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1 -P;-V '- -7T7 TV'- A " , r ." PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WE DNESDAY AND FRIDAY.- VOL. XXXIX, !XO, 2. GASTONXi, K. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 4, IMS. $3.00 A YEAR 'I!? ADVrX T. r ::S3T LOCIJTEllS I" Mm ii MIT rrrn SOCIMCHICLES IIEWSHIE COUil ' wr 4 , on!iyspi;iESiFQ; pct 03 cot cff at f:::n:::r 1 , Mr. J. I Price hat Just return ; ed from a business trip to, Union, B ,r , Mr, J. P. Reid has gone to New York to vtslt'hls daughter, Mrs. Eleanor Reid Cannon.- t , - ' Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wray will ' laav Riinrtn-r inr Jan-dam trio to New York and Detroit. Mich r: f The Qrar Manufacturing com canv And the Parkdale Mills eac8T paid a ten per cent dividend January lit. .- k , ; -y-j - Mlaa Robert Lore will return :fl tomorrow to her home In ; Llncoln-i ' ton after irlslt to friends and rela- . ,tives lathe city. '. -u Mrs. J. M. Sloan 4haa a her . auests her father. Mr. W L., Rose. and her sister. Mrs. May Rose Thomp son, both 6t Wadesbore75 -Mr. J.'R. Simpson, of Washing I-ttn, D. C, has been, visiting his-sls- " ter. Mrs. WNeil Craig, of Union. He left Wednesday night lor his nome. . rRer. I, Latham, of Con- . cord will preach at New Hope Pres- byterian church Sunday morning at . 11 o'clock, provided the weather . will T W1U I at 15 1 : permit.- - .,' : . . nv - Local thermometers stood : degrees above aero this morning. It that reading-was correct it was next : cold, spell.S';'-;i'', A 6 Miss Marie Torrence . will re turn tonight to New York city to re- . sume her musical studies after spend- - ing the holidays here with her par- ' ents, Mr, aad Mrs.- frost Torrence. 'Ret. John P. Kirkl of Shelby presiding elder of the Shelby district, will preach at Main Street Methodist ' church Sunday morning and at East Gastonia Methodist church "Sunday , ' night '. ' -Z' ' " " ?) , , '" -His many friends will regret to learn-that JPollceman Tom Rankin is confined to hit home by an at tacit ot pneumonia. ' He has been' ill since , Sunday but nia condition Is reported 'today as slightly improTea. . wMlfls Rebekaa McLean returned yesterday to Greensboro to , resume - her studies la the State Normal Col , lege after spending the holidays here ' with her parents. Mr. ana iars. u i. . McLean..". ,..- - r. 'r: :.V -, A. S. Karesh has leased the Ra- gan building formerly occupied .! by .the Bynum Cafe and will open a sec ond store there in the neap future. A new front will be put In and -other ' r Mr. ; Theodore; Morris. a son of ..Mr. and Mrs.' T. Morris,,' has "gone to New Bedford, Mass., to take a 1 course in a large textile school there. Mr. Morris spent three years at the State A. and E. College and recently 1 haa been working at the Duns Milk;. ' " --McNeelu yi pany hask leased the store roufln the Adams building formerly - occupied"- by Sherman Brothers and will more Into It about the middle of the month. me ' In terior will be entirely orerhauled and remodeled and. will be made in to one of the handsomest stpret rooms In townr,:-?1 v - -i-Mr and Mrs. S. B. Dolley arrtr- ': d in Gastonia Wednesday night and " are at-home In .the-Jenkins cottage ; on South street. Mr. and' Mrs. Det ley were married at the bride's home - town, Morgantown. W. Va., the day before Christmas and. cajne to Com- tonia from their: wedding trip. . Mr Dolley'a many friends will , welcome j his bride to uastonia,. Theflrst offender " against r the ' ..: new city ordinance forbidding dogs - to ran loose was before Judge Jones "In Municipal Court this morning and was taxed, with the costs. Chief Car ' rou says tnat tne new orainanees are . going to be enforced rigidly. If you v don't want to be fined in court, see ' that your dogs are securely fastened up at home or, If you bring them out. lead them with a -chain. . v - Coalman A: C Jones of tne Legal "Advisory Board asks The- Ga- -lette to state that the board appr - elates . very highly the i liberal re sponses that hare