SUBSCRIPTIQN $1.00 PER YEAR
GASTONIA, N. C.,APRIL 27, 1916.
NUMBER 90.
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
Jonday to conduct the meeting
a Loray Baptist church,
number of machinists from Eng-
^ are here installing machinery in
" mills.
y Mrs. W. C. Garibaldi, who has been
(dpiting her father. Mr. F. A. Costner^
* i^urned to her home in Charlotte to-
The Browning Meeting. I
■ The erection of the Taberaacle on I
• -Ti^ursday was an event unique in our |
Prak Robinson, of Lowell, wa-s j^jstory. For one day at least the i
terday. | gc-od people of Gastonia practically
N. Cook, of'Hickory, will bel followed the profession of their Mas-
tVio tei’-^-that of" a carpenfcer. In this
buildiirg of a structure to His wor
ship they honored he Prince of Peace
and exalted the honorable trade of
carpenter.
'^he meeting the first Sunday '.n
' *- wl! be appreciated by all our
. pis of all denominat'onSr as is at-
, -^t?-d by the kindly interest asked for
;t by .the pastor of the Fir^t Baptist
church of Henderson. . Mr. Browning
The telephone company is removing
■“le poles from our streets. This is a
le poles from our streets, ihis is a ^o-do u& good. He preaches
feat improvement to the beauty i Christianity only, and we hope he
wqi rece've a cordial reception from
iry- one Gaston'a will co-operate
Svxth'^every movement that tends f?r
the uplift of humanity such as this
one.
,ir. streets.
^ Mullis will speak at the
I M.ll Hall Sunday night at 7:30
ock. She will be assisted by Mr.
iii.T-i, Mason, of Charlotte. Miss Mul
lis is soon to return to her • chosen
field in China.
The Osceola M'lls perfected their
organization this v/eek by elecf.ng W.
T. Rankin, president and treasurer;
vV, W. Glenn^ vice president, and W.
r. Rankin, W. W. Glenn. A. E. Moore
and T. W. W Ison, directors. They
are conside ing a site for the new
plant. The -.e well known men assure
the success >f the mill.
Fr’day ev jning ?t the graded schocl
building Shakespeare’s plays w'll be
rendered a:^d all are 'nv'ted. There'
vill ho ho •.;harr-3 f'" a'-m=nsi'-n _bu"
->ks will '.e accepted for the school
'.ry, Ir the fire the library'was
royed and it is hoped to get an-
m ^ ^ laudable under-
ng.
^'he Pythians held their district
'^ting heife on the 24th. A large
-ation of splendid fellows attend-
greatly enjoyed the hospital ty
hosp‘tabl'2 c'ty. In heart and
15vest delegate was Dr. L. A.
, 'Concord, whose 82 years do
\-,urb him at all. He is one of
j just as he was 50 years ago.
To. Messr?. frowning and- Tillm^h—
••My Dear Brethren;v. • ^
I just now called up the New-
'•n-ibs to see if I might yet have the
ripcrtunity to tell you goodbye, and
‘xpress again my appreciation of the
rent service yu rendered the commu*
■ rou'h the meetings. I learned
' ■^,-o‘Vrr Charlie had already gone
■ ] ther Ray was at'the station,
h'd up to the last moment hoped
■ t I m ght-be able to run down to
-■e you—or try to do so.
vcn bothi can say some of the
- '!» h’ngs.Vand so I am wiiting
• t,-> you both. First, I wish to
■'■ 'rrr: 'i"rson il testimr-.ny to the
ry high quality of the work rendered
by you both—^nor would I bmit Miss
•TevN^ell. I have rarely heard in evan-
gei’st'c meetings preaching that pleas-
''^1 me so fully or that did, me so much
-iood personally. Taking it as a whole,
''’'^r?.at'ly value it for the large ele-
^nt of instruction it contains, and
•’.T'te as much for its bold—almost
■;.ai’;^ig—prophetic ring. Poss'bly I
now and then that Ray would
a b t more more cautious '.n his
^[ennnc'.at]^^, but I have at the same
time ^tfiiiJB^ysel fsaying: “It is like
:o^it old boy*JiniL God
GENERAL NEWS
A narrow escape for Emperor
Nicholas of Russia from bombs drop
ped by an Austrian airman is report*
ed from Stockholm.
