North Carolina Newspapers

TONM'-3AZETTE 1 PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY, WBPXESDAY AM FRIDAY, 3 VVOU XXXIX. NO. 37. GASTONIA, W.1 fA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MAR OH 27, 1818. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANC3. . THE GAS . mm nrn nnsia ' I . xwasiicnriisoAiioDii t !i LOCAL BOOKAIIPAIGII . IS LAGGING SO."H .'Sixty-six books have so far been contributed br Gastonla people In the campaign now on to secure books , lor the army camps, me campaign v la still on and the committee In charge hopes that the people of the city and surrounding territory will contribute many more books. Fire hundred books Is a reasonable est! mate of what Gastonla should con tribute for this purpose, according to the committee's views. - Books . may be sent to the public library, to the Chamber of Commerce or, if the donor cannot bring the books to either of these places, a Boy Scout will be sent for them if Mian Lottie Blake, librarian, is notified of the act by phone or otherwise. ' These books will be placed in the library at the Y. M. C. A. but at . Camp Chronicle here. There lire about 2,500 men at this camp and they are looking to Gastonla to supply them with an ample supply of good literature. Standard magazines for the year 1918 are also wanted. Some of these - have already been contributed and are being placed temporarily at Mill tary Police headquarters in the Armory pending the completion of accommodations for a reading room and -library at the camp Y. M. C. A. hut Donations of books so far hare been made by the following persons: Mrs. R. S. Loughridge, Mrs. Carl Storey, Miss Nettle Brown, Dr. J. C. Galloway. Rev. J. C. Deltz, Mrs. M. J. Castles. Mrs. Flay Davis, Miss Bessie Aiken, Miss Madge Hanna; Miss Lena Hanna, Miss Blanche Car 'son, Gilmer Klncald, Miss Lillian Atkins, Miss Annie Galloway, Miss Catherine Mason, Miss Alma Bostlc, Miss Marie Smith, Mrs. Pressley, of Clover; H. P. Stowe, -Mrs. M. J. Millen, E. L. Sandifer, C. Hill, Study Club (29 volumes), .Miss Mildred 'Llneberger, W. L. Smith, Miss Pearl Llneberger, Miss Lottie Blake,' Mrs. J. Y. Miller. .A nmncRuno nr dat taiic v lUUUOAIllO VI IUtl IttlLO : KOWOGIN "Rat talis are coming in by the peck", said County Farm Demonstra tion Agent Steele to The Gazette this morning. "Hundreds of people in the county are sending in thousands of them", he continued. "I had no idea there were so many rats In the - county. - If this keeps up I'll have to "employ an assistant to help me count the things", said Mr. Steele. ' - As noted recently in the Farm Demonstration - Column of The Ga zette, Mr. 8teele has inaugurated a campaign looking to the extermina tion of rats in the county. To en courage the killing of rata he offered several prizes. These consist of Ave prizes of $5, $4, $3. 2, H and 25 cents in War Savings Stamps to the , Individuals bringing or sending in the Ave largest numbers of tails and " four silk flags, one of - the United States, one of Great Britain, one of France and one of Italy to the public school sending in the largest num ber. The War Savings Stamps are donated for this purpose by the Gas ton Loan A Trust Company, while the Bank of Gastonla is donating the flags. imanis 11eet to;mow night For the purpose of getting a thor ough understanding of. the change of time effective next week and Its ef fect upon present practices in trade, the merchant members of the Gasto nla Chamber of Commerce will. meet Friday night at 7:30 o'clock at the offices of the chamber, the call being Issued by Chairman E. N. Hahn . of the Department of Mercantile Affairs. Various other matters of interest may also be brought up for" discus sion. County Agent J. B. Steele sold a car load of pigs Monday. They were also disposed of without any trouble. Two was ' the ' maximum number any person was allowed to purchase. The price was 23 cents per pound. This is the second car load of pigs to be placed in the coun ty recently. The Loray Mills brought la a car last week and sold them-to the mill's employees. Mr. Steele says that there is considerable inter est among the .farmers of the coun ty In the matter of producing more bog meat this year. -. : . X single front, a single army a single- people. t;. -- -- Every individual Is on the