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J V ' " ' GASTONIA . cotto:: v READ THE V ANT" . .. . 1 ' ; ' ADS ON PAGE 5 9-; NLJOm - la-i'ii J 41 CENTS TODAY ; . - "V. :x KiiisiR or tile associated press;; TED PRESS'; -.W1'':.'!': -' - L. XU. NO 110: . V GASTONIA, N." C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 7, 1920' y I - SINGLE COPY CENTS , 4 A THOiliFORiCiCffiiB ATTACKS life Carranza's Son-In-Law Prepare Fpr, the President's Coming;-, Famine JrnpenjcHng In Mexico City Forces Carranza to) See!?' a. Compromise With ; Revolutionary r Forces; if. . Ah FAfir TEX. , May 7 .-Mobili-z&tioa of troops, believed tobe iateaded ,uf ' iw I11 a eoneerted attack on Mexico CiiT$ continued ; todajv at " Juares as .niimeroua riorta of , ,ti) flight' of Pres ident Carranza before tbe spread of the revolution , was awaited . Accprding to t reports here ceneerning' ' the- - de )arture of CaranaaJua aon-itt-w ,Caa Ulo Aguilai, went to Vera Crus several 'duys'agq to prepare for the president's 'IT.r R".- Behrant eominetreial agent . of the, liberal constitutional , party at, El .Puxo, is authority for the' statement ' ; -that impending famine in Mexkia Cjtty .had v forced .Carranaa to' seek a comoro- -if;with he revolutionary forces.' Gen- a series of stiff maneuvers,, altitude and .ral ?P. Ellas Calles, VtammMatitpe. mA '"r , " .aifaOttiated . Press correspondent yeeter-1 novum ta , isruwn inuwv.. wtu iatir . -day , however, he did aot believe the rev olutionists .would consider, any- proposal ontQ factual conditions upon whfch ' a ompromie would be msde were outlia t J j Among- troops earoute ' to Jaarez a ; cording to General Jose Gonsales Esco barr eommaader; ;of :Juare,' ara ". 5,000 mtm from Sonoras Ko.will ' arm at Jeai . Grandee todayv" General Eseo i Xmr also announced that . Colonel Eduar . Ao F. Poreayo, "f the Casar Gr&ndes ,' iarriaon,"'wUl go to Chihuahua City to , .: .Qomniaad the 85th eavalry." t k -.,.t -V.' .- , , ,, . - i JI I GH COST OP SOUP W CHICAGO!. May,6V-Th high eost of eoup ; will , be the, first "object of investi . .gatioa of ' Uie : newly J created ' thigh Tcost r living committee .ow elty eo'ancil Max Adamowiikia shairaan, said today,Y- rhe meagernesl of pie'sik'M anil fite -tWrJy sliced, bam- in. aandwihk' will be tie next things imjuired about, Adamow .... - w-L 1 PllflFITEEIlli-1 INDUSTRY , IS FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE WASHINGTON, May 7. A study' of profiteering in American industry, made 1 wler the auspices of the railway broth -erhoods, was presented to the - railroad ,Vr iwra iwiii m miiyvin v wo 4 ., t - way workers , demands c .of higher ? pay sid td. refute the chifge thai Increased 'Jabvr costs are responsible for Um, high Uont 6f , living . ' Tr' r u prepared by Wi J! Lauek, former sec- TeUry of ihe War labor board, the study , teeks-to show that profiteering in indua- try ia tlie' fundamental .cause for hiffh prices in practically all commodities. It s tgives t many statistics " to suppprt ' that contention. r .-. ; -: ' OaUing attention he war-made mil lienaires, heistudy eobtevda that a ihree- ' YoW relationship exlats 4 'between , high prices,' profiteering and the addition; to . the qbota of-millionaires,'.' and that the ' - Increase i? .the. wealth of the wealthy is .