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THX GASTONLA GAZETTE. KONDAY; MAtCH" 17, I9I5T. The Gastoni a Gazette ? Issued every Monday. Wednesday and ty- . D. ATKINS. J. W. ATKINS. Editor and Manager. Admitted into the mails at the Post Office at Gastonia, N. C, at the pound rate of Postage. April 28th, 1902. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. Cm year 2.00 ix months 100 Three months 50 Om month -u AH subscriptions payable in advance ad discontinued promptly uion expira-ftioa. i ESTABLISHED 1880. No. 236 West Main Avenue. PHONE NO. 50. MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919. Horrible Fate Experienced by Syrians. Joseph Ailaniy. a Syrian who lives in reenslOro, received tlif first letter this week that he hu-1 had from home in more than fjur years. The letter was from his sister, ami informed him that who was the only surviving member of the family, ear and more distant relatives to the lumber of :io having died. A reporter of The Greensboro News, who saw the let ter, says: "Human interest was touched when the sister described bitterly the noble f ght hey made for life. Her husband, be said, denied himself food that it night be left for the children, and as a result he died more than a year ago. Left by herself to care for the little ones, she attempted to raise food in a garden, but the Turks made another cruel raid, leav ing desolation in their wake. Roofs were removed from the houses, she continued, and every piece of woodwork was sei.ed by the Turks, as well as all of the fann ing devices. But when they left, she walked to Mont Lebanon, a distance of nore than .'10 miles, to get food the chil dren. With no shoes and only the tattci ed garments she had worn for more thai, three years, she completed the journey, but was only able to obtain two pounds f flour. Alas, when she returned home tired, sick and almost starved, she found two of the children dead. With only a mail stick she dug two little graves, and -the children were given a Christian burial. "Boys and girls walked through the streets crying for bread, and it was not uncommon for a small child to plead "For God Mercy, for Christ, give me just a biscuit." Boiled grass and a sort f bread made from oats were almost all they had to eat except, perhaps, the car can of domestic animal. "But the invasion by Allied troops "brought partial relief, she said hopeful ly, 'and we praise God for the Allies, es pecially America.' The Americans have promised us to bring more food. " In peaking of the United States soldiers, the last line was well translated verbat im: "They to us are as the soldiers of the Jesus Christ. ' ' THE LITTLE SCHOOL MA'AM. (Written for The Gazette.) Only a little school teacher. With a very big heart inside And nobody knows of the trouble that flows Into that heart of pride. Only a plainly dressed school ma'am. Some folks call them "common." you know. But there's something so sweet, so plain, anil so neat About them, that "common" wont go. Only a busy school teacher. One of the "much oppressed.'' Yet she murmurs not of her busy lot. But makes of it all the best. Only a tired little school ma'am. Wearing that tired sweet smile. And she never complains when it snows or rains, But feigns happiness all the while. Only a vexed little school ma'am, Something gone wroifg somewhere. Her temper gets loose, and you'd better vamoose! Or you'll wish you had been nowhere near. BY ONE WHO KNOWS THKM. STERN NECESSITY. Btern necessity demands at the present a union of nations the world over. This union must have a federal head with sufficient "force of arms" to en force its demands. With all the nations in this union mutually agreed, there will be no enemies at which to shoot. Unless this federation should have a tyrant or a fool at its head, there should be no dan ger of such a union. Force of arms will .always be necessary to quell great disturbances such as the world has just experienced, but above all must be brains to guide the Ship of State. With all the great nations in . council, the world will be made a fit place for mankind to' dwell. 