been made to the calls for assistance In Ailing out the questionnaires. However, the board needs still more help and any persons. either, men or women, who are will ing to- give some time to this work, are. asked to so notify Mr. Jones at - once. - .:-;." -::: : r ,. Mr. C. H. Haynes, representing the internal revenue; department, - Is spending the week here listing In comes for. taxes. This is his third day and he will "be here- through- to morrow. He will return to OasfoniaT . . , . ... . . eoruary no ana remain nere through the 16th. Mr. Haynes has his office on the eecqnd floor of the postoffice building. - He has' been kept busy since he arrived here -but there are still" many who have. not made their reports. --y.- Secretary H. B.' Moore '-ot the Associated Charities says that, while agood many calls have been made on the board during the past three weeks, the demands have not been as heavy as was anticipated. . Most of the calls have been, of course,, for fuel. . The weather,. the worst in this section for many years, found many of the poorer people unprepared Tor it. .The fact that the calls for held have been comparatively light is a tribute to the thrift and Industry - ot our people. ; " ; ..- Wm 110 Years Old. - The Gazette is informed by relia ble citizens of Belmont that Isabelle Torrence, colored, who died at her hoiiie.near 'Eelmonfon Monday.'De cember 31st, was 116 years old. . If this 1 correct she was no doubht the oldest person in Gaston county.; s i:.'iea m Secretary E. G, McLurd'a ' annual report for the. year 1917, made to the stockholders ot the Gastonia Mu tual Building Loan Association at the fourteenth annual meeting held yesterday afternoon at Jl, o'clock - at the city hall, showed that'thltf organ ization experienced an excellent bus iness during the past 12 months. The report showed total assets of 1 211,- 253.91, undivided profits of 121,. 751.60, . loans outstanding - $204,' 203.00, mortgage loans made during the year 168.150.00, stock loans dur ing the year f 11,296.00, collected In Installments' IT 1,281.7 5, net - profltl for year 110.20.43 The rate of in terest earned during the year was 6. 06 per cent. .The Series Just matured cost the stockholders 183.50 and ma tured in elx years and Jive months. The association now has In force 5,- 911 shares. During the year 626 shares matured on which there was paid out $62,600.00. .-All of the old -officers were re --TITii1: Robinson; 'first, vice-president, V; K Long; second, vice-president, T. 'Wc Wilson; secretary and treasurer, E G McLurd; -The oldest building and loan association in the city, the Gas tonia Mutual has enjoyed a steadily Increasing business and starts its fir teenth year with flattering prospects. Kl GARAGE m m J1.C33 DAI1AGE .'Damage to th extent' of about tl. 600 was done yesterday afternoon by fire which started about 6 o'clock m the storeroom occupied, by the Auto Rpal.rJ;omp.ny lortn Marletia i;::; ;rjrrwJtT - men in the building stated that it started when an electric bulb broke and the wire probably came In con tact with gasoline.. At any rate the interior was enveloped in names al most In an instant. .The fire- depart ment- r responded i immediately .and soon had -the ore , under control There were four automobiles In the place. -two of which: were damaged. One was a new Ford, belonging to a colored, man at Dallas. It was al most eompletelydestroyed. A Grant, belonging to J. L. Price, was dam aged to the extent or f 1 Ow. This business belonged to F. B. Spake and J. W. Setzejr, who "purchased it Just a few days ago from J, L. Price. Mr. 8pake was at work under one of the machines and had a narrow escape from, being burned. They had no in surance. (. The 'building belongs to MrG. W. Ragan. j - 1 city naps DEiTiiR : : COAL OVER CITY Notwithstanding4 the fact that Gas tonia fuel dealers have plenty of coal. many persons nave round it difficult to 'get tneir. : needs, snnmied. .... So heavy have .the demands been on the wagon and truck forces of the coal yards during the pastlhree weeks that-they have been unable, running almost - day- and nlgjit, to keep-. up with .orders; ... Yesterday moraine found them about three " days be - 1 hind with deliveries. The situation was beginning to get serious so the city came to the rescue and turned its teams and wagons over to; the coal companies : for use until; they caught up with deliveries. . There u no danger, it eeems, of Gastonia suf fering for fuel but delivering it over snow. and . ice covered streets is slow workj,,-. 