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ASTON I A G PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. .VOL. XXXIX. NO. 164 GASTONIA, X. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 23, 1911. 12.00 A YEAS IN ADVANCE. WALTER H. PAGE, NOTED CAROLINIAN, IS DEAD TODAY'S CASUALTY LISTS CONTAIN 6,427 NAMES ENGLAND AWAITS THE PRESIDENT'S COIIC.'G DEATHS Watch Your Label G AZETTE The label in this space shows when your subscription expires.' Renew before your time is out so as not to miss an issue of The Gazette. Often we cannot supply back numbers. If vour time is out within the next ten days RENEW NOW. DR. J. Y. JOYNER RESIGNS AS HEAD OF SCHOOLS Quits After Seventeen Years of Service Says He Needs Rest Talked of as Possible Candidate for Governor and Also as University's Head Succeeded by Dr. E. C. Brooks. Raleigh, Dim-. 21. Dr. J. Y. Joyner has resigned as state superintendent of pub lic instruction and Governor Bickett ap points K. C. Brooks, of Trinity College, as his successor, the resignation ami the appointment to be effective January 1. The resignation came as a complete sur prise here, although it seems that Dr. Joyner had notified the governor last summer that he contemplated such ac tion. Dr. Joyner has been state superin tendent of public instruction for 1 7 years. Dr. Brooks, the new state superintend ent, was for a number of years eonnecj d with the state department of educa tion, before he joined the faculty of Trin ity College. He is an educator of recog nized ability, and is familiar with the work of the state superintendent''. Dr. Joyner 's resignation is declared to be purely for the purpose of taking a much-needed rest. However, in spite of this, gossip is getting him ve,ry much en tangled as a strong possibility in the next race for governor and also as president of the University of North Carolina, as suc cessor to the lamented Dr. K. K. Gra ham. 11 WILCOX IS GIVEN PARDON BY GOVERNOR Had Served Half of Thirty Year Sen tence for Murder of Nellie Cropsey Denies His Guilt for the First Time. lialeigh. Dec. 21. Jim Wilcox's own apieal direct to Governor Bickett for mercy ' in the same spirit that you ask the Heavenly , Father for mercy," ap purently was the chief consideration back of the governor's action in granting the Elizabeth City man a pardon yesterday and thereby setting free the man who lias served one-half of a 30-year term in the penitentiary for the alleged murder of his former sweetheart, Nellie Cropsey. In a-personal letter addressed to the governor, Wilcox says: "Just stop and think; 16 years' unjust imprisonment; mother and father taken away during tliat time, was not allowed to see them as others have done; broken in spirit and health, not much longer to live, I ask you, lo you not think 1 have been punished enough f ' ' This is the first time that Wilcox has ever denied his guilt. Nor has he ever confessed it. That fact has heretofore been a factor in the action of former gov ernors in refusing to grant a pardon, re peatedly asked for. The records show that Wilcox has been an exemplary pris oner, not a single black mark having been entered against him during his 15 years' imprisonment. Oovernor Craig had gathered the opin ion that he was cruelly indifferent, the testimony had shown that after the Crop-aey-Wilcox quarrel and the girl failed to return home, Wilcox when asked by the distraught father of Miss Cropsey if he knew where she was and where he last saw her, declared he left her at a certain place then "turned over and went to sleep. ' ' On the first trial in Pasquotank. Wilt-ox was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to be hanged. The mob spirit was so all-pervasive that it broke out in cheers and Wilcox got a new trial. Tried in an adjoining county he was found guilty of murder in the second degree and given the limit. Junge vv. m. Bond and E. F. Aydlett defended. Will have another shipment of Dodge Sedans and Coupes in January. Place your order bow. W. H. Wray. Only one more day to make them all happy. Get your Dodge car. W. H. "Wray. Hat