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PUSHING ROAD TO " v -
- Pla'UCLE KCiGS MMH
$2,500AYEARl(ECESSARt
' FOR FAMILY OF RYE
fl W A r77TH
; . AV h
r.lAIit GAINS
HI8UT ALL OF
(By The! Associated Pwrt.
; EL PASO.'Tex ., May 8 From virion
rts of Mexico, especially 4 immediately -
outh of the .Texas' border, east of. Ojin-f
n-a. to the gulf Tot Mexico, report! ofifij r -- . vV
a-evolutionary gains hate come pouring inc? ; -'r ; . ' -
to El Paso during the last 24 howra-f-v-n
" Uraiide
. tenB ftt0 ""r $rr- singing of . tlie Internalkinale,' the Mar-sents-
of theliberal ;eottst. utioa.l$t JjgJe,. Hym Fr Ru8sia.
j arty here CamargO. jTV h v Otto Banistetterrol Chicago; national
. ready has fallen ijto the handa .pi Presi- exeentive- . the
.lent rrVimemies,rand.
'f T'. with a iuimber of fraternal dele
need, it. was fK '-jatei from sympathetic international la
Victors also !VU lor bodies, wm assembled id the Finniri.
SaUm Edu.tionar.sso, aall. '
in the state of jOaxaca. Ne w ORK May .-The 192Q pre
J';5J'J11J2 Wtial'.campaigil of the 'aodkliat par
,b-,;?B? of America CpeVed to4ay iriih the
reporU gln,a out at adUtar heodquar y 200 deSiatea from all
,The "ition Mex
f"pit the pariyplatform,
.T which the ; is eieeptionalry kee
Crux, Oeaeral Jose ' Interest thi. : year, wft fee began' next
Jure fJJJ weefc The nominations for president and;
r ttiwJ-,e. president, it -xpeA will ot
,xecutive; though jpreparing, for. lUglit, i9 mtSX'ne, flJTrf the eon,
the federal goVeroment, it was announced
.Toluca, the capital, was reported eut off
from " Mexico City. r;;-.' - K, "'
General Angel Florta is drawing near
vMasailan, the principal Seaport of, 8in-
' jaloa, and : the fall of the eity is 1m
hiinent General Escobar said. Accord'
'tag to rerolutioniat claims, General Ba-
oommiting. sbuses" on sympathisers f
L..i'-AiLM- nK. -.M.-
General Alvaro Obregon, candidate for
.tk. presidency of Mexico, and one of the ,
leaders of th antKCamnta movttnent. t;
i General Ealina... brother , In-law
of - PrcsidoHt-iX1 ,t r,V. d 'Ptiaional
- ,'v.raor t yuihuatiaj-hen' the rovol
utlonists 8Cijfd.Chiinhua eity reeently,
. Yua ' in El ''so" to.'i-pn reaching.
Juarei last Viht. ChBnejMaiiiiiaa was es.
' oorted to the'jntenmtioimjrbrldg by two
officers detailed by General . Escobar .
BEST CALLS UPON HEAVEN
? TO WITNESS HIS INNOCENCE
(By Associated Preaa-j
I rONTTACV 'MICH.; May 8 .'Anson
Bestv convicted 'last night of the , mur
der;df Vera .Schneider a telephone dp-
erator, and 'sentenced - to life imprison
tnenr at 'Marqette, will not be taken to
, t northern Michigan prison immediate
ly A .movement to finance an, appeal
by popular subscription, begun immedi
ately after the verdict, was being con
tinued today." ; .
'. In hi statement Jbefore sentence was
pronounced ' Best, called upon heaven to
. 'witness'1 his innocence and a purse was
immediately started. It was said to
-contain $l)00 this morning.
PEOPLE WILL ACT AS
' . PIECES IN BIG CHESS GAME
B. Associated Pi
NEW YORK, May. 8 A chess game in
which people will serve as pieces will be
played here on May 22 by Frank Mar
shall, chess-, champion of the United
States,' and Charles Jaffe, a New York
expert, it was announced today.