1 j. - - J.Ui ..LLS; L.S., ., i. ..c:oedi:efi The Arrow Mills, Inc.,' was organ ized here December 28th, with - the following officers: President; J. Lee Robinson, Vice-President, J. u. Gray, secretary and treasurer, J. H. SeparK, directors, J. Lee Robinson, J. . L. Gray, J. H. Separk, L. L. Jenkins, T. h: Craig, F.:D. Barkley and ' S. N. Boyce. The capitol stock Is $300,- uuu. .'lie piant was purchased re cently from D. E. Rhyne. It having been operated : heretofore as -. the Daniel Mills. It Is located at Lincoln-ton.- it has 12.700 spindles and makes combed peeler and Sea Island- yarns os. 40 to 80. The business office of theh mllVwOI be in Gastonia. Mr. I. L. finx. nf Gastonia, has been appointed gener al superintendent, while Mr. T. J. Lillard, -a well-known, mill man of Thomasvllle, will be in charge of the lis : ointon once.. , . . Ir. W, Steve Morris Is at home i Camp Sevier. Greenville,- for a frc few. days with homefolks. . VMr.-W. K. Reid arrived yester- aay morning from cnarleston, 8. C., to spend a car or two with hu parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Reid. Mr. Held has been transferred to the" flying branch of the aerial ser vice and expects to be ordered soon to an aviation training camp. - He stood the examination in , Atlanta the first of the. week and passed. sl:fh;dpis:to ra:o (By International News Service. J a German submarine mutinied, killed their officers and surrendered is told today. :; A certain American -. trans port after disembarking its troops in France started on its return Journey. It . sighted an enemy : submarine a few hours out and tig-sagged back to port. The submarine .followed but did ifot fire and kept In the wake of the transport- through the , mfhe fields. I When saf,e in the harbor the crew, surrendered. The sailors said they, bad been forced to sea against their will; They said : that their shore leaves had been curtailed be cause they had failed to make big hauls on their last two. trips. - The food, they, said, was poor. Two, com J missioned and three non-com mission - t d officers were slain oy the crew. " WILL BE FORCED TO v ' .- .... . STAY AT HOME. (By International News Service.)! WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. A good -part of the American people will be! forced to stay at borne this-year m order to release locomotives for haul ing coal and food munitions. Hun dreds of passenger trains will be dis continued. "Travel will become so uncomfortable through lack of -facili ties that only those who must travel will 4 doso." stated Mr. McAdoo. Long distance auto traffic is expected to be curtailed by the high price of gasoline. ; v.- .? ,:'v v 'r,'-h EXPLAIXS SHORTAGE 1 i ; ',;. .- IN CLOTHING, (By" InlernaJLlo-News Service.) t - ASHiNGTON, Jan. 2. military probe commenced today and questioned Charles Elseman, head ot the contract committee of tne council of defense. Elseman declared the shortage of clothing for the troops was due to a lack of knowledge as to how many men .will be called out. Sharply questioned, he maintained he has never been -r given accurate figures, r : ,- v':'; : HUNTING FOR WEAK SPOTS. (By International News Service.) LONDON, Jin. 3. The Germans are still feeling; out the 'Western front with strong raids In an effort to find a weak point. It Is believed that the -rds are preliminary to an Alf.fl.lv. .MtlltAM. J.l.lll.. -offensive. .Heavy artillery, duelling continues, especially on the uplands. At LEAST 2,000 PERISHED. ( By International News