Thomas Nelson Page, American am
bassador to Italy, is at home on a
vacation. He is accompanied by Mrs.
Page. ^
The British admiralty says 49 lives
^'eer lost when the British steamship
lent was sunk without warning by e
German submarine on April 5.
Chairman McCombs of the Demo
cratic national committee, has noti
fied the President that he will retire
from the chairmanship at the meet
ing of the national convention.
Seedless tomatoes and. cucumbers
are the latest freaks in horticulture.
They were grown by E. P. Sandsten,
professor of horticulture of the State
Agricultural College of Colorado.
’ Resolutions pledging loyal support
to rPesident Wilson and the Federal
administration in the present crisis
were unanimously adopted by both
branches of the New York Legisla
ture.
The great plant of the Westing
house Electric and Manufacturing
Company in East Pittsburg, Pa., is
closed on account of a strike of its
thousands of employes, who are de
manding eight hours a day.
By a vote of 59 to 10 the Senate
"aturday rescinded its own amend-
M:;-t which would extend the ex'stiug
ugar duty of one cent a pound four
years, and accepted the House b'.ll,
which continues the sugar tax indefi-
,1’tely.
Rev. H. Buchanan Ryley, Episco
pal rector at Greenville, S. C., will
■'.ave the ministry in order to volun-
er in the British army. Mr. Ryley is
■n Englishman and once served as
•intain of the Que^ens Westminster
'olimteers, in the British Territorial
Passengers on a Union Pacific
v.^re robbed by a b^indit west of
na', W '' ’ ’ '
ha§ brou^
ai.-_ ■'j.;c.>gether unprecf
my stay- of .two and a half j
li^re. The whole, town, so fat |
derjr- I my stay oi .iwo ^ ^
_ „ ' > in- ..,'t: year» H4ve. The whole, town, so far tiie Annual Con'J .ce (of
^l^^rof the audienccj as I can'judge, has swung nearer Methodist Episcopal ^Jhi^ch
. n;ifl rio'hteousness, and a Be^ at^ ( North) in Chicago, the a,if^.^mative-
J m no novices as coipedians
ties to the suit had me'f.,
^ed, liifo' was a dream o?
•e.- ^Afterwards ■ it was the
. Yduth had married for the
money. He got fooled—the
was nit. She sued for diVorctf
..llomony. The jury gave her the
ree and 42 cents. She had sued
God and rig-hteousness, and & iiewat
fmosphere been created for-,-the'Pi6s-j
ent at least in which sin and frivolity
will be slow to vaunt..themselves', and
in which godliness'rnajr fere to look
into the face of the world. I regret
'„very.much that, so far'as li-was-aible
to judge, the world’s boasted Society
and A.risctocracy were not largely
represented in the congregations, and
520,000 000 tat this i-T of sub-
,perfection thought 1 „;,1 still move on unabashed
One of the allegations of he - “ ^ „eouW will for a time
mdant was that the skirt of th.e
ntift' was modern.
_ vraS^ so; held by the Honorable
/ge. All in all this farce-comedy
(s well rendered and highly enjoyed
all. The proceeds go to the Py-
in Drum Corps.
There are a hundred and sixtfeei
unprotected landing places betwe
Portland, Me., and the Virginia Capes.
See “The Battle Cry of Peace.” Cozy
Theatre Monday and Tuesday.
'' Paysour-Payne.
Bessemer City Journal.
“ tast Saturday afternoon at 4-.30
Iioct Mr. E. B. Payne of Bessemer
,ty and ilis? MarietS Paysour, of
Jrouse were united in marriage at
•the home of Rev. E. R. Caldwell, as-
bisted by Rev. J. C. Galoway, D. D., of
r-Mtonia. Mr. Payne is a son of Mr.
