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The Gastonia Gazette Issued every Tuesday and Friday y The Gazette Publishing Company. ISRAELITES WERE KENNEDY'S THE REXALL DRUG STORE GET IT AT ON SQUARE FED BY BUGS 'ft!: rBdltonanW. VINOL: $1.00 a Bottle. CIGARS: Standard Brands all prices. STATIOrjERY:' Best Assortmentat Right Prices. REXALL GOODS: Full and Complete Line. TOILET ARTICLES: To Suit Your Choice. See our windows and if you don't see what you want in the windows go inside and call for it, forif it's in a first class drug store we have it - OsJt Sesni-Weekly newspaper Kansas Woman, a Foreign Mis sionary, Makes an Important Discovery. ' published la Gaston County. ' Admitted Into the malls at the Port Office at Gastonia. N. C, at the toniI rate of Postage, Apni zo. liOZ. BTTWDMPTION PRICE: CARRIED UAKIU TO PEOPLE One' year . r'" $?'2U Six months 1? .Three months Ob month ...... . " an anhMrlDtlona navable In ad- ranee and . discontinued promptly mpoa expiration. . ESTABLISHED 1880. JfO. 238 Wert Mala Avenue. ' , PHOXE NO. CO. . CA FIRST LNKJSTKT FINANCE FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 1017. HELP THE BOYS. It la generally conceded that tne Gastonia Pythian Drum Corps has given the town some of the most ef fective advertising It has so far re ceived from any source. Thougn scarcely more than a year old It has gone out-of-town on several occas ions to participate in parades and . has never, yef failed to attract in stant attention. Through it not a few people have had their attention directed Gastoniaward. The boys make a striking appear ance in their handsome uniforms. The fancy drills they do would he creditable to a much older and larger organization. The members of this drum corps are among Gastonia most enthusiastic boosters. They are hard workers, too. They are agoing to Washington tomorrow night to participate in the big Inaugural parade on Monday. The expense of the trip will be considerable and they are asking the business men or , the city to help them bear this ex pense. In so doing the business men will&e helping to advertise the best town in North Carolina. In our opinion money contributed to cause will be well spent. this " . The Crop Lien Bill. Following la a. summary of the crop lien bill passed by the Legisla ture, which was endorsed by the Far mers Union. Governor Blckett and others: 1. That In the ease of merchants or others selling supplies on crop lien or chattel mortgage security a- lone (and also In the case of land lords advancing supplies to tenants), - they shall In no case charge as "time prices" more than the standard casn price plus 10 per cent.- (This means not an Interest rate of 1ft per cent put not more than 10 per cent added to the cash price In lieu of all Inter est or 'other charges for risk). 2. In recognition of the risk in volved, persons, firms and corpora tions lending cash on crop lien secu rity would also be allowed to add not exceeding 10 per cent on the amount advanced In lieu of all other com missions or interest charges, suca money to be advanced in install ments. 3. That credit unions may also charge 10 per cent commission on funds advanced on crop lien securi ty, but the extra 4 per cent beyond the standard C per cent rate shall be regarded as an insurance fund to Insure the credit union against loss es, and any unused portion of this Insurance fund must be paid back as s dividend to the borrowers. ine senate is now engaged in a debate on the bill recommended by . the appropriations committee of the General Assembly providing for a bond Issue of $3,000,000. The schedule of appropriations for tne .various State Institutions as made ont by the committee is a liberal one. No Opea for Three Months. ' A dispatch from Columbia. 8. C, yesterday states that the Columbia Federal Farm Loan Bank is being flooded with applications for loans , but that the bank will not be open and ready to take up applications lor at least three months yet. WO! lie Opened Tonight. Flans are now complete for tne county - wide demonstration which will mark the opening and dedication of Belmont's new graded school building tonight. An elaborate pro gram of exercises Has been made In which Mayor Armstrong, of this city, and the mayors from the towns over the county will participate, as win also the members of the county board of education. A large crowd Is expected. Mrs. M. J. Patrick and son. Jo seph, of the Union section, were in town yesterday. V V.lsaerer Yoa Need a General Toole : Take drove's The Old Standard rViil Tonic is equally C -ieral Tonic because v :l known tocfepropertiesof QUININ8 t linON. It acts on the Liver, Drives t rialaria, Enriches the Blood and . :j up the Whole System. SO cents, r Antra Grove's Tasteless I mm (prinkled la Ue footbath. If to want rat Hew Moses and the Children of Israel Were Fed During Flight From Egypt Is Explained by ' Miss Oldroyd. .toJ.Ii - . - And when ths dew that lay was rone up, behold, upon tne face of the wild erness there lay a small, round thins, m mail aj the hoar froet on the ground. And the children of Israel aw It, and they aald one to another. It U manna; for they wlt not what It warn. And Ifoaes said unto them, thla bread which the Lord hath given you to eat. . . . But some of them left It until morning, and It bred worm. . . . and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. Exodus 