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GAS iciiiiiifiiii IT IT -V ' PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY,-WE DXESDAY AND FRIDAY. V vol. xxxvin. JO. 111. GA8TOMA. N. Cm MONDAY AFTERNOON', OCTOBE R, 29, 191T. 92.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCES. r v V SCHOOLS If ill RAID ' ' 11- FURTHERING THE FOOD CAMPAIGN , Tomorrow to be Observed as Holiday - by All Oaatonla. School, , When f Teachers and Pupils Will Visit Et- - err Home and AekrHoueewives to " Sign National Pledge CardCSty v Divided Into OO Districts - otder ' , County Towns Asked to do LAke- '.'.;-' wise. ,- ' Tomorrow will be observed. Food Pledge day in Gastonla and probably in all the other towns of 'the county.' At a 'meeting of .'the ' board ot .city school .commissioners held Friday it was decided to con duct a campaign on Tuesday for the purpose of getting every housewife in the city to sign a pieage agreeing to co-operate with the Federal -Food Administration in the conservation - of foodstuffs. "i To this end. Supt Wray of the city schools was request . ed to give a full holiday in all of the city schools and also to carry on the cam oaiKn 'through the assistance of the teachers and pupils. ' In order to make this campaign thorough and complete the city has been divided into 50 districts, each district having been assigned to a teacher. Each teacher has been ask ed to select a certain number of pu pils from her school to help in this work. Every home In the city will be visited and erery housewife ask . ed to sign the following pledge, which . is the pledge being used - throughout the United States by the ; "food administration: "TO THE FOOD ADMINISTRATOR: ' "I am glad to Join you in the serv- ice of food conservation for our na tion and I hereby accept membership - in the United States Food Adminis tration, pledging myself to carry out "the directions and advice of the Food Administration in my home, in so far as my circumstances permit. "NAME i "Street or R. F D. No ; "City State '.'There are no fees or dues to be paid. The Food Administration wishes to have as. members all of those actually handling food In the home." Many housewives have already signed this pledge card. The churcn es of the city have been co-operating in this work and through their activ ities many cards have already been distributed. Col. C. B. Armstrong, food admln ' istrator for Gaston county, this morning wired the superintendents of the schools In all the other towns of the county telling them of the plans to be carried out in Gastonla . tomorrow and requesting that they co-operate in this work by carrying on similar campaigns on the same day .in their respective towns. It is -expected that all will comply with this request. Floral Fair Entries. Those who expect to enter flowers at the Floral Fair must have their Jars arranged Wednesday afternoon not later than 5 o'clock. The flowers must be entered Thursday morning and ready for the Judges by eleven o'clock. The ferns must be entered Wednesday by 6 o'clock. , Fine Sweet Potatoes. Henry Franklin, colored, who has 'been MrG. W. Ragan's gardner for 16 years, brought The Gazette Satur day some specimenes of the fine sweetpotatoes he raised this year on a small plot belonging to Mr. Ragan in the rear of the First Presbyterian church properfyv Three of the pota toes weighed (peary eight pounds. Henry says that he raised 25 bushels ot tkese on a very small garden spot He felso says hat the total value of garien stuff he raised this yesfr was mora, than lioo. - SHOULD BE -V All Mis Agai Ihe Big Gaston County Fair At ' . ' ' -'.'",,'-".' V .'' V -.''" " J. ElOLLAIIDp J T LOCAL ITEMS t Rev,.H,H,Jordan went to Char- ions on uusiaess mis morning. -Mr. R. K, Davenport and son. H. W. Davenport, of Mount Holly, are visitors in town today. