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Gas Gazette OlOTfll The center of .OlUtiln the textile in dustry in toe South 90 cotton mine in Gaiton, -county . tonia . GAST0:ilV.-, in North Carolina. 1920 population 12,871, a gala ia '. JO yean of 123.3 per cent. MEjfBEK OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS yOL. XLI. NO. 172. GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 18, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS PA LY 4 r i. i. MIES IN ALAMANCE JAIL Mob Attempted Twice Sunday to Take Negroes From Jail and Lynch' Them,- Captain Fowler Ordered to Shoot to' Kill if Necessary to Pro ject Negroes. , " ; ' '- (By the Associated Press.) !':t GRAIIAM. N. C. July 19 - State' droops" today maintained a eordon of ma chine guns around the jail here, where three negroes are held charged with at tacking a white'' , woman . The soldiers -Srewr under orders from Governor Biek- tt " to "shoot straight if an attempt on the life of the prisoners were made. The soldiers were sent from Durham I ' when it became apparent tliat mob vio lence was immineut. County Attorney . 8. Parker prevailed upon the crowd Vbich gathered around the jail to let the Jaw take its course and assisted in keep ing the prisoners safe until the arrival , of the troopa The three negroes were placed in jail : .yesterday alter a chase with blood - ilkoands. s y f 5 The night passed quietly after one of the most exciting days in the history of ;Graham. Shortly after the negroes were Arrested yesterday- morning a mob esti mated at' 1,500 to 2,000 men, gathered bout the jail and made several unsuc ; esaf ul attempts to gain admission to the prison . . The-attack on the woman was made 1y a masked negro early Saturday even ing anoTthe victim today was in a serious condition . . GRAHAM, July 18 Making two at 'tempts in broad daylight today to lynch . three negroes held in the Alamance coun . -a.iy jail here, an angry mob of over 1,500 ' j ' -Jwron8 was held off by Sheriff C. B. 33toryi"o Alamance, and four deputy ,1, '" -Sheriffs until the machine gun company - '' Uent to Graham today from Durham, un- :.,''"ider orders of Governor Bickett, arrived .. W check further trouble. Th mob was ut-talked by Sheriff Story. 'The three negroes, William Lee and "Jim Hazel, both fit Burlington, and Ar H thur Veasey, of Elon College, are be- ' l ing held in the Alamance jail on su- ;jwhite woman, aged 27, of Burlington, At the home of her husband there last -'alight at 9 o'clock. - Her husband, an V T J rjelectrician at the power house there, had V- atone up to the business section of Bur ,! . Jington when a negro entered the home, L' ; y -drew a pistol on the wife, who was alone V with her little child, attacked her and ' ' -,rjmade his escape. Upon her husband's jf (return home the alarm was sounded and 3" LEAGUE OF NATIONS WILL LEAD All OTHER ISSUES IN CAMPAIGN (By the Associated Press.) ; ;j I MARION, O., July 19. Assurance t fthat the league of nations will lead all $ Mother issues in the campaign is seen by .-.'Sitae' advisers of Senator Harding in over- o I , Sunday developments around the camp - J fires ' the two big parties. '. ; 1 1 The announcement in Washington that Governor Cox stands in perfect accord : Jwith President Wilson is taken here to nean a straightout plea by the demo ; jfcratie party for vindication and perpetu ' jation ofMhe Wilson foreign policy, a ' policy against which Senator Harding - f and all of his lieutenant here are really Jto make the fight of their political .ives. -Even before yesterSay's white house fvonference was concluded, Senator Hard 'lng had conjectured this significance and - . j outcome and had taken the aggressive in ' publie statement demanding that the ) mysterious foreign commitments" em- braced ia the president's program be out s 'lined in detail so the American people V -'might know what they were asked to . ' eupport. At the same time he gave as- "'urances that the republican party ngrer would accept that program. The senator statement called directly ? a Governor Cox to pot himself on record ' i in regard to Article 10, the Armenian mandate and other subjects on which Mr. . "Wilson has found himself in conflict with I the republican senate and witji some in - fluential