- A giant board will be laid out on the
stage of the Manhatten opera house.
The pawns will be naval boy seouts in
whit and blue uniforms. Kings, rooks,
bishops and knights will be played by ac
tors, made up for the parts, white two
stage beauties will appxftr as queens. The
players -will 'movehc pieces "by com
mands issued from vestals overlooking
tli'l'?Vv?t'--'-f- " -i
. ?' V i
WANT TO "GET "
- SENIORITY -RIGHTS RESTORED.
CHLCAGO,- May 8. A demand that
John ; GmnaU Jiead ,' of the Chicago
Yardmen 's assotfiatiott,- - inform striking
switchmen bowj they can get . their sen
iority -rights restored,' waa -made public
today in- letter sent to Gronaa by S.
S., Murphy, publicity chairman of the
amociatioa. The Chicago switchmen were
1' grt'to walk out in the' strike that
n spread to all porta of ,tno coua-t-..'.
" r " ' : -.'.; "iT-? yO,
' 0 f at nirmbers ( of tho . members of
the C Y. A. are asking j When do
you expert to tand'the 93 cents and $1
per hour ' t ' the letter reada, ? 'It la
logical io ronclu'ds the labor board will
'iKi give our. members recognition or eon
'ttl 'ration mitil.-we rctam to work. What
r. .e vou to off ns?" - ' ? '. -''i -'C
o t from cnder.eovss, now and
My
1 .aiu one way er .tbe
r demands after assert
- the roads are eperat-
- !' ? circumstances,
J nf p. nnTV
- SOuI'LlST PAHTY
;, .-, nt fiA
p ' YlMlO
( By The Associated,, Press.)
opinion of party leaders that Eugene V.
Debs, now serving a 10 year term in
the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga for
violation of the espionage act, will be
named to head the tickets Q
The axmetr most prominently mention'
ed for the domination of . viee president
re thOso of. Seymour 8tedman, : of OhW
easo, general counsel ,oitne party;.
-x" A. VkZIJIu. t7-v.i
conome at the UniTersity ol Pennsyl-
n T&L
for violation of-, the 'espionage . act. ; She
is WrtDedtrt the Xmerki
'prison' 'mi'Jefr
ferson City,",Mo.
CREDIT SITUATION STILL . "
holds AmtHnon
(By Tie Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, May 8 Sentiment in
the stock market this week favored the
long account, partly because of four
stock dividends which ranged from 10 to
200 per cent. There was a visible dim
inution of activity however, due to pub
lic apathy. v
The credit situation continued to en
gross 'the attention of the financial com
munity, interest in that quarter being
heightened by the detailed statement of
the local federal reserve boardV: review
ing conditions of the first four months of ,
the year. . This suggested that further
restrictions are needed to adjust anoma
lous economic conditions.
Transportation shares improved, not
only because of the less ' tense railroad
labor situation, but probably to a great
er degree from the general belief that the
railroads are. almost certain to receive
substantial relief in the form of higher
freight rates." ' -
General industrial conditions were
somewhat obscured by the strike of the
New England textile workers and signs
that price schedules for steel and kin
dred finished products for autumn de
livery are tending downward. Reports
from leading centres of merchandise dis
tribution pointed to reduced demand, ac
companied by lower quotations for vari
ous staples, but' foodstuffs ruled at or
near masimum levels.
MR.
EURY WILL GO
TO HENDERSON PAPERS.
An item ' in ? The Winston-Salem
Journal of Tuesday, May 4, says:
"Mr. C. A. Eury,"" of-the advertis
ing department of The Morning Journal,
leaves today for Henderson, N. C,
where he takes the position of business
manager of theGoId Leaf Publishing
Go., publishers of the Daily Dispatch
and the semi-weekly Qold Leaf.,
"Mr. Eurywaa formerlly advertising
manager ef the above papers before com
ing to Winston -Sclera last year. During
his residence here . he has made a boot of
friends- who regret bis decision: to leave
Mrs, Eary and son, Claude, will remain
here for a time before joining Mr. Eury
ia Henderson." .-",-',--
.' Mr Eury was formerly advertising
nia, being a eon of Mrs. L. C. Eury
and brother of Mr James Wi iEury,
of the Loray Mills. , He waa formerlly
connected witk The Gazette.
