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VOL. XXXIX. NO. 24. GASTONIA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 25, 1918. $2.00 A YEAR EX ADVANGS. GASTOIjlA A. I P'S HOW CROWDS THR0K6E0 KA6NIFICENT KEW ' Beginning of Rev. Dr. J. C. GaUo ' . way's Twenty-Fifth Year as Pa tor Marked by Occupancy of Bean , tiful Modern Church Edifice -r- Visiting A. R. P. Ministers Spoke at - Morning Session Fraternal v . Greetings from Up-town Church , ' eg of Other Denominations Last Night - Many Turned Away at .Mgru Service. Two large congregations filled the auditorium of the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian church yes terday morning and . night to wit ness the exercises marking the open ing to public use of this handsome new house of worship, Just complet ed. The service at 11 o'clock in the morning was in the nature of a un ion service participated In' by the A. R. P. churches which are particular ly close t6 the First church. One of these, Pisgah, is the mother cnurcn of all the A. R. P. churches In the southern part of the county. Gasto nla Second church and Bessemer City church are. In a way, daughters f the First church here. Rev. J. B. Hood, pastor of Pisgah, and Rev. R. R. Caldwell, pastor of Bessemer City and the Gastonla Second church, par ticipated In the exercises. Rev. A. T. Lindsay, president of Llnwood College, was also on the program but was prevented from being pres ent by Illness in his family. At 7 : 30 p. m. a union service of the uptown churchesvas held at which time the pastors of these sev eral churches brought fraternal greetings to Dr. Galloway and his congregation. Every seat In the au ditorium and gallery was occupied last night and not a few were turned away. THE MORNING SERVICE. Rev. R. R. Caldwell read as a Scripture lesson the fifth chapter of Second Chronicles, following which Miss Dorothy Pearson presented to the pastor. Rev. Dr. J. C. Galloway, jl handsome pulpit Bible. Rev. J. B. Hood offered the opening prayer. A apecial musical program was ren dered at this service, a feature of which was a solo by Mrs. De Armand Kirkpatrick, of Mecklenburg county. ' In bringing a fraternal message from the Bessemer City church and the Second church of Gastonla, Rev. R. iR. Caldwell said that these churches were living in the light of the First church. He spoke of the church of God and its relation to the people. He characterized the churcn as the most collosal institution In tne world today. It has withstood- all attacks. Its work is as wide as tue world, its field of operations as broad as the human race itself, it Is more than a congregation or a de nomination or a dormitory to house Christians. It has the highest mis sion of any institution on earth to serve God by saving men and wo men. To the extent she fails In ibis work to that extent is she falling to realize her mission in the world. The mission of the members of tne church is no less than the mission or . made up of people from the various walks of life, gathered together to co-operate in the great work of the church. You are the channels through which the influence of tne church goes out to unsaved-men and women. There has been a wonderful change In recent years in the metn ods used by the church to realize Its methods. Many of us still living re call the day of the brush arbor. Then came the log school house, the log church, the frame church and then the modern and well-equipped churcn .edifice of brick and stone. This build ing and this equipment, in them eelves, wont give you the power. You have the plant, the people, the God-sent messenger, but I say to you that, if you haven't realized that you have the real power, you'll find It bard by the throne of God. Rev. J. B. Hood then spoke as fol lows: REV. J. B. HOOD'S ADDRESS. When the present building at Pis gah was dedicated your beloved pas tor, In delivering a historical ad dress, was kind enough to refer to Pisgah as the mother of churches And in his roll call of her several daughters he-gave the name of the Gastonla A. R. P. church. At that time Pisgah was pleased to be called the mother of this organization and today she is better pleased with It than ever before. Mothers are gen- .oraiiv nrnnfi nt thmir dau enters when they do well and Mother Pisgah is ' proud of her daughter Gastonla. we esteem it a reai priTnogo this hannv occasion, as oastor of Pis gah, to-bring to you cordial, affec tionate greetings from the mother church.- . - - Be assured that, when 31 ; years 'ago 36 members of Pisgah asked for come Into the organization here as charter members, Pisgah was sorry to loose them. But. like a . true .vnvt Ka ath w avah K a r in ft (TAn in A UUVUCl ar BUtaf Uw v vl vo asAlflAA thar I Anst tinF frit Tf tf such a worthy daughter. And dur ing all these passing years, tne iona mother has watched her interesting daughter with 'more than ordinary interest as she has grown from in fancy to matured, beautiful., glori ous womanhood.