democrats. The feeling in the Harding camp today was that the next move wasfup to the democratic nominee. ! The alacrity with which tte league is-; sine-has come to the fore has caused manl ' feat surprise at Hardin g-'s headquarters bere. Manj of the senator's close asso ciates had not expected Governor Cox to . take counsel with the president at the outset of, his campaign nor to take any ' aggressive measures to hold up the hands of the present administration, with whieh he has not been closely associated. v In T t evert, th?r considered it possible : i--vje- might to" , thrust - " - : '. V, 5 t-3clrrounJ for " the aearch for the negro continued all X night, without result. Bloodhounds Used. Sheriff Stor. sent for bloodhounds at Raleigh, which arrived at Graham at 6 o'clock this morning. They immediately picJ-ed up the trail and ended it a few miles from Burlingt6n at a negro house where Jim Hazel and Arthur Vahpv pm j gted at about 7 o'clock this morning. .The negro Lee was arrested on suspicion as he seemed to resemble the description given by the woman of her assailant. He was arrested near the Burlington hospital at the home of hia father. He had leen employed at the hospital. The negroes were taken before the wo man this morning but she was ujiable to identify positively any of the three as her assailant. She is in a rather serious condition and nervousness resulting from the attack helped to make identification impossible. BLOODHOUNDS FOLLOW TRAIL TO HOSPITAL SERVANTS' HOUSE (Special to Greensboro News.) BURLINGTON, July 18. One of the most brutal crimes ever committed in this part 0f North Carolina was perpetrated j last night about 8:30 o'clock when negro, pistol in hand, entered the home of A. A. Riddle, who lives near the power house of the Piedmont Railway and Electric company, between this city and Graham, and criminally assaulted Mrs. Riddle. Bloodhounds were brought here late in the night from Raleigh and early this mornhig they separately trailed to a servants' house at Rainey hospital. As result of the work of the hounds, three negroes have been arrested, but the guilty oiie has not been identified. One of the negroes is Arthur Baseley of "Elon College, and the others are named Lee and Troxler, both servants at the hos pital. They were taken to the Alamance jail at Graham. As soon as the people' learned of the atrocious crime, they began assembling at Graham and all day more than 1,000 persons gathered at the prison, so that dangejsr jt '-nehing appeared imminent. ProirAnenljtizens continuously pleaded with the ftywtf to await the gathering of more fact,so the guilty negro could be identified and punished as the law pro vides. , The victim of the assault is a member (Continued on page 8.) want of a direct point of conflict be tween the two parties. So far, however, the other ordinarily important issues have failed to supply a paramount of eonflicj And that circum stance is expected to help keep the league controversy in the spotlight. The Hard ing managers are not unmindful that I within their own party there is some di vision or opinion regarding the league, but they believe that on a direct isoue of acceptance of the Wilson policy without the dotting of an "i" or the crossing of a "t" they can count on a united re publican front. They also are confident that such an issue will drivs a wedge through democratic solidarity and they do not propose to overlook any oppor tunity thus to carry the fight into the enemy's territory. SUBJECTS ANNOUNCED FOR JERSEY BREEDERS' MEETING At th,e meeting of the Jersey Breeders' Association next Wednesday, July 21st, thef611owing subjects will be considered : Cow testing, milk and butterfat rec ords. Appointment of committee to purchase at auction sales. Annual picnic day. Jersey bulletin. Membership drive. Tuberculosis testing. Exhibiting at fairs. AH breeders of Jersey cattle and those interested in - the development of the breed are cordially invited to attend this meeting, which will be held at the court house promptly at 1:00 p. m. . . 