"BRYAN CAHPAJGNS iGAINST '
tv UNDERWOOD IN ALABAMA.'
i BIEIOGIIAM. ALA; Mxy 8 . -4
William,' J.-Uryaa today eondoded
wo-day speaking tour'. In Alabama in
wtfch bo cppos4. tto eaadidaewa oi
Pastor Usderwd whfl Jj ieekjasi
' :. eh I farmer Goverr O'Neal,
' ' ' ' t rrxiJa titaat'by
3d. - . 1 "
Dr. Tebeau, of Hendrsonvill,
InKina Mountain to-Make
; Prelimmary ' Survey of Road
to Pinnacle. S
Concerning tlw recent jmn-hase of tbe
Pinnacle of Kings Mountahj by . Vr.
John O. Plonk, of Kings Mountain. snd
the proposed developments in store, for
tlmt section, The Kings Mountain Her
ald of Thursday, has the following In
teresting item about the road to the pin1
itarle:
"Dr. A. C. Tebeau. of HeiwlerKonville,
one of tlie organisers of the Siony
Mountain company, which built the high
way on Stony Mountain near Hende
sonvllle, it here a waiting the arrival Of
Mr. George Kershaw, the civil engineer
who laid out th' highway. On the ar
rival of Mr. . KeYshaw, he and Dr. Te
beau will make a preliminary survey for
a road to the pinnacle t Kings Moun
tain. A 12 foot one-way road is plan
ned, going up one side on about a four,
per cent grade, returning on the other
side on about a seven per cent grade.
As soon as the survey is completedand
estimates on cost of construction 'ob
tained, it is planned to organize a com
pany to build and operate a toll road;
provided sufficient interest is manifested
in the project by -the people of Kings
Mountain and vicinity. ,-,; V , .
V 'This project Is in line, with what M;r,
J. O. Plonk, bad in mind when he re
cently bought the pinnacle "property. ,
1 ' We certainly' nope that the people
of Kings Mountain anc vicinity will give
Dr. . Tebeau r all the encouragement and
assistance necessary to put over his
project of developing the pinnacle into a
scenic highway if he finds it a feasible
proposition. This section needs a first
elass resort of the kind snd we have
the best place for it east of the Bins
Ridge proper. It is said that a man can
stand on -the pinnacle on a clear day
and see a train pull out of Charlotte and
then see it pull into Spartanburg.
pretty fine point of obesrvation. " ' t
POLISH TROOPS HAVE
r- &
iC. GaPTU3f& CITY, OF: KIEV
(By The Associated Press)
LONDON, May S.Polish and Ukran
Tan troops captured Kiev en Thursday
hight, acocrding to an official statement
issued at Moscow last jiiglit and rei-eived
here by wireless.
The text oC the statement says:
'"'In tbeJCiev. region during the night
of JAQy J$jDpxATo6pag&gd auperior
eiiciny forces soutliewst Snd northwest of
Kievt-ToWrdi 4teninj k the enemy broke
-into the outskirts of the town, but were j
held up oy our counter, attaeas. later
aur troops, in accordance with orders,
Btarted. to withdraw in Order to the left
bank of the Dneiper river.
"In the direction of . i'it'iloff our
troops repulsed an enemy advam-e 28
miles squth of Krasny. Jn the direction
f,Igumeo, east of Minks; the enemy at
tempted to cross the Boresina river near
Beresina vilage, but "was driven-back
across the river."
DON'T KNOCK OFF
TWO HOURS FOR DINNER
French Duchess Who Visited
- Not Consider Eating Serious
- United States Says We Do
! ly Enough t Try to Simpli
fy the Performance.