Service.) - NEW ORLEANS. Jan. 3. The loss of life by earthquake in Guatemala will go over 2,000 according to ad vices today. '; y ' r t - M 1 1, in Mount Holly Hatters. Correspondence of The Gaiette. " MT. HOLLY, Jan: 3. This weth- ervcalls to mind that the ground hog is to nave liis day in February. Bet ter stoek up when you can with wood ! and coal. . -- . - ;, These are the days for the small boy with' his sled. He, too, should; have his day when the weather per mlts. '- "v - Mr. A. Fredericks and Miss Myra - Eliiabeth Ake, of the Bryant Lyceum Lecture- Bureau headquarters ra Charlotte, are spending a short visit spell with Mr. and Mrs. J, A Cost ner. They have Just finished a - 13 weeks trip through Texas and Okla homa. From here they go North, as far as Massachusetts. Mr. Lesh Hamilton a ? mother Is spending the holidays with him. She was accompanied by her daughter. Cornelia.,; - -,: The weather and short coal suddIv have put the opening of school no to the 7th, Monday, r Miss Purser, who takes the place of Miss Gertrude Kohn as English teacher.' will be on hand as will also Miss Mae Rhodes, tv m&o nut urmu yiace na lescuer of music. Miss Purser is from Un ionvUle and Miss Rhodes is from unoointon. . ' : ,r.j ' TheRed Cross durins- tha holidavs has been a busy place if ' we may speak of It thus-Each day has found quite a number of workers In the room at tables rolling, cutting and stitching away for the dear boys. im. . .a - - - in taaies nave, maae i,zz com presses, 9 sweaters and 3 pairs socks during December. - The average at tendance of workers has been eight. not large it is true, but very faithful. The workroom Is under the direction or Mrs. J, A. Costner and Miss Bess Rankin. Both these took the train ing course In. Gastonia last Summer. All the workers have nimble fingers, rapia neecues ana a mind to work. The room need has been donated rent free by Mr, A. P. Rhyne. our mayor.-' " , '. . v; Corp. William Bowman, of Cams Jackson, and Sgt Edwin Hutchison, of Camp Sevier in quartermaster's department, are with us for several days. Lieut. B. Moore also aoent a few days last week .with relatives In town. . . - - -.- .- . . The handsome brick noa nf Up R, G. Rhyne is finished and ready for occupancy. Mr. Rhyne expects to move in next week if the wather is favorable. 5k . , - - Mr. A. D. Stroupe. of Lucia, will occupy the house Mr.- Rhyne vacates. e nas nougat ":e puce from 'Mr. Rhyne. - - . LATEST EVENTS 1.1 C3 WEDNESDAY MIGHT. s - Mr. Robert Or Mlllen and Miss Eu nice Service were united in marriage Wednesday night, the ceremony be ing performed oy Kev. j. w. wait ley, pastor oT the East Gastonia Bap- tlst church, at his residence on East Airline avenue. The bride Is ' a daughter of 'Mr. John Service. Mr. Mlllen is in the grocery, business at the Clara Mill. They will reside on South Church street A DOUBLE WEDDING YESTERDAY..' , Rev, J. W. Whitley, pastor ot the East Baptist church, . performed a double marriage ceremony at the parsonage yesterday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. All of the contracting persons were from the Union neigh- oornooa. iney were ladiu c, jea kins, a son of Nathan Jenkins, and 1 Miss 'Blanche Pressley,- a daughter of John Pressley, and Alonso Hoffmaa. a eon ot J. H. Hoffman, and Miss An nie Hanna, a daughter ot Mr. John V. Hanna. The young folks were ac companied by " a number 1 ot their friends who witnessed the ceremony. '.- . SHAVER-JENKINS HA1UUAUU. -. - . ' .V t MIbs Katherlne Mulvina '. Jenkins and Mr. William Clarence , Shaver were quietly married Tuesday after noon, January 1st.. The .ceremony was performed la the Methodist par sonage at Morganton by Rev. E. E. Williamson in the presence of only a few of the bride s friends. Miss Jenkins will be sadly missed by a large number of friends, and Class m MM.nn mUifra,hnm .h has become very popular while nurs ing there. Miss Jenkins finished her training course in June and has fill- rd' he-position, of head night nurse since. . , The groom Is the sonof Mrr-I.