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THIS IS RECRUITING. WEEK; ANSWER YOUR COUNTRY'S CALL-ENLIST TODAY GASTON GAZ ETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AXD FRIDAY. VOL. XXXVfH. NO. 57. . 0, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 23, 1817. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCES III SOGIALCIRGLES LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD I LOCAL ITEMS T SIX" THOUSAIOARK TROOP TO BE RAISED CELEB OH WAR BULLETINS FAYSSOUX-CURLEE ANNOUNCEMENTS. Handsomely engraved wedding an nouncements reading as follows were received last week by Gastonia friends of the contracting parties: Mrs. M. E. Curlee announces the marriage of her daughter Agnes to Mr. John Irvine Fayssoux on Monday, the eighteenth of June nineteen hundred and seventeen Winnsboro, South Carolina. Mr. and Mrs. Fayssoux are expect ed to return to Gastonia this weeic from their wedding trip, and will be at home at the residence of Mrs. L. C. Davis on East Main avenue. WITHERSPOON.YONCn ANNOUNCEMENTS. V Handsomely engraved wedding announcements reading as follows have been received in the city: Mr. Ivan Vernon Yonce announces the marriage of his daughter Katherine to Mr. Envmett Withers poon on Friday. June the twenty-second nineteen hundred and seventeen . Wytheville, Virginia. At home after July tenth, Lexington, North Carolina. Mr. Wltherspoon, who is now city editor of The Lexington Dispatch, is a Gaston county boy, having been reared in Cherryvllle township. He was formerly connected with The Gaston Progress here, and has many friends in the county who will be in terested in the news of his marriage. The following account Is from the Lexington correspondence of Sunday's Charlotte Observer: A wedding of wide interest here and other parts of the state was cel ebrated at Wytheville, Va., Friday ar ternoon, when Miss Katherine Victor ria Yonce became the bride of Em ; met E. Wltherspoon, of this place. The ceremony was a quiet home af fair and took place at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Flsner, uncie and aunt of the bride, with only members of the bride's family pres-4 ent. Rev. J. A. Morehead, D. D., an uncle of the bride, was the officiating minister.. ' Mr. and Mrs. Wltherspoon will ar rive here Sunday, where they have taken a house in Park place. The bride is the only daughter of Ivan V. Yonce. Sr., of Ealem, Va.t an accomplished and cultured young woman. She was graduated from Elizabeth college in 1916. The groom has .been for two years con nected with The Lexington Dispatch and Southern Good Roads Magazine, as managing editor. He is & native of Gaston county, the son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wltherspoon, and be fore coming to Lexington was on the staff of The News and Observer, Ral-l eigh, and previously had been con nected with papers at Gastonia and Shelby. He attended Wake Forest college. DEATHS MISS MARGARET E. MATTHEWS. ' Folowing an Illness of some time Miss Margaret E. Matthews died at her home south of Lowell Saturday night, aged 72 years, two months and four days. Deceased was a daughter of the late Palmer Matthews, and Is survived by two sisters, Miss Rebec ca Matthews, with whom she lived at the old home place, and Mrs. John D. Hall, of, South Point township. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock at New Hope Presbyterian church, of whicn Miss Matthews had long been a faith ful and loyal member, by'the pastor, Rev. R. S. Burwell, followed by In terment in the New Hope cemetery. Attending the funeral service from Gastonia were Col. and Mrs. R. N. Wilson, Mr. R A Ratchford, Mr. W. T. Rankin, Mr. R. A. Rankin, Mr. E. J. Rankin and others. Miss Matthews was widely known and greatly esteemed as a public school teacher having taught In the public schools of South Point and Gastonia townships for a long term of years. Many of Gastonla's prom inent and successful business men of today were' her pupils In the .district schools in their boyhood, and the high esteem in which she was held wa attested by the large concourse of sorrowing friends who gathered at , the funeral service Sunday to pay their last tribute of respect to a de parted friend. ' NEW FLAG FOR CANADA ; IS WIDELY DISCUSSED. ( By x International News Service.) ' MONTREAL, June 25. Much dls cusslon is heard of the proposal of Canada having a "Flag of Empire" 'instead of the plain Union Jack, which is now the official emblem of the colony. Many Canadians feel that the service of Canada la the war has entitled her to a flag of her own. It it suggested -that Canadian flags bear a golden maple leaf In the cen tre of the Union Jack and on the By of the red and blue ensign. All ves- sels in the service of the Canadian Government would have a crown over the maple leaf on the fly of the ' ensign. :- Uunlon Jack supporter are numerous, however, and have no hes itancy In saying that the old flax, la good enough for all. .