8. a PETERSON, M. D. Gastonia, N. C, March 14, 1919. PARIS, March 12. With President Wilson's arrival 48 hours away the su preme war council is today giving final consideration to the military, naval and air terms for Germany. Delegates also finally determined the northern'and east ern boundaries of Germany and will take ap the Western German border Friday. These win be considered Saturday with President Wilson present. Germany will not be allowed to change the terms of the treaty. Premier Lloyd George and Pres ident Wilson will lead the movement for the abolition of conscription, with some .European nations opposing it. TEXAS PREPARING TO REDUCE ACREAGE Alone, ths Same Lines That Ars Being Followed In Other Southern States. Press dispatch from Dallas says: Cotton Growers, with 1.600.000 bales stored away, see danger of losing money. Fearing cotton prices will sink near the pre-war levels, unless measures are taken to prevent it. Southern cot ton growers are joining in a move ment for general reduction of 1919 acreage. In Texas the move has taken the form of a pledge to reduce acreage to two-thirds of that of 1918. The State Agricultural Department is emphasizing the benefits of planting grain on the acreage thus saved. The Government crop report placed last year's Texas production at 2.5S0, 000 bales. Cotton was around 35 cents a pound at the close of the picking season, but many growers and some sperulatora felt It would reach 40 cents and did not sell. Prices fell, however, with the signing of the ar mistice, and sinre then have beer, wavering between 21 and 25 cents. Barkers who loaned money to prow ers found their security diminished, and plantation owners found their crops of less value than when har vested. Texas growers estimate there are 1.600. 000 bales stored by indi viduals and In the compresses. They declare much of this has been dam aged bv winter rains. While cotton at 21 to 25 cents Is higher than before the war. grower say production costs Is so much highpr that they will lose money at 25 cents a pound. Last year's government reports placed the Texas acreage at 11.235. 000. Pv reducing this one-third, hankers and agriculturists feel that prices can be held to a point that will bring a profit and also bring a higher psice for the unmoved crop of 1918. The council of defense chairman In each county and the county agricuV tural agent have been named as corn mittees to aid in an extensive adver tising campaign to persuade all plant ers to sign the two-thirds acreage pledge. MUST STAND TOGETHER. The farmers will all have to stand together or thev will all fall together. Co-operation Is the one salvation of the farmers and when t.iey undertake as thev have done to all hand together In order to force a higher price Tor the product on which so much of their financial future depends, no fi'r m!,",ed norso-7 can do otherwise than w'sh them well. And the farmer, committed to the plan of holding his cotton as a means of brtoting te nr're. ourht to A'' play penuine V'llldog teTiacitv. Tt w;!l not do to held a couple of weeks a"d then let rn Inst bcue the rmr'-et shows a 1'ttle upward slant. Th's will not he Vr.pin the nledc. T'-i is not the sort of att'ttirl th'it w H m?V n impression on the man ir"1 the (ntTt who m.it'-ire th' w'N with t'"se of the time" T' the farmer 'nt to pove to thnn meri and tire irtor"-ts thit Vo I" :" rfo-u'lv p-rT":t he w'll h."ve ti h'w more ihni ii--t i VtMe trr"iriry r torr'iation -'-M his rotten. y()r ic cr." inforet the only !"rn t?rp th't s'iovM 'riove the farmer in th" preesnt erier""Ticy. Fomllv as grput a motive is the neross'tv of a snirit of lovaltv to his fellow f-rmer The cotton rrowcr has hi ohliftf'on to hfs fellow cotton "Tower as well a to himsnlf nrd it rTti'riv seems tr-it he owe" it to thn 'it of to mpn 'n the rallinr to arthpre rloel to th program wh'rh the majority sepm L fel is the wisest under the cfrrum stances. There has been a disposition on the part of one part of the public to take It for eranted that the farmer has been makirte hig money in recent years. And the farmer has done bet ter than in the nre-war years, but the high cost of living and of materials has hit the farmer as severely as It has any one else and his net profits have bpen bv no means extravaeant. He Is entitled to the svmrmthv of ev ery one who wants to see fair play In the great game of Ameritan enter prise. News and Observer. The following Information In regard to the progress of the cotton associa tion's fight was given out: "Editors