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i " : ' i y BUY THAT LIBERTY BOND TODAY!! THE GASTON I A GAZETTE Pl'BIJSHED EVERY MONDAY. UKIiVKSIHV AND FRIDAY. VOL XXXIX. NO. 53. GASTOX1A. . C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, May 1IN. $2.00 A YEAR IX ADVAXCTL 1Z BOY SCOUTS TO GIVE MINSTREL PERFORMANCE DR. ORR TO DELIVER l ;i OGIAL G I R G LE S i NEWS OF THE COUNTY i three towns have - BRITISH STRIKE HARD ON THE PICARDY FRONT MEMORIAL DAY ADDRESS GONE OVER THE TOP LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S ttORLD ' LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS Gastonia Hoy Scouts will give a minstrel performance in the audi torium of the Central school tonight. They have been practicing for some time and promise to give the public their money's worth in entertain ment. Following is the programme: Opening Overture, by the entire company. Singers: Grady Ratc,h ford, Edwin Walker, Sam Davis, Dan Brawley, Francis Mangum, Murray Grier, Sam Johnson, iBuster Fry, Frank Kincuid, Percy Fayssoux, Lawson Spencer, Sam New, Edwin Rockett. Giles Beal, Ralph Falls. Knd Men, Herbert S. Glenn and Roger M. Grier. OLIO: Mr. Herbert S. Glenn in his latest monologue; Hoodoo Quar tette "Hoodoo They Do!! Do What!! Sing!!; Two of a kind, Grier and Glenn; Quartette "Just a Little Non sense;" 'Nigger in the Graveyard;" Dr. Katchem, Warren Gardner; His Assistant, Herbert S. Glenn; Isodore Open. Roger M. Grier. UEUT. WH1TESJDES V LANDS IN FRANCE Mr. Monroe Whitesides received a r.ard this morning notifying him that his son, Lieut. Francis A. White sides, had landed safely at a Euro pean port. So far as is known Lieut. Whitesides is the lirst commissioned officer from Gaston county to reach France. He is a lieutenant in Com pany A. Third Division Supply Train. I'IXAIaS AT CHERRYVILLE. 1urrjville'N Public Schools Clow a Successful Year Superintendent Jimi R. X'ivon Go" to Edcnton Next Year. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYV1LLE. May 2. The commencement exercises of the high .school here closed with a play 'enti tled "Princess Chrysanthemum," a Japanese operetta. This was the best rendered and most interesting program ever put on by the school. About I no pupils took part in the play, including all the high school. Tin! costumes were varied and unu sually elaborate for a high school en tertainment. The attendance was line. Miss Elizabeth Fewell. of Roek Hill. S. C, music teacher, receives much praise for the part she took in getting up the play. Other teachers gave their time, also, Saturday afternoon the hundreds of school children gave an open air drill on the school grounds. This was well rendered and enjoyed by many of the people of the town and community. Saturday night the high school gave a patriotic play, "Claim Allow ed." The school is known to be in tensely patriotic, having bought lib erally of Liberty bonds, war savings stamps, and more than done its part in the smileage book campaign. Sunday morning the sermon was preached by Dr. M. L. Kesler, gen eral manager of the Thomasville Baptist Orphanage. Dr. Kesler de livered one of the best' sermons ever preached here. Rev. J. F. Moser and Rev. D. F. Putnam assisted in the service. Monday morning the graduating class, composed of six young women and six young men, rendered a splen did program. This was followed by the literary address by Dr. R. L. Fritz, president of Ienoir Collee. The school for the past year has been a marked success. Prof. Joe R. Nixon, of Lineolnton. closes his sixth successful year. He will not remain for the seventh year, having been elected superintendent of the Eden ton graded schools and has accepted. The school and town at large are proud of the service (lag at the school building showing stars repre senting nearly 30 of the boys in the service. GERMAN ATTACKS REPI'IaSEI) (By International News Service.) PARIS, May 2 The Germans broke the lull in the infantry fight ing last night on the Picardy front, attacking Thennens, ten miles south east of Amiens. They were repuls ed. The Germans attacked north of Chavignon and Northwest of Rheiras. but were unsuccessful. It is be liered