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PROFESSIONAL' CARDS T t Frank L. Costlier REGISTERED PHARMACIST (FDV I n .TEEXTH YEAR.); i v Jm. P. Stowe Co.; 20 S. Tryon St, Charlotte, ST. 0. .Telephone and ' mall ' order recelr prompt attention. Nurses' Register, W.B. MORRIS REGISTERED OPTOMETRIST Kyes examined, add glasses properly fitted at . Torreace-MorrU Go's. MISS MARY V. RAMSAY will accept a limited number of PIANO AND VOICE PUPILS Beginning Sept. first. Telephone 294. 327 V. Main Street. GREENSBORO GASTONIA J. D.'HIGHTOWER CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT H. C. DWELLE 203 First National Bank Building Phone 627 H. B. PATTILLO Contractor and Builder Estimates furnished on any kind of building. Hardwood floors a spe cialty. P. O. Box 145. Phone 484-L. Res idence 307 Chester St. Gastonia, M. C. You can safely trust the week's WASH to our CAREFUL ROUGH IUY SERVICE for every detail of the work from collecting to delivering is handled with EXACTING CARE. Finest laundry soap, modern equip ment and skilled help mean SATIS FIED SERVICE. Call Xo. 13. Snowf lake Laundry W. M. MORRIS, Propr. BARGAIN IN SECOND SHEETS We Hare 150,000 SECOND SHEETS Bought at a Bargain Put up in neat packages of 50 0 sheets to the package. While they last at the fol lowing prices: 3,000 or more at 90 cents per 1,000. 10,000 or more at 80 cents per 1,000. Now is the time to buy a sup ply. Orders filled promptly as long as they last. Gazette Pub. Co. Phone 50 Gastonia, N. C. $100 Reward I will pay ONE HUNDRED DOL LARS REWARD to the person, or persons delivering to me the body of my father, A. C. Stroupe, if dead, or if tiring, for information enabling me to definitely locate him. Mr. Stroupe disappeared from his home near Gastonia, N. C, on Thurs day Night, August 9, 1917. Description: . Age 58 years, but could be easily taken for a man of not over 45 years of age. Height: feet, 11 Inches. Complexion: Dark; hair and eyes dark with slight tinge of gray in hair; short, black mustache; un usually heavy eye-brows; weight a bout 150 pounds. Mr. Stroupe can be easily indenti fled by a close examination of bis tight arm, which, on account of an injury received some years ago in a cotton gin, cannot be . entirely straightened, and has large scar cov i erlng almost one. half of the arm. ERNEST L. STROUPE, tf. ' Gastonia, N. C. t Classified ads In The Gazette are strictly cash' with the order unless yon have a regular account with as. Please bear this In mind. 1 - - y - C I PHOT 04 f Arf UCA MM GENERAL -A L vtf kt q tii ,vlUl ueuerai uaaorna s itauau army strenguieueu arouna me Austrian cuy or iriesie. IMeWS onapSnOlS 'Wlth the French gain at Verdun, with the British pounding the Flanders front the Ca nadians consolidating their grip on Lens and the Germans threatening Petrograd. Rus sia's capital by their victory at Riga, the map of Europe underwent considerable changes during the week. America's troops abroad were given the gas treatment to familiarize them with this metli od of attack. Two divisions were formed of 28,000 national guardsmen to go to France; the fighting Sixty-ninth, rop resenting New York city. Baron Moncheur of the Belgian mission was royally- received In Gotham, while Viscount Ishll of the Japanese mission was given a rousing reception on his arrival in Washington. The United States shl; ping board's new flag will soon be a familiar sight on the seven seas; the board asks for $1,134,000,000 more to ex tend plans. Of the Week TO CREATE LIVE STOCK INDUSTRY Plan to Restock Farms With Food Animals. NO SHORTAGE OF RIFLES Each Man Sent to Firing Lin. Will Kav. at Least Two Now 8aid That It's Not Likely That Second Draft Call Will Be Made Before Next 8pring. Special Correspondence of The Ga- zctt WASHINGTON, D. C, August 27. Creation of a live stock indus try commission of 100 volun teer members to undtTta'e a campulgn to increase the nation's meat produc tion during the war was announced by the department of agriculture and the food administration. The committee has a plan for the transfer of thousands of bead of cattle, sheep and hogs from the big western producing districts to small farms In central and southern states, where a great amount of feed goes to waste. An executive committee. Including Glf ford Plnchot of the food administra tion, G. II. Kommel of the agricultural department and E. C. Lassnter, a Tex as stockman, will direct the work of the larger committee. Under the arrangement planned small farmers may place orders for live stock with county agents of the agricultural department. Live stock exchanges will assist in the movement without charge to the purchasers. In a statement setting forth the plan the food administration and the agri cultural department call attention to the heavy demand for meat