PARIS, May 7. American food, aa
served in restaurants in that country, did
not favorably impress the . Duchess of
Clermont-Tonnerre, who visited the Unit
ed States last autumn, and has written
a, book on her trip. Americans do not
consider eating seriously enough, she in
dicates, and are trying to "simplify the
performance." The only American foods
that appear to have made an appeal to
the duchess was red bananas, California
apples ami oranges and "hams from
Virginia."
' "One must admit," she says in her
book, ' ' that food in America is not good.
To a Frenchman, the word 'meal' can
not be applied to the bolting down of a
club sandwich standing before a luncheon
bar. The necessity of eating seems to
have become for , Americans a sort ,of
monotonous and obligatory aaonyanee
arid they are bending all endeavors to
ward simplifying the performance. ' '
The duchees says she "is unable to
comprehend why an American should re
quire less time for Jns wjole luncheon
than one of her countrymen seeds to
merely scan the wine list."
She continues: "American butter is
poor, and American cheese cannot be
eaten. American chickens are emaciated
and! scrawny and one has the feeling
it is a cruelty to put a knife in them.
AS American dishes fcve passed thsongh
eold storage." .J- , - :- ,x
Ifrv -'-
CHARGED .WITH SENDING 371 u ,
t v . AMMUNITION, TQ KEXICO,
DOUGLAS, Axii Ygnacio Boto, ilex
kan merchant oft .Douglas, was ttader
bond 1day to appear. ia, federal opart
May 12 to answer a tharr tf onsirsey
to send smsraaJtion bto l?x!c5.
W. Jett lauck Telia Railway
7 Labor Board That Average
American Family Can Not
Live On Less Amount Eren
In Decent Poverty.
WASHINGTON,"-May 8. A miniuiuin
of $200 a year is necessary for the
support of an American family of five.
W. Jett Lauck, consulting economist for
the railroad brotherhoods, as&rted today
before the railroad labor board. Mr.
Lauck, who yesterday charged corporate
profiteers with being chiefly responsible
for present living costs, presented today
a demafid on behalf of the 2,500,000
railway employes for the establishment
of a mhiimum wage throughout the in
dustry. He presented to the board a
compilation of budgets on the cost of
living based on studies made under his
supervision anil by . federal and state
agencies.
"It is impossible," he 'said, "for a
family of five in the United States to
maintain itself even in decent poverty
under existing conditions for a penny
less than 42,500 a year. ' '
His estimate, he said, was supported
by government agencies and quoted the
estimate made by Professor Boyal 8.
Meeker, commissioner of labor statistics,
in August, 1919. That estimate was
12,262. The estimate for May, he in
sisted should be f
Mr. Lauck in his statement declared
that "fundamental cause of all economic
instability, all industrial unrest, all in
terruptions of production and distribu
tion has been high prices and profiteer
ing by organized capital and middlemen
and retailers. Both during and since
the war the public has been snd is now
virtually at the mercy of insatiable
speculators and conscienceless financial
ghouls."
In concluding the brotherhood spokes
man requested that the board curtail its
examination of wage data and proceed
immediately to the determination of the
question of what constitutes a living
wage.
PUB TO BUILD
LARGEST HOTEL IN WORLD
Chicago Hotel Will Cost Fif
teen Million Dollars Will
Be Built on Unit Plan.
(Br The Associated Press) -
CHICAGO, May 8. Plans for the
largest hotel in the world were made
public today. The hotel wil be of five
units, with tlie present Edgewater Beach
hotel as one unit, and will front three
city blocks on Iake Michigan and Sheri
dan road. The architects have planned
4,000 rooms. The cost is estimated at
$1.5,000,000. -
A theatre. Heating 2,500, 400 kitchen
ettes for those who desire to cook their
own meals and one 16 story unit for
bachelors nre f ensures.
A minimum charge of $15 a day in
one of the units is contemplated.