-an ''lutanswerableV: refutation to all at tempts to "eharge labor with profiteering, ' 'and to all . attempts to ' bold labor ; ire sponsible for the higTj cost of living i: ' Pot, if invested wealth gets a large- - r retiim'-'said the study, "a. larger proportion of the national income than formerly, ' the Vvnan ; who gives, personal service or labor is botlnd'to get a small- er proportion , ,f i I- TKe menace of the future lies'ia the probability that, the .vast profits, which are still, held in reserve -will be'capal ir' 1 in order., that tin eerthe pretext, tf k fair rernra on .capital, the who. -own them may . continue to take the larger -Aoprtionoof nVtynal income, aren. at he. expense of very great suffering on x)ie: part of the Workers, when &e- ver tLTiulatdon of -war h?a passed away,"; i Of the axtraorciinary increase lia the price, of sugar now -amounting' to. 800 jt cent, thestndy says, tbe Increase, of l;or cdkt paid Ty, the consumer was V s . than 15 per-eenL''',Ths result, of t 'an prices accerdlhg to the emoted r rts of. l'S. eompsniea projcirover ' f tbe sugar eormaieJ la tie TJnit- . ' . - HXICflii r 1 - Goes to Vera' Cruz- ? to .HMY RESERVE AVUT0.1S ' ' WILL STAGE COniEST MINEOLAN. tiIay 7. More than trn score v amy Teeerve aviators, fresh fronv their studies, la 12 eastern collage, engaged in preliminary tryonts jt-hell field here today, preparatory to iak ingpart in the first Intercollegiate field day. this afternoon.' The, first machine took, tbe' air; shortly after ' - dair and from - then' oa' ons pUot af te'rTanother sailed across, the fleld and went through included a 20 minute altitude test, a 100 cr fv - mJraec tocapa ef 25 miles each over Long .Island W territory--tikls at landing on -Ty inark,' and maneuvering tests. ' Each event wil be decided on a point baaia and tbe. college ginning the largest number of points -will be jreseat d a eup by the Americad Plying. club. . ;The eosrtesta are being held under the joint auspices of the Intereoleigiate Fly ing' assodation,' ',. America PlyiBg cliib' and the United State air service. One -of the ; principal i parposes of .the tsU lti determine te what extent a re serve aviator loses ability t fly the availa1)nitys fi Tfefyr .viators o machines. Of jstaBdaT type, were loaned rUt , . John G. Carpenter - returned Wednesday - from Henderson "where be attended the Great Council of the" Inde pendent Order of 1 Bed, Men . in ' North Carolina': Mr.' Carpenter waa elected Great Senior, Sagamore OF ALL HIGiPIIICES ed States Was pictured in t)ie net profits of the&e concerns which, it was said, rose from' an average of 11,000,000 during the years 1912-1914 1 to 34,000,000 tor the years' 1916-1918.'? A f In, the meat, packing industryy s where I ioIUs were said to have tacTeascd b twecnv 300 and .400 . iper i cent ? the tehor item Was wltwn so small that a wage in crease of '100 . per-cent would i add les ? than five per cent to the iotal eost of the meat. The increase in price botween 1914 nd 1918 was. shown as eigXt times the j total labor , eost and, the 191 orice represented 25 times, the total lab r Item. Profits absorbed : approximatety A one half - the retail t price 'of crtaaa llbds of cloth, the report 'declared, j whU the labor teni1 amoonts' to frowi one- f aur teenth to one twentieth :; of Qui ' price. Similar relations iWere pictucea in the manufacture of men's garments. ft i " Shoes, acoerding to the study, fur nhthed a splendid opportunity for, the profiteer." The profit items in ' 1914, it was .charged, ahmrbed nearly ohe halftbe price, paid by the consumer; or nearly three times the total labor -ost, w"hiln-191f-the profit items amounted to approximately three fifths ofthe total price and-over five times he total labor cost f ,m - - i --.v 'r. -j ila creases la, the. retail ; price of bi tuminous coal were shown at four times the increase in labor costs wbil4 the pro portion of the proceeds of . th industry received by the coal operators was shown as inrreneed from 75" to 400 per cent. ' T "Profiteering did; not atop ' wiW the armistice,- the report declared, - present ing figures to show that corporation prof its la 1919 rere 110 per cent' over the prd-war average, which means, tha study added. .that1919 profits were more than double the average for the years 1912- 1914 ,,. ,Sf: V-i . V: .; : j . " An 'average, of $1,200 per family of five, during the years 1916-1919 was de clared tobe. probably a higb eonserva tivr estimate of the atrtual cost, of cor porate profiteering to the consumer. ; - .4lfXUl ''Is-:-; 'v -::''V4'r;,i , .... - . . ..i ... : ..'