- A UAZlbTTE --' - -' - -.1.' ..' -'V .. . . ; - " . ,.' , , - - , - . PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY, WE. DNE8DAY AND FRIDAY. VOL. XXXVIII, -NO. ICM. QAflTONIA.Br.CX, FRIDAY 'AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 117. ta.00 A YEAR IN ADVAKCX Hi SOCIAL.GIRGLES llTEST : EEHTSjjM WOXAirS WORLB i '- .' j FALLS-PROVENCE - INVITATIONS. - Handsomely ' engraved ' invitations reading as follows bare been receiv ed in Gaatonia: '", Mr. Benjamin Franklin Cassels- - requests the pleasure of your com- . . . ' . pany ' " v''' ..- at the marriage of hia daughter Mrs. Katharine 0888618 Provence Dr. Oliver Green Falls on Wednesday, the twenty-fourth of October ."at twelve o'clock at' the residence of ' Mr.. Albert Perclval Cornell Barnwell, South Carolina. At Home ' after the first of November .Kings Mountain, North Carolina. This announcement will be of in terest to a large number of friends of the groom elect in this county. Dr. 'Falls Is secretary and treasurer if the Cora Cotton Mills at Kings Mountain and was formerly chair man of ttfe board of county commis sioners ot .this county SOLDIERS BUY BONDfy Boys at Camp Sevier Subscribe Lib erally to Second Liberty Loan North Carolina Troops do T hem selves Proud Capt Cherry and Other Gaston Soldiers Here Today. Captain Robert G. Cherry, com manding Company A, 115th Machine Gun Battalion, a Gaston county or ganization now In service at Camp Sevier, Greenville, 8. Clsin ihe city today adjusting aome - business matters for his company. A number of the Gastonla soldiers of -Company A and Company D, 105th. Engineers, .formerly Company B, are also spend ing several days with, homef oiks and seeing the sights at the fair. V The Gastonla soldiers without an exception are well pleased with . the treatment they are receiving at Camp Sevier and camp life is agree ing with them, if one is to Judge by the good health the-' young fellows are enjoying,. ; Yesterday was a holiday- for all of the soldiers at Camp Sevier ,- when more than 9,000 troops participated in a big patriotic demonstration in Oreenvllle for the purpose of arous ing the civilians and interesting them in the second Liberty v . Loan bond sale. The troops were reviewed y General Faison, who Is In conunand of the 60th Brigade.: v - An interesting bit of newj that ame to Gastonla-last night was to the effect that the enlisted men and officers at Camp Sevier are them selves investing liberally in Liberty Loan bonds.. The 116th Machine Gun Battalion of three North Caro lina companies, which includes Com pany A, within less time than an hour had yesterday morning pur-, chased bonds In the sum of $10,600. Other battalions and regiments did as much in proportion, and the in terest In the success of the' second Liberty Loan bonds is widespread at the camp, the Gastonla state. soldier Visitor from Florida. J. H. Wendler, of Bulow, Fla., su perintendent of the poultry and live stock departments of the Subtropical Midwinter Fair at Orlando, Fla., and a widely known-poultry judge, spent Thursday in Gastonla looking over the poultry and other exhibits at the Gaston County Fair, en route ' back home after judging the poultry at the Virginia State Fair in Rich mond. He was high in his praise of the Gaston Fair. The excellence of . the collective community fair exhib its especially attracted his attention. An advertisement in The Gazette reaches more people for.; the cost . than you can reach In any other pos sible way : Rates on application. - : Old Time Singing Tonight r.r. 7 o'Glock AT THE FAIR GROUNDS .DONT FAIL TO HEAR IT Admission: Adults: Day.35c,Wi2tt25c J, H HOLLAND, PLANS FOR Plans for thoroughly "organizing Gaston county tot the Bankhead highway were discussed at a well at tended meeting of the executlve'com mlttee held at the office of Col. T. L. Craig, vice-president, at the, fair grounds Wednesday afternoon. R. K. Pa venportr president of the Gas ton County Bankhead - Association, presided. The work necessary to securing this big national highway for the county was thoroughly dis cussed. Within the next ten days or two weeks efforts must be made to secure several thousand members as this will prove a strong factor in going after the routing for this sec tion of North Carolina. The chair man of the" Mecklenburg