North Carolina Newspapers

GASTON GAZE J1X PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, W DKESDAT AND FRIDAY. VOL. XXXVIH- NO. II J. GjfiTONIA. N. O, MOlTDAY AFTERNOON, - NO VEMB ER , 1017. 92.00 A IN ADVANCES .V in;SOCJALCIRCLES LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD A BETTERfJEIITS MEETING LADIES TRANSACTED MUCH BUSINESS GERMAN CRUSIER SENT DOWf THREE AREDEAD AND FIY NORTH CAROLINA DAT DECEMBER 14TH LATE EVENTS IN TOWN AND COUNTY IeIwiOremed PATRIOTIC OCCASION GASTONIA AND GASTON r Wounded M " t War Deprtment Gives Out Names of American Soldiers Killed, Wound ed and Missing, Constituting Uncle Sam's (First Contribution to. the ; God ol War on Europe's Battle fields. x IBf International News Service,) WASHINGTON, Not. 5. The names of Germany's first victims In land warfare against the American - forces are announced by the War Department. They were KILLED. l Private Thomas Enright, of Pitts burg, Pa. Private James Gresham, of Eva ville, Ind. Private Earle Hay, of Gridd Iowa. WOUNDED. i Private John Smith, of LudTngton, Mich. Private Charles Hopkins, of Stan ton. Texas. Private "George Box, of Altus, Ok lahoma. Private Homer Givens, of Glover- dale, Ala. Private Charles Orr, of Lyons, Ky. CAPTURED OR MISSING. Sergeant Harley Burton, Stony Point, N. C. Corporal Mullhall, of Jersey City, Corporal Hay, of VVeaward, Oklox Private Godfrey, of Chicago, 111. Private Sikendall, of Oklahoma. Private Grigsby, of Kentucky. Sergeant McDougall, of Missouri. Private Daniel Gallagher, of Bloc- ton, Ala. Sergeant John Lester, of Tutwiler, MiSS. Sergeant Langman, of Chicago. Sergeant Kern, of Iowa. Private Kecken, named in the re port, cannot be identified. The Americans occupied a salient In the' region of the Rthyne-Marne canal. They were cut off from re treat or reinforcements by a murder ous barrage fire. . - The German losses in this engage ment) are stUI unknown. Washington, Nov. 4. Advancing under protection of a heavy barrage fire, a German raiding party before daylight on November 3 stormed a trench held by American infantry, killing three, wounding five and cap turing 12, according to dispatches from General Pershing, received by the war department tonight. American infantry were in occupa tion of a small salient for instruc tions when cut off from' main body by heavy bombardment yof German artil lery. General Pershing reports the capture of , one prisoner. Enemy loss es are not known, says the dispatch. The official statement Issued by the war department is as follows: "The war department has received a dispatch from the commanding general of the American expedition ary forces which stated that before daylight November 3, a salient occu pied for instruction bg a company of American infantry was raided by Germans. The enemy put down tne heavy barrage fire, cutting off the salient from the rest of the men. Our losses were three killed, five wound ed and 12 captured or missing. The enemy's losses are not known., One wounded German was taken prison er." Pershing's cable received late to night by the war department gave the first meager details of the first actual fighting experienced by Amer ica's overseas forces. ' Intimations of a conflict were had In dispatches from Berlin yesterday declaring that American prisoners had been cap tured. . Cleveland Culllngs. The Star, 2nd. There will be an election in the . recorder's office lh the court house 1 Monday to elect five commissioners , of the Buffalo Drainage District. On ly residents of the disrkrt owning land therein ae entitled to vote. W. H. Jennings and G. P. Wolfe are to be the judges of the election. The Flrs National Bank' says there is a famine in pennies, due to the war taxes and the heavy demand . that Is being made for pennies on ac- count of so many articles being sold at odd prices. The bank has 10,000 ordered from the mint, but the mint - Is behind with Its coinage and they 1 hare not as yet arrived A A number of prominent Shelby clt ' liens went to Charlotte last night to ; confer with the scouting party whicn - Is selecting the route via Shelby. It may be that the' party will pass " through today, although this is not certain. - . - Mr. and Mrs. Johnson have moved - to Shelby from- Winston-Salem and occupy Mr. J. H. Hull's house on east Marlon street. Mr. Johnson is under stood to be connected with ah awn- - ing business at Winston-Salem - and - Spartanburg aid . comes to Shelby as - half-way ground- THIRTY INJURED Vt ' : : . -; BIG EXPLOSION TODAY. By International News Service.) NEW KINGSTON, Pa., Not. 5. ' Thirty persons were injured in an explosion at a big aluminum plant nere today. Fire of the Injured were - probably nortally wounded. The ex plosion was followed by Are which completed the destruction; of the plant.