.- i' S.r 1 ' ; ' --..".. ' 4 1 , ' '-im. ' ' ''" ' ' ' r' :'-, ;r'-:"V-'.';:: : ' ' .1 :A . : v .?.:; v- " , J- 4 ! , v- !' i r ! ' hK - .-hi V - , t . . ' ' .,',.,. ; ; ' ' 1 ' t ;, t t: . - ? , r'r.- The fbove is a likeness of Bishop, U. V. W.x Darlington, ';of "jluntington, W; Va.Y who will be the gnest of honor and the principal speaker at. the annual get-' together meeting and banquet v of the Methodist; menlof the city to ', be add Monday aight ia the Xrmory . - Bishop Darlington ' has been'eard in ' Gastonia oaeeversl previoua becasionaand is a great favorite with Gastonia . Methodists. ThT committee' On arrangements was partionlariy fortunate in beinf able to secure hun;for tbia occasion. .'Three committees recently appointed, bavor made all, arrangements - for the biUtquet, which promises to be a most delightful and linspiring affair. .Mir, John, . Bankia j is . chairman of r.the 'iwmmitteaSoH ' arrangements ; j Mr W B. Morrla . of the invitation committee and'fr. J. H,. Separk f the eonupit : engaged in , looking af tex hia 'tjartkular part of the. work aad-as; a. result, every thing is in . readiness, ' ; The : committee on 'arrangnnts secured the -u co-opera tion of the ladies circles of Main Street church 4n the" serving of the banquet r Special music '. will . be rendered by an orchestra' . Otherk features arranged by the, program conuuirtou insure that the eveningi Vflff,be'one' of-' geodf ellowship o,:ma bold.3I.is: HOMESICK FOR U.S. Say. It!. Hard to Aecuatom Herself to Rusaia and Thin. Ruaaian Write. Letter to Chicago Friend Want, to I (Come Back. - f "' i ! - ' (ByTi e Assoc ia tiit Tres - CHICAGO. May 7 Emma Goldman," radical deported .. to Russia ' with Alex ander Berkmam and others oa the soviet Buford, has fouudl it difficult to acclimatize herself in the , land of . her birth and is "home aick' for the United States, according, to a letter , from hex to Dr.'Beo L. Beiman, long her friend made public today.. The letter was dated Mo-cow, March ' ' ' miss America;. I lived there thir ty years," you. know,"- said Miss Gold toian. V "However if I ."could at least hear from those ' dear to, ma I left be hind It would not be so dilficult. " Her lack of knowledge of the Bussiaa language and familiarity with tbe ."hew and strange .situation!', had kept her from becoming active in social, work, she wrote. 'W ' SOME STRONG WORDS , , i ' , SAID ABOUT:' HYMNS 1 ; i4 (By TherAsaociated Press.) ".;' i COLOGNE, - England, April 29 Some very, atrong , words about hymna'bave been said by the Ber.' H.?Hopkinson, vicar "of Holy .Trinity church here, and soft of the former vice chancellor of Man chester Cnivereiryo - .-?-A" We have learned,' he eays,' I'that war not a matter fof fluttering ban ners nnd clashing swords and ; beating drums, but merely a sickening and dirty butchery of lads in watejMrloggedor fly infested trenehee.' ' T C , V .7;W shall be less ready than we were to compare the movement of the church tp that of aVvictorioua army. Hymns that w could sing unthinkingly before tbe war have, become a lying blasphemy . . VfWho wouM now sing fLike a Mighty Army Moves the Charch of God ' v y V-Mr.f. and Mrs. Pv N. Glean and Mrs. George- Glenn win motor to Char lottejtbia afternoon and call to "tee Mrs. I. B.- OofdTth,: who i 01 at tbe Presby terian HotDital and Mrs.