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GASTOMA, N. C. MOXDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 12, 117.
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TEUTONS
FORGED
ITALIANS MAKE A SUCCESSFUL STAND
A nnooii cement by War Office at
Rome Is Encouraging Stand
Made in Lower Piave River and
Germans Are Forced Hack
Italian Success Admitted by Berlin.
ROME, Nov. 11. The announce
ment by the war office today on the
progress of the campaign reads:
"At dawn yesterday, after artil
lery preparation, which began the
evening before, the enemy, having
.passed our line of observation in the
neighborhood of Asiago. attacked
our advanced posts on Gallio and on
Mont Serragh Hill 1116 behind
that line, and after a bitter struggle
.succeeded in taking them.
V "The 160th storming unit and
units of Esiga (Pisa?) the 29th
and 20th regiments and of Tos
cany the 77th and 78th regi
ments and of the 5 th Bersaglierl,
by a resolute counter-attack re
captured the positions, driving
enemy back and taking about
tbe
100
"prisoners.
"The enemy vanguard, which had
reached the village of Tezze. in tne
Sugana valley, was promptly attach
ed and captured.
"On the Plave our covering troops,
after having repulsed enemy parties
iwhich attacked them on the heights
of Voldobbiadene, passed to the rigbt
bank of the river and destroyed the
Vldor bridge. On the middle and
lower reaches of the river there were
reciprocal cannonades and machine
gun firing."
ITALIAN SUCCESS IS
ADMITTED BY BERLIN.
BERLIN, Nov. 11. (Via London,
British Admiralty,' Per Wireless
Press.) The Austro-Hungarian
troops which are carrying out the
' new offensive on the Trentino front
were attacked yesterday by strong
Italian detachments, which pressed
them back at one point, the war of
fice announces. The Italians have
made a stand on the lower Plave riv
er. The city of Belluno, on the upper
Piave, has been captured by Austro-
German troops. (Belluno is in the
foothills of the Alps, 51 miles north
of Venice. It is on the west bank of
the Plave.) The official communica
tion follows:
"Strong Italian iorces threw them
selves against detachments advanc
ing eastwards beyond Asiago, and
pressed them back somewhat at one
point. Belluno has been taken by al
lied (Teutonic) troops.
"The enemy made a stand on the
lower Piave."
GASTON PRODUCTS
4
AT STATE FAIR
At the request of Miss Bradford,
'Of Moore county, who had charge of
,the dried products booth at the State
Fair, held recently in Raleigh, Mrs
.M. P. Shetley, county home demon
stration agent, of Gaston county, sent
.a collection of dried fruits and veget
ables to Raleigh for exhibition. It
will be gratifying to the people of
-the county to know that Miss Brad
ford states that the Gaston exhibit of
dried products was by far the best
seen at the State Fair.
Mrs.' Shetley sent dried apples
(two kinds), damsons, okra, squash,
cabbage, corn, sage and Bnap beans.
These products were sundrled by
Mrs. Monroe Falres, t of Belmont,
.Mrs. John V. Hanna, of Lowell,
members of the New Hope Demon
stration Club; Mrs. James Ware, of
Kings Mountain, and Miss Lydia Or
mand, of the Sunnside Demonstra
tion Club.
Mrs. .Shetley is having this same
exhibit sent to Pineburst to be ex
hibited at the Sandhills Fair to be
"held there November 22nd and 23rd.
Beethoven in Base Hospital.
Charlotte Observer. ,.
- Frederic von Beethoven, who ' on
October 25 was seriously shot by a
- provost guard from, whom he tried
to escape when the latter' was plat
ing him under arrest, has recovered
' from the wound . Inflicted by - the
guard sufficiently to leave the Char
lotte sanatorium. " He .has been re-
. moved to the base- hospital at Camp
Greene. For time it was thought
that Beethoven wus fatally shoe '
...Mr. and'Urs. W, HV Shannon
; V . were in the city eaturday, being en
J-foste from; Winston-Salem to Bad in,
where they will makethelr tome for,
, :eouie lime. . -.. . .