- . Mr. John A. Latta, of York, S. C, was in town Saturday. . Mrs. 'L. T. Lee and Mr. John Foskett were Charlotte visitors Sat urday. Mr. and Mrs. Felix O. Gee, or Shelby, were visitors in Gastonia Saturday. Messrs. Joe and R. S. Riddle, of Bethel, wero in town on business Saturday. , , Ex-Sheriff J. D. B. McLean, of South Point, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday. ' Messrs. J. E., J. W. and W. H. Fajla, of Pleasant Ridge, were in town Saturday. Messrs. B. , B. and Robert Fer guson, of Crowders Creek, were in town Saturday. Mr. C. H. Cavls, a former Gas tonian now living at Spartanburg, S. C, was in town Sunday. Messrs. R. D. Lewis and John Foskett spent several hours in Char lotte Friday on business. Attorney E. L. Campbell,' or Kings Mountain, was a business' vis itor in the city Saturday. Charlie, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Featherston, is quite ill with typhiod fever. Miss Mary PaTks, of Steedley's Hospital, Spartanburg, S. ., Is tne guest of Dr. and Mrs. H. M. Eddie man. There will be an important meeting of the board of stewards of Main Street Methodist church at 8 o'clock tonight. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Johnson have moved back to Gastonia 'Trom Bessemer City, where they had charge of the Hotel Carroll. A license was issued in Char lotte Saturday for the marriage or Mr. W. F. Little, of Rocky Mount, to Miss Myrtle Ling, of Belmont. Mrs. J. F. Robinson, wife of City Letter Carrier Robinson, un derwent an operation for appendicit is at the City Hospital Saturday. CUy Clerk T. A. Ratchford, who has been ill for several weeks at his home on South Broad street, was able to be at his office a while today. Mrs. W. IN. Morris and son, Ed win, and Miss Fay White, of Char lotte, spent Sunday in the city as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R. D. Lewis. Mrs. W. Y. Warren, Miss Saran Warren and Master Billie Warren left Saturday for Durham to visit Mrs. Warren's mother, Mrs. Ellen Bryan. Mrs. S. C. Clinton, of McCon nellsville, S. C, Is spending some time as the guest of Miss Flowe Rob inson on the Union road just sdutn of the city. Miss Martha Smith, of Clover, S. C, spent the week-end In the city as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Brandon at their home on West Third avenue. Mrs. C. R. Miller and little son Robert, who have been spending a month with Mrs. Miller's motber, Mrs. B. E. Atkins, left last night ror their home at Barboursville, West Va. Mr. and Mrs. R. Lee Clemmer returned Saturday from a week's vis it to Washington City. While in Washington they visited all the many pqints of interest in and around the city. Miss Margaret LaFar left last Thursday for Washington, N. C, where she will spend several weekB as the guest of Miss Eleanor Berry, who was her class-mate at Queens College. Mr. Ed C. Adams, manager of Kennedy's drug store, has returned to the city from Asheville where, he attended the annual meeting of .tne North Carolina Pharmaceutical As sociation. ASBURY F. LEVER. South Carolina Representa tive Who Is Author of Food Control Bill t ; f 1 SEVERAL THOUSAND TO BE IN PARADE Brigadier-General L. W. Young WHI Be the Principal Speaker at Patri otic Rally at Court House Tonight Short Patriotic Talks by OUiera : Parade Will Form at 7:13 O'clock on South York Street. Tonight at 7:15 o'clock the differ ent organizations that are to take part in the patriotic parade will form on South York street, beginning at Second avenue. The Gastonia Pyth ian Drum Corps will head the proces sion, and the Loray Band will fur nish music during the parade and at the court house. Colonel J. T. Gardner arrived in the city at noon today and General Young and Major Flannagan will reach the city this afternoon from Charlotte where they are spending several hours. General Young Is to deliver the principal address at the court house immediately after the parade. There will also be short ad dresses by Col. Gardner, Major Flan nagan and others. Mayor A. M. Dixon will preside at the meeting. Several thousand people are ex pected to participate in the celebra tion tonight, which is being held ror the purpose of securing the young men to enlist in the National Guard organizations and to make the peeple realize that the United States is ac tually at war. Every one should hear General Young's address tonight. . FOOD BILL PASSES HOUSE BY BIG VOTE (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 23. By the overwhelming vote of 365 to 5, the House at 10:30 o'clock tonight pass ed the Lever food control bill. The five members voting against the bill were McLemore, democrat, of Texas; Slayden, democrat, of Texas; young, democrat, of Texas; Meeker, republi can, of Missouri, and Ward, republi can, of New York. The food control bill as passed by the House tonight supplements the previously passed bill and provides "for the national security and de fense by encouraging the production conserving the supply and controll ing the distribution of food products and fuel." The committee report says the purposes of the bill'are "broadly stat ed, to stimulate production, to re duce waste, to facilitate and clear the channels of distributors, to pre vent hoarding, to assure fair prices, to eliminate injurious speculative and to prohibit practices or exchan ges. BRITISH CONDUCT DAMAGING RAIDS OX ARRAS FRONT. (By International News Service.) LONDON, June 22. Successful raids in which the British entered German trenches at several places on the Arras front and inflicted damage with bombs, was the announcement from the war office today. Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Ford and Mr. J. M. Sloan, of Belmont, were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. John R. Rankin. All ladles who are to march In the Red Cross section of the patriotic parade tonight are requested to dress in white and wear no hats. Mr. Marshall Dilllng, of Silu rla, Ala., a former Gastonlan, is in the city today shaking hands with friends en route home from Wil mington where he attended tne meeting of the Southern Textile As sociation. Miss Louisa Reid, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Reid. of this city, is attending the Summer School of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, having gone there some time ago. Miss Reid will also attend the University this Fall and will grad uate therefrom next June. She was a student at Queens College, Charlotte, the past year. Mr. W. L. Alexander, of Okla homa City, Okla., apent yesterday Jn Gastonia as the guest of his cousin, Mrs. 'John R. Rankin. Mr. Alexan der, who is at present Sate Treasurer of Oklahoma and prominently Identi fied with the political affairs of that State, was en woute home from a business trip to New York. He also visited his uncle, Mr. J. M. Sloan, at Belmont, before returning home. PRIXCETOX CAMP OPEX8 WITH 1,000 STUDEXTS. (By International News Service.) PRINCETON, N. J Jane 25 The Princeton University camp, for an intensive military training course, opened . today with almost 1,000 young men as students. The stud ents pay for their own uniforms and subsistence, making a total of $115. The university buildings hare been placed at the disposal of camp stud ents by President Hibben. ' ROUMAXLAN MISSION ARRIVES -. : AT PACIFIC PORT. (By International Newi Service.), ; PACIFIC PORT, Jane . The Roumanian mission - en route to Washington arrived, here today. CLEVER SCHEME TO AVOID THE DRAFT. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK. June 25. The ar rest of several young mlllionares and some Long Island farmers is expected as a result of the disclosure or a clever scheme by which the former hoped to avoid being drafted into the national army. Parents of the young men, it is alleged, made arrangements with farmers to carry the boys on their payrolls as farm laborers and they so registered on June fifth, hoping In this way to escape service. GEORGIAN'S DON'T WANT TO PASS OX EXEMPTION'. (By International News Service.) ATLANTA. June 25. The millen nium has arrived, for here's a Job that politicians don't want! It sounds impossible, but 'tis true, ror every politician in the State has petitioned the Governor not to make him serve on the army exemption boards. The objection is that everybody will want to be let off from army service and it will ruin any political career not to let 'em off as fast as they ask it. And if the exemption boards do let 'em off. Uncle Sam will probably make the board members serve time. So the poor politicians are up against it. Governor Harris-has-refused to lend a sympathetic ear to any of them. THOUGHT SUMAIUXK SUNK 11 Y AMERICAN' SHIP. (By International News Service.) AN AMERICAN PORT, June 23 German submarine was believed sunK by American ship which arrived to day from an Italian port. The ves sel was attacked in the Mediterran ean sea but dodged torpedo. Shell from gun of United States ship car ried away submarine's periscope. Two others struck water above her as she submerged. TWO SI 'FFHAGKTTE8 ARK AKRKSTKI). (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 23. Two more suffragettes, Mrs. Laurence Lewis, of Philadelphia, and Miss Gladys Greiner, of Baltimore, have been arrested for picketing at the White House grounds. They car ried a banner bearing inscription ta ken from President's speech which read: "We, of the United Stales, are interested only in human liberty." GERMANS DESPERATELY TRY TO TAKE FRENCH POSITION'S. (By International News Service.) PARIS, June 23. To the north and south of Alsne river, the Ger mans poured forth their blood mt night In a futile effort to smash the French lines. Crown Prince sent wave after wave of men against French positions but were unable to make any headway against Frencn artillery and machine gun fire. Each time the Germans rolled back they left mounds of dead and wounded. The heaviest attacks were about Vauxailton Filain, Froldmont and es pecially along the heights of the north bank of the river. GERMANY PLANNED TO USE MEXICO AS SUB. BASE. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, June 23. That Ger many planned to establish a subma rine base on the Mexican coast ror operations against the United States was learned today. Plot was for German minister Von Eckhardt at Mexico City to purchase a large ranch on the cost at Tamaulfpas where submarine base would be establish ed. Scheme was blocked by Mexican officials. I. N. S. REPORTS CONFIRMED. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 23. Inter national News dispatches yesterday that an American ship apparently sunk a German submarine is con firmed by official report of comman der and gun crew. GERMAN PRISONERS TAKEN. (By International News Service.) LONDON, June 23. Large num ber of Germans captured in raids on Arras and Belgian fronts last night. Germans attempted a raid near Ypres repulsed. .WHITE SLAVE IXVESTIOATION IS BEGUN IN U. S. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, June 23.Chief Flynn. United States secret service, has be gun an investigation of the white slavery revelations made by Consulo Laure that organisation or white slavers abducts girls here for South American markets. United States officials and Argentine consul refused to deny reports. - Laure is agent of Argentine government. Probe Into police department postponed until Monday. Bluebird day at the Broadway, "The Reward of tbe Faithless." Atlanta Big Fire Cory Today. Every man, woman and child in America can. and is in duty bound to, do something for the cause or country and civilization. Produce. Save. ( Give these are patriotic terms. HAS BEEN REACHED FOR THE RED CROSS Gatiton County's Fund for the Ameri can Red Cross Has Passed the Six Thousand Dollar Mark Belmont Leads Other Towns in County Out. sido of GaKtonla With $1,000 Several Havo Not Reported. Following vigorous campaigns In this city and in several towns in Gas ton county during the past several days, contributions to Gaston Coun ty Chapter's share of the Red Cross fund have now reached $6,050. Belmont leads outside of Gastonia with a total contribution of $1,000, Dallas coming next with $200 and Cherryvllle fourth with $90. Several of the other towns and communities in the county had not today made any report to Col. T. L. Craig, chairman of the finance com mittee, of the local chapter, Red Cross. It is believed that when re ports are in from these towns the fund will be greatly Increased. Gastonia citizens up till today had contributed to this fund $4,766. ARMY WANTS TEN THOUSAND A DAY (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 25. The big recruiting drive for regulars .for the United States Army in an ef fort to enlist 70,000 men In 7 days was begun Saturday. Ten thousand men a day is the program launched to bring the regulars up to full war strength. All this week the country will be combed for volunteers. It is the last opportunity the young men will have to Join the colors of their own ac cord. Figures for the last day before the recruiting drive, which will last a week and Is hoped to bring 70,000 men into the service, showed tne smallest number of recruits since the war began. Only 711 men Joined the army, bringing the total since April 2 to 124,034. WET AND DRYS IN FIERCE CONFLICT (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, June 25. The "wets" and "drys" have gathered their forces for the final struggle to day. Following their overwhelming victory in the House when the dry amendment to the food control bill was adopted the prohibitionists have met here to force the bill through the Senate. The wets showed de moralization, and while they worked frantically to gain support among the senators, they were evidently discouraged. When a vote on tne measure will be reached in the Sen ate is not yet known. The House measure will probably be so amend ed as to give the President control over steel, copper, oil and other war materials. U. S. AIRSHIPS MAY WIN WAR ' (By International News Service. 1 LONDON, June 25. Europe Is to see the mightiest air offensive t&e world has ever known when the Uni ted States fets fully into action. A dispatch from Paris quotes Le Matin as saying that the Immense aerial army of the United States will break the deadlock now existing and bring victory to the Allies by driving the Germans out of ibe air, blinding the Teutonic guns and sowing terror be hind the German lines. Atlanta Big Fire Cozy Today. Old Linen Wanted. We are requested by the Red Cross workers to state that they will gladly accept donations of old linen, sheets, or pillow cases for wrapping their bandages. Old turkish towels and counterpanes will also be .gladly re ceived for use In making oakum pads. -Any persons who have such articles they wish to contribute may call the Chamber of Commerce of fice, or leave