Been Pastor 25 Years. Next Sunday, December -9th, will mark the completion of Rev. Dr. J. C. ' Galloway's twenty-fifth year as pastor of the First Associate Reformed Presbyte rian church, and the event will be com- . memorated with appropriate exercises at 11 'clock that morning. Dr. Galloway will have something to say on the sub ject and the congregation will also par ticipate in the celebration of the event' Get yonr Dodge, $1085, P. 0. B. Fac . tory, W. H. Wray. I LOCAL ITEMS Just one more day. Merry Christmas Ami a Happy New 'Year. --Nineteen ami eighteen is on its last legs. Last call for Christmas shopping. Tomorrow is the last day. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Lawrence are spending the holidavs at Jacksonville, Fla. Miss Alma Bostick leaves tomorrow for Asheville to spend the holidays with relatives. Miss Martha Moore Morrow is at home for the holidays from Brenau Col lege, Gainesville, Ga. Messrs. Frank ami Henry Suggs, of Salisbury , spent the week-end -here with their brother, Mr. Uoy Suggs. Mr. Alex McLean, who has leen at Madison. Ga., for the past several months, is at home for the Christinas hoi id ays. Mr. Moore Morrow, a student at Fuishburne Military School at Waynes boro, Va., is at home for the Christinas holidays. Miss Madge Beatty is at home for the holidays from Asheville where she is a student at the Home Industrial School. Miss Marjorie Norment. a student at the Normal and Collegiate Institute, Asheville, is spending the holidays here with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Little and little son, Mack Wilson, are sicmling the holi days with Mrs. Little's mother, Mrs. Mack Wilson. Miss Frances Atkins, of the faculty of Brevard Institute at Brevard. is spending a few days here with her cousin, M'us Amy Stone. Mr. and Mrs. Civile C. Armstrong will leave tonight for Semora where they will spend the holidays with Mi's. Arm strong's mother, Mrs. K. B. Bass. Miss Francis Atkins, who is teach ing in Brevard Institute, spent Saturday and Sunday in the city with friends en route to Thomasville to spend the holiday vacation. Following two days of rainy weath er, the sun is shining brightly today and holiday shoppers are in clover. Despite the rain throngs of eager buyers crowded the stores in Gastonia Saturday. Mr. Hugh McDaniel and Miss Altha McCorkle, both of Mount Holly, were united in marriage on Saturday, Decem ber 14, by Rev. W. J. Roach, pastor of the Loray Presbyterian church, at his residence in West Gastonia. The Christmas exercises at the Loray Presbyterian church will le held on Christmas (Wednesday) night at 7 o'clock, and will include a program of exercises, as well as the usual tree and tree. Messrs. C. F. Thomasson, Jim Jack son, Victor T. Falls, Dock Robinett and two or three other Gaston men returned home Saturday from Camp Hancock, Ga., having received their final discharges frejn the army. Mrs. T. R. E. Oates, of Bessemer City, route two, brought to The Gazette office today a sample of the lemons she raised this season. One small tree bore eight lemons, the largest of which weigh ed 22 ounces and is the size of a large orange. Miss Mary Wilson, of Columbia, 8. C, came home Saturday to spend the hol idays with her mother, Mrs. Mack Wil son. Misses Louise Reynolds, of Atlan ta. Ga., and Waburg McKane, of Char lotte, came with her. They will leave to day for their homes to spend the holi davs. At the Broadway Wednesday Grace D' Armond in "The Crucible of Life." Is Well Known Veteran. Col. Osborne, who is to conduct the Christmas service at St. Mark 's was, a gallant Confederate soldier, colonel of the 4th N. C. Regiment in the civil war, and had no superior for gallantry and valiant service. He is one of the best known ministers of the Episcopal Church in the State.. NEW UNION FORMED. (By International News Service.) BERLIN, Pec. 23. The Belgian en voy was officially notified today of the union of Montenegro and Serbia. SHOR End Comes to Former Ambassador to Court of St. James Death Occurred at Pinehurst Saturday Night Burial at Aberdeen Was Widely