North Carolina Newspapers

GASTON 1 A G PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. .VOL. XXXIX. NO. 60. GASTONIA, X, C FRIDAY AFTERXOOX, JULY 5,t 18. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVAJIC. THI LATE NEWS ITEMS IN BRIEF. Condensed from Fuller Reports as PnbUehed in the Morning Papers . of Yesterday and Today. -., Two hundred and twenty Mecklen '.burg county registrants have been de clared by the exemption board pf that county ' to ; be - deserters and their :names have been published. ; C. D. Matthews, of the State agri cultural extension service, has been .placed in charge of the campaign for .this season for drying' excess fruits .and vegetables. The .officers training camp which Nwas established at .Camp Sevier, iGreenvllle, .8. C, wilt be moved to (Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga. There are more than .a thousand men in this iamo. Salisbury has .organized a Juven ' lie protective association. A pro bation. officer has been appointed to -whose care will be given the juven iles who are brought into court for various offenses and who are too young to be sent to the chain gang. A good thing. A statement of internal revenue rcollectlons for the fiscal year 1918 by (collection districts was made Wed nesday by Secretary of the Treas ury McAdoo. The figures for North Carolina were as follows: East ern districts, $19,777,663.38, west ern district. $49,898,840.93. Thomas J. Norton, a son of Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Norton, of Wilming ton, and. a member of the crew of the cruiser Ticondergo, has been drowned overseas, according to in formation contained In a cablegram to his parents Wednesdday- No de tails were given. Mr. Coley Mundy, of Newton, says The Enterprise, has received his com mission as enrolling officer for the Merchant Marine at the handsome salary of $1.00 per year. Plato Starr, of Startown, has been accept ed for this service and will be sent off In a few days. The Newton Enterprise of Tuesday says that Elcanah Hunsucker, of Ca tawba county, celebrated his 92nd birthday at his home Sunday with a big dinner at which there were pres ent a number of his friends. Among she number was Col. G. M. Yoder, who is only four months younger than Mr. Hunsucker. Lewis Longwell and Hector Bor iea, foreman of the plant of the Cur liss Airplane & Motor Corporation at Hammondsport, N. Y., were Indicted Wednesday by a Fededral grand Jury charged with sabotage in wil fully making war material in a de fective manner. Each was held un der a $10,000 bond for trial next week. Near Bowman school house, Ca .tawba county, says The Newton En terprise, there has been much excite ment over the actions of two men, .said to be 24 or 25 years old. who have been terrorizing boys at work in the fields. They are thought to be deserters or. fleeing the draft. Sheriff Isenhower has not seen them, but hopes to do so very soon. AVILL PAY .PREMIUMS IN WAR SAVINGS STAMPS. Premiums offered by the Gaston County Fair Association for the big Gaston County Fair, October 8th to 12th, will be paid In Thrift and War Savings Stamps, It was announced to day. It Is bellved that fairs every where are going to fall into line and take the same action. This action will mean a new stim ulation of the buying of stamps in October. Where exhibitors do not want the stamps they can cash, them but it is believed that many would be glad to keep them as an invest ment in that form. At The Churches UNION SERVICES SUNDAY NIGHT. A union service participated .In by the congregations of the up-town churches will be held Sunday even . ing at 8:45 o'clock at the First As sociate Reformed Presbyterian church. Rev. - H, H. Jordan, pastor of Main Street Methodist ch"urch, will preach. V MAIN STREET METHODIST. Preaching at 11 a. m. Sunday by the pastor. Rev. H. H. Jordan. Sub ject, "He That Endureth to the End Shall be Saved." Immediately following the morn ing service there will be an important -meeting of the board of stewards. ST. MARK'S EPISCOPAL Regular services conducted by Rev. E. N. Joyner. of Lenoir, Sunday, the 7th.- Morning prayer and Holy Communion at 11 o'clock. Evening prayer at 8 o'clock. As a result of the studies at the ' front,, methods have been developed - whereby more than 80 per eent of the wounded, 'who originally remain ed at ' the military hospitals for months, are now .cured and returned ' to the forces In three or four weeks. In order that Army surgeons: sta tioned at camps,' cantonments, and other military hospitals In this coun- try may thoroughly understand ,the 'latest treatment of war wounds, the Army Medical Department has had .established special classes of lnstuc tion to which are sent selected offi cers who, upon completion of their v courses, return to their own "hospitals and Instruct other surgeons In these v methods.