/ City. The ycStiP’Sai.
wishes of a large number of fr'ends.
V Pay your poll tax this week if you
wish to vote in November.
But- most of the peopjg will 'for a time
fet least feel that they' havej discov-_
'bred a nobles society and aristocracy-
and that those that spell themseWes
with capitals have been discredited
and shorn of their power in a meas
ure by the blows you have dealt. If
this .is tfae—if the Society set ^has
^%restlge—I count fliis one of'the
csl hopeful results of the meeting.
This is significant: One of my prom
inent men came to see me today. He
is one of the type likely to hold aloof
from a meeting in another church,
and to criticise, if everything does not
please him—likely eVery church has
several of his ilk. I was muih pleas
ed to learn that he had attended near
ly all of the evening services and that
he had only praise for the preaching
and-the methods, and counted it a
great meeting. This feeling seems
widespread.
I will now feel better after trying
to malfe you feel how gratefully I
,"hcr YOU . ai...' .how heartily
I pray God to oless you.
Yours cordially, ,, r;
S’.'X: :M0MA}N; >
vote failing by 680 votes to reach the
necessary two-thirds.
Rev. William Smith, a Bal>fist min
ister of Spartanburg, S. C., dropped
deadi&unday afternoon soon after ad-
m'nistering baptism to a class at
West Springs, S. C. Coming out of
the water he walke,d to the hotel,
where he died. Mr. ^mith was a Con
federate veteran. ,'
Miss Mabel C. Iflyun, 32 years old
JUDGES AND REGISTRARS
FOR COMING ELECTION.
Election Board Names Men to Have
Charge of the June Primaries and
the November Election-
The following have been appointed
registrars and judges for the election
and primaries for June 3rd. The first
named is the registrar and two last
named judges:
Gastonia No. 1.—W. C. Abemethy,
W. F. Pearson and Jas, L. Hannah. •
Gastonia No. 2'.-.—J. C. Owens^ R. C,
Patrick and John 'W. Stewart.
Gastonia No, 3.—-A. B. Elliott, H.
E. Conrad and H. W. Counts.
Glenn’s—E. G. Petty, Boyce Fergu.
son and H. W. Huffstetler.
Robinson’s—John C. Robinson, Mar
shall Robinson and I. S. Robinson.
Spencer Mountain—J. R. Dellinger,
J. W. Wilkins and John Sills,
Lowell—P. W. Hand, S. J. Gaston
and Paul Titman,
McAdensville—G. M. Patterson, G.
L. Wright and J. W. Rankin.
Belmont—W. A. Leeper, G. B.
Stowe and Oscar Armstrong.
Un’on—J. R. Henderson, R. M. W^il-
;on and D. B. Harwell.
South Point—A. M. Suggs, Jno. L.
•Zagan and Sloan Dixon.
Mt. Holly—Jno. W. Patterson, G.
vV. MeGinnas and W. F. Holland.
Mt. Island—J. M. C. Henderson,
'as. Ridenhour and R. C. Farror.
Lucia—J. M. McIntosh, E. 0, Da-
■‘s p.nd J. B. Hart.
Stanley—C. F. Smith, J. W. Del
linger, J...P. Calloway.
Alexis-r-S. M. Stroup, D.’^'M. Rob-
nson and W. E. Strouj).
Dallas—J., W. Suiiimey, W. P.
3ranch and Jno. M. Pasour.
Carpenter—Jno. A. Kiser, Anderson
:Ciser and W. Sid Carpenter.
Cherryville—Stephen Stroup, Jno.
Houser and D. E. McLane.
s—H. S. Selins, T. M,
:?lo^k, Jr., and Ben Smith.
Bessemer City—C. E.' Whitt.
T. Oates, and R. R. Rollins.
S. M. ROBINSON
M. A. CARPENTER, Sec.
April 22, 1916.
MARTIAL LAW |
IN IRELAND!
