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THE GASTONIA GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. OL. XL. NO. 25. GASTONIA, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 26, 1919. 12.00 A YEAS IN ADVANCE. OT.HAYilllPORT AMERICAN COAL i (By International News Services.) LONDON". Feb. 2. Robert Smillie. "Jeader of the Union miners of the I'nited Kingdom, states t hat it is reported that the British are arranging to import eoa) roiii Amerit'U in the event of a .strike. He apjs'nled to American miners to re fuse to-mine coal for export to (ireat Britain. NEGROES GET ROAD SENTENCES IN POLICE COURT I. other Johnson, coloreil. vu sentenced v Judge .lone-, in Municipal I 'unit yes rerday, to I 'J month on the roads lor .in assault with ;i deadly weapon. John son shot K sic M Council. :i lesident of 1 1 ippy Hill. S .in I i.v night. Willis Cole, i-olorc.l, : i .given Months I'm carrying concealed weapon ind Ben h:.se drew !'0 days on the same .ha rue. as . I i I likewise Koso o dullick. I'.i.se aii'l Oullich are col.uo.l also. Oullick. Chase ami Annie llait .-no al -. hold for It I :i I on -1 1 ; r p ol hir.ony. I'le first two above naintj.l ate .haigod with entering ami lobbing the l..is.ouin ll rdunio Company 's -ton' icientli. SATURDAY'S CASUALTY LISTS CONTAINED 2,007 NAMES. 'By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, Fed. 22.- The fol owing army casualties are reported by 'he coriiiiuimling general of tin- American lnlit ion a rv forces : SKCTION ON K. Killeil in action. 17; died ol wounds, 7; died of clisease, Jo ; wounded severe ;:y. ,W; toUl, 107. Toe following North t 'arolinians are firsted in section one: Died of Wounds: (Sergeant William "Mason, of Forney. Diet) of Disease: Sgt. Isaac M. Orr, Wallace, anil Army Field (,'lerk William A. Britt. of Asheville. Wounded Severely: l'rivate John It. Stadler, of Altamahaw. SECTION TWO. Wounded severely. 29: missing in ac tion, 1"; total, -II: none from North 'arolina. SKCTION THKKK. Wounded, degree undetermiued, 219; xMmnded m1 iftlitly. 711; total. 9.'!.:. The follow inn North Carolinians are Visaed in section three: Wound!. Degree Undetermined: Pri-s-.itei Lawrence .1. Boone. Nashville, .Ino. A. Spears. Summit, Hurschel O. Porshin, Kaust, and T'hilip Spears. Rosemary. Wounded Slightly: Sgt. Marley M. "Me.lvin. Tryon ; Corporals Samuel .!. Fos ter. fVrscoke, Chester I.. Stephenson, taitrifcld. ami Kyi H. MaM, Spray; Bugler Ralph It. Morgnu, Witiston-Sa-lent; Privates Robert S. Burleson. Senia, Warney Gwyn, F.Ik Park. George A. Thomson. Queen. MARVIN PLONK, DALLAS, John Hall Pugh. Oriental, ;Simmie H. I). Hill, Choeowinity, Walter ft. Burnett, Champion, ami Klhert K. tamey. Altnmout. SKCTION FOrit. Wounded, degree undetermined. ."SOW; wnnuded elightly, R17; total. 92rt. The following North Carolinians are listod in section four: Wounded. Degree Undetermined : Cor poral Charles O. Sechrest, High -Point; Privates James Sanooke, Cherokee. Per f Foster, I.ouisburg, Kolert M. Pilgrecn -f Greenville, and Klwood B. Twiford. Kast Lake. Wounded Slightly: Sgt. Lawrence W. Winchester, Waynesville; Privates Har lem Pial, Pembroke, Dewit C. Ratledgc. Moekgville. Albert .1. Morris. Murphy. Norman McNair, Morton, Renr.ie Mor gan, High Point, Benjamin F. Williams. sVneca. anil Lloyd Newkirk. Atkinson. Wounded, degree undetermined, pre viously reH)ited killed in action: Pri vate William J. Correll. Kamiaolis. and Mows Parker, Wilson. Died of Kouinrs, previously reported Miiwing in action: Corporal Klmer J, Hugginn, NewlH-m. Wounded slightly, previously reported miming in action: Private George W. Buchanan, Hayesville. Wounded, degree undetermined, jire--riotialy reported missing in action: Pri vaten Forrest Fisher, Bryson City, and "oit 1 Joey, Statesville. Subaeril to The (latette. WOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PART NERSHIP. Ta Wnora It May Conwrn: Notic ia hereby given that the part erahip heretofore existing between A. M. inyre and Fred 1 Smjre, trading as tk Gaatonia Hardware Compaay and lo ated ia the city of Oastonia, N. C, has tana jnntally dissolved and no longer ei "jata as a King roneem. ' Peraona owing -said partnership will -sake settlement with either of the afore sau4 partners. This the '1st day of February. 