abroad and the continued diminution of European herds. America will be called upon to furnish the allies with Increasingly large amounts of meat as the war progresses. This can be done. It Is pointed out only by a reduction in American consumption and an Increas ed supply in this country. A permanent improvement In condi tions in this country with respect to the cost of living is what many offi cials and others who have been urging Intelligent attention to the foodstuffs problem now believe Is likely to result from the activities which the war has forced on the people. In recent weeks it has become evi dent that. In spite of the slowness with which the country responded to ap peals for greater production and for the conservation of foodstuffs and their more Intelligent distribution the movement at last is gaining such mo mentum and proportions that much will be accomplished by It. Those who are skeptical as to reduc tion In cost of foodstuffs undoubtedly have some good reasons for their skep ticism. On the other hand, there are many reasons to be bopefuL Should Be Better Next Year. The latter part of this fall and the coming winter should begin to see definite lowering of costs of foodstuffs to the consumer along some lines, and 191S should be an improvement over 1917. This Is troe In spite of the fact that If the war goes on the demands from abroad for American foodstuffs will be increased. ' It Is to be borne in mind that the cry for Increased production of food In the current season was started too late to'be of full benefit this year. Partly because the department of agriculture and the rest of officialdom moved slow ly, partly because congress also took Its time about passing legislation for stimulation of production, the spring 6IFF0RQ PiNCHOT. Heads Movement to Restock Farms With Animals During War. Phot, by American .Press Aasoclatton. passed with little accomplished, save through voluntary efforts by the public. Some state snd local authorities got into action In time, Dut on the whole it was a case of waiting too long. The Hoover food administration is Just starting work under the food con trol law. Such work as Hoover has done until recently has been through voluntary agencies. Moreover, the de partment of agriculture is Just going to work under the new food survey law to campaign for the stimulation of pro duction. To Commandeer Ships, Estimates Included in the request the shipping board will make for a billion dollar appropriation to complete its eighteen months' building program were gone over at a conference be- tween Chairman Hurley of the board and Secretary McAdoo. The board needs $500,000,000 for construction of fabricated steel ships. J25O.O00.O0O to carry out commandeer ing of vessels now building in private yards and another 1250,000,000 for con tracts for steel and wooden ships to be let soon. The commandeering program will cost In all about $500,000,000, but $250,000,000 of the original $750,000,000 appropriation will be used for that pur pose. Plans for taking a large amount of tonnage out of the great lakes for At lantic service also will be completed by the shipping board soon, 'it is es timated that between 200,000 and 400, 000 tons can be removed before the winter season sets In. Pledge of Loyalty. A striking pledge of loyalty and uni fied support of the government In Its war preparations was given by the workmen of the great navy yard at Philadelphia. In the face of strikes and threatened strikes at other yards engaged In the -construction of needed warships a committee representing the employees of the League Island yard called on Secretary Daniels and pre sented to him resolutions signed by the 7,000 mechanics and other civilian em ployees there pledging their services to the government and criticising all man ifestations of labor dlleyalty. Secretary Daniels was visibly affect ed by this action and "by the statements made by- members of the committee that they would stand by the govern ment. The committee which called on Secre tary Daniels included Harvey A. Zahn. master electrician; Thomas O'Connor, master bollermaker; James J. Mullen, electrical machinist; Elmer A. Dean, assistant shop superintendent; Jean O'Brien, toolmaker; Bert Crowley, ship fitter: John J. Kehoe. leading machin ist; George Bowers and William Crim bing. machinists. They were accom panied by Michael Francis Doyle of Philadelphia. No Shortage of Rifle. There Is no shortage of rifles for the American forces sent to Europe, al though there mny le some delay in equipping all men of the national army with the weapon they are to use in training. It was said officially at the war de partment that there were enough rifles in the country to equip every man whose duties require him to carry one. but that the difficulty was