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FONIA G IE. V PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY. WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAT. TOL. XXXIX KO.S. GASTONIA, W. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, BIARCH 20, 1918. 2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAXC3. AZEI T1 ur uxjjx ataxic, TASTXX CM. ZS&X&ST KXJCS COKTAIKINO WHEAT. ... . . -" bicqdet xm m . CIVEH TO. RED CROSS ' . . . v t- - j-:' '..V ' Mr. A. O. Myers, treasurer of the5 Gaston County Chapter f the Amer lean Red Cross, has received from Southern Power Company manager ,- a check forJ39 and the accompany ing letter, 4rhlch Is self-explanatory: ' Dear Sir: ' . - v Erer since the organization of the Southern Power Company in 1905 it baa been customary to hold a ban quet for all employees1 on the last Satarday sight of the year In Char lotte. In the past these banquets ' - bare been a source of a great deal of ' , pleasure, affording as they, did op portunity to all employees to ge to gether and renew old acquaintances and to make new. During all of these years there was never a fail ure to hold the banquet and each ' ' year the Interest became greater and greater. In the year 1917, however, ' extraordinary circumstances brought on by the World War led to the feel ing that much good could be done by j diverting ,Ahe money which the ban r quet would cost, to some, patriotic . cause and when 120 out of a total of , 635 employees of the Company joln ed the Colors,, this feeling was crys--talized Into one of conviction and J i . the employees decided to forego the i t . U I. .......... . .....J A I .nate to the Red Cross the amount j -which it would have cost. By this 'action of the employees of the Sou : thern Power Company there immedi- ately became available for the Red . Cross $1,905, and we are enclosing check to you for your proportionate amount which has been determined . by the number of' Southern Power Company employees ip' your town ' and immediate vicinity. - . Yours very Uruly? CHAS.-I. BURK'HOLDER. General Manager. ; . Charlotte, N. C, March, 14. 1918 ALLIES REPUDIATE RUSSIAN PEACE TREATY, ; : (By ' Internationa News Service.) uu.ndo.n, March 19. virtual re pudiation of the peace treaty effected between the Bolshevik! and the Cen tral Empires was contained in the of ficial statement of the Supreme, War Council of the Entente Allies at Ver sailles today.. The statement makes It plain that the war will go on .until Prussian militarism is crushed and the crimes committed by Germany are righted. The statement declares that the Russians, after the collapse as a, fighting power, were duped into a trap by the Germans,who, under the guise of "self determination," sent armies into Russia, afterwards throwing off the mask and showing 'that they meant nothing but annexa tion. GERMAN CITIES REDOUBLE THEIR POLICE FORCES , (By International News Service.) AMSTERDAM. March 19. Al though disorders in Berlin and else where In Germany are of "a passive . nature, travelers -arriving from the frontier today told of redoubled po lice precautions which are being ta ken in Berlin. At' the slightest sign of trouble the Berlin police are re inforced with soldiers and 'sNune tlmes with machine, guns. - following recent disorders , from labor troubles the soldiers were re amoved but the government: is "prepar ing to return them for the -May day period when another, big strike movement is threatened. . Though the Germans are experi encing a keen food shortage, At Is staged that' there is little hope of a collapse from privation yet. . Much food profiteering in Berlin 'is arous ing discontentment 'but no dangerous open outbreaks have occurred. . , -- i - , PRICE-FIXING COMMITTEE ' " HAS BEEN. NAMED. . (By International 'News Service.) WASHINGTON, March 19. The 'appointment of a price-fixing com mittee to designate the price to be paid for all raw materials by the . government in its war preparations wag announced by the council - for national -, defense today. . Robert 'Brookings is chairman and Dr. Harry Garfield, T. W, Taushing, W. Jv Har ris, Hugh Frane, Barnard' 'Barlcas and 'another civilian yet to be named compose the committee. ' Prices will be made after costs have been calcu lated by the federal trade commis sion and problems' . of distribution will be considered. General Palmer Pierce - and Naval - Paymaster - John Hancock have been added to the committee. -Mi;: -:'-:-:'.:rr-; FIGHT FOR CONTROL OF V TRANS-SIBERIAN RAILWAY. (By Internationad News Service.) COPENHAGEN, March 19. Fight lng for the control of the Trans-Siberian , railway along the Southern ahorea of Lake Baikalmid. Siberia, Is in progress say dispatches today. . The Anti-Bolsehvlki outnumbered the 150,00 Teuton, prisoners on the East and on the West of the lake. . .;.;--...:- ;. Mrs. Jake Burgin, of tfJncoln ton, was la the city shopping Mon day. :-. 