- Mark Wilson 1 at the St. reter 'a hospital , frs.Wil soa la improving slowly. . r- and Inspiration i ' " - ' J ' j : la Ahii connection the Aillo wing ,f rom The Uckory Record, will be of Interest: Bishop' VI, V. W; .Darlington, ' t( Huntington, "W.Va.', one of V the best known ministers in the country, , will oc cupy' the pulpit of jthe First Methodist church Sunday rooming and, in the af ternoon will dedicate the new Methodist charch Maiden. At night be wi preach in the First Methodist church at Newtoi. ; -;; v ; . j, r .There is no greater "platform speaker in ; the country-than' Bishop Darlington and no hjg offieer in the Methodist church is more popular than he, He'ia described as the prince of preachers by those who ' have heard . him and be ' is sure of a large n congregation Sunday morning. " i ;v f BISHOP D ARLINGTON 1 v V . , AT NEWTON SUNDAY. : 'Bishtfp U . , V W. Darlington .win preach in the Methodist church Sunday night at 7:30 o'clock. Bishop Darling- J ton, who" is one of the lending bishops ot the Methodist Episcopal Church, Sonth, is a good sieaker and a large crowd is expected, out to hear him. ; It is Uiought that, the other churches 5' of the town will not hold vening services but will join with the Methodist church in niiiiin mm-!ii . ', ' 9 PUI) TO CREATE FUND FOR OLD MINISTERS air ST-, WW, MJ 7. - Plans or '"P" te a . permanent w for the PP01 t irannuate.i CT! :eonidered ,by the gen- em ewcu or tne- Methodist Kpiscopai Churchy -Sontu,- conference' boards of fi- qain e .which" met here todays The meet ing will. be concluded tomorrow night. Delegates explained that the soliciting of" funds hardly would be begun for two year; as other; financial campaign are to be completed first.' The purpose of the' present conferenee) it was said, was to make tentative ar rangements -for the campaign and de cide on' the best means of preparing for iC" ! .V.,. ' CHICAGO STRIKES AGAINST STRCHED SHIRTS AND COLLARS CHICAGO, May 6-Todfy uUrkedtlie second day of the 20-day "strike" here against starched shirts and collars, -T " -. The "strike leaders-" claimed 12,000 workers in the" busines dirttrh-t joinel the movement' tW first day. .... t . '.Juhn W. Qiampion, seeretary of t2e Chicago" c hepter "of the Eei Crosse chief, ' ' agitator .'aaiil strikers ' V soft shiru might be any elor except white. 'i. .He added that, the striert bad taken a 'step toward efficiency in dressing b having ..collars atached i to "shirts, thus elimnaring t time spet searching for ya id attaching the collar. . liurbm a n WILL DISCUSS HIGH COST SHOES ATLANTIC .CITY, I, J...May 6-r The high eost of shoea and other leather products will bc-emong tlie problems dis cussed at the annual meeting of the Tan ners Council ef America, whieh opened here . today Beprescntativea y 0f f (tranches of the letho industry except the retail dealers, weer prant. "u " , Formation of a foreign. trad corpora tion, under the provisions ot the Edge bill for direct baying of materials ia Europe,, South America, Australia and Africa will be considered , by the tan ners. "United 8ta tee Senator Edge and Mark Sheldon, 'Australian' commissioner to the United States, wm be among the speakers tomorrow night. See tbta " IIoaJer Kitchen Cabinet r t 'Jlasin-Arnutrosr Furniture) Co.'a - . , 8 c 3 ' ;MER OF LOCATING BIG ORPHANAGE AT LINWUO Committee on : OrpHahage ,-Has .Four 1 Different Propositions One Each In Mecklenburg 'and Iredell ' Counties,; One jn South Carolina and ' uie jumwooa college Presbyterian Delegate jesus unrist in rreamme io v-onsutuuon. The setsions of the A;, Ti. V: .Synod today began a 9:30, . with; the prospect that this wiITle one ef the busiest days of : the entire meeting.; At 10 orclock BeyWaltet C. McCrnrkin,, representing the Eef ormed Presbyterian v Synod; of North - America,.: brought j! fraternal greetings from his , ehureh;'.'; pt t' Me; Clurkin' explained thai hia - was , the