MONDAY, DECEMBE2 13, 1911.
VAGu SEVEN.
THX GASTOIfIA GAZETTE.
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LETTER TO SANTA CLAUS.
Gastonia, Doc. 20, 1918
Dear Santa: My names Jim Work
man, (they call me the devil) I work in
the Oazet office. I want a stick f can
dy an apple or two, and a watermelon, if
you have any; also an Jews harp and a
cap pistol Yours, etc Jini Workman.
P. 8. Please do not forget my little
.friends C. K. Marshall, Jr., I think he
would like to have a horn, a cap pistol,
jewg harp and a watermelon too.
JAMES M. WORKMAN.
Dallas, N. '., Dec. 18, 1918.
Dear SantaClaus: 1 am a little girl
eight years old. I want you to bring me
a doll and a ed ami a trunk and a cart
and a little chair, candy, apples, oran
ges and nuts and nigger toes. So I will
close for this year.
POYL HOLDER.
Dallas, X. '.. Dec. IS, 19 IS.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl
nine years old. My name is Sudie (Joins.
I want you to bring me a little bed and
a little doll and a tea set and a little
chair and some apples and candy and or
anges and nuts. Santa Claus, plane ex
cuse me for writing such a long letter
this time as I only get to write you once
a year, so I will close for this year.
Your little friend,
Sl'DlE COINS.
Dallas, N. C, Dec. is, 19 IS.
My Dear Santa Claus: I am a little
boy 10 years old and my name is t'arr
Lee Goins. Now, Santa dear, my father
is) dead. I go to school and I can read
and write. I'lease don't forget me. I
want a cap pistol anil some caps too, aud
some shots. I have an air rirle and I
want some apples anil figs and oranges
and fruit. I will close for this year.
cAim lke coins.
Gastonia, N. ('.. IVc. IS. 191 S.
Dear Santa Clans: I am a boy nine
years old. My name is Albert. 1 want
two books, "The Lost Prince, " and
"DeYe Mabel." 1 have a brother six
years old and his name is Rupert. He
wants a gun with a stopper and a pile
driver. 1 have a sister four years old.
Her name is Dorothy and she wants a
doll with brown hair and a sweater ami
cap. And, Santa, please clun 't forget
the little French nnd lielgiuin children.
ALKKRT SLOAN FORD.
32:5 S. Columbia Street.
Gastonia, N. C. Dec. IS, 19 IS.
Dear Santa: I am a little boy eight
years old. I want you to bring me a
hobby horse, tricycle and a bag full of
candy. I'lease bring my friend, Charles
Wilson, a little train on a track. Now,
Santa, I don 't want von to forget the
other little boys. RAY SMITH.
Richburg, S. C. Dec. 19, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little boy
seven years old. I want yon to bring me
a little hammer and a little gun ami an
ax and don't forget my little brother,
Olin. He is four years old. He wants
a little train and lots of fruit and candy.
Your little friend,
FRANK CARPENTER.
Richburg. S. C, Dec. 19, 1918.
Dear Santa Claus: I am a little girl
TERRI3LYSV0LLEN
Suffering .Described Ai Torture
Relieved by Black-Draught.
Rossville, Ga. -Mrs. Kate Lee Able, ol
this place, writes: "My husband is an
engineer, and once while lifting, he in
jured himself with a piece of heavy ma
chinery, across the abdomen He was
so sore he could not bear to press on
himself at all, on chest or abdomen. He
weighed 1G5 lbs., and fell off until he
weighed 110 lbs., in two weeks.
He became constipated and it looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed to act. He would turn up
a ten-cent bottle of castor oil, and drink
it two or three days in succession. Jle
did this yet without result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol
len terribly. He told me his suffering
Could only be described as torture.
I sent and bought Thedford's Black
Draught. I made him late a big dose,
and when it be3a lo act he fainted, he
wa3 in such misery, but he got relief and
bean to mend at once. He got well,
and we both feel he owes his life to
Thedford's Black-Draught."
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nine years old. 1 want you to bring me
a doll and a locket and a ring. I'lease
don 't forget my sister, Mary Bell, ami
my brother, James. He is 1 1 years old
but still he is looking for Santa Claus, so
I will close this year.
Your little friend,
ALMA CARPKNTKR.
WHAT TOM SPARROW THINKS
OF A COUNTY AGENT.
(State Extension Bulletin.)