1919.'. A, M. 8.VYRE. FEED L. SMYKK. T.'-3 e2 , , - 1 . EXTREME ANTI-PRUSSIAN FEELING IN BAVARIA (By International News Servire) WF.TMAR, Feb. 26. The cabinet to day declared Communist headquarters at Munich in a state of sieje. They will not send Prussian troops to .Munich be cause the extreme anti Prussian feeling in Bavaria. The Bavarian delegates en route to Weimar wen- I n i-d hack at the Ba a nan front ier. LAW PROHIBITS TEACHING OF GERMAN IN INDIANA. I nlei i.atli.iial Sel li e. I N HI A APOl.lS. Tel, Jli. lonelllnl : oiodi ii li lias vi-neil the bill pioliibilin the teaching of the liernian laiinaue in I ii-1 ia 1 1 ; i . KONDAYWELEGRAPHIC NEWS P.v I ntei n.i' i.iiia i " s er ice. 1 I' l.l. li:. A. Al. A.. Feb. -21. 'iitral Oe.irgi.i fast freight crashed t.irougli a l.ol.i-vilie i; Nashville passi n jei s. nt hboninl at S lain. i.a.. this nioin nig. Mrs. t'l.aritv I hornl ni. aged was fatally wounded, anil a dozen -eri oiislv vvoilliiled. Both trains were Inov ing slowly. PKTHOIT. Feb. J4. Three bandits rob bed Trea-ruer Starker of the Blue Valley I'reaineiy Cumpauy of 1 'J.llno this after noon while he was en route to a bank. They escaped ill an automobile. BOSTON. Feb. 1M. Through the stieets, .jammed with wildly cheering hn inanity and lined with soldiers, the Presi dential party in automobiles drove to Copley Plaza Hotel, arriving at 1L':4."i. The President entered his name on a sil ver register. Twenty live sull i agettcs were arrested in front of the otticial re liewing stand at the State house just he fore the President was due to pass. Thev had assembled with the announced iiitcn tion of ''demonstration" and let used to leave when ordered. The reviewing stand was tilled with wounded soldiers, sailors and marines from the eastern States. Fol lowing the luncheon at the Copley, the President motored to the Mechanics Hall, where he delivered his first personal men Mage to the cople of the I'niteil States on the peace conference. All the street for a quarter of a mile, ami buildings were .jammed with thousand- of people. BOSTON. Feb. '-'4. Piaising Ameri can soldiers. President Wilson said. "They tell me it only takes half as long to train an American. Iiecnuse he has learned to go only one way. lie went forward until victory." 'America is the hope of the world, if she does not .jus tify that hope, the result will be unthink able, if she don't the world will be one more a series of camps. Any treaty ai rived at in Paris must be "a modern scrap of paper," unless America does her duty." The PreMdent started to speak a minute after three, when he declared. "This great country of ours is trusted throughout all the world." A whirlwind of applause greeted him. ''There is a wide divergence of opinion among the peace delegate, but there is no doubt that all are united to create a new woild built on justice and right. The men gathered in Paris realize that they are not masters, but servants of their pen pie." The President was impressed with the moderateness of the claims of tin men gathered at the peace table, no self ishnesH fvas seen, tears of earnestness were in the eyes of the men who wen' seoking to adjust claims on a basis of right. Ambitions of the men about the pence table have clashed, but no nation in Kurope suspects the motives V the I'nited States. Always before a clash they will refer their claims to the nation that has won enviable dist incf ion a- be ing a friend of mankind. In protest