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G E T R E D F O R T H E B G R E D CROSS DRIVE v" ,.- STOMA .:'-'.y-.':f:-'';: " "!-: ?; . PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WE DXESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOIi. XXXIX. NO. B7. GASTONIA, N. C bfOXDAY AFTERNOON, BIAY 13, 1918. 92.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCS,' TO ATTEND GBIERALAS- lMm HAY REGISTER Y SATURDAY'S TELEGRAPHIC COUNTY BEL'iG ORGANIZED FOR BIG RED CROSS DRIVE TODAY'S CASUALTY LIST. GERMAN U-BOAT BASES COMPLETELY BLOCKED , SEIIBLY AT DURANT. QUA. 400 TO 600 MORE HOI IS A LONG ONE HI . c - 1 IBj International News Service.) WITH TIDE AMERICAN ARMY' IN PRANCE, May 11. The American . artillery this morning co-operated ' with toe Frencb In preparing ' the way for a Frencb raid on the aector of Apremont forest. . The bombard ment of two hours was so Intense as to be plainly heard at Toul, 16 miles away. The Americans Were the ear liest on the French right flank to create an Infantry division. Our pa trol entered the village of Apremont but found no Germans. They re tained through the Germans' bar rage fire. Another American patrol cut the outer entanglements of the front German trenches, working un der a heavy attack of German rifles, bombs and automatics. The Ger mans threw gas shells. - LONDON, May 11. British avia tors have photographed Ostend, con firming the report of the blocking of the Ostend submarine base. The fairway is now locked. LONDON, May 11. The Allied - lines were advanced northeast or Lo cre and German prisoners were cap tured. Successful raids were car ried out by the British last night at Westmerville, where other prisoners were taken. An attempt of the Ger mans to make a raid 'East of Ypres, was repulsed by British artillery. WASHINGTON, May 11. Today's casualty list is as follows: Eight killed n action four died from wounds, four from disease, seven from accidents, three of other caus es; four wounded severely, 34 slight ly. . Five officers who were recently reported missing are now known to have been captured by Germans. Da vid Wilson, of Opp, Ala., was killed In action. Private Nathaniel Doson, of Bhiffton, S. C, died of disease. The report says Robert Stephens, of Calheun, Ga., was slightly wounded. AMSTERDAM. May 11. The Ber lin newspapers are now discussing the possibilities of a government cri sis as the result of Catholic Centrist efforts to split the majority side on the question of Chancellor Hertling's Eastern policy. PARIS, May 11. Artillery Are and dueling In successful raiding op erations on the Macedonian front are announced by the war office to day. Artillery engagements took place at the mouth of the Struma riv er and North of Monastir. The Si berians are raiding the Bulgarians on the Serbaki sector and repulsed a raid near Dobrewelje. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, May 11. German plana for an attack near Apremont with flame throwers was learned from cap tured Germans. The Americans trained their artillery on that sector and knocked the German plans into a cocked hat, driving the enemy back. AMSTERDAM, May 11. At Os tend the Germans scented trouble and opened a fierce fire from their shore batteries at approaching war ships., Allied aeroplanes began a bombardment of Ostend and long range guns In Flanders were turned against, the Ostend district when the seafog rolled away. The British sent a smoke screen, completely hiding their vessels. The Vindictive's bow was jammed against one pier, the stern swung around across the chan nel and she sunk, closing the bottle neck. A motor boat dashed off car rying the officers and 38 men to the flagsnip Warwick. WASHINGTON, May 11. The War Labor Board hearing the differ ence between the telegraphers and the telegraph companies, reached a decision declaring for open shop but holding that telegraphers should not be discriminated against for organiz ing or expanding their organization. Former President Taft and Frank Walsh were appointed to mediate the differences Between the companies and the men. Reaffirmation of the .National War Labor Board agree ment of last March was approved by President Wilson, and is viewed as a signal victory by Unionists. The Western Union posted notices to the effect that their position Is unchang ed, refusing to recognize the board's decision. - MOBILE, May 11. Chief Quarter master Richard McCall was burned to death and George' Henderson is believed to be fatally Injured as the resnlt of an aeroplane accident this, morning. : WASHINGTON, May 10. The State quotas in the second draft of 800,000 men were announced by Provost Marshal Crowder today. The .draft will take a little over 39 per cent of the total number of men in Class 1 in each State. - The quotas are: -, Georgia, 22,885: North Caro lina, 18,870; South Carolina,-11,6 67; Alabama, 17,811. , - , , : PARIS, May 11. Ground was gained by the French northeast of Orvllles and Sorrel, opposite Amiens, last night. Violent