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sprinkle, of Charlotte, spent Sunday in the city with Mr. and Mrs. Frost Torrence. - Mr. Ross Mantz and Miss Hassle Jones, of Alexis, were married Thursday at the Main street parson age. Mr. F. O. O'Brlan. of Charlotte, and Mr. E. J. Nolen, of New York, spent Sunday in the city with Mr. O'- Brian's daughter, Mrs. H. D. Rogers. Mrs. J. J. Henry, of Bowling Green, 8. C, spent two or three days in town last week with relatives and friends. Mr. S. A- Kindley, of the Gasto nla & "Suburban Gas Company, spent Sunday at Mineral Springs, Union county, on a visit to his father, Mr. C. W. Kindley. Misses Jessie Alexander and Eva Mitchell, of Bessemer City, and Misses Bryte and Alene Crawford spent Sunday with Mrs. Nancy White- sides. Mr. Vance Angley and Miss Sa rah Hendricks, both of " Gastonla, were married Saturday at Main street parsonage by Rev. H. H. Jor dan. Mrs. John B. Hatcher left this morning for Winston-Salem to spend a few days with relatives. Mr. Hatcner accompanied her- as far as Charlotte. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Miller, of Urbana, Ohio, are the guests of Mrs. Miller's sister, Mrs. H. D. Rogers. After spending some time here Mr. and Mrs. Miller will go to Charlotte to spend the winter. Mrs. M. F. Kirby, Jr., and chil dren are expected home today from Charlotte - where they spent several days with Mrs. Kirby s mother, Mrs. S. H. Myers. Mr. Kirby, spent Sun day with them. V V Mr. and Mrs. K. C. Warren, Mr: and Mrs. J. Madison Kendrlck and Mr. Warren Gardner motored to Co lumbia, 6. C, Sunday to see Mr. Ern est Warren and Mr. Ralph Kendrlck. They returned last night. Mr. H. E. Coleman, special agent of the Equitable Life Assurance So ciety, of jJSfiw York City, is stopping at the Armlngton Hotel and will be in the city for some time. Mr. Cole man states that he Is prepared to lend $250,000 on ten year loans with privilege of repayment at any time on Gastonla residence property, and has an advertisement in this issue. TOTAL MAY PASS FIVE AND A HALF BILLION. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Th6 treasury today loaned Great Britain $2i.000.000. The treasury announc ed that final figures for Liberty Loan can be announced November 1. The flood of telegrams today indicated that the subscriptions may pass five and a half billion. SOCIALIST SPEAKER GOT ROUGH TREATMENT. (By International News Service.) CINCINNATI, Oct 29. Herbert S. Bigelow, a prominent Ohio politic ian and ardent pacifist, who was kid napped at Newport Just before he was to address a Socialist meeting, was found today at Florence, Ky. Bigelow had been bllfrafolded and stripped of part of hie clothes, beat en, spat upon and his head cov-1 ered with crude oil, after which the kidnappers turned him loose. PREDICTS COLD WEATHER TONIGHT AND TUESDAY. (By International News eSrvice.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 23. The weather bureau issued a special bul letin today that the temperature will take a decided drop in the Southeast tonight and Tuesday. - PRESENTED Hr iwf Cj SO Ounce GASAH8,650 OVERSUBSCRIBED FOR LIBERTY BONDS yCbunty CentiaT Liberty Loan tsfUb remittee's Vigorous Campaign Crowned With a Glorious Victory Allotted 9589,400, She- Took $887,050 Worth-Four of Twelve Banks Took More Than Their Share Nearly Two Thousand Individual Subscribers. ersubscriblng its allotment ot thexecond Issue of Liberty Loan Bondsby $298,250, Gaston county, according to figures compiled by Manager J. M. Holland, of the cen tral Liberty Liberty loan committee, has subscribed for a total of J 887.- 650. The most surprising feature of the campaign, which lasted only 10 days in this county, was the num ber ot subscribers, 1,932. Four ot the 12 banks in the coun ty placed more than the amounts al lotted to them. These were the First National and Citizens National, of Gastonla; Bank of Mount Holly and the Bank of Belmont. The last named took more than two and a half times Its quota. The First Na tional sold $451,150, the Citizens $261,900, Gaston Loan & Trust com pany $10,000, and Bank of Gastonla $6,500. This is a total of $729,550 for the town of Gastonla, consider ably more than the allotment for the entire county. Among the large subscribers Sat urday were Sloan M. Robinson, who took $100,000 for his string of mills, and the Rex Spinning mill, which took $50,000. This mill has been in operation Just a little over a year. The Liberty loan committee is high ly pleased with