police force of the food administration. -His first vigilance should be to see that his own service is alt that It, should be, then police his family and his neighbors. ' 1 K3TED STATES illUST RAISE : ARIIY0F 5,CCp f By International News Service.) y WASHINGTC "yKarmy of 5,O00,C v1 ed by the Unit( - Y I tiVa Assertion i WASHINGTON, March 25. An 000 men must be rais- United States. This posi tive assertion was made by General Leonard Wood, just back from the Western front In France, before the Senate military affairs committee to day, From this number from 2, 000,000 to 2,500,000 must be seat to France with the least possible delay. PATROL SHIP SUNK. (By International News Service.) AN ATLANTIC PORT, March 26. An American scout patrol ship was sunk off the North Atlantic coast to day. The vessel struck "a rock about 4 o clock this . morning and sank within four hours. ' All the crew reached the shore in life boats. The ship was a total loss. The cause of the wreck was not announced HERMANS TAKE BAPAUME. (By International News Service.) BERLIN March 25. Bapaume, which has been the storm center of fighting on the Western front for the past 24 hours, has been captured by the Germans, the Berlin war otnce claimed this afternoon. The state ment added that this puts the Ger mans in possession of Important ground. SHOTS FROM LONG RANGE GUN ARE INEFFECTIVE. (By International News Service.) PARIS, March 25. Paris is still under bombardment today. From unseen sources shells began falling upon the city at 7 o'clock. The peo ple are going about their daily rou tine. The responsibility for the bom bardment is still a mystery. The re port that a gigantic gun had been lo cated 70 miles from Paris is not con firmed. Many French experts believe that German airmen, flying at high altitudes, are dropping the shells. Attention is directed to the fact that the shells have no force -when they strike. They explode and make small holes about four feet in diame ter and two feet deep. y GERIIANifORCES CAPTURE BAPAUME (By International News Service.) BERLIN, March 25. Bapaume and Nosle, where the fighting has been raging for 2 4 hours on the Wes tern front, have been captured by the Germans, the war office claims. The official statement also says that the number of Allied prisoners has been increased to 45,000. The statement again made men tion of American troops, saying that American, British and French forces have been thrown back near Neuville and Calmont. Desperate lighting for the possession of Combles has devel oped. , . "VICTORY FLYING SQUADRONS' TO WORK WAR SAVINGS. Squadrons Will Visit Counties of the State and Give Practical Demon stratlon in War Savings Work A Working and not Speaking Cam paJgn. WINSTON-SALEM. Mar. 28. The "Victory Flying Squadrons" Is the name of three rapidly moving corps of War Savings workers, each squadron composed of six or more practical, efficient, enegetic men who will visit practically every county in the State, for the purpose of giving aid in a practical way to county or- iranfvaff An Is vha aiV a 4ia W Savings campaign. The squadrons will make their approach and do their work without any 'great note or public speaking as the purpose of the organization is to give a practi cal demonstration in presenting War Savings to the people. The plan of the organization that has been effected at State Heanquar ters calls for the squadron to re main In a county one day, generally at the county Beat, and there meet the county , War Savings Committee when a plan of making a personal canvass of the town, and the county too, as far as time and circumstances will permit, will be- made for the purpose of soliciting pledges to the War Savings Campaign, the pledges to be in 'cash, paid by the week. month or at the subscribers conven ience during the year. It is expect ed that the movement of personally eanvasslng the citizens of the county as started at this time will be . con inued by the county committee until the county's quota has been pledged. BIG GERMAN BANK ACCOUNT v IS TAKEN OVER BY PALMER. Washington)" March 26. One ; of the largest single .amounts' of cash thus far received by the alien prop erty custodian was turned- over by him to the treasury in the form of a check for 15.077,000. representing the principal of 'an account