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PUBLISHED TWICE A ' TTEETC TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS.
VOL. XXXVII.
NO. 54.
N. Cm PRiaY AFTERNOON', JULY 7, 1B14
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VISITORS PROVE
COMING AND GOING-
KAKNAP0L1S BESTED IN THREE 6AEES
UTt EVENTS IN TOWN AND COUNTY
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WAR WITH MEXICO NOT NOW LIKELY
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A Silver Tea.
The Y. P. C. U. of the Bessemfer
City A. R. P. church will give a sD
ver tea at the home of Mr. and Mrl
M. P. Shetley on Saturday night.
July 8. Everybody Is invited to a
tend.
Ice Cream Supper at Oaark.
There will be an ice cream supper
in Ozark grove tomorrow. Saturday
night, from 7 till 11 o'clock for the
benefit of the Ozark Methodist
church. Everybody is cordially in
vited to attend.
Hay at Unioi School.
On Saturday night of this week,
July 8, a play will be given at tne
Union school house by the Junioi
Aid Society of Union Preabyterlan
church. After the play ice cream
will be sold on the lawn. The pub
lic Is cordially invited to attend.
Illustrated Lecture.
On Friday night. July 14, at tne
Ozark Methodist church, Rev. W. A.
Jenkins, the pastor, will deliver an
illustrated lecture on John Wesley.
The public is cordially invited to
attend, there being no charge for
admission.
Ice Cream Supper Saturday.
An ice cream supper will be given
at Loray park Saturday evening,
July 8th, from 8:30 to 11 o'clock.
The supper will be given for the ben
efit of the West End Sunday school
and the proceeds will go to the sup
port of this institution. Everybody
is cordially invited to attend.
With Western Union Office.
Mr. F. A. Cathey has accepted a
position In the local offices of the
Western Union Telegraph"l3ompany,
and has already assumed his duties
there. Mr. Cathey is an, experienced
operator and Is well acquainted with
the work, having filled the office as
manager several years ago. ..
Officers Fleeted. J
At a meeting of Gastonla Lodge
No. 18 8. I. O. O. F., held last night,
Mr. B. H. Craig was elected treasur
er to succeed Mr. W. W. Clary, wno
has moved to Charlotte. Mr. C. L.
Spencer, recording secretary, was al
so elected financial secretary to suc
ceed Mr. J. Thos. Jenkins, resigned,
.the two offices being combined into
one.
Received a Broken .Ankle.
Mr. Oscar Jenkins, son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. E. Jenkins, sustained a bro
ken ankle about two weeks ago at
Rome, Ga., while sliding into second
base. He is able to be out on
crutches now and expects to get
back in the game in a short timeMr.
Jenkins Is a member of the Griffin.
Ga., team, of the Georgia-Alabama
League, and 'at the time he was in
jured was leading the Griffin team in
batting, his average being about .320.
High School Magazine Issued. y
The commencement edition of the
Gastonia High School Magazine Is
just from The Gazette press, and Is
one of the best magazines that has
been issued by the school in several
years. This issue of the magazine is
dedicated to Mr. William Pressley
Grier. principal or the Central grad
ed schools. Besides a picture of
each member of the graduating class
there are pictures of the high school
faculty, of the magazine staff, or
the glee club, the basket ball team
and several other .pictures pertaining
to the school activities during tne
past year.
Messrs. A. H. Blanton and Geo.
Beach, of Rock Hill, motored to tbe
city this morning on business.
BASE
MORGANTON
vs
GASTONIA
THURSDAYS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY
13th, 14th, 15th
4 P. M. LORAY PARK
DOUBLE-HEADER FRIDAY 14th
FIRST GAME GALLED 230 P. M.
Locals Blanked Kannapolis. Boys Inf
- Tuesday's Game Taylor Pitched
With the Abandon of a Leaguer
Plays Kannapolis Again ' Today V
and Tomorrow at Kanma polls
Will Meet the Hug for Six Games
Next Week, the First Three ai
Monmnton Thomwon Wins Ex
hiblUon Game With 18 StrUce-oujS
Manager Carver, after a day's
rest, left the city this morning on
train No. 36 with bis recruits Tor
Kannapolis where they go for a
two-day's seige ' of the Cabarrus
forts. The local team is not antic
ipating any rough and rocky travel
ing in the games today and tomor
row, but should it come they say
they will be able to cope with tne
situation.
