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PUBLISHED EVERT MONDAY, WE DNESDAY AND FRIDAY.
YOU XXXIX. NO. 42.
GA8TONIA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 8, 1018.
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COUNTY SCHOOL CONTESTS
HELD HERE SATURDAY
The various county-wide school
contests, which constituted the an
nual commencement exercises for the
county public schools, were held in
Gastonla Saturday, beginning at 11
o'clock, 'and were attended by a large
mumber of people from the several
- sections of the county, in addition to
' the students who took part in the
contests and their teachers. Below
Js given a brief record of the results
.of the contests:
' ' Oral Reproduction of Story, first
.grade, won by Pansy McDonnell, of
dastonia; second, third and fourth
grades, won by Mary Neal Wllkins,
tof Dallas.
Grammar Grade Declamation, won
by William Klncaid, of Gaston:a.
Grammar grade recitation, won by
IMary Lewis Beard, of Belmont.
Spelling, grammar grades, won by
Evelyn Boyd, of Gastonla.
Debating contest, won by Henry
Kiser, of Bessemer City.
High School declamation, won by
Dorus Rudisill, of Cherryville.
High School recitation, won by
Purnell Lineberger, of Mount Holly
Short Story Writing, won by Leo
Summey, of Dallas.
The prizes in all the contests con
elated of war savings Stamps, ' with
Ihe single exception of one medal
-which had been ordered before it was
.decided to give war savings stamps
Instead of medals, and were as fol
.'lows:
Declamation, high school, two war
savings stamps, value 18.30, given by
6. 'N. Boyce, of Gastonla.
Recitation, high school, gold med
al, given by D. P. Delllnger, of Cher-
Tvville.
Debate, two war savings stamps
- given by Rankin-Armstrong Furnt
ture Company, of Gastonla.
Short Story Writing, war savings
tamp, value $4.15, given by Gazette
Publishing Co.. of Gastonla.
' Grammar Grade Declamation, two
war savings stamps, value $8.30, giv
n by Gastonla Hardware Company.
Grammar Grade Recitation, war
savings stamp, value $4.15, given by
JR. B. Babington, of Gastonla.
Grammar Grade Spelling, two war
savings stamps, value $8.30-, given by
Supt. F. P. Hall, of Belmont.
Oral Reproduction of Story, sec
ond. third and fourth grades, $5 in
war savings stamps, given by Col. C.
B. Armstrong, of Gastonla.
Oral Reproduction of Story, first
grade, war savings stamp, value $4.
15. given by Robinson Shoe Co., of
Gastonla.
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN
GETS A GOOD START.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 6. With
patriotic parades, great mass meet
ings and unbounded enthusiasm, all
over the United States the Third
Liberty Loan campaign to raise $3,'
000.000,000 started today. Lynn,
Mass., was the first town to report an
oversubscription of its quota, which
It did at 9 o clock this morning
Twenty-eight million dollars was sub
scribed during the first half hour of
the campaign In New York. President
Wilsdn Is sneaking today in Balti
more, Vice-President Marshall in St
Louis,-Secretary of the Treasury Mc-
-Adoo in Philadelphia, Secretary of
the Navy Daniels in Cleveland. Ten
' thousand colliers paraded In Atlanta
"Two trains, one to Birmingham and
the other to Chattanooga, left Atlan
ta this morning to cover the sixtn
Federal Reserve district In a month's
campaign.
GENERAL POOH ANNOUNCES
THAT "ALL IS WELL."
(By International News Service.)
- WITH THE) BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE, April . The Picardy bat
tle results to date have been costly to
' the Germans. Attacks continue from
the Gomme to the Ayette sector. The
' Germans have made slight gains at
Dernacourt. The British have galn
d ground in the vicinity of ' Han
gard. The German gains southwest
of Albert have been wiped out by
brilliant British counter attacks. The
French have re-captured Important
ground. The German losses in men
continue tremendous. Gen. Focb,
, commanding the Allied armies, an
nounced today "AH Is Well." The
Germans are still nine miles from
their objective, Amiens.