3aV. and Mrs. R. T. Ferruaon- spent the week-end in Chester, Ctfrlisle, union, uarrney and Blacksburg, 8. C. BeV A. E. Spencer 'of Barlin Green, was- a visitor in Gastoni Satnr day. He will go to Montreat today to join his. wife, who has been there for about a week. Rev. and Mrs. Spencer , remain at Montreat for the next two or three weeks. . FOUR YEARS AGO W "BIG 1916 FLOOD SWEPT THE COUNTY Sunday Night Four Years Ago "Mo the Day Big Concrete Bridge at Sloan's Ferry Went Down -. Southern s Trestle Went Down t 5:30 in the- Afternoon Every Bridge in the County Dam aged. Vour years ago- today, Gaston county was beginning to emerge from the wrfik and ruin of one of the greatest catas trophes in the history ot tlie county, the flood of 1 ! 1 ti and the ubepieiit de moralization of traffic mid iiidut(y. Sunday afternoon, July 10, I'.Urt. i ! -Southern Railway bridge over the ( a tawba went down Carrying with it some eight or ten men to their death. Some time in the night or early Monday morn iug, four years ago today, the mammoth concrete bridge over the Catavvlia at bioan's Kerry went down and tragic from the South to the North was com pletely cut oft". Thrse bridges at Mt. Holly had gone down, as had every bridge on the Catawba from Hickory to Camden, 8. C. Southern Power juice had been cut off and towns and cities were in darkness for days. Many towns and communities in this vicinity were marooned fromv the rest of the world and there was an alarming scarcity of foodstuffs for several days. Cotton mills in the county were cut off en tirely or run part time. More than 28 hours of consecutive rainfe.11, beginning at 4 o'clock Friday afternoon and continuing until o'clock Saturday night. From the files of The Gaeette of Wed nesday, July 19, 1916 we obtain the fol lowing facts about the flood and its damage: Conservative estimates place Gaston county's loss in bridges and roads alone at $25,000. The following bridges in Gaston coun ty were damaged and destroyed as the result of the recent floods which follow ed the two days of Tain : Sloan's Ferry bridge. Loss to Gaston county, ittS.OOO. Rozzelles' bridge a total loss, $5,000. New Mt. Holly bridge a total loss, $10,000. McAdenville bridge a total loss, $20, 000. 1 Vestal Ford bridge a loss, $8,000. Saixiler's Creek bridge, loss $6,000. Armstrong 's Ford bridge, loss, $50(i. Armstrong bridge, damaged $500. Ixng Creek bridge, damaged, ,$500. High Shoals bridge, daniaRed, $200. Hardiif bridge, loss, $6,000. There aralso 20 other bridges which spanned siiraller streams and were dam aged considerably which will range from $50 to $1,000 on each of these bridges. Coining at a time when least exacted the electric current of the Southern Power Company was switched off about 9:30 o'clock Sunday night, leaving Gas tonia and the surrounding towns over the county in darkness. Those who had both gas and electric lights in their homes were fortunate as the gas lights were 'wel comed by many. Fiy of si of Gas tonia '8 cotton mills are standing idle as the result of the southern Power Com pany's inability to manipulate its numer ous power plants over the two Carolinas. Nine mills in the city are- running either full or part time on ower fur nished by their own &team plants. The Modena Cotton Mill's plant gave to the city last night and tonight its only elec tric current which was turned on at 8:30 o'clock and off again at 6 in tiie morning It si reKrted that the surrounding towns of Belmont, LioweJ!, McAdenville, Mount Holly, Bessemer City, Kings Mountain and Shelby are in-darkness and without a sufficient supply of water. (Estonia 's auxiliary plant furnished a regular amount of city water but it is not known how long this supply will last. Reports are to the effect that the Southern Power plant at Mount Holly is now alwve water and will probably furnish current within 24 hours. This, howeyer, is oidy proble matical and there is no manner of learn ing just when the current will be re sumed . The following account is from the Belmont correspondence descriptive of the harrowing scenes on the river sfter the Southern's big bridge had gone down: Desolation reigned over the scene the whole night. With daybreak rescue par ties formed and began to search the streams. Mr. Titman of Lowell, took especially grave risks in his efforts at rescue. A party composed of Mr. John McLean, Mr. Dave Wright and b two sons, Mr. John Armstrong and Mr. El lington took grave risks; in steering a boat to a clump of trees on Bock -Island