16- - Kansas City, Mo. It took a -Uni versity of Kansas woman graduate. Miss Roxana Oldroyd, of Arkansas City, to prove that the Israelites were fed manna In the desert on their flight from Egypt by bugs I Miss Oldroyd Is now a missionary. Her Interesting discovery was pub lished to the world by Prof. W. R. Robertson of the zoological depart ment of the university. First, trees made the manna that was already well known in scientific circles. Then, second, the bags that were thereabouts waxed Industrious and served it. Cousins of Green Hopper. The bugs in the case are Indian cousins of the American green hop per. Their average length Is three quarters of an inch, the female being larger than the male. The bugs are a pale green. These Insects, Miss Oldroyd reports, have been observed to attack a tree In great numbers when hungry. The trees In question excrete through the holes in their bark made by the insects, small par ticles of sap, which, after a short time, congeal in oblong formations on the outside of the bark. When Miss Oldroyd, on a vacation tramp through the northern hills In India, saw these small, round particles attached to the sap-bearing trees, she tasted of them and found them palatable. A little probing soon con vinced her that here was manna and the manner of its provision. In this she was supported by scientists. Until a later trip, however, the man ner in which the manna was carried to the neighborhood of the fleeing Is raelites was unknown. However, Miss Oldroyd observed pa tlently. She eventually surprised the Insects in the act of flying away with the little bars of sap, or manna, and following in the wake of their flight she found that the first thing a swarm of the Insects would do, if they were frightened or met something strange In their path, would be to drop their manna. Plain to Scientists. It is perfectly plain, now, say the learned scientists, supporting Profes sor Robertson, to whom Miss Oldroyd reported and sent two dead bugs and a sample of the manna they had been caught carrying away. A swarm of hoppers started from the forest with a load of manna, met the children of Israel and dropped their load. Moses was caught In the shower and called upon his followers to eat thereof. The specimen of manna sent by Miss Oldroyd is four inches long and two inches thick. It Is sweet to the taste and has the same food properties as maple tree sap. Miss Oldroyd is a member of the faculty of Henry Thoburn college, Cal cutta, India. Winona Camp. The Camp Fire Girls met last Mon day evening at 7:30 at the offices of the Chamber of Commerce and or ganized their first Camp Fire with 14 members. The name of this Camp Fire Is "Winona." Miss Lil lian A. Ferguson was elected guard ian with Mrs. James H. Henderlite as first assistant. Miss Rush to Sing. Miss Lucile Rush, one of Char lotte's gifted young soloists, will sing at the Christian Endeavor So ciety of the First Presbyterian church Sunday evening. Mr. Gordon Kln cald, first vice-president of the soci ety, will have charge of the service Sunday evening and a most interest ing program has been prepared. The society meets at 6:45 each Sunday evening in the Sunday school audi torium.. Visitors are always wel come. Found Dead at Bessemer City. Vernon Crosby, white, age 27, was found dead at 10 o'clock this morn ing on the outskirts of Bessemer City near the old bottling plant. Death was supposedly caused by some narcotic he had taken some time last night. Coroner V. G. On er, of this city, went to Bessemer City at noon today and held an in vestigation and decided no inquest was necessary. The man was a cot- ion mui worxer. USE ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. eoteaM, and preveata Mlttere aad eaitoo (pota J mat Imm tnin for Ttmmtinm Pvtln. r I -- Bhoea, aad for BraakiM la Htm fUutaa. TVw 4t U-4m. Sold everrwbera.tM. Domt mm ft mmf tttu. Tor TRIM trial Mckace, addreM AUeaunae,Ujuy,.r.,7'w """" Valuable as a I ton for tired, eehlag. twoftea, sweeting i .1 l tmm, mm Aum-m root umm. It laataati Maw Phone HANDLING OF U. S. TROOPS WAS BEST III ALL HISTORY Biport Of Qoarternister General Cin pliouts Americas Railways. MILITIA MOVED PROMPTLY Splendid Results Attained by Cordial Co-Operation of Railway Em. ployees'and Officials With War Department 'Washington, D. C (Special) There has been no case in history where troops have been as well han dled and cared for as in the move ment to the Mexican border daring the summer of 1916, says the annual report of the Quartermaster General of the U. 8. Army, which has Just been made public. On behalf of the railways, super vision of moving the troops was in the hands of a special Committee on Co-operation with the Military Author ities appointed by the American Rail way Association, at the request of the War Department, and composed of Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railway, chairman; R. H. Alahton, president of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway; A. W. Thomp son, vice president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad; W. O. Besler, pres ident of the Central Railroad of New Jersey. The report tells of the uniformly excellent handling given troops and supplies through the co-operation of railway officials and employees of ev ery rank with the War Department officials. It states that to carry the first 100,000 of