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r - TH E - ETT-E PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOL. XXXVIII. JfO.- 1SI. GASTONIA, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERXOOX, ' DECEMBER 14, 1017. 92.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. YOUuG r.!Al!S KILLEO ffl SOCIAL CIRCLES OLLIE GRIST SUICIDES PionY of sugar ,. v kcoiipeieht officials v FOR CHRISMS MIST BE RDiOVED! SHOT HIMSELF AT YORK YESTERDAT j f.::EA K1HBT SHOT BY FJLHLET JACKSON utkt eots in womirrraLB GASTOfc GAZ A. WH A- r. 'Tragedy in South Gastonla Wednes day Afternoonr Caused by Drinlt - Young Man snoot na huu nis Friend and Companion While Un - der Infloenee of Patent Medicine Containing Large Percentage of Alcohol A Woman in the Case Also Slayer . Held Without Bond. erative at the Old Mill, was snot andff killed Tuesday afternoon , by his .friend and. companion, Harley Jack , son,' an employee of the same mill. The tragedy occurred at the store of J. J-Nivens on South Marietta street in South Gastonla: Jackson was ar rested and lodged In jail within half : an nour aiier me auung. iwroy was taken immediately to the City Hos pital where he died at 3:30 o'clock, half an hour after being shot. He ' retained consciousness until the end and made a statement as to the affair to Solicitor Q. W. Wilson and (Dr. L 'S N. Glenn just before he died. Both men, it was in evidence, were drink lng. - Klrby's body was shipped yester- . day morning to his former home at ... Lenoir for burial,, being accompanied by a younger brother who lived here with him and worked in the mill. v At a preliminary hearing " before 'Magistrate S. S. Morris - yesterday morning Jackson waived examination , and was held for trial at the next term of Gaston Superior Court with out bond, He was represented; at the hearing by Carpenter ft Carpenter.:.,,- . Seven witnesses were examined at this hearing, namely: R. B.. Terrell and Tom iRankln, of the police de partment; Callle Rochester, J. J. Nivens, W. R Miller, Mrs. S. F. Da vis and Ruth Pennell. These wit- - nesses were examined in person with the exception of Callie Rochester, whose- testimony, taken prXvlousiy . by 'the solicitor, was presented in writing. , v - There" were only two eye witnesses to tbe actual shooting, Callle Roches ter and Mrs. Davis. From the evidence at the hearing it appeared that 'Kirby and Jackson were friends and companions and worked together at the Old Mill. They were drinking together, Jackson be ing, it appeared, rather more intoxi cated than Kirby. A patent medi cine known as "Beef. Wine ana Iron," said to contain 22 per cent al cohol, was the beverage on which they tanked up. The men went to getber to (Nivens store and called for a soft drink. At the time only J. J. . Nivens, proprietor of the store, and his assistant, W. B. Miller, were present. -Jackson dropped his bottle on the floor and broke it. Nivens discovered that tbe men were drink ing and brdered them out. After some "parleying with them he suc ceeded in getting them out on the porch - of the store, whereupon he barred the door inside and went out the back door to a nearby house to phone the officers; young Miller go ing with them. About, this time Callie Rochester. .a woman with whom Jackson had been - keeping company, arrived on the scene." She stated In her "testi mony that she went to the store to catch., the South Gastonla jitney to come up town. Kirby began a con versation with vthe woman and this, ' It is stated, probably enraged Jack son. Mrs. Davis was not present, but witnessed the tragedy from her porcn nearby. She could not hear what " Has said but saw Jackson throw his hat on the ground several times and , make 'Kirby get it and 1ring it to him, flourishing a .pistol; all the while. It was while this 'operation was going on, probably, that the fa tal shot was fired. After he shot Kirby, Jackson dragged the wound ed man from the ground to the .porch and then .went Inside the store, kicking the door open. To a little girl who happened along and ' who started to go in Jackson said, "Don't go in there, a man shot himself in there." In her testimony the Roch ester woman denied that the men quarrelled about her. Jackson did not go-on the stand . and did not produce any witnesses in his behalf. : -Mr. J..B.. Meacham, of Kinston, was In town yesterday,, the guest of Mrs.' J. B. Thorn asson. He was en route home -from Greenville, 8. C, where he attended the Textile