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;rr r'i BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND TODAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE OF, UNIVERSAL PEACE s 1:1:1:. i t ,r a 1 PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY.' TOL. xxxvm. NO. 46. V GA8TOJTIA, K. O, WEDNESDAY APTERXOOX. MAY 30, 1917. $2.00 A YEAR IX ADVANCE. TELLS ABOUT RED CROSS t NULLIFIES RECENT ACT BIG RALLTJi fLAlEO BRIGADIER-GENERAL LW. YOUNG COMING MUST CONSIDER RUSSIA'S WAR AIMS STRUCK WITH SERIOUSNESS OF MEETInI COUNTY BOARD OUTDOES LEGISLATURE IRANGH SOCIETY AT MOUNT HOLLY I : G IZEO RED - : f . Chairman V. L. Balthls, of Gasto ; Chapter, Talks of His Trip to Con s ference of Red Cross Society at j, w asningion neara many i ruin- inent Speakers, Notably Major ', General Pershing -Red Cross Ap peals to Real Men and Women. t "My main Impression aws the overwhelming seriousess of tne meeting," Bald Mr. W. L. Balthls when aslted by a Gazette reporter about the National Conference of the American Red Cross Society which ' was held In Washington Thursday and Friday and which he attended as a representative of tne Gaston Chapter., Mr. Balthls re turned home Monday. . "I was also impressed with the interest that some of the moat prom inent men in New York City are talc ing in the Red Cross work," said Mr. Balthls. "Besides Mayor Mitcn ell, J. P. Morgan, C. R Hilles, Geo. F. Baker, Jacob H. Schlff, F. A. Vanderllp, Daniel Guggenhelmer, there are a great number of the wealthiest and best-known men in that city who are giving up their own affairs for the Red Cross. And they are going to not only lend their moral support to the cause but they are going to take. an active part in the campaign which Is to be con ducted all over the United States the week ending June 25. "At the meeting we had the pleas ure of hearing William H. Tart, Herbert C. Hoover, Secretary of War Baker and other leaders in public life. Major-General Pershing received the biggest ovation of any of the speakers. He was presented by ex-President Taf t as the man who would rather face a battery than an audience. The delegates Jumped to their feet and cheered for several minutes when Pershing rose to speak. He made a fine appeal for the Red Cross Society, saying that he and his soldiers wanted to know, when they left for France and the fighting front, that the American Red Cross Society was going to stand back of them, caring for the wounded only as that great organiza tion can do." Mr. 'Balthls says that since his trip to this convention he realizes as never before the great work that the Red Cross has and must do for the American soldiers who are going to fight for their country. "The Red Cross is for real men and women," said Mr. Balthls, "and not for weaklings. It requires red btaoded folks to do great work." The campaign for more members and for $100,000,000 for the Ameri can Red Cross Society will be con ducted throughout the United States beginning June 1? and con tinuing through the 25th. This week has been set aside by President Wilson, who urges every genuine American to help his country through this organization. LJXCOLXTOX. ROUTE FIVE. Correspondence of The Gazettev LIXCOLXTOX, Route "5, May 26. A large crowd enjoyed a birthday reunion at Mr. Wells' last Sunday. Miss Vera Carpenter gave a sing ing last Sunday afternoon which was enjoyed by all present, among wham were Messrs. Thurman and A 1 ouzo Rhyne, Robert and Russell HoSTi: in. Summey Cauble and Roy I.oftin i nd Misses Jennie Cauble and Mary Rhyne, of Long Shoals. There -will be services at Hepzl bah Presbyterian church on Thurs day and Friday nights, also Satur day and Sunday at 11 a. m. Services will be held at Bethel Lutheran church r.cxt Sunday even ing by Rev. C. K. Bell, of Kings Mountain. Mr. and Mrs. P. P. Richards, of Lawndale spent Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. B. R. Biggerstaff. while en route home from Hickory. Mr. Dalton and Misses Nettie and Ethel Carpenter, of Bessemer City, spent Sunday at the home of Mr. Luther Carpenter. Mr. Berlin Carpenter has return ed home from Florida. There will be an ice cream supper at Mt. BeUlah Baptist church the first Saturday night in June. RACE TROUBLE IN EASm LOUIS (By International News Service.) EAST ST. LOUIS, ILLS., May 30. Two more companies of State mili tia arrived here teday to guard a gainst further race riots. Eight companies are now here and the city is practically under martial law. Many arrests hare been made-today of negroes for