- .---V- : ' OF THE CZAR IS REPORTED AGAIN (By International News Service) LONDON, July 3. The former Czar Nicholas, his wife and daugh ter and the Grand Duchess Tatans were all murdered by the Bolsheviki, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. An uncon firmed story states that when the priest at the Imperial Palace prayed I for the souls of the dead, announcing the assassination, the audience wept. EX-CZAK NICHOLAS j ESCAPES TO NORWAY. (By International News Service.) COPENHAGEN. July 3. Ex-Czar Nicholas and his family have arrived in Bergen, Norway, after a sensa tional escape, the Berlinske Tldende, a Copenhagen newspaper, reports today. The story is based on the statement of a passenger of a Rus sian ship who says the former em peror and his wife and children trav eled incognito on the vessel, having embarked at a port on the Murman coast after escaping from Ekaterin burg to Perm and thence to the coast. TWENTY-THREE CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED TODAY (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON. July 5. The army casualty list given out this morning is as follows: Five killed in action, seven died of wounds, two died of disease, one killed in acci dent, three severely wounded, five missing in action; none of these are from North Carolina. BOCAE AIRMAN ATTACKS RED CROSS HOSPITAL (By International News Service.) PARIS, July 5. A Boche aviator attacked a Red Cross hospital be hind the lines with his machine gun, wounding two American ambulance men. The Hun airman flew 15 feet above the hospital, firing upon French wounded. V. I. C. MET WITH MRS. WOLTZ. (Reported for The Gazette.) Friday afternoon at 4:30 about 50 members of the Gastonia Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confed eracy gathered at the home of Mrs. A. E. Woltz on York street for an historical-social meeting. Mrs. Woltz, Mrs. D. A. Garrison and Mrs. L. F. Wetzell were the hostesses for the afternoon. The guests of the chap ter were Mrs. R. L. Durham and Mrs. Crouch, of Abingdon, Va., and Mrs. Frank Stroud, of Chapel Hill. The subject for the afternoon was "Poets of the Confederacy." After prayer by the chaplain, Mrs. J. K. Dixon, the roll was called and each member answered with a quotation from some Confederate poet. The first paper was "An Apprecia tion of Sidney Lanier," written by Mrs. Bismarck Capps and read by Mrs.- Barrett in Mrs. Capps' absence. It was a splendid irper, bringing to mind - many beautiful things of the song-bird who cheered many a sol dier in those troublesome times, the "60s." Miss Gaynelle Bopne told in a very pleasing manner an instance connected with the prison life and the homeward journey of Sidney La nier after his release. Mrs. Brockman, our own writer of verse of whom we are so proud, had written a most delightful paper on Father Ryan but was not able to be present to read it. Miss Louisa Reid read this for her to the delight of all who were there. The chapter then had the great pleasure of hearing Gastonia's own song-bird .who is also another mem ber the chapter is most proud to claim, Miss Marie Torrence. - She sang a group of Southern songs, be ing beautifully accompanied by M4ss "Nellie Rose Sloan. Miss Aline Reid read a paper thai had been written by her brother, MoD. Reid, on "'The South In History and Literature." This subject was selected by the historical committee for the essay to be written by the tenth grade for the U. D. C. medal. McD. Reid "wrote the paper but did not compete for the medal. Some of the. members "had read the paper and thinking It so very good they were anxious for the chapter to .hear it. It was a fine Idea.