that Americans are fighting In the Thennes sectoi. The Fuel Administration has is sued a warning aganist the use of domestic sizes of hard coal by in dustrial plants. Representatives of the musical-instrument industry have agreed to a curtailment of their output to 70 per cent of normal during April and May. Miss Mary Glenn, a trained nurse of Asheville, is spending a few days with homefolkg in the Union section. Executive Secretary Fred M. Alien- of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Jbtan W. Holland, of Mt. Holly, and Mr. George Stowe. of Belmont, attended a State Red Cross confer ence held in Charlotte yesterday. Rev. Dr. W. W. Orr, of Chiulotte. as been secured by the Gastonia Chapter I'nited Daughters of the Confederacy to deliver the address on Memorial Day, May Huh. The chapter considers itself very fortu nate in being able to secure Dr. Orr for this occasion. Interesting exer cises are being planned and a pood dinner will be served the veterans. The Daughters are especially anxious that all veterans who can possibly do so attend these exercises. A full program will appear in The Gazette next week. GERMAN CHARGED WITH Ml RDER OF MRS. KING. Concord, N. C, May 1. A war rant for the arrest of Otto Schu mann, an interned enemy alien, charging him with the murder of Mrs. Maude A. King, was issued here today. The warrant alleges that Mrs. King was killed by a bullet tired at Gaston B. Means. The death of Mrs. King occured at Blackwelder spring, near here, las August. The local prosecuting attorney, who caused the warrant to be issued, stated two persons claim to have seen Sehuman hurry away from Blackwelder spring after Mrs. King was shot. The warrant was issued by Police Justice A. B. Palmer, on affidavit made by M. II. Caldwell, who ap peared for Means in his trial last fall on charge of the murder of Mrs. King, of which charge he was ac- j (uitted at the end of three weeks. .Mr. i aiuwen, wno is prosecuuiiK attorney for the city of Concord, is sued a lengthy stutenient today set ting forth what "we expect to prove." He says that in July. 1!U7. following Means severance of his relations with German interests he called upon the representatives of these interests in New York in con nection with prolits Mrs. King and himself "had in the custody of these interests, derived from the ship ments of rubber and copper to Ger many" long prior to the declaration of war by the I'nited States. Means' profits in these transactions amount ing to nhout fSSioii and Mrs. King's to about J 1 i:.,ooo. DR. HOUCK OUSTED FOR DISLOYALTY Greensboro News. Morganton. May 1' Yesterday Hr. Albert Houck. of Caldwell coip'iy. terminated hi- connection with the State hospital here after a residence of 10 years as assistant physician, his regisnation growing out of an investigation made by the hospital executive committee of reports reach ing them of Dr. llouck's pro-German utterances and sympathies. The ex ecutive committee met in special ses sion on Thursday of last week for the special purpose of investigating the matter, a special request having come to them from Governor Bick ett that they look into certain re ports and complaints which had reached him. A report of their find ings was made at a regular meeting of the board Friday. Dr. Houck having tendered his resignation during the investigation, the board accepted it. feeling such a course ad visable in the light of facts which were shown in the report. Secret Service Man Present. " A secret service ma" was here all the time of the hearing Thursday, but found that no indictable offense had been committed. Dr. Houck de nied any intentions of disloyalty, claiming of the only things that he admitted as having said that they were said in a jokine manner After careful consideration of all the evi dence, the board voted to accept Dr. Houck's resignation effective May I. Cherryville Chat. Correspondence of The Gazette. CHERRYVILLE. May 1. Mr. John Raper. of Camp Sevier, spent Sun day here with his sister, Mrs. Ver non Harrelson. Miss Annie Iee Craft, who has a stenographic position in Wadesboro, is visiting her parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Craft, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Rudisill are spending this week in Philadelphia and New York. Miss Cleo Raper, of High Point, is visiting her sister. Mrs. Vernon Har relson, this week. Miss Pauline Harrelson is spend ing this week in Brevard with her sister. Miss Verona Harrelson. who Is in school there. Word has been received in town to the effect that the truckers in Florida have suffered some loss a gain owing to their crops being drowned. C7ERMAX PLAXK SHOT DOWV. (By International News Service.) PARIS. May 3. A German aero plane was shot down by Swiss, gun ners near Basle, says a Matin' dis patch today. The- aviator was uninjured. s;l iMi;lr. W! IIDIXG AT LINCOLXTOX. His hoets of friends here and else where will bv interested to learn i that Mr. Paul G. Caldwell, the pop- I nl'jr i, '.umpor of lha lnrfl Lru Company's store in Vest Ga--itonia, was married Wednesday evening at ti o'clock in Lineolnton, his bride be ing Miss Lula E. Williams, of Hick ory. The ceremony was performed at the manse of the First Presbyte rian church there by the pastor, liv. Dr. W. S. Wilson. The marriage was a surprise aftair and only a tev relatives and very close friends wit nessed the ceremony. The groom was accompanied by his brother, Mr. Eugene Caldwell. immediately after the ceremony Mr. Caldwell and his bride came to tlastonia through the country by au tomobile and went to the home of ' the groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs B. J. Caldwell, on South Columbia street, where a reception was ten dered them and where they received the congratulations of many friends. They are making their home for the present with the groom's parents. TU 1. 1.., I .-. 1,,... Iinliul with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ilamot, at Hickory and has tor the past three years been a teacher in the Hickory schools. She is pleas antly remembered her', having vis ited friends in Gastonia frequently. The groom is a prominent young business man and has a host of lriends who will extend a warm wel come t ) his bride. I . I. C. HELD DELIGHTFl'L MEETING WITH MRS. GRAY. (Reported or Tho Gazette) In spite of the downpour of rain about titty ladies met Tuesday after noon at the hospitable home of Mrs. G. A. Gray to enjoy another historical-social meeting of the Gastonia Chapter of the 1 nited Daughtei . of the Confederacy. The program was in charge of the historical committer !' w hich Mrs. T. W. Wilson is chair man. Mrs. Wilson was not able to he present, to the regret of all, but Miss Low cry Shut'ord. in a most de lightful manner, tilled her place. The meeting was opened by sing ing "The' Star Spangled Banner.' Miss kcllio Rose Sloan was at the piano and the song was led by .Miss .lane Morris, all who could joining in with enthusiasm. Mrs. .1. K. P:iin led in prayer, remembering one ul the number who is very sick. Tile audience was delighted to hear Miss Jane Morris sing. She sang two songs most beautifully. Mrs. J. S. W ray read a splendidly prepared and interesting paper on one of the --'oiith's greale-i men. Com modoro Matthew Fontaine Maury. Mrs. George Patterson P-ad a most delightful paper on Albert Sidney Johnston and was tollowed b Mrs. M. F. Kirby with another very instructive paper on J. E. B. Sti w.trt. These papers were all very inte'eMing. well prepared and :i.- they were read they made our hearts burn within us to hear of these wonderful men and their great deeds. Mrs. F. L. Wilson led the round table and had for discussion three very iniluential and prominent men in the South during the war and for years after but who are little known. Joseph E. Johnston, William Preston Johnston and Bushrod Rust Johnson. Many questions were asked and answered by the different members in a most interesting way. Miss Mar garet lyouise LaFar. in a most charming manner read one of Wil liam Preston Johnston's poems The singing of the first verse of "America" and the verses "God Save Hold and Keep our men" brought to a close one of the most delightful of these meetings. DETAIUS OF THE SIXKIXG OF I.IXER CITY OF ATHENS ( !tv International New s Service i j NEW YORK. May 