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GASTONIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WE DXE8DAY AND FRIDAY. VOU XXX VIII. NO. M. GASTONIA. N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 10, 1917. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAKGX AMERICANS SINK HOPE TO SETTLE SHIP YARD STRIKE GASTOH MEANS TALKS SAYS THERE IS ANOTHER SIDE ALSO 71 IRE III TO CAMP GERMANS LOSE ' 1250 MEN A DAY GERMANS FALLING BACK FROM RIGA GERMAN U-BOAT GASTON'S SECOND CONTINGENT OFF TOE By International News Service.) LONDON, Sept. 19. A dispatch Just received here from Bergen, Nor- way, states that a German submarine was sunk and another badly damag ed In a fight with an armed Ameri can freight steamer. The news was" carried to Bergen by a Norwegian steamer which witnessed the battle The first submarine was engaged in sinking a sailing ship when the Am erican steamer came to the rescue. The second submarine suddenly ap peared and made two attempts to torpedo the American vessel, but failed. The submarine was then sent to the bottom, all but six of hy crew perishing. INCREASED RATES ON NEWSPAPERS (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. The deadlock over the 12,500,000,000 revenue bill was broken this after noon when the Senate accepted the House amendment for the increased second-class postal rates on newspa pers and magazines. CONTROL OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. An other step in government control of food was taken today when the fruit and vegetable producers were asked to place their industry under li cense. Fifty leading shippers from the South, Northeast and California are in conference with the food ad ministration here. FEDERAL CONTROL OF COPPER (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 18. The blame for the threatened shortage of copper needed for war purposes is placed at the door of the Anaconda copper interests by Representative Jeanette Rankin, of Montana. Miss Rankin stated before the House com mittee that the copper interests by use of the "rustling card" system have created a blacklist through which they control the vote. In this way the companies elect their own Federal Judges and control the State government. She urged that copper be taken under Federal control. Onion sets, 10 cents quart at Frohman Coffee Company's. 21p2 FAIR-MEETINGS To explain selecting entries and filling oat entry blank a public meeting will be held at the school house in each commu nity two week prior to their community fair at 8 o'clock. Many other important matters will be discussed. Mr. Jno. 3. Steele, County Agent, and BIr. J. M. Holland, Secretary of the County Fair, vtill attend each of these meetings. SUNNYSIDE SATURDAY, SEPT. 15TH. UNION , FRIDAY. SEPT. 14TH. SOUTH POINT MONDAY. SEPT. 17TH. LANDER'S CHAPEL TUESDAY, SEPT. 18TH. DONT FORGET YOUR DATE OF MEETING AND - The Big Gaston County Fair Oct. 9404M2-.13, 1917 J. M. HOLLAND, Executive Secretary (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Set tlement of the San Francisco strike is expected within the next 4 8 hours, Mediator Boyce wired today. LONDON TO USE SUGAR CARDS (By International News Service.) LONDON, Sept. 19. Sugar cards will be issued here October first. DUTCH SHIPMENT MAY BE STOPPED (By International News Service.) AMSTERDAM, Sept. 19. A complete embargo on shipments from the United States to Holland Is predicted, by the semi-official paper, The Courant. The paper declares that 'the United States is dissatis fied with the Dutch neutrality and that the embargo will be the means of showing It. PEACE TALK IS MERELY RUMOR (By International News Service.) .LONDON, Sept. 19. Slight cred ence Is given to tne peace rumors that are Airing the German press. Advices from The Hague quote the German papers at length, but talk of concessions and peace lacks the con vincing ring. It is evident that Ger many is going to great lengths In an effort to create dissatisfaction and unrest among the Allies. EXEMPTED MEN CANNOT ENLIST (By International News Service.) WASHINGTGON, Sept. 19. The war department today sent instruc tions to recruiting officers not to ac cept applications from persons who previously had been exempted by lo cal registration boards. Such appli cations furnish grounds for investi gation as to whether the exemption may not be revoked, the department ruled. OPTIMISTIC NOTE FROM RUSSIA (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. Am bassador Baksmietoff will tomorrow assure Secretary Lansing that Rus sia Vill continue in the war to the end and that rumors that Petrograd will make a separate peace are base less and probably Inspired by Ger man agents. The ambassador is act ing on Instructions direct from Pre mier Kerensky. He will outline tne measures that have been taken to strengthen the provisional govern ment and to put down the revolution throughout the republic. His mes sage will be the most optimistic re ceived from Russia since the Czar was