In the leading financial papers state that 'the organization of cotton farm ers throughout the entire cotton belt, we find. Is more complete and the most systematic and moBt thorough. The men behind the movement under stand the Importance of the vital ne cessity of the organization. A per sonal investigation of men in the field convinces us that beyond a shadow of doubt the pledge reductions will be carried out to the letter. Further more, that most important of all. Indi cations are that steps being taken will lead to remarkable changes In the marketing of cotton. It Is an unwrit ten law that following all wars re markable changes and various phases of business usually result and the chances era that one of ths most rs maikakle changes will take place la ta msierelal life of the CoatV" IDEAL TolAV; George Larkin and Betty Compson in "THE TERR0R OF THE RANGE" "BUMS AND BOARDERS" Big V Comedy Also LOVES YOUNG SCREAM Rolin Comedy TUESDAY Tom Moore in "GO WEST YOUNG HAN" and THERE AND BACK" Comedy WEDNESDAY: JANE AND CATHERINE LEE in 99 "SWAT THE SPY These two imps never fail to fur nish the best of entertainment. THURSDAY IE MANTLE OF CHARITY' Featuring Beautiful Margurita Fisher Also "FOItD WKKKLY" FRIDAY William Farnum in Zane Grey's Dramatic Masterpiece "THE RAINBOW TRAIL" Sequel to 'The Riders of the Purple Sage' sbsssssbbbbsbbsssssssssbssssbsssssssssbsssssssbssssssssssssssssssssssssssbsss COMING ANNETTE KELLERMAN IN "QUEEN OF THQSEA" A SERMON IN SAND. (By E. C. Cottry, Wilwaukee, Wis.) The Master sat by the roadside. Far away from the town and its din; And the Pharisees brought for judgment, A woman overtaken in sin. A woman whose name had been tarnished, And blackened by t.muc and by pen; Whose every mistake had been published By a rabble of self-righteous men. And they told of her life full of errors, Wi:h many an ' ' 1 ve heard" and "they say." Hut she stood mute. n"i eer made an- wr. Sit turned from the Master a'.vay. .She sN.od thus aecuseil. sad and friend less. With m one Id take her part. And rested her rase with the jurist Who judges the hninan heart. The Mas'er sat lisVuinir in silence To each eharjje by the rabble bold; And the law laid down by t tie lawyers. With precedent hoary and old: But He spake never a word nor a sen tence, As He gazed on the throne pressing round lb' also knows every life story And He stooped and wrote on the ground. He wrote in the sand of the desert. That no record might ever be made, That tio other eyes might behold the lines, N'or tongue repeat what He said. And the shifting sands of the desert. As they tossed in the playful wind. Wiped out the words that the Master w rote. And left no record behind. He wrote not on parchment or paper; He wrote not with pencil nor pen; His words we're for the time and the moment ; For a woman and self-righteous men. But the moral will live through the ages, And forever as pattern will stand; Teaching mortals to judge kindly of others And write of their errors in sand. We know naught of what was then writ ten, For the writing passed with the day; But the indictment penned by the Master Caused the accusers to steal way. Perchance, 'twas a tale of men's honor; Perchance, of their erime and their shame. In which each self-righteous accuser Saw written his own guilty name. Or again, percbance, of the. woman; Of her life and ber friendless lot: Of the temptations spread ont before her; Of the many hard battles she'd fought W know not one word that was written. But here is a thought that's grand : I That the Master wrote with His finger, I CALOMEL DYNAMITES A SLUGGISH LIVER Crashes Into Sour Bile, Making You Sick and You Lose a Day's Work. Calomel salivates! It's mercury. Cal omel acts like dynamite on a sluggish liver. When calomel comes into contact with sour bile it crushes into it, causing cramping and nausea. If you feel bilious, headachy, consti pated and all knocked out, just go to your druggist and gtft a bottle of Dod son 's Liver Tone for a few cents which is a harmless vegetable substitute for dangerous calomel. Take a spoonful and if it doesn't start your liver and straighten you up letter and quicker than nasty calomel ami without making you sick, you just go back ami get your money. If you take calomel today you 'II be sick ami nauseated tomorrow; besides, it may salivate you, while if you take Dodson 'h Liver Tone you will wake up feeling great, full of ambition ami ready for work or play. It's harmless, pleas like it. Report of the Condition of THE BESSEMER CITY BANK, at Bessemer i.y in the Mate of North Carolina, a' the close of business, March 4, 1!H!. RESOURCES Loans ami Discounts ."