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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 11.
GASTONIA; N, C FRIDAY AFTERNOON,' JANUARY SS, 1918.
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-. HERE SOAY
Two Speakers of '.National Repnta
, tlosi to Be Here Sunday Afternoon
and ilgot .1. . Banks . at . Main
Street at 3 O'clock and at 1 First
- Presbyterian Church Sandtjr
' NlghU Lewla R. Morton Sunday
Sunday la to be a field day. la Gat
.tonla for the work of the National
; Anti-Saloon League. Two speakers
of wide reputation are to be In the
city for the occasion.'; Dr. Louis Al-
tart Banks will speak at Main Street
' Methodist church at S o'clock Sunday
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afternoon and at the First Presbyte
rian church at 7 o'clock Sunday ev
ening. Lewis R. Horton will speak
at Main Street church at 7 o'clock,
his subject being, "John v Barleycorn,
Goodbye." Both of these men are
'speakers of national fame, and will
doubtless be heard by large congre
. rations. , A similar raly. was sched
uled for Charlotte Sunday afternoon.
at which former Governor Malcolmn
R. Patterson, of Tennessee, was to
speak, but the quarantine now in ef
fect will require that this event be
called off.'
IIORTON, "THE REFORMER"
SPEAKS HERE SUNDAY
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Lewis R. Horton will deliver an
address on "The Last Redoubt" at
Main Street Methodist church Sun
day night under the auspices of the
National Anti-Saloon League, fol
lowing up the prohibition address to
be delivered in the afternoon at the
same place by Dr.. Louis Albert
fSanks, of Boston. N
. A leaflet sent out by the league
speakes of Mr. Horton as "The Ke-
former" and says of him:
"During the past. 11 years Lewis
R; Horton, Assistant Superintendent
of the Washintgon State Anti-Saloon
League, has gone through 178 differ
ent local option, legislative and Pro
hibition campaigns. His booklet en
titled ,"222 Shots at the Liquor Traf
fic," has been distributed In every
State in the Union, and two - and a
half million copies of his striking
- poster, "The Factory and Its Pro
duct," have been printed. Both are
in greater .demand than ever as tne
fight progresses toward the goal of
nation-wide Prohibition. , Horton is
eloquent, fascinating, with . both
humor and pathos a hard hitter."
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( By International News 'Service)
WASHINGTON, Jan." iCr? FoK
lowing reports that ground glass nas
been .found in candy consigned to
the navy It was. admitted by-the Navy
Department today that the distrlbu
tion of candy from all ship's stores
bad been suspended, "Impurities,"
it was stated, had been found In tne
candy. A searching Investigation la
under way, v . :, . .j .' .
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RUSSIANS RBfEGTTERMS
EEEIOTS CECUMS KEEE: AUDACIOUS
Germany's Final Peace Terms, Enun--:
- dated at Breet-Lltovsfc, so rnrea
V eonable That the Bolshevlki
Promptly Reject . Tbem fin mini
Planned to Take some of Rnsslaa
; Choicest Terrltory-H9tlII Trouble
.In Austria.
. A' press dispatch In this morning's
paperrsays:
.After weeks of- vaccllatlon the
Germans at last have made their de
mands at the peace conference at
Brest-Lltovsk and the Russians have
declined to accede to them.
' Notwithstanding the fact that the
Imperial German chancellor in bis
many-times postponed speech to the
main' committee of the Reichstag an-
nounces that he still holds the hope
that an early and satisfactory con
clusion of the Brest-Lltovsk confer
ence will be reached, the terms of
the Germans as enunciated by Gen.
Hoffman, one of their chief delegates
to the peace conference, so far form
an insuperable barrier for the Bol
shevikl government, which has ex
pressed a determination to carry out
a policy of no annexations and no in
demnities. Courland in its entirety and all of
Russia's Baltic provinces are to be
retained by Germany, according to
General Hoffman In what Is termed
as Germany's last proposal to tue
Russians, and the added threat was
given that If the Russians failed to
acquiesce In the demands, further In
roads Into their territory would fol
low ancrthe Important port of Reval,
nekr the mouth of the Gulf of Fin
land, would be occupied.
