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GASTOil
county offers a
ia the fastest
trowing city
wonderful field
for investor fanner or bns
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ber of Commerce) .
in North Carolina. 1930
population 12,871, a gain ia
10 yean of 123.3 per cent.
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yOL XLI. NO. 174.
GASTON I A, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 21, 1920
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SIGNS POINT TO BRYAN
, AS PROBABLE HEAD OF
Delegates Want Bryan Yet They Are Afraid of
Him - Party Holds Jubilation Parties Over
Downfall John Barleycorn.
(By tit Associated Press.)
LINCOLN, Neb., July 21. The prohi
bition party opened its 13th annual con
vention here today prepared to give over
much of the three days of day and night
sessions to jubilation over the downfall
of John Barleycorn. To this end several
celebrations have been arranged and a
dozen or more orators have prepared
peeches felicitating the party on its
tight against liquor and condemning the
republican and democratic convention
for lark of definite action on the ques-
tion.
The opening session, however, found
he delegates apparently facing the pe
culiar situation of being almost unani
mously in favor of William Jennings
Bryan as their nominee, and yet being
divided as to whether the convention
should name the Nebraska n as its leader
in the fall election.
Mr. Bryan's friends here, who claim
to be speaking for him, firmly reiterate
previous statements that hn will not ac
cept the nomination, will not run on any
t'rket and feels that the party should not
B'me any candidates, confining ;ts activi
ties instead to local campaigns.
Groups of delegates planed to try to
have Bryan nominated unanimously, re
gardless of his own views, but there is a
definite movement to prevent it on the
ground that he should not be placed in
an embarrassing position, although the
delegates working against his nomination
declare they personally favor it if he will
accept. Nominations are not scheduled
wntil Friday.
The convention was called to order by
Virgil G. Hinshaw. national committee
chairman, and thevusual prayers anil
eii.ging followed. Aaron 8. Watkins, of
?ermnntown, O., was mad" temporary
cliairman and delivered the keynote ad
dress. Committers on credentials, organ
ization, rules and resolutions were ap
pointed and at the afternoon session it
was planned to heir their reports.
TVATKINS DELIVERS KEY-NOTE
SPEECH.
LINCOLN, Net.., July 21. "We are
Utill on the map and our mission is not
ended," Aaron S. Watkins, keynote
speaker at the Prohibition Party's thir
teenth presidential year convention, told
the delegates at its opening session here
this morning. "We must place in the
field a ticket of real presidential size and
snake a campaign that will win the re
aped of all thinking men and women."
Mr. Watkins said that the prohibition
question was not settled and would not
be "until the machinery of government
is attached and the lawbreakers surrender
unconditionally. ' '
"The experiment of even partially en
forced prohibition." he said, "has been
ao eminently satisfactory and the demon
strations of moral and industrial im
provements so convincing that millions of
Barters between two opinions have been
convinced beyond the shadow of a
doubt."
Mr. Watkins ran on the Prohibition
ticket in 1908 and 1912 as the candidate
for the vice-presidency. He is professor
of English in a school at Gcrmantown,
Ohio.
The Prohibition keynote speaker em
phasized the interest of the Prohibition
Party in other questions confronting the
country. He declared that "the whole
country desires the league of nations,
"and that it would finally be adopted,
but he characterized President Wilson's
course in handling it as having "too
much flavor of autocracy" and said his
plan could not be adopted "without rad
ical revision."
On prohibition Mr. Watkins said :
"When we inquire of the leaders of
the two major parties why an iron-clad
prohibition plank was omitted from each
of the party platforms, we are blandly
informed that the question is settled t
Tears ago when we pleaded for such a
plank, they said that it never can be set
tled, or at any rate, it is too soon to
make the fight. Now it is too late to
mention the subject! I wonder when
would have been the psychological mo
ment that the question of prohibition
would have been strictly op to date.
"This ia a subterfuge of course.
Merely setting down a group -of figures
does not solve the problem and a declara
tion of war does not conquer a nation;
, neither does the passage of law, statutory
or constitutional, settle any question.