THE REPUBLICAN COUNTY
PLATFORM.
The Republican party in, County
Convention assembled February 24,
1916, do hereby favor and pledge our-
REBELS STILL HOLD PARTS OF
selves if entrusted in power to use
THE CITY. our endeavors to enact into law the
following, viz.:
Revolt Spreadas to Other Parts of First—We favor the election of «>,■
, , ^ T • I County Superintendent of public in-
Irciand—S»r. John Maxweiy Gcies: ^ J j ^ r. j u r 4.
^ ; struction and County Board by direct
to Take Charge of Troops.
London,' April 27.—Martial law has
been declared ‘ throughout Ireland
and Maj. Gen. Sir John Maxwell, who
NEW PAPER FOR
GASTON COUNTY
COMPANY FORMED TO PUBLISH
REPUBLICAN PAPER,
until recently, commanded the troops
in Egypt has gone over to take
charg^, the Irish Executive officials
having placed themselves under his
instructions. He has been given full
disciplinary powers for the extension
of the operations and the suppres-
,^ion of the rebellion. Fighting is still
going on in the streets of Dublin.
The revolt, which broke out in
Dublin Monday, has spread to other
parts of Ireland chiefly to the West
and South. This information, to
gether with the fact that the rebels
vote of the people. And all other of
iicers by direct vote of the people.
Second—We favor the nomination
and election of the County Commis
sioners by township. By “each town*
ship respectively by direct vote of t.h‘
peup)e.”
Tli’rd—We favor llte abolishment
o fall unnecessary offices especially
County Treasurer and County Auditor.
The abolishment of these two offices
would save the tax payers of the coun
ty .?2-400 a year. •
Fourth—We favor free school books
fo rail pupils attending schools sup
ported, in v/hole or in part, by the
tax money collected from the people.
That is the state furnish said books.
are still in possession of parts of the i as is done in California and other pro
city of Dublin, was given to the Na- gressive commonwealths, and that no
tion by the HMtniiersgT.CSscmfwy ’ books be bought from the book trust,
tion by the Ministers in Parliament nor from any other person firm or cor-
today. '-toration who has a monopoly on any
cr books, and that the printing
Right You Are. and sale o fany such books as might
Statesville Landmark. 1 be selected by the properly constituted
They're trying to raise $40,000 for j authorities shall be open to the frest
the Y.-.M. C. A. at Greensboro and j competicion.
this is what Everything found: I Fii’Ui—We condemn the act of the
“Those who were soliciting money' State corporation commission in mak-
for the Y. M. C. A. in Greensboro| !n ga 5 per cent increase in.the taxa-
heard more tales of woe than they|ble property of the county, after an
suspected existed this side the war | unreasonable increase had been made
zone. Men who. were joy rid'hg aiid | by our local tax assessors. We pledge
men who were living on big incomes! ,>ur'representatives to repeal^ 'y •md
suddenly became very poor—and oth- all laws giving the corporat’o., com
Ho-
ers, men not suspected of having any
too much of the world’s goods, came
across handsomely.”
It’s usually that way. The fellow
mission the power to thus unfairly
treat the already overburdened tax
payers of this county. We further
favor a more equitable, fairer, equal
Jits usually uiat way. aiic leiiuvv lavui a xxiuic —
of comp^atively small means pays j assessment o fthe property of thi:
more taxes in proportion to what he i :;ounty.
has than the wealthy; and as a rule
ihe pays more to the give,s
^‘■^e tp^. charity
low «H8t t..v . > man—tne
iioys 5eman-^is the dependence.
Bor ' . . ..
[)ur county offi-
•oads^^^^ash
HentTSter
Sixth—We con;
r allc*
,4;i:omy.
CharU'r is Received and Organization
is Affecied—Dr, Frank Kobimton, of
Lowe)l, is Elected President With
J, M. Hoyle, of Gastonia, Secretary,
Treasurer and General Manager.