covenanter church," that they used k the raalnui exclusively, . but , were' not 'ac companied .by; musical instruments of any kind." He explained too that their most distinctive principle wa that ih asmuch as Jesus Christ is being and su preme, therefore he ought to be recog nised as ' head of our government and our. nation, ; Hia church Is, Just now conducting a campaign of education ia aa endeavor to put .the same of Christ' into the preamble of the constitution of the United. States. Dr Mcduskia &A ed that petition directed to tha, Presi dent, he House of BpTeentative fend the 8enat ef the United States might be endorsed. t This ; petition . was referred to 'the committee on Eeform",, -It is as follows; , ':''-::'01$xt -'' To the President, the Uovho of Beire ' sentatives and .the Senate of theUnit- ' ed Spates;' -'V-V ? Whereas, Theunity,' justtee, tranquil lity defence, welfare ami liberty of na tions, the objects' specified: Sk Jh . pre amble of the CoiwUtution' of the United Statesare to be seenred by' recognising the authority and obeying1 the laws of Jesus Clirist, and - ". Whereas The enthroncnient of Jettusas Clhnst as Raviour and King in tlie life of the people of the " Uniteil ' Btatcs should -be followed, as' a consequence, by the- acknowledgement ef His authority in 'the snpreme law of the "land,? therefore, f . ;-. ' "' . We resiectfully present, and urge our petition that the. preamble of th .Na tionaJ (Joustituti'on b ameiwW to tend in substance aj ' follow. f-"H"'J:s ... V0 the, People of the .United' Ntntos, i devoutly reeognisiug .the Aathority and Law of Jesus Christ,' the Baviour --and j King of nations, and deuiriug to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, f insure domestic tranquillity,' provblefor the common Defence .promote the jren eral welfare, ami secure the Vhsings of Liilwrty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish, this Constitu tion for the Unitel Htates of America, i ne committee apKtiutetl a year ago to cajivass the eastern . section of. the ! c-iiufii i(f uwt.-riiiii wiitrtiHT ir Jlul. j( 18 desirable to establish an orphanage in j thw , section fcodiiy reconimoifded tliat t an orphanage lie rd;iblihejl in the east ern section uf the churcii, and that one of the fyllowiug propositions bo aeepted : The.Linwood College property, at' tb9 price to Hy'nod of $125,000. This' property! consists of 320 acres of land, buildings, furniture, etc. " 2. The Stony Point property, con sisting of five acres of land, with an. eleveu room building. This pr0irty is valued at $6500, of .which Stony' Point proposes to pay $2,000 . . 3; The Ora proposition. Mr..W. J.' Fleming, of Ora, - C.,- offers to give 25 . acres of land, valued at' 100 per - acre, within one-half mile - of Ora church, and with this land (f 10,000, for equipment.7 " ", f ' 4 "The dardia; proposition A;' Sardi. church in Mecklenburg county proposes to giv 50 acres of. bind' valued at $6, 000, within three-quarters of a niiW from Bardia chufch, and With this land $t 000 for support of orphanage. 1' Vr j, These ."proposition? were dearly' ex plained eo the floor -oft Synod. -The committee on orphanage haaf all '. the propositions under consideration and wOl bring in a recommendatioa later, ; . C M 11 aV m Bev. Bufus W. MiBeV, ef Pittsburg, presented greetings from the Reformed Churches of America hold ing the Presbyteriaa system.' - :. Om Thursday, evening at S o'clock an .nilicnce '-was present at the Associate .Reformed ; Presbyterian church that packed, the tf building. Rerr J.'; P. Prcssly, pastor .of th. church, of this . decomnation at Due West, ; 8v C, was'the preacher for ; the occasion, Mr. -Pmsly is std,' young man. yet he ' is pastor of rcry toportant :" congTe?atloii. ' The education instltutons of the