Fair. Mrs. I A. - Rankin, of Chapel Hill, has been the guest for several . days of her brother, (Dr. J. M. Sloan, and family. , Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Spencer and -Miss Ruby Spencer will leave tomor row night for Miami, Fla.; where they will spend ten days or two 1 weeks. . -' . -. .. - --. .. -The many friends of Miss Geor gia Copeland will regret to know that she has been quite sick at her home on West Airline avenue :, for more than a week. .. , ' Miss Martha Brandon, who has been with D. M. Jonea ft Company as stenographer, has accepted a po sition with Mr. J. M. Holland in the office of the Holland Realty ft Insur ance Co.: . -. - ,- .. Subscriba to The Gazette. -., An advertisement in Tbe Gaxette reaches more people, for , tbe cost than yon cm reach in say other poe aible way. Rates on application. . , GAVE DINNER FOR MR. AND MRS, ADAMS. Dr. and Mrs. D. A. Garrison were hosts at a dinner Wednesday even ins at their home on , South fork street to a few -friends in honor of Mr. W. H. Adams and his bride, formerly Miss Laura Page. ' Their guests were Mr-and Mrs. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Myers, Mr. and Mrs M. A. Turner. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Dixon. The 'occasion was a thor oughly delightful one for all present. ENTERTAINMENT BY -LITTLE MUSICIANS. : The Little Musicians' Club will render an interesting, program at the Central school Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock. A cordial invita tion is extended to the parents and friends. " -v In addition to the program. Miss Amy Chllds, a favorite reader, with Gastonla audiences, will give one or more selections National airs and folk songs will be given as follows: Star Spangled Banner," Martha Moore; "Annie Laurie," Madeline Moore; "Old Kentucky Home,"Mar garet McConnell; "Auld Lang Syne," Elizabeth iParker; "America,". Edith Parker; "Old Black Joe," Wombra McCombs; "Maryland My Maryland, Louisa Wilson; Japanese Dance (Pennington), Elizabeth Love; "Dix le," Sarah Glenn. SONGS FOR THE MUNICIPAL CHRISTMAS TREE. A rehearsal of the musical pro gram for the second municipal Christmas tree, which is to be given on Christmas eve, will be held Sun day afternoon at 3 o'clock at Main Street Methodist church. The tree is to be given by the Music Club with the assistance of the Gastonra Woman's Betterment Association and the Chamber of Commerce. The songs for the occasion hare been selected and are as follows, Hark, the Herald Angels -Sing", "There's Song in the Air", "It Came Upon the Midnight Clear" and "Silent Night". Those in charge of the ex ercises desire that all the men and women of the town who can sing gather at the Methodist church Bun day afternoon to practice these songs The tree will again be' placed in tne open space In front of the Arming- ton Hotel on Air 'Line avenue and the exercises will commence at 7 o'clock on the evening of December 24th. Tbe first municipal Christmas tree, given last year, was a splendid suc cess and it is believed that the one this year will be an even larger one. EIGHTEEN MEN HAVE ENLISTED' THIS WEEK Eighteen men have enlisted at the local army recruiting " station this week, all of whom have been sent to Fort Thomas, Ky., to enter the serv ice: Following Is a list of these men: Monday. Henry A. Winkler, Carnegie, Ok lahoma, Ordnance Dept. National Army, railroad capacity. James R, Jones, Gastonla, Ord nance Dept.. National Army, painter. Army, painter. Samuel Pay sour, Lincolnton, Avi ation Corps. Jonas M. Froneberger, Bessemer City, Aviation Corps. Wednesday. 1 Carl A. Ballard, Gastonla, Infant ry. K J. Thomas Jenkins, Gastonla, Avi ation Corps. -4 George W. Short, Bessemer City, Coast Artillery Corps. John iNewton, Bessemer City, Coast Artillery corps. Thursday. Luther L. Anthony, Gastonla, Avi ation Corps. Roscoe Spencer, Gastonla, Avia tion Corps. Ira W. Moore, Gastonla, Aviation corps. Walter T. (Etters, Goast Artillery Corps. James C. Cobb, Gastonla, Ordnance Dept. National Army, painter. Benjamin W. Boyd. Gastonla, Avi ation Corps. A. Hamilton Barnett, Clover. S. C, Aviation Corps. Martin F. Duncan, Marlon, N. C j Aviation Corps. Kelly C. Pagan, (colored), Gasto nla, Stevedore Regiment, Q. M. C, National Army. ... Major V. -Whitesides, who recent ly passed the examination for the quartermaster's corps at the second officers training camp at Ft Ogle thorpe and who is awaiting his com mission in that branch of the serv ice, which he expects to receive soon. accompanied the nine men who left yesterday for (Ft .Thomas. '.