Prohibition is not settled and will not be
settled until the machinery of govern
ment is attached and the lawbreakers sur
render taeoaditiorially.
' Every-refusal to declare for law en
forcement simply encourages the wet
.forces, to believe that the present wave of
(Continued on page 4.)
PROHIBITION TICKET
DANGER OF RAILROAD '
STRIKE DISSIPATED
(By the Associated Press.)
! CHICAGO, July 21 Danger of an
j immediate strike of railway workers of
1 the country apparently had dissipated
when the 2,000 representatives of the 16
railway crafts resumed their conference
here this morning to consider the $600,
000,000 wage increase granted by the
railway labor board in its decision hand-
j ed down yesterday .
j In addition there appeared to be less
dissatisfaction over the amount of the
award on the part of the union men.
Yesterday's group conference extend
ed far iuto the night without any decis
ion as to acceptance or rejection of the
award having" been reached. At the close
of last night's conference, however, W.
G. Lee, of Cleveland, grand president
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, emphasized that no immediate
strike was in prosiK-ct.
"There will be no illegal, outlaw, rebel,
sporadic or immediate railroad strike,''
Mr. Lee said. "Whether the railway
wage award is accepted or rejected, the
union action will be concerted ami delib
erate.' '
When the grand council met today four
courses of action were under considera
tion :
An acceptance of the award under a
"protest" a registration of their
dissatisfaction over the terms as com
pared with the original demands;
Acceptance of the award with a pro
viso that preparations for new wage de
mauds be immediately started; tlusse de
mands to be riled with the railway labor
board as soon as practicable after Sep
tember I. the date the roads emerge
finally from government control;
Tentative rejection of the award and
a recoininitt ment of the strike issue to a
referendum of the rank and file;
Flat rejections of the demands and an
exercise of the extraordinary plenary
powers resting in the grand council to
ward a strike.
While general opinion among the re
presentatives bad not crystalized, it war,
reported the locomotive engineers and
shopmen had expressed themselves as
favorable to acceptance of the decision.
MUST PROVIDE COAL
FOR NORTH-WEST BE
FORE OTHER SECTIONS
(By the Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. Juiy 21 Operators
of bituminous mines in western Pennsyl
vania, Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky
and Tennessee, must provide a winter
stock of coal for the northwest before
filling orders for other sections. Acting
under new emergency orders issued yes
terday by the interstate commerce com
mission the railroads serving mines in the
states named not only. will give priority
in the movement of eoal to the northwest,
but will give preference in the supply
of cars for such shipments as well. The
carriers also were directed to place an
embargo on shipments to any other sec
tion should such shipments lie offered by
the operators.
FACES COURT-MARTIAL
BECAUSE OF ESCAPE
OF SLACKER BERGDOLL
(By the Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, July 21 Lieut. Col.
John E. Hunt, commander of the Castle
William prison at Governors Island, to
day faced an open trial by courtmartial
hero, charged with responsibility for the
escape of G rover Cleveland Bergdoll, mil
lionaire draft evader, of Philadelphia.
Col. C. C. Cresson, trial judge advocate,
presided.
DANIELS AND PAYNE
BACK FSOM ALASKA
(By The Associated Press.)
8EATTLE, Washn., July 21-Seere
tary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and
Secretary of the Interior John Barton
Payne duo ia Seattle Thursday from aa
inspection trip in Alaska, will leave for
Washington -Friday night, according to
word received here today. At Helena,
Moat., the cabinet officers will be guests
of United fitatM t r ...
of Montana, ana will Uter make a trip
" u'"'ii national jfark.
THINKS GASTONIA
SHOULD BEGIN TO
PLAN FOR PARKS
Mr. E. B. Brittain Viaita Buf
falo and Niagara Falls
Finds Admirable Park and
Playground System.