artillery raged Oranizatlon of Gaston county for the second Red Cross war fund is proceeding rapidly and County War Fund Chairman S. A. Robinson will soon have the entire line of commit tees ready for active service on the 20th. Window posters have been received by Secretary Fred M. Allen and may be secured from the office of the Chamber of Commerce. Merchants are urged by the county committee to place these In their windows aa soon as possible, thus aiding in the work of preparation for the coming campaign. Reports from over the county show genuine enthusiasm and if the district committees receive proper co-operation It seems that there will be little difficulty In raising more than the 10,000 allotted Gaston county. SECYS. BAKER AND1 DANIELS VISIT CHARLOTTE Charlotte had two of the Nation's most distinguished citizens as her guests Sunday in the persons of Sec retary of War Baker and Secretary of the Navy Daniels. Mr. Baker came to Inspect Camp Greene. He was accompanied by Major General Gorgas, Surgeon General of the army; Major General William B. Black, chief of engineers, and Major General John L. Chamberlain, in spector General. Mr. Baker and par ty arrived Sunday morning from Washington and he and his oartv and Secretary 'Daniels and party all left for Washington last night. Secretary Daniels stopped en route back to Washington from Atlanta where he delivered an address be fore the General Conference of the Southern Methodist Church. Mr. Daniels spoke at Trinity Methodist church Sunday morning and at the auditorium in the afternoon. At the latter place he was given an ovation. The distinguished visitors were entertained at dinner at the Southern Manufacturers Club by the Char lotte Chamber of Commerce. MARRIAGES. CLONINGER-SMITH: On Sunday, May 12, 1918, Miss Corrle Smith and Mr. Hugh Clonlnger, both of Dallas, were united In marriage, the cere mony being performed by Rev. G. P. Abernethy, pastor of the Loray Bap tist church, at his residence in West Gastonia. RIDDLE-WILLIAMS: On Friday, May 10, 1918, Miss Grace Williams and Mr. H. B. Riddle, both of Gasto nia, were united in marriage, the ceremony being performed by. Rev. G. P. Abernethy, pastor of the Loray Baptist church, at his residence in West Gastonia. CONTRACT IS LET FOR NEW AUDITORIUM. The building committee recently appointed by the congregation of the EaBt Gastonia Baptist church has let to Mr. J. L. Glenn the contract for the erection of a new auditorium to the church building. The front part of the present church building on Church street will be torn away, and the new auditorium t will really con stitute an entirely new church. On ly the rear part of the present build ing will be used, being remodelled as a Sunday school department. The contract price of the new building is $15,345. Work will commence with in the next two or three weeks and If there is no delay in receipt of mar terial it is expected that the new structure will be completed within three of four months. on the sectors of Grivesnes and Mail-ley-Raineval, 50 prisoners being tak en and'numbers of successful raids on the Picardy front having been car ried out. Southeast of Montdidier and on the Woevre plain sectors we raided German trenches, capturing prisoners and war material. Amer icans are on the battle front in the Montdidier and Woevre districts. LONDON, May 10. A plot against the new republican government of Portugal was frustrated by the po lice of Operto, says a wireless dis patch today. All the conspirator! were arrested. Sixty-three bombs were seized. Major Paes was pro claimed President at a municipal ball receiving a great ovation.' WASHINGTON,' May 10. Provost Marshal Crowder today . announced that within ten -days he will inaugu rate a nation-wide search for regis tered men who were called to the colors and failed to respond. Feder al, State and municipal authorities will co-operate in the biggest man hunt the country has ever seen. . WASHINGTON. May 11.- There have been called to the colors 12 hundred; thousand men. Gen. Crow der announced this afternoon. Fresh drafts are being constantly prepared. Rev. W.' J. Roach, pastor of the Loray Presbyterian church, and Mr. J. H. Kennedy, an elder of the First Presbyterian church, will leave to night .for Durant, Ok la., to attend the sessions of the General Assembly of the Southern Presbyterian Church which convenes there this week They represent Kings Mountain Presbytery, the former as the clerical delegate and the latter as the lay del egate. This assembly is the legislative body of the Southern Presbyterian church and meets biennially. The sessions cover a period of about three weeks. Numerous matters of more than usual importance will nrobablv come ud for consideration at this session. NEW YORK MINISTER Y SPOKE TWICE YESTERDAY Rev. C. L. Jackson, O. D., of New York city, now engaged in doing Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Greene, preached two splendid sermons at the First First Presbyterian church