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i -rz ; - . - v.; why? : To the Editor of The Cssette.' . ; rf , U Monday , Eett8 nBouaceojeflt m a-.atle that "during the omin week tht people of Gastonia would be asked to ,eatribut 4,500 for the establishment , .f .a Salvation Army Corps in Gastonia" : juid liaving seen bo previous announce- luvtU from any accredited local orgau'Ji ' turn the writer, on behalf of many who ,-i iutereed, would like to know w-hat '.'j.ionia authorized body, thur.ll or -' Viatic-, Is saying to oiir citizens, "We AU.ve investigated the merit of the or junirstion seeking aid, fel tlie need of corps of slum and rescue workers in our city, anil advise our people to rexpond t j the appeal. ' ' According to custom a;id to at least an unwritten law of policy and good government the City 1'ouncil, "Chamber of Commerce. Church, Woman's Club or other responsible and arcredited organization, should investigate the worth and merit of the cause and plare it before the people with their endorse inent. There are several campaigns which have been so ordered and recom mended for real constructive work in our rity, via., public library, tuberculosis hos pital, Y. M. C. A., with a textile insti tute and orphanage in prosject and an orthopaedic hoiiptial in sight, .ill carry ing with them the hearty endorsement of our ieople in general, ami held in abeyance. Many would like to know, "Why and how the present announced campaign has so easily obtained the right of way." If the City Council licenses vendors, mendicants, etc., the Chamber of Commerce guards the commercial and in dustrial and civic iM'tterment, is tin-re any good reason why the Ministers Asso ciation should not place its approval and endorsement on acquisitions of a religious nature. Gastonia is a city of honest working people whose wants and needs are amply supplied and provided for by employers, physicians, hospitals, some thirty churches, thirty-five Sunday schools, trained nurses, Christian com munity workers and conimu ty - social and religious centers, so why should we tie called um to contribute $4,500 an nually to care for the loafers and degen erates who, by the way, do not exist in any great number, and certainly not to the extent of the amount and the endorse ment to be solicited. The above questions are asked not with a view to a controversy but after an ex amination of the records of the Gastonia Ministerial Association and after confer ring with the ministers of downtown and suburban churches. On November 8, 1915, the ministers' association passed a resolution not duly withholding their endorsement from the -Salvation Army but expressing very em phatically the ability of Gastonia to take , rare of her own charity, work. Again on March 5, 1915, the association absolutely refused to endorse the establishment of aa army corps in Gastonia. Tours very truly, INQUIRER. INTERCHURCH MOVEMENT MEETING CALLED OFF " Rev. George R. Gillespie received a tel egram Wednesday .from Eev. ,E. N. Orr, of Charlotte, stating that all activities of . the Interehurch World Movement in this section, were being cancelled on account of a lack of funds. .This information, has the effect of in 1cniti'ly postponing the meeting which had been announced for the First Asso ciate Reformed Presbyterian church on Fridi- night, July 2, at which time Rev. Hr. E. N. Orr, secretary for North Caro lina, was to have delivered ap address on the work o the Interehurch World Movement, Messrs. Miles Rhyne and Jim Wilson left Tuesday for Detroit to bring back a Srudebaker. They will be away on thu business and pleasure trip for about ten days. IT- SKETCH OF McADOO. (Continued from page 1.) possible task of constructing tunnels un der the Hudson river. Mr. MeAiloo was born in Marietta, Ga., October 31, 1863. His father was Wil liam Gibbs McAdoo, a veteran, of the 'Mexican and Civil wars and later a su perior judge and adjunct professor of History and English at the University of Tennessee. His mother was M.t. Faith Floyd, daughter of a famous Indian fight er and former member of congress. When young McAdoo was about a year old, his parents fell back before the ad vance of Sherman's army to Milledge " ill', ia., ami there his boyhood days "were sent. The war reduced the family to want ami during the early reconstruc tion jteriod the boy was handy around the family place, doing farm chores and help ing his mother with her housework. 