"It sure makes one wish Gastouia had
more of a start in the way of parks and
playground,' remarked K. B. Bntttain
of the Gastouia Insurance and Realty
Company Tuesday relative to his recent
business and pleasure trip north
"Buffalo ami Niagara Palls both have
fine parks. I esccially noticed the
parks in Buffalo because there is M
much space devoted to this purpose and
the parks are so fine. The acreage is
large, so large that Buffalo held the Pan
American Exposition on the city's park
property. The ground is covered with
a splendid sod. They cut the grass
short but it does not seem to retard it in
any way.
"As a result of these pp.rks Buffalo
people certainly gt out into the fresh
air. The playgrounds '.ere in constant
use. Grown people were enjoying the
parks as well aa the youngsters. There
are several baseball fields, various golf
courses and other provision for games
and healthy amusements.
"Perhaps we cannot do so much just
now but at least if Gastonia could only
ln'gin planning definitely for the future
in this regard it would be worth a lot
to our city some da v . ' '
THE STATE'S VERSION
OF GRAHAM SHOOTING
Concerning the shooting to death of
oi- James Ray in Graham by the ma
chine gun company of Graham. Tom Bost
presents in the Greensboro News the ver
sion of the affair as seen by the State
ami the military:
Governor Bickett last night on being
apprised of the militia's small battle
with the Graham mob, asked first why
the negroes under accusation had not
been brought to Raleigh and this end
of the line laTd the blame at the door of
Graham.
The prisoners were sent to Raleigh this
morning on a special train and under
guard. The governor's office bad asked
for them yesterday but Gr.h- citizens
nnsweied that the town was qufet and the
prisoners were needed in getting up t lie
evidence. Governor Bickett thought the
prisoners were in Raleigh until he had
application for his o. k. to the troops
called for in the second message relating
to the outbreak.
It is probable, therefore, that there is
going to be quite a deal of controversy
over the blame for killing the bystander
last night and the wounding of two more.
Chairman Albright, of the board of com
missi. net s, is said to have called the gov
ernor's office and told the governor's sec
retary that "those soldiers have killed
some of our men." The response was a
question: "How many soldiers had been
hurt or killed?" There were none.
"Glory!" is the reply said to have
been sent to Graham.
The troops were up there for business
and went there to prevent the lynching.
Residents scented no trouble and appar
ently expected no trouble. It was deem
ed unwise to undertake the removal of
the prisoners earlier and when Major
Smith, of the adjutant general 's office,
gathered the special train last night, he
instructed the engineer to roll into Gra
ham at exactly 6 a. m. today. There wa
to be no 5:."S nor 6:02 arrive!. The hour
was 6 o'clock sharp.
Metts Praises Fowler.
General Metts was in his office today
and he gave high tribute to the handling
of the soldiers by Capt. Marion Butler
Fowler. The soldiers did all they could
to avoid fatal shooting. They let the
mob back them from the deadline and
in retreating it was necessary to take the
machine guns with them. The soldiers
did not wish to shoot indiscriminately
into a crowd, a large percentage of which
did not appear to have had murder on
its mind.
It is plain that the tste department
is not going to stand for the suggestion
that it. became panicky and shot without
cause. Had the local officials sent the
prisoners down when the state expected
them there had been no rush to the jail.
The troops were sent up to Graham
chiefly to furnish protection until the
officers could remove the prisoners. It
was amazing circumstances to Governor
Bickett that the accused men were al
lowed to stay in the town of Graham
until it had worked itself into a frenzy.
In Raleigh, whih is visited daily by
cosmopolites, there was very general de
light over the conduct of the troops in
fighting hack and showing the mob that
soldier officers will do their duty even if
it is disagreeable to civilians. The Per
son county case has raised a serious
doubt as to the guilt of the prisoners and
visitors here feel that innocent men
might have been lynched last night,
though there is said to be strong evidence
against one of the prisoners. The mili
tary officials are entirely satisfied with
the way the soldiers handled the mob.
The prisoners, Deraison Beasley, Ar
thur Lee and George Troxler, were placed
in the death room and they lifted np their
MEETING TO DISCUSS
TUBERCULAR HOSPITAL
Steering Committee of County
Tubercular Hospital to Meet
a t Armington Thursday
Evening at 7 o'CIock.