she National Guard moved to the border, 350 trains, which. if combined, would have been nearly 90 miles long, were required, and that tney mciuaea 3,ww passenger cars, 400 baggage cars, most of them equip ped as kitchen cars for serving hot meas eh route, 1,300 box cars, 2,000 stock cars, and 800 flat cars. Approx imately 4,90e road locomotives and crews had a part in handling this movement, in addition to a large num ber of yard engines and crews. Striking sentences from the report are as follows: "Considering the great distances traveled by the militia from the vari ous camps to the Mexican border,, the fact that there was but a single ac cident, and that of a minor character, the celerity with which the trains were moved and the entire absence of congestion or delay, it is believed that there, has been no case in history where troops have been as well and safely transported or as well .cared for while en route as in the recent mob ilisation" "Every assistance possible was ren dered the Government by officials and employees of all railroads concerned, from the presidents of the companies down to the minor employees." "Although the movement of the Or ganised Militia to the border came at a time when the commercial traf fic on railroads of the United States was the largest In years, the trans portation of the militia was performed with very little interference with reg ular train service and with no conges tion whatever, either at initial or ter minal points or en route." "It is, of course, impossible to com pare the concentration of the United States Militia on the Mexican border with the mobilization In Europe in the summer of 1914. In Europe all civil traffic was stopped and the entire railroad system given over to the mil itary movement The distances In volved In this movement of the Or ganized Militia are very much, greater than those in Europe, the longest ran in the German Empire, from one fron tier to the other, being about 700 miles aad those In France much less. The dlstanoes traveled by the militia or ganisations of the United States vary from 603 miles. In the case of the Louisiana troops, to 2.916 miles In the case of the Connecticut troops. The majority of these troops came from North and Northeastern States and were carried over 2.000 miles; In most eases In remarkably fast time. "when it is considered that these trains were, aa a rule, heavy trains of from 17 to 22 ears each and were composed of freight, passenger and baggage equipment (which was nec- easary in order to enable each wait te proceed to Its destination Intact with all its equipment and impedi ments). It will be aeen that the move ment was made with exceptional ra When You Can't Come nidltyV e Solicit Your Patronage FREIGHT CLAIMS PAID PROMPTLY SAYS HARLAN Member Of lat erst ate Conn irci Cos nissioi Praises Tki Railroads. NOCAUSEFORflJSTCRITICISM Mr. Harlan Tells Freight Claim Asso ciation of Surprise of Commission at Excellent Showing aa te Prompt Payments Washington, D. C (Special) Where the claims of shippers against railroads are well founded they are paid promptly, declared Commissioner James S. Harlan of the Interstate Commerce Commission to the mem bers of the Freight Claim Association in an address in which he told of an investigation made by the Commission and the surprise of its members at the excellent showing as to prompt payment made by the railroads. "Before taking my seat," said Mr. Harlan, "I wish to make a very frank confession. During the course of my ten years service on the Commission so many complaints had come to me of the delay in the payment by car riers of the claims of shippers that I had come to think that the matter of claim adjustments was a very weak spot in our railroad administration. I was, therefore, particularly interest ed in .the suggestion that interroga tions should be addressed by the com mission to the carriers for the purpose of ascertaining, among other things, the length of time taken by them in settling the claims of shippers. "The results that were tabulated by the commission on the answers return ed by the carriers about a year ago were so surprising to me and to my colleagues and were considered by ns of such importance that we at once re ported the facts to the Congress as useful public information. I wish to congratulate the association on the showing made. "The trouble with, us was that we had made no distinction between claims that had been declined or that were without merit and therefore still pending, and claims that were wel) founded and had been promptly ad justed. "The shipping public should know that Instead of being a weak spot in the railroad service, the work of your association has been so systematized as practically to eliminate all reason able and fair criticism.' ' Miss Maude Fayssoux returns today to Greenville. S. C, after a visit to homefolks here. Mrs. A. U. Myers and little son, A. G., Jr., returned to Gcstonia to day from Charlotte. Miss Lucile Rush, of Charlotte, will spend the week-end In Gastonia, the guest of Miss Lillian A. Fergu son. In the absence of the pastor, Rev. G. A. Sparrow, who is in Ral eigh at the bedside of his sister, Mrs R. H. Lewis, who is critically ill, the pulpit at Lnion Presbyterian church will be filled Sunday morning at II o'clock by Rev. W. L. C. Killian. of Gastonia. THE THR1CE-A-WEEK EDITION OF THE NEW YORK WORLD