overthrown. . PANHANDLE WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19TH. COSTNER THURSDAY, SEPT. 20TH. CHERRYVILLE FRIDAY, SEPT. 21 ST. DALLAS SATURDAY, SEPT. 22 ND. Business Agent of Mrs. Maude A King, Widow of Chicago Million aire, Who Was Shot to Death, Sup posedly Accidentally, Tells News paper Men That All Hasn t let Been Told by Any Means Rumors That Means Had Dealings WlVft German Agents. The mysterious death of Mrs Maude A. King, widow of a Chica go millionaire, who lost her life near Concord on the night of August 29th supposedly as the result of the acci dental discharge of a pistol, contin ues to absorb public interest not on ly In Concord and North Carolina but in Chicago and New York and elsewhere. The New York and Chi cago dailies have been giving the case large space each day and many things are hinted at. After the Ca barrus county coroner had, on the morning following her death, found at an inquest that she met death ac cidentally the body was exhumed In Chicago, her former home, where it had been taken for burial, and through the efforts of the coroner of Cook county, Illinois, 4he case has been re-opened. Another coroner's inquest will be held at Concord next Monday when it is expected that evi dence will be introduced which was not brought out at the first hearing. Papers and documents belonging to Gaston B. Means, of Concord, who acted as Mrs. King's business agent, were taken a few days ago from his New York apartments by the officials of that city and later Federal agents took over some of them. As a result it is hinted that Means had dealings with pro-German agents and the gov ernment is making an investigation of his movements and action ur the past year or two. In thib con nection the following press dispatch under a New York date line appear ed in yesterday afternoon's Char lotto News: "Papers and memoranda found in the apartment here of Gaston B. Means indicate that he had business dealings with. Captain Franz von Pa pen, recalled German naval attache 'which were not favorable to the al lies,' according' to a statement made today by Assistant District Attorney Dooling. These papers wre found during the district attorney's investi gation of Means' affairs In connec tion with an inquiry into the myste rious death at Concord, N. C, of Mrs. Maude King, a wealthy widow for whom he acted as business man ager. "Names mentioned in the memoran da, according to Mr. Dooling, includ ed those of several United States senators and representatives. There also was found information con cerning the output of manufacturing plants in various parts of the coun try, some of which were manufac turing munitions for the United States and the entente allies." The News states further that Means was in Charlotte yesterday and in conversation with newspaper men hinted that there was another side to the affair and that there might be some surprises soon. The News says in part: "Declaring that there was a 'whole lot behind this affair that the public does not know,' Gaston B. Means, while in Charlotte today to confer with Judge F. I. Osborne, his attorney, opened up a new and wide field for speculation. The inference was clear that Means thought this new light, which he intimated could yet" be focused on the King case, would have the effect of overturning opinion that may have been estab lished against him, and of reversing the score. Means made the state ment concerning the 'other side of the affair,' like a man who thought only a part of the truth had been produced. "Will this 'other side' come out at the re-opening of the coroner's case next Monday?" Means was ask ed.. he did not make direct reply to thin question. Means was deeply Interested in the fact that he had several old Uni versity classmates in Charlotte and spoke; of his' college life at the Uni versity The conference with Judge Os borne continued for nearly two hours." .The whole affair is apparently shrouded in a haze of mystery and the public; will await with interest th unravelling of the tangled threads, if indeed they are ever un- lank Kimball Young in 'The Tcr puadwAy Friday. '..'harlie Chaplin's Burlesque on 'V'm-ruwi", Broadway today. Four r"!li. F MHYi COTTON MARKET. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-Tne cotton market opened this morning witn October contracts Ellin's at 20.81; January 20.82,' . Col. William H. Osborn, of Greens boro, who has for several years been commissioner of Internal revenue under the Wilson administration, has resigned on account of ill health and has been succeeded by Daniel C. Roper, of South Carolina. Seveuty-one Gaston County Men Left at 3 O'clock Tills Afternoon for Camp Jackson at Columbia, 8. C, to Knter Training in the National . Army Mr. Krnest It. Warren in Charge, With Several Assistants Go Over the 1. & N. and Seaboari seventy-one men, representing a larger part of the second required installment of Gaston county's men for the drafted army, left at three o'clock this