held by German Interests In a bank In one of the larger cities. The name of the bank was : withheld.. The ' enemy character of the account-was estab lished by the state department. The money will be held in the treasury nntil .the end of the warr , . We have toput every ounee of ef fort behind the men behind the guns. J BRITISH CAM FALL BACK . MANY IIILES iYET (By International .News Service.) WASHINGTON, March 26. The termination of the world's greatest battle is far from being in sight. All advices reaching here over night and today indicated this fact. The Ger man offensive slackened in the face of a stubborn Anglo-French resist ance hut la again Increasing in vol ume at certain points, reports show. while only meagre Information la ob tainable here as to the plans of the offensive. Officials say that the British have several miles left to fall back on before reaching the dead line, after which there will be no re treating. There has been no further word from General Pershing regard ing the participation of American forces. III SOGIArGiRCLES LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD POSTPONED FOR A MONTH. The local historical meeting of Gastonla Chapter U. D. C, which was to have been held at Mrs. u. A. Gray's residence on Friday after noon, has been postponed for a month. The regular monthly meet ing of the chapter, however, will be held Friday afternoon, March 29th, in the chapter room at 3:30 o'clock. ATTENDING MISSIONARY UNION IN ASHEVILLE. Mrs. C. V. Blake. Mrs. W. H. Poole, Mrs.'W. C. Barrett, Miss Re gina Coon and Miss Nelle Miller left Tuesday for Ashevllle to attend the annual meeting of the Baptist Wo man s Missionary Union of North Carolina, which will be in session un til Friday. They go as representa tives of the Woman's Missionary Un ion and the Young People's Union of the First Baptist Church. . ENTERTAINMENT WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT. The entertainment given last night in the auditorium of the Central graded school by local talent, under the auspices of the "M. M. 8" Club for the benefit of the local Red Cross chapter was well attended. Practi cally all the seats were filled and a bout 125 was taken In, all of which went to the local Red Cross except about $12 necessary expense. The audience was well pleased from the beginning of the "Tom Thumb Wedding" to the last part of "The Spinsters' Club." All parts were well played. Those who train ed the players were Mrs. S. B. Dol ley, Miss Margaret LaFar, Miss Gay nelle Boone and Miss Nellie Rose Sloan. BAND CONCERT AT AUDITORIUM TONIGHT. No musical event of the year has beenjooked forward to with so great Interest as centers around the band concert to be given tonight by the 77th Artillery Band from Camp ftreene. ' assisted by Lieut. Henry Meeks, of Camp Chronicle, this city. Reports from Chaalotte, Statesville and other cities where they have giv en concerts indicate that there is in deed a 'treat in store for Gastonlans tonight. The musicians will arrive In the city at 5 o'clock on the P, ft N. and will be given an auto ride over the city. They -will be entertained at supper In the homes of a number of citizens. , Returning they will leave H.' " 30 lnterur- ban, which will be held until the close of theN:oncert. In view of the patriotic cause for which this concert is given and the high. praise which these musicians have received everywhere,. It Is safe to predict that they will play to a crowded house tonight. TWO AVIATORS ARE KILLED . IX A. SEAPLANE ACCIDENT. Washington, March 26. Ensigns Michael Joseph Delehanty and Thos. W. Draper both of the naval reserves lost their lives in a seaplane accident at the- Pensacola naval training sta tion, the navy department announced today. Draper's home was Brign ton, Md... and Delehanty's was Bos ton. " '-: . ; AMERICAN MARINE SHOT TO DEATH IN SANTO DOMINGO. Washington, J March 26.