New Russian Frontier.
In theatrical fashion Hoffman de
lineated on a map before the aston
ished Russian delegates the new Rus
sian frontier as the Germans intend
to run It from the shores of the
Gulf of Finland eastward to tne
Moon Sound Islands and then to the
west of Minsk and thence to Brest
Lltovsk leaving within German
boundaries some of Russia's choic
est territory
Amazed at thei audacity of tne
Germain program the- Russian dele
gates asked for time to consider the
demand. This was grudgingly given,
together with the announcement that
it was the last postponement that
could be expected. The latest advic
es are to the effect that the Russians
have unanimously rejected the Ger
man terms.
What the new situation will bring
forth is problematical. With the po
litical situation in Russia still in tur
moil and with the battle lines deplet
ed of fighting men through defec
tions, it Is hardly probable that tne
Russians 'will be able to withstand at
the present moment any great show
of force by the Germans toward the
capture of Reval, which would, prove
a handy base from which to operate
against Petrograd, or to push their
line further eastward from the old
battle line.
Situation n Austria.
Accounts of the situation in Aus
tria gleaned from German newspa
pers indicate that there still Is mucn
discontent among the workingmen
and that not all the strikers nave
returned to work. Widespread dis
satisfaction continues to be evidenc
ed against the government's conces
sions to the socialists and bitter at
tacks are being made' on tne party
leaders. The Czechs in parliament
have heckled the Austrian premier
and demanded that the monarchy be
made a democratic federal state of
nationalities,
In Germany the unrest of the pop
ulace also contlnnes. but the trium
phant militarist party Js managing to
keep the people In curb. Neverthe
less, according to . unofficial state
ments, 'the rebellions sentiments of
the German workmen, especially the
independent socialists are becoming
stronger.
Of great interest as regards the
military situation in the withdrawal
of the Austro-German armies along
the Italian front from the- Plave riv
er westward. The retrograde move
ment was undoubtedly due to the
harassing attacks the Italians, rein
forced by the French and British.
have eeen delivering for several
weeka past The Indications are that
the enemy now has given up, for the
ume being at least, his ambition to
drive through the mountains and out
upon the Venetian plain.
IIAM BHVOf GOES
TO FOOT SOL, OtfA.
Greenville. S. C... Jan f u.in
Alfred L. Bulwlnkle and FIrt .Lieut.
Robt. P, Beaman, of the 113th Field
Artillery, have left for Fort Sill, Ok
lahoma, to attend school of fire; and
First Lleuts. Julian E. Moore and
William B. Duncan nd Second Lieu
tenant Thomas J. Craig also of the
nn -ieia '.Artillery are undvsr or
ders to proceed there for lnatnutfaii
as. attallon observers. . .
William A- Watmn inn ' nt
and Mrs. William A. Wihnn ir ni
Greensboro, died Tuesday in a tnllf-
uur uospiuii at umana - Neb., or
spinal menlngetls. - He had been in
the Service incn Anrnt mnA at
tached to the balloon squadron "or
tne aviation section of . the siznai
corps.- .. ..-- .-. ., .
NE17S OF THE COUNTY
LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPOEEEXIS
Dallas Dots.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
DALLAS, Jan. 22. The Moro-
webb. Monarch and Dorothy Cotton
Mills have shut down, according to
the 'recent orders.. The stores also
closed on Monday.
. The Boy Scouts had a very im
portent meeting Friday night.- At
this meeting the question of new
members came up. Some of the can
dldates for membership were receiv
ed while some were rejected. The
troop was also reorganized. To eacn
scout was distributed fifteen copies
of the Presidents Flag Day address.
The scouts are to give these out to
the citizens of "the town and each
citizen in turn shall hand this to
some other person. Other valuable
literature shall also be distributed.
John Lewis, of Camp Jackson,
Columbia, S. C, was at home last
Sunday.
Quarterly Conference was held at
the Methodist church last Sunday.
A very good crowd ( was present.
Sunday night, Presiding Elder Kirk,
preached an interesting sermon in
the same church.