In 1017 Practically a Daily at the Price of a Weekly. So other Xews- ' paper In the. world gives so much at so low a price. The value and need of a newspaper In the household, was never greater than at the present time. The great war in Europe is now half-way Into Its third year, and, whether peace be at hand or yet be far off. It and the events to follow it are sure to be of absorbing Interest for many a month to come. . These are world-shaking affairs. in which the United SUtes, willing or unwilling, is .compelled to take a part. No intelligent person can ig nore snch Issues. THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S regular subscription price Is only i per year, ana tnis pays Tor 15 6 pa- pers. we oner this unequalled newspaper and THE GASTONIA GA ZETTE together for one rear for $2.65. . The regular subscription price of 84 X the two papers i $3.00. You are determining Now the tort of Old Age you will have. A Bank Account startednow may mean the Difference between later years of influence, comfort, pleasure and poverty, discouragement, misery. CLIP THI8 AND PIN , ON WIFE'S DRESSER Cincinnati Man Tells How to Shrivel Up Corns or Callases so They Lift Off With Fingers. i Ouch !???!! This kind of rough talk will be heard less here tn town if people troubled with corns will follow the simple advice of this Cincinnati authority, who claims that a few drops of a drug called freezonn when applied to a tender, aching corn or hardened callus stops sore ness at once, and soon the corn or callus dries up and lifts right oft without pain. He says freezone dries immediate ly and never inflames or even irri tates the surrounding skin. A small bottle of freezone will cost very littlo at any drug store, but will positively remove every hard or soft corn or callus from one's feet. Millions of American women will welcome this announcement since the inaugura tion of the high heels. If your drug gist doesn't have freezone tell him to order a small bottle for you. FOR SALE Mexican Big Bowl Cotton Seed We have on hand about fifteen hundred bushels of the Mexican Big Boll Cotton Seed, which we can of fer for sale for spring planting. We wish to say that this variety is far superior to the ordinary cotton grown. Tbe staple will measure from 1 1-16 to 1 1-8 inches, will gin forty pounds of lint from one Hun dred pounds of seed cotton, and will give you a much greater yield per acre than the ordinary varieties. Be ing ginners, we have selected this stock of seed from customers to whom we have furnished this varie ty. As to the quality of the staple, we refer you to the Gaston Mfg. Co., of Cherryvllle, N. C. the Buffalo Mfg. Co., Cherryvllle, X. C, R-2, and prac tically all of the mills in the section of Gaston, Cleveland and Lincoln Counties. Mr. D. P. McClurd, Sec. ft Treas. of the Gaston Mfg. Co., writes: "I am pleased to say that I have used the Mexican Big Boll Cotton in our mills, and can say that it is far superior to the ordinary upland cot tons. The staple will run from 11 16 inch to 1 1-8 inch. It also pro duces a very heavy yield per acre." Price; 1.50 per bushel, F. O. B. Cherryvllle, N. C. Model Ginning Co. CHERRYYILLE, X. C. Our References: First National Bank, of Cherryvllle, N. C. First National Bank, of Shelby. N. C. 9 e 4. Spray Your Fruit Trees Use LIME SULPHUR, ready prepared, SO cents per gallon. Its use gives yon tree tnswrance against all kinds of Insects and diseases. We also carry line of MYERS SPRAY PUMPS la several sizes, price SO cents to $14. STANDARD HARDWARE CO. :-N . HASTONIA, N.G ; i ,1 ! Inaugural Special to Washington, D C, Via Houthern Railway Hystem, Snnday, March 4th, 1917. The Southern Railway System. will operate Special Train from North Carolina points to Washington, D. C, Sunday, March 4th, 1917, account Inauguration of President Wilson, This train will consist of Standard Pullman sleeping cars and high class day coaches, to leave Charlotte at 7:45 p. m., arriving Washington at 7 a. m., Monday, March 5th. The following round trip fares will apply from stations named be low: Charlotte 12.35 Salisbury 11.0-O High Point 9.95 Greensboro 9.50" Hickory 12.70- Statesville 11. 7S Fares from all intermediate pointa on same basis. In addition to the above train and date, tickets will be sold March 1st to 4th inclusive, with final limit re turning to reach original starting point before midnight of March 10, 1917, or by personally depositing tickets with W. H. Howard, Special Agent, Terminal Station, Washing ton, D. C on or before March lOtn and upon payment of 31.00, an ex tension may be secured so as to reach original starting point before mid night of April 10, 1917. Stop-overs will be permitted at all points within final limit of ticket. The Inauguration of the President of the United States Is an event, one should not miss. Pullman reservations should be made in advance. For full and complete information, Pullman reservations, etc.. consult nearest Agent of the Southern Rail way System, or write S. E. BURGESS, D. P. A., Charlotte, N. C. Clocks I A good clock is an ex cessity in the home We have them, from small alarm clocks to the "Old Grandfather" type. And a real good clock not only gives you the correct time but 13 the cheapest thing in the long run. Why not let us show you some of them? H.M.VANSLEEN JEWELER
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