GERMANS FAIL' TO REACH
" , - PARIS-AMIENS RAILWAY.
. 'By International News Service.)
v PARIS, April 6. Weakened by ter
rific losses and with their divisions
shattered by French . gunners and
-French counter attacks, the Germans
; are enable to resume their attacks a
gainst the -French today. They have
,- "bombarded French . positions along
the Avre river, and at Montivel." The
"battle line northwest of Montdi dler
Is now about two miles from the Paris-Amiens
Railway.. Furious .efforts
. by the Germans to reach and cut this
line have all failed, the French in
flicting staggering tosses on them
each time the attempt lias been made.
ALLIED POSITIONS ARE
GREATLY IMPROVED
Washington, April 7. French and
British tenacity has upset the ambi
tious plans of the German high com'
mand for the battle of Picardy, says
the war department's weekly military
review tonight, and now the enemv.
determined to gain some sort of suc
cess at any cost, is throwing fresh
forces into (he battle in an effort to
secure limited objectives. Because
of this, the situation is expected to
remain uncertain for some time to
come.
, General improvement in the strat
egic position of the allies is noted,
and the review declares that under
General Foch the allied military ma-
cnine js wonting smoothly and em
ciently in stemming the German as
sault.
There is no mention whatever of
the American troops reported hurry
lng to the front to join the British
and French.
"At the opening of the third week
of the German offensive, we find that
the enemy Is still short of attaining
his principal objectives," says the re
view in part.
"It is now evident that the German
high command contemplated over
whelming the British at the outset,
between the Oise and the Sensee and
driving a wedge into the Franco-
British forces.
"The enemy fully expected to
achieve a decision in the field In the
course of one great battle. The suc
cess of this plan depended on being
able to obtain a break-through of the
British front and advance so rapidly
that neither the French nor the Brit
ish reserves could come up In time to
close the breach In the line.
"Evidence of prisoners tend to
confirm the enemy hoped to gain
the line of the Somme by the evening
of the first day of the offensive. As a
matter of fact it took the Germans 10
days to cover the ground they ex
pected to overrun within 48 hours.
"The German high command is
now throwing fresh forces Into battle
in an effort to secure some of its more
limited objectives.
"The German offensive has not
spent itself and owing to the deter
mination displayed by the enemy to
gain some sort of a success at no
matter what the cost, the situation
will continue uncertain for some time
to come. However, the general strate
gic and tactical positions of the al
lies are becoming more favorable.
Fierce fighting continues and hostile
units have penetrated westward to
within five miles of the main line or
the Paris-Amiens railway.
ASSISTANT SECRETARIES NAMED
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 6. T h e
President this afternoon nominated
Edward Stettinus and Frederick
Keppel as second and third assistant
secretaries of War.
TWO WAR COUNCILS EV
CHICAGO THIS WEEK.
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, April 8. Two of tne
most6 Important "war councils" or
the civilian generals of the "'men be
hind the men behind the guns" ever
held in the United States since our
entrance into the world war will take
place In Chicago this week.
A federation of the twelve leading
lumber manufacturers' associations
in the country opened its sixteenth
annual two-day meeting today. Dele
gates include men who are at tSe
very top of the industry which is
converting Uncle Sam's boundless
forests to squelch "Kultur."
The second war convention of tne
Chamber of Commerce of the United
states, tne Diggest organization or
business men In the world, will be
held here the latter part of the week
Many delegates and speakers of the
Lumbermen's Convention will at
tend.
FIERCE FIGHTING REPORTED.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS. .April 5. Fierce fighting
has been going on continuously on
the French front in Picardy since
Thursday morning. Prisoners taken
by the French were identified from
11 different German divisions indi
cating that they numbered around
140,000 on the French front. The
Germans fought their way into two
villages but the French line held
firm. The German attacks against
the heights proved to be a costly
failure. '
MAY FIX PRICES
ON COTTON FABRICS.
(By International New Service.)
WASHINGTON. Anril b. SteDs
towards fixing prices on cotton fab
rics will be taken next Wednesday at
a meeting of the price-fixing commit
tee of the War Industries Board.