afternoon for Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C.The num ber required was 87 representing 40 per cent of the total quota of 212 men. However, there were only 71 available today as this was the num ber certified back by the district board. The men were placed under the charge of Mr. Ernest R. Warren, of Gastonla, who Is assisted by Messrs. Ralph Kendrick, Clyde C. Riddle, Very B. Pasour, William L. Brown and J. C. Elliott. The party left on a special train of two cars over the P. & N., going out from the station on East Main avenue. At Charlotte they will be transferred to the Seaboard and will go to Colum bia by way of Hamlet. They will reach Camp Jackson tomorrow morn ing about 3 o'clock. The men in this party gathered In town this morning and reported at the headquarters of the local ex emption board at 10 o'clock. At 1 o'clock they went to dinner in a body. Quite a number of Gastonlans were at the station to see them off. Grover C. Henderson, Gastonla. Augustus Brown Mauney, Cherry- ville. Fred William Friday, Dallas. Clarence Hubbard, High Shoals. Paul Marcellus Bolick, Stanley. John Sherman Farrar, Gastonla. Ralph Rothwell Stowe, Dallas. Boyden Abernethy, Mount Holly. Frank Hawkins, Gastonla. John Harrison Whitworth, Cher- ryvllle. Wm. Webb Eaker, Cherryville. John Jackson Evans, Lowell. Gus Blair Sahms, Belmont. Joseph Harry Whitner, Stanley. Hurbert Turney, Gastonla. Very Bennett Parsons, B. City. Oscar Burley Huffstetler, Dallas. John Sidney Friday, Dallas. Thomas Mitchell, Gastonla. Guyser Canipe, Cherryville. Jas. Arthur Back, Cherryville. Carlos Carlisle Stroup Ixwell. Roy Clayton Ledford, Belmont. Thos. Cleveland Self, Cherryville. Arthur Little Stroup, Stanley. Loy Walter Cloninger, B. City. ljoa James Spargo, Lowell. John Sidney Carpenter, Cherryvile Arthur Alex Armstrong, Gastonla. Avery Marshall Smith, Mt. Holly. Clarence Lackey Navy, K. Mtn. Bernard Fuller Oakley, Gastonta. Ernest Robert Warren, Gastonla. Robert Carl Bradford, Belmont. Loy Franklin Plonk, Dallas. Wm. Luther Bowman, Jr., M. Hol ly. Dixon R. Boyles, Bessemer .City. William Jordan, Gastdnia. Chas. W. Kennedy, B. City. Jacob Earl Jenkins Costner, Cher ryville. Ivy Alexander Fisher, Mt. Holly. Albert P. Rudisill, Dallas. Luther Wince Avery, Dallas. Walter Lloyd Pasour, Dallas. Geo. Henry Heafner, Crouse. Albert Laurence Llneberger, Stan ley. Griffin Gold Rollins, Kings Mtn. Walter Irwin Lowe, Lowell. Willie Lee Bradley, Gastonla. Andrew E. Beaty, Belmont. Clarence B. Thompson, B. City. John Alexander Wooten, Belmont. Sidney A. Williams, High Shoals. John Alexander Edwards, M. Holly Granville DeWayne White, Gasto. Price Elmore Ford, Gastonla. John Warner Riley. Mt. Holly. Miley Burnett, Gastonla. Horace Cleveland Ross, Greenville, S. C. Isaac Cletus Long, Kings Mtn. ' Robt. Gamewell Rutledge, Dallas. Howard GOates, Bessemer City. Luther Hutto. Belmont. King David Taylor, Gastonia. John Branch, Gastonia. Ernest Ramsey, Bessemer City. William Junius Springs. Mt. Holly Otis Dewey Pratt, Gastonia. Clyde Craig Riddle, Gastonia. J. D. Elliott, Gastonia. 'Ralph Kendrick, Gastonia. Clara Kimball Young in "The Test", Broadway Friday. Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on "Carmen', Broadway today Four reels. Subscribe to The Gazette. (By International News Service.) GENEVA, Sept. 19. Germany is losing an average of 1,250 men daily in battle. Majority leader Ersber- ger is using this fact tellingly in his peace arguments. l.OOO AT UNIVERSITY. Attendance Almost Normal Despite irraln of ar Seniors and Ju n tors Are Hcarce Athletic Give Way to Military Training Boys Are Donning Khaki and Hhoulder ing Rifles, the Latter a Gift from an Alumnus Gaston Has One Co- Kd This tear. Correspondence of The Gazette. , CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 18. With about one thousand students regis tered ana the formalities or opening over, the University has begun a year of serious work. Characterized as one of the hardest periods in its history, Dean Stacy has nevertheless predicted a highly successful session. The number of men registered is much bettyer than was ever hoped for by the most optimistic. With an exceedingly large freshman class, tne academic department Is almost up to normal size. There is a marked falling off in the Junior and senior classes, though. A big per cent or these two classes entered training camps last spring and practically every one was commissioned. One of the most marked changes on the campus is the lack of athletic display which has always been wont to be seen, and in its place are seen numerous would-be soldiers. Inter collegiate football has been aban doned for this season in order to give military tarining a better show. Class athletics will be encouraged to a much greater extent than hereto fore. It was announced recently that 'varsity basketball, baseball and track would be held as usual. It is suprislng that such a large number of the students should give up their