carrying concealed weapons.1 Despite the presence : of the militia the city authorities fear further trouble tonight. ' The Crisis Coming. Next Wednesday, the 6th. the Co zy Theater will show "The Crisis." a big feature picture, which is of in fwu tn all Southern neoDle. It Is a true story of Lincoln and The Lou isville Evening Post says that It is "America's greatest American sto ry." Over 5,000 composed the cast which made this picture, It Is claim ed. The whoje thing is on a stupen dous scale. .Seew, advertisement ,on page seven." ' - At Special Session Monday the Gas ton County Commissioners Adopt Resolution Declaring Null and V Void Act of General Assembly la I Establishing New County Rounds Xy Line List Taker Instructed tgf J List Property as Heretofore, jr, The last General Assembly of North Carolina was shorn of some of its power Monday afternoon at a meeting of the board of county com missioners of Gaston county whlcn assembled In special session for the purpose of taking some action in the Cleveland-Gaston county boundary line muddle. That the board took, some action is now made plain by a resolution hlch it passed nullifying the act of the Legislature as to fixing a- new line between the two counties. This action was taken by the Gas ton county board, as the resolution sets forth, because the boundary line -which the solons at Raleigh "at tempted to fix by legislative enact ment is so indefinite and uncertain that it is Impossible to locate such line and that hence such act is void as to fixing any new line between Gaston and Cleveland counties " The taxpayers within the territo ry affected, which Is Crow.ders Moun tain township, are. therefore, going to list their taxes in Gaston county as if there had been no order made by the recent General Assembly. The tax list taker for Crowders Moun tain township is instructed, by the board's proclamation, "to proceed to list" the taxes of the taxpayers lying within the territory in Crowders Mountain township as if there had been no legislation by the General Assembly." The resolution in full follows: . "Whereas it apiears -to the board of county commissioners of Gaston county that an alleged boundary line between Gaston and Cleveland coun ties, which the last General Assem bly attempted to fi by legislative en actment, as will appear from the Public Acts of 1917, Chapter 31, Is so Indefinite and uncertain that it is impossible to locate such line and that hence suth act is void as to fix ing any new line between Gaston and Cleveland counties. "Now, therefore, be it resolved: That Gaston county and the board of commissioners of Gaston county do not recognize any such line as be ing the boundary line between Gas ton and Cleveland and that the tax list taker for Crowders Mountain township, after advertising, proceed to list the taxes of the taxpayers ly ing within the territory in Crowders Mountain township as if there had been no legislation by the General Assembly of 1915 and 1917 on a new boundary line between said counties." Marguerite Clark Ideal Friday In Interest of Registration. All of the colored men in Gastonla and vicinity are being urged by the negro leaders of the city to attend a mass meeting at the court house Fri day night at 8:30 o'clock for the purpose of hearing the new registra tion law explained to them by Hon. O. iF. Mason, of the Gastonla bar. The colored ministers of the city are as sisting in making the meeting a success and they state that not only those who are subject to registra tion are urged to attend but all of the negro men as well. 1 The Liggett Myers Tobacco Co. has taken $1,000,000 worth of the liberty bonds. Of this amount the Durham branch took '$100,000. BERNARD M. BARUGH. May Be Selected to Buy All War Supplies For Nation and Our Allies. PturtS by Snthusiastlc 'Mass Meeting Results in Organization With More Tliaa Twenty-Five Members, of a Rrancb of Gaston Chapter of tlie Red Cross Number of Gastonlans 1' resent. Correspondence of The Gazette. MT. HOLLY, May 29. A most enthusiastic and patriotic mass meeting was held last Friday even ing In the high school auditorium here for the purpose of ogranizing a branch Red Cross. Rev. E. H. Kohn,' pastor of the Mount Holly Lutheran church, pre sided as temporary chairman. A very interesting and instructive talk was made by Mrs. F. C. Abbott, of Charlotte. Dr. L. X. Glenn de monstrated the Red Cross surgical dressings from the surgeons view point and in a most impressive and patriotic manner urged the wisdom and the necessity of every