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Gastonia Daily :Oaz . GASTONIA , . COTTON 42 CENTS TOD A V, READ THE WANT ADS ON PAGE 5 MEMBER Of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL XU. NO. 124. GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 24, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS IVRN 1ENT RAILROADS vents of Next Few Weeks or Months Will De termine Whether or Not Roads Shall Return to . Government Control J Before Interstate Commerce Commission. J, 'By The Associate I I'ress. '-WASHINGTON. May 24 Argument U the applications of the railroads of the country for 'a general increase in freight rates to afford the. six per cent revenue guaranteed by the nam; transpor tation act began today before the In terstate com mere commission with the premutation of the carriers ease . Howard Elliott, chairman of the sub committee of the Oenerat rate eommit- -tee of the Association of Railway Ex- L cutives, made the opening presentation -of the roads ' case.', speaking for the . Tail roads of the country, as a- whole. i Frederick 8trauss, of Newv York, is to follow Mr. Elliott to present-financial , -aspects of the case: and 'Daniel Wil lard, president of the Baltimore & Ohio, i jsrill make the opening argument for the astern territorial ' group of roads Chairman Clark announced that the ' railroads arguments would be heard in the order v of the j eastern group first, followed by the southern and western territorial divisions. By invitation of - the commission, he said, three state eom- mlssloners have been invited to sit with the commission because the hearing cov- red intrastate aswell as interstate rates. The state commissioners are J . A . Yeger, . mt Iowa; B. C. Dunn, of Florida, and D. B. Ainea of Pennsylvania. The hearings are expected to last bout two, weeks. - WASHINGTON, Muv 24-Kvents of the next few months or week will de termine whether government ownership f railroads will come again despite pop ular opposition Frederick Strauss, of New York, today warned the interstate commerce commission, contending that , . the main thing at present is to establish feeling of security in the minds of in .yestors. Mr. Strauss appeared before the commission in sup)ort of the rail roads' request for increased freight . ratn . nnvnrnniAtit .vim .. n ... .......I I ..... be, followed by government owner- hip, " Mr . Strauss declared . ' ' But the people's aversion to government owner ship is of no avnil unless such policies are adojfted as will preclude it . " Whether government ownership shall ,.' -.-,, n, ... . i come against . the will of the lieople, or, . j - I MOD SPENT $15,000 IN NEW JERSEY tfi. M . - toy ine Aaociatea trees j i ..wAwu.jwjiw, iay rrans ii. Hitchcock, ope of Major General Leonard Wood's campaign managers, told a sen ate investigating committee today that , o far as he knew, the largest sum sjient in any state by the WomI organization - was $15,00(1 in New Jersey. He added - that the next "largest was $12,500 In k Warylanil; Mr. HitcKcflek said that in New York. 4fas in a number of other' states, " the , .Wood supporters "financed their owa . ampaigu in their own way," without asking assistance from the Wood organ isation. Hamilton Kane, republican national Oinimtteeniaii in New Jersey, took charge of the Wood expenditures in that .state, the witnes stestified, adding that all or ?the money used in he state was accounted. for under the direct primary law ilr. Hitchcock said he could not give Jet.Vils as. to canioaicrn contributions an at sliad been understood when he jftined k the Wood organization' that lrevwas not to assist in the financing work. Some individuals,'' he said, had sent money to him direct, but this, he said, would not weed $25,000. Mr. Hitchcock identified himself as 4fvne of the managers of General Wood" ; ama.ign.'' ?'Wno are the othetsf " Chairman Ken yon asked. . "VBuim Iroctor js . the general manager," the witness replied, ' while : assistant in charge of various sections ; include Represetitative 'Norman Gould, of .New York; Thomas C Miller and 8enato ' Of osea, of New Hampshire." 'V " This eomimttee - would like to know the amount of money expended in your campaign, hs sources, and who the eon f : tributors are," Chairman Kenyon ' con tinued. "Ca you give us thatt"' 1; "AD that can be obtained.0 lit. Elitchcock spswered, 'tt thetresurert of tKe campaign. organizations have th 'ata. . I asked to be excused from the -anebg work, thouli after my eonnee- OWNERSHIP OF. JlAY RETURN Says Frederick Strauss v lictlier a system of private ownership sbjll once ngain oltain here as it did in the -days" jvhen tlic American transporta-ti'-i system was regarded as second to noi'c in t lie world, will be determined by tl.e t .ci ts of the next few months or week 1 ' Low nominal rates merely are of no use to the shipier, Mr. Straws asserted, if the traffic is not moved in sufficient quantity. What the thipKr needs, he nrgueti, is the speedy movement of his good ami there are only two ways in which it tan be accomplished . 