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::-r READ THE RED CROSS ADVERTISEMENT AND NEWS MATTER IN TODAY'S PAPER V STONIA G PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOL. XXXVIII. XO. 03. GASTONTA, N. C MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 0, 1017. $3.00 A YEAR IX ADYAXCB. V.: THE GA AZETTE SPECIAL NEWS SERVICE I. N. a TAKES ON NEW PARIS AGENCY Xew Contract Between International Xews Service and Agence Radio, of Pari, Assures Gazette Readers of otit Direct Xews from the Fight ing Front, i (By International Xews Service.) .MEW YORK, July 7. Arrange ments for a service of news from all over Europe which will easily com pete with anything that has been seen in the United States have been completed between the International News Service and the Agence Radio of Paris. Beginning today, the International New Service will receive from Par is by special cable the news of the great war and of the whole continent of Europe which is gathered by the Agence Radio. This French organi zation, which has behind it the pow er of the most Influential men in France, has been in successful com petition with the Havas agency of France. Nearly every one of the great Far is newspapers rely to a large extent upon the Agence Radio for Its news, and the Radio has scored many nota ble beats since the beginning of the war. Readers of newspapers which have featured the International News Ser vice dispatches will hereafter be giv en faster and more complete service than ever. The notable beats of the International News Service in the early period of the war, such as tne sinking of the battleship Audacious and a hundred others of like import ance will be duplicated from day to day, through the connection with the Radio Agency. In addition to this, news from Europe will come from the regular International News Serv ice staff in Paris, headed by Charles F. Bertelli; from the International News Service correspondent In Rome, Camillo Cianfara, and from Daniel Billon, of the International News Servicp Washington staff, who ac companied General Pershing's army abroad and who Is now located at the base of the American troops in France. X EURO KM PREPARE TO KETVRX TO THE SOUTH. (By International News Service.) EAST ST. LOUIS, July f.. It is indicated this afternoon that the ri oters have gained their point. De spite assurances of safety, hundreds of negroes refuse to come back to work. They are massed in St. Iou is and it is believed thousands will shortly return to the South. Nine teen military companies had the sit uation well in hand today. RATE INCREASES ARE GRANTED TO EASTERN' ROADS. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. July 7. The In terstate Commerce Commission to day granted freight rate increases averaging 1 4 per cent to the rail roads east of the Mississippi, west of Pittsburg and north of the Ohio riv er. EN.IOVARLE MEETING OF THE EIGHT WEEKS CLUB. There was a good attendance at the regular meeting of the Eight Weeks Club held last Friday night in the Chamber of Commerce rooms and an enjoyable Flag and Patriotic Song program was rendered. Among the committee reports the most inter esting was from the committee on Story 'Hours, which reported that story hours were being held by mem bers of the club at the various mills and were being well attended and creating quite an interest among the children. On Friday night of this week the club will have a camp supper at Arm strong Park. The members are - re quested to meet at the Chamber or Commerce at 6:30, where the com mittee will have automobiles to con vey them to the park. Each member will bring a picnic lunch. J! RED CROSS NOTICE TO THE WOMEN OF GASTONIA: From now on the Red Cross work room, which is Room No. 11 in the I lagan building over the Chamber it Commerce, will hjfc open to any and all, not for class work bat for you to come and make a dressing or two to pat on some poor soldier's wound. If at any Um it becomes necessary to limit the time to a definite number of hours each day, announcement will be made to that effect in the papers. But at present Ihls room will be open all the morning, all the afternoon and all the evening. It is your opportunity to "do your bit" in this crisis. Come. You will know the place by the Red Cross flag. GASTON COUNTY CHAPTER . AMERICAN RED CROSS T LOCAL ITEMS Mr. Charles Eskridge, of fchelby, was a business visitor in the city Sat urday. . Mr. G. R. Grice went to Char lotte Saturday visit his sister, Mrs. John Gardner. Mr. and Mrs. M. F.' Kirby and children left Sunday for Ellerbee Springs to spend a week. Miss Flora Steele, of Tazewell, Va., will arrive tomorrow night to be the guest of Miss Lillian Atkins. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Nixon, of Cherryville, were visitors In Gasto nia Saturday. Prof. Edgar Long, w ho is attend ing the summer school at Chapel Hill, spent the week-end here with his parents. Mts. A. C. Kelley returned Sat urday to her home at Hickory after visiting her mother, Mrs. M. J. Pat rick, Inthe Union section. Mr. R. F. Robinson, of Bowling Green, rural route, brought the third cotton bloom to The Gazette office this year. Mr. G. R. Spencer, of the Spen cer Lumber Co., spent Friday and Saturday at Columbia and other South Carolina points on business for the company. s Captain R. G. Cherry and Mr. M. D. Abernethy left this afternoon for 'Brevard and Tryon to canvass for recruits for the Machine Gun Troop, First X. C. Cavalry. A business and social meeting of (he Senior Phllathea Class of Main Street Methodist church will bt- held on the church lawn this even ing at X o'clock. I -Mrs. Rufus M. Johnston went to Charlotte Sunday night in response to a message announcing the serious illness of her father, Mr. W. D. Alexander. City Letter Carrier C. G. Hill, accompanied by Mrs. Hill and their little son, Roy, left Sunday for Cross Hill, S. C, where they will spend a two weeks vacation with Mr. Hill's mother, Mrs. M. E. Hill. ' 'County Commissioners J. Franx McArver, R. K. Davenport and R. S. Stowe and Superintendent of Roads Ware left this morning for Asheville to attend the annual meeting of tne North Carolina Good Roads Associa tion. At the regular meeting of Gas tonia Iodge No. ''.', Knights of Pytn las. tonight at 8 o'clock officers for the ensuing term will be officially In stalled by Mr. R. B. Babingtoh, lodge deputy. Second rank work will also ho conferred. Mr. and Mrs. G. If. Marvin have as their guest this week Mrs. W. YV Stanley, of Greensboro. Mrs. Stan ley was before her marriage Miss Annie Langford. of Atlanta, and Is a sister of Mr. R. W. Langford, of Gas tonia, Mr. Marvin's son-in-law. Mrs. S. E. Mauney, formerly of Gaston county but now living at Ala mo. Ga., has sent The Gazette some cotton bolls showing the condition of the cotton in Georgia. The bolls are large, w ell-proportioned and will 1 II U tt 1 1 1 l a short Y ind, wno doubtless be opening within a shor time. Miss Ella Belle Copela has charge of the cJfcnlng clubs or Gastonia, has organized thirty can ning clubs. Each has from twenty to thirty members. She is giving two demonstrations one in the morn ing ahd one in the afternoon. Eacn member does the work under the direction of Miss Copeland. The pur pose of this work is to conserve food. Bluebird at the Broadway today. "Tle Boy Girl", Violet Mersereaii. IONDON AGAIN' RAIDED BY AIR FLEETS. ( By International News Service.) LONDON, July 7. One of the biggest airfleets that ever crossed the Channel bombarded Ixmdon today and dropped many bombs. Twenty aeroplanes participated in the raid. SHOR TOM RATCHFORDvDEAD END CAME IN VERY PRIME OF LIFE Following Desperate Illness of Only a Few Days from Typhoid Fever City Clerk T. A. Ratchford Dletl Early Sunday Morning Funeral Yesterday One of Most largely At tended Ever Held Here Native of Gaston, Had Lived Here Ten Years Hiss Grand-mother, Xine-ty-three, at Funeral. Following a brief illness from ty phoid fever Mr. Thomas A. Ratch ford, city clerk, died at his home on South Broad street shortly arter mid night Saturday night. Announce ment of his death Sunday morning brought great sorrow to a host or friends to whom it was a shock, it was know n that he had been very III for two or three days, having suffer ed a relapse from a light attack of typhoid, but none except his physi cians and family realized that he was in a desperate condition. ' A week or ten days ago he got up from an at tack of fever, thinking he was well on the road to recovery, and came up town several times, though he never resumed his work, a man of appar ently strong physique and vigorous