- The cause of .the explosion lias not yet been determined. ' TO ATTEND STATE CONVENTION. Mrs. G. W. Ragan and Mrs. P. R. Falls will leave) tomorrow for Winston-Salem to represent William Gas ton Chapter Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution at the annual State convention to be held there, this week. They will be the guests of Mrs. R. J. Reynolds. a a D. A. R .MEETING POSTPONED. The-regular meeting of William Gaston1 Chapter, Daughters of the American 'Revolution, will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon of next week, 'November 16, with Mrs. John G. Carpenter at her home on Soutn Oakland street. The meeting was postponed from this week in order to hear the reports from the delegates, Mrs. 'Ragan and Mrs. Falls, who are attending the State Convention in Winston-Salem this week. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS Mr. B. F. Leonhardt, of Lowell, was a Gastonia visitor Saturday. Mr. C. L. Abernethy, of Alexis, was' in the city on business today. Superintendent Joe R. Nixon, of the Cherryvllle public schools, was In the city on business Saturaay. The board of county commis sioners Is holding its regular month ly meeting for November todayy- Best Bhort staple cotton ji sell ing at 27 and 3-4 cents a pound 'on the local market today. Cotton seed is bringing $1.15 per bushel. i Mr. J. C. McNeely, of Gastonia, and T. B. McNeely, of Charlotte, have gone to New York to purchase go'ods for the McNeely Company. Mr. Herman Smith and Miss Hettie Faulkner, of West Gastonia, were married at the court house by Rev. H. H. Jordan. Mr. D. T. Ferrell, principal of the Alexis graded schools, and Mr. T. W. Garrison, of Alexis, were business visitors in the city Saturday. Mr. Charles Ford and Mb. John R. Rankin will go to GreeihvUK, S. C, tomorrow to spend the day with the Gastonia' boys at Camp Sevier. The Gastonia Hardware Compa ny announcea a special demonstra tion of aluminum cooking utensils sils for. Wednesday, Thursday, Fri day and Saturday of this week. See their advertisement in his issue Dr. L. N. Glenn retuhfeW this morning from Chicago, Ins., where he attended the meeting of the Na tional Congress of Surgery. While away Dr. Glenn also spent some time at the Mayo Hospital In Rocnes- ter, jMinn., doing special work.. Dr. Lee Johnson has gone to Philadelphia and New York to take a postgraduate course. He will make a special study of surgery and dis eases of children. He expects to De absent from the city for a month or more. -r-George Mason, a son of Sam Ma son, well-known and highly esteem ed Gastonia negro, was killed by a train at Pomona Saturday. Details of the accident are not known. The body was shipped here Saturday night and buried Sunday. Mr. Carl Smith and family, of Macon, Ga., arrived In the city last night to spend a short time as the guests of Mr. Smith's sister, Mrs. J. W. West, at her home on West Air line avenue. They will go later to Sanley to visit Mr. Smith's father, Mr. L. L. Smith. Much complaint is heard from persons wno have to use West Franklin avenue at the delay in pav ing the Southern Railway's sidetrack where it crosses Franklin near the Loray Drug Store. This is now the only rough spot in an otherwise beautiful street. Material for the work has been placed, but not yet used. ALLIES RUSHING AID - - TO THE ITALIAN FRONT. (By International News Service.) LONDON, Nov. 5. What will probably be one of the most moment ous war conferences yet held has been called- In Rome. Premiers Lloyd-George of Great Britain and Painleve of France, accompanied by ailltary experts representing their. respective governments, are on their way to Rome. It is expected that the result of this conference will be a great Anglo-French-Italian drive against the invading Teutons. It has already been officially announcea that heavy reinforcements have been sent to the aid of General Cadorna. Little actual' fighting., is reported from Jhe Italian front today. The last report was of Teuton attacks on the Italian outposts along the Tagll amento river. - -. .. . . v - . TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.' (By International