- for the paper was very-well written and greatly enjoy ed,.', v- : "Mrs. F. L. Wilson, , who is 'vice chairman of the "historical committee, presided at the meeting and lead ' a most lnterestln g round-table on the "Minor Confederate Poets." Many very Interesting facts long forgotten were brought to light, and an ttose present felt they would like to study more closely these men ' wbo wrote so beautifully when . there was so much .to make them sad. After the truestleae ea lames Ry- ALLIES TOOK 1,300 GERMAN PRISONERS (By International News Service.) LONDON, July 5. (Official) The Allies captured over 1,300 prisoners in the fighting around Hamel yester day, and 100 German machine guns were taken. German counter at tacks against the new positions east of Hamel were repulsed. AUSTRALIANS MAKE BIG SURPRISE ATTACK This morning's press dispatches had the following: By a great surprise attack on the German lines, planned especially as a celebration of American Independ ence day, Australian troops have wrested from the Germans the vil lage of Hamel, east of Amiens, occu pied Vaire and Hamel woods, south, of the village, and captured more than 1,500 prisoners. The Austral ians advanced under the cover of a smoke barrage and were led by tanks in the breaking of the enemy's line over a front of more than four miles. The attack penetrated a mile and a half into the German positions. The British war office has announc ed that American troops participated in the attack. This is the first time they have appeared in this part of the battle area. The French also struck savagely a gainst the German lines, this time cutting through the enemy ranks near the town of Autreches, south of Moulin-Sous-Touvent, where on Tuesday night they won a local suc cess and captured prisoners. Here the Germans lost 1,000 prisoners. In both operations the allies have improved their positions by gaining rather high ground which can be readily defended if the Germans launch their expected offensive. Italians Advancing. At the same time that the British, French and Americans were attack ing the enemy, the Italians continu ed to advance in the area near the mouth of the Piave. Scattered ma chine gun emplacements have been cleaned out, while light bbats from the Italian navy have entered the la goons on the left flank of the Aus trian armies and given valuable as sistance to the land forces. The Ital ians also have won ground in the San Lorenzo valley, east of the Bren ta river. Announcement is made that Mo hammed. V, sultan of Turkey, died Wednesday night. The heir to the throne is Pusseff Izzeduno, cousin of the deceased sultan and a son of the late Sultan Abdul Aziz. Fighting between the German soviet forces and the peasantry is re ported from Yeketarburg, the city in eastern Russia where the main line of the Trans-Siberian railroad is joined by the branches of the road running to the north and south of Russia. It was reported recently that the Czecho-Slovak troops were in control at Yetkeranburg and it is said that an army of 200,000 peas ants, well armed has been formed there. Couldn't Drive Americans. German attempts to drive Ameri can forces from their positions at Vaux. west of Chateau-Thierry, seem to have failed utterly. There have been no further reports of desperate German efforts to regain the line from which they were unceremoni ously ousted by the Americans Tues day night. In all the allied countries and their colonies the American Independence day was observed in an unprecedent ed manner. In London and the large cities of England there were special exercises. Even the small towns joined in honoring the United States. In France the people of Par is and a great many other cities en tered Into the observance of the day with their proverbial enthusiasm and elaborate programs were carried out. In Italy the smaller cities vied with their larger sister in the cele bration of the day. South American nations, three of which had declared the day a national holiday, participa ted in what was virtually a world wide demonstration in commemora tion of American Independence. Along the American sectors of the battle line in France, the day was ob served by the boys in khaki who were called upon to perform only work that was absolutely necessary. The Germans, who had been expect ed to seize upon "the Fourth of July as a dramatic setting for an attack against some part of the line did not interrupt the celebrations along the front. Pro-Germans probably think the War Savings Campaign a foolish one. In England they say, "Every shil ling wasted stabs soldier in the back.". der Randal, Miss Torrence sang a verse of his popular song, "Mary land My Maryland. " ' .. The chapter stood and sang "God Keep, Hold and Save Our Men" as the closing number of one of " the most enjoyable meetings the chapter has Ter held, v;;. " . SETS FORTH WAR AIMS OF HUMANITY President Wilson Delivers Great In dependence Day Address at Wash ington's Tomb Cltizena of 33 Nationalltiet Shout Approval. Washington, July 4. From the shadow of Washington's tomb. Pres ident Wilson today offered America's Declaration of Independence to the peoples