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Ei!'T01 JOKIISOII SilYSz-;;
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.V LEAGUE OF IIATIOliS
Iltram Johnaon OpenjT m-
faign for Hrdinar in Ch
ornia With AtUck Againat
League of Nation Ad
dreae Tlepublican S. U t e
ConTention. y ., .;. i. :. . ;
' SACRAMENTO. Calif . , Bept . 21
, 8raator Hiram W; Johnaon, ofs Cali
fornia, In his first speech in be"half of the
'tepubluran ntioaal teketr endorsed the
attitude of Senatof Warren G. Harding,
nominee for the presidency,' on the league
' of nations, here today, v; " -
v Mr.! Harding happily for himself, and
for America has scrapped the league,
Senator Johnson sajd . ; ; 1 - ,
, The speech, . first of sereral ' Senator
JTonnson is scheduled to make in Cali
fornia in the ' national campaign, m
inade to the republican state convention
t H opening session.
"89 wide is the dissatisfaction , with
' the, present- administration," he said,
4 4 so great the hostility to many acts of
the president, and so acute the justifiable
fear of the metamorphosis of our for
eign policy, that apparently nothing can
prevent overwhelming republican success
in the November election.
... "Under the specious guise of league
of .nations to promote peace and prevent
1 war, we were to be inextricably bound
tiereafter to every future world war.
Upon the league, of nations the issue
Is clean cut. There are "some gentlemen
who seek by construction of words to ob-
' acure it. I do not object to these gen-
' tlemen and their newspaper proagencies
caving their faces so long as they do not
carry their league. But the language
of the two candidates is plain and ua-
' ambiguous . ' The one says he will go
nto the league, and I am proud to say
that our candidate saysJie will stay out
of the league. Every normal man de
aires'to promote peace and prevent war.
Every private eitisen and every individ-
: ual in ofdeial position will do their ut-
most in the endeavor to promote peace
and prevent war. It is possible that
this may be done in one way tJf another
in the future, without, inviting entangle-
' tnents or imperialistic policies or Euro
pean or Asiatics schemes' of aggifssion
or ambition. That we will strive to find
a way to prevent war goes without say
ing. The present issue is the league of
nations. This has been the issue since
the return of Mr. Wilson from Europe.
- During all the bitter, vindictive months
this has been the fight. It Jinally cul
minates now in solemn referendum to the
people. Mr. Cox says if he is siu-ces.s-ful
he will go in.' Our candidate suys
ae will stay out. Mr. Harding, happily
for himself and for America, has kc rap
ped the league. "
Senator Johnson quoted Senator llanl
log as having said August 28: "The
. league is important as a preventive of
war and what the 'original league min
takeably conceived and reasonably iiiBic'
ed on has undoubtedly passed beyond the
possibility of restoration . ' "
"On Saturday last," he said, "Sen
ator Harding'again stated the issue:
"The constitution or the covenant,'
that is the paramount issue. The two
re irreconcilable . We cannot be gov
erned from both Geneva and Washington.
We cannot : follow our present chief
magistrate without foresaking the father
of our country.
WOMEN ASS HELPING
' V VOTE ON AMENDMENT
OMAHA, Neb, Sept. 21 Forty-one
proposed constitutional amendments, in
cluding an industrial commission proposal
and a provision for unrestricted suffrage
for women, are being voted upon by Ne
" fcraska voters at a special election today.
Vigorous objection to the industrial
commission proposal has been made by
-organized labor, Samuel Gompern deolac
j" ng sch a commission would operate for
.'- the aggrandisement of few.
The suffrage amendment is teing votqd
upon by both men and women, the latter
helping to decide whether they themselves
y shall have full suffrage under the state
institution. -
iMAC SW1NET HAD FITFUL
- f niyuT last nuini
- LONDON. fint $n ImtA Mnvor Mo-
' Cwiney, of Cork, passed a very restless
nignt at Urixton prison, where he entered
" thin "morning the 40th day of his hunger
; atrike, according to a' bulletin issued by
the Irish Self -Determination League. He
luui some sieep, but u was quite fitful,
and he was very weak-this morning, the
" bulletin" stated. V;' '
; - When asked the direct question whether
MacSwiney was being fed, a home office
official said this morning: .