8o adept did he become at kitchen duties that he still boast of a surpassing ability to bake biscuits and in a recent address to, a crowd of schoolboys he challenged any of them to a cow milking contest. when, m 18,7, the elder McAdoo When Folks Quit Coffee because of cost to health or purse, they s naturally drink SffANI l&crt's a Reason moved to Jinoxrule, Tenn., to accept a professorship in the University of Ten nessee, the boy enrolled as a student but he left school before he was graduated to earn his own living. At 1$ years old ho was ''apopinted deputy elerk of the United States circuit coort at Chatta nooga, Tenn., and while in that position he studied law with Judge William M. Dewitt and at 22 he was admitted to the bar. In 1S92, after' practicing law and man aging a street railway Jiue in Knoxville, McAujo went to New York iuknown ami virtually penniless to ltcgin the practice of law. Ten years later he left the law to 'attempt the construction of the tubes and from 19(12 until 1912 he was presi dent of the Hudson ant Manhattan Rail road Co., which" eventually succeeded in driving the tunnels through to the Jer sey shore. McAdoo 's struggle to construct the tubes bristles with human interest. In addition to leing' without means of his own to put the tubes through and know ing but few men of wealth, he was hnndi capcd in his efforts by the fact that previous attempts to construct the tubes had been abject failures. McAdoo 's first step was to interest the capitalist who had been the heaviest loser by the pre vious fube failure. Once McAdoo 's ini tial tube collapsed. And when it finally was driven through to the Jersey shore and 'SfcAdoo was the first man to walk through it, there wus a long and bitter Hut futile fight on the project. When McAdoo left the presidency of the com pany in li12 to enter President Wilson's cabinet as secretary of the Treasury the company's investment represented $70, 000,000. all raised from private sources, and it was operating three tunnels. Until when McAdoo became in terested in the candidacy of Wood row Wilson he had taken no active part in politics and he scarcely knew the future President. They had met once at Prince ton while one of McAdoo s sons was in school there, but that was all. McAdoo soon became a staunch advocate of Mr Wilson, however, and as n delegate to the Baltimore convention acted as one of the Wilson managers on the floor. Later he was made vice chairman of the Na tional Democratic committee and when, in 1912. Chairman MeCombs retired, Mc Adoo took active charge of the Wilson campaign. The ensuing five years which McAdoo spent in the cabinet were busy ones. He became, in a word, the "handy man" of the administration and many heavy re sponsibilities were placed upon him. At one time lie occupied the positions of Sec retary of the Treasury, Chnirman Federal Reserve Board. Chairman Farm Loan Board, Chairman War Finance Corpora tion, Chairman International High Coin mission nnd Director General of Railroads. Serious financial problems arose shortly after McAdoo became Secretary of the Treasury, and he was called upon to make many quick and important decisions. Scarcely, hatj he taken office when a de structive flood swept Dayton, O., and hankers there telegraphed him that fear of a "run" on their institutions made them hesitate to open their doors. 'Mc Adoo telegraphed in reply that he would immediately send $2,000,000 to the banks and when this word became public the ' ' run ' ' did not materialize. When a gen eral panic threatened in June, 1913, he announced that he would make available $500,000,000 in government funds to all banks that would apply for it and com ply with the law in obtaining a loan. Two months later, when there was a shortage of money to1 move crops McAdoo deposited $35,000,000 i? Central Western and Southwestern banks with the under standing that it would be loaned to farmers at reasonable rates of interest. At the outbreak sf the European war, he sent the cruiser Tennessee to Europe with $1,500,000 in gold for the relief of Americans desiring to return home. Eleven thousand five hundred persons took advantage of the opportunity to bor row from the government. When the war depressed the cotton market in 1914, McAdoo raised $100,000,000 through pri vate channels and made loans on cotton for the planters. Bankers feared n crash early in the European war ami McAdoo threw 50,000,000 in emergency currency ! into -New York and confidence was re stored. McAdoo strongly advocated and helped obtain the passage of the present cur reney. Farm Loan Board and War Risk Insurance legislation. He made an un successful attempt in 1915 to obtain the passage of a merchant marine bill. He also brought about the first Pan-Ameri can Financial Conference in 1915 and visited a number of South American countries in the interest of the present International High Commission. Prolwibly the greatest single accom plishment during his incumbency as Sec retary of the Treasury was his floating of the first four Liberty Loans. Against virtually the unanimous advice of finan cial authorities, he decided to raise the loans by popular subscriptions. Some of tne best financial talent of the country advised him before the opening of the First Liberty Loan to ask for not more than $500,000,000 and to make the inter est rate 3 per cent. He asked for $2,000, 000,000 at a three and one half per cent rate and the loan was subscribed one and one-half times. In subsequent loans he almost invariably offered the bonds at less rates of interest than a majority of his financial advisers thought they could be floated, but all of the four loans were oversubscribed. When the government took over the railroads, President Wilson made McAdoo Director General. His efforts immedi ately were directed toward turning the lines into a great war macihne. In De cember, 191 8,, shortly after the close of the war, McAdoo retired from the cab inet, moved to New York and engaged in the practice of law. McAdoo has been married twice. His first wife, Sarah Hazelhnrat. 