'a. is by an increased charge for the shipment of the goods, he said, and the other is by an appropriation out of the national treasury by a levy on tax payers to cover the deficit. Railroads at present can offer no in ducement to the investor combining safe bonds with speculative value. Mr. Strauss said. Calling attention to the meagre number of railroad stocks that sell above par Mr. Strauss pointed out that in or der to have railroad stocks sell at a sub stantial, premium the earnings of the roads must be large enough to permit the payment of dividends which will compare favorably with dividend rates on stocks of industrial and other con cerns . "The recent remedial legislation is good so far as it goes," he concluded. "The return of six per cent per annum will. I believe, turn out to be wholly inadequate, as time may demonstrate, but a bej' inning has beeu made on sound lilies, and as time goes on congress will realize that the rate of return on railroartjbproerty will have to compare favorably with returns to be had in other industries, or else government ownership will inevitably result." ORDERED BY GOD, HE SAYS, TO STRANGLE OWN CHILD MOJSS IXHNT, Miss.. Mnv 24. Louie Smith, u shipyard worker, is held in prison Tiere, fololwiug his arrest Sunday afternoon on a charge of strangling his j tour year old daughter, Lula, to death. cmlth told officers that lie had been irdered by God to kill his child and now that he hail carried out the Lord's wish. was ready to, die himself. The child was ' . V.. T.-I...1 ... .1 41. ..... 11 miniigieii i ueuiu wiuie mu winning win , ,. . her wither Sunday afternoon. turned some checks were scut to me by ! Sl.,iivta,.U ..,..., .... - rO.OlH) or $25.0(10. 1 think. All of that I turned over to the treasurers. All ot the campaign contributions campaign have been made through nuance com inn tees in each state. After their receipt ! they have been turned over, to two treas urers, Horace C. Jtebins. in New oYrk, tures have leen made by checks ami a full record is available. ' "Then, in addition, the Leonard Wood League, which has 60,000 inemliers or st ail over the I'liitisl States, has had an in dependent fluid collected in its own way. , "1 don 'tMiow ubuut that at all as I .have had nfc cdojiucction with it or its e. Kiiditiire. " WAJSHfXCfTON. May -Frank Hitchcock, manager for Maior General Laniard Wood, was the first witness to- day before the senate eomimttee investi gating expenditures in the presidential nomination campaigns. Mr. Hitchcock . told the committee he had no information regarding contribu tions to General Wood's campaign; that he had made jt a condition uM)ii joining the Wood forces that he would have notn iug to do with gathering campaign funds. The witnoss referred the committee to the treasurer of the Wood campaign. Before Mr. Hitchcock was called. Chair man Kenyon explained tse purposes of the -inquiry. -'. ' ' '" "There is no intention." he sai.1, "to aid or injure any of the various candi dacies for" the presidency in a ny party. The question of the source of contributions- to presidential ; eanpargns and ex penditures k perfectly legitimate subject of inquiry by eongress.7 - ' '- l' We appreciate that this is a busy time for campaign managers and shall try" to accommodate them in every way consistent' with finishing the inquirv at an early date. ' j C'; ! Alvectist in The Daily Gazette. REV.JOH:ir,!'liEIU,D.D. SCOTCH AUTHOR AND PREACHER HEARD TODAY Many Pulpits in Gaston and Mecklenburg Counties and South v Carolina Filjed , by Commissioners Sunday Dr. McNeill Preached Splendid Sermon on Evangelism. (By Rev. G. R. Gillespie. CHARLOTTE, May 24. With the be nign smile of Providence ateuding them in the shape of North Carolina sunshine and ideal Dixie weather, tl,e eommisison ers to the sixtieth General Assembly in Charlotte buckled down to business again Monday morning at nine o'clock. After enjoying the generous and lounteous hos pitality of the managements of the Pres byterian Hospital and Davidson Colleg on Saturday, filling the pulpits of Gas ton ia, Charlotte, Rock. Hill and many country churches, Kll felt refreshed and eager for the fray. At the urgent request of the depart ment of evangelism of the Southern As sembly, Rev. Dr. John McNeill, noted author of John McNeill's Sermons and pastor of South Highland Presbyterian church of Birmingham, Ala., where he succeeded Dr. Albert Sydney Johnson, now past'ir of the First Presbyterian church of Charlotte, where the Assembly U being entertained, was invited to preach on Evangelism at noon