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THE GASTON I A GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. VOI XXXIX. NO. 139. GASTONIA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMB ER 18, 1918. $2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE, FIVE KILLED IH RIOT GASTON SOLDIERS TO DOM BRIDGES KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT MUST CLOSE WAR YANKS MARCHING TOWARD THE RHINE GERMAN SOLDIERS CAUSING DISORDERS AT WINSTON-SALEM HAVE A MEMORIAL WORK FUND TODAY ,'. ' JMob Storms Jail in Effort to Lynch Negro But is Held Off By Soldiers At Lea.-t Five Dead and a Score or More Injured Guards Prom Greensboro and Soldiers from Oamp Greene Rushed to Scene on Special Train. At least five people were klllod and more than a score Injured In a riot which occurred at Winston-Salem , last night following the efforts of a mob to storm the Jail and lynch a He ero. Late reports ftont out from Winston-Salem last night stated that It was believed that a full investiga tion today would show probably two cr three others killed and perhaps many more than a score injured. Two of tho more seriously injured were members of the company of home .guards which were called out to quell the riot. Saturday night a negro, whose name is not given, shot J. E. Childers and Sheriff Flint and attempted to assault Mrs. Childors. The mob first Attempted to storm the jail Sunday Afternoon about 3:30 o'clock. At that time the negro accused of the crime was shot and injured. The po lice were finally successful in dlsper ' sing tho mob but it reassembled last night with a much larger number of men included in its ranks. Governor Bickett was appealed to and ordered a company of home guards to Winston-Salem from Greens boro and 175 soldiers were hurriod on a special train from Camp Greene, Charlotte. Among the dead are Rachel Levi, a young woman bystander, and Robt. Young, a fireman, both whito. The most seriously Injured were: Margaret George, Linwood Heeler, John Rumpler, Frank O'Brien and R. T. Hawley, some of whom later died. CHAMBER OF COMMKRCE THANKS THE RED CROfS. trHalne- thn anlendld work of the Red Cross in the recent Influenza out break In Gastonia and expressing ap preciation and commendation there for, the following resolutions, offered toy Director D. M. Jones, were adopted by unanimous vote by the directors of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce at a meeting held Friday afternoon: Whereas, during the recent out break of Spanish Influenza over the country and especially during the outbreak in Gastonia, there was created a most serious situation and much consequent suffering because of the lack of sufficient physicians and nurses, and Whereas, the faithful work of the physicians and nurses who were able to minister .to the ill was splendidly reinforced and the situation relieved from becoming far more serious by h ttmnlv and aolendid efforts of the ' . Gaston County Chapter of the Ameri- - n . ,1.1 I .4a.V. can itea uross. iuer is uu uuuut hut that the death list in Gastonia -would have been much larger if it had not been for the self-sacrificing work of the ladies who themselves dally and almost hourly risked the danger of the contagion to minister to the suffering, under the able direc tion of the officers of the Chapter And with the co-operation of many citizens, therefore be it Resolved, by the directors of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce that this organization, representing the civic and general life and welfare of Gastonia, extend to the local chapter of the American Red Cross and to those who gave such splendid service under the chapter's direction, a vote of thanks and be it further Resolved, that it is with deep pleasure that this body takes this op portunity to call attention in particu lar to the prompt and effective work of the Red Cross in Gastonia. GERMAN TROOPS LEAVE METZ. i By International News Service, i PARIS, Nov. 18. German troops are evacuating Metz fortress today. If Everyone Who Made A Big Racket Celebrating Our Splendid Victories Overseas Last Monday Will Contribute Accordingly GASTON COUNTY WILL GO OVER THE TOP But many. people must grve additional subscriptions or the unpleasant report will have to go back to the men over there that WE HAVE NOT GONE OVER THE TOP What are you going to do about it? Chamber of Commerce Appoints Special Committoe to Consider Mat. ter of Erecting Suitable Memorial For Our Soldier Boys Will Prob ably Take; Form of a Public Build ing. Gaston is going to build a memori al to her sons who fell on the battle fields of France and those who went into the army prepared to die for their country. It will not be built at once and it may be some time re fore the exact character of the momo rial is determined upon. Initial steps looking to this end were taken by the board of directors of the Gastonia Chamber of Commor ce at a meeting held Friday after noon when a special committee com posed of C. B. Armstrong, J. H. Separk, Fred L. Smyre, J. W. Atkins and A. M. Dixon, was appointed to take tho matter