against 8 reduction in wag es Lift operatives in the Highland Park Mills, North Charlotte, went on strike Monday. At a sjieeial election held in the Sixth Virginia district yesterday James P. Woods, of Roanoke, was elected repre sentative to succeed Carter Olass, re cently appointed secretary of the Treas ury. The committee from the board of trustees the University of North Caro lina appointed to consider the choice of a president for the University is said to be seriously considering Dr. P. V. Claxton. I'nited States Commissioner of Educa tion, for that position. OASTONIA LODGE XO. 369 A 'P A A. 3f Called Meeting Friday Feb. 2& 7:30 p. m. Work in the 3rd Decree RADICALS IN SAXONY PROCLAIM A REPUBLIC 'By International News S'rvice. )PKNHA(JK. Feb. '. - Radicals in Saxony are preparing to proclaim a sov iet republic, says a Berlin dispatch to day. Baden is quiet but riots were re ported in Bavaria yesterd.-iv. Govern ment troops are marching to disarm the 'ommmiists in the li'iilu .itrnt. lihen ish Prussia. FRIDAY'S CASUALTY LISTS CONTAINED 3,58b NAMES l By 1 n I ei uat iona I News Jseivi.e.' ASHINi.ToN. P. b. L' I. The t',,1 lowing a i mi casualties are repoi tid Ov the coiiiinaiiiling general of the nn li. n'i 'X 1 1 ' miiary t on es : MM I K IN o L. I ied of accident or othei cans.-. -Js ; died of .i-ease, ... , uoinnli .1 , h . tal. L'tio f ollow III The V.ith r 1 I ' : 1 1 I I In - Dle.l of va!e (iaill Died of liiiil-ski.. Wound. K.a.i-. I.V oi LmmIm. I -eel ion oi e i.lent .1 (III Illiel l.ili-i-: I'l Hal He se: C rokee. I.l ; . and . alniea. ivale Joe Kaln! Dis.M of CI, I Sev. to,,. I ' I t N .-it. .lent! i i: Mi'i.-d ...aid. MVTION T l. Killed in ait ion. died til' - I ; I ie. I in a i 1 1 1 1 . la 1 1 .' act i. leu I , i t di-ea-e. d7 . wi.nn.le.l -everi .ll- d lv . I' niissing in action. II; total, L'.:."i. The follow iny Voi Hi Carolinians arc I i-ted in sect ion two; Ibed of hisea-e: Privates I'n una n Jaini-on. Clinton, and Lafayette W'nol ard. Washington. Wounded Severelv l. .Smith. Crabtrec. .M issing in a. I ion : Phillips. Mt. Aetna. Wounded. 1'egree v iouslv reported kil a;e llilai.v Tucker. Hetunied to duty, missing in action: I'l i v a le Columbus Private W illiam B I'm lei ei -mined, me led ill action: I'ti A. I vance. previously reported Privates Barney M. Higs. Sims, William McK. Robbing, High Point, and William Z. Taylor. Kli.jah. SKCTION THRKK. Wounded, degree undetermined. K7.! ; wounded slightly, Klio ; total, 1.53S. The following North Carolinians are listed in section three: Wounded, hegree I'liiletei inincl : Lieu tenants William T. Lamlis, Oxford, and . I . 1 1 1 1 F. Williams. Charlotte; Sergeants Oavid Scales, Winston Salem, and Ben. I. Walters. Othello; Corporal Hubert Poun ..y. Red Springs; Privates Will Hiram Pipkin, KceNUoro, Vedy I). Pope, Dur ham. Ray A. Purifoy, Newberu, Joshua Piilliain. .lalong. Krnest C. Walton, North Charlotte, Kdward K. Ange, Jamesville. Kphriani T. Burris, Concord, Jesse Sylvester Calloway, Asheville. Geo. C. Richardson. Clifton, Samuel l. Myr iek; Littleton. Isaac Seborn Chandler. Win-ton t-'alcm, William I. Mc Falls, loo don City. Fiank Uracey, Rowland. Paul Lig.ui. Ihiihain. and James O. Mathe-on. W'ingate. Wounded Slightly: Lieutenants J no. L. Loy, Burlington, Roderick B. Mclvor, Murphy, and Cm A. Plott, St. Paul's; Private- William Doisey Shaw. Wilson, John B. Cleminons, Thomnsvillc, Willie Taylor. Pittsboro. Reiford L. Whaley, Smithriehl. Julius L. Kenney, Balsam. Roy M. Masters, Asheville, Quincey D. Styles. Daybook. William A. Thomas. Stokesdale, Willie Whitley. Frunklintoii. Roscoe Wooten. Fountain, Constantino Cn la 1 1 ia no. Philipsburg, Orover C. Cock erhatn. Low Cap, Larry Kli.jah Warren ton. New Bern. Ue F. Wbitefield. Wil liamsston. Nathaniel Spivey, Liunberton, Frank Walls. Aepx, Fletcher Russell. Hertford. Wade II. Nelms. Castaile. F.d die My rich. Warren Plains. Henry P. Padgett. Andrews, Conrad Wnlls. Orn'ix. Fred II. White, High Point, and James Wood, Sharon. SKCTION FOUR. Wounded, degree undetermined. s;i w. led slightly. 