Monday. Or. McNeill is not only a Bcotch divine of pre-eminence but au evangelist of world-wide reputation and was heard with pleasu,? by one of the largest gathering of the Assembly. Commissioner Thomas L. Talbot, super intendent of Home Misisons of West Lex ington Presbytery and well known u Presbyterians of Gastonia, filled the pul pit of the Presbyterian church at High Point Sunday in his usual happy vetu, giving as the reason for his being there that the High Point pastor was sick in bed and could not help himself. Rev. R. T. Gillespie, who was raised in the Piedmont section and educated at Davidson College and is now preaching in the native city of your corresKJiident, Lexington, Ky., filled the pulpit of the Rock Hill. 8. C, Presbyterian church. Tuesday promises to be a day full ot Unusual interest and during the morning, afternoon anil evening sessions all phases of foreign and home misisons will be pre sented by native Japanese. Negro and Indian misisonaries. Dr. Kgbert Smith and Dr. Homer McMill.-in will formulato tho program. TI:b Assembly opened at nine o'clock Monday morning" with prayer by Rev. B. C. Hell. if Raston, La. The minutes of Saturday's sessions were read and ap proved. Communications and reports were received. The regular order of busi ness for the day was hearing of the re port of Dr. A. M. Fraser as chairman of the eomimttee on Closer Relations. A special telegram conveying the warn, greetings of love and fellowship from the Cumberland Presbyterian Assembly was received. The telegram requested that thu moderator rend the sixth chapter of Second Corinthians, verses one to ten, which, was dune. Hoc. Dr. Walter L. Lingle. moderator uf the Assembly, , in a conversation with The Gazette correspondent, expressed a desire to lie esperinlly rememliered to the Presbyterians of (iastonia, with whom he had once been permitted to labor and of whom he cherishes such pleasant mem ories s CLOSKR RKLATIONS. The plan of union as revised by the committee was adopted and a telegram was sent to the V . S. A. Assembly notify ing them of the action. The preamble to the revised plan of union in effect de clares the conviction that the Westminster confession of faith and catechisms, the Belgie confession, the Heidelberg cate chism and the canons of the" Synod of Dort are in essential agreement and are different expressions of one .and the same system of doctrine. This doctrinal agree ment appears in the recognition, in all the symbols of of the fundamental doc trines of evangelical Christianity as held by the Reformed or Calvinistie churches and also ;n the use made of the Apostle eed. the teTi commandments, the Lord's prayer and the catechisms of the several churches, for the instruction of tne youth of these congregations. The basis of union is as follows: The "United Assembly" to be constituted with the title "The United Assembly of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches In the United States of America," shall be as follows: l.TTie doctrinal basis of the United Assembly shall be the Scripture of the Old and New Testaments, acknowledged as the inspired word of God snd the only infallible rule of faith and practice, t. The principles of tthe forms of gov ernment and the constitutions of the churches uniting shaft be recognized as part of the basis of union. V 3 The directories of worship of the several "churches shall be a part of the basis of anion to the extent that the con jrrejrations shall have freedom , of , wor ship, both as to forms and usages li t tors tat antoa. ; j.. " NR.WYOKK, :Msy lr-Cottoa futures opened barely wteadyT Jury 53:00; Oc tober 35 : 00 ; December &3 : 87 ; . J anuary J2:S8; March 32:4.' ' - Sk .a SOCIALIST CANDIDATE f : ' FOR PRESIDENT New and unusually line photograph of Eugene V. Debs, who for the fourth time is the presidential candidate for the Socialist party. This photograph was taken at Atlanta, Ga. rmaEclAwi GETS 600D START Services Sunday in the Baptist Churches of Gaston, Meck lenburg and Cabarrus Coun ties Were Unusually Success ful Dr. Forest Msddox Was Speaker at the Union Service . at. First. Baptist Church of Gastonia. The thirty Baptist churches of Gaston, Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties, with Gastonia, Charlotte and Concord as cen ters, 'begun their long expected and much advertised campaign Sunday. Each cen ter rcM)rts an auspicious opening witn prospects roseate in promise of a mighty harvest of souls in the immediate future. The get-together meetings of all co-operating churches, pastors, evangelists and singers were largely attended yesterday afiernoon and the elaborate musical pro gram and key note addresses at each of the three centers, set a pai e for the re ivnl constituency far in advance of the? most sanguine expectations. The laity in general had