V Not that we know of, but you must
remember his ( relatives have free access
.- .to him." "... .:. v :, "" .; ' v ' ' ' 7:
'..This is the first time officials have
qualified the statement that as far as the
. government doctors knowthe lord mayor
is not receiving nourishment. '
Tb prison physician -reported this
smonxiiig that MacSwiney was consider
ably weaker than he was yesterday. :
' There will be a -demonstration of the
Allis-Clialmers' tractors on the farm of
Mr. C. W. Boyd, west of the city, at ten
V vh Weteesday monrng and at 2
o't iix k Wednesday afternoon.
COX FACES BUSY-DAY, .
: i:i SOUTHEfiil CAUFORtilA
Speeches at San Diego and Los
Angeles Feature League of
' Nafions. Sentiment T F; b r
Which is Strong in Southern
' r California, r ;
', . . (By The Associated fress.)
L08 - ANGELES, , Calif, . Sept. XL
Governor Cox, of Ohio', democratic presi
dential candidate, today faced a busy day,
whose program called for the conclusion
of his southern California campaign and
his departure for Arlsona this afternoon.
Five scheduled speeches remained on his
program in southern California. One was
at Long Beach, three at Los Angeles and
pne at San Bernardino.
As at his speeches in San Diego yes
tordiiv and iii Lm 'Angeles last night.
those today were expected to be featured
py me leaguo vi uiiuun
jects as sentiment in favor of the league
was said to' be-strong in southern Cali
fornia. ,
Last night at his first speech in Los
Angeles, where he addressed one of the
largest audiences of his western trip, the
governor for the first time discussed the
Hitchcock reservations to the league of
nations, declaring they met "all sincere
objections."
He charged some ' reactionary ' ' news
papers were suppressing- the news of his
campaign, adding "they used to be
preaching the league of nations, but are
not saying anything about it now; but
they are saying Cox is wet."
- Governor Cox issued a "challenge to
' the newspapers controlled by the senate
oligarchy to permit both sides of the cam
paign to go before the American jury
to publish my speeches and to daily
use those that come out of Marion."
Referring to his charges of a republi
can slush fund. Governor Cox said the
Los Angeles Times, republican, had twit
ted him with having failed .to prove his
ehareea retrardin the campaign fund
quotas, and yet, he said, on August 4 he
had published a statement that said f 100,
non maAur "ouota of the republican na
tional enmpaign fund" for southern .Cali
fornia. ... -.
DiNt'ussing authority of the league of
nations aud article 10, the governor stat
ed that the league council's findings woto
ndvisory only.
"It has no right, he explained "to
v;u"t tiny mandate on our government. It
fiimply advises our government and con
gress, as the representatives of our peo
ple, will give expression to our policy. ' '
Governor Cox spoke for almost two
hours.
TURKS CONTINUE FIGHT
AGAINST FRENCH TROOPS
American Relief Worker
Counts More Than 300
Headless Bodies on Battle
fields Near City of Adara.
- (By the Associated Press.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 20. Turk
ish nationalist forves in Asia Minor are
continuing their fight" against French
troops of occupation there.f Ten thousand
Turks and Arabs are Imaging Adana
and others daily shelling Tarsus with old
five-inch German guns operated by Ger-'
man officers who have been stranded there
since the armistice. Frequent attacks are
being made on Mersina, an important sea
port southwest of Adana, but they have
been repulsed by the fire from the guns
of French battleships in the harbor.
Americans in Adana have limited food
supplies, but distribute what they can to
2,000 persons daily.