constitution, his death at the early age of forty came with a distinct shock to a great number of people. Thomas A. Ratchford was horn September is, 1 S78. In South Point township, this county, and spent his boyhood on his father's farm. Twelve years ago lie married Miss Margare: McKee, daughter of the late Logan McKee, and shortly thereafter mov ed to Dallas, where he served for a year as deputy sheriff under Col. C. B. Armstrong. Ten years ago lie came to Gastonia and has made his home here since. Me was with Mc Lean Brothers for several years, later with the Gastonia Ice & Coal Co., and two and a half years ago was elected city clerk, which position he held at the time of his death. Surviving him are his widow and two sons, Henry, aged 10, and Tiiom as A., Jr., aged three and a hair; his father, Mr. Rufus A. Ratchford, and six brothers, namely: R. C. Ratchford. George R. Ratchford, John. Duff and Harvey Ratchford. all of South Point township, and .). Ross Ratchford, of Belmont. His grandmother, Mrs. Ratchford. is liv ing at the age of 93 and was present at the funeral. He also leaves a large family connection in the coun ty. His mother, who was Minerva Wilson, died about 2." years ago. Funeral services over his body were conducted at the First Presby terian church, of which he was a member, yesterday afternoon at 4 :.",(' o'clock. His pastor, Rev. J. II. lien derlite, officiated, assisted by Kev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, pastor of tne First Associate Reformed Presbyte rian church, and Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of Main Street Methodist church. The funeral was one of the most largely attended ever held In Gastonia. the church being filled to its capacity. The floral tributes were many and beautiful. The members of Gastonia Lodge No. ."3, Knights of Pythias, of which he was a mem ber, attended in a body. The active pall-bearers were Mr. A. G. Myers. Mr. n. nope urison. air. .lonn ii. Rankin. Judge A. C. Jones. Mr. J. Frank McArver and Mr. A. K. Win get. The honorary pall-bearers were the members of the city council, Messrs. R. C. Patrick. P. M. Morris, T. M. McEntire. A. B. Elliott. B. F. S. Austin. M. C. Thorn and W. F. Kincaid, Mayor Dixon. ex-Mayor C. R. Armstrong, Chief of Polite J. Y. Carroll, and Chief of the Fie De partment R. B. Terrell. Interment was in Hollywood Cemetery. His pastor paid the deceased a splendid tribute. Tom Ratchford, he said, had not an enemy. He was loved by all who knew him. Quiet and unobtrusive In his manner, he was faithful and loyal in every rela tionship in life. Whether In the home, at his office, on the streets wherever he was he was kind and considerate and always ready and willing to do his duty. His" home life was beautiful and his death leaves a vacancy there that cannot be filled. The laree number of beau tiful floral offlerings attested his pop ularity with a large number of peo ple. N. Y. PUBLICATION IS SUPPRESSED (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. July 9. The Masses, a New York monthly maga zine, has been suppressed by being denied the use of the mails. The reason given is that Its "general ten or is objectionable." NO PEACE WITHOUT! ANNEXATIONS (By Agence Radio to I. X. S.) GENEVA, JflLy 9. Chancellor Holiweg told the Reichstag commit tee Saturdiy night that he will not consent to any peace which does not include annexations and indemnities, says a dispatch quoting The Tage blatt. a Berlin newspaper. '; WAR BULLETINS AMERICAN T ROOTS ARK MASS KB NEAR PARIS. (By International News Service.) AMERICAN HEADQ CARTERS IX FRANCE, July t. The short water supply met at first has been reme died. The troops are now being shifted towards Paris. It Is, expect ed that all of them will be massed soon. The health of the camp is ex cellent. The men are undergoing the stiffst drill work of their lives.' GERMAN EMPLOYES ARK BEING DISCHARGED. (By International News Service.) UASHINGTON, July 7. All Ger mans employed in the Swiss embas sy will be discharged and granted safe passage to Germany, the btate Department announced today. Ger man spies, actual and potential, are being picked up by the department of justice at the rate of two a day, it was learned this afternoon. Every case is being investigated with tne utiitost care, and as soon as there is a reasonable suspicion of the enmi ty of the captive he is turned over to a detention camp. UNER SUBMARINED IN THE 'MEDITERRANEAN. (By International News Service.) BOSTON, July 7. The Leylanu liner Cestrian. which has been used as a transport for British troops since the outbreak of the war, was sunk by a German submarine in the Mediterranean. The members of the crew were all saved. GERMAN AGENTS WERE ORDERED ARRESTED. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, July 7. Orders were received from Washington to day directing the immediate arrest of all German agents, linancial and otherwise, making their headquar ters in New York. It is understood that similar orders were wired broadcast throughout the nation at the same time. W EARS IX, RING GERMAN 111 LLET THAT SHOT HIM. (By international News Service.) CLEVELAND, July 7. Sergeant Maurice Snook, of the First Battal ion, Canadian infantry, is recuperat ing from Injuries received at tne front. Sergeant Snook brought back a unique souvenir of the battleground. It is the German bullet which sent him to the hospital for several weeks. Snook has had it mounted In a ring and wears it every day. SORRY SHE HAS HIT THREE SON'S TO GIVE TO 1. S. (By International News Service.) CLEVEIAND, (., July 7. Three sons of Mrs. Verona Cernak are in the country's service, and Mrs. Cer nak is suirporting herself by working at the court house. "I wish 1 could send more", sue said. BRITISH ADVANCE LINES. ( Uy International News Service.) LONDON, July7. (Official.) The British forces in Belgium pressed closer during the night, advancing their lines east of Wytscharte. FIERCE FIGHTING ON" THE EASTERN FRONT. (By International News Service.) PETROGRAD, July 7. Teuton reinforcements have been rushed to the Eastern front to meet renewed attack of the Russians. In Gallcia the Austro-Germans' hold on Nallcz and Brzezany was threatened. The Russians cannonaded violently as a prelude to storming attacks. In Vol hynla heavy bombardments by .the Ruslans were followed by raids and local attacks. There was a great in crease In aerial activity on both sides. Sky battles have been taking pWe daily. Night battle was progressing East of Pinsk, which was reported to be in flames. GERMAN (WNTER-OFFENSIVE IS BREAKING DOVN (By International News Service' PARIS, July 7. (Official.) The German counter-offensive on the Ver dun and Aisne fronts has apparently broken down. Intense artillery fight ing is taking place east of Rheims and south of Moronvilliers. The French cities Epernay and Nancy were bombareded by German aircraft last night. NORWEGIAN' SHIT WAS SUBMARINED. (By International News Service.) COPENHAGEN. July 6. The Nor wegian steamship Benguola has been submarined en route from England to Philadelphia. WAR CLOUIS IX CHINA ARE GROWING DARKER. (By International News Service. PEKIN, July 7. Chaos and tre mendous excitement exists here. The city is full of soldiers. Important troop movements are progressing, the railroads are demoralized, and the population is fleeing by the thou sands fearing looting and worse. BATTLE FOR POSSESSION" OF PEKHf IX PROGRESS. (By International Xews Service.) SHANGHAI. July 7. The Chinese. Republicanist troops are reported to have won their first engagement with the Imperialst army for the posses sion of Pekln. in a battle 35 miles southeast of the capitol. Foreigners are preparing to send troops to Pekln in case the legations are threatened. GEMANY CALLS 1,000,000 MORE (By International News Service.) LONDON, July 9. A dispatch from Stockholm says that a million more German men and boys have been called to the colors during the past month and that 2,000,000 addi tional have been mobilized. The General Staff is withdrawing workers from the ammunition plants and mines and Is giving their places to women. MEN MUST OBEY FRENCH LAWS (By Agence Radio to I. N. S.) PARIS, July 7. General Persh ing wants his men to be not only per fect soldiers, but equally perfect gentlemen. In one of the first army orders the American commander in chief has Issued on French soil, he appeals to Jhe chivalry of Jils troops, urges them to treat the French people, es pecially the women, with the greates: courtesy and consideration. The laws and customs of France,, he says must be faithfully observed. The order