- " - - ' . tr..v ni .i. .1 . hM&. to& congratulation on this happy occasion. -: - --a . . - First, she congratulates - you on ;yonr growth and popularity as a con III THEIR HAIIDSOLIEHIE HOUSE OF WORSHIP TWICE YESTERDAY gregatlon. This church was organ lzed with '36 members and for sever al years It had many difficulties to contend with. In fact, when this organization was seven years Did, it had Increased very little in mem bers, for when Dr. Galloway became pastor seven years after the organi zation we are told that there were only about 40 members. But under the pastoral supervision of Dr. Gal loway; assisted by his faithful help ers, this congregation has grown till today among the more than 50 con gregations of the First Presbytery this congregation occupies the third place in the scale of per capita con tribution to Christian purposes. And she stands equally high in the record of noble deeds. The second subject for congratula tion Is that, during the past 24 years, in the Providence of God you have been permitted to retain as your pastor him whom you called at that time and who has been your choice ever since. Disease has not taken him away and other churches, though be was In demand elsewnere, have not taken him away. And he has stayed with yon until, In a very real sense, he has become a member of every family. Your mother church Is fondly cherishing the hope that he will continue to be your pastor until he is transferred from the church militant. to the more glorious church triumphant. Third, the mother church congrat ulates you on this Bplendid new church building which you have erected in which to worship God and for the glory of God. You people have utilized a great deal of time and energy and money and brains and zeal In the construction of this magnificent building and we trust that your motive has been as purely for the glory of God as was the mo tive of the builders for the great temple at Jerusalem 3,000 years ago. We feel sure that the King ana Head of the church is today looking upon the scene and is saying to you, "well done, thou good and faithful servant," and we feel equally sure that on, the crowning day when your labors are all over you will bear from the same source, "Enter thou into the Joy of the Lord." Would you allow the mother church to give you a word of exhor tation today? It Is customary for mothers to exhort their daughters and generally the mother's advice ra good and good daughters generally heed the mother's exhortation. It Is this: Let each member of this church resolve solemnly today to help make this church count tor the glory of God. This church will count for the glory of God only as you, the members, make It so count. These brick, though symmetrically and beautifully arranged, in them selves would count no more for tne glory of God than the same number of brick stacked as these In the brick kiln all covered with smoke. But put thus in the shape of a churcn they will count for the glory of God just In proportion as you, the mem bers of this church, by your superior living in this church, reflect the light of Jesus Christ upon the out side world. May this house-, UKe Solomon's Temple at Jerusalem, be filled with the glory of God and may you who have built it, every time you enter Its doors, feel as Jacob felt when he awakened after seeing the ladder reaching from earth to heav en. This is none other but the house of God. The mother church extends sincere congratulations and invokes the richest blessing of Heaven upon this congregation and the new church. Following the ' addresses of Mr. Hood and Mr. Caldwell, Rev. Dr. Gal loway, the pastor, made a brief talk In which he reviewed the work a complished by the congregation ra erecting this modern house of wor ship. "It is a glad occasion for all of us." he said. "I think we can re alize something of the feeling of the Jews when the temple at Jerusalem was completed and they went up to It to worship for the first time. In planning the building," said the pas tor, "especial attention was given to securing a modern, well-equipped Sabbath school department." tn this connection the speaker empha sized the fact that the Sabbath school is regarded as one of the most important, if not the most important, feature of present-day church work. It is through that channel that tne young people are reached and saved to the church. EVENING SERVICE. Every seat in the 'auditorium and in the gallery was taken when tne hour for the evening service arrived. Chairs were placed in. all, of the aisles and even then . many were turned away. - ;' - . Rev. H. H. Jordan, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, offered the opening prayer. Dr. Galloway then announced that the service was a union service participated in by tne uptown churches and gave expres sion to his pleasure and the pleasure of the congregation ' at. having tne other denominations represented at the service by their pastors and members of " the various , congrega tions. . . '. ' ' ' . ' Rev. W. BarretC pastor of the First Baptist church, was then, in