Ill SOCIAJJIBCLES
LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD
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SOCIAL MEETING
TONIGHT.
The social meeting for the Senior
Philathea Class of Main Street Meth
odist church for November will be
held this evening at 7:30 o'clock in
the league room. The time will be
largely given to sewing on articles
for the parcel post booth, which the
class will have at the Methodist
church bazaar in December. This la
the third meeting at which articles
have been made and it is expected
that a large crowd will be present.
Indications are that more than 500
articles will be on sale by these young
ladies.
GASTONIA GIRL
WEDS SOLDIER.
A marriage which came as a great
surprise to the family and friends of
the bride was that of Miss Jeanette
Fayssoux, daughter of Mrs. J. R.
Fayssoux, to Private Charles Plank,
of the Medical Corps, 164th Inrantry,
now stationed at Camp Greene,
Charlotte. The marriage was sol
emnized at St. Mark's Episcopal
church Saturday night by the rector,
Rev. E. N. LeBlanc, in the presence
of a few Intimate friends of the con
tracting parties. The bride Is a Gas-
tonia girl, having been born and
reared here, and has a wide circle of
friends. She has recently held a po
sition as stenographer with McGee,
Dean & Co. Mr. and Mrs. Plank are
staying at the- Armlngton Hotel,
where they will probably be for a
week or more. Mr. Plank is expect
ing to be ordered to Mineola, L. I.,
some time in the near future. His
home is in Jamestown, North Da
kota. MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN.
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce Will
Begin a "Big Drive" for New
Members on Wednesday of This
Weelc Workers Will Meet at Sup
per at the Armlngton Tuesday
Night.
Seeking to. line up a large number
of citizens, not now members, In tbe
activities of the Gastonia Chamber of
Commerce, a campaign for new
members will be staged Wednesday.
J. Lawrence Beal, chairman of tbe
membership committee, is in general
charge of the work. There are many
citizens who should take a part in
the work for Gastonia who are not at
present members.
The team workers will meet at
the Armlngton tomorrow night at a
little spread when they will go over
the plans for Wednesday carefully
It is believed that the work can be
completed in one day.
The membership campaign will be
followed up by a big membership
dinner at the Armlngton on Novem
ber 23 rd, according tp present plans
The keynote of the next year's work
will there be sounded.
Secretary Fred M. Allen is issuing
a little folder from The Gazette press
giving a brief review of work recent
ly done and planned. This is not an
annual report but simply a review.
Plans for the Chamber of Com
merce as approved by the board of
directors include the drawing of the
membership into a more vital part in
the work. Committee activity will
be pushed to its highest efficiency In
order that the greatest good possible
may be accomplished for Gastonia by
the organization.
LARGE STEEL OR-
DERS UNFILLED.
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 10. The
United States steel corporation to
day reported, unfilled orders on their
books on October 21st, of 9,1)00,675
tons as against 10,015,260 on the
same date last year.
ONLY THREE POUNDS OF
s SUGAR A WEEK.
(By International News Service.)
MOBILE, Nov. 10. Three pounds
of sugar a week is all that any one
customer will be allowed to purchase
in Mobile hereafter.
BRITISH LAUNCH BIG ATTACK.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Not. 10; (Official)
At dawn today, the British launched
another big attack on the German
lines in West Flanders. At noon
favorable progress was being made.
Through rainstorms, r over A muddy
swamps the British purged forward
from the position northwest of Pas-
chaendael captured several days ago.
towards .tteuters. , .
Bora .-..v-r. , 4
On Wednesday. November T, 1117,
to Mr. . and Mrs, K. C. Plyler, . LTn
wood road, a oaJ" ."'" - ' " '
MADE REPORT OF
c . i -
YEAR'S WORK
Following his farewell sermon for
the present conference year, Rev. H.