-C Shaver, a well-known citizen of Sal isbury. v J:.; : r ... Immediately after the ceremony the happy couple, amid the congrat ulations and farewells of the bride s many, friends, boarded the train for Salisbury. The bride and groom are now spending a few days with the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. , U Jenkins, in West Gastonia. .-v . -' MRS. TODD'S SISTER MARRIED. The following item from Wednes day's Charlotte Observer will be of lnterest to many Gastonlans: I ... Cards reading as follows have been received in tnis city: ' Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Todd an nounce the marriage of their sister, Jessie Darlington, to Mr, Henry Wal ter Eddy, Jr. on Saturday, the fif teenth of December, one, thousand nine hundred and seventeen, Bristol, Tennessee. ;-, The bride is an accomplished and attractive young woman and is ex ceedingly popular. Mr. Eddy is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry W, Eddy, Sr., the former sec retary and treasurer of the . Char- lotte.Supply Co., of this city. - Mr. Eddy made his home In Char lotte prior ' to locating In Bristol, Tenn.,some months ago. He is a talented musician and especially gift ed as a pianist. Mr. Eddy commands a host . of friends in Charlotte and his native city. Providence, R. L, who are keen ly interested in his recent marriage. Crouse Boute One News. Correspondence of .The Gaxette. LfNCOLNTON. Route , Jan. 3. . School began the Spring term yester day at Hickory Grove with a goodly numner, considering tne snow. - The neat sum of $7.25 was realis ed from the box supper here Satur day night, December 22nd, which will be used for the benefit of the school. Misses Onle Carpenter and Alder Payseur returned home Sunday after spending the holidays with, relatives at Bessemer City..- . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Biggerstaff, of Hickory, spent the holidays with homefolks. - Mr.. Lester Jones and family spent Christmas day with Mrs. C. L. Big- Stan m Gastonia. Miss Ada Rayfield returned to Bes semer city Tuesday after spending 1 several day's with homefolks. . . Miss Pearl Etroup -spent Wednes day and Thursday with Misses Zoe and Mary Klser. - - - - - Messrs. W. 8. Carpenter. E. G. Ru- dlslll and Mr. and Mrs. T. S. Hast ings and Mrs. Luclnda Hasting were uastonia visitors yesterday. . - Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn Ru disill, on last Saturday night, a son. Mrs. Earl Clark spent last week with homefolks. - t? Mr. and . Mrs. B. H. Carnenter. ! Miss Essie Biggerstaff -and- Master rrea - uiggersus were Cleveland county visitors last week. - Mr. Jonah Froneberger, who has been 111 -with pneumonia, is improv ing nicely. - - . -.,yr c Mrs. Luther Barbee was the guest last weea or Mrs, Elmlna Hager: .-VON LUXBURO IS INSANE -(By International News Service.) BUENOS AIRES, Jan. 3., Count Von Liaxbarg, former German minis ter to Argentine, has been pronounc ed Insane by alienists who have had him under observation tn a sanitori-j um. Luxburg was the author ".'of ! tne ami without trace" message."; UTEST FE03 CUB CCHHESrc:::ENTS Lowell Locals. Correspondence of The'Caxette. . LOWELL, Jan. 2.-t-M1ss Leah and Mr. Ben- Clark spent last week in Canton visiting relatives. . Misses Myrtle Tltman and Reta Lowry visited Miss Mary Wilson, of union, last week.. - . Miss Carrie Mitchem has for her guests Misses Sara Shlpman, v of Clarkton, and Kate Lewis, of Bladen- boro. ' . -; -' Prof." Baxter Overcash, of David son, was a visitor In town last week, Lieut. -H. B. Gaston, accompanied by bis friend, Lieut Winters, of Camp Greene, were In town tor - a few days this week visiting Mr, Gas ton's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Oaa- ton. . A :; , y.r- Mrs. Tom Ford had for her guest last week her father. Mr: C. M. Dean. of Wltmlre, S. C. h I Visited their brother last week Mr Tom P, Rankin. k Misses Georgia and Lydia Rankin Mrs. Claude Wilson and little son. Claude, Jr., of Charlotte, are spend ing a few days in town with Mrs. J. M. Wilson. .'