of the world, with a pledge that the United States and its Allies will not sheath the sword in the war against the central powers until there is settled "once for all" for the world what was settled for America in 1776. Foreign-born citizens of the United States of 33 nationalities who had placed wreaths of palms on the tomb in token of fealty to the principles laid down by the father of this coun try, cried their approval of his words in many languages and then stood with reverently bared heads while the voice of John McCormack soared over the hallowed ground in the notes of the "Star-Spangled Banner." "Washington and his associates, like the barons at Runnymede. spoke and acted, not for a class, but for a people," the President said. "It has been left for us to see to it that it shall be understood that they spoke and acted, not for a single person on ly, but for all mankind. We here in America believe our participation in this present war to be only the fruit age of what they planted "There can be but one issue. The settlement must be final. There can be no compromise. America' War Cry. "What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the gov erned and sustained by the organiz ed opinion of mankind." The speaker's crisp words as he emphasized the least which America will consider as a basis for peace were interrupted by a tumult of ap plause. The demonstration swept beyond the wall of khakl-clad ma rines to the thousands of Americans scattered over the hills and through the woods surrounding Washington's home. Elaborating the purposes for which the "associared peoples of the world" are fighting, the President reiterated that peace can be made only when the central powers agree to the de struction of militarism, the consent of the governed for all readjust ments, the sacredness of treaties and the organization of a league of peace. He further forstalled any offers of peace by compromise which the cen tral powers may make by announcing that the purposes for which the Uni ted States is sending millions of its men to the trenches may not be ful filled around a council table'. Cannot He Achieved by Imitating. "These great ends cannot be achiev ed by debating," the President as serted, "and seeking to reconcile and accommodate what statesmen may wish, with their projects for .balan ces of power and of national oppor tunity. They can be realized only by the determination of what the think ing peoples of the world desire, with their Jonging hope for justice and for social freedom and opportunity." Throughout his address, the Presi dent referred to the "peoples" who are fighting against autocracy, stress ing thereby the unity of purposes which actuates the allied nations. On the other hand, he differentiated between the people of Germany and their rulers as he always has done, speaking of the isolated, friendless group of governments whose people are fuel in their hands. A single reference to Russia gave notice to the world that the United States still accounts the peoples of the youngest democracy as allies. President Wilson enumerated the op ponents of Germany as peoples of many races, "the people of stricken Russia still, among the rest, though they are for the moment unorganiz ed and helpless." Especial Interest attached to his words particularly to the statement that Russia's distress is only temporary, because of plans now being formulated for giving assist ance to the country. Boris Bahhem eteff, who was sent here as Russian ambassador during the Kerensky re gime, was in the audience. A SUGGESTION TO SOCIKTIES AND FRATERNAL ORDERS W. A. Graham of the State De partment of Agriculture says: "Would it not be patriotic if societies and fraternal orders would combine and take out a War-Savings Certif icate in the name ,of some soldier whose family is not In condition to subscribe?" He makes another valuable sug gestion: "If you will make out a War-Savings Certificate In the name of your son or friend who is in the Army, you loan the United States Government the amount to be paid with interest when he returns. You have some money now, but are you certain you will have any wben.be returns to start him again in life?" GREAT FALLS MILL 10O PER CENT EFFICIENT. Mr. W. B. Gore, Chairman of the War-Savings Committee of Richmond County, reports that the 250 opera tives of the Great Falls Mill pledged the sum of $10,000 to the War- Sav ings Campaign. Every operative signed the pledge for some amount which makes this mill 100 per eent efficient In its services to the War Savings