Gastonia plays Morganton in tne
Bug town Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday of next week, returning
here for the three games with tne
same opponents Thursday, Friday
and Saturday. Morganton has fur
nished the greatest amount of enter
tainment for the local fans since ear
ly in the season last year when tue
rivalry between the two teams was
terrific. And it is the consensus or
opinion that Morganton hafc the best
team in the circuit with the excep
tion of one, and with Jo-Jo predict
ing fair weather the signs point to
three good games at Loray Park
next week.
"Lefty" Taylor added another
scalp to his belt Tuesday afternoon
at Loray park when he let Kannapo
lis down with only three hits, Gasto
nia winning by a score of 4 tq 0.
Tuesday being Independence Day
and the weather ideal, "Rac" Car
ver and his recruits played with the
snap and vim of big leaguers. As
has been the case in the other games
Taylor has worked in. Mr. Taylor
has been-the outstanding and pre
dominating satellite. In the three
games he has pitched for Gastonia
not an opposing batsman has been
able to cross the home plate.
Howe, for Kannapolis, pitched
good ball but was given miserable
support, his teammates making a to
tal of a half dozen bobbles during
the afternoon's outing, lrby, for
Kannapolis, featured wltn a one
hand catch in the seventh off the bat
of Arnold that was scheduled Tor ex
tra bases.
Score by innings: R. H. K.
Kannapolis. .000 000 000 0 3 8
Gastonia ...000 01 0 30x 4 12 1
Batteries: Rowe and Reinhardt;
Taylorand Carver. Umpire. Dawson.
Gastonia defeated Kannapolis in
an exhibition game here Wednesday
afternoon by a score of 2 to l.
Thompson, Gastonia's heavy-weight
twirler, officiated on the mound and
his work was par excellent. During
the afternoon he struck-out 19 op
posing stick wlelders and allowed
only A hits. Arnold featured witn
a home run in the ninth which unti
ed the score. The ball was hit over
second base and was only a single,
but the fielder allowed the ball to
get by, Arnold scoring before tne
ball had been returned to the dia
mond. CLUBS STANDING.
Won. Lost Pc.
Morganton 10 3 .769
Gastonia ..... ... .8 5 .615
Statesville 6 8 .429
Kannapolis 1 9 .100
Paramount Ideal Today.
Mr. George Van Dyke returned
to the city last night from Birming
ham, Ala., where he has been for
the past three years. After spend
ing & month here with homefolks be
will go to Rochester, N. Y where
he has accepted a position.
JALL
Make Vigorous Attack on Allle,
Line on the Homme Allies M
ing With Strenuous Res&tance b
Teutonic Forces Russians Tak
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"At! Associated Press dispatch from
V London under date of the 6th says:
Violent counter-attacks by the Ger
mans on almost the entire line of
the French advance in the Somme
advance
s
region show a change in ,the situation
from the earlier days of the Anglo
French offenisve.
In the beginning the Germans
concentrated their forces against tbe
British, apparently considering tne
operations of the French to tne
South as of small significance. But
the rapid progress of the Frencn
troops has had the effect of'causing
the German commanders to strength
en their -defenses and forces along
the line guarding Peronne and other
important straegic points.
Both ends of the French line have
been under heavy attacks but tne
French, according to the official ac
counts, have been able to put them
down without the Germans making
any gains whatever. Meanwhile
both French and British are consoli
dating their positions and are un
doubtedly making preparations for a
repition of the great bombardment
which preceded the first imeptuous
rush.
While the situation in the Verdun
region remains comparatively quiet,
there are heavy bombardments on
both sides of the Meuse. No advices
are recorded by either French or Ger
mans. The British official statement
gives few details, merely remarking
that "as a result of violent bomb
fighting we ma.de further progress at
certain points in the main battle
area."
