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PUBLISHED TWICE A WEEKTUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
VOL. XXXVII.
NO. 53.
GASTONIA, N. O, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY . 1910.
$1 JW A YEAR IN AJYANC2"L
CRUSH GERMAN LINES
GASTOIJIS THREE
ENGLAND PUTS IN ARMY OF 2,000,000
YESTERDAY'S VICTORY WAS 3RD 5THCT
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GAZETTE
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COMING AND GOING-
BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
The Glorious Fourth.
Nothing doing in Gastonla this
Fourth. .
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Myers spent
Sunday with relatives in Charlotte.
Miss Bess Thomasson returned
home Sunday from Hickory.
Mr. G. R. Spencer was a busi
ness visitor in Hickory yesterday.
Mrs. Sue Moss is visiting her
sons in Rock Hill, S. C.
Dr. E. W. Pressley, of Clover,
was in the city yesterday.
If you still want to enlist, Post-
. master Rankin can accommodate
you.
Messrs. J. B. Boyd and L. H.
Long are angling for the finny tHDe
today at Mount Holly.
Esquire A. B. Peeler, of Cher
ryville, was a business visitor In the
city yesterday.
Mr. Matthew Stroup, of Cherry
vllle, was here on legal business
Monday.
Miss Dora Schneider and Miss
Nettie Lebovltz are visiting Miss
Mamie Silverstein In Charlotte.
Dr. T. N. Dulin, of Clover,
route two, was a business visitor tn
town yesterday.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Klrb? and
family spent the week-end with rel
atives at Charlotte.
Mias John8ie Adams left yester
day morning for Black Mountain
where she will spend some time, y
Prof Joe S. Wray is at Wades
boro holding a two-weeks teachers
Institute.
Misses Bessie Jackson, Beulan
Mathews and Mabel Flanagan, ot
Clover, spent several hours in the
city yesterday shopping.
; Mr. Frank L. Jackson, of David
son, arrived In the city Saturday
night to spend a week with his
father, Mr. John F. Jackson.
J - Miss ' Elizabeth Edwards is
pending some . time at Crowders
.Creek as th guest of her aunt, Mrs.
' Edison Forbes.
J- Mr. R. F. Ratchford went to
Charlotte this, morning to enter a
hospital for an operation , toy ap
pendicitis and gall stones.
1 Prof, and Mrs. Will p.' Grter
and'child left Saturday for Mecklen
burg county where they will spend
the summer with relatives. -
' -. fourteenth chapter of .'The
' Strange XJase of Mary Page. The
concluding chapter of this serial will
appear in next Tuesday's Gasette.
Aleck King, colored, was patn-
folly injured about the face and. head
Saturday afternoon when, riding a
bicycle down West Main- avenue, he
collided with an automobile driven
by Mr. John Carson. 'His Injuries
cams as a result of his being thrown
through the windshields the ma
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Read the Trade-at-Home page.
Her friends will regret to learn
that Mrs. John Davis is very serious
ly ill at her home on South Oakland
st reel
it reef.
r Capt. T. S. Trott, conductor on
the interurban, is confined to his
home by illness. Capt. W. H. Tay
lor is on his run and Capt. T. H. Ty
son is taking care of the latter's run.
V" Mrs. John R. Rankin went to
Charlotte this morning to be with
her mother, Mrs. J. M. Sloan, who
is undergoing treatment in the Pres
byterian Hospital.
y Miss Rosa Schneider left last
Thursday for Red Springs where she
joined her cousin, Miss Dora Myers,
on a trip to Norfolk and Suffolk.
They left Red Springs Sunday. ,
Mr. W. G. Rhyne, manager of
the Farmers Union Warehouse, gives
notice through The Gazette that the
warehouse will be closed until
September 1st.
Mr. Lowry R. Wilson, who re
cently underwent a successful oper
ation at the City Hospital, has re
turned to bis home in the New Hope
secUon.