News Service.) : NEW YORK. Not. 5. Tha cotton market onened thla , mnrnlnr with January contracts aellinr at 6.38, May zu.sa. , - ;;,.,;...,'. : .i , r , , , Subscribe to Tne Gazette. State Superintendent of Public In struction Busy Outlining Program To Make, To Save, To Serve" Central Idea to be Promulgated In Every School .House in the State North Carolina day will be cele brated this year in the public schools of the State on December 14 the first Friday in December, The State superintendent of public instruction is hard at work on the program. The day will be utilized for a great patriotic clebratlon in each public schoolhouse of the State for the stimulation of thrift, conser vation, and patriotic service among the children and among all the peo ple of the community and for the general dissemination of information about the great State and national movements for thrift, conservation, knd patriotism, and the reasons therefor, and the aims and purposes thereof. The entire program will be built around the three Ideas of thrift, con servation and patriotism. The slogan of the program will be "To make, to save, to serve." The active co-operation of all patriotic organizations or the State and county the food con servation boards, councils of defense, the Red Cross, etc., with the educa tional forces in each county and school district, will be enlisted Tor making North Carolina Day a power ful agency this year for the promo tion and advancement of the patriot ic purposes for which all Of these or ganizations are unselfishly working. The chairman of the State council of defense, the secretary of the State historical commission and the State food administrator, are co-operating with the State superintendent of pub lic instruction and the State depart ment of education in the preparation of the program. In such a celebration of North Carolina Day at every public school- house the logical and social center of every community with the active and sympathetic co-operation of all the educational and .patriotic organ lzzations of State, county and com munity can be reached a splendid climax to the activities of the past months for the promotion of thrift, conservation and patriotism. CAROLINA BOY GOES DOWN (By international News Service.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. The picket boat from a United States bat tleship was foundered off an Atlan tic port. Twelve seamen are miss ing and are believed to have been lost. ltfis thought the disaster took place several days ago. Naval offi cials were not allowed to make the occurrence public until today. WASHINGTON, N,ov. 3. An offi cial report given out with reference to the sinking of a picket boat of a United States battleship, referred to in an earlier report today, states that the boat was sunk on October 30th. Three bodies were lost. One of these, was from the South. His name was Arthur Flow and his father lives at Matthews, N.'C The others missing were from Northern ana Eastern States. Lincoln Locals. The News, 2nd. County Crop Reporter J. E. Hoover thinks reports from over 'Lincoln this year will show increased yields of all kinds. He has 1 2 assistant re porters over the county who are be ginning to report. Mr. Hoover sends these reports in to State Agent Par ker at Raleigh. A colored roan walked into tne First National Bank Monday" and in quired if he could buy some Liberty Bonds. Asked if he wanted to pay for them on the weekly payment plan he said, no, I have got the money to pay for them spot cash. And he turned J 2 TO of cotton mon ey into Liberty bonds. The sale had closed Saturday, but the colored man was so dead in earnest that tne banker let him have some bonds any way. With 195 people buying Liberty Bonds, and thereby loaning Uncle pam cash to help win the war, this county made a good showing. The (otal amount of money realized from the bond sale in the county was 185, 700; 110 customers buying $43,000 worth through the First National Bank, and 85 customers buying $42. 