The immensity of the Russian
drive against the Austrians and Ger
mans during the last month Is in
dicated by unofficial reports from
Petrograd, which say that the Aus-tro-German
losses in the endeavor
to stay the advance of the General
Bru8sioff's armies total nearly 50t),
OOOmen, about half of wbom are
prisoners. Not less than 250 guns
of various sizes and more than 700
machine guns and an immense quan
tity of other booty have been taken.
The Austrians admit a serious de
feat west of Kolomae, where tbey
were driven back nearly five miels.
The latest official statement from
the Russian War Office announces
the capture of approximately lo,
000 additional prisoners, 5,000 or
whom are said to be Germans,
taken in a recent battle on tbe
Dniester. About 5,000 other pris
oners were captured on other sec
tions of the Russian front. A
The Germans admit the withdrawal
of General von Bothmer's army in
the Tarnopol sector before the pow
erful attacks of the Russians. Tbey
concede also an advance by the Brit
ish south of Thiepval in the western
zone.
David Lloyd-George, whose un
tiring efforts have been responsible
for the immense quantities of shells
the Entente Allies now are hurling
at their opponents, has taken over
the duties as Secretary for War in
the British Cabinet. Sir Edwtfrd
Grey, the Foreign Secretary, has
been made an earl, while Lord Der
by, Director of Recruiting, who
helped to create the British armies,
is the new Under Secretary for War.
Our Flag.
Anne Rankin in Southern Woman's.
Did you ever think how great a
master of heraldry nature is, and of
how she sets the signs and emblems
of human thoughtover earth and
sky and seawall untramtneled by lim
itations of color oispace?
Have you not, tiow and then,
watched the rosy clouds of a sunset
sky as they streamed across the hor
izon in alternate bands of flame and
white, and have you not felt In them,
as you looked a aymbolsm mystical
and baffling? And have you not
sometimes then of a sudden seen a
strange, wide rending of the fleecy
mass by some sky-blowing wind, and
then through the monster rift be
held a great patch of heavenly azure
set thick with silver stars.
Old Glory was it not blazoned
in beauty across the western heav
ens for all the world to see!
The flag files now, in actual pres
ence, over the mightiest of republics
and needs no longer the seers of
dreams and visions to find it In the
skies. It is supremely youthful, viv
id, tangible, and vibrant with eager
ness and action, and by right of Its
age-old and mystic kinship, it floats
high in the free winds of heaven. It
is further hallowed, too, In that we
of the South, watching it now and
then through tears, see blended with
its streaming bands, like a haunting
vision of great things unfulfilled,
the diagonal bars of a ghostly blue
cross, blood-set and starred with he
roic memories.
It Is our flag God make us wor
thy of It!
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He Looked the Part, Anyway.
Ladies' Home Journal.
Little Billy came home from play
one afternoon with his clothing
pierced above and below with many
holes.
"For goodness sake. Billy," shriek
ed his 'mother, "what on earth havh
you been doing?"
"We're been' "playing grocery
store," said Billy, -calmly, "and ev
eryone was something in it. I was
tbe Swiss cheese." -
United States Accepts Proposals of
' Oarranza to Adjust all Differences
I)e Facto Government Formally
Notified That Pending OutwUotW
Will be Settled by Diplomat
ns.
Since the last issue of The Gazette
the Mexican situation has cleared
considerably and prospects of war
are much less threatening than they
were.
The situation as it now stands is
thus described in an Associated
Press dispatch sent out from Wash
ington last night:
The de facto government of Mexi
co was formally notified tonight
El sao Arredondo, Ambassador desig
nate, that the United States wel
comed General Carranza's proposal
to adjust all pending differences be
tween the two Governments by direc:
diplomatic negotiations.
Mr. Arredondo was informed of
the American Government's attitude
in a conversation today with' Secre
tary Lansing after the latter had
conferred with President Wilson.
Later a formal note will be sent.