Hand to hand fighting frequently oc
curs at Adana, the French Senegalese and
also the Turks and Arabs cutting off the
heads of the fallen to be sure they are
dead. There is no report, however, of
torture being inflictedv Philip L. Flora,
of Springfield, Mass.. a worker with the
American committee for relief in the
Near East, who has arrived here, reports
counting more than 300 headless bodies
on the fields near that city, where en
gagements have recently beenyfonght.
The French have driven back the besiegers
and have established their lines five miles
to thewest of the city, but the Turks and
Arabs continue their assaults under the
protection of vineyards and orange grove.
The French are prepariToT win
ter's siege, and are distributing ood to
the Turks, Arabs and Armenians inside
the city. The harvest, on the plains near
by has been gatheredby the French.
. It is said the Armenians involved ff
French in the hostilities by attacking last
June the Arabs and Turks within the city
ami beating and murdering some of them.
The French hanged forty Armenians for
this act, and disarmed the rest.
"AUNT HESTER" DEAD -
- AT AGE OFil20 TEAKS
-- DOUGLAS, Ga., Sept. 21 Having
lived for 130 years without acquiring a
sir name "Aunt Hester, ". a Degress be
lieved' to be the oldest living person in
the TJniteS States, is dead -near Nichols,
in this county. . . .--'; ;
- The aged woman had incontrovertible
proof that she was born near Dublin,
Ga., in the spring of 1799. She waH a
grandmother, she said, when the civil
war broke out. So far as she knew, she
never had a. sir "awe, being known al
ways onjly as "Aunt Hester''" - ,
gasto:i cou:ity ...
' MOalTY WORKERS MET
Largest and Most Enthusiastic;
" Meeting in History of the As
sociation' Held Monday Af
. ternoon in Dallas Address
by ' Pjrof. Linderman Wat
Feature of the Meeting.
- The largest and most enthusiastic meet
ing in the history of the organization was
held Monday afternoon in the " Monarch
Mill Hut'' at Dallas, by the Gaston
County Community Workers. Thirty
members of this young and rapidly grow,
ing association and seven vhtrtors were
the guests of Mrs. Joe Grihble and her
Camp Fire Girls. Under the direction of
Mrs. Gribble these young girls, of the,
Monareh Mill, prepared and served a de
licious luncheon of fruit and nut salad,
salted. and cheese wafers, cake and k-ed
ten. The luncheon was delightfully serv
hI iu generous portions and was most de
cidedly a credit to the hostess and her
caitable young' proteges.
Miss Nell- Pit-kens presidcih and Miss
Carrie Potts vcted as secretary in the abfj
sence of Prof. F. L. Smith. The trfl
urer's report was read ami approved and i
the president appointed committees to
confer with SecretaryF. M. Allen, of the
-Chamber of Commerce concerning exhib
its at the, Gaston County Fair, and to
arrange the .program 'for. the October
meeting. Rev. G. R. Gillespie was elected
business manager of the association's of
ficial organ, the Community Survey. The
business of the meeting having been dis
posed of. the speaker, Prof. Lindeman,
of the North Carolina State Colege for
Wonieu, was introduced by the president.
Mr. Lindeman, who is professor of social
science at the colleg';, in his introductory
remarks, warned, the workers against
becoming slaves to a program, either of
self or an institution, stating that the ma
jority of social workers failed Ikm-uusc
of attempts to put programs over on the
peple, while the true aud successful work
er "lets loose" and sets off the trigger
of the resources in the (liimunities, not
tied to program but to conditions. The
sjtcaker then gave a comprehensive outline
of social fundamental principles. (J ) All
social work not .based on the family as a
yiiuit is negative. (2) The group plan.
As leaders they must learn to sutorlinate
themselves to the group idea. After years
f research and study of the public serv
ir.'. w'io sells service, of whom the minis
ters, chamber of commerce secretaries, Y.
