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BUY A LIBERTY LOAN BOND TODAY AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE CAUSE OFj UNIVERSAL-PEACE Til ASTON I A ETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MOXDAT, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. GASTOIOA.N. O, FRIDAY AFTERNOOX, JUNE 1, 1917. 92.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. XXXVIII. C 47., fmm vmmi civeii "oo youyiT today" THE LIBERTY LOAN IS PRICE OF PEACE EFFORT THREE U. S. SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS MR. LAMBETjfS ADDRESS WILL MARK CLOSE OF -CITY SCHOOLS LIBERTY LOAN BOND BUYERS G GAZ fiyCOLC. B. ARMSTRONG TO RED GROSS f Announcement Made of Gift to the . Gaston County Chapter Red Cross t Executive Meeting Last Sight ,Tivo Young Gastonia Men Will be Chosen to Operate Ambulance Several Have Volunteered Their gervices Auxiliary Launched at McAdenviUe. Col. C. B. Armstrong will not be selected to go to the front as a fighting unit for the defense of his country but he has already done his bit by giving an ambulance. Announcement of this gift was made last night at a meeting of the executive committee of the Gaston County Chapter Red Cross. Colonel Armstrong's gift is to the local chap ter and will In turn be donated to the American Red Cross Society for service in France. The local chap ter is delighted to make the an nouncement of Mr. Armstrong's gift. The ambulance will be driven by two Gastonia men. althougn no an nouncement has been made at this time as to who these young men -will be. Several young men have al ready signified their willingness to operate the ambulance and have vol unteered their services. The executive committee will make further announcements with reference to the drivers of the am hulance within the next several days. ANOTHER AUXILIARY. Chairman W. L. Balthls and Mayor A. M. Dixon went to McAden Ille last night where another auxil iary of the Gaston County Chapter was organized with 30 charter mem bers. Mr. R. R. Ray presided at the meeting and Miss Lois Wright was chosen temporary chairman. Talks were made by the Gastonia gentlemen and Rev. D. E. Vipper man, of the McAdenviUe Baptist church. A campaign for members will be conducted at McAdenviUe within the next day or so. CYCLONE REAPS FEARFUL TOLL (By International News Service.i ST. LOUIS. MO.. May 31. Seven teen were killed and 75 injured in a tornado which struck 1 6 Missourt( and Illinois towns yesterday. Mineral Point, Mo., a mining towr 60 miles south of here, was wiped out, according to reports, and four ive3 were lost and ."iO injured. The town has a population of about 2 (TO. A relief train brought 18 seriously injured to DeSoto, nearby. Ottier relief trains left DeSoto for the stricken town and the injured vic tims are being cared for. POPLAR BLUFF. MO.. May "I. Chaonia, a small town east of '.iere, is reported wiped out by a cy ;one with 14 killed. Selma also reve rted badly damaged with 20 lives ;o.ii, Marguerite Clark Ideal Tola. HOMES NEEDED FOR B. Y. 1 U. DELEGATES. The entertainment committee for the B. Y. P. V. State convention which is to meet here June 5 to 7. is expecting a very large attendance and there is still need for a few homes for delegates. Anyone wno can entertain one or n.ore delegates, either young men or young women, will confer a favor by calling Mr. W. Lyle Smith, chairman of the com mittee, or Rev. W. C. Barrett. We are asked to state very definitely that the convention will open Tues day nrght and close Thursday night. Delegates will arrive Tuesday after noon and leave Friday morning. Any bank will take your subscrip tion for a Liberty Loan Bond. Mr. Wilson to Speak. All members of West End and Franklin Avenue Methodist churches are especially urged to be preeent at the services to be held Sunday morn ing at Franklin Avenue and Sunday night at West End. Solicitor George W. Wilson will be the speaker- at both services In the absence of the pastor. Rev. E. P. Stabler. Death of W. T. R. Befl. J Capt. W. T. R. Bell, of Ruther fordton. died Thursday morning in a hospital at Richmond. Va.f where he had been undergoing treatment . 