board of county commissioners was present and gave interesting Information re garding the highway which he gain ed on a recent trip to Washington. Gastonla, Mt. Holly, Bessemer City, Kings Mountain, Cherryville, McAdenvllle, High Shoals, Dallas, Stanley and other sections of Gas ton county were represented at the gathering and all enthusiastically ex pressed themselves in favor of leav ing nothing undone to secure the big government trunk highway for this section. The executive committees in each section of the county will at once ber gin securing 'members. A meeting of the Gastonla ward committees will be held at the Chamber of Commerce next Monday night at 7:30 o'clock to plan for the work in Gastonla. WILL COMMANDEER COAL FOR ALL RAILROADS. , (By International News service.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 11 The fuel needed by the Pennsylvania 'road must be furnished at the price fixed by the government. It was an nounced that another order is in pro cess of 'formation which will com mandeer coal for all other railroads. It is officially stated that these or ders are designed to stop the confis cation of privately owned coal by railroads, and at the same time as sure an adequate supply for the transportation companies. The t ad ministration announced that the gov ernment will be taken care of first, public utilities second, and domestic consumers third. MUTINY OF SAILORS SERIOUS FOR GERMANY. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Diplo matic circles are anxiously awaiting more details in regard to the Ger man mutiny. It is pointed out that naval revolts have been very few in history. "Mutiny must have , far reaching effect" said a high official of the government today. "It must have been much more widespread than Germany has allowed the out- Lside world to know, and it will great ly impair me enecuveness oi ooin army and navy. . German soldiers are already dissatisfied, partly on account of the bad food supply. The mutiny has undoubtedly been check ed, but it Is not likely that the move ment has been entirely stamped out. One reason of the revolt is that the German sailors know the truth a bout the submarine warfare and its terrible cost to German seaman. JOBS OPEN FOR 1,600 BOYS IN LITTLE ROCK. (By International News Service.) LITTLE ROCK, ARK.. Oct. 11. "Boy wanted!" This sign decorated a hundred or more ' shop windows. Statisticians have estimated that 1, 000 boys are needed to fill Jobs in Little Rock. Telegraph companies are employing girls to carry messa ges. Executive THE mgavyAY I I I i . 15c- II .. . y- - Scctctary j I yy ?0B5CRIBIIIGSL0WLY ONLY 7 PER CENT LIBERTY LOAN TAKEN Reports Show That - Up to Last Night, With One-Third of Time Up, Only Small Portion of Second Liberty Loan of $5,000,000,000 Has Been Subscribed Hardest Kind of Work; Most Be Done Dur ing Remainder of Period.. Washington, Oct. 11. Less than seven per cent of the $5,000,000,000 which the government hopes to ob tain in subscriptions to the second liberty loan had been subscribed at the close of business last1 night. Treasury officials made public the actual subscription figures tonight. The total Is f32o.465.000. This figure includes every dollar reported to the reserve banks from every sec tion of the United States except In one reserve district, Minneapolis, where no figures were reported. "The subscriptions Indicate the necessity for the hardest kind of work on the part of the whole coun try for the balance of the campaign," reads the treasury department's an nouncement. The campaign Is more than one-third gone. Fourteen work ing days remain. Subscriptions by federal reserve districts were as follows: Richmond, $12,229,000. Boston, $41,800,000. New York, $228,527,000. Philadelphia, $13,583,000. Cleveland, $1,895,000. Atlanta, $1,703,000. Chicago, $4,816,000. St. Louis, $1,729,000. Minneapolis, no report. Kansas City, $1,237,000. Dallas, $1,899,000. San Francisco. $16,047,000. Actually Filed. These figures represent the total of subscriptions "actually filed with the several federal reserve banks and the treasury department." "While a very large number of incorporated banks and trust com panies throughout the country have not yet reported any subscriptions to the federal reserve banks," the state ment continues, "and