the result of Its cam paign. Following Is a detailed statement of the work done In Gaston county: First National Bank, Cherryville, allotment $51,380, .subscribed $23,- 350, number of subscribers 73. M. and F. Bank, Cherryville, allot ment $6,720, subscribed $700, num ber of subscribers 6. Bessemer City Bank, Bessemer City, allotment $4,340, subscribed $600, number of subscribers 10. t Bank of Dallas, Dallas, allotment $11,900, subscribed $8,350, number of subscribers 71. Farmers and - Merchants Bank, Stanley, allotment $12,320, subscrib ed $4,100, number of subscribers '18. Bank of ML Holly. Mt. Holly, al lotment '$12,320, subscribed $14, 050, number of subscriptions "8 4. Bank of Belmont, Belmont, allot ment $42,420, subscribed $106,400, number of subscribers 83. First National Bank, Gastonla, al lotment, $281,120, subscribed $451,- 150, number of subscribers 778. Citizens National Bank, Gastonla, allotment, - $160,440, subscribed $261,900, number of subscribers 687. Gaston Loan & Trust Co., Gasto nla, allotment $17,080, subscribed $10,000, number of subscribers 10a. Bank of Gastonla, Gastonla, al lotment $7,000, subscribed $6,500, number of subscribers 60. , Total allotment $589,400, sub scribed $887,650, number of sub scribers 1,932. Mrs. George W. Ragan, chairman of the Woman's Liberty Loan Com mittee for Gaston county, has re ceived reports from the various town ship committees showing that- the Woman s Committee is entitled to credit for raising $205,200 of the county's quota. They received one subscription of $100,000 from MrS. M. Robinson, of Lowell, and one of $50,000 from Col. C. B. Armstrong, of Gastonla. Dallas reported $6,300 raised through the woman s commit tee, and Belmont and Mount Holly both made a good showing. HaUowe'en Party. ' The Philathea Class of the Ozark Methodist church will give a Hallo we'en party Thursday .night at the Rhyne Drug Store on East Airline avenue, near the underpass for tne benefit of the Ozark parsonage. All are Invited. ; Cost for Family of Five., A comparison of food costs In the principal cities of the United States, made public by the national health department, shows that the cheapest wholesome dietary for a family of five, consisting of man, - wife and three children, costs $9.89 a week in Chicago, which is . more than, any other city In the country. The same standard dietary costs $9.67 a week In New York city, $9.25 In New Or leans, $9.14 in Boston and $9.i; in San Francisco.- The average for 24 cities and towns in the United States was $9.43. 'The menus provided at these fig ures are not especially tempting. the report says. ."A really palatable dietary will cost approximately 25 per cent' more than the price just quoted." . . .x; You Don't Have To. Lumberton Robesonlan. - --; You don't have to buy a Uberty bond. You don't have to accept free grace and go to heaven when .you die. either. - You can tilt-your chin and stroll hellward. to borrow an ex pression from the late lamented Er- wln Avery, li you are a-mina to; nut be assured that there Is unrest , on the way, either hellward or among those whotan buy Liberty bonds and will not. . - Aa advertisement in The Gazette r"u-!;cs rvre rT.s for tr.e "cost HEWS OF THE iOUIITY LATEST FROM OURlToRRESPONDENTS McAdenville Matters. Correspondence of The Gazette. McADENVILLE, Oct. 29. Mr, and Mrs. R. R. Ray and Mr. Ed C, Ray were the guests of Mrs. A. M. Dixon in Gastonla last week. Mr. J. L. Webb closed his second singing: school last Friday night at Kettle Shoals and took up his second singing school at Lander's Chapel Monday night, the 29th. Mr. Thomas Stafford's child that has been seriously ill with pneumo nia is now on foot again. Mr. I. F. Mabry started on his rounds collecting taxes last week. You had better be ready to pay your taxes. A large number of our people went to the big show in Charlotte. Misses Beulah and Olo Webb, daughters of Mr. Bob Webb, are working here. Their fat our was a son of Hughey Webb, deceased. Mr. W. B. Webb, of Rex Mills, was the guest of his father, J. L. Webb, Sunday. His brother, Gus Webb, ac companied him home. Mr. Robert Ellington, of Mt. Holly, route one, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ellington here Sunday. Rev. William Mosley died about three weeks ago. He was a veteran of the Civil War and was 80 or more years old. Mr. Luther Ellington, of North Charlotte, visited relatives here Sun day. A marriage of much interest to the people ot McAdenville was- sol emnized Sunday night at the Dallas Baptist church when our former pas tor, Rev. D. E. Vlpperman, and Miss Jennie Wright, one of our most pop ular young ladles, xwere united In marriage. The ceremony was pro nounced Just at the close of the ev ening service by the bridegroom's brother, Rev. J. L. Vlpperman. The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Margaret Wright, of McAdenville. Rev. and Mrs. Vlpperman left today for their home at Asheboro, where Mr. Vlpper man is pastor of the Baptist church. Mount Holly Matters. Correspondence of The Gazette. MOUNT HOLLY, Oct. 27. Real estate, suburban and town, is chang ing bands with some frequency. Last weev a 20-acre tract was bought by Mt. K. u, Knyneirom air. nuey. This Is lmprovad-tis is also a piece in town whtekthe same party bought jot Mr. J. iL. Sipe. Both are desirable pieces. More building is going on aV- fiso. Mr. A. P. Rhyne is building a Incommodious and attractive bungalow Pnext to the parsonage of the Church of the-Uood Shepherd. In this connection it Is legitimate to say that we desire very much to see the great Bankbead National Highway come through Gaston. The committee on food conserva tion bad its first meeting today to outline and assign work. The cards are to be signed and returned by Wednesday after which, a full report will be made 'to Mr. Robert X. Page, Raleigh. The cotton crop is three times as good this year as last, if the record of the local ginnery is a guide. Up to October 26, 1916, only 40 bales had been ginned. This year up to same date, 131. Will the same hold good throughout the country? And the price is pushing 30 cents close. Target practice at the rifle range up the river is being carried on by a regiment of North Dakota troops. For several days they hike .through I town each dSy commanded by a non lAommissloneiLfficeiLTodajr they I carried rifles. The boys say this damp cold weather Is harder on them than zero weather at home. The citizens of the town have been playing host to thft nnldlnr hnva. who Mnm to n- jyoy Sunday dinners and social chats I afterwards. We are doing our bit. Our schpol continues to grow. It looks as though another building will be needed within a couple of years. Educate! Found Hoarded Sugar. Federal secret service agents have reported to Washington the discovery In a Buffalo, N.. Y., warehouse of millions of pounds sjf sugar In bags and barrels, labeled "top crust flour.' -Notations on the packages, it was said, Indicated the sugar had been coming into the warehouse over a pe riod of several months. A Federal agent who made a survey of the con tents of the building, estimated the amount at 150 carloads, or about 10,000,000 pounds. . Around immense piles of ' sacks containing the sugar, the Federal a- gent said he found a screen of other articles, while some of the contain ers marked "top-crust flour" actually had flour sprinkled over the outside. ONE ESCAPED GERMAN ? HAS BEE , RETAKEN. (By International ' News Service.). ATLANT, GA., Oct 2. A man arrested in a down-town store here today is believed to be one ot the ess&ped German prisoners. -..: w Til 41 ft IT- innnil llnnl filt a ffiA Colored : Betterment Association will be held at Winona Hall on Thursday and Friday' of this week, November 1 and 2, - The doors will open.' at 30 Thursday evening. . Prize wm be awarded for fancy work, fruit, rictles, cakes, t!3cnlts, crysant?ie SPOKE ON "THE POT TER AND THE CLAp' SPOKE ON ml So f.sO . Rev. Dr. George D. Stair, pastor i of the Dudley Street Baptist church. Boston, Mass., filled the pulpit of the First Presbyterian church Sun day morning in the absence of the pastor, Rev. J. H. Henderlite. Dr, 6tair preached a magnificent sermon from the subject "The Potter and the Clay.'"Hls discourse was listened to with intense interest by a large and appreciative congregation, During the