4 n m a MmA Pint Rail was 74 - years of age. and was known to S many of the older citizens of this section as principal of the old Kings l Mountain Military Academy. !"He i was a native of Virginia, but had been a loyal citizen of North Caroli- na for most of his life. Funeral and : burial took place at Rutherfordton today.. , Miss Jennie Wldeman, who has been In training at the Presbyterian v Hospital at New York city, for the - past year, arrive In the city today to spend several days with relatives before returning to her home " at . Troy. S. C. - - -'"'- There is Much Talk and Very Little Action by Gastonia People Regard inx Liberty Loan Bonds Those Who Cannot Fight Must Volun teer Their Dollars Bonds Pay 3 1-2 Per Cent Interest. "Our Liberty Loan bonds are our biggest guns. Do your bit today." This Is the demand that stares one in the face from posters In several windows on Main avenue. And while everybody is talking about Liberty bonds, the what and the wny of them, local bankers say that Ge tonia and Gaston county people have not begun to do their duty towards "making the world safe for demo cracy." America's cause, they state, is imperiled by apathy. Just why such a condition exists when the American people are aware that their country is at war against a powerful foe is hard to understand, it is pointed out. . The President has called for an initial loan of $2,000,000,000 from the people with which to win the war. This Liberty Loan must be taken up by the citizens, rich and poor, down to the last man, or the war will be lost. If enough revenue is not realized through the volunteer Liberty Loan plan tne United States government will be forced to place a direct war tax on the people, as European countries are doing, in or der to prosecute the war. The government could conscript the dollars of its citizens or force them to serve in the ranks of the Liberty Loan, but it has chosen the volunteer plan of raising the initial two billions. The call of the president to mobil ize the sinews of war Is the real martial trumpeting, but the soldier Is only a cipher without the dollar back of him. Even as another home is asked to put the stalwart son in uniform, so your home is asked to put the dollar in uniform and to enlist it in the cause of Liberty. A dollar volunteered to Uncle Sam in the War for democracy is more shrewdly conceived than a dollar levied upon defeated America by a victorious Kaiser. You did not invent this war. Nevertheless the United States is In this war up to the neck. There Is no turning back. You must win or lose. However pacific you may bo in principle, however secure you may fee1 personally from the formidable bludgeon of the Teutonic militarists, peace can be achieved now only In one of two ways by winning the war, or by submitting to pay Germa ny's war bills. A German forced levy can be dictated from Berlin without the landing of a single Teutonic sol dier on our soil. The subscription of this $2,000. 000.000 Liberty Loan is in the hands of the people. The resources of the nation spring from the small units of wealth. It Is idle to expect the weal thy men, or the banks to make this enormous loan, for this would mean merely the conversion of the people's bank deposits already in the com mercial service. This loan is vital and must come from the hands of the people them selves, preferably from savings other than bank deposits, preferably from new savings, from new economies, from new earnings, and from hiding places. The soldier must be equipped. Your dollar is needed to put food In his stomach, uniforms on his back, and guns In his hands and to main tain him fit on the firing line, ir you are not of the age and of the fit ness to do your bit at the front, you can at least help support one soldier by buying a Liberty Bond. You can best insure your Income, insure your business activity, insure your wages by.buylng a liberty bond with your current savings so as to keep money in circulation for the purchase of supplies and the greasing of the wheels of industry. Be shrewd; be thrifty. Buy a $50 or a $100 Liberty Loan Bond. Learn a new chapter in thrift from the Eu ropean nations, and be a backer of your threatened country! while