MISSIONARY CONFERENCE
WAS MOST SUCCESSFUL
The annual conference of the Woman 's
Missionary society of the Western North
Carolina conjerence, M. K. church. South,
adjourned its meeting at Morganton Fri
day and the Gastonia representatives re
turned to the city Friday night. These
were Mrs. B. T. Morris, district secre
tary of the Shelby district, Mrs. J. B.
Atkinson, from the Woman VJdisslonary
society of Main Street Methodist church,
Mrs. J. P. Chandler, leader of the Chil
dren's society and Miss Annie Rankin,
of the Young People's, Missionary so
ciety. The session was in all respects
one of the best ever held, all the officers
and district secretaries being present. All
the officers were re-elected except the soci
al service superintendent of council, who
is succeeded as social service superinten
dent for this conference by Mrs. Fred
Siler, of Franklin. The next meeting of
the conference will be held at Lenoir.
LAST MEMBER GEN. LEE'S
STAFT DIES IN RICHMOND
RICHMOND. Va., May 8. Colonel
Thomas Mann Randolph Talcott, 82, who
was the last local survivor of General
Robert E. Lee's personal staff, and on
of "The best known citizens in Richmond,
died last sight at his home here after
a brief illness. His funeral will take
place tomorrow afternoon at 3 o 'clock
from All Saints Episcopal church. The
burial will be in Hollywood cemetery
here. ,
Colonel Taloott was one of the 24 of
ficers who served on General Lee's per
sonsl staff during the war. His death
leaves as the . only ' - survivor the Be.
Giles BUgCkner Cooke, who. was present
when the surrender of Appamatox court
house took place April 9. 1865. Colonel
Talcott was not a member of General
Leo's stslT at. that time. Mr. Cooke,
who ranked -as a major, acting as as
sistant adjutant and inspector general,
is now Bring at Matthews Courthouse,
Ys at too aye of 82 years.--After .the
war ho eatersd ths EpUcopal ministry,
but retired to private life at the ago of
79 years after service st various Ylr-r-aiaa
po'lts, iada'lag retfr&urj aad
ON FLOOR OF
By Rev. E. G. Carson
The afternoon session of the A. R.
P. Synod on Thursday was perhaps the
livest that will be held during the entire
meeting.' At this time the amendment
introduced by Dr. G. R. White, or Char
lotte to the Forward Movement Commit
tee's recommendation in regard 'to the
distribution of the surplus of more than
$250,000 realised from the Finnfnclal
Compaign conducted during the year.
This amendment was passed on . Thurs
day afternoon. The committee that eon-
ducted the Forward Movement campaign
recommended that all the needs of the
church might be canvassed by a ju
dicious committee of st least seven and
not more than ten, for one year, and at
the next meeting of Synod submit a
recommendation in reference to the equit
able distribution of the surplus funds
then in hand and, that thereafter might
be realised.
Rev. W. C. Kerr, of Covington, Tenn.,
who voted with the majority on Thurs
day, moved a reconsideration on Friday.
The motion waa carried and after con
siderable discussion, the amendment was
voted down, aad the committee ' recom- j
raeuuaiion was acccpieu.
The Forward Movement Committee
had submitted its recommendation as a
compromise originally. A good many I
contributors felt that all the money
realized should go only to the causes
mentioned in the action of Synod a year
ago, namely BrysOn College, Fayetteville,
Tenn.; Woman's College, Due West;
Erskine College, Due West; Board of
Foreign Missions for Equipment in In
dia aid Mexieo; Board of Home Mis
sions to place work upon a cash basis;
Expenses of campaign. Church Exten
sion was not provided for, and Home Mis
sions was assigned only $15,000, and that
to place the work on a cash basis not
for extension snd increase of salaries.
The money realized from this campaign,
it was understood, is in excess of monies
raised by assessments for church benevo
lences. While some felt that only the
causes mentioned above should receive
benefit from the surplus funds, and in the
proportion originally designated; tothers
felt that some other causes should also
be remembered and some to 9 greater ex
tent than originally intended.