Will Morrow, who had for the
past several weeks been aosent rrom
the Farm Life School on account of
illness, has again returned to school.
The sales of Thrift Stamps in
Dallas have risen to about $150.
No doubt the amount will rise hign-
er.
Two of the citizens Of Dallas, Mr.
J. W. Summey, and deputy-sheriff G.
V. Lohr, have announced that they
are candidates ' for sheriff. They
have been working very bard.
Stanley Happenings.
Correspondence of The Gazette.
STANLEY. Jan. 24. Miss Bessie
Peterson has returned from Mebane
after a two-months visit with her
sister, Mrs. W. L. Mason. .
Mrs. Thomas CUne, of Raleigh,
who for the past three weeks has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. B. F.
Carpenter, has returned home.
The many friends of Mrs. John
Withers will be glad to know that
she Is improving after an operation
at St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte
The Stanley high school was clos
ed Tuesday on account of bad weath
er.
An address on Prohibition was
given at the Methodist .church Fri
day night.
Miss Mamie Peterson spent several
days in Gastonia and Charlotte visit
ing friends. ,
Miss Sarah Moore spent Friday in
Alexis with her cousin, Miss Virginia
Moore.
Mr. and Mrs. John Shelton. of Ltn-
colnton, have moved t oStanley.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Carpenter
have moved to Dallas.
Sgt. George Thomas, of Jackson
ville, Fla., and Miss Clyde Webb, of
Charlotte, were the guests of Miss
Lillian Peterson Sunday.
Mr. O. P. Rhyne, of Gastonia, was
in town Tuesday.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Boyd, a daughter.
After serving as Police Commis
sioner of New York City since tne
first of January, Frederick H. Bug
her was dismissed from office Wed
nesday by Mayor Hylan. Lieut. R.
E. Enright of the force, said to be a
Tammany man, was named as his
successor.
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LATE EVENTS 111 Ml JIXQ -OTT
Three RecrulUA'esterdar.
The local recruiting office of the U.
S. Army accepted three men yester
day. . John W. Hall and Dixon Hons-
er, -both of Gastonia, went to Camp
Hancock, Ga., to Join the aviation
corps, and William E. Wllloughby,
of Wilmington, was sent to Fort
Scriven, Ga., to Join the coast artil
lery corps.
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AnnolntMl tn Annanolla.
Friends of Mr. Frank P. Hall. Jr..
son of County Superintendent of
Schools F. P. Hall, of Belmont, will
be greatly Interested to learn that
the former has been appointed by
Congressman E. Y. Webb to a cadet-
ship in the United States Naval Acad
emy at Annapolis. Mr. Hall-recently
passed the examination held' at ShW-
by to qualify applicants for these
nominations.
A New Firm.
The Gaston County Land Company
is the name of a new real estate Arm
which has already been organized
with a capital stock of $50,000. The
members of the new firm are Mr. J.
L. Price, formerly with the Price
Real Estate & Insurance Co., Mr. M.
A. Turner, president of the Bank o'
Gastonia, and Mr. C. A. Turner, of
G rover. This firm will have its of
fice in the building on North Mariet
ta street formerly occupied by the
Southern Express Company. The of
fices of the Gaston County Building
& Loan Association will also be In
the same building.
Home From the Nary.
Mr. E. E. Kendrlck, who has been
on the U. 3. Ship North Carolina for
the past year or more, is spending
a- short time here with home folks.
Mr. Kendrlck Is a water tender on
the North Carolina, and goes rrom
here to Philadelphia on February 8
to attend the fuel oil school being
conducted by the navy department,
where he will take a course In ma
rine engineering. Mr. Kendrlck has
made three trips across the Atlantic
during the past few months, when
his ship was acting as convoy to trans
ports carrying troops to France.
PRICES ON LEATHER
ARE UNJUSTIFIABLE
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Phe
nomenal increases in the profits of
the Swift and Armour companies
from leather are shown by their
books for the years 1915-16, the Fed
eral Trade Commission reported to
Congress today. The largest stocks
of leather ever accumulated are held
In warehouses, the commission states,
and the present high prices of shoes
and leather products are unjustified.