Mr. Lansing virtually had completed
a draft of the communication to
night but it may be read to tne
Cabinet tomorrow before it Is de
livered. Immediately after the Cabinet
meeting Secretary Lansing plans to
leave for a month's vacation. Coun
selor Polk will act in his absence
and meet Mr. Arredondo in the in
formal discussions at which a solu
tion of he Mexican problems wiii
be sought.
it was evident at the State De
partment today that officials believe
a means of giving the de facto Gov
ernment material aid in restoring
order throughout Mexico may be
found soon. It Is known that the
pacific nature of the latest Mexican
note is oenstrued here as indicating
that General Carranza besides being
impressed by American military pre
parations has been deeply Influenced
by the pressure and argument
brought to bear on him by friends In
the I'nlted States, by European di
plomats in Mexico City and particu
larly by representatives of many or
the Latin-American Powers.
While the immediate purpose of
the negotiations in which Secretary
lansing's note is to be the -first step
will be the evolution of some plan
for tranquilizing the border regions,
the discussions may take on a wider
scope. There is little doubt that Mr.
Arredondo received the impression
from Secretary Iansing today that If
adequate guarantees as to the securi
ty of American and other foreign in
terests In Mexico could be, secured,
the Washington Government believ
ed it possible that the financial aid so
greatly needed by the de facto au
thorities could.be found. Details can
only be worked out by protracted
discussion.
Sometime ago. it is understood, a
suggestion that the Washington
Government would encourage Amer
ican bankers to go to the rescse of
the de facto Government was made
through indirect channels. At that
time General Carranza who had not
felt tte pinch of poverty which now
threatens his Government with col
lapse, rejected the suggestion.
WILSON CAMPAIGN FUND.
Preiously acknowledged $71.50
Dr. S. A. Wilklns 1.00
J. E. Page 1.00
T. L. Ware 1.00
Total $74.50
To Open Itecruitlng Station.
An order has been issued to the
commanding officers of the First,
Second and Third Regiments Infan
try, Field Hospital No. 1, and troops
A and B, Cavalry, of the North Caro
lina National Guard at Camp Glenn
to send a recruiting detail from each
company to home stations at once.
In pursuance of this order, Captain
A. L. Bulwinkle and Sergeant W. L.
Glover, of Company B, will return to
the city tonight or in the morning
for the purpose of opening a recruit
ing office.
Last installment of "The
Strange Case of Mary Page" on
page six today.
In this issue will be found the
reports of both of Gastonia's nation
al banks for June 30th.
Cheap Liquor.
Jurymen in the trial of Elmer
Sharp were given a receipt for malt
ing whisky N in the criminal court,
where he was on trial charged witn
violating the prohibition law. Fol
lowing are the ingredients as pre
scribed .by the alleged bootlegger:
One ten-cent plug cehwing tobac
co, two cups brown sugar, ten cents'
worth of red pepper, two quarts or
water. Cut the tobacco fine and boil
the' mixture for an hour. Then
strain through a cloth.
According to a witness, two stool
pigeons paid $1 for a pint of .this
mixture to Sharp, a farmer from In
dependence, Iowa, who told the Jury
that he. was In Denver on business.
The Jury smelled the concoction and
disagreed on the verdict.
Bay It la Gastonia,
BRIEF ITEMS ABOUT THE MOVEMENTS OF GASTON PEOPLE
Miss May Durham is spending
ten days with homefolks at Dallas.
Mr. W. Y. Warren was visiting
in Charlotte Wednesday.
Miss Mary Sbelton, of Char
lotte, spent Tuesday in the city as
the guest of friends.
Prof. J. L. Webb, of McAden
ville, was a Gastonia visitor Wed
nesday. Mr. W. D. Carpenter, of Har
din, was a business visitor in tbe
city Wednesday.
Mr. R. J. Davis, of Bethel sec
tion, York , county, passed througa
the city today en route to Charlotte.
Rev; D. H. Coman, of Lincoln
ton, was the guest Tuesday night of
Mr. B. F. S. Austin's family.
Mrs. James Adams, of Crowders
Creek section, spent Wednesday In
the city with Mrs. J. White Ware.
Mr. T. M. Fayssoux continues
critically ill at his home on West
Long avenue.
Mrs. R. B. Almand is spending
several, weeks at Oxford as the guest
of Mrs. Annie B. Herring.