Sunday school hour, just prior to the preaching hour, Dr. Stair talked to the members of the Men's Bible Class and the women's classes, In joint session In the mam auditorium of the church. He told of the wonderful work being done in the army camps by the Y. M. C. A. Dr. Stair has been engaged in this work for the bast three months and is returning today to his home in Boston to resume his pastoral work. A vigorous and magnetic speaker Dr. Stair found a responsive audience. At the evening hour Mr. A. 8. Bagley, of Lawrence, Mass., in charge of the physical department of the Y. M. c. A. work at Camp Greene, delivered an interesting ad dress before the Christian Endeavor Society of this church on the army Y. M. C. A. work. HIGHWAY MEETING FRIDAY MORNING Not only every member ot the Gas ton County Bankbead Hlgnway As sociation, but everyone else as well who is interested . in securing this splendid highway for Gastonla and Gaston county, Is expected to be present at the chamber ot commerce offices Friday morning about 10 o'clock to welcome the party of path finders upon whose decision will fin ally in great measure depend the se curing of the highway. Of course this decision will not be announced for some time. In the party will be Senator Over man and other senators from states along the highway, Secretary J. V. Rountree, of the Bankhead Commis sion, representatives of the War De partment and the American Automo bile Association and newspaper cor respondents. .uocal automobile owners are ex pected to turn out in force and wel come the party at the Sloan's Ferry crossing of the Catawba. They will form an escort, of honor Into Gasto nla and the stop will be made at' the chamber of commerce offices where the visitors will be welcomed and where some of the distinguished guests of the city will speak for a few minutes. Only a 20-mlnute stop has been allotted Gastonla but this is certain to be extended. Delegations from all sections of the county are urged to come to Gas tonla Friday morning to loin in tne welcome to the visitors. Final plans were perfected at a meeting of the officers, President R. K. Davenport, Vice-President T. L. Craig, Treasurer A. G. Myers, Secre tary Fred M. Allen, at the chamber of commerce this morning. NOW IN THE TRENCHES. Government Makes Official Announce ment That American Troops Are in Action on the French Front. (By International News Service.) AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE Oct. 27.-AmerIcan troops art uow id me ursi line irencnes, ac cording to the following official an nouncement, "In continuation of their training as a nucleus for in struction later, a contingent of some battalions of our first contingents in association with veteran French bat talions, are now in the first line trenches on a quiet section of the French front. They are supported by some batteries of our own artil lery in association with some French batteries. The sector remains nor md!. Our men have adapted them selves to actual trench conditions in a most satisfactory manner." The American artillery took up positions and fired all day long at the German lines before the infantry took their places in the trenches. Un der cover of darkness the first shell was fired by a red-headed gunner. A thick fog developed Into a down-pour of rain toward night. - As the Ameri cans marched into the front line the men spontaneously burst Into tne song. Tramp, Tramp,. Tramp, the Boys Are Marching," but they were soon silenced by the officers.. At the point where the Americans are sta tioned the trenches are. too rar apart for sniping. . , , MEANS MURDER CASE f -; . j REACHES GRAND JURY. (By International News 8errice.) CONCORD. Oct. 29. SoUeitor Hayden Clement today sent to the grand jury evidence charging Gaston Means with - the murder of Mrs. Maude King? , He states that, the case Is largely circumstantial. Assistant District Attorney Dooling arrived to day from New York o assist In the FT"""-'"-n lr the Jury returns an WAR BULLETINS 1 ALL IS QUIET ON AMERICAN FIMMTtV (By International News Service.) AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS. Oct. 29. All Is quiet along the American