The Forward Movement committee ex
plained that the campaign covers a ler
iod of five years; that by this time next
year perhaps the first $250,000 would not
all be collected, and that it would be no
al vantage at this time to effect a distri
bution of what is not yet in hand; and
that a more equitable distribution can
be effected after the most careful and
representative consideration of all the
causes that may be presented.
The discussion was somewhat heated,
and the Seakers were very much in earn
est. When the question finally came to
a vote, the Forward Movement commit
tee's recommendation carried by a large
majority. Rev. J. W. Carson, D. D.,
of Newberry, S. C, is chairman of that
committee, and Rev. W. B. Lindsay,
pastor of the First A. K. P. ehurch of
Charlotte, is secretary aud treasurer.
Other members of the committee are:
Bev. J. L. Oates, of York; Hon: J.
R. Phillips, of Louisville, Ga. ; Mrs. R.
C. Brownlee, of Due West, 8. C. ; Mrs.
Zula Broch Sharpe, of Anderson, B.C.;
Rev. J. R. Edwards of Fayteetville,
Tenn.; and Rev. E. K. Strong of
Fayetteville, Ten. ,
, At 8 o'clock Friday evening Rev.
Oliver Johnson, of Winnsboro, S. C,
delivered an able and eloquent address on
the subject of Psalmody. This address
wss followed by a conference on Home
Missions. Rev. A. T. Lindsay, presi
dent of Li a wood College, presided. Rev.
J. L. Boyd, of Brighton, Tenn.. spoke
en Evangelism, and Rev. W. W. Orr,
D.D., on the general subject of Home
Missions, especially as it applies to our
own denomination.
Dr. Orr is a noted evangelist, in
fact one of the best in the country. He
spends two months each year holding
evangelistic meetings ia different places
throughout the country sad his services
are greatly in demand along this line
ft is always a treat to bear Dr. Orr
speak on mjaf subject. He is a member
ef the Board ef Home Missions of his
denomination, aad has been since it wss
organised 30 years or more ago. He
mphasixed the aeed, and explained that
the Board was recommending the : be
ginning of work In Deeater, Ala. r Win-atoa-8aleaV
Salisbury st'd In Elgecomb
county In this 8tate. The matter of the
Inadequate pay received by Home' Mis
sies workers wss brought out. Capt. F.
DiCiag, of Kiags Mountain, on the floor
ef. Synod donated $ 400 to one of these
ensawhe has been working for a lor?
time ia one of these fields, aad who I n
sot been able im make en Vr.et ewi: :
to the increase J c -
: A so'lectia v
V cf a r
r t. r. - r :
A. I P.
SYNOD
preacher the denomination lias ever had.
He has been dead several years. His
body rests near the field of his labors ia
Vest Tennessee, and ' his grave' is -un-marked.
The offering amounted ' to
88.10. Rev. Dr. T. P. Press!?, Rsr.
J. L. Boyd and Rev. E. E, Strong were
asked to have charge of the erection of
the monument and to prepare a suitable
inscription. " .
Prominent Visitors. ' '
Some of the prominent Associate Re
formed Presbyterian . men attending
Synod are Mr. E. C. 8tuart, of Bar
tow, Fla; Hon. J. E. MeDoaaloV of
Winnsboro, 8. C. Bon. J. K, Henry
and Dr. G. B. White, of Chester,. 8.'
C ; Mr. J. T. Beard, cashier of the
Bank of Cornelius: Dr. J, B. Moffstt,
president of Erskine college; Dr B. L. Robinson,
president of the Woman Col
lege, f Due West, Pro. E. L. Reid aad '
Dr. E.' B.. Kennedy . professor ,. ia
Erskine College; Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick
of Charlotte; Mr. J. W. Kirkpatrick
of Greeaville,'8. C; Mr. J. H. Boss,
of Charlotte; Dr. C. H. MeMurray, of
Abbeville, 8. C, ? Capt.' F. Dilling, of
Kings Mountain; Mr. B. J, Hudson, of
Atlanta; Mr. J.' II. Wallace, of Louis
ville, Ky. ; Mr. Jos. Lindsay, of Chester,
8 . C . treasurer, of 8ynod Mt.,. B.