The commission, shows that tne
stocks of leather held by the Swift,
Armour, Morris, Wilson .and Cuda
hy packing houses has increased 45
per cent. The tanneries also are
making enormous profits
Which Are You?
As soon as you do a thing better
than you have ever done It before, you
are becoming great ; as soon as you do
a thing better than It has ever been
done before, you have become great
use strups .
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L'lFOMT EVENTS
ARE III THE AR
fe3!je3 saM renonOijni a)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.' The
International situation loomed large
tod7. veiled behind a curtain of
censorship. Conditions are changing
almost hourly.- The most Important
developments Include the reported
rejection by Russia of the German
peace terms. Von Hertllng's declara
tion that Germany will not give up
Alsace-Lorraine, the withdrawal of
the German lines northward, anoth
er inier-amea war council in Fans,
which General Bliss will attend, and
growing peace sentiment in Austria.
At no previous time have so many
important phases of the situation
presented themselves at one time.
THEODORE FERRIS
QUITS NAVAL BOARD
(By International. News Service.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. It is
stated on excellent authority today
that Theodore Ferris, naval arcltect
of shipping board, who gets $25,000
per year, has resigned. Ferris has
been with the board since the Den-
man-Goethals regime. He was men
tioned in the revalatlons concerning
the letting of contracts to "paper
ship building concerns."
RIGID QUARANCE Oil
IN CHARLOTTE
This morning's Charlotte Observ
er says:
The most rigid quarantine order
Charlotte has ever known was clap
ped upon the city yesterday, after
noon at 2 o'clock by Mayor Franfc
R. McNinch. following a cbnference
with city and federal health authori
ties, when every amusement place in
the city was ordered closed for two
weeks, and when all but necessary
travel between the city and Camp
Greene was ordered discontinued.
The order was Issued in an effort to
stamp out the threatened spread of
cerebro-spinal meningitis, six cases
of which are known to exist In the
city.
For two weeks all amusement pla
ces, such as dance halls, theatres and
moving picture houses, billiard and
pool halls and bowling alleys, an wen
as churches and schools both public
and private must close; the libraries,
the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. must
close also, and all public gatherings
are forbidden.
CHAMBERLAIN REPLYS
TO PRESIDENT'S CHARGE
(By International News Service.!
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Ges
ticulating with both fists. Senator
Chamberlain, who was called un
truthful by the -President, hurled
back an avalanche of proof at Presi
dent Wilson today. The Senate was
crowded to overflowing. Chamber
lain said that the country is not In
terested In the personal feeling be
tween himself and President Wilson,
but that the very life of civilization
might be Involved in the questions at
issue.
He then quoted from the records
of the recent probe to show Ibat the
War Department made practically no
preparations for hostilities until arter
war was declared. He quoted camp
commanders to show the utter lacR
of. equipment. The. ordnance depart
ment has failed miserably, he stated.
He said the President did not know
the facts because he got his informa
tion from Mr. Baker, who was ig
norant of conditions In the War De
partment, and he quoted Baker's
own testimony to prove he did not
know of the clothing shortage - and
charged with responsibility for most
of the deaths at the cantonments.
ROOSEVELT KG FOX
corjiisASY trac:;g
.BY International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Roose
velt wielded the big stick In favor of
compulsory military training today.
At a breakfast given by Congress
men, at which numerous Republican
lawmakers were present,' the colonel
gave them orders to vote for ..the
Chamberlain compulsory training bill
with almost as, much vigor as he
asked them to wield the big stick
from the White House. The colonel
will hold numerous conferences to
day In an effort to "speed up the war"
and will return to New York today.
After beginning on the" ' civil
docket yesterday morning, court ad
journed until next Monday morning.
Ill SOCIAL CIRCLES
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UTEST EVEMTS IS ms LB
MISS HAMPTON ' - ;
WEDS VUtGINIAN. , . ;
Her friends In Gastonia wOl be In
terested to learn that Miss Marlon
Frances Hampton, formerly of Gas
tonia, was married on December 24tn
to Mr. William Durand Byrd. The
ceremony was performed at the home
of -the bride's sister. Mrs. McBrlde
Barrett, at Massle'a Mill. Va. The
bride is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
J. M. Hampton, formerly of this city
but who are now living at Miami.