under consideration and report to the chamber at an early date. It is probable that the Gaston memorial will take the shape of a building of some public character, something on the order of a commun ity building, a public library build ing or something of a similar naturo. In an Informal discussion of the mat ter at the board meeting it developed that there was a strong sentiment that such a memorial, when built, should take the form of something usoful as well as ornamental; hence it is altogether improbable that the memorial will take the shape of a marble or granite shaft. So far as known Gastonia is the first town, in the South at any rate, to begin to lay plans for the erection of a momorial of this character to her soldiers. That the people of the county will lend this movement their hearty sup port when it is finally decided what form the memorial is to take and that they will contributo liberally towards its erection is not doubted. They will doubtless consider it an honor to have some part in perpetu ating the memory of these noble boys. LETTERS FROM OVERSEAS From Carlos Stroup. Following is a letter which Mrs. M. L. Stroup recently received from her son, Carlos C. Stroup, of the 119th Infantry, who is in an Ameri can hospital In France: Oct. 22, 1918. ' My Dear Mother: I was wounded on October 17th when going over the top. I've been over the top seven times and this is my first wound. I am in an Ameri can hospital now and expect to be sent to England soon. I'm wounded in the arm, chest and leg, but am getting on alright, so you must not worry. Send me a nice box of chocolate candy for Christmas and put this la bel on the outside of the package. Your loving son, CARLOS. Ik,rn To Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Carter, of Captiva, Fla., on Thursday, October 31, 1918, twin sons. Mrs. Carter is a daughter of Mr. M. T. Saunders, of Groves Station. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. Noth ing definite as to the time or place of the peace conference has been decid ed, Secretary Lansing allowed it to become known today. , Thero is to be no change in the fixed price on cotton fabrics if Presi dent Wilson follows a recommenda tion made to him Friday by the price fixing board. The present scale or prices Is in effect until January 1st. Gastonia 3 lan Lot Life and His Son Sustained Injuries When Auto Turned Turtle Near Uutherfordtoa Friday Night. Dowell Bridges, of Gastonia, was killed and his son, Gilton Bridges, was painfully though perhaps not fatally injured Friday night whon their automobile turned turtle on a road near Rutherfordton. The body of the elder Bridges was brought to Gastonia Saturday for burial and the injured man was taken to the Ruther fordton Hospital where he was given medical attention. Particulars as to the accident which terminated so fatally are lacking. It is understood the men had been on a trip-to Rutherford county and wore on their way home when the accident occurred near the town of Ruther fordton. Whether the car went off an embankment or turned ovor while taking a curve is not known. From the meagre information obtainable it is ilkely that they were making a live ly rate of speed. Dowell Bridges was about sixty years old and was engaged in the saw mill business. When the artil lery range was secured a year or more ago, he was farming near Crowders Mountain. His farm was ono of those leased by the govern ment for artillery practice and Bridges moved to Gastonia. Later he had been engaged in the lumber ing business west of town. His son, it is understood, operatod a jitney. BOYS AND GIRLS GIVE TO WAR WORK FUND Pup'ila of Public and High Schools Organize Into Victory Club and Contribute Neat Sums to War Work Fund Mr. Duncan and Miss rtckens In Charge of the Work. Gaston's boys and girls are mani festing a splendid spirit of co-operation in the matter of raising the War Work Fund, the campaign for which closes today. In panlning this cam paign the managers concoived the idea of organizing the boys and girls of the public and high schools of the country and securing a pledge from each one to contribute from his own earnings to this fund the sum of $5 between now and tho first of next March. The organizations are known as the Victory Boys Clubs and the Victory Girls Clubs. Mr. Otto C. Duncan, one of the of ficers of ithe Gastonia Boys Scouts and Miss Nell Pickens, county home demonstration agent, wero put in charge of the work in this county and their labors have been abundantly rewarded. Central school boys and girls rais ed $700 in this manner Friday. The East School and the West School havo not as yet been organized. Belmont raised $400, with every member of the high school In its organization. Lowell school children subscribed $60 and those of Chorryville $175. There are several of the county high and public schools yet to report. TIMK FOK MAILING PACKAGES IS EXTENDED. In order to insure the receipt of a Christmas parcel by every single man in the American Expeditionary Forcos the War Department has extended the time of mailing for