Pharr, of Charlotte;, Rev 1 H. B. Blake
ly, D . D . , president College and Eev,
E. E. Strong, vice-president of Brysoa
College; Fayetteville, Tenn,; Rev. A. T.
Lindsay of Lin wood College; Mr. W.
A. Ware, of Kings Mountain ;'Dr, B.
M. 8tevenson, editor, of the dcaomi na
tional paper, of Due West; Mr.' B.. 8.
Galloway, president- of the ,( Due West
Railway Co.iDrrJ PiKeanedyof the '
Presbyterian, College of 8. C. at, Clin
ton, .8. C; Dr... . S, Phillips, -af
Chester, 8 ." C; Dr. Oliver Johnson of
Winnsboro, 8. C, Dr. W. ,Wr Orr, of
Charlotte 5 Rev . W, .fi . f Lindaar, of
Charlotte; Rev1. J. R." Young,,' of. An
derson, S. C. ; Mr. W.l J. Elliott, of
Columbia, 8. C; Mr. J. E.. Craig, of
Lancaster, 8. C; Prof. E. L. Reid of
Erskine College; Rev. 8.. W. Reid, of
Atlanta;' Rev. T. H. McDill, of Littel
Rock,- Ark. Mr. T H. Ketchia, of ;
Winnsboro, 8. C. ; Rev. J. L. Oates,
of "York; Mr. W. 8. LessUe, of Leslie
8. C. ; Mr. J. W. Wharton, of Iva, 8.
C ; Maj. W. W. Boyce, of Oiarlotte;
Rev J. W. Ranson and wife and Miss '
Mary Lesslie, of the India mission are.
present, and Rev. W. W, Boyce, Bar. -J.
R. Edwards and Rev. H. E, Press
ley, all formerly in the Foreign work
in Mexico, are present: ! f ;.
TEXAS COTTON CROP ':;
IN BAD CONDITION.
FORT WORTH, Tex. President Ly-T
day, of the Texas' Farmers' Uns'vi.' fh "r
timated today that the Texas cotton crop'
is in the worst condition in history, duo v
t rains during he present iie-.'k which -caused
flooding and waahl ij of the felds, '
the late frosts and cold weather.
JOHNSON WILL NOT TAKE
THE VICE-PIESIDKNCT.
WASHINGTON, May 7X Senator.?
Johnson, of California, has supplemented
the authorised statement of two weeks
ago by one of. his campaign managers,
that in no circumstances would he ac
cept a nomination for the vice presidency .
by making a formal and direct statemenC
to that effect himself. .
Senator Johnson has issued the follow,
ing:
' ' Under ao circumstances will I accept
the republican nomination for the vice
presidency. It is amusing to ms that
the men who are suggesting me bow for
viee president sre those who are most
horrified st the thought of my aomiua-v
tion for the presidency. ' ,
PLAN TO ESTABLISH '
OPEN MARKET IN WHEAT
CHICAGO, May 7 Representatives of
boards of trade, country and ' terminal
elevator associations, grain buyers.' ex
porters and bankers met here today fc
plan for the. re-establishment of an open
market in wheat, at the expiration of the
wheat guaranty ' act on June 1. The.
meeting was called by Julius H. Barnes,
United States wheat director. .
The Chicago board of trade and other
exchanges made known they were saxiouv
to resume trading in futures but dcire l
the gsvernment to safeguard their mar
ket, : particularly against the rxl cf
foreign governments which has ben bv.y
Ing grain for export.
1 Tho boards of trade is- ' 1.1 a ' r
dy that the Unit" I f
foreign giverr-- ' t
?c'tions rf Is I, r : '
a- '- i t' if r