700 worth through the County Na tional Bank. - County Agent Smarr reports that Dorothy Yount, -Henry N. C, mem ber of Lincoln County Boys and Girls Poultry Club won the first hon ors at the State Fair recently with her single comb Rhode Island Red chickens. ' Two cockerels and two pullets, weresent down. . First and second' place was. won with the cock erels, and first and third on the pul lets. Besides the honor,, the casn premiums in the above places a mounted to $5. . The cockerel win ning second place and the two pul lets were sold at a fancy price which gives Dorothy a nice little sum ot money. Dorothy had: her choicest birds at the Gaston county fair which were not returned in time to send-to Raleigh, so the birds sent to Ralelgn were not her best. An exhibit will be made at the Charlotte 'fair next week. - Revival Meeting. A special revival meeting will be gin at the First Wesleyan Methodist church on Franklin avenue Tuesday night, November 6, and will continue through vNovebmer 18. Evangelist J. E. Hughes, of Kingswood, Ky., will do the preaching, and services will be held every evening- beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The public, Is cor dially invited to attend. Real Estate Deal, t An interesting deal in real estate was closed last week when P. P. Le ventis & Company, wholesale fruit dealers, bought from Mr. C. L. Chan filer a lot fronting 60 feet on West Main avenue and running back 250 feet to the Southern Railway tracks. This lot adjoins Mr. Chandler's resi dence property at 318 West Mam. The lot will be used by Messrs. Le ventis & Company at some time in the future as the location for a large store building for their wholesale fruit business which Is now located in the Johnston building. A Curiosity. Mr. John L. Carson was exhibiting "a curiosity on the streets this morn ing in the shape of a large piece of earth melted Into a glassy-like mass by a current of 44,000 volts of elec tricity. About 6:30 o'clock this morning one of the large wires of the Southern Power Company broke and fell to the ground in a corn field on Mr. Frank Hawkins' farm south of the city. At 8:30 o'clock when Mr. Carson, in company with a force of wirenien, went to the spot they found this mass of solid earth where the wire lay on the ground. They dug out a piece to bring bacK with them and left a still larger piece In the ground. It was still too hot to handle without gloves. The soil at this point is of a sandy type. FLORA SANDS. One of the bitterest contests chron icled during the Great War has Tor its setting that bleak region sur rounding Gornitchevo and Kaymak- ohalah, In the Serbian campaigns to defend their little country from tiie Teuton octupus. In the Serbian ranks were many heroic women who dressed like the men and fought as unselfishly. But we are to tell about a Httle woman a Scot who exiled herself from her native hills of old Scotland to marcn over hard frozen ground powdered with wind-driven snow on the hills ot Serbia. Her claim to fame would very probably have never been differenti ated from that of many an other wo man trudging in the Serbian ranks had she not been cast by fate into a military hospital maintained by the British on that front. In the early winter that sawJhe beginning of the drives which pusn- ed the Bulgaro-Gernians back to tne mountain known as Hill No. 12 12, this little Scotchwoman was carted to the base hospital with her whole right side, from the shoulder to tne knee, a mass of torn flesh and shat tered bone. Miss Flora Sands for that is tne name of this Intrepid Scotswo man began working in Serbia as a Red Cross nurse early in the war. Her sympathy became so aroused by the sufferings and herdism of the people that, when the hospital units were broken up during the great re treat of October and November, 1916, she solicited and obtained per mission to enlist as a private soldier in the rear guard that protected the retreating army. Before that army reached the Adriatic she had won promotion. Become Sergeant Sands, she stood high in the regard of both officers and men of the crack regi ment to which she stirl belongs. On the Macedonian front she went through the whole of the arduous and successful campagn that began on September 12. It was in the decisive assaults on the highest crest of Hill No. 1212 that Miss Sand's active career was suddenly cut short. How thin hap pened let her relate in her own words: "We had been crouching in uor shallow pits for hours, waiting im patiently for the order to attack. At 7 o'clock in the morning the order came. It was snowing and the snow lay on the ground. I was out of my pit in half a second, and runnmg as fast as my legs would move. I am always the first to leave cover. It Is my duty as a non-commissioned offi cer. But. unfortunately, I am not so nimble as most of my men. So It happens that I am generally amongM the last to reach an enemy trencn. Well,! I