Kncwn Ed itor and Publisher. Pinehurst, Dec. 22. Walter Hines Page, former ambassador to Great Brit ain, died here last night after an illness of many weeks. Dr. Page's health began to fail nearly a year ago and lie gave up his post as American representative at the Court of St. James late in the sum mer. Dr. Page returned to the I'nited States on October 12 and he was moved directly from the steamer to a hospital in New York. For a time his condition showed improvement, but late in November he suffered a relapse. Early this mouth he rallied and In days ago was brought to Pinehurst. For Hi while he seemed to grow stronger, butNjuffered : second re lapse last Thursday!--' Most members of Dr. Page's family were with him when death came. They included Mrs. Page, his daughter, Mrs. Charles G. Luring, of Boston; his son, Ralph W. Page, and brothers, Henry A. Page, Junius R. Page and former Con gressman Robert N. Page. Major Frank C. Page, who accompan ied his father home from Kngliiinl. arriv ed this morning. Another son. Captain Arthur V. Page, is now seising in Eng land. Arrangements for the funeral have not yet been completed, but it was an nounced that services will be held Tues day morning at II o'clock at the Page Memorial church at Aberdeen. Dr. Page, who was born at Cary, years ago, was appointed ambassador to Great Britain more than five years ago. Before that time he had devoted himself almost entirely to literary work and was the author of a number of books. While editor of The State Chronicle at Raleigh, he started the movement which resulted in the forming of the State Agricultural and Mechanical College. Dr. Page attended Randolph Macon College in Virginia and was a fellow at Johns Hopkins University from lN'ti to "S. He had received several degrees from the universities of Cambridge, Ab erdeen, Oxford and Edinburgh. Prior to lieing named In President Wilson to the important post of I'nited States ambassador to Great Britain, in 1913, Walter Hines Page' had made jour nalism and publishing his life work. lie was widely known as editor of T h e World's Work and member of the New York publishing firm of Doubleday, Page & Co. He was notable among editors for the variety of his intellectual interests, to which both his formal training and his experience had contributed and which served to make him a leader in his profession. Held Memorial Service. A memorial service in honor of the members of Main Street Methodist church who have died within recent months was held at that church last night. Those whose memories were tliu? honored were Mrs. L. G. Ramsey. Mis Minerva Jenkins, Mrs. Ramsey II. Park er, Paul Cornwell. Bishop Camp. Everett Jones, John 1. Fayssoux, Dr. Frank J. Anders and others. Mr. J. H. Separk was in chaige of the service and madr the principal address. He was followed by Mr. George W. Wilson. Mr. J. W. At kins and Rev. W. L. C. Killian. Two of the number. Paul Cornwell and John I. Fayssoux. died while in the service of their country, while most of the others were victims of influenza. Loving trib utes of respect were paid to the memory of each of these departed memliers of the congregation. A feature of the pro gram was the music Miss Jane Morris and Mrs. Ben T. Morris sang solos. MT. OLIVET NEWS. On the night of December 19th the Mt. Olivet people had the pleasure of having Mr. John B. Steele and Miss Nell Pickens with them at the school house. Mr. Steele and Miss Pickens both made interesting and helpful talks. The School Committee are making several needed improvements about the place. We now have fifty seven names on the Red Cress Christinas Roll, sixteen an nual memliers. five magazine members, and thirty-six junior members. We have collected .'!5.42. SAYS HE WAS NOT KILLED. ( Bv International News Service.) WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION. Dee. 23. Hank Gowdy, crack baseball father, vigorously denied being killed Sunday. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET. (Bv International News Service.) NEW YORK. Dec. 25. The cotton market opened with contracts for Janua ry selling at 2S.S0, and March at 27.30. LECTURED AT LITTLE'S SCHOOL HOUSE. Correspondence of The Gazette. DALLAS. Route 2. IW. 10- thf 17th insnnt at 7 : -"to p. in. Mr. J. B. Steele, onr county agent, and Miss Nell Pickens, our home dcm ns'r itioi. agent, gave interesting and instructive lectures nt Little's school house, the mosquito Tiul bacteria being the principal subjects tak en up. The club nemliers and others present were given a rare treat, since a lantern fnd rnnv well -selected views wet used to illustrate the lectures. We hope to see these clubs grow stron ger each year. 'We must all get together pnd work topeher if we wish to go over the top in solving the many problems be fore us. We don 't know where to begin. These educators- are here to show us where to begin and what to do and we are as much V nele Sam's soldiers "fight ing it out " on these lines as on any oth er to which he may call us. IVEY BLAINE STR0UP DIED IN FRANCE DEC. 4. Mr. D. J. Str.up, who lives near Alex i-., received a telegram from the adju taut general of the War Department Sa: urdnv hearing the sad news that his son. Private I ivy Blaine Stroup, died of pneu monia on the 4th day of December. Pri vate Stroup was a member of Company B. ;i"i;t!i Engineers, and his name appear ed in the casualty list a few days ago as having been severely wounded. M. B. PETERSON. News w'as received here of the death at Stanley at 1 o'clock Sunday afternoon of Mr. M. B. Peterson, one of Stanley's most prominent itizens. Mr. Peterson's death was sudden, being the result of a severe attack of heart trouble. Deceased was about tio years of age and is surviv ed by his widow and several children. Funeral services will be conducted at Christ Church, Lutheran, at Stanley on Tuesday h the pastor. Rev. A. L. Bol iek. A more extended sketch of Mr. Pe terson will be published in u subsequent issue ol The ( ia.ctte. LPT HER LINEBEKGEU. Mr. Luther Liueberger died at his home near Chapel Church, just east of the city, at midnight last night of pneumonia fol lowing influenza. Deceased is survived by his widow and six children, all of whom have been ill with the influenza for several days. Burial will take place at 3:311 o'clock this afternoon at Chapel Lutheran church, with services at the grave by the pastor, Rev. A. L. Boliek. On account of the illness of all the mem bers of the family there will be no pub lie funeral service. Deceased was u son of Mr. V. V. Liueberger of Gastonia, route two. Deceased is also survived by one broth er, Mr. J. R. Liueberger, and four sis ters, Mrs. Ellis Robinson. Mrs. James Lewis and Misses Alice and Minnie Liue berger. MRS. MARY E. JENKINS. Mrs. Mary E. Jenkins, widow of the late A. J. Jenkins, was born February 20, 1.N41, and died of pneumonia at her home in Stanley on Saturday, December 21. 19.1s, aged 77 years, 10 mouths and one day. Mrs. Jenkins was the mother of nine children and the step-mother of two children by her huslrtiml of a former marriage, all of whom are living. They are Mrs. John Beatty and I). A. Jenkins, of Stanley; Dr. .1. 11. Jenkins, of Gasto nia; J. A. Jenkins, of Chester, S. C. ; A. E. Jenkins, of Shelby; W. L. Jenkins, of Charlotte; L. W. Jenkins, of Greensbo ro; Mrs. F. O. Davis, of Hickory, Mrs. .1. K. Moore and Misses Jennie and Kate Jenkins, of Stanley. The deceased united with the church at Lutheran Chapel, near Gastonia, in early life, and biter transferred her member ship to Christ church. Stanley, where she remained a deoted member until death. She was faithful in all the relations of life and bore her last illness with meek submissive iicss. Funeral services were conducted at Clmst church, Stanley, Sun day afternoon. December 22, at 2 p. m. by her pastor. Re. A. L. Boliek, and the body was laid ( ust in the cemetery there. MRS. RAMSEY II. PARKER. Friday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock, just exactly a week alter the death of her sis ter. Miss Minerva Jenkins, Mrs. Ramsey 11. Parker died at the home of her par ents, Mr. and Mis John S. Jenkins, 013 West Airline avenue. Death