Campaign. PLANNING BIG NEW FEATURE FOR FAIR Industrial community fairs will In all probability be a feature of the big Gaston Countv Fair next October, it was announced by Executive Secre tary Fred M. Allen of the fair asso elation today. They will be separate and distinct from the rural fairs which were developed by Secretary Holland and County Agent Steele to such a point of perfection last year, The rural community fairs will be a feature again this year but the new class will be separate. Field crops will of course be elim inated from the industrial communi ty fairs, as they are confined to the mill workers. The fairs are intend ed to stimulate interest among the operatives in gardening and in food conservation generally. Some feat ures of special interest otherwise are also being planned. The matter is being taken up with the management of the various mill corporations of the rounty and already enthusiastic support has been pledged by some. The plan la simply the develop ment of an idea considered by Mr. Holland last year but which he did not attempt to carry out, leaving it over for the next fair. It Is Secretary Allen's plan to es pecially stress the Industrial side of Gaston county in this year's . fair while in no wise letting up on the ag ricultural and home economics feat ures. This Idea Is enthusiastically favor ed by the State Fair authorities. OVER '28,H0,00 DOLLARS PLEDGED. By 03 (bounties 37 Countlen Not Yet Heard From Nine Counties Over 44 Counties Over Half Over. Special to The Gazette. WINSTON-SALEM. July 4. Ac cording to the war savings map that has been made at State Headquar ters to show the progress the State has made thus far in the War Sav ings Campaign, nine counties have pledged their quotas in full. 16 have gone three-fourths over. 11 two thirds, 17 are half, and 10 only a fourth, while 37 have not been heard from at all. From the counties which have made reports. $28,000. 000 is known to have been sold and' pledged together. Of the 37 counties from which no reports have been re ceived, it is believed that several of these will report their quotas pledg ed In'full by Saturday night, July 6. as many of these counties are the wealthiest and most progressive in the State. The counties which have pledged their full quotas are: Wilson, Mar tin. Forsyth, Pitt, Perquimans Ca barrus, Green, Jones and Lenoir. The counties that have raised three fourths of their pledges are: Chow an. Northampton, Wayne. New Han over, Franklin. Granville, Durham, Wake, Rockingham, Guilford, Ire dell. Stokes. Mecklenburg, Union, Burke and Henderson.. Those that have raised two-thirds of their pled ges are: Pasquotank, Washington, Bertie, Pamlico. Johnson, Vance, Orange, Alamance, Davidson, Gas ton and Haywood. The counties that have reported half of their pledges raised are: Edgecombe, Craven, Warren, Harnett, Moore, Scotland. Anson, Montgomery, Randolph, Row an, Davie, Yadkin, Surry, Cleveland, Buncbmbe, Jackson and Cherokee, and those which have raised only one fourth of their quotas are: Tyrrell, Halifax, Hoke, Richmond. Avery, Mitchell, Polk, Transsylvania, Clay and Swain. Many county chairmen have made the statement that they will continue the drive as long as is necessary for every township in their county to subscribe Its full quota. In other words, there Is to be no letting up by either county and township or ganizations, or by the State organi zation till every county reports In full. Personal Mention. Panhandle section will not have any community fair this year, this decision having been reached at a community meeting held at the Pan handle school house last night. Mrs. George B. Cocker, who un derwent an operation at the City Hospital this morning for the removi al of her tonsils, is reported this af ternoon as resting comfortably. Mrs. G. C, Andrews, who under went an operation for appendicitis at the City Hospital Wednesday, is re ported today as making very satis factory progress toward recovery. Miss Georgia Connelly will leave Sunday night for Washington. D. C, where on Monday she will enter upon her duties as secretary to Represent ative E. Y. Webb, chairman of the Judiciary Committee of the House. Crops in the Panhandle section of the county are exceptionally fine this year. Some of the finest cotton in the county may be seen in that section. Corn, also, is splendid. Not only are the crops in fine condition but the acreage planted is much lar ger than usual. ' Observance of the . Glorious Fourth was complete so far as busi ness was concerned In Gastonia. Practically