overseas vackages until November 30th, and has author ized tho American Red Cross to have printed sufficient additional Christ mas labels exactly similar to those received from abroad to.issue to those families who have not received the labols which were distributed to the men abroad. In many cases these labels have been lost in transit and the new ruling provides that the near est relative of each man in tho A. E. F. may obtain from the Red Cross Chapter a duplicate label provided the original has not arrived by No vember 21st. Applicants for these duplicate labols should make a written state ment to the effect that he or she is the nearest living relative in the United States of the man to whom the package is to bo sent, that he or she has not received a label from a broad, that should such a label be re ceived it would not be used and that to the best of his or her knowlodge and belief only one package will be sent to the proposed recipient. This extension of the time limit and tho issuing of duplicate labels absolutely insures a Christmas pack age to every man in the service in Europe. The Southern Division is now having these labels printed and they will be distributod to Chapters with full Instructions by November 21st. Prof. Wray Sails. A note to The Gazette from Prof. J. S. Wray, written Saturday and re ceived this morning, .states that he would sail for France. Sunday. He. his friend, Mr. William Virgo, of California, and a largo number of Red Cross nurses and workers sailed on the White Star liner Olympic. Among the distinguished passengers on this ship were National Food Ad ministrator Herbert Hoover and Mr. E. N. Hurley, of tho shipping board. Mr.. Hoover goes to investigate the food conditions in Germany and Mr. Hurley to make preparations for transporting the American army back home. Word Has Already Gone to North Carolina lioys Overseas That Gas ton KatNO( Full Ajnount Wind iu I p With Whirlwind Ca.npaigB 'Inlay. "Tell the North Carolina boys In France that Gaston county has gone over the top in the United War Work Campaign," was the substance or a telegram sent this morning to fctate Chairman Watts at Durham by County Chairman A. E. Woltz. This was in reply to a telegram rocelved by Chairman Woltz yesterday morn ing from State headquarters stating that a cablegram would be dispatch ed tonight to the North Carolina troops in France telling them just what counties in the Stato had sub scribed the full quota for this work and asking if Gaston should be In cluded in the list. So sure was Chairman Woltz that Gaston would go over the top that he did not hesi tate to send the word along to the boys over thore and now it is up to the people of the county to stand back of him in this matter an dinake good. At a largely attended and enthusi astic conference of business men held Saturday aftornoon it was decided to make a final wind-up whirlwind cam paign in Gastonia township today. In carrying out that determination the canvassing committees are out to day hard at work with the purpose of obtaining sull'it-lent subscriptions to bring up the full amount by to night. In view of the slowness of the campaign, the national committeo yesterday announced that the time limit had been extended two days and that the campaign would close Wednesday night instead of tonight. Howover, the county committee is desirious of closing the campaign here today. Reports submitted by the local can vassing committee at Saturday's meeting showed Gastonia to be $3, 000 short on a quota of $1 1,000. Several of the cotton mills represent ed consented to make their subscrip tions on a basis of $10 per 1,000 spindles. Thts will help considerably towards wiping out the deficit but the individual subscriptions will havo to be Increased considerably if the entire amount is raised. Reports from the county show that Dallas? Riverklend and South Point townships have already gone over tho top. This leaves Gastonia, Crowders Mountain and Cherryville townships yet to hear from. A record which deserves special mention is that made by the employ ees of the Plnkney Mill, of which Mr. R. Grady Rankin is president and troasurer. Every employee of this mill. Including both daylight and night operatives, subscribed to the fund, the average being more than one day's wages. The total amount given by the management and the omployees was $3.r0, of which a mount the management contributed only $100. A large part of the cred it for this splendid record is due Supt. W. P. Lee and Mr. J. L. Bush, fookkeeper, who gave the canvass hoir personal attention. SECRETARY ALLEN IN ROCHESTER THIS WEEK Executive Secretary of Local Cham ber of Commerce Attending An nual Moeting of National Associa tion of Commercial Secretaries Many After-the-War Problems is to bo Discusaed. Secretary Fred M. Allen of the Gas tonia Chamber of Commerce loft Saturday night for Rochester, N. Y., to attend, the annual meeting of the National Association of Commercial Secretaries, which is in session in that city today, tomorrow and Wednesday. Ho will return home the latter part of the