70; total. 1,."2. The following North Carolinians un listed in section four: Wounded, degree undetermined: Ser geants Kli.jah A. Russell, Lam inbiirg. and Ashton P. Truitt. Burlington-. Pri vates C rover Reed, Sunburst. David C. Russ, Bladen, Kincheou Lewis. Wilson'. Russ S. Mollis. Matthews, William O. (irmly. Selma. Arthur R. Netherton, Bar nard. Odies Armstrong. Kntiebl. Norman R. Boiling Marshville. Harrison Gil more. R.x-k Creek, William Morgan. Ral eigh, and Will Tathani, Gay. Wounded Slightly: Sergeants Wil liam Massey. Winston-Salem, and Mar cus H. Wichard, Tarboro; Corporals William O. Massey, Selma. Richard H. Martin. Kinston, and Willie G. Mullen, Wakefield: Privates Stephen O. Baker, Paw Creek, Gurney Barley, High Point, Isaac Suitt. Durham, James Vandiford, Greenville, Lester Macklin, Scotland Neck. Hershall H. Rash, Jennings, Thos. James Chavis, Raleigh, Cland C. Daniel, Hobgood, Alfred D. Home. Catharine Lake, Simon Stevens, Faison. Wiaker B. Smart. Bostie, Fred D. Thompson, Mooresville. and William Washington, Goldslioro. MARINE CORPS. The following casualties in the Marine Corps are reported by the commanding general of the American expeditionary forces: ,e Killed la action, 10; died of wounds NEWS OF THE COUNTY LATEST FROM OUR CORRESPONDENTS MT. OLIVET. MT. Ol.lVKT. Feb. The young people of this section have organized a literary society. Twenty -one members have been enrolled. The olli.eis elected weie: President. Mr. Robv Jenkins; v ice pi e-ident , Miss Nellie Jenkins; secietarv and treasurer. Miss .lauette Jenkins. Regular meetings v. ill l-e held twice a niniith. every second .'lid fourth Fri.lav nigl ts. at the Ml. Ol lcf -cl I heli-e. V- the lll-l two liieel ill).:- Wele lor or- , ganiiit inn. ,e have not vet had a tegular l iograii,. i'he following progiam will be I Uiv.-n I'lioav eveiirig. Maich I. al 7: .'!": lleviilloli.il eciei-e-, I . the c ha '1.1 i II. I Kerlainatu.il. In Lnl Shaniiun. Her i tat ion , hv Mi-- ernie Helms. I I Reading, by Miss I h ie Rhyne. ! ! Song, ( ) Ci lull. I. in. the I inn of the I I h can. ' ' K-sav. I,v M i- Lthel Rh.v ne. ! Mo i v .- . r-. 1. 1 in In ii. !,v Mi Thebiia ! Jenkins. I Heill at ion , l.v Ml-- Rhea b'hviie. Song1. ' ' I l ie. ' ' j Criti.- i - ... 1 1 . I iv Ml Kiln Shannon. I We teel hnpet'iil of getting more niem I i oil- l.v the next meeting, and hope tin- . "o. id v will .ioe a -lii-eess. j I I in- in iv s ba-ketball team will n l.e j oi -hape loi a match game. j Alt . Pauline Summon i- ill at hei j home on route lour. A few loll. I .-a-es nf Ma aie still linger I Kit! III till- -e. tliill. LONG SHOALS. l.llNl, Silo. .S. Feb. L'.",. Mr. Cliff ' .up entc. who has nisi returned from France, spent Siiudav with hi- brotlei. Mr. Spargo ('arpeuter. Miss Lima llnnser -pent Satuidav and Sunday In Crousc. Mis- Iteitba File, of liastoiila. spent n few days with Mrs. Cleveland Rhyne. Mrs. Roy Sigiiion, who has been in tin l.iiuoliiton hospital, has returned home. Mrs. Luther Ariowood spent Sunday with hei parents, Ml. and Mis. R. C. Rut ledge. Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Carpenter spent Sundae in Ilickorv. MANY SAW 20-IIUlf TEAM BORAX OUTFIT Atliaitiug huge crowds which gather I'd all along Main street, the famous L'li Mule Team of the Pacific Coast Borax Company reached Oastonia Monday af ternoon. As an advertising proposition it was without doubt one of the best stunts pulled oft in Oastonia by a nation ally km. wn corporation in recent years. Stops were made in front of Kennedy 's hug store and Poole's i.roeeiv. the local dealers in the company's products. Col. II. R. Woods, a veteran lecturer, is in charge of the crew which bundles