troduced and brought, a : fraternal message from his congregation. "We can all rejoice with this congrega tion," he said,- on the completion of ' j (Continued on page 2.) - THIS IS A WHEATIESS DAY TOMORROW IS MEATLESS DAY 75.000 DRAFTED MEN MOVE TO CAMP 'By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 23. The movement of 74,206 selective serv ice men, 66023 white and 8,183 col ored, to the various camps began to day and will continue till all have arrived at camp. Early reports re ceived by Provost Marshal General Crowder indicate that the movement is going forward like clock worx. The whites will be distributed as follows: Devens; 6,575; Camp Up ton, 7,500'; Camp Meade, 7,000; Camp Dlx, 6,000; Camp Lee, 3,000; Camp Grant, 5,000; Camp Taylor 6,000; Camp Dodge, 5,000; Camp Funston, 2,300; Camp Travis, 7,558. The colored will be sent to the fol lowing camps: Camp Jackson, 3, 383, and remainder to Camp Gordon. Officials estimate that when this quota reaches camps it will still leave 70,000 white and colored to be in ducted into the national army to complete the first draft. It is expect ed that an order to entrain these will come within three weeks, when they will begin to get ready for tne second draft. TAKES $1,000 WORTH W. S. S. Following a patriotic talk by the superintendent, Mr. J. H. Separk, Sunday morning and a motion made toy the treasurer, Mr. R. B. Bablng- ton, and seconded by a dozen or more voices, the Main Street Metho dist Sunday school voted unanimous ly to purchase $ 1,000 worth of War- Savings Stamps. The purchase will probably be made with funds from the regular treasury of the Sunday school, supplemented by voluntary contributions from individual mem bers of the Sunday school and by classes. Superintendent Separk con tributed $100 to the fund just after the motion was passed. U. S. WILL NOT RECOGNIZE THE BOLSHEVIKI PEACE. CBy International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 25. Ger manys "hope of Russia" will not be recognized by the United States and her allies. The present forced peace which will apparently be consum mated by Lenlne and Trotsky and their satellites has not changed the general war situation, officials uiase plain today. NO DATE SET FOR SECOND DRAFT. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 23. Fol lowing reports to the effect that tne draft of the national army would be made in June, it was announced by the Provost Marshal General's or fice today that no date has been set. It is unlikely that it will be set until the full first quota Is In camp. Read "Over the Top.' DAILY FOOD CONSERVATION PROGRAM ' SUNDAY One wheatless and One meatless meal. MONDAY Wheatless Day. One Meatless Meal TUESDAY Meatless Porkless. One wheatless meal. WEDNESDAY All day wheatless. One meatless meal. THURSDAY One wheatless and one meatless meal. FRIDAY One wheatless and one meatless meal. SATURDAY Porkless day. . One wheatless and one meatless. meal. '-.y ' - , . HELP WIN THE VAR BY SAVING E03S0H TO SPEAK HERE FRIDAY mGHT . Gastonlans will have an opportuni ty on Friday night of this week to hear Richmond Pearson 'Hobson, hero of . the Merrimac, Alabama Congressman, and well known re former and orator, who comes to this city under the auspices of the Nation al Anti-Saloon League. Mr. Hob son's address will be on the subject of "America In War", with the view of interesting the people in the ratifi cation of the constitutional amend ment providing for nation-wide pro hibition of the liquor traffic. While a representative In Con gress from Alabama Mr. Hobson worked faithfully for years to the end of getting the proposed amend ment through both houses of Con gress, and that end having now been attained, he Is entering vigorously In to the campaign to secure Its ratifi cation by the legislatures of the re quired 36 States within the time limit of six years. His fame as an orator will doubtless bring out one of the largest audiences that has ever greeted a speaker In Gastonla. SCHOOL CHILDREN BUYNIG y WAR SAVING STAMPS Reports from the postofflce and the banks Indicate that the speecnes made at the several local schools, Friday by the local men In behalf of the War-Savings Stamps have al ready begun to bear fruit on a most encouraging scale. One little school girl, a Jewess, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Le bovltz, purchased $60 worth, the sum Invested representing her sav ings for sometime. The school children are respond ing nobly not only In town but all over the county. They are showing their patriotism in a manner whlcn brings great encouragement to Chair man Wilson of the War-Savings Stamp Committee for the county and his assistants. SOCIALISTS TO CONFER WITH MIL WILSON. Mt International News Service.) ' LONDOSj Feb. 23. A delegation of Socialists from all the nations fighting Germany will be sent to Washington to confer with President Wilson, according to a parliamentry correspondent. OAITTRES LONE GERMAN. (By International News Service.