from which they rescued a negro, who was almost exhausted and chilled through having on no clothing. It was a matter of matching life against life in these ef forts at rescue. The most successful, however, were negro men, Pete Stowe and Fons Boss, of Belmont. They res cued six men from- trees ia the river where the current was swift. . Two of these were men who had gone to rescue four who were marooned and were them selves forced to take to the trees when their beat washed away. On of the 81ST DIVISION WILDCATS WILL HOLD REUNION SEPT. 20 Governor Cox i Urged to be Present as Chief Speaker of Day Reunion Will be Held at Columbia Where Division Trained. COLUMBIA, July 18. Governor James M. Cox democratic nominee for President, has been invited to be the principal speaker at the first annual re union of the Wildcat division in Colum bia iu September, and , C. McGowau, head of the veterans' association, has appointed President Woodrow Wilsou as a committee of one to urge acceptance. The chief executive is a member of the Wildcat association, being entitled to full privileges' as commander in chief of the United States forces. He holds card 50. 1. "The Eighty-first division Wildcats will hold their first reunion at Columbia, 51. ('., September 20 and 21," says the telegram to President Wilson. "We have invited Governor Cox to be our principal speaker, liy virtue of my au thority as president of the Wildcat vet erans' association, of which you are a mehler, I appoint you a committee of one to urge (iovernor Cox to accept our invitation. In addition to a telegram from Mr. McGowan, Governor Cox has been invited by Governor Cooper and by Joseph D. Miot, president of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce. Mr. McGowan 's telegram to Oovenior (!ox was sent in care of the White House, as thnominee is expected in Washington for a conference with President Wilson. After explaining that the reunion will be held in Columbia, giving the dates, etc., Mr. McGowan, in his message to Gov ernor Cox, said: "Thousands of vet erans will come from every part of the- country. The people of Columbia and of luth Carolina and the Wildcats will be satisfied with nothing but the best." ' The governor and' President Miot sec onded the invitation sent by Mr. Mc Gowan and urged Governor Cox to ac cept. The nbminee was given his chdice of the two dates of the reunion. Mr. Harold Sims was among the vis itors in Lincolntou Sunday. Messrs. Claude Craig and Ralph Simpson left Gastonia Friday to spend sayeral" days of their vacation in New York City." Messrs. i'iuk Rankin and Brown Wilson were visitors in Thoiuasville Sat urday and Sunday. Mr. Wilson returned to Gastoni:! Sunday night, while Mr. Rankin will not leave Thoiuasville until today. T Messrs. W. V. Warren, Clyde Braw ley, Billie Warren and Warren Gardiiei, Misses Willard Jenkins and Sarah War ren motored to Kings Mountain Sunday. .There will be an ice cream supper tonight at the Loray Cafeteria for the benefit of the l.oray Band. Misses Jaiinie, Myrtle and Blanche Robinson, of the Tanyard neighborhood, were among the many shoppers iu town Saturday evening. Mr. John Sehrum, of the clerical force at Belk's, is at Wrightsv iile Beach on his vacation. A large number of young people spent a social evening at Mr. John Ken drick's Saturday. Mr. Kendrick's home is near New Hop. , men rescued in this party as iL-. Thomas, pf Belmont, section foreman. Another was a Mr. Kenuedy, a civil en gineer who volunteered his help. The names of the other men in this party are not known. Mr. Griffin,' track iu Sector, was drowned, it is feared, as no report can be had from him. Just how many lost their lives cannot be told. One of the men rescued has made the state ment that there were 23 on the bridge when it went down. Up to the present only five men have been rescued. This leaves probably twenty unaccounted for. Concerning the ftorm and its results in Catawba county the Hick.y Record says: "More gasoline engines did business in nickory that ten days than ever be fore. The telephone company installed a little fellow that could make as loud a pop as was ever heard. The Record got hold of an old engine that marched up and down the press room, but it turned the press. Incidentally, the Record set