true American man and woman rallying to the call of the Red Cross. Mr. S. J. Durham, with bis usual flow' of eloquence, made an inspir ing and heart-stlrrlng address. Short talks were made by Mrs. G. W. Ragan and Mrs. R. M. Johnston, of Gastonla. Suitable patriotic music by a Charlotte orchestra and "The Star Spangled Banner" as a vocal solo attended, by a chorus of pretty girls dressed as Red Cross nurses and boys in khaki, was very effective and added patriotic inspiration to the oc casion. The result of this meeting was the organization of, a brancn of over 75 members with officers as follows: Mr. Willis Holland, chairman; Mrs. Henry Rhyne, vice-chairman; Mrs. T. M. McCoy secretary; Mr. J. A. Costner, treasurer. Those attending from Gastonra were Messrs. . J. Durham and Cald well Ragan, Mrs. G. W. Ragan, Miss es Perry and Williams, of the City Hospital; Lieut. Wright Dixon, or Raleigh; Drs. L. N. Glenn and J. A. Anderson, Mesdames W. L. Balthls and R. M. Johnston, representing the auxiliary committee of the Gas ton Chapter Red Cross. This chapter feels greatly encour aged in this, their first effort to or ganize a branch and hope in the near future to see working organiza tions not only in each town but In each community of Gaston county. Correspondence of The Gazette. MT. HOLLY, May 29 Misses An nie, Sarah and Christine Rutledge, who have been teaching at Ruther fordton and Statesville, are at home spending the vacation quietly with homefolks. Also Misses Jean and Bain Henderson are at home to rec reate. We are glad to see them in our midst. Misses Grace K6hn and Cornelia Hamilton are at home from Lenoir College. We 'see also Mr. Richard Daven port, who has been in Washington, D. C, and Harry, his brother, who has been at Davidson, on our streets. We extend the glad hand also to Ralph Holland and Latta Johnson, who have been' burning the mid night oil at Bingham. Misses Bettle Coon, Xeal Rose man, both of Lincolnton; May Rice, of Farmville, Va., and Lois Fearls, of Steele Creek, all teachers in the graded school, have gone home. Dr. R. E. Rhyne has gone to Xew York with his brother. William, to see Dr. Howard Rhyne, son of Wil liam, who is ill in a hospital at Sar anac Lake. In his absence, Mrs. Rhyne is spending some time with her sister, Mrs. Robinson, near Hickory. The sand plant of which Mr. J. F. Cloud is manager is putting up a drying plant on east bank of the Ca tawba river, which drying process has many advantages. Marguerite Clark Ideal 'Friday, Y Rural Carriers Meet. This being National Memorial Day is a holiday for the rural mail carriers, and a meeting of. the Gas ton County Rural Letter Carriers' Association was held in the city hall at 11 o'clock. Mr. T. C-Smith, car rier on route one from Gastonla, is president of the association. Rom Tq Mr. and Mrs. W. H. route three, Wednesday. 1917, a daughter. Moton, of May 30, Will Rlggan. a young white man living near Littleton, was killed Sunday morning by lightning. SIX POINTS ABOUT REGISTRATION 1. There Is only ONE day for registration. Jane , 1917. 2. Every male resident of the Uaited States who has reached his 21st and bas not reached his 81st birthday MUST register on the day set, Jane S, 1917. 3. Registration is distinct from Draft. No matter what just claim yoa bare for exemption, yoa mast register. 4. Registration Is a public . DUTY. For those not respon slvsvta the sense of this duty, the penalty of Imprison i menU not One, is provided in the Draft Act. 5. Those who through ska-news shall be anable to regl , ter should cause a -representative to apply to the coonty . or city clerk for a copy of tbe registration card, Thecard . should then be mailed by tn sick person, or delivered by ' , his agent, to the registrar of bis voting precinct. - 6. Registration bootas win be open from 7 A. M. to P. . M. on Registration Day, Jane Commander of Btate Troops Togeth er With Other Officers to Re Here June 7th to Inspect Company B and Participate in Big Patriotic Celebration That Night Plans Xow Keing Made for a Large and Knthuslastic Rally All Citizens II U I to Participate. Gastonla is to have as its guests on Thursday, June 7th, Brigadier General Lawrence W. Young, or Ral eigh; Col. J. T. Gardner, of Shelby: Lieut-Col. Bernard Sharp, of Tryon, an officer of the regular army, and MaJ. R. L. Flanagan, of Statesville. These officers come to Gastonla pri marily for the purpose of inspecting Company B but their visit is to he made the occasion for a rousing pa triotic rally in which the entire town Is asked to participate. Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o' clock the company will undergo in spection at the hands of these offi cers. Every member of the company Is requested by Capt. Bulwinkle to be at the armory on West Airline ave nue promptly at 2:30 o'clock on that date. At night there will be a parade participated In by Company B, the Pythian Drum Corps, the Gaston Chapter of the Red Cross and citi zens, which will be followed by a mess meeting at the court " house. Here addresses will be made by the visiting officers and by local speak ers. Plans are now being formulat ed for this occasion which promises to "be not only large in size but In In terest as well. It is the purpose to make it a real exhibition of the pa triotism of Gastonla and every man, woman and child in the city is Invit ed and urged to be present and help to make it a big success. Marguerite Clark Ideal Friday. KILL TITLES, DEMAND OF HOISKMAIIW UNION. Vancouver, B. C, May 28. "Miss Mary Ann Matilda Jemima Smlther ingale, is supper served?" is the cor rect form that must be used by the mistress of a well ordered household here in the future instead of plain "Mary Ann" when inquiries are made concerning the family meals. At least this is an example of the de mands now being made by the re cently organized Progressive House workers' League. One of the demands made on tne employers of domestic labor by the league Is that the full title must be used at all times by the employer to the servant. No more may the mas ter of the household address the but ler as "Jones, Smith, James or Jevlns" not if the league has its way. The new order must be some thing after this fashion: Mr. Algernon Horatio Jevins, would you kindly, at your conven ience, provide me with that alcoholic refreshment which it 1b my usual custom to consume at this hour?" Resides, the members of the new league will not work more than eight hours a day and forty-eight hours a week, demanding one full day off, In seven. The hostess who invites a number of friends In to dinner may find that somewhere between the roast and the dessert the whistle has sounded and that the butler and the cook have quit, to say nothing of the maids. And if she then dons an apron and proceeds to take the place of the union cook or butler she immediately incurs the wrath of the league for working in her own kitchen without a unien card. Mr. Petty Injured. Yesterday's Gaffney (S. C.) Ledg er says: M. Quinn Petty, of Bowling Green, received a serious injury on his right knee Saturday afternoon when an automobile which he was driving turned over on the overhead bridge across the tracks of the Sou thern Railway Company Just north of the city. W. C. Petty, his father, and Xeal Petty, a brother, escaped without serious injury. HEN SAVES HER LIFE BY WONDERFUL WORK. Chicago, May 28. She lives! Des tined to be served for Sunday dinner because she has ceased to lay, Lucy, a staid hen belonging to George Phillips, laid three eggs In one day and three the day following, and es caped the guillotine. 8. 1917.. v Am'erica Unafraid By Charlss Hanson Towns of the Vlg ilsntos. AMERICA wUl wake To the stern task before her. She will break The bonds of Sloth and dull Indiffer ence, And, with the soul of Lincoln in her eyes. Dare to be great and wise; Dare to be valiant with the valor still That echoes from the crest of Banker Hill; The valor that gave Grant and Lee their fame After the battle flame; The valor that has kept onr country whole While the clean years unroll; The valor that bas giv'n us all body and heart and soul! America will be As one In her old love of Liberty. She will remem ber naught of party and creed In her great hour of need; But one In spirit, one in high ac cord, Her people will await the final word Photo by A. Oenthe. CBABLES HAXBOX TOWN!. That bids them strike for Justice. Her keen sword Will never be unsheathed, save In the name of Christ our Lordl ' There is a fear Running through our broad country, far and near; A rumor that foul traitors at our gate Whisper, and plan, and wait; A rumor that beneath us crawls the hostile worm of hate. It may be so! But I believe that now Each man can disavow Old enmities and, loyal to the end, Count it his privilege to be his coun try'" friend; Count it his right to suffer for the land That balled him and stretched forth a welcoming hand ' When be. heartbroken, from an alien shore. Came as , stranger to our open door. America, beware! Lest, knowing the red burden you must bear. You falter now! We pray