while the lib erty loan committees have unofficial ly .reported a number of large sub scriptions which have not yet been formally filed, even making due al lowance for these unreported a mounts, the subscriptions thus Tar received indicate the necessity Tor the hardest kind of work on the part of the whole country for the bal ance of the campaign. "The secretary of the treasury has requested subscriptions to an a mount of $5,000,000,000 In order that allotments might be made up to $4,000,000,000. "There are 24 business days dur ing the campaign period and in order to obtain subscriptions of $5,000, 000.000 the average daily subscrip tions must amount to more than $208,000,000, whereas up to date the average has been only about $36,000,000. "It is particularly important to impress upon the people of the coun try that this vast undertaking must not be left to the people bf great wealth as no such sum can be sub scribed except by the earnest co-operation of all the people of the coun try. "It is estimated that in the first campaign there were about 5,000, 000 subscribers and with the better organization now available and the large amount of educational work which has been done, the country should be able to count at the close of the campaign subscriptions from at least 10,000,000 people." Analysis of Returns. Analysis of the returns show that the reserve bank of New York has placed In actual subscriptions more than twice as much as the rest ot the country. . To maintain the dally average of subscriptions, the total at the close of business last night should have been nearly $2,000,000, 000. The reported total is less than one-sixth of this sum. "Campaigning has just started in Minnesota and other northwestern States east of Montana. Work rn the far South and Texas is proceed ing slowly." Todd's Bread, 9 cento loaf, three loaves for 23 cents at Frobman Cof fee Oo's. of coarse. LAFOLLETTK WANTS TO APPEAR FOR HIMSELF. (By International News Service.) i' WASHINGTON, Oct. 11. Sen ator LaFollette this afternoon wrote the Senate committee investigating his alleged disloyal speech, asking the privilege of summoning witness es and appearing before the commit tee to testify in his own behalf. He submitted what he said was an ac curate copy of his et. Paul speech and asked the committee to investi gate the publication of what he termed grossly false mis-statements concerning his utterances. GERMANY WILL REFUSE TO RELINQUISH ALSACE-LORRAINE. : (By. International News Service.) BERNE, Oct 11. A severe ob stacle to early peace is seen in Chancellor-Michaelis' statement that Ger many will 'not ' relinquish Alsace Lorraine. The Chancellor's speecn Is regarded as the nearest approach yet to a declaration of Germany's peace terms. However, with France committed to the recovery of Alsace Lorraine, a deadlock in the ' peace situation is: regarded as Inevitable for the time lwlng. . . . Eobaerlb to Tho Gazette. f,l Af If VISITORS ARE HERE COSE TnfHra FROM FAR AND KEAR Attendance So Far Has Been. Most Gratifying and Indications Point to Big Crowds Tonight and Tomor row Old Time Singing to be Repeated Tonight .Lincoln Coun ty Carries off Community Fair Prize and Other Bine Ribbons. Gaston county's third annual fair is a decided success. This Is the uni versal expression one hears not on ly on the grounds but on the streets and everywhere. When the gates closed last night more than 12,000 people had passed through the gates, with two days still to come. There was some' misgiving on the part of the management as to the attendance today, this being somewhat of an off day, but a phone message from the fair grounds to The Gazette at noon stated that the people were pouring In from every quarter and that the Indications pointed to an attendance equal to that of yesterday or the day before. With many mills closing for the week at 6 o'clock this even ing and .not a few of them furnish ing free tickets for their employees, tonight's attendance promises to be a record-breaker. Tomorrow, bar ring unfavorable weather, will be the biggest day of the entire fair from the standpoint of attendance. The number of people here from Cleveland, Mecklenburg, Lincoln and York counties has been surprising and Is a tribute to the efficacy of ad vertising. Visitors from other