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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1918. THE GASTOXIA GAZETTE. PACw SEVEN. CBHSn nms usehl mm Y0BR THIS is one Christmas when your gifts should be of a practical nature -something useful as well as ornamental. We have many articles in our large and varied stock that are suitable. SHOP EARLY and avoid the rush HOLIDAY GIFTS Just to mention a few Coats, Coat Suits Sweaters, Dresses Handkerchiefs Silk Hosiery Ladies Shirt Waists Ivory Sets and extra pieces Mirrors, Combs, Brushes Fancy Baskets During this week all of our trim med Millinery will go at just about HALF PRICE. Big line of NEW DRAPERIES just arrived and put on sale for the holiday sea son at Special Prices Be sure to visit our store while doing your Christ mas shopping. IHL IP row COMIP'Y YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAPHIC NEWS (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Dev.. 10. Guns of 24-inch calibre to shoot 4(1 miles with longer ranges for special types is an epochal achievement now possible for the first time in the United States army, says the annual report of the Major General who is in command of the coast artillery, published today. This mam moth gun is one of the greatest accom plishments of the American army. The largest gun now is a 14 -inch gun with a range of 30 miles. LONDON, Dec 10. The Russian Bol Bheviki has recognized the independence of Esthonia, says a wireless today. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. The great est number of deaths in the army from influenza was at Camp (J rant, with Camps Devens, Taylor, Tike, Lee a n d Meade next in order as named. LONDON, Dec. 10. Count Karolyie, former premier of Hungary and first president of the national assembly, at tempted suicide because of despair at the failure to reconstruct Hungary, says an Amsterdam dispatch today. There are no details. dispatch. NEW YORK, Dec. 10. The troop ship Kroonland from Brest docked at 4 o'clock this afternoon with 124;i soldiers on board, including 704 sick and wound ed. The British steamer Camopie, with 2,000 aboard, -reached Boston this after n.oon. The Empress of Britain docked today with 2,400 from Liverpool. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. British tonnage sufficient to transport 40,000 men monthly will be placed at the dis posal of the United States by England for returning soldiers to America. WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. Approxi mately 17,000 soldiers in the United Btate army died from influenza in mili tary stations in the United States during the epidemic this year. It is announced by the War Department today. 'There were 338,257 eases. WITH THE PRESIDENT AT SEA, Dec 10. It is the President's desire to make the proposed league of nations the principal question at the peace confer ence and get it out of the way before taking up other big problems, according to indications. It is understood that the President has sent word to Paris hoping that no decisions will be reached on any mooted questions, including the manner of holding conferences, representations, etc, before his arrival Saturday. It is regaded as certain that the President ' wants the league of nations to precede questions of punishment, indemnities and territorial arrangements. The weath er is fine, and the health of all aboard is " splendid. LONDON, Dee. 10. In a fit of melan choly William Hohenzollern attempted suicide at Amerongen, but was prevented by members of his staff. One of them was slightly wounded, says a Copenhagen LONDON, Dee. 10. Berlin, Ham burg and Munich are the centers of counter revolutionary agitations in Ger many today. -vThe general command es tablished at Berlin is refusing to recog nize the soldiers' and workmens' coun cil. Many arrests are being made at Hamburg. The Bolslieviki reign of ter ror in Bavaria is spreading. MRS. C. C. HOOK MADE ADDRESS TO BETTERMENT. Woman's Betterment Association En dorses Move for Medical Inspection in the Schools Also Favors Establish ment of County Tuberculosis Sanatorium. (Reported for The GazetU.) The Woman 's Betterment Association held its regular monthly meeting on the afternoon of Friday, December 6th, with the president, Mrs. R. C. Warren, in the chair. The meeting was opened with prayer by Mrs. 8. A. Kindley and the minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Various committee reports were then heard. Mrs. Frost Torrence stated that the civic committee was responsible for the recent enforcement of the anti -spitting ordinance. Also that sanitary offi cer B. W.