for Peace, White Peace; Yet if soft days must cease, We shall go forth, fearless and as one. Until our wsk for Lilwrty is done. ENLISTED. Since the last published re Krts the following have enlist ed In Company R, North Caro lina National (uards. making a total to date of IIW: William M. Brown. Dallas. It. K. Davenport, Jr., of Mount Holly. Ralph A. Hiah, Dallas. Clarence E. Hovis, Dallas. W. O. Jenkins, Gastonla. Undsay 11. Miskelly, Gastonla. Frank L. Rawlings, Gastonla. Earl I a Dolbins, Gastonla. Chas. L. White, Gastonla. Company B needs 47 more men to bring it up to full war strength, namely 150. Young men of Gaston, show yoar patri otism today and enlist at once. Club Meeting. A joint meeting of the members of the poultry, pig, potato and corn clubs of Bessemer City was held yes terday afternoon in the school audi torium at that place, with County Demonstrator Gray in charge. Mora than one-half the members of these clubs are girls. Various phases or the work of these several clubs were discussed informally as was also the subject of effecting a permanent or ganization for these club members at that place. An adjourned meeting will be held next Monday night for the purpose of taking op the latter question, at which time Mr. Gray hopes to have present some one from the 8tate Agricultural Department to assist in perfecting the organiza tion. The boys and girls' of Besse mer City are enthusiastic over the club 'work and give promise or ac complishing quite a good deal this year. . - ! Governor ' Manning- Tuesday pur chased 30 liberty bonds of $50 de nomination; That number represents one each for himself. Mrs. Manning, a daughter, aevea sons and 10 grand children. . . . . . . PETROGRAD. May SO.That the Allies will make some concessions in , peace terms announced by Premier Lloyd George is believed here as the ; result of a demand by Russia that there be no annexations of territory. The demand was mads in a bulletin of the Council of workmen and sol diers. It Is practically an ultimatum , to the Allies to accept Russian war ' aims on pain of Russia making a separate peace if they refuse. HEAVY FIGHTING ON WEST FRONT LONDON, May JO.While . the. Germans were making furious . ef forts during the night to recapture strategic positions in the Champagne district, the English carried out a successful raid near Nerve' Chap pele. according to official statements issued in Paris and London today. At south St. Quentln there was violent artillery duel. A German at tack east of Rheims was rolled back and many dead were left on . the field. Unofficial dispatches from British, at the front states that the British, lines continue to go forward yard by yaj-i in extremely heavy fighting. The British efforts are now being de voted to capture Douai. BRAZIL ABANDONS NEUTRALITY WASHINGTON, May 30. Ambas sador Morgan at Rib Janerio advised the State Department that Brazilian Chamber of Deputies has finally au thorized the abandonment of "neu trality In German-American war. MEXICAN BANDITS ON RAMPAGE LAREDO, May SO. One thousand bandits under Cadillo brothers yes terday looted several towns between Saltlllo and San Luis Potosi destroy ing buildings and dynamiting rail roads, according to dispatches today. Train service has been suspended. . SAYS C0NSTANTINE IS PRO-GERMAN SALONIKA, May 30. Republican forces in Greece continue to be aug- . ' mented by batches of deserters from the royalist army. M. Vanlzelos In ' Interview charges Knig Constanttne "y with being in continuous secret com munication with Germany. AUSTRIA WANTS JM EARLY PEACE STOCKHOLM, May 30. NO an nexations and no Indemnities is the slogan adopted by the International Socialist Peace Council in session here. However there is a noticeable sentiment among the delegates to give France Alsace Lorraine. .Bul garian delegates have left and oth ers will finish sessions tomorrow. Austrians and Hungarians ex pressed a desire for early peace. WOMAN TO FLY ACROSS COUNTRY (By International News Service.) . NEW YORK. May 30. Ruth Law, aviatress, will make a ten-day aero plane trip across the country, drop ping paper bombs containing Liber ty bond literature ' on the principal . cities. ; . ' At Vahhead, near Lenoir, Cald well county, last Saturday afternoon during a game of hall between Hlb riten Academy and Valmead John Coffey shot and Instantly killed Al bert Kirby who was playing on the visiting team. The tragedy was the culmination ot a long-standlss trudge between the two. r -
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