!t,."iliL..'i 1 Overdrafts, secured l,7.".L'f Furniture and Fixtures 1,000. Oil Due from National Banks. . . . S,tilill.74 Silver Coin, including all min or coin currency 'Jl'I..'I National Bank Notes and other I. s. Notes :;.os':.im) Total $75,092.86 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in $10,000.00 Fndivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid.... 1 .72S.4 Desposits subject to check.... 4l',7H4.ilt Time certificates of deposit.. IJI.I.m.sO Cashier's checks outstanding.. I.4L'.'!.i Total $75,092.86 State of North Carolina Couiitv of (ins- ton, March l.", 1919. I, O. M. eruon, Cashier of the above- named Mai.k, do sjlemnly swear that the above statement is true to the b st of my knowledge and belief. O. M. VKKXOX. Cashier. rviosci iiie.1 anil sworn to letore me, this 1.1th dav of March, 1919. .1. H. Wilkins, Xotary Public CORHLVT Attest: K. C. KKNXEDV, .JOHX J. ORMAXH, I. A. WHITK, Directors. Report of the Condition of THE MOUNT HOLLY BANK, at Mount Holly in the State of Carolina, at the dose of business. 4, 1919. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts Overdrafts, secured Xorth Carolina State Bonds and W. S. Stamps 44 Furniture and Fixtures Demand Loans .12 Due from National Banks. ... t! Due from State Banks a n t North March Bankers f iidd om Silver C,,i or c.,in Nationa I er l". . 11 !'. including u rrency . Bank Notes Notes all min and otii- 114.:tl J'J.4I lilli.OU 700.00 204. .10 v;o.!s siM.114 MI.MO 74:i..1o -' .no Total $178,192.34 LIABILITIES 'npital Sto. k paid in . lii,.1iio.oo 'ndivided Profits, less current expenses and taxes paid.... 7,949..'0 lill Payable 1 .1.OHO.OO eposits subjec t to check .... 1 01 ,.120.7 1 Time certificates of deposit. . . 4J.07H.04 Cashier's checks outstanding . 044. LM) Accrued interest due deposi tors 500.00 Total $178,192.34 State of .North Carolina County of (las ton, March 14, 1919. I, J. A. Costner, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. J. A. COSTXER, washier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this loth day of March, 1919. C. B. Howard, Xotary Public. CORRECT Attest : A. P. RHYXE, If. A. RHYXE, J. A. COSTXER, Directors. And wrote in the shifting sand. The sland'rous word, like an arrow, Goes forth on an out-going track; And the calumny, once it is spoken, Will never, no never, come back. Then, let's carve others' virtues in gran ite In rocks that forever shall stand; But if we know aught of their errors, Write these in the shifting sand. LONDON, March 13. By a surprise attack German government troops out flanked and drove back the Spartacidea at Lichtenburg, said dispatches this af tornoon. The Reds fled in a panic, aban doning their material. The main force of Spartacidea is now consolidated with government troops and is advancing on the Reds, driving them to desperation. The Reds are committing brutal atroci ties. Both sides are lighting without mercy. If the fighting continues long many may starve. $ 1,04. 1,05:;.. .- Charter No. 4377 Reserve District Ifo. S REPQRT OF CONDITION OF THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Gastonia in the State of Xorth Carolina, at the close of business on March 4th, 1919. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, including redis- y counts, (except those shown in b and ') i,0L,l,79..HL' Deduct: Nctes and bills rediscounted (other than oaiiK, acceptances sold ) ( see Item .17a ) .176,742.54 F. S. Bonds deposited to secure circula tion (par value) 25O,O00.OO F. S. bonds and certificates of indebted ness pledged as collateral for State or other deposits or bills payable 150,000.00 1'. S. bonds ami certificates of indebted nd.-s owned and unpledged $100,000,00 Liberty Loan Bonds, :t 12, 4, ami 4 1-4 per cent, unpledged Secureties other than V. S. bonds (not including stocks) owned un pledged Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of subscription Value of banking house, owned and unincumbered' Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank I 'ash in vault ami net amounts due from national banks Net amounts due from banks, bankers, and trust companies other than in. I ii. 1'. I in Items 1.1, 14, or 1.1... Clic ks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank ( other than Item 17) Total of Items 14, 1.1, 1", and IS .f.'