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JAPS HAVE LANDED
ON RUSSIAN SOIL.
(By Internatlon News Service.)
WASHINGTON. April 5. Japan
ese troops today landed at Vladivos
tok. - The State Deparment was today
informed by the American consul that
because of the invasion of the Japan
ese office by armed Russians a small
force of armed Japanese was landed
from a cruiser in the harbor. It
rumored that the Russians onenea
fire, killing one Japanese and wound
ing two others. - .- .-
J TODAY'S COTTON MARKET.
CBy International News Service.)
FEW YORK, April 8. The cotton
irset opened today with May con
,cta selling at 3A.30-; Oct 33.10. -
AIIERICANS II THE flGHT
IN FRANCE TODAY
(By International News Service.)
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY Ii
FRANCE. April 8. Splendid cour
age and discipline was shown by
the American troops northwest of
Eoula this morning' when they re
pulsed two German raids. The Am
ericans wore gas masks. Fighting
in deep mud the Americans showed
splendid efficiency in the use of their
gas masks and machine guns.
GERMANS ARE STILL
60 MILES FROM PARIS
(By International News Service.)
LONDON (Official), April 8.
South of the Somme river the Brit
lsh again extended their lines last
night. East of Valre and south of
Corbie the German artillery showed
increased violence. The whole Brit
ish front from Lens to La Base canal
add east of Armentiers was heavily
bombarded with gas shells .through
out the night. Corbier, eight miles
east of the Amiens-Coucy wood,
where the Germans concentrated
their heaviest pressure Sunday, is
their nearest point of approach
Paris, the distance being about
miles.
to
60
SPIES ARE NOW USING
PHONE AND EXPRESS
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 8. Govern
ment operation of express lines, tele
graph and telephone companies is
being strongly urged today, it is
learned from an official source. This
Is declared to be the only means of
wiping out the chief sources of
spreading spy work throughout the
country.
Federal officials charged with the
responsibility of curbing the activi
ties of spies and German propagan
dists are presenting strong reasons
for taking over these public utilities.
It Is believed Postmaster General
Burleson has recently presented
these startling conditions at a cabin
et meeting. Being denied the metis,
he said that the seditious articles are
now being distributed through ex
press, telephone and telegraph com
munications. D. A. R. WILL MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The regular meeting for April of
the William Gaston Chapter, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
will be held on Friday afternoon of
this week, April 12th. at 3 o'clock
with Mrs. S. A. Robinson at her
home on South York street. All
members are requested to be pres
ent. A man who is supposed to be
Thomas Frazier, wanted In San Fran
sisco, Cal., for robbing a bank of
$10,400 recently, was arrested in
Charlotte Sunday and Is reported to
have made a confession, telling
where large part of the money could
be found. Frazier was stopping at
the Selwyn hotel with his wife and
two children, and a Charlotte de
tective arrested him on the strength
of his strong resemblance to the nho
toghapbs sent out by the San Fran
sisco police.
Food will win the war rodnre it.
'Fave food or go on short rations.
It doesn't matter wno started this
war. Uncle Sam will finish it.
We must meet sacrifice at the
front with sacrifice at home.
The Allies are all in the same boat,
a long way from shore and on limited
rations and Uncle Sam Is running
the relief ship.
Only a slacker could stand idly on
the sidewalk and criticise as the army
of workers marches by.
When you sit down to dinner, for
God's sake remember the . starving
thousands vver there."
SPECIAL SERVICES CONDUCTED
r BY REV. DR.-W. W.ORR AT
FIRST A. R. PRES. CHURCH.
The first series of special evangel
istic services to be conducted In the
new home of the First Associate Re
3,000,000 MEN FiOW
ON 90-MILE FRONT
( 83IAJ93 SAX lUOnVUJ9)UI ifl)
LONDON, April 6 Never In the
world's history has there been such a
concentration of men and guns as has
been assembled in the mighty battle
of Picardy. In a single engagement
against the French the Germans use
200,000 men. Guns used on both
sides number around 30,000. Count
ing active fighters, reinforcements
and reserves, it Is estimated that fully
3,000,000 men are massed on this 90
mile front. Temporarily ceasing their
attacks at the apex of their saHent,
the Germans have concentrated their
greatest pressure north and south,
where fighting continues with una
bated fury.