was due to influenza-pneumonia and followed an ill ness of about two weeks. When she be came ill Mr. Parker was at Hopewell, Va., where he had been engaged on gov eminent work for some months past and she went from hei own home on West Airline to the home of her parents where she received cverv attention that loving hands could bestow during her illness. Myrtle Jenkins was in her 2Xth year, having lieen born November 21st, 1X91. She attended the, city schools. When a bout 14 years old she joined Main Street Methodist church, of which she remained a loyal ami consistent member until her marriage when she transferred her niem mership to the Lutheran church with her husband. She was married to Mr. Ram sey H. Parker on October :!, 191.1. She is survived by her husband and two little sons. Roliert, aged two. and John Ram sey, aged one year. Mrs. Parker was a woman of splendid Christian character and was held in high esteem by all who knew her. Her dispo sition was such as to attract all who came in contact with her. She was a de voted daughter, wife and mother and her death leaves a vacancy in the home that cannot be filleif. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the home of her parents. Rev. J. C. Dietz, her pastor, of ficiated, assisted by Rev. A. L. Stanford, pastor of Main Street Methodist church. Interment was in the family plot in Oak wood cemeterv. Mother Died in Missouri. Mr. Walter Howell, who is employed at Howell's saw mill west of the city on route one. received news this morning of the death of his mother, Mrs. Eliza How ell, which occurred at her home in Mill Springs, Mo., on Saturday, December 14. She was 59 years of age. Death was due to heart trouble. Mr. Howell came to Gastonia - with the Reulien & Cherry Shows during the fair and, when the in fluenza epidemic broke up the shows here for the season, he went to work with Howell's saw mill, where he has since lieen employed. Though having been here only a short time Mr. Howell has made numerous friends -who sympathize with him in his sorrow. Gold Money at a Premium For Ten Days: We will allow a discount of 10 per cent when purchases are paid for in gold coin. Torrence-Morria Co. ( Bv International News Service.) WASHINGTON. Dee. 21. The fol lowing army casualties are reported by the commanding general of the Ameri can expeditionary font's: SECTION ONE. Killc I in action. ; died of wounds, 37; died of accident or other cause, la; died of disease, 72; wounded severely, l,23ti; wounded, degree undetermined, 1,1 1-; wounded slightly, "sti; missing in action. lf7; total, 3.4s5. The following men from North Caro lina are among those listed in section one : Killed in Action: Private Raymond Haw kins,v 1 ovo 'ity. Died of Wounds: Private Fred S. Lin in, Osborne. Died of Disease: Privates Ben R.iss, Kings Mountain, and Ellis Simmons, Lechv ille. Wounded Severely: orporals David A. Batts, Elm City; Harvey L. Cranfell, Winston-Salem; Walter '. Koonce, Km ston : Seward .1. Wilson, Spray, and Law rence E. Iladgspith; Privates Henry G. Haggerty, Salem; Charles William Shep ' pard, Ansonville; Henry E. Miller, Win ston Salem; Joliiiuuie Johnson. Windsor; Sherman Oliver, Creston ; Bucher Smart, Forest City; William Thacker, Burling ton; Guy l.ittlejol.n. Whittiei ; Herman Hemlrix. Fayetteville ; Rual Vernon, Mt. Airy; David Cleveland Gniney, Clinton: James L. Hicks, Hillsboro; Eddie Hun ter. Rocky M t. ;, Herman Jordan, Wades bo ro ; Earl F. Crump, Ansonville; Luth er M. McNeill. Red Springs; Robert C. Mayuard, Merry Oaks; John Heath, Waxhaw; John D. Redman, Kannapolis; and Claude W. Watson, Salisbury. Wounded, Degree Undetermined: Cap tain Charles F. Sumner, Hertford; Cor porals Henry V. Burt, Charlotte; Henry S. Jenkins, Harris; William C. Poole, Mayodau, and Marvin C. Robinson, Wen verville; Mechanic Gus Chamber, Elk Park; Privates Mead S. Boyle, Newton; William T. Clayton, Lauriiiburg; Roliert D. Estepp, Bee Log; Joseph Elbe Bush, Branch; Dock Crone Morgan, Norwood; Oscar Miller, Charlotte; Joel Bentley, 4 leu villa-; Cephas Joyner, Nashville; Herbert