d?ncr.I naton 'e located at Due West Fr- BE rroposition uerormea Would Put - Name of i ,. dkine College,, the Woman's' CoUegw of .Due West,' and tbe Erskine Thoo-'J logical Seminary. A, college of the. treiiomiuatlon ha. ; witblnr - fbe ;. pant f been 7 eatablahed .at . FayetteTllle,.; Tena andis already taUnf; a .flae . .. stand from) the standpoint of atteod- , 1 ance and ' efficient'" work accompliaDL--ed. Mr. Presaley married Mis. fttm-'; ' .le. Boyce4 a. niece of Mrr 8.. -., N. ; Boycof cashier of the First Natlonxl , toa-,v;';.. itilie:.intoiHiteV' of tbo' eTenlns bd for; fnis Uext Palm 188:2,:'TlMm . hast magnfled Oiy. word above .11 ' thy name?' God ba. revealed Him self, the speaker said. In visions, by signs, . by 'angelic vbaltatlons, in ne rifice. and ' offerings,';; and by ' ; ate . . works .'of1, ' creation ' and providence, .; but' tbe most ; prominent ;fw.y ,; ia -which- he, baa reveafeol ( blmseif V la through hbs word.- Tbou bast mast ' hifled thy Word above alj Uly.name'B. In developing the ; . subject,; Sir. -" Ire88ly ahowed ..that the '.Word ' f, God;, transcend. ,ir other ; revelatioiwi. , All ether, are temporal and tranai-' ,. tory ; ' Jacob saw the' ladder reach ing to ; heaven : on Wbich,; the angela -wife' descending. nn ascending,' bne this rlsioy - lasted nly for, a-. little while and' Was never ' epeated,T&e Wor of the Lord'eridurcth forever. The excclleuce . of the; Word is' rea , lled also from the standpoint V of Hs perfectdu -"Tlie Law of the Lord is perfect'' and from the standpoint' of ita power , to convict .of sin. !'v In : ' closing he said that the duty laid ; tipon us. In iiew of the Jremendoua t liuportamt' of God ' word was..-, to'. 'Rearch the bcrlpturea," and Preach the Word." v-..".'r3,:.Vy) -:iM s . Dr. E. N. Orr, of Charlotte, nld' i Wretary. . of. the;,IntcwhuK'U; World Movement for North ami ' Sootn OarbllitA at o'clock presented. the: cuima' ot tblH movement. Bieakinr? nf Its origin, of U organtxatlou. ot lt plan or program. He abo , noted Komo objections ! and ' criticism that '.had.beA made of the tnorement, i and ; i xpoke of wrap reasons' why, this de-T nomination . fUbtild co-operate ia . nnj.tin. -.'. ,",,;' ' ' Mr. Qrr Is himself an Awpciate Reformed Prenbyterian,'; the; sari 'oC Rev. W. W. Qrr, D. D., of JDhnriotte. 1 lie nlo married a niece of Mr. S N." , Doyee, of Gastoftia tiMlaa 'JesIe-..' Boyce, of. Due West, S, (X l He ha'.a ' elMuent ttiteaker? and with great I credit to hmaelf 'end delight , to the large? audience present be presented . the Iuterchurch Werid Movebent ia r a moat charming-"way ; $ ' jil-v'-t"""', Th? one. thing that baa caused the. f, greatest amount tof interest that has . , eoine before jtheAssocbxte Reformed -Prsebyterian Synod np to this time ; was the ' disposition I of .' the sarpl oa -secured from the Forward Movement" ' campaign.'- The committee; that . had -the campaign in hand recommended that a .committee of at leasts .even, t' be appointed to consider for, one year . the. different eanses arid, recommend ' to the Synod: next year what db3po-i 1 -sitioo . to ' ma ke of the t more , thaa 1250,000 over1 and, above , the origi nal amount sought, and. which has " l already . been designated. Dr. ' O. R. White, of ' ; Charlotte, .-' offered aa amendmeot-a-hich. was accepted by . the Synod rather-: than':, the recorn--. mendation ot the committee. ! ' In View of "the great Interest manifest-" ed on this eabjectv; the action of the Synod on the subject ia given In full: l; Whereas in the Flnanciar ,Cara palgn of the Forward MoTemetst, t goal of 250,000 set by the Ft--' hag not only ,- been". ' reache 1. l pledges hTe been recevc 1 f r r .than.'$500.Cro'. thrr' y c" reaao-j tr,' (C A- r l
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