the big team. Samples . ie ol coiir-e seaCeted right and left. The team is one of the original used by the company many years ago in haul ing borax out of the mines in Death Val ley. California, across the desert. In travelling across the desert the identical method seen here was followed Twenty mules drew each caravan, consisting of two wagons of l.",000 oumls capacity each, while a tank of 1,200 gallons ca parity supplied the water. It is truly a relic of past efforts. Theslriver is a des ert rat who wan formcrlly a driver for the company and who was hunted up to again handle the team when it was sought out for advertising purposea. Thirty five or 4u years ago a railroad was thrown acioss the desert to the mines ami the wagons were juukeit. But they were hunted out for this purp.s.. these U'ing originals. Trilby, the lead nude, is the smart one of the team and is an uiiiisiihI animal. Ami it i- an unusual and effective id veitiemenr In times past the South has spa-umdi cally made a feint at curtailing the pro duction of cotton It is now real l.v a se rious mattei. With a whole world in need of cotton goods we see the cotton gamb lers engaged in a deserate effort to shat ter the cotton market. They have been successful to a certain extent. When the war ended the natural tendency of cotton should have been upward. As a matter of fact it went down considerably. As a result a concerted effort is being made by Southern farmeri and business men to reduce the acreage of next year's crop at least one-thin). In the meantime the price of cotton can be boosted back to its former price which was not too high if the farmers and others who have cot ton will simply swing on to it. Gastoa farmers should enter heartilv into this movement and we believe they will. 2: dies! of disease, .'t; wounded severely, 1; wounded, degree undetermined, 3; missing in action, 1 ; totaL 20. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS A cold wave is scheduled to hit us today. Mr. P. W. (.arland went to Raleigh yesterday on busi'iess. The special attraction at the Ideal Theatre today is Theda Barn in " The ' lemciicea u ( 'ase. ' apt. ami Mrs. L. A. SilTord and two -us. Lloyd and James. of Charlotte, spent Monday in town with friends. Mi J F. Thomson is ill at his Ihhiii Ito in i n I' iien.a. He was unwell when hi re! in ne.f Friday from the North .-. .1. II I lendei lite, who has been dl l'..i the pa-t tea da.v -. is belter. This will be welcome news to her many friends. Mr-. Ii. II. Winget ha- been ipiiie -i.k loi some .lav- but her friends will be gbi.l In know that -lie i- improving. M . ami Mi-. David I. el. mil and 1 1 a 1 1 g 1 1 1 1 -1 . Mi Tina, left M lav night I'm Sell Thel .M Mi. ' I i-. -1 . 1 i ing A I The "k and othei Northern cities. I be awav al.oiil two weeks. i: I.. M.I. in. I. secietarv and .1 t!ie l.astooia Mutoid Bnil.l ...ii --o. ia! ion. left Mm. la' ;. In -I 'ie-- ll ip lo Ifcllcigh. legulai mid week pinvei sel v i. i on. Iinle.l a! Main Street Metho . I. a I 7 : :o ., "cluck tonight l.v e. Rev. . I.. Stanford. i I II l - I . n.i ( 'milder and Mi Mar g.iiit Stone -pent tie Weekend in Dallas as the guest- of M is. ( i race Merrill. Mrs. Merrill al-o had as hei gue-' Monday hei motion . , -. Shii lev. of t ia-tonia. Mi lb mi Rankin i. 'tinned MoiiJIV to hi- ip at Norfolk, Va.. after spend ing a few . I.iv here with his parents. Mi. and Mi-. .1. O. Rankin. Mi. Rankin has been a i o tin ee t lines. Mr. Meliin Cat hei, sou ol Mrs. Lou Cat hei. of Slietliehl. Ala., caine ill last night lot a luief visit to hi- uncle and aunt, Mi. and Mi-. Ii. .1. Caldvell. at del. home mi ( oliiiiibia street. Mis. ( '. M. Crowder left Tuesday uiglil for Norfolk to be with her daugh ter. Miss I'rugh Crowder, who is quite ill with influenza. Miss Crowder is a ye .man in the I'nited States Navy and is stationed at the Norfolk Navy S ard. Mrs. S. F Watson has returned to Dallas Iioiii K n i i in it j 1 1 s, where she spent the past several mouths. Mrs. Watson's ft lends will be glad to learn that she has now recoveied from a vi-i v set ions ill ness. Fi lends ..I Mi. J. Ldgai M.'Lcaii who was discharged fioin the military seivice in December and is now superin tendenf of schools at Spring Hope, . ('.. will be glad to learn that he has recently been ciiininissioncil a Hist lieutenant in the otlicers reserve corps. . y Mr. Frank Morris, who is a member of Dr. Long's Hospital I'nit. and who h.is pi.