H. "Jordan, pastor of Main Street
Methodist church, made a brief re
port of the year's work of that con
gregation Sunday morning. Tbe re
port showed 112 accessions to tne
membership during the year and a
total of about S 8,0 00 raised for all
purposes. Tbe pastor will go to con
ference with a "clean sheet" whicb
means that every obligation nas been
met in full.
Mr. Jordan is completing his third
year as pastor of this church. At the
recent session of the fourth quarterly
conference resolutions previously
passed by the board of stewards by a
unanimous vote were presented to
the presiding elder. Rev. John F.
Kirk, requesting that Mr. Jordan be
returned to this work for the lourtn
year. It is known that two or three
other excellent appointments in the
conference are asking for Mr. Jor
dan but there is every reason to be
lieve that he will be returned to Gas
tonia. During his three years nere
Mr. Jordan has won the confidence
and esteem not only of the Metno
dists but of all denominations. Un
der his administration the churcn
has prospered splendily and his con
gregation is uanimous in its desire
for his return.
At a recent meeting of the board
of stewards it was decided to ask tne
conference to appoint rfn assistant
pastor for Main Street church to aid
the pastor in suburban work. At tne
same time financial provision for this
work was made.
Conference meets In Central
church, Asheville, Wednesday morn
ing, with Bishop James Atkins, of
Waynesville, presiding.
Several interesting matters are to
come before the conference, among
them being the election of delegates
to the general conference to be held
In Atlanta in May. There will be six
clerical and six lay delegates from
the Western North Carolina Confer
ence. There is a Btrong movement afoot
to start a fight on the conference
floor for a larger lay representation
in conference, it is understood. It
is said that a number of prominent
Methodist laymen will insist that
they be given larger representation
from the churches in the future.
The historical society will also te
re-organized and put on a working
basis, it is understood, following res
olutions from the district conference
held in Wadesboro, several montns
ago, to that effect.
At West End church Rev. E. P.
Stabler has closed the most success
ful year in the history of that charge
All financial obligations were met in
full, including considerable money
spent in improvements on the church
building, both exterior and interior.
Additions to the membership num
bered 87, with a loss of 16 or a net
gain of 69 for the year. The congre
gations at three churches on this
charge have unanimously asked for
Mr. Stabler's return.
Rev. O. J. Jones is closing his first
year on the Ozark charge in East
Gastonia. He will have a good re
port to make. This congregation
worked against difficulties this year,
chief of which was the fact that the
storm last spring so damaged their
house of worship that it had to be
torn down. Considerable progress,
however, has been made on this
work. A new parsonage is now being
built on the charge, a new site has
been secured for a church building
and considerable progress has been
made toward raising a building
fund.
VACCINATION GOOOD
FOR THESE HENS.
(By International News service.)
POMONA, Cal. Nov 7. Vacci
nation of chickens, advocated by a
University of California poultry ex
pert, and tried out here by Henry
Boon on his 590 hens, is a remark
able bit of Hooverism, according to
Boon, who has reported that his hens
now . scratch so energetically ror
worms that he has to feed them far
less than formerly. , .
Tbe poultry association here also
advocates vaccination, asserting It
prevents disease, causes tbe fowls to
lay more eggs and gives them an
astonishing - amount of "pep . Co
scratch for a-living.
At a meeting of the trustees of the
North Carolina Anti-Saloon league.
held in Raleigh Thursday Rev, R. I
Davis waa re-elected superintendent
and Governor Bickett .was asked to
head a delegation of ,100 from this
State to the national contention m
Washington December l-S. ' .
DR. ROLSTON ON
Y. M. C. A. WORK
Rev. Dr. D. H. Rolston, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of
Charlotte, delivered a magnificent
address at a mass meeting of Gas
tonlans held last night at the First
Presbyterian church in the interest
of the Y, M. C. A. War Campaign
This campaign began this morning
all over the United tSates and has as
its object the raising of $35,000,000
for carrying on the Y. M. C. A. wort
in the military camps in this country
and on the battlefields of Europe.