1 " , . E PRESIDING COURT CISPATCHES C'JSIXESS m A KURRT Marcn Term Likely to End This Af ternoon Judge Takes Charge of ; Ohlldrea Involved In Habeas Cor- pas Proceedinge and Will Place i . Them in Orphaaage Negro Who SBnrnod House Given (Five Years on .'. Roads .Number Get Long I Road Sentences., Gaston County Superior Court for the trial of criminal cases, which began the March session Monday morning, wm very proDaoiy aajourn before night Judge B. F. Long, of Statesvllle, is presiding and ' busi ness has been dispatched Vapidly. Judge Long runs the court on a busi ness basis. Defendants, witnesses and bondsmen who are not right on the spot when their presence is de manded are promptly "called out." The attorney are not disposed to consume very much time in arguing trivial matters. Witnesses are Inter rogated by the Judge. Judge Long, who Is here for his (first time, has made a splendid impression on the court and on the public. In the mldstf a habeas corpus hearing at thTfbeginning of court this morning; in which 'Drayton Har ris was seeking to recover the pos session of two children who had been taken from him by their mother. Judge Long stopped the proceedings and stated that, in his opinion, neither the petitioner nor the de fendant were the proper parties to have these children and that he would attempt to get them placed in an orphanage. He ordered the chil dren. Vernle Pennington, aged 13, and her brother, Lee Pennington, aged '12, placed in the charge of the sheriff pending a reply to a message the judge dispatched immediately to the Baptist Orphanage at Thomas ville. It appeared that the mother had been a woman of questionable character and that these two chil dren had been practically raised from infancy by their uncle, Dray ton Harris. . Recently the mother re turned from Florida where 8h has been living for several years, went to the Harris home and took the children away forcibly during his absence. Habeas corpus proceed ings were at once instituted. When, in the midst of N her testimony, the mother admitted that she married a man named . McFarland while she had a living husband from whom she had not obtained a divorce, he quit hearing evidence and stated that the children should be In some good home. Their uncle, he stated, was apparently .not financially able to ed ucate them. If the effort to get them into the Thomasville Orphan age falls, said the Judge, he would try every orphanage in the State. Waddell Wilson, the negro charg ed with the larceny of corn from a vacant house belonging to Mr. John R. Rankin on the New Hope road and of burning the house to conceal his crime, was convicted and given five years on the roads in one case. The power was reserved by the court to try the other case at . any time within the next six years. Road sentences have been Impos ed as follows: Joe Stringfellow, larceny, ten months. Avery Giles, larceny, 12 months. John Branch and John Helms, store breaking, each 12 months on the roads with privilege to the coun ty commissioners to hire them out to designated parties. Tom Davis, carrying concealed weapons, 20 months. Waddell Wilson, larceny and ar sen, (five years. Charlie Costner. larceny and house breaking, 1 6 months! Henry Graham. Clarence .Luckey and George Luckey, larceny. Clar ence and George Luckey were each given 12 months. It. appearing that Graham had been called to enter the service of the country in 'the Army April 1st no sentence was Imposed. Jim Alexander, 20 months. CUBA FULL OF GERMAN SPIES. (By International News .Service. i TIPTON.' Ga., Man 20 "Cuba is Infested with German spies." de clared J. I Williams; a prominent citizen of Tift on, who has just re turned from a month's stay on that island. . "There Is a strong feeling in Cnba among the friends of the Unit ed States that these spies should be summarily dealt with.