expected a reasonably good showing from the various singers and evangelists, but were not prepared for the feast of good things that agreeably surprised them. The (iastonia team par ticularly laid ;iside all formalities, cere monies and other perfunctory "red tape'' that might be expected to attach itself to such initial services and plunged from the stare right into the work of mobilization ami evangelization. The local pastors re ported this morning that they were nioiK than pleased with the splendid start tlia: iv.'i.s made in their churches on the first day of the aiapaigu. In addition t laying the foundation for the campaign which the evangelists sav ''must of ne cessity precede a large ingathering" sev eral of the churches reported conversions and additions to the churches yesterday, the very first day of the campaign. At the get together meeting at the Kirst Bap tist church, which taxed the cajmeity of the splendid auditorium, the campaign singers rendered several musical nuiuJH'rs that were not only gems of lieaufy in themselves, but mighty vehicles of power in carrying gospel messages to the hearts of the hearers. The duet, "In Jesus," by Mr. and Mrs. Blankeuship was must, cal. artful ami rich in testimony. The solo. "He Also Sen.ls the Rain." by Mr. Work was ceially well received. His rich, resonant and highly cultured voice is one of the very best that Gastouians have heard in many a day. The singing of the Cainjmign Male Quartet, composed of Messrs. Seiicer, first tenor; Miller, second tenor; Blankenship, baritone, and Work, bass, was something of a revela tion of the possibilities of what a male quartet can do. Their number, "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken, was a product of perfect voicing, blending, phrasing and enunciation. This quarter has been heard in nearly all of the cities of the south ami will sing each day at th union service at the First Baptist church. Ir. Forrest Maddox, the director for the (Histonia group of churches, intro duced the several pastors, evangelists and1 singers of the campaign. He then spoke briefly and with power from the theme "A Success," with the emphasis particu larly on the things .needful for a sncees fui evangelistic campaign. "He made an earnest appeal for the fullest possible co operation ami support from the , entire man, wirTwo babies t AND PASSINGS KILLED ' - - ! - .V- i - -,v v i- v .' i c r ' (By The Associated Pre. ASHEVILLE, if . C May 84Roy Runnioa, a Madison county farmer, his wife and their two babies, were kjjled fafe yesterday rnesr Hot Springs, when their, automobile plunged ever a step embankment oa a daagerous mountain turve. RAILROADS MUST FREIGHT RATES IN ORDER TO MEET THEIR OBLIGATIONS Howard Elirctt, of General Rate Committe o f Association o Railway Executives Tells In terstate Commerce Commission That; Rail- . roads Earned On Property Investments Less Than One - Fifth of One Per Cent for Year Ending October 31st. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May 24 Increases in freight rates of 30.4.1 per eent in eastern territory. .10.95 in the southern terri tory and 23.91 per cent in western ter sitory, "to meet the difference between the six per eent return on property in vestments permitted under the transpor tation act," were advocated here today by Howard Elliott, chairman of the sub committee of the General Bate Commit tee of the Association of Railway Ex ecutives, in a statement before the inter slate commerce commission. Mr. Elliott pointed out that in the eastern territory, railroads for the year euo'ing October 31 returned on property investments "less than one-fifth of one per cent." In the southern territory, he said, the returns were less than three fourths of one per cent and in the west ern territory slightly more than two per Cent. For the country as a whole the re turn was said to have been slightly more than one per cent. " Under the conditions of private owner ship and oiierations of railroads, "with governmental regulation, protection and encouragement," Mr. Elliott said, "the railroads must obtain earnings enough to meet all obligations and have sufficient credit to sustain them in eouietition with other forms of industry into which people put their time, brains, energy and mi.ney. " Under the new transortation act, he said, the two pressing questions now un der discussion by the interstate com merce commission and the newly created IjIkt board, are the requests for wage incrvflse exceeding $1,000,000,000 a year aud an additional $1,017,000,000 needed by the railroads to meet "the present basis of wages, costs, interest and a sum for dividends and improvements." Mr. Klliott declared that New England and that section of the country embrac ing Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michi gan were in great