--;.' Mr. Cecil Cobb, Who has been with the Robinson Co. for some time, will leave Thursday for Hopewell, ..Va., where he has accepted a position with the DuPont powder plant. , . The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Henry Cox died Wednesday. The members of the Methodist church gave the pastor pounding KiirtilAV aftinnnn hnf Instaarf , nf clubs ani sticks they carried an a- mount of good things to eat.. 4 Here's hoping how soon the little w" " " 0 1 v' I erate with the Piedmont & Northern country town "of Lowell will co-op- UIUDI As, U ! LUV U1UU9I tUft VtftUBlVf but if a business firm can have Its own rules and regulations, don't ex pect the town to make them for you. lenders Chapel NewSrTT Correspondence of The Gazette. LANDER'S CHAPEL, Dec. 31.. The high school closed last Friday for the holidays. , . , V Mr. C. C. Carpenter, who has been In Columbia at the training camp. Is spending the holidays with home folks. , Mr. and Mrs. G us Rutledge and Mr. Edward Rutledge spent Sunday at Mr. R.O. Rutledge's. Misses Hester summey and Luia Bridges are spending the holidays with homefolks. Rev. O. W. Adderholdt and family spent Wednesday at J. V, Carpenter s Mrs. Noah Carpenter, of Crouse. spent Christmas day with her father. Rev. M. L. Carpenter, who Is serious- ill. . Dallas Dots. Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS, Jan. 3. Despite the fact that the weather has been, very severe, the members of the local Red Cross have been busily engaged mak. ing bandages, etc., for the wounded, A-good many new members were re ceived In a recent campaign. The local chapter has sent, up to the pres ent time, several boxes ot bandages to the Gastonia headquarters. Some of the ladies have been knitting sweaters for the soldiers and they have, also sent some of these to At lanta. . , Some ot the people of Dallas cele brated the coming of the New Year last Tuesday morning. As usual fire works were - displayed and the church bells were rung. Some or the crowd went beyond this and per sisted in disgraceruiiy mutilating signs, store buildings and streets. Mr. Paul Costner. of Comp Sevier. Greenville, 8. C, has been la town since Saturday; - , : Mr. Purvey Summey. who has un til recently been employed as . a druggist In Laurlnburg, arrived here last week. His intentions are to Join some branch of Uncle Sam's big army or navy. The Dallas schools will aealn oDen Monday. January 7th. It Is hoped that the attendance will be good. The students should be rested by the two-weeks holiday and should be ready to get down to hard worav. GENERALS RETURN v . y FROM FRANCE. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Malor General Qutllmann has t returned from the xommand of the Rainbow division in Frnce and today was ordered to "assume command of the Department of the East with head quarters on Governors Island. -He succeeds General : Hoyle. Mai. Gen eral Slbert has also returned from France and it ordered to the co re mand of the Department of - the Southeast with headquarters at Char leston. He succeeds General Duval. SLEW NEW YORK MILLIONAIRE. (By International news Service.) EL PASO, TEX. Jan. 3. William Russell, a wealthy banker, was plac ed in Jail last night for killing Chas. Quigley. a millionaire of New York last night. Self-defense Is- his plea for the killing,: An old grudxe ex isted between the men. ; . ; V- ADDRESSES CONGRESS TODAY. (By International NeWs Serviced) WASHINGTON. : Jan. 2. - The President will address Congress at iz:j tomorrow on the railroad sit uation. -. Low Water and Lack ot Foci Force Southern Power Plant to Cut C . Power Temporarily Huadrcl an 1 Fifty Cotton BIUls Stenn l.:: Stay be NeeeMary to Curtail f :rr t . Lights and Residence Di&truts. .' ' .Thousands of spindles in Gaston:', other thousands in the county , ar. i many ; other thousands , throughout the Piedmont section of North - ani South Carolina are ldla todav becau- of the-fact that the Southern Power Company found it necessary to shut off the power