week. The organzatlon is largest of its kind in the world, be ing composed of commercial secreta ries from every State in the union. Among the numerous vital topics be discussed at this session, those re lating to after-the-war problems have first place. Many knotty social, economic and civic problems growing out of the conditions produced by the world war are going to call for a largo amount of study and planning and the commercial bodies of the country are going to play no small part in solving these problems. For this reason this year's meeting will probably be the most largely attend ed as woll as the most important in the history of the organization. SCHEDULE FOR SEED DOCKAGE. Food Administrator Page Makes Im portant Announcement to Cotton seed Industry. RALEIGH. Nov. 18. State Food Administrator Page has promulgated to -the cottonseed industry an im portant plan and schedule by which dockage on account of damaged seed will be made by crushers or cotton seed dealers. On account of the ac ute congestion of cottonseed which has existed and still exists in many sections of the State K is thought that there will be several hundred tons of damaged seed reaching deal ers and crushers during the next few weeks and the new ruling announced by Mr. Page fixes a uniform method of determining such dockage as will be allowed on account of damaged (By International News Service) EN ROUTE WITH THE AMERI CAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION UN DER GEN. DICKMAN: Sunday) Hailed as heroes and liberators, the American army of occupation undor General Dickman is moving toward the Rhine today in three mighty col umns. The Yankees made nine miles, then halted. The march will be rosumed Monday. The army is advancing in battle formation, sup ported by airmen and artillery, ready for any emergency. German trailers tried to fraternize with the dough boys. BIG MINSTREL SHOW EOR LOCAL RED CROSS Arrangements have Just been com- pletod for the presentation on Wed nesday night of this week, November 20th, at eight o'clock, in the audi torium of the Central school, of a big-minstrel show by the members of the medical units at the baso hos pital at Camp Greene for the benefit of the Gaston County Chapter, Amer ican Red Cross. This minstrel was first given at Camp Greene, where it made a big hit, and was repeated at the Char lotte Auditorium last week, where the attendance was a large one and the ontertainment greatly enjoyed by the huge audience. Gastonia Is fortu nate in being able to secure a repeti tion of the program here under local ausplceB. Tho opportunity will be all the more appreciated by reason of the fact that It may be the last enter tainment given here by soldier talent. Tho men now in training camps will doubtless soon be demobilized and will scatter to their homes in the va rious parts of the nation. HETTEHMENT MEETING WAS HELD FRIDAY. (Reported For The Gazette.) After a postponement of one week on account of the influenza quaran tine, the Woman's Bettermont Asso ciation held Its regular meeting at the City school auditorium last Fri day afternoon. The president, Mrs. t. i . Warren, was in the chair and the meeting opened wltfi prayer by Prui. W. P. Grier. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Keports were made by the educational and puollc health committees. A state ment was made ou behalf of the li brary committee, asking for pictures of our soldiers in France and any in formation and items of a personal nature concerning tneiu. All persons in the city who can give such Infor mation are requested to do so. These pictures and the personal items are to bo nled in the patriotic room of tn city library. The lyceum committee reported thai the attraction which should have appeared October 31 has been postponed until some later dato in itie season, 'in Is was stated to be a particularly hue attraction in the course and tneretore special arrange ments wero made that it should ue presented. Ihe tloral fair committee reported $81.82 as the net proceeds from the sale of chrysanthemums at tho re cent iioral lair. On account or the the food situation it was decided that the betterment should not give this year the usual dinner at the floral lair. An effort will bo made to raise funds tor the betterment in some other way. The betterment voted contribu tions of $100 to the United War Work and $25 to the Soldiers' Rest Room of Gastonia. Tho president in a few well chosen words expressed the thanks and ap preciation of the betterment and the city on account of the heroic and ef ficient services rendored by the public health committee and a volunteer band of teachers during the recent epidemic of influenza. Tho public health committee then took charge of the meeting, the chair man, Mrs. J. 11. Separk, presiding. Mrs. Separk reported that during the epidemic more than a thousand sick. people wero served with soup daily. An instructive and carefully prepared paper on the care of the child was read by Mrs. D. A. Garrison. A practical talk, full of helpful sug gestions, was made by the city health