"I like the plan of allowing the pigs
to make hogs of themselves instead of
waiting on them like they were in a ho
tel, " remarked Tom Sparrow, of (iaston
county. "I have leeu feeding my hogs
perfectly good high-priced corn, with
just a little accidental pasture occasion
ally, until this year when County Agent
J. B. Steele got me to try a field of soy
beans and corn, and put a temporary
fence around it so that tlx- hogs could
help themselves. I like this plan so well
that 1 am going to double my herd of
Berkshire, and use soybeans for the
fall and winter feed, and other grazing
crops the rest of the year. In tliis way
I get both a crop of corn and a crop of
hogs. The soybean vines and keeping
the hogs, also, greatly improve the land.
This is about the only way that I know
that a man can 'eat his cake ami keep it
too. '
"This year the demount rator helped
nie build a silo, put in stanchions for my
Jerseys, and put waterworks1 in my kitch
en. Of course, I don't give him credit
for everything I do, but at the same time
he is well worth having around, and I am
always glad to see him come."
MAJtY CONVALESCENT OF
30TH AND 27TH BROUGHT
HOME ON THE LEVIATHAN
Officer of Old Hickory Division Says "It
Was Next to Impossible to Hold Them
Back."
New York, Dec. Hi.- The giant liner
Leviathan, which docked here today with
nearly !,immi American soldiers, veterans
of overseas fighting, also brought home
many convalescents from the L'7th and
.Xuth divisions.
Homer Weeks, of Kpworth, C.a.,
117th infantry, came home with a wound
received in the attack of the ;:oth divis
ion o:i the Himlcnhiirg line near St.
(jtientin.
"There never was a bunch of men who
could fight like the :tnth." he said. "The
only kick we had was our officers would
not let us go ahead as fast as we wanted
to. "
Lieut. L. D. White, of New York,
praised the men of the .'(0th and 27th. Of
his own division, the ;(0th, Lieut. White
said, "they were poor trench fighters, as
it was next to impossible to hold them
liack when there was a fight in front.'"
Many of the convalescents of the two
divisions, however, were loathe to talk
of their experiences. Private 7.. L.
Jenks, of Henry, X. ('., with both arms
and legs cruelly torn by shrapnel, would
not have missed "the show" for any
thing. LONDON, Dec. 20. A new executive
council will replace the coalition "conn
cil of six" now administering the gov
ernment of Ocrmany at Berlin, says n
press dispatch from Amsterdam today.
The political condition throughout Cier
many remains unsettled.
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Mile. Jeanne Rlou, below, two French
girls sent to the Pennsylvania State
college for their education. They were
members of the party of 62 French
girls who recently came to the United
States as part of the educational reci
procity program between France and
America Involving the exchange of
students and faculty members. They
will eventually return to France to
teach English in colleges in their na
tive land.
YANKEES ENJOY CHOW
Pershing's Husky Men Are All
Good Eaters.
Variety In Uncle Sam's Menu Makes
It Attractive Doughboys Grow
Talkative.
With the American Army In France.
"Chow time" means one of the most
picturesque sights along the front, es
pecially with the Americans. It seems
to mean more to the Americans than
to any other army, perhaps because
American "grub" Is better.
Happen along through a ruined vil
lage or a woods In un American sector
fifteen minutes before "chow time" and
you would think the place deserted.
Probably there wouldn't be more than
one or two stray doughboys in sight.
Come along fifteen minutes later and
you wonder "where in thunder they ull
came from."
They'll be lined up, and in front of
each line there'll he- a Held kitchen
steaming away, with a perspiring nrmy
cook dishing out grub that makes you
want to "grab some tools and get In
line" too.
There's lots of animation at "chow
time" among the Americans. A crowd
f Frenchmen Is quiet while eating,
the only time French soldiers are
quiet. They munch their bread and
meat and vegetables and drink their
wine In silence.
Not so with the Americans. It's a
big time. First of all. there's specula
tion on "what's the chow for today."
There's variety In Uncle Sam's army
menus.
Then, as they sit around on the
ground, on ruins, or under trees, and
that satisfied feeling of having eaten
a good meal grows upon them, there's
lots of life and Joking among the
doughboys.
"Ikuighboy chow" is good. Usually
there is soup. Then there are meat
and vegetables, usually two kinds.
There are always big slices of white
bread and coffee. Nine times out of
ten there's dessert, probably pudding
or fruit
Each man has a pan with a handle
that folds Into it, and n cup. Some
way they get some of everything In a
four-course meal into these two Instru
ment and never mix foods. Only one
of these "war experts" could do that.
2 PLEADS TO REGISTER; i
20 YEARS TOO OLD
tion booth on registration day.