- William R." Knox, an American marine, tem porarily serving as captain in the na tional guard of Santo Domingo was shot and killed March 24, presuma bly by a band of outlaws, the1 navy department today was advised. - . . - - Knox's home was In Montreal. Canada. Hls body has been recover ed, and guards, and marines are searching, for the assassin. -. . : :. NEGRO WOMAN WAS AGTSD ' r r IOO YEARS AT HER DEATHj Greensboro iNews, 27th. --'." Application fbr a burial permit for Mariah Scott, an aged negress, was secured at the city hall .yesterday. The woman lived herb at 2036 East Market street. Her age was given as 100 years... She was born in Rock ingham county, daughter of Aaron Fisher and Patsy Scott AIIERICAIIS ARE TODAY ' ON II FROM (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, March 27. Amer ican interest in the great battle of Picardy was very vital and personal today. American troops, all that General Pershing can spare, are on the front line, amalgamated with the French and British and are engaged near Roye, where the attack, of the Germans is reported strong. Ex perts and government officials are closely scrutinizing reports received today from Generals Pershing and Bliss. The- situation is still serious but far from disaster, Is the way of ficials characterized the situation to day. Officials who read the reports pointed out that after days of fight ing the battle had now become one of reserves. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS Mr. W: B. Puett. cashier of the Bank of Belmont, was a business visi tor In the city this morning. Hear the band concert at tne Central school tonight. Proceeds go to the war relief fund of the D. A. R. Misses Octavla Houston, Rebecca Stack, Mary Griffith and Mr. Harry Blair, of Monroe, motored over to the range Tuesday. Mr. A. G. Myers, Mr. W. T. Rankin and Judge A. C. Jones have returned from a business trip to Troy, Montgomery county. Mr. W. E. Todd and daughter, Miss Harlee Todd, returned Monday from a two weeks visit to Chattanoo ga, Tenn.,-and Hot Springs, Ark Mrs. Ellen C. Bryan, of Durham, arrived yesterday to spend a few days here with her daughter, Mrs. W. Y. Warren. Secretary Fred M. Allen of the Chamber of Commerce attended a luncheon given at Charlotte yester day by the Rotary Club. A box supper will be given at Hoyle's Creek school house Saturday night for the benefit of the Red Cross. It is hoped a large crowd will be out. Capt. C. Q. Huffstetler and Pri vates Grover Stewart and George Wilson, of Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C, spent Sunday with homefolks in the Union section. Misses Octavla Houston, Mary Griffith and Rebecca Stack and Mr. H. H. Blair, of Monroe, motored to Gastonla yesterday and spent the day here with friends. Mrs. C. A. Spencer, who has been quite ill with muscular rheuma tism at her home in West Gastonla for the past two weeks. Is reported as somewhat better, though not yet able to be up. Roy Rockett, the 15-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rockett, met with a very painful accident this morning when his right arm was broken at the wrist while he was at tempting to crank an automobile. The prayer service at Main Street Methodist church tonight will begin promptly at 7:30 o'clock and will last only 30 minutes, giving op E portunity to all who wish to go rrtlv tn thA rnnfftrt at the Centr; graded school. y I Mr. L. H. Balthis received a ca blegram yesterday from his brother. Mr. W. L. Balthis, announcing the tatter's safe arrival In France. Mr. Balthis sailed from New York about two weeks ago en route to Paris, where he will have an executive po- ItfMi with Ihn AtnHitn Rai1 Cretan. Gastonlans are interested iM. the artillery practice which is now going on dally at the range west of the city. The roar of the guns can be "heard distinctly in town. From the top of the First -National Bank, nn a laa ilav thaamiVA f rnm thA guns is clearly discernible. j Mr. G. R. Spencer, chairman or a Committee appointed by the Gas tonla Chamber of Commerce to co operate with the Army Y. M. C. A. tn equipping a hut at Camp Chronicle, has been-at the camp today looking after the construction of a floor to the tent and other woodwork neces sary. The hut, it is understood, will be ready for the men to use in a day y or so. . . ; - v yi Mr. .w. H, 'Harmon, or Fans, Texas, and Mrs. E. L. "Baker, of Ter rell. Texas, will arrive here Friday or Saturday to visit Mrs. O. W. Da vis. The former is Mrs. avis' brother , and the latter Is her niece. Mrs. Eaker's son. Harmon Eaker, who has t been stationed ' at Camp Gordon, Atlanta. Ga., expects to be transferred very soon to - Camp Greene, Charlotte. BIG EXPLOS!0:i 0!l : mi