-V.-.- - ' KORNILOFF CAPTURED T' (By International News Service.) STOCKHOLM. Dec. 13. The Bol shevik! have Issued a proclamation denouncing the revolution and threa tening the leaders with death. - The Bolshevik! claim to be winning ro the field but-: this Is unconfirmed. They also claim that KornUoff - has been wounded and captnred.'s-; -Fourth Lyceum' attraction fit the Cordova Concert Conrpanr, at the auditorium - next Wednesday nignt at nenent or Ubrary. : Member of Firm of L. M. Grist's Sons, Publishers of Tbe YprkviUe - Enquirer, Ends Life in Fit of Mel ancholia , Had Been In 111 Health For Some Time . Funeral and Burial This Afternoon Had Many Friends in Gastonla. Oliver Ellis Grist, a. member of the firm of L. M. Grist's Sons, pub lishers of The Yorkville Enquirer, shot and killed himself at his home in York, S. C, yesterday morning at 11 o clock. The news of thls tragic event did not reach Gastonla until shortly before oon today and was heard with the deepest sorrow by the many friends (n Gastonla of the de feased and his brothers, Messrs. W. D Sam and Albert 'Grist. Mr, Grist's suicide is attributed to a fit of melancholia following a period of 111 health covering many weexs. Funeral services will be Held at the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church at York at 3:3fr o'clock this afternoon, tRev. J. L. Oates, the pas tor, officiating. Interment will be in the cemetery at York, Mr. Grist had been in III nealth ror some weks past, suffering from ner vous prostration. A week ago he re turned home from Rock Hill wnere be had been for six weeks a patient at the Fennell Infirmary. The speci alists who examined him thoroughly there found no constitutional trouble. On his return home he was appar ently Improved and neither his fam ily nor friends suspected that he con templated self destruction. At 11 o'clock yesterday morning his wife left the house fpr a neighbor's to get some water, the pipes at the Grist home being frozen. When she re turned home a few minutes later sne found her husband lying dead on tne floor with a bullet hole in his head. Oliver Ellis Grist was the fifth son of the late (L. M. Grist and was born in Yorkville on May 14, 1870. He was a member of the firm of L M. Grist & Sons from 1895 until 1903. In the latter year, following tne death of the venerable L. M. Grist, the firm was reorganized aa L. . M. Grist's Sons and he was made treas urer. He had spent practically all of his life in The Enquirer office, having charge of the press room and of the job printing department. He was known as one of the finest press men in the country and had refused many offers to go to large city print ing offices. The Enquirer is known far and wide for the excellency of Its presswork as well as for other fine qualities which the Grist boys put in to it, following In the footsteps of their father. Deceased leaves a widow and three children, namely: A. Carroll Grist. who recently graduated from the Georgia Tech and is now in the avia tion service of the army; a daughter, Sarah, and another son, O. E., Jr. The older son arrived home last night on leave of absence to await orders to report somewhere for duty. Mr. Grist was a deacon of the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. He was throughly devoted to his work asd to his family and his tragic death has cast a gloom of sor row over the town of York. Many friends in Gastonla and over York and Gaston counties will be greatly pained to hear of his death. THE COSSACK REVOLT is ;g strength (By International News Service.) COPENHAGEN, Dec. 14. Whethr er the Bolshevik! or Kalendlne and his Cossacks were victorious in the battle of Carbielgorod is still In doubt today. Contradictory reports from Petrograd indicate that neither faction nas gained the upper hand and a decisivebattle is imminent. All hope that .Russia will find herself without Internal strife was abandon ed today with receipt of dispatches stating that the scheme for' holding a constituent assembly has collapsed. Advices indicate that the Cossack re volt is gaining strength and the'Le- nine-Trotzky regime is becoming desperate in an effort to retain con trol. PERSHING REPORTS ' FIVE CORE DEATHS (By International News Service.? WASHINGTON, Dec 14. Five deaths among the American fighting forces reported by Gen. Perthlng in clude Lieut. 