-t recently returned from overseas, passed through Oastniiia Monday on his wav from New Voik to Fort Mc I 'he! son, lia.. vvheie he will be mustered out. lie i- a son of Mis. S. M. Morns. Mi. S S. M.eiis received a tejfr-iin a dav ot two ago from his son. I. eland Morris, assistant coxswain on the I'. S. Ship Dixie, stating that he would Is' at home within a few days for a furlough. Mr. Morris has been in the navy foi the past two veais. and will continue in the seivice to tl ml of his foul year- term of enlis'nieut. Miss Mae onng will Uufvc nevt week foi liieenville, S. C.. where slu- ha accepted a position in a new hospital jus completed there. Miss Young has been in Oastonia at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. It. Young, for the pas year, iccuperating fr.un a long illness and though In bad health she worked faithfullv during the influenza epidemic here. The Is-ailtlflil sllvel , up aivaided t. the South Point Community Fair l.v the Castnu County Fair Association in H sweepstakes contest at the l!ll fan ove Ca-t. oi ami Lincoln .-nuutv community fair collective exhibits. was presentei' last We. lues. lav night, having Ims-ii long but unavoidably delayed in lieing re ceived hv the secretary of the fair asso ciation It was presented at a meeting held by County Agent C. Lee (iowan and Home Demonstration Agent, Miss Ncl Pickens. It is a lieautv. Charged With Robbing Store. Victor Arrowood. Coke Walteis and Charlie McManus. three white boys, were arrested this morning by officers of the police department charged with breaking into the Oastonia Hardware Company's tore, and are in the city jail. The pis tols and other goods taken were recover ed. They will probably be tried in Mu nicipal Court tomorrow morning. These boys, it is understood, have been in tron ble before. Cold Wave Comiig. A cold wr.re warning issued last night by Observer K. L. Felton. in charge of the Charlotte office of the United State Weather Bureau, stated that te temper ature will fall to 20 or 25 degrees in the western portion of North Carolina by to morrow morning. It will probably be as low as freeting by nightfall. MANY TAKING STOCK IN HOUSING COnXED Need of more houses for rent or aato ii daily Us oming more acute, in Cwirtftak. ' judging by the increasing number of -piiries at the offices of the Chamber of Commerce. From present indication there is no outlook for any reduction in ; the cost of building so it is expected that much building activity will soou atari. ( ban man W. L. Balthis and his ot mittei' consisting of C. C. Armstrong, C, D. Cray and J. White Ware, from the Chamber ,,f Cmiinerre, are receiving many subscriptions for stock in the pro posed Castoni.i Housing Corporation. All approached seem to realize that the U vestment will be a good one, as they have faith in (iastonia real estate and Oasto nia s progre-s. The commit lee hopes to oni le e its work within n few davs. INCOME TAX DUE. Retuins Must Be Filed on or Befort March IS Bill Provides Heavy Penal. ties. WASll.INi; TON, Feb. 24. Work on the . , n,., t inn nf .Vi, iioii.iiiio, 000 hug been begun by the Hurcau of Internal Reve nue. This is the estimated yield of' th neiv revenue bill. The income tax pro visions .if the act reach the pocket-book of every single person in tint United States whose