Mrs. B. E. Atkins and Miss Lil
lian' Atkins spent yesterday in Char
lotte as the guests of Mrs. H. D.
Shelton.
Mr. J. H. Separk, of the Gray
Manufacturing Company, is spending
several days in New York on busi
ness. Mrs. S. H. Walker, who under
went a serious operation at the City
Hospital yesterday, is reported as
making a very satisfactory recovery.
Misses Estelle and Elivell Mc
Lane, of Bishopville, S. C, are spend
ing some time in the city as the
guests of Mrs. A. B. O'Neil.
Miss Emma Cornwell returned
to the city yesterday afternoon af
ter spending a week with relatives
and friends at Hickory.
Mr. W. E. Jenkins has been con
fined to his home for the past ten
days, but is somewhat improved to
day. - . 1
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. McNeely
spent Sunday with the former is
brother, Mr. Thomas U. McNeely, of
Charlotte.
Mrs. .Wort Sunimey and two
children, James and Ulnar, of Dal
las, are spending the week with Mrs.
J. I). Moore.
Mrs. R. F. Littlejohn has as her
guests Miss Iinonla Layfield, of
Spartanburg, S. C, and Mrs. Grace
Littlejohn, of Bessemer City.
Messrs. Charles B. Jr., and S.
W. King, of Charlotte, passed
through the city Tuesday afternoon
en route home from Asheville.
Concord Times: Miss Josephine
Atkins, who has been in New York
since last fall, taking piano and vio
lin lessons, returned to Concord
Thursday night.
S Mrs. S. M. Morris left yesterday
for Fort Mill, 8. C. on a visit to her
uncle, Mr. T. D. Faulkner, who is
quite ill. Mr. Faulkner is above 80
years of age.
The first regular meeting of
Piedmont Camp No. 5, Patriarchs
Militant, will be held at 8 o'clock to
night In the ball of Gastonia Lodge
No. 188, I. O. O. F.
V Mrs. J. P. Reid left Saturday
for Chattanooga. Tenn., where she
will visit Mr. and Mrs. Joe Rankin.
She will stop en route at Atlanta to
visit Rev. and Mrs. S. W. Reid.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Slgmon
and children, of Newton, were tne
guests here the Fourth of Mr. and
Mrs. H. P. Johnson. Mr. Slgmon Is
register of deeds of Catawba county.
Mr. J. R. Turner, former night
spinner at the Loray Mill, has accept
ed a position as second hand In the
spinning room of Cannon Mill No. Z
at Kannapolis.
The North Carolina Convention
of the Y. P. C. U. of the Associate
Reformed Presbyterian church will
be held in Statesville on August 22
and 2-3.
The annual meeting of the Shel
by District Conference of the M. E.
Church, South, will be held at St.
Paul's church, three miles from Wa
co, on July 25, 26 and 27.
Mr. T. L. Clinton Is able to be
on the streets again after having
been confined to his home for four
months. His many friends are glad
to see him out.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pharr, or
Memphis, Tenn., who are making
their home in Charlotte for some
time, spent Wednesday in the city
as the guests of Messrs. Clyde and
C. B. Armstrong.
Laurinburg Txchange: Mr. and
Mrs. George Falls, and little Miss
Annie Sue McDonald, who have been
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. B. F.
Falls, have returned to their homes
at Cherryville.
Mr. Monro Nichols, of Rich
mond. Vs., editor of The Southland,
is spending a few days in 'Gastonia
securing material for a magazine ar
ticle on the cotton mill industry, and
other enterprises of this section.
There will be regular services
at St. Michael's Catholic church on
Sunday, July 9th, at 10 a. m., con
sistlng of Holy Mass, communion and
sermon by the pastor. Rev. F, Mel-
chior, O. 5. B. ! ,
-y-A charter was recently granted: .
by the Secretary of State to tne
Cherryville Real Estate ft Improve
ment Co., with an authorized capital .
of $100,000 and $4,000 paid la by
M. L. Rudisill and others.
Mrs. W. R. Smith and Mrs. J. D.
Turner and children, dt Langley, S.