Fla. Until recently she was connect
ed with The Journal, at Spartanburg,
S. C She is a popular and attract
ive young lady and made many
friends while she lived here. Mr.
and Mrs. Byrd will make their horn
in Richmond. ;
TO flGHT l!D.T.'GETIS -.
CASMIA IIAY OUARJL'ITCI
Following a hurried consultation
between Mayor Dixon .and several of
the councllmen this forenoon, City
Physician J. A. Anderson was re
quested to go to Charlotte' on the l
o'clock' car for the purpose of taking:
up the matter of a quarantine with
the officials of the city of Charlotte'
and the army officials at ' Camp
Greene. - ,- '.V. .
Aa noted elsewhere in today's Gav
sette a rigid quarantine was estab
lished in Charlotte yesterday, closing
all of the churches, schools, theaters
and -other public places (or ' two
weeks and prohibiting any soldiers '
from Camp Greene to go to Charlotte
except those who go on official busi-7
ness. There are several 'cases of cerebro-spinal
meningitis . in Charlotte
and at the camp and the quarantine
is' established for the purpose ; of
stamping out this disease. ,
It has been the custom of . many
soldiers from Camp Greene to come
to Gastonia; in fact there are some
here every day If Dr. Anderson can
secure the co-operation ofUht camp
commander and the officials of Char-
lotte, it is probable that a quaran
tine will be established by Gastonia.
Dr. Anderson Is to make a full report
to a called meeting of the city coun
cil tomorrow. The hour for the
meeting has-not as yet been set.
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11 TO GIVE UP .
ALSACE-LOH'I
(By International News service.)
BERLIN, Jan. 25. Germany will
not consider relinquishing Alsace-Lor
ralne to France, Chancellor Von Here- ,
ling stated In a speech to the mam
committee of the Reichstag. He '
stated that the peace negotiations at
Brest-Lltovsk have been resumed.
Referring to President Wilson's war
alms speech. Von Hertllng noted : a
difference between what the Presi
dent said and his note to the Pope -and
stated that perhaps "The Ameri
can President has already started in
the right direction". He severely
criticised Lloyd George's speech.
LOBAY LOCALS.
Correspondence of The Gazette:
WEST GASTONIA, Jan. 25 Mr. ,
W. D. Anderson, general manager of
the Loray Mill, has given to each em-1
ployee of the mill one Thrift Stamp
(25 cents), with the understanding
that after the employee has affixed -12
more stamps and returns ' it -to -him,
he will add three more, making
a sufficient amount to fill the card, 16
in all. or a total of $4 J Considerable
Interest has been manifested by our -people
here in this method of the gov
ernment's to stimulate the savmga
habit. Mr. Anderson's Interest thus
manifested In the mill' employees la
greatly appreciated by them. ' -
At least three men In this end of
town are looking for a rabbit's foot
something to keep off bad luck.
Each one has recently teen rather ,
unfortunate in sustaining losses. Mr. '
T. M. McEntlre has lost a new Fire
stone auto tire: Mr. I R; Roacn
lost ?32 In money and Mr. , -p
Mitchell lost $18 in money. - -
Miss B. Goforth has returned rrom
a visit to Clifton. 8. l.
Mr.v T. M. McEntlre. Mr. J.' G.
Wolfe and Mr. W. T. Creaswell were
business visitors In Charlotte Tuesday.-
V'v J - v':'OV- f.-'
Mr. Skinny Dining spent Tuesday
with Mr. Mack Dilling, who is sta
tioned at Camp Sevier.
t Mr. Avery L, Tucker, the popular
young grocery salesman at 8. Settle
myer's, is confined to his home by an
attack of measles. .- - , :
Mrs Margaret Ballard has been
quite sick for several days at tie
home of her daughter, Mrs. VTa;
Fits. ' .:..-
Rev. A. L. BoHek.;DRtnr
Stanley Lutheran church, v -tonla
on bnsiness today.