Thursday evening at seven o'clock at
a dinner at the Armington hotel will be
held a meeting of the general committee
from the county one man and one lady
from each of the six townships in the
county, appointed as a steering commit
tee for the proposed tubercular hospital
in the county. This committee has been
appointed as a result of the massmeet
ing held at the courthouse some weeks
ago. All the inemlers of the committee
named below have been notified of their
appointment and have signified their
willingness to serve.
At the meeting Thursday night at the
Armington, a permanent organization
will be perfected and a discussion of
preliminary plans and methods will be
held. It is hoped that at this meeting
some tangible results can be secured.
Mayor R. G. Cherry has called the
meeting by virtue of having been chair
man of the massmeet ing held some time
ago. The county commissioners have
been invited to be present and it is
thought that they will attend. The list
of committees and correspondence inci
dent to the call of the meeting are given
herewith.
The following have been appoinlcl ou
the comity steering committee for the tu
bercular hospital for Gaston county:
Gastonia township: Col. ('. B. Arm
strong, Gnstoma; Mrs. P. I,. Kmyre, Gas
touia. South Point township: Mr. R. R. Ray,
MeAdenville; Mrs. W. B. Puett, Bel
mont. River Bend township: Rev. Frank
Rankin, Mt. Holly; Mrs., J. A. Costner,
Mt. Holly.
Dallas township: Prof. J. H. Henson.
Dallas; Mrs. C. C. Cornwell, Dallas.
Cherry ville township: Major John J.
(.eorge, Cherryville; Mrs. George Falls,
herry ville.
Crowders Mountain township: Mayor
R. C. Kennedy, Bessemer City; Mrs. J.
H. Wilkins, Bessemer City.
The following is a copy of the letter
sent to each one ot' the above committee:
There hiis been a movement launched
in Gaston county for the erection of .-.
tubercular hospital which will provide a
phe-e for treatment and care of all per
sons .suffering from tuberculosis in Gas
ton county. At a 'county mass meeting
recently held in the court house in Gas
tonia it was Decided that there should be
appointed a steering committee composed
of one woman and one man for each
township in the county, who should meet
at a convenient place and outline plans
for the success of the hospital. Two rep
resentatives have been appointed from
each township, a lomplele list of whom
is enclosed herewith. You are a vnember
of the committee from your township and
you have been notified to that effect.
I am delighted that you have agreed
to serve and this is to notify you to be
present Thursday evening, July 22, at 7
o'clock, at the Armington Hotel in Gas
tonia, where a luncheon will be provided,
plans discussed and a permanent organ
ization perfected for carrying out the
work in this county.
Remember that you are urgently re
quested to lie present Thursday evening,
July 22. promptly at 7 o'clock. The
meeting will only last a short while and
it is necessary that every member of the
committee lie present.
Yours very truly.
R. G. CHERRY, Mayor.
I BERNSTORFF WANTS CLOSER
RELATIONS WITH U. S.
BF.RLIN", July 2U. Count von Bern
storff, former German ambassador to the
United States, in a new periodical.
"Getrue Eckhart," urges that "all our
efforts should be directed toward making
aw business relations with the I'nited
Mates the closest possible.''
He declares that Germany must expect
nothing from America politically, "as
the Americans are tired from a humani
tarian standpoint.'' This, he says, is
explainable by the fact that the "war
proved a disappointment for the United
States."
After explaining the necessity for the
Germans to work hard at reconstruction,
as they could only pay their debts by
labor, the former ambassador foreshad
ows the possibility that American capital
iii.d German labor may work together in
Russia.
WILL EXPEDITE SHIPMENTS
WESTERN GRAIN CROP
WASHINGTON, July 21. Movement
of 25,000 additional box cars from east
ern and southeastern roads to western
lines to assist in handling the new grain
erop was ordered today by the commis
sion on car service of the Association of
Railway Executives. The movement will
begin July 25 and continue for 30 days.