to find the rifles ow ing to the desire of army and state officials to keep a reserve of the weapons available In case of emer gency. The forces sent abroad will carry an average of at least two rifles a man as an adequate protection against loss and wear and tear. It may be necessary for n short time at the national army training camps, however, for one com pany to use the available training rifles in the morning and another company to do its training and target practice in the afternoon with the same weap ons. This situation will be of short dura tion, as an enormous supply of rifles, already ordered, will be delivered soon after the national army forces are mo bilized. No New Draft Tilt Spring. A full statistical report on the op erations of the draft law will be pre pared by the provost marshal general's office as soon as the mobilization of the first Increment of 087,000 men of the national army has been completed. some time early In October, rending the preparation of the report and care ful analysis of the conditions it dis closes no steps toward calling a sec ond increment to the colors will be taken. General Crowder said that the call for the second increment never had been considered at any conference at which be was present and that he had no indication that it had been taken up in any way by President Wilson or Secretary Baker. The first Increment will fill all the training areas sixteen national guard camps and sixteen national army can tonmentsto capacity, and there will be a surplus of men besides those as signed to the regular army. The reg' ulars are now 12,000 above full author ized war strength by voluntary enlist ment, and the national guard is hi a similar situation. Training facilities already are taxed to make ready for the front men now available, and it is regarded as very unlikely that organization of an addi tional 500,000 men of the national army can be begun until the early spring of 1918. Neither quarters nor personnel to train the force will be available be fore that time. Inequities of an unavoidable nature will be shown in the statistical report There probably will be some amended regulations based on actual experience with the first Increment, and some amendments to the law may be thought desirable by congress. It Is possible that some provision will be made whereby all the sons of one family will not be taken. A new def inition of the status of married men may be one of the things acted upon. Another matter totbe worked out 4s the status of aliens. Still another is the status of men who have passed be yond draft age since being drafted and that of those who have become of draft age in the meantime. A STATEMENT BY YOUR GAS COMPANY The Gas Company in Gastonia has passed into the hands of new owner, and will hereafter be known as tne GASTOXIA SUBURBAN" GAS COMPANY The new owners are desirous of making this company as efficient and satisfactory as any in the South. loe to the tremendously increased cost of both manufacturing materials and labor, the company Is forced to see that all of Its services are la the hands of actual consumers. For this reason there will be a minimum charge of One Dollar per month, be ginning August 1st, to all consumers who have used less than 700 feet of gas in either regular or prepayment meters. This will not effect consumers who use gas regularly, and will effect no liardahlp on those who are not regu lar consumers. GASTONIA AND SURBUB AN GAS COMPANY H. K. LOGAN, Alanager. $50)D Reward Five Hundred Dollars Reward will be paid by the SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who removed Spikes. Bolts and Angle Bars, resulting in derailment of JPas senger Train No. 26, near Huntersville, N. C, Tuesday morning, July 17th, 1917. All communications pertaining to this subject should be addressed to J. W. CONNELLY. Chief Special Agent, Southern Railway Systen, Charlotte, N. C. If arrested, wire him or Sheriff N. W. WALLACE, Charlotte, N. C. W. N. FOREACRE, General Manager DI A 1MT YOUR MONEY IN GASTONIA r Li AlH 1 DIRT AND SEE IT GROW ! DO YOU WANT TO PAY RENT ALL YOUR LIFE ? Why not buy a home with rent money and live in the house while you pay for it? Let us show you some nice homes that can be bought on the EASY PAYMENT plan. We have what you want. What better investment can you make than to buy a home in Gastonia? See us for business. PRICE REAL ESTATE & INSURANCE CO. J. L. PRICE. General Manager A. E. MOORE, Pres. A. E. WOLTZ,Secty.-Trea. WE WANT YOU To quit thinking about how long the war is going to last and think of the good ICE CREAM, BEVERAGES, FRESH HOME MADE CANDY AND FRUITS that you can get if you come or phone to SWEETLAND 113 West Main Ave. Phone 197 Subscribe for The Gazette $2.00 Year
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