Counter attacking in the Hangard
sector of .the Picardy front, the Brit
ish have Improved their positions
north of the Somme river. Hard
fighting is In progress along the whole
front to a point just south of Ayette.
The struggle south of Ayette contin
ued until late Friday evening. The
Germans repeatedly assaulted tne
British positions without effect, los
ing heavily.
TO CALL 150,000 MEN
BEGINNING APRIL 26TH
Washington, April 6. Approxi
mately 150,000 will be sent to train
ing camps during the five-day period
beginning April 26. under orders
sent to State Governors today hy
Provost Marshal General Crowder
for mobilization ot the April call of
the second draft. This Is three
times the number It was originally
planned to call and is pearly twice
the monthly quota as based on the
calling of 800,000 met over a period
of nine months.
Calling out of the increased num
ber was made necessary by the decis
ion of President Wilson to respond
without delay to the need of France
and Great Britain for reinforce
ments in the great battle in Picardy.
Vacancies in National Army divisions
resulting from the withdrawal of
men to complete National Guard and
regular army units and for the forma
tlomof special technical units asked
by General Pershing, will be made
good by the April draft. Those di
visions farthest advanced in training
are to receive first attention in order
that the maximum number of com
plete units may be sent aborad soon.
'Failure of Congress to pass the
amendment to the selective service
act, which would permit the fixation
of state quotas on the number of men
in class one. necessitated temporary
adherence to the old system. Local
boards have been officially advised,
however, that they are to ignore
quotas for the time heir.-; and to
simply continue calling upon men
until they have obtained the number
they have been Instructed to forward.
When a basis for establishing state
quotas has been found, due credit a
gainst future Increments will be giv
en for those already called.
Among the men to be called will
be approvimately 116,700 whites
and 3 3, 70 a negroes.
Virginia Is asked for 1,065;
North Carolina for 5,054: South
rarolina for 1,969, and Tennessee
for 4,751.
THREE ItlHIAN SHU'S DESTROY.
El).
(By international News Fervice
WASHINGTON. April 8 Cer
tran dreadnaughts have destroyed
thrte Russian vessels, presumably a
part of the Baltic fleot. according to
advices received by the L'eimrtlneiu
of Ftatf today from American con-1
nni3. ine Hermans opened nre on
the three Russian vessels and the
.'attains, being unable to reply, blew
up their vessels.
Dr. and Mrs. J. M. Caldwell had
as their guests for the week-end their
son. Mr. R. D. Caldwell, and wife, of
Atlanta. Ga.. Lieut. Arthur G. Cald-!
'pil of Camo Meade. Md., and their
daughter, Miss Isabel Caldwell, a
tndent t Wlnthrop College. Rock
Hill, S. C. I
formed Presbyterian church will be
gin tonight and continue through the
week. '. '' v . : . -
: Rev. Dr. W. W. Orr. of Charlotte,
who Is so well known and so greatly
WOMAN'S BETTERMENT
HELD MONTHLY MEETING
(Reported for The Gazette.)
The Women's Betterment Associa
tion held its regular meeting In the
Central school auditorium on April
S at 3:30 o'clock, with the president,
Mrs. R. C. Warren, in the chair. The
meeting was opened with prayer by
Mrs. R. Kenneth Babington. The
minutes of the last regular meeting
were read.
A letter was read from the city
library committee thanking the Bet
terment for Its donation of $25 to
the library fund.
The civic committee reported that
they were making an effort to get the
city to provide an all-time clean-up
wagon for the purpose of more thor
ough clean-up work, and hope to be
successful in the effort-
One new name for membership
was reported by the membership
committee, which also stated that 40
names had been added to the roll ai
together during the past year.