'Fleming, died in 1912. Ia 1914 he married Miss Eleanor Randolph "Wilsonr daughter of -4 8 NOTICE TO TELEPHONE SUBSCRIBERS, CITY OF GASTONIA, N, C. The North Carolina Corporation Com mission, under date June 30thr 1920, ap proved the application for increased Tele phone rates in the City of Gastonia, effec tive July 1st, 1920, authorizing said rates to be as follows: Residence Straight Line Rate Residence Duplex Line Rate . Business Straight Line Rate . Business Duplex Line Rate . . Per Month. . . $2.50 . . $2.00 . . $4.00 . . $3.50 1 PIEDMONT TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY in I 121 i::b:ii Davenport College I Lenoir, North Carolina For Young Women High School and College courses. Three years of Standard College work, leading to diploma. Courses in Piano, Voice, Ex pression, Art, Domestc Science, Secre tarial, etc. Send your daughter to the best en- dowed Methodist North Carolina. woman's College in Ideal climate and surroundings. Mod ern dormitories. Faculty of highly train ed specialists. Moderate rates. Catalogue Upon Application i JAMES BRAXTON CRAVEN, President. iraiaMCHmnaHaMJi;sBBMa:as:n!icnEB3i!Ua7nti Carload Flower Pot JUSTRECEIVED Gastonia Hardware Co, The EP5E0 CHAIN Sklli Continues Thru Saturday July 3rd BELOW WE QUOTE YOU A FEW EFIRD VALUES FOR THIS WEEK f3 illl Phone 88 Illl S3 i 1 SWEETLAND IMPERIAL ICE CREAM Is what will answer the Ice Cream ques- I " tion at all times. I SWEETLAND CONFECTIONERY & ICE CREAM PARLOR Phone 197 i.MffiHiarm,Ba:Birrua:mxBiaBmsiaMa'Mji;Bi Crepe de Chine a n d iTaflfe We received by Expires yesterday 20 pieces of this fine Silk Shirting, see some of the pat-1 terns m our. windows. This is a special value at ; .... $1.98 fi $25.00 SILK DRESSES AT $18.50 See these special Silk Dresses, there are some pretty styles and pat terns in this lot', special for this sale $18.50 $27.50 GEORGETTE AND CREPE DE CHINE DRESSES AT $f9.50 Some beautiful Dresses in this lot, some plain and some bead trimmed, this is a very special val ue at . v $19.50 You must, see Efird's to get exactly the right thing at the right prices. Don't delay for these Dresses will not be here long 'at these prices. $4.00 Printed Georgette . $1.35 $2.18 Jap Pongee r . . . . 95c $2.50 Crepe de Chine $1.1 $3.00 Crepe de Chine $1.65 $4.50 Crepe de Chine $2.65 $4.00 Foulard at $1.65 ft $4.50 tfeldings Silks $2.48 $25.00 Plain and Printed Georgette Dresses at . $14.75 $49.50 Beaded Georgette Dresses at $24.50 $39.50 Plain and Beaded Georgette Dresses at . . $19.75 $25.00 Silk Sport Skirts $11.95 SILK HOSE Full fashion, "no imitation" Thread Silk Hose, lisle top,' DiacK ana wmie, reguiariy soia Dy us special at $z.jlb and $1.85, go on sale i $1.35 All Silk, including top, full fashion Hose, originally sold at $4.18, in black and white. Sale price . . . $1.85 $3.00 HOSE, $1.65 100 dozen each, black and white fine gauze all silk full fashion Hose with lisle top, hosiery that has been of fered this season up to $3.00 a pair. Sale price $1.65 - GLOVE SILK HOSE 60 dozen Glove Silk Hose, .black and white only, $3.00 values, slightly imperfect, at $1.65 4.00 HOSE AT S2.35 $ Ladies' full fashion fine gauze Silk Hose, in black with G white clocks and white with black clocks, also self P clocking and drop stitch clocking, verv soecial at $2.35 ENGLISH LONG CLOTH 25c 6,000 yards yard-wide English Long Cloth in perfect short lengths to go on sale this morning at 9 oclock . . 25c BLEACHED DOMESTIC 25c Two cases yardwide Bleached Domestic and Cambric go on sale this morning and while it lasts at 25c BIG SAVING IN COTTON SHEETS 81x90 Courtland Seamless Sheets at.. $1.65 81x90 White Star Seamless Sheets at . $2.18 81x90 Wearwell Seamless Sheets at $2.18 81x90 Mohawk Seamless Sheets at $2.35 40-INCH WHITE ORGANDIE 59c 85c White Organdie, 40 inches wide . gc 95c White Organdie, 40 inches wide 68c $1.18 White Organdie, 40 inches. wide 85c $1.18 Coral Organdie, 40 inches wide 85c ' $1.18 Light Blue Organdie, 40 inches wide 85c 9-4 BLEACHED SHEETING 79c Wearwell 81-inch Bleached Sheeting, regular price $1.18 Sale price 79c PALMOLIVE SOAP 15 cakes PaImolive,v regular 15c size, soap every day of . this sale, (no man orders) $1.00 & I NOTICE THE EFIRD CHAIN SALE Continues every day through Saturday, July 3, at all Efird stores. Everything re W duced. - LIQUID REMEDY IfcASY TO TAKE-5PEEDY BELIEF PUB3NE IAS Efird's BepiS, President WUson. They live in New GOOD FOP GCIPPC AMD BACKACHES TATT eo York and have three children. no DOPE ""tO ACETANIUDB. BattteSi
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