This order is in line with directions
issued by the interstate commerce com
mission and a renewal of orders in effect
for the thirty day period ending July 24.
voices and thanked the Lord for deliiery
into that lane of horrors. Superintend
ent Collie observed today that only one
attempt had been made on the state
prison by a mob and that, of course, was
fruitless.
DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN
IS LAUNCHED
CHAIRMAN
Fair Weather and Strong Democratic Tides
Mark Launching Campaign Craft - Working
on Campaign Details.
HARDING'S SPEECH WILL
BRING LEAGUE ISSUE
SQUARELY TO FRONT
(By The Associated Press.'
MARION, O., July 21. Senator Hard
ing's speech of acceptance, to be deliv
ered here tomorrow, is expected by his
close associates to give prominence to
the foreign policy of President Wilson
and the league of nations in such a way
as to advance the campaign toward a
squarely joined issue between the two
political parties.
Those who know the mind of the presi
dential nominee declared their confidence
today that he would make a declaration
squaring witlPthe party platform and the
irarty record and bringing successfully
the republican difference of opinion
which threatened a split at Chicago.
The exact form of the declaration was
not revealed, but it was said atithorita
tively'TTiat ft would follow the tren of
the senator's recent statements on the
subject ami would be particularly mili
tant in its opposition to the Wilson poli
cies, to which the republican nominee re
gards tlTe' democratic party and candi
dates as pTeilged unreservedly.
Ill addition to declaring unthinkable
the acceptance of the league as the presi
dent fashioned it, however, the senator
is expected to express in direct terms his
belief that America should not remain
isolated and to take the position that the
war's sacrifices will prove in vain unless
there is established a new order with
added security to pe;ye and civilization.
It is a subject for speculation how far
he will detail this position, or to what
extent he will clothe with practical sug
gestions the declaration of the Chicago
platform for an international peace tri
bunal. It is regarded as unlikely that the
nominee will enter into a detailed discus
sion of the league covenant or will speak
objectively of reservations or interpreta
tions. Tie is expected rather to hold his
utterances to the broad principles in
volved, hinging his argument to a plea
for American rather than world ideals.
He is believed certain to couple with
this a declaration that the failure of the
I'nited States to accept Mr. Wilson's
league will p,t be construed abroad as
an evasion of duty, but will be inter
preted as arising from devotion to the in
tegrity of the nation.
PROHIBITIONISTS ARE GATHERED TO SELECT '
BURIAL LOT FOR JOHN BARLEY CORN HINSHAW
; Bv tne Associated Press.
LINCOLN. Neb.. July 21. ( ailing the
thirteenth quadrennial convention of the
Prohibition Party to order here this
morning. Virgil G. Hinshaw, chairman of
the Prohibition national committee, told
the delegates they had come together to
"select a burial lot for John Barley
corn." The other political parties, he
said, "out of respect to John's relatives
have vote.) that he shall lie in state for
another four years to be viewed by the
American people.
"The Democratic platform is silent,
the Republican platform is silent," the
Prohibition national chairman continued.
"Harding owns brewery stock, he is not
a prohibitionist at heart. Cox is wet.
The future is before us, the campaign is
upon us.
' ' We want to do the wisest ehing, the
best thing for the prohibition movement
an.l for the country. It was our fervent
wish that every political party would this
year fall in line with the Constitution of
the United States, with the Congress of
the United 8tates, with the Supreme
Court of the United States, and recognize
openly and avowedly the settlement of
this question. The other parties have
failed. What shall we do!"
Turning to measures other than prohi
b ft ion which the party had championed,
Chairman Hinshaw said. "As we assem
ble here for the thirteenth time in fifty
one years wo do so with a realization that
we have had part in more than one battle
and for the solution of more than one
problem. While we have been a party
with an eye single to the solution of one
great problem-we have at the same time
aimed at the solution and reached the so
lution of many problems. " ' .
"For example, . we stood for womaa
UNDER NEW
GEORGE WHITE
t By tl . Associated Press.)