The health committee reported
that the visiting nurse employed by
the Betterment, Miss Mabel Potts,
had resigned her position in order to
take up work of the same kind with
one of the mill corporations of the
city. Splendid progress is being
made in this good work. Including
Miss Potts, there are now four visit
ing nurses working in the mill com
m unities of the city, with a prospect
of several others being added later
No town In the South, perhaps, has
a better, record than this, and mucn
of the credit should go to the Bet
terment for the persistent and syste
matic efforts it has put forth in this
matter. The question of securing
another nurse to work under the di
rection of the Betterment In tne
place of Miss Potts will be taken up
later.' Miss Potts has done very fine
work during the time she has been
associated with the Betterment.
A $100 war savings certificate,
paid in full by the Betterment, was
exhibited. This will be placed at
once in a safe deposit.
The Betterment appropriated the
sum of $5 to the drinking fountain
to he placed on the campus at the
University of N. C, as a memorial of
the late Mrs. E. K. Graham.
Delegates to the State Federation
which meets in Raleigh in May were
elected as follows: Mrs. R. Kenneth
Babington. Mrs. W. J. Clifford, Mrs.
F. D. Barkley, Mrs. A. A. McLean
and Mrs. W. C. Barrett.
As this was the time for the an
nual election of officers, the nomin
ating committee made their report
as follows: Mrs. R. C. Warren,
president; Mrs. A. F. Whltesldes.
first vice-president; Mrs. J. K. Dixon,
second vice-president; Mrs. W. C.
Barrett, recording secretary; Mrs.
J. W. Moore, corresponding secreta
ry; Mrs. George W. Wilson, treasur
er; Mrs. J. H. Henderlite, club edi
tor. All of the above were unani
mously elected: this being their sec
ond term of office with the exception
of one, and showing the Better
ment's appreciation of their splendid
record of efficient service the past
year.
The Betterment then adjourned.
A K RIAL MAIL SMIYWE
MAY I1EGIN MAY 15.
Washington. D. C. April 7 The
postoffice department announced an
interesting aerial mall service, pro
gram today. If the present plans are
carried out Charlotte will get mail
from New York and other northern
points hours earlier than under the
all-rail arrangements.
A Htatement Issued today says:
"Mail arriving at Washington from
New York by airplane at 3:30 in the
afternoon would make connection
with the Southern train leaving
Washington at 4:15 for Charlottes-
ville Yynchburg, Danville, Greens
boro, t-allsbury. Charlotte, Gastonla.
Spartanburg, Atlanta, etc."
Mail that leaves New York at 8
a. m. makes the same time that It
will make leaving there at noon under
the new system.
The first airship mall will begin
to reach Washington about the mid
dle of May.
Conservation, concentration, and
consecration, for the sake of those at
the front.
t. . -j.
admired. by Gastonla people of all de
nominations, will preach every night
at 8:15. Oh next Sabbath the usual
spring communion services will - be
held. . "A
Jitrrt f OTB3 CTtUil
LIBERTY LOAN MEETING .
TUESDAY AFK1
Plans for the drive to put Gastc
nla "over the top" in the Third Lib'
erty Loan campaign will be made at
a meeting at the offices of the Gasto
nla Chamber of Commerce called by
Chairman J. Lee Robinson tomorrow
afternoon at 4 o'clock. County Chair-;
man W. T. Love will be present and
plans for the local end of the cam
paign will be made. The communi
ties all over the county are being or
ganized as rapidly as possible : by
Mr. Love: ; y"i:4
Members of the Gastonla commit'
tee are A. E. Moore. S. N. Boyee, XL.
A. Turner, M. A. Carpenter,,. O.
McLurd, J. W. Atkins, T. I Cralr.
C. B. Armstrong, W. T. Rankin, L. '
H. Balthls, J. H. Eepark, R. Oradr
Rankin. J. O. White, O. F. Mason, A.