M. '. A. secretaries anil social workers
are types, he had learned "they last less
than three years," on the average, in
their respective communities. The evi- I
dence is that "they wear out atKrut t lie
middle of the third year." The i-aufe is
over-advertising of self at the excuse of
the community, "which Yonstil utet the
hi nr of diminishing returns. " His ndviue
was to advertise the group, develop lead
ership in the group and "keep self out. "
(:) Every community has a particular
process of arriving at conclusions. It
thinks and offers a psychological moment
o the worker. Folks ore not communities.
Group minds form communities ami each
worker must study how your own com
munity arrived at its conclusions. It whs
a scholarly and forceful address and
most edifying to the who heard it.
The meeting was opened with prayer by
Rev. J. W. Cantey Johnson, of G;is
tonia. Rev. V. 8. Hamiter made a short
address of welcome .to the members and
visitors. After accepting the invitation
of Rev. G. R. Gillespie to hold the next
meeting in Clara Hall, (iastonia. ad
journment was taken to meet again the
third Monday in October. Visitors pres
ent were the teachers of the Dallas school,
Messrs. J. L. and Joe Grilible, of Dallas,
Mrs. R. C. Long and Mr. C. C. Arm
strong, of Gastonia.
6. A. R. VETERANS TALK
OYER DAYS OF '61 - '65
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind Sept. 21
Old friendships were to be renewed and
stories of the day when they battled for
the union recounted as the principal ac
tivities today of the 1920 encampment of
the Grand Army of the Republic, which
formally opened here yesterday. Eighty
regimental and brigade reunions were
set for today and tonight the annual
campflre will be held.
The veterans and the affiliated organi
cations were formally welcomed to the
eity and state at a meeting last night.
Governor James Goodrich was one of the
speakers. Daniel M., Hall, of Columbus.
O., national commander of the G. A.
B., responded for that organization.
The. organization, at the business sc.
sion Thursday, will be asked to increase
the poj capita tax from 3 1-2 cents, at
whkh figure it has been for thirty years,
to 10 cents a year. It was stated by
members of the national council of ad
ministration that the dwindling member
ship made the move necessary. The
membership of 394,000 in 1S90 has
'dwindled -to 103,200, - Commander Hall
said. 'V:''' r ' - 'X-' '.
".The 'old guard of Ohio," its mem
bers ranging from 75 to 90 years' of age,
attracted considerable attention last
night aswith Springfield rifles shoulder
ed -according to the manual of arms of
the sixties, it marched to its-headquarters.
The veterans headquarters drum corps of
Milwaukee also was the subject ofniuch
attention. ' . . . ,
II. Y. CUSTOMS HOUSE :
I: (MDER HEAVIEST GUARD "
i IT HAS EVER KNOVH
As Result of Warning That
':j Customs House Would be
! Blown up Today at Two
i, o'CIock Unusual Precautions
are Taken Clerks Absent
Themselves. '
'.NEW YORK, Sept."'' 21. This New
York custom house today was under the
heaviest guard in its history, because of
warning received yesterday that the Wall
Street explosion last Thursday would be
followed this afternoon by blowing up the
great structure. '
Although both federal and local author
ities were inclined to regard as a hoax the
postcard received by Collector Edwards,
setting two o'clock as the hour for the
second explosion, they took no chances.
Office workers making their way down
the canyon of lower Broadway this morn
iug found scores of coast guards, carrying
rifles and sidearms. entering the custom
house at the foot of Bowling Gseen. In
addition, scores of United States custom
guards had been mobilised. They were
stationed insids the building and at the
doors. Every one entering the structure
was closely questioned.
Police reserves and agents of the de
partment of justice also stood ready to
answer any call, but custom house officials
expressed themselves prepared for any
emergency, should one arise.
There was only one policeman on duty
iu front of the governm, building He
was assigned to see that no vehicles was
parked in front of it. " '
One effect of the warning was to keep
many clerks in lower Manhattan from
their daily tasks. Frequent telephoue
calls reporting "illness" were received in
the district. Workers who reported for
the liny apepared torn between two in;
eli nations, the first to treat the whole nut
ter as a joke and the second to laugh
nervously when any mention of, the warn
ing was madt.