counties as well as from Gaston are commenting most favorably on the showing of field crops and canned goods, both as shown by individuals and canning clubs. In quantity the field crops are five times as large as last year, and In quality are the finest ever seen in this section. The showing or grain Is especially fine. An exhibit which is attracting the attention of almost everybody who visits the grounds is the educational exhibit, which occupies a large sec tion of one. of the new buildings. Every high school In the county has an exhibit, and the work shown has been highly complimented by the public generally and by expert edu cators from other sections. Not on ly in written work, drawing, car tooning, etc., but in mechanical de vices made by the students in the manual training departments. Is this exhibit a most creditable one. In addition to the Gaston schools there are exhibits by the Crouse and Lin colnton hjgh schools of Lincoln county. County Farm Demonstrator J. B. Steele states that the showing of cat tle Is a splendid one; the showing of horses Is excellent, though not as large as it would have been had it not rained Tuesday. The showing of hogs is splendid also, though the number is limited for the same rea son. The Gaston county chapter of the American Red Cross has a most at tractive booth, as also has the North Carolina insurance department. Not a single accident has occurred to mar the fair. With thousands of people coming and going no one has been injured. This is attributable in no small degree to the efficiency of the corps of employees on the grounds, of wftSta there are 75 or more. Everything goes like clock work. Tonight's big feature will be the old-time singing which will be par ticipated in by a hundred or more of the county's best known singers. This was given on the opening night, Tuesday, but because of the inclem ent weather many were kept away and Secretary Holland had many re quests for its repetition. The sing ing will commence at 7 o'clock and will be outdoors in the bandstand. REEPSVILLE WON. Reepsville, Lincoln county, won the loving cup for the best collective exhibit among the 16 community fairs which participated in the con test. Of these fairs eleven were from Gaston, four from Lincoln and one from York. The other Lincoln fairs and the order in which they 6tood were: Daniels, Northbrook, Catawba Springs. In Gaston county Sunnyside won first place with Cherryville second, Panhandle third, Mt Olivet fourth and New Hope fifth. The Laney fair from York county called forth many expressions of prase. It was a most excellent dis play and was witness to the fact that the people of the Laney section are progressive and up-to-date, notwith standing the fact that the section Is in one of the remotest parts of York, far removed from the railroads and towns. Judging these community fairs must have been a difficult Job. There were ten Judges, working under four heads. -County Agent J. B. Steele headed the committee on field crops, garden . vegetables and fruits.. The judges of canning, cooking and home Industries was composed : of . MlsS Jamison, Miss Annie Lee - Rankin. Miss Mary Rowe, Miss Garrison and Ashe. The fancy -work was Judged by Miss Rose Lindsay and Miss Car roll, of York. ! All of the ten judges composed a committee on artistic arrangement, each comlmttee, bow ever, acting and grading separately. Ia addition to winning the loving U. D. G.TO AVILSOn UEXT MRS. THRASH RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT North Carolina Daughters of tbe Confederacy Launch Boom for Mrs. Josephas Daniels for Presi dent General List of Newly Elected Officers Next Year's Ses sion to Be Held at Wilson. Charlotte Observer, 12th. Kinston, Oct. 10. The United Daughters of ,the Confederacy, North Carolina division, in annual conven tion here for three days past, this afternoon selected Wilson as the place for the next annual ' meeting, re-elected Mrs. Jacksle Daniel Thrash, of Tarboro, president and elected the following other officers: First vice-president, Mrs. James F. Parrott, Kinston; second vice president, Mrs. Thomas W. Blckett, Raleigh; recording secretary, Mrs. Eugene Glenn, Asheville; corres ponding secretary, Miss Mary Pow ell, Tarboro; treasurer, Mrs. J. W. Pless, Marion; recorder of