'Anderson, of Alexan dria, Va., who died of meningitis, and Sgt. Pat Jordan, of Layonia; Ga., killed ina motorcycle accident. GERMAN SPY ARRESTED . OX A RELIEF TRACT. (By International News' Service.) HALIFAX. See. 14. Henry Vrench whose real name Is Louis Voshurg, was, arrested as a German spy on his arrival here on a relief train from Boston. - The police declare import ant papers were found on him. He was imprisoned with BTelmsan John sen, ri the Imo. Vhe investigation of the disaster continued today. f. Gastonla housewives may-cheer up 'there's going to be plenty of sugar or the Christmas baking. That Is, if a solid carload of sugar which has been shipped from New Orleans to a local firm does not get lost some where en route. Mr. R. E. Johnson, of the firm of M. T. Parham ft Co., to whom this shipment is consigned, stated this morning that in all prob ability the car would reach here by Monday, It contains 20O barrels of 350 pounds each, or a total of 70,- 00O pounds of sugar. - This, it Is es timated, will afford an ample suppl lor tne cnristmas trade m Gastonla and some will probably be furnished to nearby towns which are suffering a sugar famine also. As soon as the word got out this morning that this car of sugar was on the road and was expected to reach here within the next three or four days, the firm had applications for all of It from local merchants. In fact, it was sold in a very short time. Mr. Johnson is distributing it so as to take care of the retailers and con sumers and is not allowing.it to be concentrated in tbe hands of a few. He has offered to let Charlotte mer chants have some of it provided tne situation is not relieved there before this suddIv comes. The same firm lias also on the road w number of small shipments aggregating 15 or 20 barrels. ,' Local retailers state that there are in sight plenty of eggs, butter, tur keys, chickens, cranberries, nuts and all the other good things requisite for tbe Christmas dinner, so there is no use for the housewife to continue to worry herself gray-headed over the question "What can we have for the Christmas dinner?" CONCORD GRANTS AN INCREASE IN GAS RATE i Mr. j. w. TimberiaKe. managing director of the Gastonla ft Suburban Gas Co., received a telegram this morning from J. S. Palmer, manager of the Concord Gas Co., stating that tbe board of aldermen of that town, in session last night, granted the company s request for a temporary increase In the rate charged for gas from 11.50 to 11.85, the same dis count applying to the new rate as to the old one. It will be recalled that the local company has now before - the city council of Gastonla a similar request lor an increase from 11.40 to $1.75. a committee or the council is now engaged in Investigating what other towns and cities are doing In this matter with reference to forming a conclusion that will be just and equitable to both the gas company and the public. The plea of the company, both here and in many other cities where similar requests have been made, is based on the fact that all tbe raw materials enteringjnto the manufac ture oi gas nave increased to a very great extent within the past year or so. In fact, the local company pre sented figures to the council recently to show that, at the present price of 11.40, it was unable to make actual operating expenses. BY USE OF BOMBS (By International News Service.) LONDON, Dec. 14. The British improved their positions East of IBullecourt by bombing operations during the night, Gen. Haig reported ioaay. a lew tsrmsn troops are missing as a result of the enemy op erations south of Pronvllle. DECLARES THERE IS - PLENTY OF SUGAR. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Testi fying before tk Senate Committee, President SpoKe, of the Federal Su gar Refining Co., declared there is plenty of sugar In the United States, and tne shortage exists only in cer tain spots in the Eastern States. He declared there is enough sugar in Java to supply the British Isles for a year. PNEUMONIA CAUSES A HEAVY DEATH TOLL. (By International flews Service.) WASHINGTON. Dec. 14. Pneu. monla continues to exact the highest death toll among American troops. Surgeon General Gorgas announced today. For the week ending Dec 7, there were 264 fatalities, of which zis were caused by pneumonia. Both measies and pneumonia are on the aecrease. ; , I Fair and much colder today: iair and continued - cold Saturday, was the .weather man's prediction this morning. "The sun, however, is melting the snow to . soma- . itn though colder weather is looked for tonignu - ,'. - ;t ;,t -. Tbe Gazette goes all over Gaetoa -and thea some. Onlv tfiriMb. week paper in the State. Two dollars year, ana cneep at that. . .. