Rev. J. J. Beach, pastor of East Gas
tonia Baptist church, of which Mrs.
Ballard was a member. The deceas
ed is survived by her husband and
one son. She had been a resident of
Gastonia for a number of years and
had many friends who will be griev
ed by the news of her death.
Gaston Convict Pardoned.
The following item is from The
Raleigh Times of the 16th: "Will
Norris, of Gaston county, convicted
in the recorder's court May 18. 1915,
of the crime of assault upon his wire,
and sentenced to six months on the
chaingang, was today granted a con
ditional pardon. The defendant will
be released on condition that he will
be a good citizen and obey the law.
The reason given by the governor for
the pardon follows: The defendant
seems penitent, and his wife Is anx
ious to have him return home, be
lieving that he will hereafter sup
port her and make a good husband.
This pardon is recommended by mu
nicipal Judge Jones who tried him,
by Solicitor Bulwlnkle who prosecut
ed him, hy George W. Wilson, tne
present solicitor of the district, by
Thomas L. Craig, O. F. Mason and
many of the most prominent7 citi
zens of Gastonia. The defendant has
been on the roads about five
months.' "
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SOCIAL
D. A. K. MOLDS
CALLED MEETING.
At a called meeting of William
Gaston Chapter United Daughters ot
the Confederacy at the residence ot
Mrs. Andrew E. Moore final arrange
ments were made for the Gilmer
Sorrentlno concert to be held here
under the auspices of that organiza
tion Friday night, November 5th.
was the date selected. - The next re
gular meeting of the chapter was to
have been hid Thursday of thl
week at Dallas with Mrs. S. A.
Wilkins but has been changed to
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock and
will be held with Miss Maude Wllkine
at the home of Mrs. H. B. Moore on.
West Air Line avenue. The program, ,
will be as follows: Current events. .
"John Paul Jones." by Mrs. Andrew
E. Moore; reading from Robin
Aroon by Mrs. O. A. Sparrow; dis
cussion on "The American Lady",
led by Mrs. R. M. Reld.
'
FIRST MEETING
OF THE U. C. CLUB.
The first meeting of the U. C. Club
for the season was held Friday af
ternoon of last week with Mrs. O. C.
Andrews at her home on West Air
line avenue. The club program ror
this year is a study of "Our Own
Country," and the subject for Fri
day's meeting was "The American
Mecca Washington." Mrs. B. H.
Parker read an interesting paper on
"The Romantic Founding of Wash
ington." Mrs. J. H. Henderlitel
subject was "The Public Buildings or
Washington." "The White House
and Our Royal Family" was the sub
ject treated in an excellent paper hf
Mrs. A. E. Wolti. These were fol
lowed by two three-minute talks, on
by Miss Ida Pursley on "Mount Ver
non" and one by Miss Birdie Duff on
"Arlington." At the close of the
program delicious refreshments were
served, the hostess being assisted by
Mrs. Chas Ford.
MISS GILMER TO APPEAR
HERE IN CONCERT.
Under the- auspices of the William
Gaston Chapter Daughters of the
American Revolution Miss Josephine
Gilmer, a talented young North Car
olinian, who has spent a number of
years abroad studying grand opera
under some of the masters, and Slg
nor Umberto oorrentlno will give a
concert at the court house on Friday
night, November 6th.
Miss Gilmer was singing In Italy
when the European war began. She
then returned to America and has
since been touring in concert with
Slgnor Sorrentlno. She is a daugn
ter of former Attorney General and
Mrs. R. D. Gilmer, of Waynesville,
and a niece of Bishop James Atkins.
She is descended on her father's side
from Jesse Franklin, who waa Gov
ernor of North Carolina and United
States Senator from this State, and
on her mother's side from Robert
Love, of Revolutionary fame. She
was educated at Peace Institute and
Saint Mary's, Raleigh. She studied
first under Madame Ziegler of the
Metropolitan Opera House for three
years and was then sent abroad
where she studied for several years
in Milan, Italy, under Emilllo Metel
lio, the great tenor, who sang for 15
years with Pattl In concert.
The following tribute Is taken
from a recent issue of The Asheville
Citizen:
"Making what may be termed her
debut before home audiences, Miss
Josephine Gilmer, daughter of form
er Attorney General and Mrs. Robert
Gilmer, of North Carolina, delighted
a large audience at the auditorium
last night, when she appeared rn
concert with the noted tenor, Umber
to Sorrentlno. The great volume of
applause given to Miss Gilmer and
Slgnor Sorrentlno was not the out
growth of home ties, so to speak, but
was given strictly on merit. Fre
quent encores were demanded and -many
beautiful bouquets were sent
up to Miss Gilmer by admiring -friends.
1
"Miss Gilmer possesses a colora
tura voice of great sweetness and ar
tistic merit. She has a fine range,
her breathing and phrasing bearing
evidence of close and successful
study. Many who were qualified to
speak on the subject declared last
night that Miss Gilmer has a great
future before her.
"In a program of general excel
lence there Is little wherefrom to
pick and choose, but Miss Gilmer
scored heaviest perhaps in the 'Jew- .
el Song' from Faust, She was par- '
Ocularly effective too in the selection
from Verdi's beautiful opera Aide
'O Terra Addlo ('Farewell to
Earth') a number wherein Slgnor
Sorrentino's magnificent voice was
heard to best advantage.
"A pretty piece of sentiment which
the audience quickly caught and ap
preciated was Miss Gilmer's extra
number, 'My Mother.' The applause
which greeted this effort was sponta-
neous and prolonged. Following the ,
concert Miss Gilmer and Mr. and .
Mrs. Gilmer were surrounded by en
thusiastic friends who showered
their congratulations." .
The Gazette from now till Janua
ry 1, 1917, for 91 JSO to new sabscrib-