The Gaston Republican Publishing
Co., of Ga.-5tonia, was chartered this
wtek ijy the Secretary of State, with
$25,000 rtuthorized capital and |1750
pa'ld in now. J. M. Hoyle, John M.
Morchead, W. D. Beam, J. A. Smith,
Dr Frank Robinson, Eli Dickson, J. ’
W. Armstrong, J. P. Huffman and
othc-j-s are among the incorporators,
n Tue.'jday April 25th, and organized
The stockholders are among the most
substantial men in Gaston. They met
by electing the following directors:
Dr .Frank Robinson, J. W. Arm
strong, J. M. Hoyle, J. P. Huffman,
Eli Dickson and J. A. Smith.
These directors met April 26th and
elected the following officers of the
corporation: Dr. Frank Robinson,
president; J. P. Huffman, vice presi
dent; J. M. Hoyle, secretary and
treasurer and manager.
By purchasing The Gastonian plant
and the Beam Printery they are en
abled to start business at once. They
have employed G. E. Kestler of Con
cord ,as editor and will retain the
services of Mr. Brumlcy and Mr.
Beam as printeds. A suitable location
will be sccured in a few days. The
.patronage of the public will be greatly
ipprcciatcd.
PKOKi r ON GASOLINE FROM
300 TO 500 PER CENT
Gas Can Be Produced at 6 cents or
Less A Gallon^—Gasoline Selling^
From 19 to 30 Cents a
Itep^^ed to Dep^
You Can Bank on This
The banks of Gastonia are unions
America for American.^. See “'The
Battle Cry of Peace.” Cozy Iheatre
The hanks of Gastonia are a.nouK ; Jnd,-Tuesday.
the most substantial financial insti- j ^ '
tutions in the State. Their assets,,
are over $2,000,0/J0. They are ably;
managed in the interest of Gaston
CHERRYVILbl'; NI3W.S.
thoritatively said that' virtually ev- in tne iniereai. ui .
«Ty ship would be in; top-notch of | pg(.pie and Gaston interests. Their!
efRciency in 15 days. | buildinss and fixtures compare fav-1
Gen. Funston has forw-arded to the j orably with f
From the CherryTiUe EaRlo.
Mr P.alph London; ^vllO holds a po
rtion'at Kings Mountain, visited home
runbuua nas>
War Department another long report ies. A more generous
cn largei
,nd courteous [folks here Saturday and Sunday.
from Gen. Pershing on conditions in
that part of Mexico through which
his troops had moved. General Fun
ston said it picture a state of fright-
?nii, sion saiu it pici.ui.c « —
of Warrenton, Va., widely known in t„i destitution of the country and re-
society circles in Washington and U^ced the apathy of thi, peons to
throughout Virginia and the South as j wards the American troo]?8.
horsewoman, died Saturday
c;ottoii 12c
Cottoi^ Seed ®^c
PENNY COLUMN.
Washington from injuries received a
wee kbefore by her horse falling on
her.
The first separate American volun
teer squadrilla of the French flying
corps ha? been constituted and is sta
tioned at a point on tlie front, where
it is fighting as a separate unit under
a French officer. A number of Amer
ican have been on duty in France and
it was decided to bring them together.
Near Matewan, W. Va., James Ful
ler sot an dseriously wounded Miss
Myrtle Keese, a school teacher, and
thinking his shot had proved fatal, he
killed himself. Miss Keese ;is e.ipect-
ed to recover. The shooting is said tc
jhave resulted from the; young wo-
i man’s refusal to allow Fuller to visit
! her.
Because of the increase of bread
lines and the growing nuisiber of des-
Tet of men do not live than the bank-! The commencement exercises of the
ers of Gastonia. This is why Gaston I Waco High School will be held April
has more cotton mills than any coun- j 28, 29, and 30.
ty outside of merry England. Such | Jennie Lineberger, matron at
men controlling the financial blood of j Li,jjustone College, GaSaey, S. C.
any section add industries galore to | gp^nt from Saturday to Tuesday hei-
that section. The wise use of money j relatives and fi’iends.
is the bed rock upon which every town ' Sidney Weaver oI this
must rise to eminence and The Gas-; attended preaching at the Hall
man school house Easter Sunday
Mr. Albert Mauney of Crouse conduct-
;rowmg nuisiber of des-1 Republican sees the evidence of
titute persons in Belgium and nortn- | and institutions
em France the Commission for Ke-, ^nd
lief in Belgium has issued a call for
eight additional delegates of Amen-
can birc'.i and- parenlfige to volunteer
for duty in the stricken territory.