Dr. Rolston said that we might as
well face the seriousness of the situ
ation. We are at war and it may be
a long war. We are going to have
to make sacrifices and the sooner
we learn that lesson the better ror
us. The speaker recalled the fact
that a great revolution has taken
place in this country during the past
few years in the manner in which
the people regard money. "When I
was young", he Bald, "and that
hasn't been so very long ago, people
bowed down to the man who had
money. They didn't ask any ques
tions, but worshiped at his shrine.
A little later they began to ask how
he got his money and refused to bow
down to the possessor of great
wealth unless he came by his dol
lars honestly. Recently we have
gone a step further. Now we ass
not only how much money a man
has and how he got It but what is he
doing with It. A dollar is only
valuable today In so far as it can be
transformed into life and character."
Dr. Rolston told of the wonderful
work the Y. M. C. A. has so far done
in the camps and on the battlefields
and laid stress on the fact tlfat tbe
opportunities It has for service in the
future are almost limitless. "It's a
great big amount we are asking for
$35,000,000, but it's a great big
work and covers a great big terri
tory", added the speaker. He told
of numerous Instances happening in
the camps illustrative of the wide
range of the activities of this organ
ization. A large and attentive congregation
listened to Dr. Rolston and the ef
fectiveness of his plea will no doubt
be evidenced by the liberal subscrip
tions hich are being made here to
day, it was generally conceded to
have been one of the strongest and
most compelling pleas ever made
here for any cause.
MINISTERS JAILED.
All But Kerensky Were Captured by
Maximalists Petrograd Now
Quiet- Radical Movement Spread
ins-
(By International Xews Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nor. 10. The
ministers who were overtbrown by
tne new provisional government or
Russia, except Premier Kerinsky,
have been jailed, according to an of
ncal uncensored cablegram to tSe
State department from Petrograd to
day. This confirms the prss reports
to tne euect tnat Bolesnevikl com
pletely controls Petrograd, but it Is
stated that it is extremely difficult to
obtain Information as to what Is go
ing on the new republic outside of
the capital. Petrograd Is now quiet.
Foreign lives and property are ap
parently safe. The Boloshevikl gov
ernment has not yet been organized.
Earlier dispatches today Indicated
that the radical movement is spread
ing throughout all Russia but it is
emphasized that this does not mean
an immediate German-made peace.
It is probable that the Russian radi
cals will appeal to the inter-allied
council at Paris next Thursday to
consider Russia's position, and try to
bring about peace witih no annexa
tion, .and no indemnity. It is not be
lieved that Germany will be able to
withdraw any appreciable number of
her forces from the Eastern Tront
soon.
SUSPECT EVASION OF
U. S. COAL PRICES.
(By International news Service.)
NEW CASTLE, Pa. Nov. T.
What are suspected to be methods of
evading the coal price fixing regula
tions of the United States Govern
ment are being practised here it is
charged. Consumers, when offering
their orders to some of the big min
ing companies, are told that the en
tire output has been sold to brokers
Inquiry at the brokers shows that tm
coal can be bought at a considerable
advance over the set figures. Coal
prices continue to advance here In
spie of the Government regulations.
-Charlotte Observer, Sunday:
Mrs. M. C. Pegram and - son, Mr.
Edward Pegram,. of Gastonia, spent
Friday in the city with Mrs. Earle &
Pegram, of Charleston, 8. C. Mrs.
E. , W. Mellon and daughter ' Miss
Sara Mellon, nave , returned home
after a visit of several weeks to
friend In Madison, Wis., and Chica
go. i ''
SAMMIES FIGHT
DESPERATELY
(By International News Service.)
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS IN
FRANCE. Nov. 12. The American
forces gave a good account of them
selves in the recent German raid.
Outnumbered four to one, they put
up an heroic struggle, killing and
wounding many Germans. Reports to
headquarters show one corporal was
attacked by five German's and he
killed three of them. He is now in
in the trenches was hand-to-hand and
of a most desperate, character.