had nearly reached the brink of the Bulgarian trench In which our men were already 'at grips with the defenders. I was one of a small group of laggards perhaps half a dozen when a well-aimed grenade fell In our midst A couple of men besides myself , were In the radius of its ex plosion and fell wounded, but I seem to have got most of the scatter." So" this Amazon' tells ner story. Simple it Is and self-denying, for a number of her brother. officers have stories to - tell - of . the engagement Which considerably elaborate upon her terse recital. ' v . v In the, military hospital of Camp No. 41 she was the only patient - of her seav The camp had accommoda tion for 1,609 sick or wonnded, and there Is a heavy percentage of wo- Various Committees Reported at Fri day's Meeting North Carolina Safety Leagues to be Organized Work of the Library Papers Read on Red Cross 8eal Campaign and Topics Relating to Tuberculo sis. , (Reported for The Gazette.) The Woman's Betterment Associa tion held its regular monthly meet ing in the auditorium ot the Central school Friday afternoon, Novem ber 2nd. The president, Mrs. JR. C Warren, presided over the meeting which was opened with prayer by Mrs. A. r . wnitesldes. The minutes of the last meeting were duly read and approved. The membership committee re ported the names of six new mem bers and these were ordered added to the roll. The' library committee made a re port of interest. One encouraging item of this report was to the effect that there are now 950 members of the library. The New plan of "rent al collections" was also explained. By this plan two copies of very pop ular new books are purchased. Ohe of these la put in the regular lists for general circulation. The otner copy is held for those who are will ing to pay 10 cents each for tbe privilege of reading the book. Their names are recorded in the order of their application and each is notified when the book can be secured. Ar ter sufficient persons have read the book, paying 10 cents each, for. the fees to equal the price of the book it is then put in general circulation. The committee reported that the li brary is to be insured by the direct ors of the Y. M. C. A. The . educational committee made Its report through the chairman, Mrs. T. C. Quickel. She states that Mr. Estrldge of ' the Cozy Theatre would give the educational commit tee 1 5 per cent of the proceeds of the moving picture to be shown on the afternoon and evening of No vember 16th. This picture will show scenes from Eastern North Carolina and should prove of special Interest. It was also announced that the first parent-teacher meeting would be held next Friday afternoon, and all parents were urged to be present. It was voted to pay -tne annual dues to the State Federation at once. A letter was read from J. R. Young, State Insurance Commission er, in regard lo a campaign to be started from his office at Raleigh for the formation of "North Carolina Safety Leagues", for the protection of lives and property in tbe schools from possible fires. Mrs. Quickel for the school com mittee put in a request for a dona tion from the betterment for the ben efit of the school library. The. floral fair committee reported that the proceeds of the floral fair were $566. The president stated that contri butions to the floral fair were made in groceries by the following local firms: McLean Bros., Poole's, Albi on Grocery Co., The Shuford Co. The regular program then follow ed. Mrs. J. Y. Miller took the place of Mrs. H. M. Eddleman and read a carefully prepared paper on "The Origin and Object of the Red Cross Seal Campaign." This was followed by a thoughtful paper by Miss Mabel Potts on "Local Tuberculosis Condi tions." Mrs. W. C. Barrett men read an Interesting and Instructive paper on ""The Present War as a Factor in the Spread of Tuberculo sis." Owing to illness Mrs. T. M. Brockman was unable to appear on the program as announced. Col. C. B. Armstrong was present and made one of his stirring and interesting speeches. He especially urged re newed activity in the sale of Red Cross Seals and pointed out tne many benefits that had come from such campaigns in the past. At tbe conclusion of the program the meet ing was adjourned. FRENCH HAVE WON BACK HARD-FOUGHT BATTLEFIELD. (BY Internatidnal News Service.) PARIS. Nov. 5. The forced re treat of the Germans from the Che min Des Dames section places 40 square miles of territory that has been the scene of some of the