E. Woltz, F. L. Smyre, H. H. Grove.
A. K. Wlnget. A. M. Dixon, W. F.
Klncaid, H. O. Winget, W. T. fitoren '
B. F. S. Austin, W, D. Anderson, W.
M. Boyce, Marshall Dilling, John C.
Rankin, G. V. Patterson, D. J. Gard
ner. R. A. Love, J. R. Howe, A. C.
Jones. E. L. Tate. C. D. Gray. 'Ed
mund Mazyck, D. M. Jones.- W. N.
Pharr. B. H. Parker. C. K. Marshall. -
E. J. Rankin, E. (N. Hahn, J, H. Ken
nedy, S. A. Robinson, W. B. Morns, .
G. R. Spencer, J. M. Holland. J. II. .
Matthews. W. K. Haynes. D. Lebo-
vlts. J. E. Phillips, H. 8chnelder, G. '
B. Masoh, Henry Rankin, J. L. BeaU .
R. B. Babington, R. K. Babington, J.
M. Shuford. Crown W. Wilson. W. J..','
Clifford, M. F. OfCirby, J. A. Crawford, -
W. M. Crawford, James Adame, II.
F. Forbes, W. O. Anthony, J, Frank
Jackson, Thos. Sparrow, W. C. Wfl-,
on, J. R. Henderson, R. C. Robin
son, C, P. Robinson, W. L. Lineber-,
ger, T. .E. Robinson. Frank Hawklnav 1
E. P. Lewis, J. Madison Kendrick.
CARRY OS I CARRY ONI ' (
War Savings Campaign Adopt Motto
of the Trencnee ii.war Savtnfpe
Workers Most "Carry On" to ttao
eeed. ? . ,-y-i::'
A bulletin issued yesterday from
State headquarters for War Sayings
of Winston-"8alem, says: : -
"'Carry On has become the most
popular slogan or motto that Has yet
been suggested for the War Savings
Campaign. No other phrase has ao
nearly expressed the driving: spirit
that It takes to make the War Bar
ings Campaign a success and to have)
it accomplish the purpose for whicn '
it was Intended as these two word
which had their origin in the trencn-
es. '
"What 'Carry On' means, you .
know already. You have only to re
peat the phrase to catch Its spirit and
meaning. It means getting the sec
ond wind atid going at it again ss If - -:
every fight meant a victory. It means
pressing on with the same courage
after the fight that you had in the
drive. It means stepping lively even
when you are down and out and let
ting no man know but that you see
victory Just ahead.
"When applied to the War Saving
campaign, 'Carry On' means 'keep at
it.' When one plan or system falls, '
devise another. Let nothing down .
you, or rool your enthusiasm, or
make you say that ft can't be done.
These are days for doing the Impos
sible. If the true 'Carry On' spirit!,
caught by the War Savings Worker
of North Carolina it will change tne
impossibility of her campaign to
raise $50,000,000 for the Govern- '
ment to an easy possibility. Iet ev
ery War Savings Worker 'Carry
On.'" , ;
Translated Into English.
All books of the Old Testament
apocrypha, 14 In number, have been
translated Into English, and are Includ
ed as npoehryphal books fn some edl- ;
tions of the Bltte. They were for-'
merly printed undr a distinctive head
ing between the Old and the New Tes
taments, and In that form can still be
found In many old family Bibles. They
are always Included In the iv-called .
Septuaglnt, a version of the BU.te used
by the Greek chu.-th.
Size of a City Lot
The question is often asked whatv;
part of an acre an ordinary dty lot i-,.'
One 60x165 feet contains Just a quar.
ter-acre and contains 10390 square
feet. Ten acres, if square, would
measure 6G0 feet along each side and V
a strip of that length and tnetenth"? .
the length, or 66 feet, would make an I j
acre, and if but one-fourth as long or V
165 feet would make a. quarter acre, tit
This Is a good-sized city lot.
Paraguayan Mistaken. .'
- Paraguay has been fortunate In that ;
she has produced some exceedingly ',
strong men. But very unfortunate in &
that these men hare too often been
mistaken, selfish and grasping.' One
of the leading Paraguayan Jof, today
ha said that Paraguay ha had no his- "
tory, but, Instead, a series of tragedies.