FIRST MEDAL
FOR BRAVERY
(By International News Service.),
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. The
first medal for "extraordinary rav-
ery" during the present war was to
day awarded to Patrick McGonlgal, a
ship carpenter, the Navy Department
announces. McGonigars home is In
Ohio. He rescued a pilot off of the
Kyle balloon from drowning.
T LOCAL ITEMS
Best cotton is bringing 28 cents
a pound on the local market today.
Mr. John A. Price, of Bessemer
City, was a Gastonia visitor Satur
day. Mr. J. T. Suggs, a former Gas-
tonian now living in Salisbury, was
a business visitor in the city Satur
day.
Gastonia Lodge No. 53 Knight
of Pythias will hold its regular
meeting tonight and do work in the
first rank. All members are urged
to be present. ,
There will be a meeting of the
Gastonia Chapter of the Chllds Con
servation at the Chamber of Com
merce Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. All members are urged to !
be present. y ,
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Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Frazler, of
Mecklenburg county, Mrs. W. E.
Todd's father and mother, and Mr.
and Mrs. H. M. Armstrong, Mrs.
Todd's brotber-in-law and .sister,
spent Sunday with Mr. W. E. Todd
and family. .
V V.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Adams,
of Fort Wayne, lnd., and Mr. Ad
ams' mother, Mrs. John H. Adams,
spent Friday at Bowling Green, S. C,
with Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Flannagan.
They also motored to Clover, Bethel
and Mr. Adams' old home place in
Bethel township.
Mr. R. C. Ormand, of Bessemer
City, was a pleasant caller at the Ga
zette office Saturday. Mr. Ormand
is one of The Gazette's many good
subscribers who have been taking
the paper almost If not quite contin
uously since it was first established.
Mrs. S. A. Wilkins, of Dallas,
who has been undergoing treatment
for the past several weeks at Tran
quil Park Sanitarium, Charlotte, is
very much better, her friends will
be glad to learn. She is still, how
ever, under the care of a trained
nurse.
Mr. W. C. Champion has been
critically ill at his home near the
Dunn Mill for some days past. He
recently suffered a partial stroke of
paralysis and also suffers from an
affection of the heart. His chances
for recovery, it is stated, are but
slight. j.
Miss Katherine McLean, who Is
attending the State Normal College
at Greensboro, spent the week-end
here with her parents', Mr. and Mrs.
R. C. McLean. Mr. Robert McLean,
who is a student at Westminster
School, also spent the week-end at
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Adams,
who have been visiting Mr. Adams'
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Ad
ams, left this morning for ' Char
lotte to be with Mrs. Adams sister,
Mrs! J. H. Mayes, who underwent an
operation at Mercy General Hospital
this morning. They will probably be
in Charlotte the remainder of the
week:.. ',. - ' - ' J; -. ;-; '
Sunday's. Charlotte "Observer
says that thirteen young men enlist
ed for army service at the recruit
ing station there last week. Among
the number was W.' D. Lewis, of Gas
tonia. :. - . ,-. . , '
Snbacrtbe to Tha Gazette.
HOR
I TWO MORE
YEARS OF WAR
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. IS.wWhlle
advices from Petrograd indicate that
Kerensky is regaining the upperhand
and Rome dispatches state that the
Italians are now successfully resist
ing the German advance. ' Officials
decline to believe that all danger is
past in Russia. They believe that
Russia is out of the war for a year at
least, even if Kerensky should be re
turned to power. It 1s by no means
certain that tbe Italians will be able
to hold their line. The situation
seems to be a race between the An
glo-French reinforcements' and the
German reserves as to whlcb will
reach the Italian line first and swing
victory to their side. ? ? ;
Army officials here have gone
back to their original program whicu
calls for two years more of war. ,.
U. S. ARMY EAGER FOR , i ' '
FIGHT SAYS OABANNEV
Director and Author of "The Slack
er" Studies Present Conditions for
Patriotic Film. .