He had given his name and ad-
dress, that of a large family ho-
tel here. The man's eagerness
dispelled all doubts of his age
qualification until the registrar
J asked him the date of his birth.
The fact was then brought out
$ that he was nearly 20 years past
the forty-six-year limit "You
don't have to register," said the
board member.
"But I want to register," re
J plied the man. "I am physically
fit I want to get on the list so
2 that Uncle Sam can call on me
for anything he wants."
J His face clouded with dlsap- i !
polnfjient when told that he j
could not be registered. j
MAIMED BY HUNS
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Marie Joseph Coutant of the quaint
little village of Louatre, near Sotssons,
the daughter of Monsieur Coutant, once
a comfortably situated mechanic of
Louatre, Is shown above with her right
arm missing Because of, the fact that
the Germans attended the celebration of
ber eighth birthday. On Marie's birth
day her mother end herself, along with
several other refugees from the threat
of the Hun at Solssons, were swarming
Into cattle cars that were pressed Into
use In the emergency, when a German
lncendinry bomb fell among them,
killing her mother and making herself,
a nonccmbatant, go through life a crip
ple with only one arm. She has been
adopted by Muurice, the dancer of
America, now a Red Cross worker In
France, as his "war baby," nnd has
been sent by him with her father to
Limoges, France, to complete her con
valescence, i
FEAR FRENCH TANKS
Machines Spread Terror in
Ranks of Foe.
Armed Car Helps 15 Yanks to Cap
ture 700 Huns in Recent
Drive.
With the American Armies. Greater
laurels daily are being won by the
French liht tanks which are co-operating
with the American forces In
pushing the Germans back toward the
Rhine.
Among the many individual feats of
the tanks and their drivers which have
come to light, one of the most Interest
ing is that of Brigadier Cellier, who
has been decorated with the cross of
the Legion of Honor for his work In a
light tank which enabled 15 American
soldiers to capture 700 Germans.
Several hundred of these tanks led
the counter-offensive from the Villers
Cotterets forest In July, which marked
what appears to have been the turning
point of the war. They broke through
the enemy's lines, destroying his ma
chine guns, overcoming strong centers
of resistance and spreading panic and
demoralization In the German ranks.
Where the Infantry was preceded
by the "chars d'assaut," as the French
call them, the advance was three miles
a day.
It was these same French light tanks
which preceded the Americans In their
advance upon Juvigny and Terny on
the Solssons plateau. One of them,
manned by a lieutenant, killed more
than 200 Germans on the plateau.
Documents that have come Into the
hands of the French staff show that
the Germans are greatly worried by
the light tanks and are studiously
coaching their men in methods of de
fense against them.
The light cars have the advantage
of greater speed and of being more
easily handled than the heavier tanks.
They require a crew of only two men,
a driver and a gunner, and carry one
one-and-a-half-inch gun ant a machine
gun.
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Dental Operations for Soldier and
Sailors Reach 65,000 a
Month.
New York. Free dental operations
for soldiers and sailors to the nam
ber of 65,000 are being performed in
a month's time by members of the
Preparedness League, of American
Dentists in every state in the Union,
according to the report Just made pub
lic at the league's headquarters here.
This record Is for the month of Au
gust, which in normal times is a sea
son of less effort for the average per
son thes any other month in the year.
This brings the total of operations ren
dered since Its Inception to 550,000.
. SHUN PAfiM OWNERSHIP.
English Farmers Prefer Tenancy Amer
icans Waat Their Own.
New York Times. I
A notable difference between the men
tal attitude of the English farmer and
the American farmer has been revealed
by the efforts of the British Government
to increase that country 's food produc
tion and preliminary surveys looking to
the same ultimate end iu this country. In
Great Britain laws were enacted provid
ing for farm land tenancy under condi
tions menat to stimulate the tenant to
buy the land. The terms were made easy
and the prices attractive. Contrary to
eietationx. hardly a tenant among the
thousands has indicated desire for own
ership. It has IxH'n found upon investi
gation that the British small farmer
shuns the responsibility of ownership
ami looks upon the prospect of tying
himself down to one spot as a hardship.
There is no apparent discontentment over
the terms and for the mrst part these
farmers seem anxious to go on just as
they have been going, paying their rent
and taking a living from the land.