JFJtSETSIIOl (By International (News Service.) NEW YORK, March 25. With a roar like the bombardment of heavy artillery six terrific explosions occurred this afternoon upon a row of docks on the New Jersey side of the Hudson Hirer, just opposite down town New York. Flying debris was carried miles and fell in the middle of the business section of tne city. . Fire followed the explosion and a dense pall of smoke covered the city. Whether or not heavy casualties attended the explosions is not known. The explosions oc curred at 3:30 o'clock. Commmuni- cation with Jersey City was cut off by the wrecking of underground cables. New York, March 26. Fire fol lowing a series of unexplained ex plosions destroyed the six-story building of the Jarvls Warehouse Company, Inc., near the Erie railroad terminal in Jersey city late today and badly damaged the Erie repair shops. No loss pf life had been re ported tonight. The material dam age was estimated by Jersey City po licemen ana nre omciais at close to 11, 50-0,000. The goods stored in the warehouse, said to have included a quantity of chemicals, were a total loss. The cause of the explosions has not yet been determined, though a rigid Investigation was begun at once by Federal, State and city au thorities. The first of the terrific detonations, which occurred shortly after three o'clock shook windows in uptown Manhattan and caused considerable alarm. Burning cinders, which arbse in the heavy cloud of 'black smoke, were carried by the wind across the North river and fell along the water front. While the excitement was at its height the Erie ferryhouse, on the New York side of the river, was dis covered to be on fire. A lighter close by loaded with several hundred bales of cotton, also was blazing fiercely and still further south, the Hoboken ferry slip of the Lackawanna rail road was on fire. The Erie ferry house was aflame from the second story of the roof. These fires were easily extinguished Employed in the Jarvls storehouse were between 40 and 50 men but the prompt alarm Is believed to have en abled all to escape. Scores of per sons in the streets weie cut by fall ing glass. Hundreds of windows, some of them a mile away, were blown out by the blasts.- Several small frame buildings were wrecked by the explosions. Frightened women and children filled the streets on the congested section of Jersey City and Hoboken. The fire spread with such rapidity that the Jersey City fighters soon called for outside aid. Engines and other apparatus were sent from Uo- boken. New York and other points. By desperate efforts, the firemen con-! fined the flames to an area covering about two acres. I The storage warehouse of the Na- I tlonal Calcium Carbide Company and the Union cold storage plant were saved by the firemen. Ten employees of the Jarvls com pany suffered burns. More than 200 employees, a num ber of them women, were at work in the Erie shops. All bad time to es cape before the flames reached the building. Not only were the shops badly damaged, but 10 or 12 loco motives were destroyed. In addition dozen loaded and empty freight cars were burned. A large pile or coal also was Ignited and was still burning late tonight.' 'TRIANGULAR DEBATES FRIDAY NIGHT Gastonla, Shelby and Lincoln ton will contest Friday night for first I slace in the annual triangular de lAate. All of the contests are held UU DOUUU &j uuuu. mini tlVUI ouw by and Llncolnton will meet at the Central school auditorium here. Gastonla's affirmative team, com posed of Miss Clara Brawley - and Robertson LaFar, will go to Shelby.4 They will, be accompanied by Miss Bradley and Miss Rankin, of the city school faculty. Gastonla's negative team, composed of Miss Myrtle War ren and Robert Boyd, will go to Lln colnton. Prof. W. P. Grier will ac company them. Mount 'Holly, Dallas and Belmont compose another triangle while- Bes semer City, Cherryville nd Kings Mountain constitute still another. There will be debates In all of these towns tomorrow night. . .; The subject for discussion in these debates is uniform. It Is, "Resolved: That Congress Should' Pass, a Law Providing for the Compulsory Arbi tration of Industrial Disputes;". Any school In any of the triangle both teams from which are victorious has the privilege of sending a team to Chapel