William Christy Cabanne. author
and director of Metro's forthcoming
patriotic wonderplay "The Slacker" V
recently spent two days at Forth Tot- !
ten getting scenes for that picture. .
Tne American army is the melt-.
ing pot of armies," said the well
known director upon his return, "and -: :
believe me when those 3,00 & men
who are training at Fort Totten are
turned loose on the Germans k the
Kaiser's men will know, that they are ..
ngnung. i saw at e on Totten. a first
sergeant, a big, powerful Swede who
could hardly speak English. 1 But
how that man could drill men! Next
to him stood an Italian, a man over ,
six feet, broad shouldered, big
muscled, with a face, that expressed
determination. A third sergeant,
and one assigned to assist me in tak
ing the scenes for "The ; Slacken"
was a native Poland, who bad been .
in the United States but a short time.
He was a military man from the top
of his head to the tips of his toes.
And there were other nationalities
there, many of them. They j were !
either members of , the New ; York,
engineers force, recently recruited or
nad been In tbe regular army before
war was declared. It made no dif
ference which was the case, I did not .
see or talk to a man who was not
anxious to go to France, and what is ' '
a better indication of the final out- t
come of the war, there was not a man V
who did not believe that the sooner
he got to the front the quicker the .
war would be over.
"If any man doubts that the young C
men of the United States who are .
tasting liberty for the first time in ;
this generation, who have been held
down in Europe before they came
here, are not anxious to do their bit
for the cause of unversal liberty,' let
him get permission from the govern-' i
ment to visit Fort Totten. There at .
the melting pot of armies he will see
a sight that will help him to under- -stand
that it will soon be 'America
Awake' on the Western front." ,
GERMAN THEOLOGY HAS V .
I1ULLIED US, HE RAYS. V
(By International News Service.) , '
ixiLUMBis, o., j,ov. 7. "Ger :
man-made theology has bullied us for ' '
fifty years," the Rev. William vE, - .
Barton, pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church of Oak Park, I1L, and V
editor of The Advance, told the Na-
tional Council of Congregational x
Churches recently. -'.-f.-.v.v
"We need to pray for a new the-''',
ology, at once conservative and pro-i5 .
gressive, native to America, but akinr,
to the forward-looking and spiritually-minded
thinking of all tn v
Christian world," declared Dr. Bar- .
ton. "We cannot afford to constitute 1.1, '
untrained evangelists our authorities ; V
in Christian doctrine. Our churcnes r
require, and we must provide, 'a :
sound thology. -
"It must be scholarly; it must be i
Biblical; it must be evangelistic to-J
spirit; it must be true to the facts ).
of human nature; it must be not only s y
good. It must be good for something.",; :;
This summing up came at the con-, ''
elusion of a vivid word picture of tbe J " .
300 years of Congregational history, v;
which the national council is nowZ-V
celebrating. - ,v
"The nineteenth century began i;
with three significant movements tn '
Pilgrim history," said Dr. Barton, V
"First was the revival of religion tn x
colleges, the second was the mighty .
foreign missionary movement, ,4tner j?,
third was the plan of union for the ;
spiritual care of Immigrants in tne
Northwest territory."
A. R. P. Synod Comee to Charlotte .
In lOis. , t
Charlotte Observer, 11th.. ) A v
Communication seceived in Char-.;. '
lotte yesterday announced that this -city
had been chosen by the synod
of the Associate Reformed Presbyte
rian church of the south. In session
In Fayettevllle. Tenn., as the meet-'
ing place for next year. - George 6.
Mower, of Newberry, S. C, was elect- .
ed moderator of . the. synod for next "
year. t . - s :. ' .
Born ' i t'- 'V '-: '
'.To Mr, and Mrs. TA. Summey,
Saturday November 10, 19 IT, a son,
T. A- Jrr 'Mrs. Summey and baby
are at the Gaston, Sanatorium. '