An epidemic of "sudden illness" and
'visits from out of town relatives" was
particularly noticeable at the customs
house. ' "
The customs hnuBe has been given a
thorough house cleaning from basement to
dome. Suspicious looking packages were
oH'iud and corridors today were littered
with the remnants of this hasty survey.
Persons carrying bundles were halted at
the doors and obliged to receive a guard's
permit before Wing allowed to enter.
WALL STREET EXPLOSION
REMAINS A MYSTERY
Edwin P. Fischer is sent to
Hospital for Observation
Other Clues Promise Noth
ing of Definite Nature.
, .NEW YORK, Sept. 21. Federal and
police authorities today were admittedly
as far as ever from a solutiou of the 'mys
tery surrounding the explosion that spread
death and destruction iji Wall Street last
Thursday.
i lues, apaprently j.n mining, hiive not
developed, and today virtually the only
trail being followed was that supplied by
Samuel B. Wellington, president of the
West Indies Trading Company, who told
newspaper men he remembered seeing
three suspicious looking men hastening
from in front of the United States assay
office a few moments before the detona
tion knocked him unconscious. Welling
ton was asked to repeat his story today to
the police and to Chief William J. Flynn,
of the department of justice agents in
vestigating the explosion, as well as to
the September grand jury.
Investigators-had not entirely given up
pursuit of the story by Joseph Meade, of
the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, that he had seen the "death
wagon'.' standing for more than an hour
before the explosion in front of the assay
office. The importance they attached to
his story lies in the hope that through it
they may be able to identify tfie driver
of the wagDnnd this may lead to the
discovery of the person or persons respon
sible for the plot.
Hope of developments from questioning
Edwin P. Fischer, lawyer and former em
ploye of the French high commission, and
Alexander Brailovsky, Russian journalist,
went glimmering with the commitment of
the former for psychopathic observation
in Bellevue hospital ami the unconditional
release of the latter after authorities had
satisfied themselves that he had nothing- to
do with the tragedy.
The incoherent and eccentric story of
Fischer. ' who - sent postcard warnings
which he said he ' 4 received from the air. ' '
to friends here, convinced the government
agents of his innocence. Brailovsky, who
was detained dn the technical charge of
being an undesirable alien, was released
because tliere was So evidence to warrant
proseution. -, ..,-' v
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GEORGIA CASHIEK ACCUSED.
MACON, Ga., Sept. 21 U. H.
Patrick, former cashier of the 'Citizens
Bank of Cochran, Ga., was arrested here
last night charged with having secued
$4,000 from the Fourth- National "Bankj
of this eity, through forgery. He was
later , released on bond in ? the e um of
$8,000. ': '"' :''
TROPICAL STORM IS -REFOiTTED
FROM GULF
All Vessels Destined For Mex
ican or , Central American
Ports are Held Back - Cen
ter Near Yucatan Peninsula.
v. WASHINGTON, ept. 21 A hurri
cane warning for 10 a. m. on the west
Louisiana coast and on the Texas coast
from Port Arthur to Corpus Christ i,
was Issued today by the weather bureau.
The warning said the tropical storm
in the Yucantan was advancing- north
westward and was attended by dangerous
winds. "Emergency; warn all in
terests," said the announcement.
This explanatory statement also was
issued :
"The tropical storm over the Oulf
of Mexico is advancing northwestward
toward the west gulf coast attended by
dangerous winds. ' Hurricane warnings
were ordered raised at 10 o'clock this
morning on the West Louisiana coast
and on the Texas coast southward to
Corpus Christ i. All interests have been
ordered warned of the dangerous charac
ter of this storm.
"Storm warnings also are displayed
at Brownsville, Tex., and on the east
ern Louisiana coast."
NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 31 Local
observers early today were without any
further definite information regarding
the tropical disturbance last reported off
the coast of Yucatan. Efforts were be
ing made to get in wireless communica
tion with vessels known-to be in the vi
cinity of the storm.