2. With a rU- i id investigation being made into the i sinking of the Savannah liner City of Athens by a French cruiser off the Delaware capes early Tuesday, the death toll today remains at sixty seven. There were a hundred and thirty-flve aboard, if whom sixty nine were passengers. Seventeen French sailors were drowned. Th ships were leaking fair speed in a thick fog. There were numerous cases of heorism. The wireless op erator stuck to his (ost until the'ship sank. One was rescued and one was drowned. The Southerners re lorted lost were Richard Boleiner. of Mobile: EdwardClug, of Savannah, who saved Mrs. Boshiner: Dr. A. J. Kemp, of Tifton, Ga. and J. R. O' Brien, of Savannah. I.IXER Sl'XK A SUBMARINE (By International News Service) AN ATLANTIC PORT, May 2. A British liner which recently carried many American troops to France, returned today and reported having sunk a submarine on the return trip. Twelve passengers and a number of Canadian and British soldiers aboard watched the encounter. The sub marine missed the liner twlae with torpedoes. The liner fired fourteen shots, sinking the submersible. -Mr. J. Mack Holland, of the Holland Real Estate Company, is able to be out again after being con fined to his home by illness for two or three weeks. v BESSEMER SCHOOLS CLOSING THIS WEEK Correspondence of The Gazette. BESSEMER CITY. May L'.-The Bessemer City graded schools are in the midst of commencement exercis es. The declamation contest takes place tonight at S:3n o'clock with six boys contesting. The program will be interspersed with musical numbers. Tomorrow evening the recitation contest will be held with seven girls competing and with musical num bers interspersed. Rev. J. C. Deltz, pastor of the Lutheran church at Gastonia, will preach the annual sermon Sunday morning at 1 I o'clock Monday evening a' S:3u o'clock the school will present a play enti tled "Claim Allowed." Tho (lass exercises will be held Tuesday evening, when the annual address will be delivered by J. G. Clinkscales. L1..I)., of Spartanburg. S. C There are 1:' in the graduat ing (lass. They are: Boyco Gallo way Carson. Alma Corrinne Frone berger. William McKinley Gannt. Lena Theresa GutTey. Lida Blanche lluffstetler. Emma Frances Kennedy, Henry Lester Kiser. Barbara Lorenn Kiser. Rachel Juanita Dates, Maudie Lee Hliyne. Juanita Rollins, Dewey Jefferson Wolfe. Cnder the direction of Prof. .1. D. Rankin as superintendent and an able corps of 4eachers the Bessemer school has had one of the best years in its history BELMONT OMMEXt EMENT. Exeniscn Will Begin Willi Annual Sermon by Rev. .1. II. Ilcii(lerlite Sunday Niglil Literary Address Wednesday Night by Lieut. Gov. 0. Max Gardner. Correspondence of The Gazette BELMONT, May 1. Belmont lli'-h School is planning a big commence ment. The txercise.s will begin next Sunday night with a sermon by Rev. J. II. Ilenderlite. pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Gastonia. Monday night will be society night, the two societies of the school taK ing an equal part in the urogram. This celebration is intended to repre sent in part the work done by the so cieties during the past year. The program for this night will be as follows- I . Music, by the Glee, Club. -. Address of Welcome, by the President. :!. Declamation, by Price I.eeper. 1. Recitation. by Catherine S I ( ) w e . Music, by the Glee Club. ''. Debate. "Resolved that com pulsory military training should be j adopted as a permanent policy by I the C. S. Government." Adirmative: Earl Armstrong and Jonathan Gul liek. Negative: Katharine Gaston and Mary Armstrong. 7. Music, by the Cleo Club s. Mock Trial, being the case of the Widow Smythe. 0. Chorus, by the High School. On Tuesday night. May 7th. the comedy, "A Private Secretary." will be given by the high school. This is a royalty play and promises to be one of the best ever given on the lo cal stage. It is full of fun from be ginning to end and w ill probably help give the people a rest from the more serious thoughts of the time. Wednesday night. May th. will doubtless tie one of the very best nights of the whole commencement. In view of the fact that Mr. O. Max Gardner. Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina is to deliver the ad dress to the graduates, the auditori um is sure to be full on this night. The usual graduating exercises will be dispensed with and instead a short patriotic program will be given by the seniors. The names of the sen iors follow: Clara Foster. Lena Gar rison. Louise Gaston, Margaret Rowlette. Lottie Nichols. Iva John ston. Lnla Stowe. Maude McKnight, Earl Armstrong and Leslie West. No charge will be made for any of the exercises except the play Tues day night, when the price of admis sion will be 2' cents. Dallas Dots. Correspondence of Th$ Gazette. DALLAS. May 2 The junior clas3 of the Dallas high" school gave a social Friday night for the comple tion of the seniors' education. The entire high school was to be present. All were greatly amused by the con tests and games. Delicious sand wiches, cake and corn bread were served. Mervin Clemmer, of Camp Jack son, was at home last week.. Hughes Durham, of Camp Sevier, was here Saturday and Sunday. 'Will Clemmer, of Camp Sevier, was here this week. The people'of Dallas are cordially invited to attend the baccalaureate sermon at the school auditorium Sunday at 11 a. ni. Her friends will regret to learn that Mrs. H. J. Floyd is quite sick at her home at 516 East Air Line avenue. Belmont, Mount Holly and Besse mer City have gone "over the top" for the third Liberty Loan and have won their honor flags W ith but 2-S hours yet remaining Chairman W. T Love and his county committee are bending every effort to put Gaston well over. By strong work all over the county and by subscribers con tinuing to come in and follow the ex ample set by President Wilson by subscribing to still more bonds, the goal will be reached. Cherryville had a large assessment to meet and Chairman M. L. Mauney and his committee are doing splendid work to meet it. County Chairman Iove. County Secretary Allen, Attor ney A. E. Woltz and Mr. J. W. Car roll attended a rally at Cherryville last night at which much enthusi asm was evident. Cherryville in tends to reach her quota. Chairman S. A. Wllklns at Dallas is sure of an honor flag for bis town by good work being done today and tomorrow. Gastonia will of course win but ev eryone must give all the help possi ble in order to do It. Gastonia's quota is high, totalling $33 I, ton, us It is based on banking resources and not on taxable values. Honor Hags have already been re ceived from Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo for Belmont and Mount Holly. Mount Holly has more than doubled her quota and so is due a star in her Hag. If everyone will do their part to morrow the county executive com mittee is confident of success FOURTEEN KEN GO TO FORT SCRIVEN, GA. The Local Exemption Board of Gaston county will entrain on Fri day. May loth, the following men: Arnle Click Beam, Cherry ville. Willie Gibson. Lowell. Robert Lei' Ealicr. Kings Moun tain. George Grady Hameron, Lowell. Columbus Fair Uuffstetler. Bes semer City. lames William Stowe, Mt. Molly. Thou. as Shields. Gastonia. William Clyde Mauney. Gastonia. Albert Gradv Sellers. Richmond, Va Jasper Rolieri Andrew. Atlanta, Ga. Sidney Ervin Abshir. Bessemer city. Columbus Gilmore. Gastonia. Lloyd William Sabms. Gastonia. Fiirman Franklin Pace, Greenville, S. C. All of the above are while men and will be sent over the Carolina K North-Western to Chester and from there on the Southern to Fort Scriven. Ga. Fort Scriveii is just out from Savannah. The men have- been ordered to re port to the local board, room 20 1 Realty Building, at 2:1". P. M.. on May loth. Till RSDAY S CASI'ALTY LIST ( Bv International News Service! WASHINGTON. May 2nd. -This morning's casualty list is heacy. Eleven were killed in action; three in accidents; seven died of disease, two from wounds, three from other causes. Seven were severely wound ed, six slightly, three are missing in action. Captain Capell and Lieu tenants Miller and Jeffery. recently reported as missim.-, are now I now n to be prisoners in Germany. $10,000 ALREADY St BS( GIBED SMrinl to The Gaette. Rl'THEKFORD COLLEGE. May 1 On the eve oi the -t ial May cam paign to bring i lie subscription to Weaver Hall at Rutherford College to $2.i.