at noon today: No relief is promised before Mon day. It Is not absolutely aertain that I Mill A t. u niu cams men.? ;t j f. " . This state of affairs is the resuU bt low waters In the rivers and a. short age of fuel The rivers on which tse big plants of the Southern Power Company are located have been get ting lower and lower for some time. Now the crisis has been reached. In Gastonia out of twenty-odd fac tories the. only ones able to run are the Loray, which, maintains an aux iliary steam plant, the Modena, r.a Old Mill, the Trenton and the At: ton. AH the others . ceased opera tions at noon today, . -. - ' SuptMI. Rutter of the city light and water plants states that the city Is' in reality dependent 1 upon the rm ii i -, w " . j oouiuern, rpwir, wompany; just ai this time for "lights as well as for power and adds that it may'vbecome necessary to curtail street lights and poMiois ; svorw i ana resiaeucv . ukblb. temporarily : - . - :: , - . The city's contract Is with - the Spencer Mounta.UlPftWer -Company a-rWVTi uui cuoevrp is, in emergencies like this,' dependent in turn upon the Southern Power Company. ; " At present It appears that the sit uation thus brought about, will he relieved Monday.'. ' " . ,,' FIGHTING BEGINS AGA1X , J ; ,J PiK SECTOR, (By International News Service.) -. LONDON, Jan; 4. Fighting has where a great drive will be made m a last enort to oreaa , tne - uerman hold on the French coal fields. , To- British attack resulting in a slight advance South' of Lens.' Artillery fire near Bullecourt reached, - great intensity during the night. REAR ADMIRAL FLETCHER i, RELIEVED FROM DUTY.; (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Jan; 4. As a result of the sinking of the American transport: Antilles by a submarine, with an accompanying loss of 70 Am erican lives, Rear Admiral W.- B. Fletcher, who was In charge of ; tha convoy system of the navy, has been : relieved from duty and ordered home. Secretary 6t the Navy Dan iels, announced that there. would be no courtmartlal, but an investigation is still in progress. The Antilles was sunk while returning from France - WANTS 'CONGRESS :lA j ' TO FLT WAGES. (By International News 8ervlce.) WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. A sham demand that Congress fix wages dur ing the war in order to prevent an - industrial collapse was made by Sen ator Wing today. He will introduce legislation fixing wages on govern ment contracts. . ' ; . , AMERICAN AVIATORS . ' (By International News Service. i 1 k W T7" D 1 r . fcT im . nMf . n m .nt n m ' nauiuvAn niiAuvu All 1 Hj it n. . Vl A TS. &mm w a .. h . . . . alrpilots ready for dutv were turned C out today from the air scTiool near the filing line. JThe full class gradu ated with one exception, withheld ' for disciplinary reasons. Arter one week's rest the airmen will be sent to the firing line, their first . work, being with, French veterana. ' ASKS FOR CREATION OF NEW DEPARTMENT. (By International News Service.) . ' WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. FlaUy , i""'s'" iui iug war esiuuusnmenc lacks co-ordination" Senator Cham berlain today introduced a bill creat ing a new executive department to " be known its the Department ot Mu nitions, to -take over the whole tastr vi luiuuuiug supplies to tne army - in ranee. . .v-;. - ' v - . WILL MAKE ANOTHER ' '". '' -( PEACE OFFER. (By International Nws Service.) PARIS, Jan. 2. A Berne dispatch says that Germany Is . expected , to make a general peace 'offer within ten days.--- ;; - IN SESSION ONLY FEW MINUTES. . (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2. The House and Senate were in session only a few minutes and adjourned for the day out of respect to the memory of Senator Newlands and Representative Bathrick., . ' TODAY'S COTTON BIAnXTT. ' ', (By International News ferric?.) ' NEW YORK, Jan. 4. Tr i c : f t " i' market opsned ttls morr:' viti January": con tracts selling at 51.:?; May at 30.65. . (
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