Hill to compete against the State in the final contest Bead "Over the Top," c BMinr at nxamrr KXDS COrrrAIKINO "WHEAT.' . DEATHS MRS. JENNIE CRAIG DUFF. Mrs. Jennie Craig Duff, one of Gas- . tonla's oldest and most highly es teemed residents, died Monday night about 7 o'clock at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Thomas W. Wilson, on West Franklin avenue, where she had spent most of the time for tne past several years. Death was due to paralysis. In December, 191ft, Mrs, Duff suffered a slight stroke of pa- ' 1 ralysls. She recovered from It "puf- , flciently to be up and around' the house for some months. . Just a year later, tfbwever, in December,-.1917... she suffered another stroke and since ' that time had been confined to 'her -bed. For weeks past she had been in a very precarious condition and her death was not unexpected. Funeral services will be held at the Wilson home probably sometime' ' this afternoon. The hour has not v been set because it was not -known just when beV sons, Mr. Henry Duff, ' , of Rochester, CM. Y., and Mr. Forest Duff, of New York,-would arrive here. , Rev. J. H. Henderllte, pastor of the the' First' Presbyterian church, will ' conduct the services. Interment will be In Oakwood Cemetery. . ; Jennie Craig was born in the Betn- . - el neighborhood, York county. August 31, 1843, and was hence la her 75 th year. She was the 'daugh ter of Newton B. and Margaret Mc- Cully Craig, of the old Bethel section. She was christened and later married by Rev. 8. L. Watson, lam- " iliarly called by his parishioners: "Father" Watson, who was for a , great " many years pastor of, old ' Bethel. It is of interest, in this con nection, to note that Father Watson performed the marriage ceremony. . for her father and mother and bap- " tlzed and married the three children " of the family. ' ' On 'November 7, 1806, she was ' married to James Henry Craig Doff. V also a native of York county. Soon after their marriage Mr. and Mrs, Duff moved to middle Tennessee, lo cating at Mulberry, in Lincoln coun ty. There they made their home on-. tut. suu. uicu m tiumwoi wt ;vmi ago. Since bis death Mrs.' Dull has made her home most of the ' time- ' here with her daughter. Surviving are three daughters.':. Mrs. Wilson, of Gastonla; Mrs. W. H, Burbury, of Sparta, Tenn., and Mrs. McDonald Creson, of Mulberry. - ., Tenn., and three sons, Mr. Henry . Duff, of Rochester, N. Y.; Mr. Forest Duff, of New York city, and Mr. : Thomas Duff. She leaves two sisters, Mrs. M. C. Pegram, of Gastonla, and Mrs. R. R. McCorkle, of York, S. C. Deceased was a woman of that, r atrong type of character which not not only manifests its influence In the home but in the community at large and, upon all who come in con tact with it. She was held in very high esteem by a wide circle of friends, all of whom will hear of Iter death with sorrow. The funeral will be held at the home of Mr. T. W. Wilson at four , o'clock this afternoon. . t v The pall-bearers will be S. A. Rob inson, Frank L. Wilson, Sam S. Shu- -ford, Ed J. Rankin, W. Y. Warren " and J. P. Reid. GASTONIA SCHOOL PUPILS WCI PRELCK Recently the pupils of the public schools all over the county have been busy with preliminary contests to select representatives for the coming county contests. 8o far In Gastonla township, the contestants from the Gastonla city schools have been suc cessful. This township will be rep resented in the county 'contests by the following, who were the : town ship winners: Reproduction of oral story. first see MIsa grsde, Pansy McConnelL Reproduction of oral story, ond. third and fourth grades. Charlie Hoffman. - Spelling, 'Evelyn Boyd. Declalmer, . gram mar grades. wn- nam Klncald. Declalmer. high school, to be chos en at contest to be held at Central school auditorium this afternoon at 2:15 o'clock. .Reciter, grammar grades. Mary Lee. Mason. Reciter, high" school. Elizabeth Woltx. Debater, Robert Boyd. Gastonla's . winners are all. work ing hard to prepare themselves for. victory in ; the finals which will be held at the close of school, the dates to be announced later. , Bora . . On Monday. March 25, 1918. to Mr. and Mrs. John B. Hatcher, a eon. Wan ada brtag resalta. E.'i yow tried "em? If not, aow'e t tlsae.. One cent a word each Inser tion, cash wlUi order.