On the other hand, the American farm
er, almost to the last man, aspires to own
his plan', even though ownership often
entails responsibility, hardship und at
least temporary reduction of income and
increase of effort. In n rwent study of
H.COii farmers in America it was found
that more than nine per cent of them
were brought up on farms, .'il 12 pet
cent remained on their father's farms un
til they became owners, and L'7 per cent
till they became tenants, then owners;
that Li 1 'J per cent passed from wage
earning to ownership, skipping the ten
ant stage; that Is per cent were first
farm boys, then wage-earners, later ten
ants, and finally owners. Government
s'ntistics show most conclusively the
ownership ambition of American fann
ers. Of all the farmers in the country
under L'.'i years of age, 7ti per cent are
tenants. This percentage of tenancy
s'eadily decreases as these farmers grow
older until, at .rif years, only L'O per cent
are tenants.
RICHMOND, Dec. L'O. The wholesale
stores of Haunders & Hons, grocers, were
burned today.
WASHINGTON. Dec. L'0.- Disclosure
of mismanagement ami utter chaos in the
construction of the Hog Island shipyards,
tending to show the waste of millions of
dollars of government money, was made
in the report of the Department of Jus
tice of its investigation submitted to
the I 'resident in September ami made
public today.
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HELPS HUSBAND
IN HIS BUSINESS
Strong and Well Since She Took Tanlac
Suffered For Years She Says.
" Kver since Tafilac put nn end to my
troubles 1 feel so well and strong that I
not only do till my own house work, but
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viid Mrs. .liirnes Williams, wife of a well
known grocer nnd marketman, who lives
at .UK'? Metropolitan Ave., Dallas, Tex.
'"Fur several years, '' she continued,
'I was troubled with seven1 attacks of
indigestion, and about three months ago,
I had a spi ll that was so much nurse than
nn.v thi'i;; I had ever experienced before
Mia! it really alarmed me. My stomach
would blwa" up with gas, that pressed so
on niC heart I could hardly get my
breath, and thought I would smother to
death. My head ached like it would
si lit, I became so nervous I couhl hardly
sleep, and in the mornings I would feel
sii weak and fagged out that it was all I
I'ouhl do to get up and dress f :i k
en all sorts of mediiines and treatments
without getting any benetiits. but when
several of my friends praised Tanlac to
me so highly 1 decided to try it. Well,
it proved to be pist what I i led. for
I began to feel better right off. I im
I roved s i fast that I could hardly real
ie it ami 1 am now eating anything I
want and have no trouble at all with
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II my friends about the good it has
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SUFFERED YEARS
WITH DROPSY
Newton, N. Clad Complained of
Female Trouble, Kidney and
Dropsy Complaints.
VISITED TWO HOSPITALS
HAD NINE DOCTORS
"Nine different doctors said I had
dropsy and in two different hospitals I
suffered agony with this dropsy, kidney
trouble or female complaints and I'm
now writing you to let you know how
grateful I am for the wonderful good I
got from using Genuine Indian Blood
I'uriliei.
"I was under the doctors care for
over four years but since using this won
derful Pearson Kemedy of the old time
Indians, 1 am able to do all the work
around the house such as washing, iron
ing, cooking, etc., without any trouble,
while before 1 took it my feet and legs
were so badly swollen I could not wear
my shoes. It seemed like my legs were
near to bursting," writes Mrs. W. A.
Holnnd. I'. O. Box 161, Newton, N. C.
Thousands of women know such trou
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year suffering ami complaining when a
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This splendid old Indian preparation
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II. Kennedy & Co., sole distributors in
Gastonia.
LONDON, Dec. 20 President Wilson
will arrive in England next Thursday,
December 26th, and will be the guest of
King George at Buckingham palace, Th
Exchange Telegraph announced today.'
The Htandard says he will arrive on the
L'7th and will le in London four days.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. Fixed pri
ces on copjier will not lie continued after
.lanunry 1, when they expire by limit
t.itiou, the war industries board announc
ed this afternoon.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. The Let
tish government has appealed to the Uni
ted States for allied aid in banishing the
Bolsehviki hordes from Lettonia, Russia.
The Holshevikists are following behind
the Germans as they withdraw from
Russia, assuming control as the German!
leave. The Bolsheviki are pillaging, tak
ing hostages, demanding indemnities and
indulging in other nets of terrorism.
They have now advanced 60 miles east of
Higa.
DALG1IHKN, ILL.. Dec. 20. Rob
bers early today bound and gagged Cash
ier Aydt, of the Dnlghren bnnk, locked
him in the vault and escaped with cur
rency, Liberty bonds and securetiea ft
mounting to a total of $15,000. Blood
hounds have been put upon their trail.
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