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Feb. 22. An American soldier captured a lone German In a shell hole in the Chemin Des Dames district shortly before daybreak and brought hin- in after daybreak. This is the first mention in dlspatcfies from France that American soldiers are in the Chemin Des Dames dis trict. EQUAL SUFFRAGE DEFEATED. (By International News Service.) AMSTERDAM, Feb. 22. By a vote of 22 to 15 equal suffrage was defeated in the Russian diet today. Forty-five German warships were said to be approaching Reval on Wednesday and German troops have already landed there. Reval Is the port which guards the entrance to the Gulf of Finland. Read "Over the Top." LOCAL PHYTIIIANS TO HAVE "ho;:e-co" tomt Elaborate plans have been made by Gastonla Lodge No. 53 Knights or Pythias for a "home-coming ' event to be held in the Castle Hall in the Armory building tonight at 7:30 o'clock. It will be a public meeting and visiting Pythians, former Pyth ians and prospective Pythians have received special Invitations to ' he present. An address by the Grand Chancellor, Dr. Byron Clark, of Sal isbury, will be a feature of the ex ercises. Mr. S. A. Robinson will present a brief history of the local lodge; Judge A. C. Jones will speak on "Our Honor Roll" and there will be Impromptu talks by a number of prominent Pythians. Following Is the program in full: Song, Opening Ode. Invocation, Rev. J. H. Henderllte. Flag Ceremony. Every Member Roll Call. Address, Dr. Byron Clark, Grand Chancellor. Music, Quartette. Brief History of Gastonla Lodge No. 53, S. A. Robinson. Our Honor Roll, Judge A. C. Jones. Three-Minute Talks. Song, Closing Ode. Benediction, Rev. H. H. Jordan. MASONIC LODGE TAKES '$1,000 WAR SAVING STAI1PS v Pledging Joyalty to the govern ment In this time of war and show ing their sentiments by subscribing for $1,000 worth of War Savings Stamps, Gastonla Masons on Friday night held a patriotic meeting whlcn will long be remembered by mem bers of Gastonla Lodge No. 369 and visiting Masons. This meeting was primarily ar ranged for the purpose of unveiling a scroll of honor and a service flag for the members of this lodge, eleven in number, who are now In the United States Army. The presenta tion of these badges of honor was made by Mr. O. F. Mason in an ap propriate address, which rang throughout with true patriotism. On behalf of the boys, In whose honor the scroll and flag were unveljed. Capt. R. G. Cherry, of Camp Sevier, delivered the speech of acceptance. Little P. Woods Garland, 3rd, son of Pastmaster P. W. Garland and grandson of Pastmaster S. N. Boyce and great-grandson of the late Past master J. Q. Holland, unveiled the scroll and service flag. Following is the lodge's honor roll: Capt. R. G. Cherry Capt. E. E. Boyce Lieut. B. E. Douglass Lieut. J. W. McArver Sgt. R. S. McLean 8gt. J. W. Holland Sgt. E. R. Warren Sgt. W. M. McArver Ben W. Boyd Henry Holtshouser C. Q. Huffstetler. Mayor A. M. Dixon welcomed tne visiting Masons and Interesting ad dresses were made by Major Claude j. Prldgen, of Camp Fevier, Past Grand Master of North Carolina; Chaplain B. R. Lacy, Major A. L. Bulwlnkle, Rev. J. H. Henderlite. Rev. H. H. Jordan, Rev. G. P. Abernethy, Mr. S. N. Boyce, Mr. Joe S. Wray, Mr. W. L. Balthis and others. The Worshipful Master, Mr. J. W. Tlmberlake, paid a splendid tribute to Mr. Balthis, who la now en route to France as a volunteer Red Cross worker, going at his own expense. . The keynote of every talk during the evening was patriotism and there is no doubt that the influence of this meeting will be felt in tne local sale of War Savings Stamps and in all other patriotic movements. MISS MORRIS TO 8IXO FOR RED CROSS BENEFIT. - On Tuesday night of next week, March 5th, the Gastonla Music Club will present Miss Jane Morris, dra matic soprano, in a concert program to be given at the Central school au ditorium for the benefit of the Red Cross. Miss Morris will be assisted by Mr. Marion Walker, of Chester, 8. C, baritone. Both Miss Moms and Mr. Walker were artist pupils or Ralph Beach Sterne at the New York School of Music and Art, and have sung in concert in New YorR together. The program, which will be published in full In another Issue gives promise of a genuine musical treat, and there will doubtless be a large and appreciative audience pres ent to hear Miss Morris in her first local concert. "TWILIGHT SLEEP" FILM AT THE BROADWAY. The special attraction at the Broad way Theater on Thursday of this week will be the famous motion pic ture clinic on "Twilight Sleep.; The picture will be shown for women on ly from 1 to 6 p. m. and for men on ly from 7 to 10 p. m. No children will be admitted. Mrs. Grace West will lecture tin the subject shown in the film at each, performance. . See advertisement in this Issue. . i- - Mr. W. L. Balthis, who recently volunteered for Red Cross work, left last night , tor an Atlantic port, whence he will sail about March 1st for Paris. His address there will be Bureau of Personnel, American Red Cross. 