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. Incom petent officials must be removed from office. This was the sentiment of Senators and Congressmen today and there was a general disposition . to make the investigations now under way the most thorough ever held in this country, regardless of party af filiations. It Is believed that the President will be grateful to Con gress for revealing any weak links in nis administration and for sugges tions as to probing things that may embarrass the President. While the probe of the ordnance department proceeded today another Senator began the task' of fixing the responsibility for the food and fuel shortage. Congress was amazed at the revelations made yesterday by General Crosier, chief officer of the ordnance department, and is anxious for Secretary of War Baker to take the stand and teli his side of ; the matter. SNOW AND WIND .si HAMPER TRAFFIC (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The east ern seaboard has been hit hard by tbe heavy snows and high winds of the past few days, which have prevailed as far south as Virginia. In many places traffic has been badly hamper ed and there has been much suffer ing among the poor. DEATHS MRS. I LA MAY DALE. Mrs. Ila May Dale died at the City Hospital yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock following a brief Illness, aged 25. Her home was at the Modena Mill. The body was shipped last night via the P. ft N. and Seaboard to her former home at Monroe ror burial. She is survived by her bus- band, Mr. Carson Dale. MARKER P. WHITVYORTH. Marker P. Whltworth died Wed nesday at his home in Bessemer City, aged 69. The body was taken yes terday to New Prospect church near Shelby, Cleveland county, for burial. CAPT. ISAAC R. SELF. Many Gazette readers will be In terested in the following dispatcn from Lincolnton, dated December 10, to Tuesday's Charlotte Observer: Captain Isaac R. Self, since 1865 a resident of Lincoln county, died Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock at his country home five miles west of Lincolnton. Captain Self was 76 years old, and was a native of Cleveland county, a son of the late Lemuel Self. He came to Lincoln county immediately following the civil war in the year 1865. He was married Nov. 9. 1865. to Miss Mary Young, of 'Lincoln county, who preceded him to the grave 23 months ago. He was the father of 11 children, of whom two died in infancy. The nine surviving, who are all well known and prominent citizens, are: H. A. Self, of Lincolnton: Mrs. Etta Hovls, J. E. Self and Mrs. Ella Hol- comb, of this county; Mrs. E. A. Houser, of Fallston; Dr. L. L. Self, of Cherryyille; Rev. M. Y. Self, of War renton; Dr. I. R. Self, of this city, and Mrs. Alda Hoyle, of Chapel Hill, all of whom were present at the fun eral. The funeral services were conduct ed Sunday afternoon at ZIon Metho dist church, of which he was a mem ber, a large number of relatives and friends being present. The funeral was conduated by Revs. T. A. Plvler and W. F. Womble. The remains were laid to rest in Zion churchyard. captain self was one of tbe re maining heroes of the civil war. He fought four years for the Southern Confederacy. The Haste for Office. The 'Raleigh Times. Commissioner of Public Safety E. M. Uzzell died on Friday at about 10 o'clock in the morning. Before the vacancy In the office was more' than two or three hours old there were in the hands of tbe mayor two applica tions for appointment to fill it. Without considering the lack of taste involved in the scramble that is a usual Incident of .the sorry business of office-hunting the haste itself is Interesting as it shows Hhe opinion which the local politicians entertain concerning the method which the mayor and Commissioner Pace will follow in naming the man who for a year and a half will be - the third member of Raleigh s governing body. There is every reason why , Mayor Johnson and Commissioner Pace should disappoint these wilful aspi rants ready to undertake anything In the blithest confidence, so long as It holds political prestige and carries a salary.- ' WGSESS REPRESENTATIVE JULIUS KAHN. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 14. One of the strongest advocates of mili tary preparedness - of the present Sixty-fifth Congress, and' of many Congresses preceding that, - is a fighting Calif orn lan yes, a Callfor nlan, although born at Kuppenherm, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany. This Californian ' is Representative Julius Kahn, ranking Republican . member of the Military Affairs Com mittee of the House, and Represen tative of the Fourth Congressional District of California, which means the city of San Francisco, '".r-"'.'. Through eight different congress- , es, not including the present ' one. Representative Kahn fought tor pre paredness. ' And now that tbe United States is at war with the country where he was bocn and where his parents were born. Representative Kahn is still found fighting for e greater army and for greater effort to win the war. Congressman Kahn has drawn plans for an army of Americans not less than s.OOO.OO-o strong. He realizes that we are up against a serious business and he - proposes that Uncle Sam shall make such gigantic preparations now. as will insure this serious business be ing brought to as speedy and as vic torious a conclusion as possible.- Julius Kahn was born on February 28, 1861. ' He came 'to California . with his parents in 1866 : and was educated In the San Francisco, public schools. In 1892 he was elected to the California . Legislature and two years later was admitted to the Cal ifornia bar. He was elected to the , Fifty-sixth .Congress, and served in the Fifty-seventh, Fifty-ninth, Six tieth, Sixty-first, Sixty-second, 61xty thlrd, Sixty-fourth Congresses and -was re-elected to the Sixty-fifth, or present Congress. WHAT YOUR BOY IS DOIIi'G By DAVID M. CHURCH. ' (The International News Service) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Thw ' eyes of the army are In the Signal ; Corps. Perhaps the 8lgnarCorps might he called the brain of the army. At any rate, most of the thinking of tne army must be done through the - Channels of the Signal Corps. " Establishment of lines of commu nication is the primary duty of the ' Signal" Corps. If an observation point is set up In an exposed posl- ' tlon some miles from an artillery battery, it falls upon the men of tne . Signal Corps to string either a tele graph line or a telephone line to the observer from the commander of - the artillery battery. : i ., Trench telephones mast be install ed and kept in repair. This is tne work of the Signal Corps. There was a time when the communication between troops and units of tbe army might be done by flag signalling or - oy heliograph, out tnia nas been sur- -passed by the more modern - tele phonic connections. Signal Corps men run great bazzards in laying lines of communication and their work it not at all undangerous. v - Observers are almost always chosen from the Signal Corps. They ' are the men who are chosen to un- dergo great dangers In order to learn r what the enemy is doing and ' what the effects of the heavy gunfire are. , the army the work of collecting , much of the data of the war falls on tbe shoulders of the Signal Corps. The official photographers and . mo- -tion picture men are all attached . to the Signal Corps. - Signal Corps men are mounted,, and In most cases under present war' ? conditions they are equipped with fast motor vehicles instead of horses. These men are never called upon to do any actual fighting, although -they are often exposed to greater dangers than the men who do actual -fighting, but have the protection of t the trench walls and embankments Had the hero of Marathon been a' " modern fle-htnr ha wnnM hir- TtAAn -. attached to the Signal Corps. Tbe heroic courier of tbe olden days is almost a thing of the past. Orders are flashed over electric wires and -the Signal Corps messenger has little 1 or no chance of saving the tide of a battle by . dashing np to the com manding officer"wlth a strategic plan. - . Signal Corps men msy be dlstfn gulshed by the orange and white hat eordv Their, collar insignia Is two crossed flags. , -uv-v1--. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET. (By International news Service.) i NEW YORK, Dec. 14. The cotton market opened with January ; con tracts selling at 29.40; May 28.83. Mrs. E. . Huffstetlef, of route three, underwent an operation Wei nesday morning at the City Hospital for goiter. Drs. L. N. Glenn and J. M. Sloan - performed the ' operation. Mrs. Huffstetler - Is t getting aloe j nicely. .' -. - , ; 0