•‘Flag Day” contributions to the re
lief fund, according to the Daughters
if the American Revolution, probably
vill reach a total of $850,000.
After three day.s debate on. the
Binkhead good roads till the Senate
adjouriiL-l Friday witliout reachmg a.
ed the service.
Ml. ar,d Mrs. M. L. Rudisill left last
Friday for Biscoe v.'here they spent
i Easter w^th their son and daughter-
in-law. Mr. and Mrs. J. -A.. Rudisill.
GASTON.
her earlv, boost her late, i iu-i«», - n-
For this is the way to make her great; | Mr. .1. A. Rudisill is prmcipal of Bis
Boost her high- and boost her low, ■ coe High School.
For this is the way to ^nake her grow
est 1
be at it..
This stau.
senate committee
day by E. J. Justice o.
special assistant attorney genx,... _
the department of justice who is .
-estigating the largest land frauds .
the government has ever undertaken.
The st>itement of the North Caro
lina attorney startled the committee
and they questioned him closely. Mr.
.Justice declared there could be no
mistake about his information and
produced a letter signed by the re
ceiver for the oil w'ells on the Pacific
coast, who had manufactured the gas
oline, showing that his facts were
straight. .
Mr. Justice told the committee ot
results of the work of some of his
.-eceivers w'ho had been appointed to
take charge of the oil wells on the
'•oast “One receiver,” Mr. Justice
said, “has over $2,000,000 on hand
and over 2,000,000 barrels of oil. In
most cases the receiver is producing
crude oil at not over 5 to 7 cents a
barrel and after establishing a small
gasoline plant at a cost of a littla
•er $« 000 he is manufacturing gat-
UP IN CAROLINA
Special
%me for G
The children should all .>500 "The
Bai ■ "'V of Peace,” They must be j oi-„,e at 6 cents a gallon.
; . . . .lOfalong'Ihe line of frepared-
’ v.y TliciUre Monday and
FOR SALE—Tomato plants—early
June and Pondorosa. 10c per dozen or
^ 8 for 25c. Phone 371L.
Phone the Gaston Republican for
rates on all job work. -Our solicitor
will call and serve you.
Subscribe for the new paper today,
ffhone 39.
Can you give one single reason for
unpreparedness? There are hundreds
shown in favor of preparedness in
“The Bajttle Cry of Peace.”. Cozy
Theatre Monday and Tuesday.
No. 3fi Leave Track North of Lynch
burg.
Lynchburg, Va., April 27.—sSouth-
ern Railway passenger train 36, At
lanta to New York,' being pulled by
two engines split a switch at Bar
rett’s, 3 Smiles north of here shbi^tly
after 7 o’clock this evening, one en-
» • ‘ — i aiLci I VI v-iwn. ciiio s,.
I Read our advertisments" this issue I gine and five cars leaving the track,
and trade with those who want your; Piper and wife, who were walk-
business. | beside the track are reported
• ) killed and the engineer and fireman
We^-wish to enlarge our column. 1 engine weer injured. No pas-
Oifty one cent a \'ord. Phone us your killed.
, ads for this. r ®
F. Wagner for postmaster at New
York and Dixon C. Williams for post
master at Chicago. The appointments
have been under consideration for
some time and the President has en
deavored to name men who will excite
little opposition on account of fac
tional differences.
Hon. Geo. W. Peck, former Govern
or of Wisconsin and a veteran news
paper man, died recently at Milwau
kee, aged 75. He was a native of
New York and began work in a news
paper office when a boy. He was the
author of “Peck’s Bad Boy,” humor
ous articles which gave him much no
toriety.