V Miss Lottie Blake and Miss
Josephine Heath of Gastonla motor
ed to Rock Hill Sunday and spent
the day with the latter's parents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Heath.
Mr. Clay Kiser and son, James,
and Mr. F. B. Carpenter and son,
Russell, of Crouse, route one, were
in Gastonla yesterday' and paid The
Gazette office a pleasant call.
Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, went to
Charlotte yesterday to attend the
regular quarterly meeting of the
Home Mission Board of the First
Associate 'Reformed Presbytery, of
which he la chairman.
A Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Summerrow
and son, Edward, left this morning
for Hendersonville where they will
spend a month with relatives. Mr.
Summerrow left the. hospital last
week and is recuperating from, the
effects of a recent, operation.
V Mr. Sam S. Shuford. a promln
entyoung farmer of the Point sec
tion, was a business visitor in Gasto
nla yesterday. That section, lie
states, has not had as much rain as
Gastonla and the crops are In good
condition. Grass has not gotten
such a foothold as it has in the vi
cinity of Gastonla and in other parts
of the county.
The Held gun sent' here some
weeks ago from Haiti by Capt. R. O.
Underwood to his brother, Mr.
Raymond Underwood and' presented
by the latter to the postof&ce, has
been placed on the grounds of the
new- Federal building. It has been
repainted . It occupies a position on
the southwestern corner of the
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Ideal Today.
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LATE EVENTS IN TOWN AND COUNTY
Born
To Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tlmberlake
on Saturday, July 1. 1916, a daugh
ter. Communion at New Hope.
The Gazette is requested to state
that there will be communion servi
ces at New Hope Presbyterian church
Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Pre
paratory services will be conducted
Friday night and Saturday morning
by Rev. Mr. Dendy, of Belmont.
Acting City Solicitor.
In the absence of City Solicitor A.
L. Bulwinkle, who haB gone to the
front as captain of Company B,
First Infantry, North Carolina Na
tional Guards, Mr. J. W. Timber
lake, assistant city solicitor, is act
ing.
Ten nix Club Organized.
The Gastonla Tennis Club was re
cently organized with seven charter
members. The club has purchased
two lots in Chesterplace and is now
fitting up what is to be one of the
finest tennis courts in the State.
This excellent sport is becoming
quite popular here.
Postponed.
The Gazette Is requested to state
that the quarterly meeting of the
Gaston County Farmers Union will
be held on Saturday, July 22nd, In
stead of the 8th, as previously an
nounced. The meeting will be held
with Pisgah Loaal at Pisgah school
house. ,
Ploughing UpOottoa. r
From numerous sources The Ga
zette learns that many farmers in
the county are being forced to
plough up. their cotton. The fre
quent rains of the past several weeks
have rendered it impossible to culti
vate the crop and the grass has, at
the same time, choked it out. Many
farmers are preparing to raise corn,
peas or grasses on their cotton fields.
York Street Open.
York street was opened tfils morn
ing after having been closed- in part
for several weeks because of paving
operations. The paving company
completed the laying ot asphalt on
this street at 10 o'clock last nigkt.
This street is paved from Main ave
nue to Fifth. This Is one of the
most-traveled thoroughfares in town
and it is a relief to the traveling
public to have it again open.
Teachers Examinations.
County Superintendent Of Educa
tion Hall will hold examinations for
teathers applying for State certifi
cates at his office in the court house
here Thursday and - .Friday, July
13th and ,14th. There will be two
sessions per .day, beginning at. 9 a.
m.. and 1 p. m. , Examination ot ap
plicants tor renewal of certificates
will beheld at o'clock, upt. Hall
desires that all prospective teachers
take note ot these dates as this Xs
the"" otlr-examination that will be
given for the coming year. ,
Moves to GastosJa. -Mr.
J. R. DeHinger,' for several
years past manager of the company
6AST0HIA
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store at the Spencer Mountain Mill,
has resigned that position and is
this week moving to Gastonla where
he will make his home in the future.