crosses, Mrs. R. L. Gwynn, Lenoir; regis trar, Mrs. Hergert McCullock, Clay ton; historian, Mrs. J. A. Fore, Charlotte; assistant historian, Mrs. W. L. Hill, Warsaw; chaplain, Mrs. B. H. Wltheiington, Faison, direc tor of children's chapters, Mrs. L. T. Townsend, Lumberton. The convention observed "histori cal evening" tonight The exercises were presided over by Mrs. Thrash. Mrs. Fore, the historian, being ab sent because of Illness, Mrs. Corde lia Powell Odenheimef, the president general, made an address in which she declared fullest allegiance to the united nation, devotion to the South land and reverence for the cause which the United Daughters of the Confederacy represent. This afternoon the delegates were driven to the Caswell Training School, the State Institution near this, city. They passed the tomb of Caswell, first constitutional govern or of the State, and many made the pilgrimage, since it was only a hun dred yards or so off the highway over which they drove. The convention decided that when the national body should think . of electing a new president general, the North Carolina division would propose Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy ; so Mrs. Daniels became a candidate of the future amid round after round of applause. The second day of the convention, Wednesday, was taken up with two business sessions and a number of social affairs. The sessions were held , in Queen Street t Methodist church. The first session was opened at 9:30 a. m. The attendance was large. Many members of the A. M. WaddeU chapter, the host organiza tion, as well as the delegates were on hand. Rev. H. A. Humble, pas tor of Queen Street church, deliver ed an Invocation. Mrs. Dan Qulner ly sang Kipling's "Recessional." "The Nightingale Song" was sung by Miss Lucy Haskltt. Business of the convention was transacted. At 1: 30 o'clock the delegates were guests of the chamber of commerce at a luncheon In Gordon Street Christian church, an institutional edifice equip ped with a model kitchen apd din ing room. After luncheon business was resumed. From 4 until 6 o'clock many of the delegates and local women were guests of Mrs. W. D. Pollock, wire of the state senator from Kinston, a daughter of the late General Hoke. The affair was one of the most bril liant ever given here. The recep tion at the Pollock residence was equalled by a reception at Vernon hall, residence of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Harvey, Sr., at which the local Daughters of the Confederacy were made acquainted with the visiting members, who include many promi nent women from every part of the state. Mrs. Harvey is entertaining a large number of convention visitors, including Mrs. Cordelia Odenheimer, of Washington, the national presi dent; Mrs. Josephus Daniels, wife of the secretary of the navy, and Mrs. T. W. Bickett, first lady of the state. PROTEST WHEAT AS HOG FOOD. Hoover Asked to Investigate Okla homa Farmer's Fodder Substitu tion. Herbert C. Hoover, food adminis trator, will be asked to investigate reports from Oklahoma that farmers are feeding wheat to fatten hogs, which Is contrary to the alms and purposes of the administrator. The practice of substituting wheat for corn because it is cheaper is general throughout Oklahoma, according to John A. Hansen, of Perry, Okla., president of the Bank of Commerce of that city. "Every bushel of wheat fed "to hogs as a substitute for corn reduc es the quantity of wheat available for other and more necessary pur poses," Mr. Tansen said. ' Mr. .Hansen is chairman of the Noble County Council of Defense and has written a letter to the food administrator calling hia attention to the practice in Oklahoma cup for the three-county exhibit, Reepsville won the loving eup as the best of the Lincoln county fairs. ; Lincoln-county scored twice more, once, when MlssJanie Brown, of Iron Station, won the prize for the best collective exhibit of elnbs In the three counties and again when the Lincoln County Boys Cora dub won the loving eup for the best showing of corn la the three counties. SNOW FALLING III NORTHERN OHIO (By International News Service.) CLEVELAND, Oct. 12. WUh snow falling over Northern Ohio and 1 many coal bins scraped clean, the shivering poplatlon of Ohio today a waited the arrival or fuel adminis trator Garfield, who