blood iest fighting of the war in Frencn possession. The French today con solidated their newly occupied posi tions. And She Never Saw It. Mrs. Hen peck "Is there any dif ference, Theodore, do you know, be tween a fort and a fortress?" ' Mr. Henpeck "I should imagine a fortress, my love, would be harder to silence!" Louisville Times. According to Geography. Blx- "I see there's a report from Holland that concrete bases for Ger man cannon hare been found there." Dix "Don't, you believe a pword you hear from Holland. The geog raphy saye it is a low, lying coun try." Pucc. men among the Serbian armies. A few days after her- admittance into ' the ; hospital a - royal aide-decamp came to her bedside and, on be half of the Prince Regent of Serbia, pinned to her breast, with much cer emonial, the gold and silver cross or Kara-George a rare badge that Is given only for conspicuous bravery on tire field of battle. ' ;-v (By International-News Service j LONDON, Nov. 3. The Admiralty announces today that a German aux iliary cruiser and 10 German patrol , boats have been sunk off Cattegat In. the North Sea in Danish , waters. , There were no British losses.1 The German cruiser sunk is believed to ' have been one of the raiders which recently sunk two British destroyers and several Norwegian merchant snips. y GERMANY CANT BE STARVED (By International News eSrvice.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. Confl dentlal reports to the Department or ; Commerce from the agents in Europe declare that the statements that Germany's food supply Is nearly ex--hausted are exaggerated. . The coun tries held by the Allies contiguous to German territory and the territory ; of the European neutrals are suffer- : ing more from lack of foodstuffs than Germany or other central powers. Germany principally lacks lubri- -cants and certain explosives. New v reports Indicate that i-he' United States and the. Allies must plan to ', win the war by purely military oper- ation and abandon the hope of starv- -ing Germany out. 250,000 WANT BETTER WAGE (By International News 8eihr!ce.) CHICAGO, Nov. 3 Demands for better wages for 250,000 railroaders in the United States, Including bag gagemen, switchmen, yardsmen, con ductors, brakemen and other ; rall- 'roaders will be completed by noon tomorrow ror presentation to the railroad officials, according to Presi dent Lee of the Brotherhood of Rail way Trainmen. The Increase asked, ranges from 25er cent upwards. SOLDIERS GUARD OIL FIELDS (By International News Service.) SAN ANTONIO, Nov. 3. Sixteen hundred soldiers were sent to the . oil fields of Texas and Louisiana where a strike has baited oil, pro duction. Pumping Is being resumed ; -today, under military guards. Nine thousand men are on strike, cutting - ' off over a hundred thousand barrels : -of oil dally. All saloons in the oil . districts are closed. RAIN HITS MEN IN THE TRENCHES (By International News Service.) AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, Nov. 3. The second con tingent of American troops to go In to the trenches met a cold drizzling: rain yesterday, which continued into the night, converting the section where Hhey were operating into slippery bog. Clouds and mists-, caused startling artillery activity on'' both sides. The flyers were also m action. RUSSIA' HOLDING , HER OWN (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Nov.' 3. Official dispatches today from Petrograd -convey to Sectary of State Lan- - sing tbe announcement that Russia Is not out of the war but will fight on. Indications are that, while the : v Russian army is not in a position to launch an offensive on a big scale. It is well prepared to meet any offen sive by tie Teutons. The Russian . army will continue solid with nearly 150 enemy divisions facing It on . the Eastern front. The cold . will " soon put an end to the fighting, giv- Ing the Russians an opportunity to re-organize and make the necessary Z preparations for a big Spring offen- ..v slve. SUCCESSFUL BRITISH RAIDS. (By International News Service.). LONDON. Nov. 5. (OfflciaL) Thrusting forward last night in a surprise attack the British captured v 14 Germans, killed 100, and took 4 machine guns and . two ternch mor tars. .The British losses were light, - SAFE-BLOWERS ROB RANK. (By International News Service.) CORINTH. KY.. Not. 3. Safe blowers cracked the safe of the Far mer's Bank last night,- and escaped with $5,600 anr1.000 worth ot stamps. , ... - , , .