The usual precautions were being
taVen along the Louisiana coast. Ship
ping interests were holding bacjk all
vessels destined to Mexican or Central
American ports and advising extreme
caution on the part of masters now at
sea.
More thnn a dozen steamers were be
ing held at Port Eads, a number of them
remaining from yesterday. One vessel
reported having been informed that the
fishing fleet , which usually dots the
Campeche banks had received warning
in time and had scurried to port.
At the office of the United Fruit Com
pany, which operates a number of
steamers to Central American poTts, it
was said none of their ships had been re
ported in the danger tone.
A heavy rain here and along the coast
was attended by only slight winds early
today .
Considerable significance was attached
at the weather bureau to the tidal re
port from Galveston. At N o'clock. last
night the tide there was 06 above normal
and at Ha. m. today it a's 1.0 above.
MOBILE SHIP IN DANGER
MOBILE, Ala., ept. 21 Fear that
two steamers engaged in the fruit trade
might have encountered the hurricane
reported near the Yucatan channel was
expressed here today in marine circles.
The steamer Vera left Mobile September
17 ;i:id the II. F. Dimick the following
day. both bound for Honduras, their j
iiKii.-i 1 route carrying them through '.In
Yucatan chann.d, where the storm cen
ter is said to le located. Wireless re
Hrts from Fort Morgan, at the entrance
to the gulf of Mexico, reported rough
weather.
AFFECTS COTTON MARKET. "
NEW YORK, Sep. 21 Apprehension
that the tropical storm which was re
ported south of New Orleans this morning
would reach the gulf coast tonight or to
morrow were the dominating influence in
the cotton market during today's early
trading Liverpool was not up to expec
tations aud the Manchester news was un
favorable, but the local market opened
steadyaat an advance of 4 to 7 points and
sold 35 to 65 points net higher before the
end of the first hour on covering, southern
and "local buying. October contracts ad
vanced to 29.45 and December to 26.65.
or 150 to 190 jK)int sabove recent low
levels.
QUIET PREVAILS TODAY
IN CHICAGO STOCKYARDS
CHICAGO, Sept. 21 Quiet prevailed
this morning in the stockyards district
on the south side, where last night one
white man was killed by three negroes,
followed by disturbances which were
quelled by the police with the assistance
of a priast in whose church the negroes
took -efuge. Chief of Police Garrity
estabEjhed "dead lines" in the district
and rSiorted the situation was under con
trol today.
The! disturbance, whiefi ended when the
police hurried the negroes from the
church while Father Thomas M. Burke
was talking to, the- crowd, w as followed
by minor outbreaks in which Frank Ge
vin, white, and eevera 'others,' ; both
negroes and whites, were reported wound
ed and injured. V- '4- ? V s,"
.'The man killed was Thomas E. Bar
rett, an employe of the Chicago surface
lines. According "to the police the trou
ble started when Barrett began abusing
the. .negroes, threatening one of . them.
One negro is then said to have drawn a
razor, almost severing Barrett's head at
one stroke-.
6AST0N FARMERS WILL HOLD
i corrai FOR 40 CHITS"
County Branch American Cot
ton Association Endorse) Ac-,
tion Xarger Body Town
ship Meetings to- be "Held
Thursday, September 25. k
. i.j i .
A representative gathering of eottoa
growers of Gaston county met in Gs stoma
Monday to discuss plans and methods tor
efficient marketing of the present cotton
crop. Those present manifested consider
able interest in the propositions-sad
passed resolutlonsndorslng the action of
the American Cotton Association at Mont
gomery, Ala., relative to the fixing: of
the minimum price of cotton at 40e until
November. k
Arrangements were made to hold a'
meeting in each township next Saturday,
at S o 'clock for the purpose of arousing
interest and securing a large attendant
at a county-wide meeting to be held at
the court house in Gastonia on September
30. On next Saturday, September 25,
meetings will be held at Cherryrille, Stan
ley. Dallas, Gastonia, Bessemer. City, and
New Hope School House. v
Bufus M. Johnson, president of the
Gaston county division of the Axnsrieam
Cotton Association, presided over the
meeting and will be in charge of the meet
ing of September 30.