every business house and many offices were closed throughout the day. Many people went fishing, others worked their gardens and made It a day of rest. There was not the sound of a single lire cracker or of even a pop-gun. There were no accidents and the day was nnnsually quiet la every respect. child -killed by train at staim News reached Gastonia just before The Gazette went to press that little Sallle Thompson, five or six year .eld daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Thompson, of Stanley, was run over " and killed at that place by a train on ' : the Seaboard Air Line tracks at 1 o'clock this afternoon. The child had been across the railroad to an other store for some sugar, and wan returning to her father's store when she was struck. No further detaila were obtainable, but It is supposed ' that she was instantly killed. :s FIRE CAUSES LOSS OF $1,000 OR m Fire of unknown origin, discover ed yesterday afternoon about - 3: SO o'clock, did damage in the rooms oc- cupied by Walters Barber Shop and the Saunders Tailoring Company in the Y. M. C. A. building on Main av enue totalling perhaps more than $1,000. Like practically all other establishments in town this place was closed for the day and the lire ' was discovered by passersby. It orig inated in a wardrobe, about midway between the front and back of the" room. . Jit Water and fire combined damaged the furniture and fixtures of the bar ber shop to the extent of $400 or more. The tailoring company lost -52 coats, several pairs of pants, some overcoats and other clothing, In ad dition to which its furniture and fix tures were also damaged. LETTER CARRIERS GO TO HQIDERSON liEXT YEO With the re-election of all of the old officers and the choosing of Hen derson as the meeting place for next year the North Carolina Rural Let- " ter Carriers Association, which held . Its fifteenth annual session here. Wednesday and Thursday, adjourn ed at noon yesterday. The closing; session yesterday forenoon was fear tured by the passage of patriotic res olutions and a patriotic address by Mr. W. C. Felmster. of the Newten bar. Mr. Felmster made a splendid address snd would no doubt have spoken to a crowded house, had Gas- tonians known that he was to speak. No announcement of his address had been made and it did not appear on , the regular program. Mr. George w. Wilson and Mr. John O. Carpen ter, of Gastonia, made short talks al so. Wednesday afternoon Mr. W. D. Brown, editor of The R. F. D. News, of Washington, addressed the con- : ventlon, discussing organization, co operation and Important pending na tional legislation. Following the af ternoon session the visiting dele gates were given an auto ride oyer the city by the Chamber of Com merce. At night the Chamber of Commerce gave them a smoker at the courthouse. At this session Mr. Jasper E. Johnston, of Grayscourt, S. ('., a member of the executive com mittee of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association, was the princi pal speaker. He was followed by Secretary Fred M. Allen of the Cham ber of Commerce who told the visi tors something about Gastonia and the county. Mr. T. C. Smith, of Gas tonia, presided. Following Mr. Al len a number of visiting carriers made short talks. The convention, after adopting patriotic resolutions yesterday, unan imously voted to invest $200 of the runds in its treasury in War Sav ings Stamps. W. C. Johnson, of Henry, is presi dent: Mr. R. C. Beaman, of Staun tonsburg, is vice-president, and Mr. - ' Edgerton. of Goldsboro. is secretary and treasurer. Mr. Edgerton, how ever, was confined in a hospital at : Goldsboro and was unable to be present at the sessions. All of the visiting delegates ex pressed themselves as being highly : pleased with the reception accorded ' them here and as being most favora- , bly Impressed with Gastonia. Patriotic Meeting. A patriotic meeting participated in by the congregations of all the up town churches was held st the First Presbyterian church last night. Rev. H. H. Jordan presided and short ' addresses were made by Judge A. C. Jones, Prof. W. P. Grier, Prof. J. 8. Wray and Mr. J. H. Separk Patriot- " ic music added to the interest of the program also. The audience was not 1 large, due probably to the fact that many people spent the day out .of town. -'.' v- Scoot Picture Today. "The Knights of the Square Ta ble" Is. being; shown at the new Gas ton Ian Theatre today for the benefit of Troop No. 3, Boy Scouts of Ameri ca. : There are seven reels of splen did pictures and a good show is as sured. 7 ''