get ting the 3 1-2 per cent interest. Take a $50 or a $100 mortgage on the United States and help to keep the flag flying. Marguerite Clark Ideal Today. If you ran't fight, buy a Liberty Loan Bond. Go After Food Pirates. New York World. If the Department of Jsutice has reports from its agents and ito re portsshowing that all food ' mar kets in Chicago are manipulated, with what face can Senators and Representatives at this time declaim against granting the United States Government power to regulate the food supply in the interest of, the na tion and millions of consumers who are feeling the pinch of high prices? Are the rights of the speculators and extortioners so sacred that they must be protected at any cost against in terference in the existing emergency? Mr. Earl E. Groves, a son or Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Groves, arrived in the city last night from Chapel Hill where he has been attending the University of North Carolina, having this year completed the work of the Junior class. 10 EVADE REGISTRATION BY SOME HERE Local Authorities Are Making Pre arations to Hound-up the Shirkers in Gastonia Several Think They Have Hit Upon a Good Scheme to Avoid Registering But They Will He Taken Care of Negroes Wak ing Up to Their Duty. Preparations are being made by local authorities to take care of tnose who attempt to shirk their duty next Tuesday by failing to register. While no public announcement has gone forth that the Gastonia officers are preparing for a strenuous day June 5 they have about completed arrangements to round-up all be tween the ages of 21 and 30, inclu sive, who have it in .their mind to evade registration. Records of various kinds are hourly being referred to by these of ficers as a means of ascertaining who are required to register, but who will likely try to side-step the proposition. Some of the records which will furnish valuable infor mation to the officers are the high school rosters, marriage license rec ords, tax return sheets and old reg istration books. Already several discrepancies have been found in the ages of some by referring to the above records, both white and colored. Three spe cific instances were pointed out by the authorities yesterday which may cause the arrest and imprisonment of the parties concerned if the guil ty parties refuse to register on June 5. All of these men have seeming ly hit upon the same scheme as a means of evading the. new Selective Draft Law. The scheme Is to grow old all of a sudden. For Instance, one man who was .2 8 years of age in 1916 has grown gray at such a rapid rate that now. in 1917, he 1 31. "But they won't get by with that," said one officer yesterday. "They must register or go to jail on June 6, or establish a birth certificate showing conclusively that they are without the age limit." It should be borne in mind that any false statement made wltn refer ence to registration will go hard, and justly so, with the individual. The law provides that any and all who fall or refuse to register must be reported by the registrars and the local officers In order that crim inal prosecution may be instituted. The negroes of the city and vicini ty are waking up to the situation and are endeavoring to learn wheth er they have to register by inquiring at the city hall and court house. As a means of Impressing upon them the serlousnes's of the situation and of their duty, a mass meeting will be held tonight at 8:30 In the court house at which time the law will be thoroughly explained to them by some of the Gastonia attorneys and public officials. It is expected that several hundred negro men will at tend this meeting. IK your bit buy a Liberty Loan Bond. PATRIOTS. By Walt Mason. The country calls for men to fight against a brutal, ruthless foe; the country's cause is just and right; the bugle's sounding will you goT Forever honored is the man wno springs to arms, witlfout delay, Im patient to be in the van, to lead his comrades in the fray. His breast with noble ardor burns; he grips his sword and thinks no more of all the trivial concerns of workshop, count ing room or store. We hear his mar tial harness clank, we view him with a jealous