C. Mangum, Dysortville, and William Franklin Millard', Mt. Olive. Wounded Slightly: Captain John English Haywood. Monroe; Lieut. Ku fus D. Wilson. Burlington; Sergeants WALTER F. GRIGG, Mell A. Grigg). GASTONIA; Emerv N. Burns. High Point; HPGII J. SlcCORKLE. (Robert L. McCorkle), ALEXIS, and Burn R. Taylor, Rosemary; Corporals Wiley M. Price, Clumpier; Joe P. Burt.. Spring Hope; Julius G. Mills, Reidsville; Nick Mitchell, Raleigh; Ralph Richardson, Furchez; William J. Paschal, Reids ville; James L. Penny, Hallsboro, and Thomas Leon. Burgaw ; Mechanics Guy Brown, Bostie, and James O. Dockery, Marven; Privates Burtittc Talbery, Moorcsvillc; Samuel Worrel. Edenton ; Charles C. Lowery, Polktou : Ralph Jack son. Mills Springs, and William Sloan Clnpp. Asheville. SECTION TWO. Killed iu action. ; died ol wounds. 2s ; wounded severely, ."111; wounded, de gree undetermined. 1 ,.".110 ; wounded slightlv, vM; missing in action, l!i; to tal. 2.MI. The following men from Ninth Cam lina arc nmone; those listed in section two : Wounded Severely: Sgt. Pleasant L. Neal. Stoneysv ille ; Corporals Fred L. Lee, Hewitts, ami Joseph Mollitt. Mor ganton; Privates Simmons II. Haskins, Trenton; Joe R. Bowen, West Durham; Thomas V. Carpenter, Peachlaml ; Amos Moore Dawson, La Grange: G rover King, Taylorsv ille; Edward Williams Char lotte; Granger Grady, Selmn ; George C. Mclntvre, Altainahaw . and Joe Radford. Wood. Wounded, Degree Undetermined: Cap tain Edward Michaux, Goldsboro; Sgts. Horace Hamilton Denton, Morganton ; Luther Edwin Holder, Winston-Sale in. and Walter J. Little, Durham; Corporal Burton II. Wood, Lincolnton ; Privates WM. H. DIXON, KINGS MOl'NTAIN ; William A. Walker, Oakdale; Thomas N. Biyson; Cullnssjn: John II. Collins, West field; Paul .1. Eure, Eure; Walter I. Foster, Haw River; Ernest Rivenbark, Wilmington; James Adam Price. Mon roe; Jmes K. Warren. Dunn; Homey L. Fowlr, Graham; Duffy F. Harris, Ruth erfrdton : Harvey Walker. Olin; Ed wti W. Wilhite, Kannapolis: William L. Mortan. Hubert: SIDNEY L. PER KINS (Mrs. J. L. Perkins) GASTONIA. Homer Commodore McLean, Upton; Fred Winkler. Boone; John Cartwright, Wcedsville; Eminett E. Fulp. Walnut Cove; Henry I). Holtselaw, Elk Park; Zeb F. Little, Maiden; Leon P. Black man. Clarendon, and LAWRENCE L. CLEMMER. (Har.lv Clenimer) LOW ELL. Wounded Slightly: Lieutenants ('has. M. Griffith, Thomasville, and Lamlon C. Rosser, Jonesboro; Sgt. Kilor S. Bowl ing, Oxford; Corporals Ira W. Shields, Durham; John V. Branson, High Point; Belwo A. Hoyle, Bostie; Edward H. Day, Roanoke Rapids; Dennis S. Twiford, Eastlake; William C. Carver. Woodsdale; Charlie Palliam. Durham, and Boston Al bert Young, East Spencer: Privates J no. H. Garrett, Roxboro; Henry Harkleroad, Tennelina ; Arthur Sturgill. Jefferson; Will F. Haynie, Canton: Jarvis W. Pal mer. Hayesville: Millard E. Whitehead. I Square; Elijah A. Cnpps, Princeton; John R. Day. Roxborn; Marshall M. El lington, Burlington; King G. Long. Tom ahawk; Roy Dezers, Rusk; Davis G. Phil lips. Morganton ; Roliert Pone, Elizabeth town; Elmore Hill, Badin ; AJgie E. By rum. Corapeake: Dan Cox. Blounts Creek; John L. Cox. Greenslioro; Eu gene P. Garrison. Burlington; Edwin Lowder Key, Ellerlie; demon G. Davis, Goldslioro; Frank Martin, Winston-Salem; Roy Young, Dreper; Daniel J. By rum, Corapeake; Oeee Richardson, Nash ville, and Jethro O. Terry, Sedar Grove. Mr. Wilson Will Land in England Thurs day and Will Be House Guest of King George at Buckingham Palace Great Reception to be Accorded Him by Brit- ishers. London, Dec. 21. Following is the of ficial program in connection with the via it of the President of the I'nited States to England : The presidential party will arrive at Dover at 12:10 p. m. Thursday and will le received by the Duke of Connaught, representing the king; John W. Davis, American ambassador. Lord Reading, British ambassador to Washington, and Lord Herschell, lord in waiting to the king, who will lie especially attached to the President during his visit. Commander Sir Charles Cust, equerry to the king, will meet the President at Calais and will be especially attached to him. v The party will arrive at Oiaring- Cross station in Ioudon at 2:. 