net income for 10 1 H waa I.immi, or more, ami of every married person whose net im nine was 2,1)00 or more. I 'ei son- w hose net income equal led or exceeded these amounts, according ' to their marital status, must file n re turn of income with the collector of in ternal revenue for the district ill which tiny live on or befoie March 1.1. Here is what will happen to them if they don't, for failure to (lie ll return on time, a fine of not more than l.b'OO ami an additional assessment of ''." per eent of the a mount of tax due. For "willfully refusing" to make a return on time, a tine not exceeding $10, oo(i, or not exceeding oue years Imprison ment, or both. For making a false or fraudulent to turn, a Hue of not more than $10,000, or imprisonment for not more than one year,' or both, together with an additional as sessment of r((i per cent of the amount of tx e sded. For failure lo pay the tax on time, a fine of not more than 1,000 and an ad ditional assessment of ft per cent of tao amoiint of tax unpaid, plus 1 per coal interest for each full month during which it remains unpaid. In addition to the tl.OOO and $2,0M personal exemptions, taxpayers are al lowed an exemption of 1200 for earn person dependent upon them for chief support if such person is under 18 years of age and Wapahle of self-support. Cnder the 1917 act, this exemption waa allowed only for each dependent "child.' The head of a family one who supports oue or more .erons closely ronneetel with him by blood relationship, relation ship by marriage, or by adoption ia en titled to all exemptions allowed a mar ried person. The normal rate of tax under the new act is b per cent of the first $4,000 of aot income above the exemptions, and 12 por cent of the net income in excess of imio. Incomes in excess of i,0(l() are miW jert also to a surtax ranging from' 1 per cent of the amount of the net income be tween fo.nmi and ffi.oon to 6.r per ceat of the ml income above 1,000,000. Payment of the tax insy be Diade ia full at the time of filing or in four in stallments, on or In-fore March 1.1, on Ot I m-fore June lo, on or Is-fore September 1.".. and mi or licfore. December 15. Revenue officers will visit every county in the ("nited States to aid taxpayer ia making out their returns. The date of their arrival and the location of their of fices may be ascertained by inquiring at office if collectors of internal revenue, postofliees ami banks. Failure to se these officers, however, does not relieve the taxpayer of his obligation to file hia return and pay his tax within the tine sM-citie.l l.v law. In this case taxpayers must seek the ( iovernment. not the C?ov eriiiiient s,s k the taxpayer. Born On Sunday. Februury 2:1, lflih to Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McCarter, a daughter. L0RAY SOCIAL AND CIVIC CLUB TO MEET FRIDAY. An important meeting of the Loray Social and Civic Club will be held at the West Knd school auditorium on Friday evening. February 2tf, at 7:."J0 o'clock. This will be a community meeting, and all who are interested in community work are invited to attend. Mr. C. Lee Cowan, the new county farm demonstration agent, will make a talk on "Gardening." which will be il lustrated with slides furnished by Mise Nell Pickens. At this meeting plans will be discuane i for the beautifying of the Loray village, and announcement will be made of the prize which the rlub will offer to those who will take part in a contest for the best display of flowers and for the best . kept premises. A very cordial invitation -ie extended to all. both young and Id, to attend thi meeting. " Only 12 a year for Gastea eemnty leading newspaper. The Gazette. See scribe today.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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Feb. 26, 1919, edition 1
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