(MMi. he college is able to report more than $lo,ono. Buy War Stamps and Bonds and give to Weaver Hall. Do double good with the same money. SETTLEMENT REACHED ( Bv International News Service) ROTTERDAM, May 2. -An influ ential newspaper announced that the transportation dispute between Ger many and Holland has been settled. No details of the settlement are giv en. Al'HTRIA CLAMORH FOR FOOD (By International News Service) COPENHAGEN. May 2nd. The Austrian Liberal press is violently attacking Hungary for not providing Austria with food. They declare Hun garian peasants have an abundance. TODAY'S REPORT ON THE LIBKRTY LOAX. WASHINGTON, May 3. Total Liberty loan subscriptions, a offi cially announced today, have reach ed 12,838,317.300. With the aval anche of subscriptions always to be expected at the end of a campaign, treasury officials are confident the three billion minimum will be far oversubscribed. (By International News Service) LONDON ("Noon) May 3. With the artillery roaring along the Flan ders front the British struck again in tho sector of Villers-Bretenneox, on the Picardy front, gaining some local advantage. VIllers-Bretenneux, now in British hands, is nine miles east of Amiens. The artillery was especially active in the region of Givenchy, near lxere and south of. Ypres. TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST CONTAINS 88 NAMES (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, May 3. The cas ualty list with addresses issued this morning contained the names of 18 killed in action, five who died of dis ease, two of accidents, one of wounds, two reported missing, two severely wounded and fS slightly wounded. Only one Southerner, Lieut. Thomas Mooney, of Texas, was in the list. , TWELVE AUSTRIAN PLANES SHOT DOWN BY BRITISH (By International News Service) LONDON. May 3.--Twelve Aus trian and German airplanes were shot down by the British in sky bat tles over the Italian front, said an ofllcial statement last nlgbt fine hundred and nine Teuton airplanes have been accounted for since the British airmen arrived in Italy. The British have only lost 13. PEACE PACT TO RE SIGNED AT ONCK. ( By International News Service) I -ON DON. May 3. A dispatch from Amsterdam quotes a German semi-ollicial newspaper as stating that a peace pact with Rouniania will bo signed Immediately, which will settle the Bulgarian and Turk ish frontiers. PRISONERS SAY GERMANS MST HEAVILY. (By International News Service) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE. May II. - Conditions on the Toul front have been extremely inactive for the past 4S hours. It Is learned from a German Red Cross attache, who was captured by an American patrol, that the Germans lost four-fifths of their force in the attack on Scicheprey on April 20th. HEAVY FIGHTING EXPECTED HOO.V. (By International News Service) liONDON, May 3. Heavy fighting is expe ted soon on the Piave river. It Is believed the Germans are Insist ing upon an A ustro-1 1 ungarian of fensive in an effort to relieve the pressure acainst the Germans on the Western front and prevent further sending of Italians Into France CAPT. A. L. REACHES FRANCE Mr. J. Grier T.ove received a card this morning informing him that ('apt. Archio L. Jenklits had arrived safely in France. Captain Jenkins is in the Quartermaster Reserve Corps, lie is a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Jenkins and a brother of Mrs. J. V. Harper, of Gastonia. I'ntil re cently he was stationed at the camp in Jacksonville. Fla. TODAY'S tOTTOX MARKET. (By International News Service.) NEW YORK, May 3 The cotton market opened with July contracts selling at 23.60; October 24.65. A Mrs. Huggins, whose home Is at Lowell, became suddenly ill yes terday afternoon while waiting for a P. & N. car and was taken to the City Hospital. She is reported to day as getting along nicely. Mr-s. D. W. Padgett will leave tomorrow for Greenville, S. '?.. where she will spend several "daysC with her son, Mr. Ralph Padgett, who is in the hospital at Camp Se- ; vier. . . "
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