leisurely afternoon and en list in the course of military science. This is to be serious business as soon as the organization can be complet ed. The University will rive credit for the course .toward degrees. Al ready the athletic field is covered ev ery afternoon with squads marching here and there. The men are being equipped with khaki uniforms as fast as they can be secured. About 250 Springfield rifles have been given to the University by a loyal alumnus. Gaston county is well represented here this year with 16 students. A mong these, there is one lady, Miss Louisa Reid, of Gastonla. This Is the first time that Gaston has been honored with a co-ed. Miss Reid Is a member of the Senior class, having graduated at Queens College, Char lotte, last year. Contents at Sunnyside. Sunnyside residents are planning an interesting and novel program of sports In connection with the hold ing of the community fair there Tor the entertainment of the many who will be present. Treasurer D. A. Stroup is arranging a program which will Include a sack race, potato race, chair-making contest and many new and novel features. The Sunnyside community fair Is going to be a ffrst-class one, having the united backing of all the residents of that township. Charlotte Observer. 19th: Mr. Stwart Carter, of this city, and Miss Mamie Hunneycut, of Gastonia, were married yesterday afternoon by Magistrate J. W. Cobb. The bride was accompanied by her mother. Only a few intimate friends were present. Henry B. Walthall and Mary Char leson in ''Burning the Candle", Broadway Thursday. , BIGGEST COUNTY FAIR IN CAROLINAS - More than 3-4 mile of exhibits. The new buildings give the largest and most completely equipped county fair in the two states. WILL BE CRAMPED FOR ROOM Present indications are that more exhibits will be brought than there will be conveniently room for. You Will Be Proud 0( Having A Part In It Lots better to be running over with exhibits than just half full. .. Every Body's Doing It Why Not You . . . . ' ' - i The Big C as ton County Fair 1 October 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 1917 : J. M. HOLLAND, Executive Secretary (By International News Service.) : PETROGRAD. Sept. 19. The Ger mans are laying waste the country as they fall back on the Riga front. The Russians are consolidating their new positions as they advance. Indica tions are that the German "designs on Odessa have been abandoned. CONSCRIPTS FILL RANKS OF GUARD (By International News Service.) , WASHINGTON, 8ept. 19. Draft ed men from every State In the Un ion, except Nevada, will soon be call- . ed to fill up the ranks of the Feder alized National Guards. New York and Pennsyvanla guards are the only ones that are near full war strength. Nevada has no guard. No estimate of the number of men needed for this purpose was available today but re ports from division commanders are expected at the War Department at once, as the. guard will go to France soon and It is essential to fill up its ranks at once. Drafted men of the first call will likely be transferred t the guard and additional men called Into the service to take their places.' POPE WILL SEND ANOTHER NOTE (By International News Service.) PARIS, Sept. 19. The Petit Paris ienne states that the Pope will send another note to the belligerents. WRAVEH MEMORIAL DAY. Special Campaign Next Sunday, to liaise 9ZB.OOO for Weaver Hall at Rutherford College, Special Interest is being taken br many Gastonlans in the special cam paign which la to be conducted throughout the Western North Caro lina Conference next Sunday. September 23, to raise a fund of 825,000 to erect a dormitory at Rutherford College as a memorial to the late Dr. James II Weaver., One reason for the special Interest shown here is that Rev. II. H. Jor dan, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, who Is also chairman of the board of trustees of Rutherford Col lege, was the originator of the move ment to thus honor the memory of Dr. Weaver, one of the best loved members of the conference. Rev. Mr. Jordan, as president of the board of trustees, has mailed a circular letter to each of the more than 200 pastors of Methodist churches In the conference, settlqg forth the plans and requesting that each church observe September 23 as Weaver Memorial Day. lenders Cliapel Meeting. Landers Chapel people held a big meeting at the school house there Tuesday night to complete prepara tions for the holding of their com munity fair. Secretary J. M. Hol land, of the Gaston County Fair, Sec retary Fred M. Allen, of the Cham ber of Commerce, County Agent 3. B. Steele, Attorney Fred McMillan and Mr. C. F. Thomasson were pres ent from Gastonla. President L. A. Barbee has his committees well In hand and preparations Indicate fffat the community fair is going to be a splendid one at that point and well worth attending. Henry B. Walthall and Mary Ctiar leson in "Burning the Candle", Broadway Thursday.
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