front. The Americans en tered the first line trenches Just la time to run into the first snowstorm of the season, which fell Saturday night. The snow soon changed to rain. The trenches had already been prepared for winter and the Ameri cans are not suffering much from the weather. No communique has been Issued from headquarters since Sat urday noon and the absence Of re ports from the trenches Is taken to Indicate that quiet still reigns. In front of the American troops lies a" terrain once blasted to atoms by shell sire, but the sector has ' been quiet so long ; tnat the trees have had time to shoot out new - fo liage and the terrain is now cover ed with autumn leaves. Atnanother portion ot the front a pond lies be tween the lines where the Ameri cans are now receiving their "bap tism of fire." ALLIES ARE GOING TO ITALY'S AID. (By International News Service.) ' LONDON, Oct. 29. The allies are going to the aid of Italy, The French cabinet sat until late hour last night considering the situation. The lallans are outnumbered 4 to 1. The first and second armies are in- rereat, but the third army Is atr tempting to make a stand. MICHAEUS' RESIGNATION HAS BEEN ACCEPTED. (By International News Service.) ' ' AMSTERDAM. Oct. 29. The Kaiser has accepted he resignation of Chancellor Mlchaells, according to reports received here today from Berlin. . - SECRETARY BAKEn ' HOLDS OITI5H8TIO VIEW. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Oct. 29. Im portant developments are pending on aril the fronts, according to Secretary Baker s view of the military situa tion as expressed In 'his weekly re view. The outstanding features are' the sustained British pressure on the German lines in Flanders, . French success at the-Alsne, and the Italian situalon. The latter is grave, -. but the Secretary states that Austria at tempted the same sort of an on slaught at the beginning of the ' war, which was checked, and they were driven back from the Italian1 plains after their initial success. . FRTNGH USED GAS SHELLS TO WIN AISNB VICTORY. (By International News Service.) -AMSTERDAM, Oct. 27. A Ger man corespondent states that the French won their victory on the Aisne by keeping the German trench es deluged with gas shells for three days. It was Impossible to bring up food from the rear. v, - WILL XOT GIVE NAMES r OF UMTS ENGAGED. (By International News Service.)'-' WASHINGTON. Oct. 27.- Officials of the War Department refused to day to give out for publication 'any Information as to what particular units or what officers of the line constituted the forces which hve entered the first line trenches on the French front. , , , ,,,, , . . ' CAPITAL CITY WAS THRILLED BY THE NEWS. (By International News Service.), WASHINGTON, Oct. 27. Th capital city was thrilled by the news Va a . I ... . V J ..I ' Uac official report stated that the move ment was completed without a hitch. ' HUGE GERMAN ARMY IN THE ITALIAN DRIVE. (By International News Service.) ROME, Oct 27. Thirty divisions of the Austro-German army are par- tlcipatlng In the drive between Rom bom and Vippacho. A division In the German army consists ot 15,000 men. General Von Mackensen is- in command. . "" -: '' GOVERNMENT REPORT - ' v OX COTTON GINNED. Number of Bales Falls Nearly Two Million Under Same J)ate Last Year. .' - Washington, Oct. 25. Cotton gin- ned prior to October 18 amounted to 5,571,624 bales, counting round as half bales, the census bureau today announced. Round bales -Included numbered 410,632 and sea Island as 43,691 bales. Last year to October-18,-glnnlngs amounted to 7,303,183 bales, in cluding 136,880 round bales and 63, 040 bales of sea Island. -- Glnnlngs by states this year - fol lows: ' Alabama 224,198; Arizona 1,291; Arkansas 346,406; California 6,119; Florida 27.502; Georgia 1,043,996; Louisiana 346,349; Mississippi 375. 578; Missouri 10,608; North Caroli na 151,858; Oklahoma 841,776; South Carolina 680,381; - Tenness 3 41.072; Texas 2.072.467; Virgin i 1,368, and all other states 1,157. Glnnlngs of sea Islands by states: Florida 20,351; Georgia 22.361. and South Carolina 976. . TODAY'S COTTON MAT. NEW YORK, Oct. 29. The c market vpvl to-y v J -