all its type by hand,- the merchants backed it like true sports and the circula tion of the paper increased 300 copies during that strenuous time. There was nothing to print but water, but that was good enough, it seemed. Hickory people longed for news from the outside world and morning papers re tailed from 25 cents to $l'-a copy. Mr. L. E. Cansler, who is now v(ith the Bee ord, helped to put the frst Cfcarlotte Ob server across the river. He and Buster Brown rowed over in, a small boat and mailed the papers at MountTHolly. This section recovered promptly from the damage, although the corn crop in tottom lands was mined and many farm ers bought grain the following fall and winter who had never known what' it meant to hare empty eriba- WILSON AND ON BOTH LEAGUE Al PLATM! President and Candidate Agree on Principles of Platform and Opinions of League pf Nations -Conference Very Satisfactory. OHIO ENTERS UPON BIG POLITICAL WEEK Democrats Plan Big Campaign - Official Notification of Harding Will Take Place Thursday. COLCMBCS. O., July 19. Ohio, the home of tlie two presidential candidates, today entered upon its first big political week of. the campaign. Several members of the democratic na tional committee arrived during the day for their first meeting here tomorrow with (iovernor Cox, the democratic nom inee, and Fraifklin D. Roosevelt, his run ning mate. Tomorrow 's meeting is ex pected to develop preliminary plans for the campaign. The committeemen will be entertained at dinner tomorrow eve ning by Governor and Mrs. Cox at the exocutive mansion. Members of the executive committee of the republican national committee will meet here Wednesday preparatory to going to Marion Thursday for the Hard iug notification ceremonies. Harry M. t)augherty, Senator Harding's pre-con-vention campaign manager, will entertain the republican committeemen at a- dinner here Wednesday evening. Thousands of persons are expected in Marion Tuesday, when Senator Harding, the republican nominee, will be officially notified of his nomination, and to listen to his address, which is expected to be the keynote of the republican campaign. The notification ceremonies at Marion will be held at G-irfield Park, about a mile and a half fom Senator Harding's home. Arrangements have been made for the handling of an immense crowd. Members of the state democratic com mittee will meet in Columbns tomorrow morning to fix a date and place for hold ing the democratic state platform con vention. W. W. Durbin, of Kenton, state cliaiiiunii. has announced thnt the con vention probably will be held in Colum bus on August 17. just one week follow ing the state primary election on August 10. Misses Ollie Belk, of Monroe, and Willie Belk, of Charlotte. sent Friday and Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Belk at their home on West Airline av RAILROAD LABOR BOARD VILL ANNOUNCE DECISION TUESDAY (By the Associate. 1 Press.) CHICAGO! July 19 The Ssft (rand council for more than a year of execu tives, general chairmen, and general com mitteemen of the sixteen recognized rail road brotherhoods opened in Chicago to day to pass upon the wage award of the railway labor board. The board's de cision, it has been announced, will be made public tomorrow. Approximately 1,000 union officials are existed to be present when the council takes final action on the award and more than half that number already have reached Chicago. Preliminary meetings were held yesterday, by early arrivals but no statements were given out as to what work had been done. According to union rules all questions of a wage increase must be submitted to a referendum vote of the entire mem bership of the unions, but it was pointed out "today that the call for the grand council stated tne purpose of the gather in gto be "to consider and pass finally upon the award made by the board. " Under these circumstances it was not known whether the board's award would be submitted to a referendum or whether final action would be taken by the unibn chiefs in session here. Leaders today de clined to comment on the matter. In connection with the discussion of a proobable referendum it was pointed out that a vote by the entire member ship of the brptherhoods would require a month or more and that many union i leaders were opposed to this delay in the j final acceptance or rejection of the award. 