which waa issued today, read: "It Bhould be a point of honor Tor each member of the American army to avoid doing the least damage to any property in France which would stain the good name of the I'nlted States. "The maintenance of cordial rela tions between the I'nlted States and France requires perfect deportment on the part of the soldiers. "The valiant deeds of the French army and unusual sacrifice of the civil population command our pro found respect." H0LLWEG READY FOR PEACE (By International News Service.) AMSTERDAM, July 7. Germany's peace terms, thus far known only to Kaiser and his advisers", have ijeen considerably modified from the orig inal form, says a dispatch today (Torn the frontier. . News dispatches from Frankfort relate a statement made by Wolfgang t-'eile. a member of the Reichstag, at a private meeting in which he said: "i recently hail a conversation with Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg. The Chancellor would mako peace today, east and west, without annexations and without Indemnity. He has not yet said so plainly publicly, thinking it better to keep silent. The Chan cellor is compelled to take In account privileged persons beside and behind him." GREEK OFFICERS ARE BEING RETIRED (By Agence Radio to I. X. S.) ATHENS, July 9. A royal decree has just been Issued retiring 134 high Greek officers from the Greek army, including eight generals. Bluebird at the Broadway today. "The Roy Girl", Violet Mersereau. NEW YORK COTTON. NEW YORK, July 9. Cotton opened 26 cents, January 26.30. FREE Typhoid Vaccination Once more we call your attention to the free typhoid vaccination now going on. We can't keep this offer open indefinitely. See Miss Potts any day between 2 and 3 o'clock p. m. at Torrence's LIQUOR HOUSES ; QUIT BUSINESS (By International Xews Service.) CHICAGO. July '9. Chapln A Gore, one of the largest whiskey houses in Chicago, announced today that it is going out of business. President Herman said that 2,00T Chicago saloonlsts and a proportion ate number throughout the United States, will be forced to close be cause of recent legislation. It la estimated that the present supply of liquor will last a year. BRITISH CAPTURE THIRTY GERMANS (By International Xews Service.) LONDON, July 9. The British.; troops on the Arras front made a ' successful trench raid at Marglcourt last night, capturing 30 Germans. This Is given out officially by the War Office. ASKS FOR WORK FOR GUARDSMEN (By International Xews Service.) RALEIGH, July 7. Gov. BIckett yesterday telegraphed Secretary of ' ; War Baker insisting that members of the National Guard awaiting to be' mustered Into' service be given em- ; ployment on the military canton ments, now being constructed, at tne prices the government pays civilians. The message follows: "A great many members of the North Carolina national guard are out of employment and without means of support. It would be a blessing to these men to be employed In the construction of military camp and cantonments. They would' not only be glad to do this work, at the prices the government pays civilians, but their employment would prevent.' ; the paralysis or other Industrie by laborers being taken away from them to build these camps. I earnestly urge you to give the members of the North Carolina guard the opportuni ty to work In this capacity. Of course V I do not ask that an order be issued making it mandatory for members of the guard to do this work, but I do ask and urge that they be given the privilege of doing it If they feel so disposed." BUILDING ARMOR PLANT DEFERRED (By Agence Radio to I. N. S.) WASHINGTON, July 9. The building or the $1 1,000,000 armor plate plant at Charleston, W. Va., ' will be dererred until the end or the year, according to announcement made today by Secretary Josepnus Daniels. Shortage or steel is given as the reason for the delay. Bluebird at the Broadway today. "The Hoy Girl", Violet Mersereaa. VIOLENT ARTILLERY IH KL. (By International News Service.) PARIS, July 9. A violent artil lery duel has developed in the Mon-4 astl sector on the Macedonian front, says an official dispatch from SalonikI today. British aviators bombarded the Bulgarian military works at Porna and Angista in East Serres. Drug Store 7: .'
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