- Most 'Cubans are pro-American but there ' is a strong anti-American sentiment a mong the Spaniards. Imports from the United States have been greatly restricted. Flour bread is a. rare luxury ana an Imported foods'" are sold at extravagant prices. Insuffic ient shipping facilities Is greatly hampering Cuban Industries especi ally sugar." .vr- - ; SOLDIERS LEAVE OIL FIELDS. ; (By ' Internatonal News Service.) '' SHKBVEPORT, La., Mar. 20 The oil fields have been evacuated by the soldiers of Uncle. Fam, after an oc cupation of several months. The Second Battalion' of. the Forty Third Infantry, United States army, about 600 officers and men, who have bees doing guard and police duty inV the North Louisiana oil fields since earlv In Jan nary have.' been moved., to Camp Nlchotts. at New Orleans. v Mrs. W.; W. Jenkins returned Monday to her home at York after spending several days here with her daughter. Mrs. J. Y. Miller. . iuv begei.to;; V , . Firing on the Gastonia artillery range wilt begin tomorrow. If weath er conditions permit. 'The Fourth Field Artillery Brigade, in' command of Brigadier General Edwin 'B. Bah, bltt, arrived in full force Monday af ternoon and is now In camp on the Boyd and Bradley places west of the city on the Llnwood road. The camp has been a point of great Interest to Gastonia people. . General Babbitt's headquarters are located on the east side of the road and immediately south of a small wooded tract which Juts out to the road at that point. ' The field hospit al, splendidly equipped for any emer gency, is located south and a little east of brigade headquarters. Ma jor Perkins is surgeon in charge. The portion of the 77th Artillery in the brigade is encamped on the Bradley place on the west side of the road. Colonel Guy H. Preston Is in command of the 77th. The 16th Field Artillery, in command of Colo nel H. U Newbold; and the 13th Field Artillery, in command of Colo- nejr smith, are encamped.' on the Boyd place on the east side of the road, nearest Gastonia. The name of the camp has not yet been announced officially but It will be named after some North Xarollna revolutionary hero. r- . Franklin avenue bore somewhat the aspect of circus day Monday af ternoon. Many hundreds of men, women and children lined the ave nue for several blocks-throughout the afternoon watching the Fourth Field Artillery Brigade come into town from Camp Greene, Charlotte. They were en route to Camp Gaston, Just west of the city limits. The first, detachment arrived about 3 o'clock and it was after 6 o'clock when the last ones arrived. There were 2,600 men, many motor trucks, guns and supply wagons yin the long train. About 1,600 men were mount ed on horses. They went into camp Immediately and by 1 o'clock yes terday morning the tents were all up It is lunderstood that practice will commence on the artillery range, six miles west of town, this week. Yesterday afternoon a detachment consisting of 75 or 10O men from the Signal Corps at Camp Greene, arrived at the camp. At a meeting of the ministers of the city, heads of the various wo men's Organizations and a few busi ness men, at the Chamber of Com merce Monday night, a committee was appointed to take up the matter at once of providing quarters up town for the use of the soldiers when they, are off duty. A building will be secured and equipped with rest and reading rooms, shower baths and other conveniences for the boys. At this meeting other prob lems occasioned by the location of this camp here were discussed and steps were taken to study and solve them. POLICEMAN SHOT FOUR AND THEN SUICIDES (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, March 20. Be cause his wife sued for divorce, Law rence Farquhar, a policeman, went to the home of Harry White this morning and shot and killed 'Mrs. White, fatally wounded Mrs. Far quhar, wounded White and Clar ence Trlplett, a boarder, then hasten ed to the home of a friend where he confessed and suicided with the same pistol. He died while confessing the killings. EASTER EGG HUNT . AT MOREPLACE. 4 The young people of the Flfeur de Lis Club are preparing to have an Easter egg hunt at Moreplace, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew E. Moore, on West Franklin avenue on Saturday "f af ternoon before Easter day, March 30th. The hours will be from 4 to 6. The small admission fee of 10 cents will be charged and the proceeds will go to the club fund for providing for French or phans. , Miss Martha Moore Is presi dent of the club and she Is actively planning to make this a most enjoy able event. There will be prises for those who find the largest number of eggs and a booby prize for the one who finds the smallest number. A cordial invitation is extended to all the young folks of the town to at tend this egg hunt and thereby lend assistance and comfort to the suffer ing little French orphans. TWO MEN KILLED WHEN ' : HANGAR COLLAPSES. (By International News Service.) MIAMI, FLA., March 19. An un finished hangar being constructed by the naval air station near hen col lapsed this morningresulting in the death of Matthew Mullen, of Brook lyn., and an unidentified man. Thirty-one were injured, nine seriously. The men were working under the hangar which collapsed In a gal. '--.. f .. ii i. - i ... - r .