bundles at Chamber of Commerce. Mrs. D. A. Garrison has .retain ed from Charlotte, where she has been undergoing ; treatment at the Charlotte Sanatorium. Her many friends will be glad to know that her health la much improved. ' OF MACHINE GUN CAMIBT IX ' GASTC1 Gregg Cherry Has Been Commission ed to Accept Recruits for m Ma chine Gun Troop in Gaston County Herenty-three Men Wanted. Orders have been received by. Mr. R. Gregg Cherry from Adjutant-General. B. S. Royster to accept recruits in Gaston county for. a machine gun troop which Is to be used In connec tion with the First Regiment of Cav alry of the North Carolina National Quard. , Besides this county Lincoln, Catawba and Mecklenburg counties are expected to furnish men for the organization. ' V This troop will be composed of 73 enlisted men and four commissioned officers, Mr. Cherry having been des ignated second lieutenant : In this county. There are five automobile' trucks, each carrying a machine gun, which will be used with the troop, and the men not used la the manipu lation of the rapid-fire guns or the trucks will be on horseback. :''';,-. Inasmuch as this troop .is the only one of the kind In the State no dif ficulty is anticipated In raising the required number of men. Exception al opportunities are offered to young men desirious of Joining , a branch of the military service, as all of the non-com missioned officers of the troop are to be selected. ,",, Those desirious of enllitlnc mar 'do so by applying to Lieutenant Cher ry at his office on the first floor of the Realty bulMing! ! v Atlanta' Big Fire Cozy Today. ' MAYOR DIXOX V1CE-PRESIDEXT. Of Southern Textile Association Whjch Met at WrUchUvllle Con vention Renews Allegiance to Old The closing session of the eleventh annual session of the Southern Tex tile Association Saturday at Wrlghts ville Beach was featured by the adoption of a resolution pledging re- -newed allegiance -to Old Glory and expressing a willingness to make any sacrifices necessary for the im mortal principles of democracy. - Mayor Arthur Mr Dixon, of this city, was chosen vice-president ot the association, and Mr. ' Marshall Dilling, of Ellurla, Ala., a former res ident of Gastonia, was re-elected treasurer, having filled that office for a number of years. Other officers elected Were: President, John , M., Davis, Newberry, S. C; secretary, A. B. Carter, Greenville. S. C Green ville, S. C, was selected as the place of the September meeting. , ; , Mayor and Mrs. Dixon returned to tho city Sunday. , : . IHKVG T If KIR BHARE. .North Carolina Women Score Heavi ily In tlie Food Conservation Cam lialan Canning Club Girls Are Active In Man Counties. . j : Special to The Gazette. - RALEIGH, June 15. "Let the Women do the Work" is far from being the slogan of tbe men of .North Carolina, but the fact that the good women of the State have quickly re alized the part they have to play in the food emergency that confronts the country and in the great war Is very readily seen by anyone who has any powers of observation at all. North Carolina women, particularly those in the cities, are doing a won derful work through the Red Cross societies, but an even greater force," not only In the country. but in the cities and towns as well, have in telligently and energetically assumed their share of the burden in the cam paign for food production and can-, servation. , North Carolina was far ahead of all of the other Southern States in the matter of canning even last year and reports that have Just been re ceived by Mrs. Jane S. McKlromon, head of the home demonstration work in the State show that the 12, 000 or so canning club girls of tne State have ordered more than two and a half million cans to be filled with vegetables and fruits, wlttt some counties yet to be heard from. The purchase of these cans has been financed by county boards or com missioners, boards of trade, banks and other agencies la' various coun- -ties. ' 1 , ... . During the conference of the home demonstration agents which has Just closed new and better methods - of drying or evaporating vegetables and fruits were discussed and It was -demonstrated that, . by using proper methods, practically all vegetables and fruits could be conserved In this way, even beets, carrots, squash and other vegetables which cannot , be dried by the old sun-drying method. And it was further demonstrated that those fruits and vegetables which -have been dried heretofore have , a vastly improved flavor and' physical condition when dried by the new methods. A new bulletin has Just been issued which describes this new method of evaporating and which can be secured from the home demon- . stratlon agents or from Mrs. Jane S. M&Kimmon, head 6t Home 1 De monstration Work, Raleigh, N. C. ' Born " .- '- : - ; ; ' To Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Wafrc't ' Monday, June 25. 1917, a son. - I
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