A dispatch from Boston says 7,000
bluejackets at the Charleston Navy
nis is ge.nn.lW r?v:*-i‘‘ied as
mca.-.ius that t'-ere ivi'' be no roads
legislation at this session. Attempts
utn secure _jinanimous consent for a
vote on the roi H bill were blocxed
by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts.
Twenty-four thousand miners em
ployed in the Pittsburg (Pa.) district
weer ordered out of the miines Satur
day by President Van Bitner of the
mine workers’ organization because
their pay envelopes did not contain
the 5 per cent, increase provided for
n the New York agreement. It is ex-
•■pected that the difference will be ad-
iusted.
Fifteen huge motor field ambu
lances, one of them the gift of Wil-
i'am K. Vanderbilt, Sr., left the port
of New York Friday for service on
the battlefields of Russia, after hav-
ing been consecrated by dignitaries
of the Greek Catholic church in New
Up'n Carolina, luisette.'i. Special
Where patriots
Therare nt rebels
The climate driv
:i„ .. -f
up in vttftJuiTt*,
Benath the skies so blue,
Happy is life, for man and wife.
And for the babies, too.
Up in Carolina,
Near the forests great,
Hope and health, love and wealth,
Bless our earthly state.
Up in Carolina,
We are prepared always;
The hills and stars, ui peace or wars,
Protect our nights and days.
"'»*v,„tJ'>jamittecr'i.^ .
work, makmg a total membership in
Gastonia Council of 318 at present
with more to fellow. This is only in
line w.th the other fraternal orders of
Gastonia. What about a fraternal or
der convention for Gastonia and Gas
ton county some time in the future.
A MEMBER.
bluejacKetS at viie vnaiie&wii oi tne ijreeK.
Yard were put in overalls Friday for j york City. The other fourteen cars
the purpose of making the 30 war i were bought with cash contributed to
vessels in .the harbor ready for sea at | the American Hospital and Ambulance
the earliest possible hour. It was au-1 Service in Russia.
Up in Carolina,
Freedom rules supreme,
No master’s hand tries to command,
For things are what they seem.
Up ip Carolina,
We dream of'breeze and sky.
Smiling away the years so gay—
Thus we live and die.
—G. Ed Kestler in
The children of today will be
I Burkemont Succumbs to Auto.
I Morganton, April 24.—Burkemont
iithe highest and most inaccessible peak
I in the cha^n of the South mountains
I has at last been conquered by an
I automobile and A. C. Cliaffee'of the
! Morganton Furniture Company ac-
die. I complished the feat in a Reo. This
Greensboro News.. considered the most remarkable
mountain' climbing feat ever per-
formed in this section and the gen-
men and women of tomorrow. They ophiion was that it could not be
should see “The Battle Cry of Peace.” done. Mr. Ed Alexander accompa-
Cozy Theattre Monday and Tueeday. ^ nied him on the trip.
icharging against the plait
). \t market price of crude oit
'ill other items of cost and
icent, a year as interest on
'yent, 10 per cent, a year
^tion in value of the plant,
^st of manufacturing gas
Ix cents a gallon.
W compa^j^'ft can produce
rasbline at a lowej.- cost ti..^ o''-
•rnment receiver. Yet the large oil
concerns are selling the product in
Jalifornia at 10 cents a gallon or at
more than 300 per cent, profit.”
Mr. Justice admitted to the com
mittee that his findings had been re
ported to the department of justice,
and that Atomey General Gregory
had turned the evidence over to the
federal trade commission who would
fctart an investigation based upon the
facts found by him.
Edward J. Quigley was arrested
in Baltimore Friday on suspicion of
being a man wanted in St .Louis on a
charge of raising money orders. Ex
amination of Quigley’s grip disclosed
the fact that he had in his possession
$400,000 of securities stolen from a
, registered pouch on a New York
ferry boat on February 26. •%