Mr. Delllnger and family will occupy
their residence on South Oakland
street until recently occupied by Mr.
S. B. Sparrow and family. The lat
ter has rented the house on South
Oakland just vacated by Mr. A. O.
Lloyd, who goes to Chester, S. C.
Mr. George iV. Patterson, of Kings
Mountain, succeeds Mr. Dellinger at
Spencer Mountain.
lUtte Club Meets Today.
There will be a regular meeting ot
the National Rifle Assoication this
afternoon at Leinster range south
of the city. There are more than
150 members of the Gastonla club
and as many as care to may enter
the contest this afternoon. At the
fueet last year there were four mem
bers who qualified as sharpshooters,
namely, Drs. R. H. Parker, T. A.
Wilkins, D. E. McConnell and Mr.
H. M. Van Sleen. These men were
furnished with special guns by the
war department, and In the event
that others qualify in this after
noon's meet they will be furnished
with guns also.
Back in HarneM.
Gastoniana will be interested to
learn that Mr. Odus L. Moore, who
was for a while editor and manager
of The Gaston Progress here has
gpne back to newspaper work after
being out of harness for a year or
two. Mr. Moore, since leaving Gas
tonla, has been engaged in the mer
cantile business at Mooresboro,
Cleveland county. Announcement is
made by The Laurlnburg Exchange
that he is to become assistant editor
Of that paper, succeeding Mr. Mac
Cameron, who goes to The Hender
son Gold Leaf. Mr. Moore is a cap
able newspaper man and The Ex
change is to be congratulated on se
curing his services. .
Mr. Lou Smith Here. '
Mr. and Mrs. Lon M. Smith and
children, of Charlotte, are spending
a few days here with Mrs. Smith's
mother, Mrs. W. B. Arthurs. Olr.
Smith is a valued employee of the
Charlotte Casket Company, having
been with that concern since the old
Gastonla coffin 'factory 'was taken
over by it. "Gastonla has grown
more than any town I know of," re?
marked Mr. Smith to The Gazette
man yesterday. "I left here 13
years ago and only get back once
every two or three years for a day
or two. The ferowth of the town
seems to be of the substantial and
abiding order, too. You've Jusf got
here one of the best town's to be
found anywhere," he concluded.
Death of a Child.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Baird have
the sympathy of many friends in
the death of their little 17-months-old
daughter, Frances, which occur
red Sunday morning; at 10 o'clock at
their home on Chester street. Mrs.
Balrd was on a visit to her parents
at Thomarville when the little one
became ill Thursday from cholera
Infantum. She brought the UtOe
girl home Saturday and all that phy
sicians and loving hands could do to
save Its life was done but without
avaiL' Funeral services were held
at the home yesterday morning at
10 o'clock by Rev. Dr. J. C. Gallo
way, pastor of the First A. A. P.
Church, and the little body was laid
to rest In Hollywood cemetery.
Great Britain Throws Immense
Trained Army Into France and
Together With the French Pusli
ermana Back Along Long line ;
Grand Offensive Follows Hall of
Nhells from Big (Julia for Day"'
Great Britain, so long c(!ticied by
many for her failure to take my
very active part in the land fighting
of the Allies, has at last entered the
W estern war zone with a fresh well
trained and well-equipped army of
2, ooo, 000 or more men. Following
a five-day bombardment of the Ger
man lines and trenches with big guns
the British and French forces made
a dash -in which they pushed back
the enemy along a 25-mile front
capturing numerous important posi
tions. Detailed accounts of these
spectacular and historic engage
menis require more space than we
are able to give them today but some
extracts from the Associated Press
dispatches are given below.
Under date of Saturday, July 1st
the following was sent Out from
London:
British and French troops, thrown
forward in a grand offensive against
the German lines on both sides of
the river Somme, 69 miles north of
Paris, have penetrated at one point
to a depth, of five miles, taken sever
al villages and captured a labyrinth
of trenches, extending to a depth of
1,000 yards on a front of seven
miles.