stare, while we go paddling to the bank and salt down greasy doubloons there. "We gladly do our bit," we say, "but while amidst tne battle smoke, our little business would decay, our bank accounts would soon go broke. War's perils we would gladly court, and meet tne foe with dauntless tread, but we have grandslres to support, and uncles who are needing bread. Some day we'll press our iron heels upon tne faces of the foe, but we must close up sundry deals. Involving money, ere we go. Some day we'll battle on the land, or on the briny ocean foam, but there's no rush, you understand; we'll wait until the cows some home. Forever honored is the man who ris es, at the country's need, and above the private scheme and plan, the lure of profit, urge of greed. DEATHS MRS. J. F. NOLES. Following a long Illness Mrs. Isa bella -Voles, wife of Mr. J. F. Noles, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning at the City Hospital. Tuesday she un derwent an operation In the hope Hhat it would benefit her but In vain. he body was removed to the Ford Undertaking establishment and later to the home at Groves. It will be taken this afternoon on the 5 o'clock interurban car to Mount Holly where the funeral and burial will take place tomorrow morning. Deceased was in her 63rd year. Before marriage she was a Miss Biggers. Hsr hus band and several children survive. The family has the sympathy or many friends In their bereavement. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. June 1. Three American sailing ships hare been submarined with loss of one life, ac cording to announcement of the Navy Department. All of the vessels were sunk in European waters. They were the Dirlgoy Francis IX, and Barbara. John Ray, first mate of the Dirigo, was drowned. SHOT TO DEATH BY ALIEN HAND (By International News Service..) MEMPHIS, TENN., June 1. Mrs. Jane Doffenbaugh, who had In Tor fir ed government agents of the trea sonable utterances of many aliens in her neighborhood, was shot and kill ed as she was at work in her garden today. CAUSED CLOSING OF N. Y. HARBOR (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, June 1. Shipping circles were given a scare today when the port of New York closed for a few hours and Monitor Amplt rlte turned back all ships seeking to leave the harbor. This action fol lowed on the heels of the report that three American ships had been sunk abroad and caused a panic la trie stock exchange. The port was re opened about noon. No explanation is forthcoming from the officials. GKRMAX POST TAKKX HV FRKXCH TKOOIS. (By International News Service.) PARIS, June 1. A German post south of Chevreu was captured last night wun a nuniDer of prisoners. The Germans resumed their efforts to recapture ground lost in tne Champagne but were repulsed after bitter fighting. MAY (X)TTOX TAKES BOUND RESULT CROP ItKI01?T. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, June 1. C o t to n bounded upwards this morning on the government report that the con dition of the crop for May 25 was only sixty-nine and one-half per cent normal. This Is the lowest In sever al years and Indicates extremely short crop. SPEEDY TRIAL TO BE GIVKX AGITATORS. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 1. The Department of Justice today contin ued to draw in the dragnet which has been spread over the country to cap ture all antl-conscriptlon plotters. It is planned to try agitators for trea son and they will, be brought to trial at the earliest possible minute. LUIJi OX WKST BROKE V BY BRITISH GAINS. (By International News Service.) LONDON. June 1. The lull on the British front was broken last night when the British attacked west of Charisy. making slight gains, the war office announced. Success ful raids were carried out elsewnere. EDITORS TO FRAMJS CENSORSHIP MEASURE. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. June 1. Presi dent Wilson has not given up hope of obtaining the censorship measure at the bands of Congress, but will make no further effort to have It in cluded In the Espionage bill. At a later date the President will call several prominent newspaper editors to the White House and ask them to frame a measure, which Congress will be asked to pass on the ground that it has the approval of the newspapers. Mr. Wade Gallant, of Raleigh, was In the city Tuesday. Mr. A. W. Hoffman, of Lowell, route two. Is a business visitor in the city today. Mrs. H. H. Jordan and Mr. Frank Jordan left yesterday for Bur- Mr. and M rsT Mi. Spurrier ana cnuaren returned today to Char lotte after a visit ko Mrs. Spurrier's parents, Mr. andMrs. J. B. Boyd. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Holland and little son, J. M.. Jr., will leave Sun day for Liberty, S. C.. to visit Mr. Holland's parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. M. Holland. nei. i. i. .xewion. tor some time pastor of the Baptist church at Dallas, has accepted a pastorate at wnitevme, this State, and left Wed nesday for that place to take up his new woric. Graduating Exercises Will Take Place at Central School Tonight He v. W. A. Latnlteth, of Salisbury, to Deliver Address Class Exer cises Held Last Night Large Au diences Enjoyed Entertainments Tuesday and Wednesday Nights. wun tire annual literary address by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, pastor or the First Methodist church at Salis bury, and the graduating exercises of the class of 1917, the present ses sion of the city schools will come to a close tonight. ! A large audience gathered at the Central school auditorium last night to witness the class exercises of the class of 1917. The exercises con sisted of a play entitled "Class Re union", the time represented being 1929 and the scene a boarding house In Washington. The play was well carried out, each member of the class participating and doing his or her part well. Following a welcome song sung by the class, a gypsy scene was pre sented. The class was represented as being on a camping trip wheh they came upon a gypsy's tent in the woods and had their fortunes told. Miss Mary La Far was the fortune teller and she carried out her part with splendid skill. The manner In which she played the part stamped her as an adept In the art of fortune telling. The fortune-telling scene was fol lowed by the play, the cast of char acters being as follows: Ernest Austin, mill man and In ventor of textile machinery. Charles Boyd, lawyer, living in Washington, D. C. Lamar Caraway, ball player. Claude Craig, physician. John Foskett, automobile manu facturer. Rufus Johnston, minister. Gordon Kinrald, book agent and statistician. Ethel Adderholdt. first congress woman from North Carolina. Ethelda Armstrong. Red Cross nurse. Annie Clifford, music teacher. Nan Craig, president of class. Ela Dixon, stenographer. Blanche Grigg, teacher of mathe matics. Mary IaFar, Gypsy. Ruth Lineberger, lawyer. Burney Boyce, poetess. Lula Rankin, historian. Sadie Thomson, trophy bearer. Wilniot Whitesldes, physician. Hertle I-ee Whitesides and Annie Iee Nolen. proprietresses of a board ing house. Following is a synopsis of the ploy: Act I. Scene I. Time 1929. Sit ting room of boarding house in Washington, of which Be'rtie Lee Whitesides and Annie Lee Nolen are proprietresses. Ethel Adderholdt, the first congresswonian from North Carolina, arrives accompanied by other members of the class. Charles Boyd, a lawyer and Lamar Caraway, a ball player, who are living in ttie city at the time, stop In to see tne visitors. A class reunion Is planned to take place about the time of the presidential inauguration. Act 1. Scene 11. Gordon Kln caid, the lost member of the class. appears at the boarding-house as a book agent. He had resigned from an honored position in a college in order to devote his time exclusively to writing books. He explains his occupation at the time Is only a means of obtaining funds for the completion of other literary works. Act II. Scene same as In act I. Class meeting at which old times at (i. II. 8., are discussed. The papers read at the time of graduation in 1917 History, Will, Statistics, Po ems, Etc. are called lor and re read. The meeting closes with the class song. The graduating exercises wni be held this evening at 8 o'clock, this concluding the commencement exer cises for the year: Girls' Glee Club. Bridal Chorus. Invocation. Salutatory, Miss Blanche