7 "" "7"-. Samuel E. Heberling, president of the Switchmen 's onion of North America, de clared last -night that if it was decided that the award was unsatisfactory "con certed action would be .taken by the six teen brotherhoods." The wage Increases asked by the rail road workers, of whom there are nearly COX TOGETHER .(By the Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, July 19.Unity of opinion on the league of nations in par ticular and the democratic platform in genenil was acclaimed by President Wil son and Governor Cox, the democratic ' presidential nominee, in statements pub lished today tieating of yesterday's con- I tt'ieuce at the white house. , President Wilson's statement said that tie and tue party nominee "were abso lute!) at one with regard to the great is sue of the league of nations" and that Mr. Cox "is ready to be the ehamDion I in every respect of the honor of the na- uoii uioi iue peace oi ine world. ' Governor Cox iu summarizing the re sults of the conference, said it brought out that he and the president "are agreed as to the meaning and sufficiency of the democratic platform and the duty of the party in the face of threatened bad faith to the world in the name of America. ' ' Franklin D. Roosevelt, the democratic . candidate for vice president, who also participated in tne conference, which lasted about an hour, said "splendid ac cord was showji in the conversation be tween Mr. Wilson and Mr. Cox. Party leaders here expressed satisfac tion today over the results of the fifty hour visit of Governor Cox to the capitaL In addition to the conference with Presi dent Wilson, the nominee saw a number Vot senators, representatives and other officials before departing for Columbus, O., late yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Flanagan, of Bowling Green, passed through the city Saturday on their way to Montreat, where they will seiid some time. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. HowelL of Clover, were shoppers in Gastonia this morning. Mr. Howell is a brother of Mr. F. M. Howell, of this city. Messrs. Hubert Huffstetle and ,. Walter Anderson, formerly of the Loray team in this city, left Sunday to join the Chesterfield team at Chesterfield, 8. C. Messrs. Huffstetler and Anderson will be with the South Carolina team for tho remainder of the summer. South Gastonia defeated Rex base ball team Saturday afternoon by the score of 5 to 4. Neither of these teams had lost a game in the Gaston county league. By the winning of this same. South Gastonia goes to the top. Keever Teague and Lowe formed the battery for South Gastonia. 2,000,000, would total more than fl.OOO, 000,000. The demands range from 25.3 per cent for shopmen, to 66.4 per cent for maintenanoe of way employes. SOUTHERN. NEWSPAPER MEN IN SESSION AT GROVE PARK INN (By The Associated Press.) ASHEVILLE, N. C, July 19 Sixty eight newspaper men were elected mem bers of the . Southern Newspaper Pub lishers ' Association, at the opening ses sion here today of its 18th annual con vention. This number is equal to the total membership of the association at the time of its first meeting in AsheviRe eighteen years ago. Aside from the election of new mem bers the main business on today's pro gram was the address by President James H. Allison, of Fort Worth, Tex. Fol-' lowing the hearing of renorta. thn in vention was addressed by H. N. Kellogg, of the Asscciated Newspaper Publishers Association, who spoke on the labor problem, and Walter G. Brya publisher of the New York American, who led a discussion on five cent dailies, ten cent Sundays and nine column papers. , ' Discussion of the wood pulp supply ait uation was to follow an, address on the subject at the afternoon session by E. A.- Sherman, associate forester of the department of agriculture. The program also, included discussions- of newspapers and agency relations, second class pos tage, the Thompson bill, news prnt find uniform routing of news print. . Following adjournment the pull L-1 .era and advertising men ' opened a r ' tournament on the country club I". ..'.. . The sessions will last tLroih V'. nesJay. 7 v y
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