-. . Promoted to Captaincy. ' . His many friends will be interest ed to learn that, Lieut W. B. Hun ter., of the 105th . Engineers, Camp Sevier, Greenville. S. "C.. has been promoted to the rank of captain. - He was the guest Sunday of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Hunter, here. ' ; m THE ARHY CAIIPS BOOKS ARB WANTED .... .. ; , A campaign la being carried on this week In Gastonia, to secure books for the army camps. This work is being directed by the library - com mittee of the Gastonia Woman's Betterment Association, of .which Mrs. J. Y. Miller is chairman.. Books may be left with Miss Lottie Blake at the public library, af the rooms of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce or may be taken to any of the churches on Sunday. Persons who desire to contribute money with which to purchase books, instead of giving books can do so. Such con tributions may be given to Miss Blake, Mrs. Miller, any minister of the city or to Secretary Allen of the Chamber of Commerce. The furnish ing of wholesome reading matter to the soldier boys la an important work and deserves the hearty sup port and co-operation of the people of Gastonia. JAPS SEND ARMED - FORCES INTO AMUR (By International News Service.) TOKIO, March 20. Armed Ja panese forces composed of volunteers are being sent into the Siberian pro vince of Amur to protect the lives of Japanese residents from Bolshevik! rioters, it is officially declared. The Bolshevikl outrages in northeastern Siberia have increased greatly since the Soviets ratified the separate peace. OPINIONS DIFFER AS TO GERMAN OFFENSIVE (By International News Service.) LONDON, March 20. Opinion ot the military critics rearding the re port of the high commanders that the German army will invade the Western front and that correspoud- ents will leave today for the West ern front to witness "the beginning of the German offensive" differs, but the majority believe that such an in vitation has not been issued. Others believe that the Germans are bluffing and they do not Intend to start an offensive at all. Intense raiding activities and artillery duel ling continue along the greater part of the Western battle line. Some raids were carried out in great force and were supported by violent can nonading. The Germans are turning their attention to the Belgians, claiming the capture of 300 Belgian soldiers n,ear the North Sea. Driving Oars Home. Mr. W. H. Wray, dealer in Dodge cars, is having three machines driven through the country from Detroit for his customers, being unable to get freight shipments through with any satisfaction. The three Gasto nia cars are in a string of 14 Dodge cars for this territory which left De troit the latter part of last week. They are now between Washington and Gastonia and are expected to ar rive here soon. Another party will leave here on Saturday night of this week. New Hope News Notes. Correspondence of The Gazette. LOWELL. Route 1. March 20. Mrs. J. D. B. McLean Is quite ill at her home. Seven Oaks. Mr. Dewey CraiK, of Camp Sevier, Greenville. 6. C, spent last week with homefolks. Miss Sara Alexander, principal of the New Hope school, has gone home, and her sister is here to finish the school. Rev. and Mrs. Ci. A. Sparrow, oY Union, were the guests Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Faires. Mrs. Guy Ford spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. A. Jackson. MrL Elbrldge Craig, of Camp Se vier, was at home Saturday and Sunday. SECRETARY OF STATE OF GEORGLi IS DEAD. (By International News Service.) ATLANTA. March 19. Philip Cook, aged 60 years. Secretary of State of Georgia since 1898, died suddenly of heart fain re at his home in this city this moraine. He attend ed the duties of his office yesterday and was apparently In good health. Another, case of smallpox is re ported In the city, the victim being Nesbltt Willis, a negro, living on Pryor street. . - There will be prayer meeting to night at- the First . Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. W. J. Roach, pastor of Loray Presbyterian church.,- s A party of Cloverltes consisting of Messrs. H. L. Wright, Leslie Mv Glll. T. W. McElwee, X C. Ford, J. E, Brison, 'B. P. Lilly, D. p. Cook. W. P. emlth, J. Meech Smith. R. E. Love, D. A. Matthews. 8. J. Mat thews. H. Deal and Harold Davis, passed through Gastonia Monday en route to Detroit, Mich., from which point they will bring back a number of Buick cars through the country. IIEWS OF THE COMITY LATEST f BO! OUR C0HEESP0'CENTS BEATS THEM ALL, Mr. N. A. Mcintosh, of Lucia, Has ' Not Missed a Sunday from Sunday ocnowt in urcr n i ears. ? Correspondence of The Gazette. LUCIA, March 19. Mr. J. H. Un derwood has been very sick for the past week, but we are glad to say that he is improving now. Mrs. C. A. Beatty has also been right sick. Her. sister, Mrs. Laura King, of Cornelius, has been with her for a few days. Mrs. Samuel Rogers and family, of v-uanuue, Yieiiou car. ana Mrs. J. it. nosers ouuuay. : Miss Gladys Delllnger spent the week-end with Mrs. T. S. Mcintosh Mrs. Oral Abernathy and little daughter are spending a few days with Mr., and Mrs. Frank Huitt. - Mrs. -N. B. MclnTosh has been right sick but is some better today. Mrs. Connor Killian visited her mother, Mrs. J. M. Mcintosh, Satur day.. ' :- Mr. J. W. Henkle, of Lowesrille, Is visiting his son and daughter, Mr. I. W, Henkle and Mrs. J. A. Mdn tosh. - ... Prayermeetlng has been started a- gain at the Methodist church here Mr. J. A. Mcintosh led last Sunday night and Mr. N. L. Black is ap pointed ior next Sunday. Mrs. J. F. Allen Is still Improving some, we hope for her a speedy re covery. .Misses HattleMay and Rosa Belle Rogers made a business trio to Charlotte Monday. Mrs. A. R. Walker, of Pleasant Ridge, who spent some time In the hospital at Gastonia on account of a broken leg, Is now making her home with her niece and nephew. Miss Fannie and Mr. Oscar Edwards. We noticed in The Gazette recent ly the records of two persons who had not missed Sunday school, one In 10 years and another lu 11 years. Those are excellent records, but Mr. N. A. Mcintosh, superintendent of the Methodist Sunday school here. states that he has not missed gle time since December,' which gives him a record of a sin- 1900. more than 17 years. luciTlooals. Correspondence of The Gazette. STANLEY, Route 1, March 19. The pupils and teachers of Lucia school were greatly pleased to have Mr. J. B. Steele, the farm demonstra tion agent, with them on Tuesday. He made a very profitable talk, as did also Miss Nell Pickens, who was here on Wednesday. Misses Lula Belle and Edna Black were the week-end guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Black. Mr. L. B. Fisher went to Charlotte Sunday to see his son. Reed, who is in a hospital there. Reed is im proving and it Is hoped he will soon be able to be brought home. Mrs. S. H. Black and grandchild, Kenneth, spent Thursday with Mrs. J. L. Allen. Mrs. Boyden Walker, of Charlotte, was the guest .of Mr. J. A. Mcintosh Wednesday. Mr. J. W. Pettus lost a fine horse last week. Mrs. A. A. Hovls is sick at her home. A party of young people consist ing of Misses Esther Davenport, Ma ry Ella Lowe. Ruth Kohn, Lucile Mc intosh and Messrs. Avery Keever and Grler Rhyne, of Mt. Holly, motored to the home of Mr. J. M. Mcintosh Friday afternoon. Miss Rosa Belle Rogers has been sick for the past week, but is better now. The pupils of Lucia school are working very industriously on some short plays which they hope to give the night of the 22nd of this month. Mr. Sam Rogers and family motor ed to Lucia Sunday to visit his par ents. Dallas Dots. Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS. March 19. The people of Dallas have responded gallantly to subscribing to the Limit Club. Up to the present time the following people have subscribed for 81,000 worth of stamps: Mrs. J. C. Puett, Mr. L. D. Gribble, Mr. S. T. Wilson, Dr. S. A. Wilklns, Monarch Mill. Mo rowebb Mill and Prof. J..B. Hen son. Mr. C. P. Gardner, o'f Gastonia, was here Sunday night at the Meth odist church to organize a singing school In that church. He will teach singing on Tuesday and .Friday nights, provided a certain number subscribe. There will he a mass meeting in the school auditorium next Thurs day night at 7:30 o'clock to discuss the possibility of getting Dallas a new school -building. It Is hoped that the people will respond to this call, and be present In . large num bers. . ' y'i Mr. E. Grant Pasonr, of Gastonia. was in Dallas Sunday. ' . Robert Brown. " of" Camp - Sevier, was at home Sunday. . ... , The preliminary to select the best reciters and declalmers to represent (-Dallas township at the county com mencement wllj be held Friday, the 22nd. Representatives from High Shoals will speak also. , . ; The sales of Thrift Stamps, . bar ring the Limit Club, hare reached a bout 8400. The debaters of the Dallas school went to Charlotte Monday to find ma- "vrraiiCB iubcbasc or VELaruxtioiBOriEisx xtttmwtasoMvjoa jtioanatxmaxuu CAR LOAD OF HOGS ' 01 ROUTE TO GASTC; County Agent John B. Steele . re 'ceived a telegram this mornins stating that a car load of shoats Is on the road to Gaston county from. : Kentucky. There are 180 In the car and they average , 55 pounds in weight. Mr. Steele expects that this car will arrive In Gastonia ' about ' Saturday and they, wlU be put on sale about noon Monday.: . The price of these hogs cannot be stated till it is learned just what the freight charges are, but they wijl be sold at the lowest possible price. Mr. Steele has had applications for many more hogs than this car con tains but this lot is all he has been able to obtain up to the , present time. -He fears also that this will "Do the only car load be can secure this season. He states that the hogs will be sold to the man who Is on hand' at the time of the sale.'. They will, he sold for cash on the 'spot, the same to all. v l The telegram did not state the, breed of the hogs bought. They are -so scarce, says Mr. Steele, that we cannot afford to be choice about the breed. They hare all been vacci nated for cholera. PRACTICE GAS-MASK WARFARE. (By International 'News Service.) CAMP HANCOCK, AUGUSTA, GA.. ' March 18. Gas 'mask drill is to be pushed .with all possible speed at Camp Hancock, according to an- . nouncements Just made from division headquarters. Intensive training in this particular feature of defensive warfare has already begun. . ' ; THIRD LIBERTY LOAN SERVICE FLAG. By International News Service.) -ATLANTA, Ga., Mar. 20. --- The service flag of the Third 'Liberty Loan campaign will be of . white, ' with a blue border and three vsrti- cal blue bars, it was announced at the headquarters of the Sixth Feder- . al Reserve district today. . Service flags from tiny paper ones Intended - for home window displays to big cot- ' ton and wool flags for the use . of towns, cities, etc., will be provided by the treasury department. r; . Towns and counties which meet their respective quotas In Liberty bond sales will be permitted to fly'' the service flag from some publlo place.. Every investor in a Liberty bond will be given a small flag for.' home display. ' WOMEN BARRED FROM - ' CAM P WHEELER. V (By International News Service.) MACON, Ga., Mar. 20. An order' barring women from Camp Wheeler except on non-pass days has been is- . sued at Division headquarters. This '. action was due to the fact that many women of questionable character bare been visiting the camp and in- terfering with the work of the sold iers. Hereafter women wilfc be ad-' mitted to camp only on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. ENCOURAGE OPERATIVES TO PLANT GARDENS. (By International News Service.) HUNTSVILLE, Ala.. Mar. 20 The ' West Huntsville Cotton Mills officers are encouraging their operatives to plant war gardens and do as much as possible toward feeding them- . selves this year. Superlntendednt Walter Mlllen purchased and dis tributed seeds among the mill em ployes paying for them himself. Pri- zes for the best gardens have been of -f ered. SOME GERMANS ' TAKEN PRISONERS. (By International News Service.)' "LONDON, March -j.lt. (Official Extensive .raiding activities took place last night near -NeuvA Chap pel le. The Portuguese penetrated a German trench and captured sev eral prisoners and - two machine guns. With the Allies they raided the sectors of Villiers, Guelain, Bols grenler and - Lavaquerle, capturing prisoners. Three German raids were repulsed In various sectors. The ar tillery is active in the Ypres sector. ferial on the debate in the Carnegie Library. A - -v : Mr. Frank Rhyne was taken' seri ously ill last week. ' NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS ' At the present time, owing to "the great congestion of the rail- way and mail service due to the war, a delay In the delivery' of ' The Gasette . occurs now and then. - It Is Impossible to pre vent'iU. All newspapers and pe rtodicals are suffering tn the same manner. ' An of as must endure 'inconvenience. " Wait a little before sending In a com- plaint.