is coming to personally look Into the . situation. Schools at Columbus are closed for lack of fuel. The mayor of Lima is confiscating cars of coal to keep homes and schools warm. COMPLETED CONQUEST OF PASOHADENDALK RTJX&E. ( By International News 8ervlce.) , LODON, Oct 12. Without giving the Germans time to get their breath the British delivered another terrif ic stroke in West Flanders today, completing their conquest of Paacha dendale Ridge. The breaking of Ger- 1 many's hold upon the Belgian coast, where they have a - big submarine -base, Looms nearer than ever today I The British assault was over a six mile front and all objectives were ' gained, reported General Halg. The fighting centered heaviest around Outhoulet wood, Paschadendale, No elcapelle and the Bruges road north east of Ypres. The British are now consolidating their gains In prepara tion for counter-attacks. The British thrust was made . la the murky dawn, and the troops, swept forward over a sea of mud and water-filled shell holes. Nearly all the "light" was knocked out or the Germans by the terrific bombard ment which preceded the infantry T drive. 8AY8 ENGLAND WILL ' ' STAND BY FRENCH DEMANDS. I By International News Service.) LONDON, Oct 12. Germany's challenge that she will hold , on to Alsace-Lorraine as .long as a Ger- ' man hand can hold a gun has been met by Lloyd-George. His declara tion that (England will stand by France in the latter's fight for her ' lost provinces received hearty ' an- - ' plause from the British press today. Parliament Is to convene next Thurs day and it is expected that the pre- mler will make further references) to .. British war alms before that body when it gathers. ' - ;M v SWEDISH SHU'S SEIZED. " (By International News Service.) v COPENHAGEN, Oct IZ. Four, Swedish ships in British ports were' requistloned by Great Britain today. . ' RUSSIANS RESENT . GERMAN ADVANCES. (By International News Serviea.) ' PETROGRAD, Oct. 12. The At-' tempts of German soldiers to f rater- ; nlze with the Russian soldiers on the Dvlna front havS been sternly put ' down. Germans bearing white nags have been driven back to their own trenches. ' - A ' JAPANESE EXPECTED TO TAKE ACTIVE PART, (By International News Service.) TOKlO,Oct. 12. The newspaper Nichls states that Japan can expect a demand from the Allies that the Japanese armies be mobilized to -take an active part in the war. The ban on exportation of steel to Japan is part of a plan to make Japan feel . -the necessity of greater activity. : , BAKERS MAY COME UNDER HOOVER'S CONTROL. (By International News Service.) -' WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Word has gone forth that the price or bread must come down. If the bak ers do not reduce the price the Pree- ident is expected to issue a procla- mation putting all bakers under control of Herbert Hoover, food ad ministrator. The latter is exasper- ' a ted at the stubborness of the bak- ' ers who are the only food producers who hate shown no disposition ; to co-operate with the government to keep prices down. Congress will be asked to establish a municipal bak ery in Washington city. Administra tor Hoover may take over the entire ' baking industry of the country. ,' CHILD CONSERVATION MEETING HELD, ' The first regular meeting of the. Gastonla Chapter of the Child Con- ' servation League of America, was held Wednesday afternoon at the Chamber of Commerce. Several top- -ics of Importance were discussed. All members are urged jto-be present at ' the next meeting, which will be held ' in the Chamber of Commerce . on " Wednesday afternoon, October 21; at 3 o'clock. The frost la on the pumpkin. t . ,- Tomorrow is the last day of the -big fair. f , Rain is predicted by the weath- ' er man for Saturday. ; Here's hoping he gets fooled for once. : A Among the boys at home tala ' week from Camp Sevier, Greenville, 8. C, are Boh McLean, Stevs Mor ris and Ralph Padgett. , . T , Ambassadors and ' ministers - to America from thirteen . nations at ' war with the United 6tates will be guests of the Southern Commercial-' Congress which meets In New York city next Tuesday. Among the noted ' speakers oh the program for this meeting, which will extend over sev eral days, are the Governors of Lou isiana, West Virginia and Sooth Csr-oUaa,- . ' - ' V