I Ol.I'MIU's, ()., July 21. The demo
crats' campaign craft was under nearly
full sail today with what Governor Cox,
the presidential standard bearer, charac
terized as a. new "captain" George
White, the new national committee chair
man and campaign manager. Mr. White,
a former Ohio congressman and assistant
manager of the Cox convention campaign,
was elected late yesterday, succeeding
Homer 8. Cummings, of Connecticut.
"Fair weather and strong democratic
tides ' ' were leaders ' predictions today
as many returned homo to organize local
campaigns. Expressions of confidence of
results when the final flag falls were gen
eral". Governor Cox, Chairman White, Treas
urer Wilbur Marsh of Iowa, and other
leaders remained over today to map out
further organization details including ap
pointment of the special campaign com
mittee authorized by the national body,
location of several major headquarters,
arrangements for notification ceremonies
and finances. Early announcements were
planned, including definite dates for the
notifications of Governor, Cox and Frank
lin P. Roosevelt, his running mate, set
tentatively for August 7 and 9, respec
tively. The interval of time, it was
hoped, would enable visitors at Governor
Cox 's notification at Dayton to reach
Mr. Roosevelt 's home at Hyde Park,
N. Y.
Traveling itineraries of both candi
dates also are being planned, to begin
almost immediately after the notifica
tions. Governor Cox plans to address the
Ohio democratic convention August 17,
possibly with one of his first important
addresses.
Campaign policies aNo are besoming
crystallized as a result of the national
committee's meeting and Governor Cox's
address in which he charged the republi
cans with raising a campaign fund "suf
ficient to stagger the sensibilities of the
nation." and demanded continuance of
tne senate campaign expenditures investi
gation, promising frequent, detailed dem
ociatie statements of financ:ng
Although democratic leaders appear
agreed that the league of nations has T
predominant campaign place, they expect
4'...-. .. i'.v n.,.l . , t 1, .... v.n . '
. mm ri OA an i uinii mi i. uiHnv
to press the parallel the governor drew ,-.:
in his address yesterday in which he pie . t
lured the republicans atul their candi-v
dates as the champions of reaction, with . r"
the democrats those of progress. '. 'r a
After disposing of organization mat-v- -
... n., Pn. nlon. t unn fcrU '-. .
week end rest by returning within a day. .
or two to nis tiome at uayion, ana Ben
week he hopes to begin work in earnest
on his speech of acceptance. "; '-
. sufT-age in 1H72. which was forty years
: before the Progressive Party was born
' and forty years liefore any other party
I assumed the same position. We advo
j cated civil service reform the same year
and we thus preceded the Democrats by
four years and the Republicans by twelve
j years. We championed the direct elee
i tiou of U. S. Senators in 1872. The Ee
j-vublican Party never championed that
issue and Democratic Party not until
1900 or twenty-eight years thereafter,
s thereafter,
letter postage
ry other politi- f
' ' We favored two-cent
in 1872 and thus beat every
' cal party to that proposition by the space-'
of sixteen years. We stood for intern
tional arbitration in 1876; the RepuK
can party did not advocate it until Y
or twenty-eight years thererafter &f
Progressive Party not until 1912, et
ty-six years thereafter. We opposed ,
teries and gambling in 1876; no other
political party ever opposed such in plat
form or in convention.
' ' We went after the land grabbers and '
speculators in 1876 and thus beat the
Republican party to it by eight years and 'J'
the Progressive Party by thirty-eight. '
years. "We have opopsed polygamy sinee- -1876;
the Democratic Party never oppos
ed that institution in national platform
or convention. Wo have opopsed the -white.
slave traffic since 1876; no ether.-,
political party ever opposed that instKu
tion in either national platform or eoa- '
vention. Wa have advocated uniform
marriage and divorce laws since 1883; ao
other political party has ever champion
ed that issue in national platform or con
vention. : s -
"We have stood 'for income tax '
189; the Bepublieaa Party never f
, ," (Continued on 4.)
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