yesterday, filling the pulpit at both the morning and evening hours for the pastor, Rev. J. H. Henderllte, who' was out of the city. At the morning hour Dr. Jack son's subject was "Behold the Man." He held Christ up as the great exam ple after which our lives should be patterned. "The Words of Eternal Life" was his subject at the night service. Dr. Jackson also spoke be fore the Men's Bible Class Sunday morning. SPECIAL PROGRAM FOR TODAY'S PRAYER SERVICE The prayer service at Main Street Methodist church at 6:15 o'clock this evening will be conducted by Rev. Dr. C. L. Jackson, of New York city who is now engaged in Y. M. C. A. work at Camp Greene. Dr. Jack son was heard by two large and ap preciative audiences at the First Presbyterian church here yesterday. He is a most pleasing speaker and a treat is undoubtedly in store for all who attend prayer service this evening. Another attractive feature of this service will be the singing by Mr. E. L. Wolslagel. of Asheville. who has delighted Gastonia congregations several times before. The public is cordially invited to attend. SGT. J. EDGAR MEAN MADE FINE RECORD Sgt. J. Edgar McLean of Company E, 322nd Regiment Infantry, located at Camp Jackson, Columbia. S. C, returned to camp Friday after send ing a twenty-day furlough here with bis mother, Mrs. R. J. Smith. While in the county Mr. McLean, who is a graduate of Trinity Collepe and a former teacher, made several ad dresses before the pupils of county high schools. Sgt. McLean's many friends will be interested to know that he suc cessfully passed the examination in the Third Officers' training camp and is now eligible for a commission as second Iientenant. It Is of further Interest to know that out of 2 2 -" men in this training camp he stood 1 6th from the top, each of the 1 5 men ahead of him having had prev ious military training. His career as an officer in the army will be watched with interest by his many friends. DEATHS MRS. HARRISON FISHER. Following an illness of some time Mrs. Harrison Fisher, aged about 60 years, died Saturday at her home at McAdenville. , Funeral services were held at the home Sunday afternoon by Rev. J. S. Hiatt. pastor of the Mt Holly Methodist church, followed by Interment in the Mountain Island cemetery- Mrs. Fisher is survived by her husband and several children, among whom. are Mr. Walter Fisher and Mr. Charles Fisher, both", of Charlotte. Before her marriage - to Mr. Fisher she was Miss Etta Cook. Mrs. Fisher had made her home at McAdenville for the past 30 years, and her passing brings sorrow not only to her family, but to a wide cir cle of friends throughout the county. Mr. R. S. Torrence. of Pineville, came over Friday fo attend the me morial day exercises and remained to spend several days with Mr. Ed Tor rence and other relatives and friends. Judge A. C, Jones, in charge of the clerical force of the Gaston County Exemption Board, states that, accord ing to information now at hand, the registration of men who have come of age since the 5th of last June will Jjpobably be held on June 5th this year. Such registration was pro vided for by a recent act of Congress. According: to estimates made by Pro vost Marshal General Crowder this new registration will provide about 500,000 more men for the draft According to the orders issued ly the Adjutant General of ths Slate there will be only one registration place in the county and that will irobably at the court house. Some members of the local board r. ba in charge of the registration and will be assisted by members of tin legal advisory board, the city attorn., the county attorney and other bm'ness men who will be appointed to assUt in the work. Gaston county, it is estimated, will furnish between 400 and 600 men for this registraton and the task of registering this large number in one day will require a large reg istering force. It is stated that efforts are being made to get a change made in the orders that will provide for more than one registration place in the county and information on this point will be given out later. SELLS HIS INTEREST E Mr. George W. Brown has sold his interest In the Brown-Spencer Hard ware Company to George R. Spencer, of the firm. As yet Mr. Brown has not decided what he will do, though temporarily he is continuing in active connection with the firm. He expects to contin ue to reside In Gastonia. EXTRACTS CONTAINED 85 P. C. L In Municipal Court this morning Martin Kincald, who conducts a gro cery store on South Marietta street near the Dunn Mill was found guil ty of selling lemon extracts contain ing 85 per cent, alcohol. Judgment was suspended on payment of the costs and upon condition that the de fendant either turn over the extracts in his possession to the chief of po lice to be destroyed or return them to the manufacturer. At The Churches ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL. Sunday, the 19th, is known in the church calendar as Whitsunday and is kept in memory of the Holy Spirit. It Is also known as the birthday of the church. Suitable services with sermons may be expected in St. Mark's Episcopal church at eleven o'clock a. m. and 8:150 o'clock p. ni. The public is cordially invited. TIX DEPOSITS FOUND IX ROTH CA ROLIXAH. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. May 13. 'North and South Carolina tin deposits may prove a new source of mineral wealth to the United States. A re port made public by the United States Geological Survey on the de posits in the Kings Mountain region of those two states shows many re sources of tin oxide. The entire region already has been extensively prospected, and there have been some attempts at mining. In at least one place, at Gaffney, placer mining has been temporarily profitable. In the main, however, mining of the deposits has been con ducted at a loss. t The conclusions of the report are that operations so far neither prove nor disprove the value of the depos its. Mr. Proctor to Anderson, S. V. . Mr. F. C. Proctor, for the past sev eral years a member of ' the sales force at Efird's here, has gone to An derson, S. C, to become manager of the Efird store at that place. His family will join him within the next week or ten days. Mr. Proctor Is a young business man of splendid abil ity and has been one of the most val ued of Efird's employees here. His many Gastonia friends, while regret ting to lose him as a resident, rejoice in this deserved promotion which has come to him. D. C. Hawley, manager of the Charlotte branch of the Fiske-Carter Construction Company, died in a Charlotte hospital Saturday as. the result of injuries sustained Friday sight when he was struck by a street car. The body has been taken to his old home at Fairfield, yt, for burial. (By International News Service) WASHINGTON, May 13. This morning's casualty list is a long one. It contains the names of 38, all New Englanders, missing In action; ten killed in action; 9 dead of wounds; five of disease, two from accidents and one from other causes; twelve were seriously wounded and nine teen slightly wounded. Green Dukes, of Campton, Ga., died of disease and Grady Knight, of Oglethorpe Ga., was severely wounded. NR. SEPARK TO SPEAK AT TRINITY COLLEGE Trinity College, May 12. Joseph H. Separk, of Gastonia, a member of the class of 1896, has been Invited to deliver the alumni address at the commencement exercises this year, He will speak at the noon luhcheon Tuesday following the com mencement sermon. This will be purely and simply a social and good- fellowship meeting of the alumni. There will be no business transacted at this meeting. BAKER PAYS 330 TO THK RED CROSS. Peter Andres Learns That the Food Administration Means Business. Special to The Gazette. RALEIGH, May 13. As a self-imposed penalty, agreed to by State Food. Administrator Henry A. Page, Peter Andres, a baker at Badin, has Just contributed the sum of 1260 to the Albemarle chapter of the Red Cross Society and closed the door of his bakery for one day with a sign on his door stating that the establish ment was closed because of violations of the rules and regulations of the Food Administration, Andres' offense consisted of using less than the required proportion of cereal substitutes in bread shortly after the rules and regulations gov erning bakers were made effective. He claimed that he was unable to se cure the cereal substitutes but inas much as all bakers in the State had been told to use the required per centage of cereal substitutes or close up, this was not rearded as a suffic ient excuse and the Food Adminis tration allowed Andres to-make the atonement above described in lieu of having his license revoked. CHILMUO.VN DAY AT XXHI CHUtOH. On next Sunday, May 19th, there will be an all-day service in observ ance of Children's Day at Concord Methodist church, on the Bessemer City-Concord charge, of which Rev. .J D. Rankin is pastor. At 11 o'clock there will be special exercises, in clding an address by Mr. J. H. Se park, of Gastonia. In the afternoon the program will include addresses by Mr. S. J. Durham and Mr. O. F. Mason, of Gastonia. The public is cordially Invited. The new church building at Concord is said to be the best country church building in the State and the members are glad to welcome visitors. ARMY CALLS FOR MANY VOLUNTEERS Judge A. C. Jones, chief clerk to the Gaston County Exemption Board, has just received a call from Adju tant General Young for volunteers from among reelstered men, qualifi ed and accepted for service, for sev eral branches of army work. The State is called on to rurnish 20 rail road brakemen. flagmen and conduc tors; 12 locomotive engineers and firemen and four veterinarians, all white men; and 2 bricklayers and 10 carpenters and helpers, all color ed men. Those men who desire to volun teer for these positions should re port to the board here before the 19th as on that date the number se cured must be reported to General Crowder. Men In Class 1 who have not yet been actually called to en train for service may volunteer un der these calls. Red Cro IMcture. On Thursday of this week the Ideal Theater will show a special picture entitled 'The Spirit of the Red Cross.'