!o .722..".2 Cheeks on banks located outside of city or town of reporting bank and other cash items .10o,ooO.(H! :!4,197.61 25,000.00-l.t,500.0- 195.249.S1 92,.12.r).6fr 213,76H.2&- 70,407.25, 17,.14ti.7f Hedemptioii fund with I'. S. Treasurer and due form lT. S. Treasurer Interest earned but not collected- approximate on Xotes and Bills Receivable not past due 2,4ti7.4f 12,500.00 2,2.il.l? Total trust companies i other LIABILITIES Capital stock paid in Surplus fund I'ndivided profits $ 69,.1.'fti.tjS Less current expenses, interest, and tax- I'H'd 14,.!17.0S Interest ami discount collected or credited, in advance of maturity and not earned 'aujiroximate ) Circulating notes outstanding Net amounts due to National banks .... Net amounts due to banks, bankers, and than included in Items .'II or .12) Certified checks outstanding Cashier's checks on own bank outstanding Total of Items .12, .1.1, .14, ami .'(5 .... $.129,7(!5.0.'! Individual deposits subject to cheek Total of demand deposits (other than bank deposits) subject to Reserve, Items .:('.. ::7, :!S, .tu, 40, and 41 .t952,31o2b' Certicates of deposit (other than for money borrowed) Total of time deposits subject to Re serve, Items 42, 4.(, 44. and 45 575,72.7.1 War loan deposit account Rills payable with Federal Reserve Bank .$2,824,247.43 ..fr 250,000.00 200,000. 00- 55,219.60' 16,217.81 2.io,ooo.o(r 35,75!). Iff 2.'!2,0OS.22 16.1.2!5 (il,s:i4..1e 952,.'! 16.26 575.72S.7J 45,000.00-150,000.00- Total $2,824, 247.43 Total contingent liabilities (.17 a, b, ami c) $ 376,742.54 Of the total loans and discounts shown above, the amount on which interest and discount was charged at rates in excess of those permitted by law (See. 5, 17, Rev. Stat.), exclusive of notes upon which total charge not to exceed 50 cent was made, was 101,462.14. The number of such loans was 17. State of North Carolina, Cqunty of Gaston, ss: 1, S. X. Boyee, Cashier of the above-named bank, do solenmlv swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. S. X. BOVCK, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me this l.'tth .lay of March, 1919. D. M. Robinson, Notary Public. CORRKCT Attest: J. H. SKI'ARK, S. A. ROBINSON. THOS. L. CRAIG, Directors. 1 J r V v slaT IT" - .r .'0T 23 I HUFFSTETLER BROS. All Kind of Hen vv Hauling Moving Household Goods and Cotton a Specialty FOR QUICK SERVICE PHONE OR SEE US Office Phone No. 99 P. R. HUFFSTETLER, Residence Phone 169 L. G. HUFFSTETLER, Recidence Phone No. 352-J Haa Not Learned Life's Letaon. A man who has lived and haa not grown tolerant toward others does not deserve to meet with tolerance himself. Turgenlev. Report of the Condition of THE BANK OF GASTONIA, at Gastonia in the State of North Caro lina, at the close of business, March 4th, 1919. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts $278,572.40 Overdrafts, unsecured 392.82 United States Bonds and Lib erty Bonds 35.800.0u Furniture and Fixtures. . . 1,878.70 Due from National Banks . . 9,062.12 Checks for clearing 464.33 Silver Coin, including all min or coin currency 1,298.14 National Bank Notes and oth er U. a Notes 2,039.06 Total 1329,307.51 LIABILITIES Capital Stock paid in $ 50,000.00 Undivided profits, less cur rent expenses and taxes paid 6,226.31 Notes and Bills rediscounted 10,000.0 Bills Payable 8800.00 Deposits subject to check 109,079.75 Time Certificates of Deposit. . 43,357.14 Savings Deposits 345.75 Cashier's Checks outstanding. . 351.4 Due to National Banks 3 ,50 8.53" Due to State Banks, Bankers, and Trust Companies .... 18,138.6? Total $329,507.51 State of North Carolina County of Gas ton, March 13, 1919. I, Wade 8. Buice, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that th above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. WADE a BUICE, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before nv this 13th day of March. 1919. F. C. Abernethy, Notary Pablic CO ERECT Attest: J. WHITE WARE, W. H. WRAY, A. a KARESH, I Director.
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