officor, Dr. J. J. McCombs, on health and sanitation. At the conclusion of this program the meeting adjourned. seed. . No deduction may be made for for eign matter except when such foreign matter is in excess of 1 per cent of the total weight. Deductions in ex cess of 1 per cent may be made for actnal weight of such excess on the basis of the delivered price of the seed. No deduction shall be allowed for damaged or Immature seed up to 10 per cent. Deduction may be made for damaged or Immature seed In ex cess of 1 0 per cent at the rate of not more than 25 cents per ton for each 1 per cent of such excess. The percentage of damaged or im mature seed will be determined by the average number of damaged or immature seed in samples of 100 seed taken from two or more places in each car. (By International News Service.) LONDON, Nov. 18. -Twenty per--sons were shot in disorders at Hano ver, Germany, says a Hague dispatch today. Discipline is apparently 'breaking down among the retiring' German armies as disorder Is mark- ' lng thoir retirement. The Swiss bor der has been closed as a result of anarchistic outbreaks of German sol- ' dlers near the border. INSPIRED BY CERIIAliS (By International News bervlce.) LONDON, Nov. 18. Seven persons were killed and 12 wounded in riot ing at Amsterdam Thursday, says a v Times dispatch today. The rioting la believed to have been German-inspir- ' ed. The cavalry barracks were fired on during the Red parade. The Al lied food council is diverting a ship load of wheat bocause of distress la Holland. GETTING TOO HOT EOS KAISER IN H0LLA13 (By International News Service.) LONDON, Nov. 18. The former Kaiser may seek to return to Ger many on aecount of disturbances In Holland, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen today. Ber lin newspapers say that the Potsdam council of soldiers and workmen may permit this but the report Is uncon firmed. KELMOXT CITIZEN DEAD. John J. Lewis Succumbs to Attack of PhralysU High School Contrib. utea Liborally to War Work Fund. Correspondence of The Gazette. BELMONT, Nov. 1. Mr. John J. Lewis died at his home here Thurs day evening after a lingering illness of three months, due to paralysis. He suffered a stroke of paralysis In the latter part of August and It had be gun to look as If he would complete ly recover, until what was thought to have been a second -stroke came Thursday morning, from which bo died in the evening. Mr. Lewis was one of the oldest citizens of this community, being 73 years of age. He bad been an elder in tho Presbyterian church for some time. He was a veteran or the Civil War, a loyal soldier who fought bravely under the Stars and Bare during a large part of the war. His death brings great sorrow to his many friends, by whom he was held in high estoem. He is survived by a sister. Mrs. Miles Rhyne, of Gastonia, and three urotners, Mr. Perry Lewis, 6f the New Hope section; Mr. Emanuel Lewis. of tho Dallas neighborhood, and Mr. Thomas Lewis. Four daughters and three sons also survive, the daugh ters being Mrs. Neal Dixon, of New Hope; Mrs. Frank Harrison, of Un ion; Mrs. A. F. Gaston, of Belmont, and Mrs. Sam Craig, now living In South Carolina. The three sons are Messrs. Frank Lowls and John Lew is, both of Belmont, and George Lew is, of Gastonia. Funeral services were held at bis home at 3 o'clock yesterday, conduct ed by Rev. J. T. Dendy, pastor of do ceased, and Interment was made at the cemetry here. Belmont high school went over the top in tho United War Work Cam paign Thursday morning in 20 min utes. During chapel exercises Supt. Sisk made a talk, urging the students to give all they could to this cause In 20 minutes after the grades went to their rooms, overy student in the high school had signed a pledge to give at least $5. Instead of It being difficult to secure pledges. It was a race to see which class would be able to announce first that all of the mem bers had contributed. All of the stu dents in some of the lower grades al so made contributions. The teachers and pupils of the high school enjoyed a camp supper Friday night. WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. The war department's plan for demobliz- lng one million seven hundred thou- sand men now in camps and canton ments in the United States, as out lined today by General March at the weekly press conference, comprises nine stages. The first men to be dis charged will be the development bat talions, of which there are seventy- -one, or ninety eight thousand men. Next will be the spruce production division, then the, central training schools. The United States guards, one hundred and thirty live thousand v men. follows. Next will be the rail road divisions, followed by. the depot brigades and replacement divisions, with the combatant divisions coming: last. Mustering out will take some time, but General March says he a!- ready has the machinery in motion and expects to discharge two hundred -thousand men within the next two ' weeks, or at the rate of thirty thou sand dally. , ,;.7 V 1
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