The drive, the most spectacular in
this region since the British captur
ed Loos last September, began this
morning, after the German trenches
had been bathed In a hail of shells
from guns of every calibre for days
rrogress has been reported along
the entire front of 25 miles.
The greatest success gained by the
British was on the right, in the
center they captured what are des
ignated in the official report as
"many strong points" along the
front of four miles. But north of
the Ancre valley to Gommecourt,
powerful counter attacks by the Ger
mans have resulted In forcing tne
British back from various sections
of the ground gained In their first
onslaughts.
French Initiate Offensive.
The town of Albert was the start
lng point of one of the fiercest
thrusts, the British advancing from
east of the town of Montauban,
more than five miles away. Besides
Montauban and Serre, the villages of
Hebuterne, La Bolselle and Mametz
have been captured. The German
prisoners have passed through the
British collecting stations.
In co-operation with the British.
the French initiated a strong offen
sive. South of the Somme they cap
tured four villages and north of that
river they established themselves In
the neighborhood of Hardecourt and
Curlu. The number of unwounded
German prisoners taken by the
French had reached 3,500 up to the
time of the sending of the last offi
cial report.
The recapture of the famous Thl-
auroont works by the French also
has been effected. This important
strategic point has changed hands
several times and around it probably
thousands of men have fallen. On
the left bank of the Meuse the fight
ing is almost as intense around Hill
No. 304, Le Mort Homme and Avo-
court.
Iecribed by Eye Witness.
British Headquarters In France.
July 1. Under a pall of shell smoke
with the unbroken roar of artillery,
the struggle over the longest line of
any offensive yet undertaken on the
western front, which began at 7:30
o'clock this morning, continues.
From a Hill The Associated Press
correspondent watched the beginning
of the battle. For weeks he had
witnessed preparation for the first
considerable effort of the new Brit
ish army. Notwithstanding the fact
that troops were moved to the front
In Immense numbers for the attack,
there are still remaining billets in
the rear, which apparently are un
necessary in working out the present
plans.
With deliberate and methodical
precision the gathering of human
and mechanical material proceeded.
The whole line was included In
these preliminary bombardments for
the purpose of deceiving the Ger
mans as to the point of attack.
Overwhelming as was the power
of the guns, the grim and significant
spectacle was the sight of detach
ments of infantry, in field equip
ment, moving forward until finally
the dugouts were hires of khaki a
bout to swarm forth for battle. Each
of the officers had maps and direc
tions in detail of the part his unit
was to play In the whole complicated
scheme of attack. The men had
sewn In their uniforms insignia de
signed to designate the different
units in the dust and smoke of ac
tios. Go Into Fight Singing.
As the battalions marched they
sang the tunes they used to sing on
the drill grounds at home after they
responded to Kitchener's call. Therei
were quiet and nndemonstraitve
English, speaking with Yorkshire or
Cornwall accent, or may be breaking
out in gibes In the slang of the Lon
don cockney. There were brawny
'Scots, with kilts and steel -mush
room helmets, suggesting mediaeval
men of arms. An Irish battalion was
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No, Greater Lore4 Ideal Thars-
day.
KAiin&tmlla Tvtt tn GMtonla. Teetevw
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Pitched Excellent Game and D.
served lugger coret cut tmuc i
ilase-Kunitlng Keeps Down Score I
Statesvilie Defeated on ' Friday
and Haturday Putting Gastonla la
d l'lace Games Here With
naiiolis Today and Tomorrow
ditional .Stands Erected at Loray
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After the first man up for Kanna
polis in yesterday's game had landed J
on the second ball pitched for a cir-
cult clout over left field fence; Staun
ton adjusted himself and Gastonla
licked the tail-enders, 3 to 2. ' , ' '
"Pete" Doyle, in the locals half
of the first, hit to right field for 1
bases. Johnston walked, advanced
to third while Doyle was being ,
caught at the plate 10 good feet :
when he attemtped to score on Ar
nold's short single to left Held,
Clemens, next up, singled over se
cond scoring Johnston and Arnold.