4 Place de X Concord. : ' series of mm on ; : ' GREAT W0.1LD C0I.TUST, The protracted meeting previously announced began yesterday morning At th Plrat Rantlat otinrolt t r ' V.. Lamb, the well-known evangelist: Is doing the preaching and Mr, ELL. Wolslagel is directing the slnglng.- Both are well known to flnstnnlana ' ' having been here in a similar meet ing iast year, two services were held yesterday, at 11 a. m. and 3 p. m Tiicra mram rt n nio-nr .Anrin. n r irsi a. n, r. cnurcn. , "At the morning service Mr. Lmb ' preached to a large congregation from the subject "The New Birth." In every rosebud there is a rose and in everv acorn there ! an na but before the rosebud can become a rose or the acorn 'become an oaK certain laws must oe . operative m .internal and external. The Internal. me uie-giving-principle; the extern al, the laws of nnrlrnnmAnr ' Df thai ' nrsi oniy win l ireai. . ; v. v - , Before the rosebud can ' become the rose or the acorn the oak it must be smjled upon by the sun, watered by the dews of heaven and fed by the oxygen of the air or the earth. in evry numan oemg mere is the possibility of a mortal soul's like ness to God, but before that soul can realize Us fullness It must : receive W . a . the smile of God in forgiveness, must be kissed by the spirit of God Into life, must be fed from the cross . of Christ. These transcendent forces thus beget new life. , First Every creature Is impelled by its nature. The animal lives ty . Instinct; the human by soul desire.' Second. The , natural disposition of every man is evil, therefore, un less regenerated, all his fruits will be evil. : ys:y ! Third. The natural result of evfl Is death. Just as antithetical ele ments of life beget death In the rose bud and the acorn, so do these beget death in the human life. , But the man Is capable of new life. He is the blurred Image and must be re stored. He has fallen and must be lifted. He Is enfeebled but may be revitalized. All his powers are lat- . ent but may be made active. Fourth. This reliazatlon f one possibilities cannot be self-realized, -not by reformation, not by culture, but by surrender to the Giver of a new life. Ye must be born again. At 3 o clock Mr. Lamb spoke - on The Deity of Jesus Christ" and said In part: There are four schools of thought. The first teaches that Jesus bad a beginning, created a spirit-being as are angels by the flat of God. ' At the incarnation he gave up the spirlt-be- ing and was created a human bemg; that at death the humanity was anI-( hilated and he was re-created a spir it being. . The second claims that God is di vine principle identical with nature; . that the Virgin Mary conceived the Idea of God and gave to ner ideal the name of Jesus; that Christ dwelt forever as an Ideal In the bosom of the principles of the man Jesus.. that he never died, the fleshly Jesus seemed to die only; that he re-appeared In idea and that he (ascend ed) rose higher in the understand- lng of the spirit. : The third teaches that Christ had no pre-lncarnate existence. That lie was born of Joseph and Mary. That -1 he lived an exemplary life and died an exemplary death. The fourth, evangelical Christian ity, teaches that Christ was eternal with the father: that he was begot ten by the holy spirit, born of the Virgin; while on earth he was God man. He died a sacrificial death, -was raised from the dead the third day, ascended to the father; will re turn in due time and will sit as Judge of the world. First. Jesus Christ was the son of God; (a) he himself claimed to be such; (b) bis contemporories be lieved him to be God. Angels, dev ils and the voice of God so proclaim ed him. Second, Jesus Christ, the divine man, was from all eternity. He said "Before Abraham was, I am." He said "I was with the Father before the world was." While In the flesh he was no less God than before tne Incarnation, for In Him dwelleth all the fullness of the God-head bodily." The method of his incarnation was divine for "that which is conceived in her Is of the Holy Ghost." Third, Jesus Christ, the divine man, was crucified and died. Fourth, Jesus Christ, the clvrae man. was raised from the dead, (al Before his death he said he would ' be raised the third day affer his res- . urreciion. tie snowea mem nu hands and feet, declaring that spirit had not flesh and bone and finally ate fish In their presence to convince them that 'it was be. (b) An the 1 apostles give testimony to - the fact that he was raised from the dead. Even bis mother was so thoroughly convinced that she readily did . his -bidding after he was gone.' . fiffth ' Ttila aamo. Htvlna man vlll return. .When he , ascended and ' while the multitude was watching him go, two med'stood by and assnr' ed the multitudes that their Lort would -return. . Christ, on the Isle oi Patmos, assured John the Beloved that he would return..'. - "Sllth. -vThls battia .TAana ffo will sit in Judgment. In John's Gos pel.: the . 5th j chapter. .lt is . sali . (Continued on page 3 ) - -
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