At the township meetings to be held
Saturday the following men will preside,
according to announcement made try -County
Agent C. Lee Go wan : - H. 8. Sell
ers at Cherryville, Dr. A. B. Taylor at
Stanley; A. H. Baker at Mt. Holly I J.
Frank Jackson at Gastonia ; H. C. Frono
berger at Bessemer City; U. L. Lewis, at
New Hope; and E. L. Houser, at Dallas,
BOSTON-CLEVELAND SERIES '
CLOSES TODAY
CLEVELAND, 0 Sept. 21. Bostoa
winds up its seriei with Cleveland today ;
and is the last of the eastern teams to
play here this season. , Cleveland, will try ,
hard. Manager Speaker said, to' tnafio. it
three straight victories. ;. ;
CHARGED WITH SHIPPING S
1200,000 WORTH OF STOLEN CASS
DETROIT, Sept. 21 Charged with,
f hipping more than $200,000 worth of au tomobiles
stolen V in Detroit, through
eastern ports to Scandinavian countries,
six Detroit persons,1 one of them a wo- ,
man, have been arrested here and are bo- .
ing held by federal authorities under the ,
Dyer interstate automobile theft act, it
was announced today.
The cars, it is said, were sent over-r
land to eastern ports by those now under '
arrest here, and shipped to Norway,
Swedeu and Denmark, where they wee
sold. Most of the cars are said, to have
been practically new. - .,
SECRETARY. COLBY REFUSES "
TO RECONSIDER ACTION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Secretary
Corby has refused to grant the request f
aiiti-suff ragists f rom Tennessee tha$ ha
um ,nd his action in lyroclaiming ratifica
tion of the federal suffrage amendment on
the basis of favorable action on tho
amendment by the Tennessee legislature.
After the secretary announced his de
cisiou to the delegation at a conference
late yesterday he was requested to at least
publish all of the documents regarding
action by the Tennessee legislature as
received by him from, the governor and
other officials. "
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Musk Lovers of Gastonia:
The Gastonia, Woman's Club announces
the engagement 'of the World's Famooa
Aitists Company, who will appear at
Central School Auditorium on Wednesday, .
September 29, under their auspices and
indorsed by the executive board.
Feeling assured that this announcement
will be welcomed by all with unfeigned
enthusiasm, for it wiH be a privilege to
near this superb organization whUa in
cludes such celebrated artists as: Helena
Morrill, colorature soprano, late prima,
donna with the Boston English Opera
Company ; Carlo Ferretti, Italian baritono
of the La Scale Grand Opera Company
of Milan, last season with the Creatoro
Grand Opera Company; Celeste Seymour,
renowned American violinist, and Antonio
VoccolL noted Italian pianist.
Gastonia may consider itself fortunate
in being included as one of the cities to-
be visited en tour. 8eldom has sn organ-'
ization presenting four Celebrated soloists ,
ever appeared at one concert recital given
here. . '
Wherever this organisation has ap
peared, they have 'been, enthusiastically
received by capacity houses and we feel
positive that Gastonia will not be the
exception. '.1 '
The prices prevailing will be 55 cents to
$2.20. - .v : i
Owing, to the limited seating capacity
of the school auditorium for an occasion
of. this kind, the demand for tickets will
no doubt exceed the supply, Because of
this contingency a quick response for seat t
reservations is recommended. . Mail appli
cations, with check or mocrs order, may
now bo 'sent the undersigned. All such
applications will be filled in the order of
their receipt before the' regular advance
sale opens. - " "
v -, 'Eespectfully,
V " GASTONIA MUSIC CLUB.
Per ICRS. FROST TOSSENCE, I'r
21cl .