Two walks and an error allowed
Kannapolis their second score la the
third inning.
The score remained tied until the
seventh when Arnold hit over 'the '
right field fence for a homer. Gas
tonla lost several chances to increase :
their margin over the visitors during
the afternoon, but wild base running
resulted in a one-run lead.
Score by innings:
R. H. E.
Kannapolis .. 101 000 000 2 4 3
Gastonla .... 200 000 lOx 3 12; 2
Batteries: ' Wilson, Mason and
Rhelndhardt; Stauton and. Carver.
Umpire, Dawson. Attendance, 150.
An exhibition game has been ar
ranged with Kannapolis Wednesday
of this week. Gastonla will go to
Kannapolis Friday and Saturday tor
the last two games of the week. .
With the announcement coming
from Ashevllle that the directors of
that club intend to hold the Ashe
vllle ball team for the rest-of the'
season, and all rumors and discus
sions ended as to the probability or -,
Gastonla buying their franchise, ft
Is hoped by the supporters ot the lo
cal association that the fans will rat-'
ly to the support of Manager Carver
and his team. The attendance has'
not been near what it was last sea
son, and with the boys playing win
ning ball a much larger attendance
Is expected. The local team won
four of the six games played last -week
and are now in second place.
An addition has been made to the old
grandstand, the old one repaired and.
other improvements are being made
at the park for the convenience of
the fans.
Manager Carver and his allies
slipped up on the Statesrllle Red
Caps in the fifth inning of Friday's '
game and annexed four tallies be
fore three men had been retired, and
the visitors were defeated to 5.
Clemens, first up In the fifth In
ning, selected one of "Rube'' Wil
son's choice offerings and when tne
ball had been relayed to the inner ,
court he was resting on second. But '
his rest was broken a minute later
when Haun duplicated the feat with
another two-base hit into the same
territory. Cox followed with the
third double in the same field, scor
ing Haun. Carver looked at four -
wide ones while Cox was stealing
third.. Carver purloined the key
stone bag and Cox counted a mo
ment later on a well-executed
squeeze play. Carver scored on a
sacrifice.
After this disastrous inning. Wit-
son settled down and pitched excel
lent ball, but a two-run lead was too
much for the Red Caps. The visitor
staged a ninth inning rally but fell
one run short of a tie. Duncan for
Gastonla allowed 10 hits but they .
were well scattered.
Statesville objected to Umpire
Dawson's decision in the fifth when
Carver was stealing second. He was -
tagged but was called safe because,
as Mr. Dawson said, be was blocked -off
the base. The visitors registered
kick and continued the game un
der protest.
Score by innings. R. H. E.
Statesville. . 1(H) 100 0013 10 1
Gastonla ...000 040 OOx 4 2
Batteries: Wilson and Martin:
Duncan and Carver. Umpire, Daw-
son. Attendance. 150. Time. 1:30.
The Statesville Red Caps .met
their fourth defeat of the week at .
Loray Park Saturday afternoon at
the hands ot "Lefty" Taylor by s
score of 4 to 0. Without exerting .
himself to any great extent this wiz
ard of the slab went through nine'
innings without allowing the visit
tors but five dinky hits, and through
it all he wore a smile. -v
Gastonla started things In thetr
half of the first Inning when Pete
Doyle went to second when the vis!-
tors short fielder threw his grounder
wild to first, snd scored when John
ston singled to center field a mo
ment later. In the second Cox dou
bled to right field, took third on a
passed ball and scored- on a squeeze
play. Clemens counted next' In the
third when one of Earnhardt's fast
ones he bad leaned against hit the
ground and .bounced over the boards
in centerfletd. No more acorinar was
done until the eighth when Haun hit
one of the longest balls seenhere th is
season lor a homer, the ball going
Into deep centerfleld and out through
the gate. The feature of the contest
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