- Craig would have trash re moved from lots at any time if notified. The name of Mrs. James Jenkins was presented for membership. Mrs. J. H. Separk reported that the public health committee was formulating plans to secure medical inspection in the schools. She asked for the endorsement by the betterment association of any plans that might be presented, and by a unanimous vote the betterment pledged the desired endorsement. Mrs. Whitesides reported that the Red Cross seals committee had paid .50 on the, hospital bill of the little Abemathy girl. She also stated that this committee had volunteered its services to Mr. John Carpenter, chairman of the Christmas Red Cross Call Committee. A letter was read from Mrs. R. R. Cot ton. This letter was in reply to one writ ten by the president at the request of the betterment for advice as to the disposi tion of the balance remaining of the Fur lough Home Fund. Mrs. Cotton stated that there was no more immediate need of funds for the sending of a unit of wo men workers to France, and with this fact in view the association voted to keep the remaining $210 in the treasury. An earnest appeal from the Food Ad ministration headquarters was read, ask ing for a stricter observance of economy in our food program, that the starving nations of the world might be relieved. The following pledge was taken by the betterment : We pledge to our country .our best ef forts to prevent waste and the selfish use of our food reserves. We pledge our loy al co-operation in carrying out the con servation measures suggested by the gov ernment And if economy sometimes grows irk some or if this service works unwelcome change in our accustomed manner of liv ing, we will think of those who have of fered their lives for their country and those whose homes have been devastated. We will be glad that we, too, can servo in satisfying their hunger, in renewing their courage, and in re-estabhshing their homes. The association voted to pay the re mainder of the hospital bill of the Abcr nathy child, amounting to $50. The Red Cross Seal committer then took charge of the afternoon's program, and in the absence of the chairman, Mrs. D. R. La Far, Mrs. II. F. Whitesides pre sided. Mrs. Whitesides spoke briefly of the growth of the Red Cross Seal work in (iaston county. She stated that there would be no sale of Red Cross Seals this year, as the American Red Cross will take over all the wjurk of the anti tuber culosis campaign for the year. A most pleasant feauture of the pro gram was a visit and stirring address by Mrs. C. C. Hook, of Charlotte, State chairman of the Red Cross Seals commit tee. Mrs. Hook told of the anti-tuberculosis program mapied out for North Car olina and emphasized two features which she regarded as of the utmost importance. The first of these is medical inspection in all our schools. The other is a tuberculosis sanatorium n every county in the State. The address of Mrs. Hook w:is both earnest and informing and she was heard with deep interest. The project of a county tuberculosis sanatorium was very favorably viewed by those present, as leing feasible and most desirable al though quite a derided step forward. Mr. John Carpenn r. chairman of the Christmas Red Cross Roll-Call Commis sion, spoke briefly in behalf of this cause, nsking for the cooperation of the betterment association and the aid of each and every one present. This closed the very interesting pro gram of the afternoon and the associa tion adjourned till its next regular meet ing in January. Sicker Than Ever. What makes a kid the maddest is to get Sick so he won't have to go to school, and then to find out that the teacher was sick on that day and that there wasn't any school. Snakes In the Ocean. It Is not generally known thnj; there arc snakes in the ocean. There are numerous varieties of small snakes that live In nil oceans; then there are the eels, of course, which go from the salt water to the fresh. In the waters around southern Asia there lives the banded sea snnke, which has stripes around its body and broad tall, and con swim with great speed. Christian Science Monitor. Hard to Explain. Has It ever been fully explained why it is that a man on a cold, raw day will sit four hours uncomplain ingly on a hard board In a rowboat and hold a fish pole, yet squirm and fidget and fume If he Is asked to sit more than an hour and fifteen minutes on a cushioned seat in a well-warmed church? ACETYLENE WELDING And CUTTING A SPECIALTY Auto repairs and supplies of all kinds. Work done right and our prices are rea sonable. R. Hope Brison and Company J. V. Richardson. Welder and Manager. Corner Franklin Avenue and Columbia Street. Near Ice Plant. 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It is not necessary to say more. ,T H E THRICE-A-WEEK WORLD'S regular subscrip tion price is only $1.00 per year, and this pays for 156 papers. We offer this une qualled newspaper and THE GASTOXIA GAZETTE to gether for one year for $2. 75. The regular subscription price of the two papers Is 3.00. Send remittance by check or post-office money order to GAZETTE PUB. CO Box 437, Gastonla, N. a - en
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