- This picture was made to further the Interests of the Red Cross in this country and is a faith ful portrayal of the work being done behind the lines by Red Cross work ers. Thirty per cent of the days pro ceeds go to the local Red Cross Chap ter. Mr. and Mrs. XV. P. Covington, of- Charlotte, were the guests Satur day of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Kirby." Mew to Entrain Ma y28th. Tuesday, May 28th, Is the day whichvhas been set apart by the ad jutant general of the State for the entraining of 127 white men-from Gastonia to National Army camps. . (By International News Service.) m . LONDON, May 13 The bottUni up of the German submarine base at Zeebrugge was made complete by ef fective work on the part of British airmen Sunday. Bombs were drop , ped at the entrance of . the harbor sinking a German dredge boat be tween two obsolete cruisers -which were previously sunk in the fairwayT , ' Photographs made by the airmen show the bases of the Zeebrugge ca nals crowded with German craft of every description. These are pre-' vented from continuing their voyage because of the blocking of the en-t trances to the Zeebrugge and Ostend harbors. GERMAN ARTILLERY i . mm to mi!D (By International News Service.) LONDON. May 13, (Noon) Ger man artillery continued to bombard British positions with extreme vio lence on various sectors - but v there) have been no new Infantry assaults. The Somme valley on the Albert sec-" tor and the area between Lacon , and ' the Dieppe forest has been ' under heavy lire. SHOOT LOCAL ITEMS Miss Troupe Stamey spent :th week-end with friends in Salisbury, Mrs. A. G. Myers had as her- guest-for the week-end her: sister. Miss Bess Nail, of Charlotte. . Mr. W. M. Nolen, Jr., spent Son- day in Spartanburg, 8, C, with friends. ';;;,' ; v,;, Miss Lottie May Hendrick, of Shelby, was the guest for the week- end of Mrs. D. A. Cilne at her home on West Airline avenue. - Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Whitfield, of Albemarle, were the guests Saturday or their daughter, Mrs. Fred Rawl- lngs. Mr. Harley G. Ball, of Lenox, 1 Iowa, now stationed at Camp Greene, was the guest Friday of Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Warren. - Dr. E. h. Powell, of Cuba,V Is spending a few days with Mr. M." T. Saunders, of Groves, being on ' his 1 way to New York on business. yDr Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Harwell, of Catawba county, are spending a few days here as the guests of Mr, and Mrs. M. T. Saunders, of Groves. Mr. Harwell is a brother of Mrs. Saun ders. : , ,. ... - , Mr. P. Woods Garland under went an operation for appendicitis at the City Hospital this morning. Ilia many friends will be glad to. know that he stood the operation well and is resting comfortably. ; ; Miss Lois Robinson is attending commencement at the Normal and Collegiate Institute at Asheville. Misa ' Robinson was a member of last year's . graduating class at that Institution. . Dr. J. M. Caldwell, Mrs. R. A. Caldwell, Mrs. J. H. Kennedy, George. Ragan and Mrs. G. W. Ragan, went to Kings Mountain last Wednesday- ' to spend the day with Mrs. G. W. Ra gan's aunt, Mrs. M: A. McClwee. ' Mr. G. E. Marvin, who recently underwent an operation for appen- 1 (Ileitis at the City Hospital, is able to be out again. j ' Powell is a son of the late Dr. A. M. Powell, of Catawba county, and was Is well-known to many of the older citi zens of this section. ---- Mr. W. Y. Warren Is having" hi ' residence on South Marietta street ,? entirely remodeled. A second story, with an addition of three rooms, is -r being added. When completed - In : bungalow style, the residence will be ; one of the most attractive in that -section of the city. Mr. and Mrs. H. P. Mackie re turned to Columbia yesterday after being the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. -E, Woltz for a few days. Mr. Mackie, who is a brother of Mrs. Woltz. re-' cently completed the course of train ing at the third officers' training , camp at Camp Jackson, and qualified ' for a commission as second lieuten ant. He expects to receive his com- " mission and be assigned to duty over seas within a short time. In answer to a call from the lo cal exemption board for three regis trants to -go to North Carolina Col lege of Agriculture and Engineering for a special course of training. Messrs. Will Grigg, Edgar . Pearson and Lamar Abernethy have volun teered and have been accepted by the board. - They will leave Gastonia Wednesday for West Raleigh, where they- 'will be In the military service just as if assigned to one of the mil itary training camps. - Upon comple tion of their course of mechanical training they will be assigned to spe cial duty, probably with the expition ary forces In France, "r--i-,. :
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