Grigg. Girls' Glee Club, Angels Serenade. Introduction of Chairman Board of Education, Class President. Introduction of Speaker, Mayor Arthur Dixon. Address, Rev. W. A. Lambeth, of Salisbury. Piano Quartet, Galop de Concert, Misses Boyce, Armstrong, La Far and Clifford. Valedictory, Charles T. Boyd. Class Song. Presentation of Diplomas. Supt. Joe S. Wray. Presentation of Superintendent's Prize for Class Leadership. Presentation of R. B. Babington's Medal for Leadership of Class, Hon. S. J. Durham. Girls' Glee Club, Moonlit Mead ows, j The marshals are as follows: Robert' Boyd, chief, Ralph Robin son. Bonnie Norris, Ray Smith, Pearl Wilson, assistants Geneva Wilson, Stella Boyd. Virginia Bradley. La Tina Craig. Malda Dunn. Tuesday night a large and appre ciative audience enjoyed the presen tation of an operetta, "The Princess of Poppyland," given by the Junior high school pupils. A small admis sion fee was charged and the pro ceeds were for the benefit of tbe music department of the schools. Wednesday evening's program consisted of exercises by the under graduate departments and the pre- ( Continued on page S.) Those subscribing for ' Liberty Bonds through the Citizens National Rtnlr tin f n fh Hm. nitu. Mi to press. Other subscribers will be . published in next issue: Citizens National Bank ...$15,000 Clara Mfg. Co 2,500 uunn Aug. to z.ovo Monarch Cotton Mills Co... 2,000 Seminole Cotton Mills Co... 1,500. Armstrong Cotton Mills Co. 1,000 ' Pl.mn.l Bnl. Vf 1 1 . i 1 lUIAf Osceola Mills, Ine 1,600 ' Mrs. Jas. Leltch 1,000 A. K. Winget 1.G0O w. t. Kankin c l.uuu W. H. Adams 1,000 D. M. Jones 504) R. G. Rankin 500 E. W. Gilliam 10 H. M. Van Sleen lot A. G. Myers . . 1,000 RftTnnv flnfnntnr C n 1 KAA UWMWU M.MU.U W . ..... ,WWV 1T T CD ,1 , u. nuuniiuu, r wv Mrs. Rosalie Haynes 50 C. B. Armstrong 10,000 W. H. Vray 100 Rankin-Armstrong Co 1,000 : W. E. Haynes 50 R. M. Reld SO Mrs. k. u. uaoington juu R. B. Babington 10V Piedmont T. & T. Co 500 J. White Ware 500 R. N. Wilson 50 m. narry snuiora iev R. M. Jackson 100 ' John A. Hunter, Jr 100 WrT. Love 250 John R. Rankin 800 r!.,Anl I.. f. T)..Uw r. 1 AAA Mrs. W. T. Ra:ikln .... ; 50 R. Hope Brlscn, Jr 50 Miss Mildred, '.an kin 50 Miss Erv.n.a l.ankin ...t 50 .inns uiri li uuo uiuiiu vv W. Ralph Armstrong 100 C. C. Armstrong 250- W. F. Kincaid 600 H. G. Winget 500 W. R. Stowe 100. D. J. Gardner 250 Miss Zada Ragan 50 miss Mary spencer sv W. L. Wetzell . 5f Total I51.20& SETS GOOD EXAMPLE. Young son of Mr. and Mrs. Win. D. Anderson Ioes His Bit by Buying liinerty ixan itona w nen Ls Than One lay Old Wonders if : He is Sot Youngest Subscriber. ,' i;he following Interesting letter, chuck full of patriotism, was received Monday morning by the Citizens Vatlnniil Ranlr nf thU rlfr: "Gentlemen: "Please tneer my application Tor one Fifty Dollar Liberty Loan Bond when Issued. I only Just arrived this morning: tn fact, haven't been here quite a full day yet but my Dad dy says I ought to start right and. begin to 'do my bit' for the country, so please have a bond made out In my name. My Daddy says he will keep it for me until I get big enough to understand what It Is all about. "I wonder If I am not the" young est subscriber you have (Signed) "WM. D. ANDERSON. JR." lAMAtdA.-TU U AT tons . THE THIUC E-A-W EKK GA ZETTE AS IT APPEARS TO G RO VER PAGE, CARTOONIST. He Helped. On the new brakeman's first ran there was a very steep grade, v The engineer always had more or less trouble to get np this grade, but this time he came near sticking altogeth er. Eventually, however, he reacn ed the top. Looking out of the cab,' the engi neer saw the new brakeman and said, with a sigh of relief: t "We had a hard job getting, op, didn't we?" . "We sure did," assented the new brakeman, "and if I hadn't put on the brake we'd have slipped back.'- Railroad Man's Magazine. Subscribe to The Gazette. -' Has a Good Opinion of Chamber Iain's Tablets. "Chamberlain's Tablets are a won der. I never sold anything that beat them." writes F. B.- Tressey, Rich mond. Kr. : When troubled with In digestion or constipation give them, a trial." . .' 5. , ! - -' 00 - i- ( A
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