'to p. m., and will lie received by the king and queen and, with the sovereigns, will drive to Buck ingham palace. The streets will be lined by troops, who will lie assisted by con tingents from the royal navy and the air forces. On Thursday evening the President and Mrs. Wilson will dine privately. Fri day morning and afternoon will be re served for the President to meet the British cabinet ministers. In the even ing the king will give a banquet at Buck ingham palace. On Saturday the President will pro ceed to the city to receive an address at Guild hall. On that evening a dinner will lie given by the government at Lancaster house, at which the British ministers will be present. After the dinner the Presi dent will leave London for Carlisle, hia mother's birthplace, where he will spend Sunday. From Carlisle the presidential party will proceed to Manchester, where the President will lie the guest of the lord mayor. Arrangements have lieen made for the Presblent to receive on Monday the freedom of the city of Manchester. It is expected that the President will leave for France Tuesday. Paris, Dec. 21. The President's first work in France finds the preliminary sit uation surrounding the peace conference fairly weir developed toward the point where, according to the President's ex pressed view, it will be worth while for s. the I'nited States to participate. The President's conferences with French and Italian statesmen have served to empha size that he considers a treaty of peace not enough, but that the general agree ment to lie made among the nations must include a satisfactory settlement of the question of the freedom of the seas and a league of nations. The President now goes to England to continue the discussions there along the same lines as those he had with the repre sentatives of France and Italy, which the President's advisers described ns having lieen satisfactory. PRESIDENT INVITED TO VISIT IRELAND (By International News Service.) DUBLIN. Dec 2.I. Resolutions ask ing President Wilson to visit Ireland for an investigation of conditions on the spot and see "how the country wants self-determination" were adopted by many Sinn Fein and nationalists meetings in towns in south Ireland Sunday. The President was cheered iu many places. 10,122,400 PERSONS ENROLL IN RED CROSS. Atlantic Division Leads 209,000 Mem bers for Year in South Other Records. New York. Dec. 21. Official figures on the Red Cross Christmas roll call show that up to Friday night 10,122,400 per sons in all parts of the country had join ed the organization for the year 1919. The figures made public here tojiight show for the Atlantic division 2,600.000 memliers; Lake division, 1,180,000; Northwestern, 2:!S,0IO; Gulf. 50,000; Mountain, S7.000 ; Southwestern, 1,051, 000; Southern, 229,000; Central, 4,000, ooo; Pacific, 229,000; Pennsylvania, 41(7,000, and Insular. 6,400. Twenty-five per cent of the population of New York state was enrolled. GREETINGS FROM REV. H. H. JOR DAN. To All Our Good Friends in Gastonia: Since it is impossible for me to see you in person or write to each one of you in dividually, I am going to avail myself of the courtesy of The Gazette to extend, through its columns, to each and every one of you my personal good wishes, with the season's greetings, "A Merry Christ mas and a Happy New Year. " H. II. JORDAN. Monroe, N. C, Dec. 2:t. UtlH. Missing in Action: 1 rivate Iewis Jt. Newman, Milton. MARINE CORPS CASUALTIES. Summary of casualties to date: Officers, deaths, 90; wounded, 101; missing. I ; total. 192. Enlisted men, deaths, 1.90s : wounded. 2.792; in hands of enemy, 75; missing, 313; total, 5.0SS. Grand total, 5,280. The following marine corps casualties are reported by the commanding general of the American expedionary forces, (in cluded above) : Killed in action, 29; died of wounds, 5; tlied of disease, 5; wounded severely, 35; missing in action, 27; total, 101.
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