need of improved trans portation facilities. '01 her sections, notably the great region south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi, re quire "large additions" to keep pace with the growth of lopalation and in dustry . "Now there is congestion and difficulty everywhere," said Mr. Klliott. "Fuel, building material!;, and raw- materials for manufacture are tied up and industry is threnteued and the sluggish movement of grain and food of all kinds makes the feeding of our people more difficult and more costly . " Mr. Klliott declure.1 thut the railroad oH-rators were just as desirous of ob taining a fair adjustment of wages for tnei" 2.000,(MMt or more men as they were to receive the increased revenues. He said, "there is man jKiwer, brain Kwer, courage, common sense and vision enough in the country to succeed if all will pull together, work long and hard and elimi nate selfishness, waste and extrava gance. In justification of the railroads' K- sition he said that the price of trans portation had not increased nearly so much as the cost of production. Kxienses had gone up at least 100 per cent while revenues had increased Jess than 40 per cent. He referred to condi tions in European countries where, he said, freight rates had been raised as fol lows: England, 71 per cent; France, 140 BAPTIST CAMPAIGN PROGRAM FOR TUESDAY , . FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 10:00 a. m. SONG LEADER: Mr. S. J. Spencer. : SOLOIST: Mr. P. S. Rowland. DUET: Messrs. Miller and Combs. . SELECTION: Campaign Mais Quartet. . INSPIRATIONAL NOON HOUR: Cotton Mills Contiguous to the co-operating Churches .";"'' er the Campaign r Pastor. sad .Evangelistic Team. ' , 7:4S.p. . ALL 7 V per cent; Belgium, lfluper cent; Italy, 40 to 100 per cent; Holland, 70 to 140 per cent ; Sweden, 200 perVent ; Norway, 150 per rent. V . .4- "The new transporUtionact," said Mr. Elliott, ' ' in fixing the rate of return -, at 5 1-2 and 6 per cent for a two year , period might have been sufficient , taw past, but is wholly inadequate to meet tt. present situation, the cost of new eapt- 1 in the United States today, as la well iffwn, is in excess" of seven per eetu.i The Sank of England discount' rate , ia now seven per cent, a rate which only seven times in the history of that pld' institution has ever reached that level.''. In xpressinjr the desire -r of the rail-" roads to help the labor board and' tho y interstate commerce commission In reach- y ing fair and equitable ; eonclnsions,, Mr.v Elliott- said that the officers of the eons-paniss-' ' at quasi public .servants realixw . their responsibility to do their part ta adjusting rightly the two $1,000,000,000 questions now before both bodies.'' They desire to obtain promptly an adjastmeat of rates that would meet the leter andV spiri of the new law, make the railroads self-sustaining and relieve the' treasury -of the. United States from the necessity -o? constant approbations. He said that ' the -Association of Railway i Executives ia ready and anxious to do its part in reach ing without eonfusion or delay "a aettlav . ment of the major question of furnishing udeqrUTte transportation in keeping' with v the magnitude of the United States," SURVEYING WEIGHT PROBLEMS. (Bv The Assi-Uiert Press.) t - WASHINGTON. May 24. Thirty h cal committees located at all thte principal -rail "gateways" were at work today sur veying their individual freight problems with a view to recommending to the inter state commerce commission a policy to bo followed in the future relating to priori- ties aud embargoes. ' In the meantime the general exchange -of equipment, to commence tomorrow, ia expected to ease th congestion of tho roads to certain extent. Railroad offi cials, however, are of the opinion that weeks of co-operation between the Com mission, the roads and shippers would he necessary to bring about normal condi tions. , ANTI-SUFFS C0.MIII6 . TO NORTH CAROiL'A (By The Associated Press) BALTIMORl, May 24.To psve the , way for a' legislative fight against the ' wom'an suff rage amendment, which eooea np in North Carolina next July, Mrs. Buf us Af. Gibbs, president of: the Mary land Association Opposed to Woman Suf frage; Mrs. W. P. E, Wyse, local riee president, and Mrs. "Walter Lamar, of Georgia, also vice president,' left Tast, night for Raleigh. The anti-suffragists will slay a week aiding state organization leaders to fight the measure when it comes np for ratifi cation. Their work at present will tie of ' ' missionary ' 1 character. Mrs. Lamar lias just eome from New York, aud has been active in fighting suffragists in the other states. "WUliam L. Marbury, legal adviser, will go to Raleigh when the legis lature meets. SERMON: Dr. T. 0. R EAPTI-T CHUr.CIirS t t i V t I
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