C, are the guests of Dr. J. A. An
derson and family. Mrs. Smith tt '
Mrs. Anderson's mother and 'Mrs,
Turner is her sister. ". ,
ABhevllle Citizen: Mr. and Mrs. :
George Dal ley, who were recently 1 .
married at Gastonia, are spending
their honeymoon in AsheJlle. Mr.
and Mrs. Dalley will make their
home In Charlotte. . C , ,
Dr. L. N. Patrick motored to
Black Mountain Saturday and on
Sunday attended the opening exercts
es of the Mountain Retreat Associa
tion at Montreat. He returned to .
the city Monday evening. i -;
Mr. 8. Settlemyer, who has been
undergoing treatment In the Char-. .
lotte Sanitorlum for the past several IS
weeks. Is greatly improved and, ex
pects to be able to return home at an '
early date: , 4
Mr. Lowry R. Wilson.'of NewS '
Hope, has sccepted a position witn
the Adams Drug Company as phar-p
maclst, taking the place of Mr. Paul
Caldwell. He will begin work witn-
in the next two weeks.
Mr. G. C. Glover, who has been
with the Southern Power Co. for
long time, has been transferred from
the sub-station here to Salisbury, He
left the city yesterday to take up hrs
work there.
Rev. J. D. Rankin and family,
of Norwood, arrived In the city last ,
night to be the guests for several l
days of Dr. and Mrs. Mc. G AndeTs.
Mr. Rankin has been elected super
intendent of the Bessemer City .
graded schools for the coming year.
Mr. Leland Hume, vice-presf-dent
of the Piedmont Telephone 'ft "
Telegraph Co., Is in the city thrs 1
week. Together, with Mr. R. B. Bab-
ington he Is making an Inspection of
the property and the exchanges over
the entire Piedmont territory.,
Mrs. R. E. Montgomery, Mr.
Russell Montgomery, Mr. and Mrs. , -Walter
Barber and Mr. Mason Bar
ber, of ork, S. C, spent several
hours In the city ' WednmHiv tt '
guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Baber;
ueing en route home from an auto
mobile trip to the Kings Mountain '
battleground. ,
Miss Winnlfred McLean has ae- 1 J
cepted a position as stenographer in 1
the offices of thn Gantnn rnuiitahH .
Association. Secretary Holland ts
ee pi uk nimseir and two stenogra
phers busy all the time on fair
work. The results of their labors
will be seen in October when the
Gaston County Fair-is going to sur
prise a lot of folks.
Paramount Ideal Today. ,
Would He a ood Thing.
Charlotte Observer.
In Gastonia they are talking about
a cannery for the canning of peas
and spinach. It Is learned that there
is an excellent market In the north '
and. In fact, all over the country, fof
canned peas and spinach.. North
Carolina sends milllona of dollars
annually out of the State for canned
goods. If various towns and com
munities In the Tar Heel State would
unite in movements of this kind. It .
is contended that the State would
soon be hundreds of thousands of
dollars richer by keeping large sums
In the State for such products.,
Service in Ta!ernacle.
Arrangements have been com pie t- -de
for the use of the Browning-Sta- '
pleton tabernacle for union services
of the up-town churches, every Sun
day evening during the remainder or
the summer. The official board- oC
Main Street church has purchased
the tabernacle and the churches par-
ticipatlng in the union services will ,
unite in bearing the incidental ex
penses. The first service will be '
held next Sunday evening at eight
o'clock when Rev, A. T. Lindsay,
president of Lin wood College, will- '
preach.
Mr. James R. Klnsloe, for the past :
nine months secretary of the Char- v
lotte Chamber of Commerce, has re-'
signed to accept a similar position at
La Crosse, Wis.
New York city is In the throes of
an epidemic of infantile paralysis.
There are several hundred cases and
up to last night there had been 82
deaths. The health department ts
exerting every effort to stop s the
spread of the disease. - ;
Paramount Idea Today.
What will stop my hair coming
out?" Reply: Parisian 6age is the
best remedy for hair and scalp trou
bles: said to prevent baldness and
eure dandruff. J. H. Kennedy ft Co.
sell it. (AdTf) , ' v "
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