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111 u:..ifA wealth of 'A3y AILY -.1 i'n Litton j r?,U"V L tomes, ? good school and churches A good place to live, Popu Uton 12,871, 123S p.c. gain ..r.ty is $1,611. Popula- a 51,242; 575,749. total wealth, MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS GASTON! A, N: O, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 30, 1920 L.XL1. '? NO. 235. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS TryTirinfn I I I I 1 iH ." .. .t ; - : , :', vSEBSHAS eergdolled Convicted A. E. F, Officer Has Never Shown up at Tort Leavenworth Wai Given Home Parole After Corivic- V ton at Governor's Islands " ' CBy The associated Presa) LEAVENWORTH, Kans Sept. 30.- .'Lieut-Col. 8berburne Whipple, adjutant '.f the federal disciplinary barracks here, announced that Frank H. (Hardboiled) ; taiith, former amy Aieutenant. who waa . convicted by a court martial at Gover uor.'s Island, New TTork,1 of ihaTgei of inhuman treatment of prisoner,-b not xvn received at the Wracks here. .. Smith, who waa, tent to Fort 3ay,:N. " i, aiscipliaary barracks, - waa to . have transferred her when the Fort Jay ' karaeka waa abandontd recently, accord ' ing to local official. It was stated that, . mother prisoners 'from. Fort Jay had ar . rived.' v S: . ; y w f stflTi According to Colonel Whipple the local iifbOTjp, understand that , Smith , was '"given' a ,koiae" parol and permitted to go to-his home with instructions to report monthly to disciplinary Wrack official. " 2iv report hav been received here from Snutiit was said. .' ; ' A'-' 7"- , .''i , '. ' 5 ""! ir ':' ' SJHTH'S SENTENCE d , EXPIRED LAST JULY WASHINGTON,-' 8ept 30w Former Xieirt', Frank H. , (Hardboiled) Smith, , -wbo was-conricted by court martial la 'Francs for fcratsl treatment op Amerieaa - KolJir.prieocers and sentenced to eigh necn months hi prison,' waar paroled from IFort Jay. Hew Xos, March 20, and aineet that time hla aentence,, as redneed 1 for , lfood beTiaaior, ha expired, U waa; stated today at fk wa 4epartateat, fy 4rf'f Smhh, began, earring his sentence U "Prance on Hay t. 115, aid waj trana f erred to Fort Jay a juljr 81, 119. It -was stated at the department that'be . 'vause of hia good behaVlor in prison, he 'was giren a "home parole1 after serring .approximately ten months.. He was re uired to report to the military anthori , '.ties monthly. : Meantime, his sentence was . ' reduced tot H -months and thus' expired ;-.' ljuit July t9. y jyf, ' v,,jj.i;Jg' .SMITH WAS PAROLED . . 1 FROM T. JAY . MARCH 20 : HEW YORK, Sept, ; 30 Frank H, XHardboiled)1 Smith, - former .army" litn - tenant, convicted by. court martial ; ef , 'Jbrutal treatment- to prisoners in France, , -was paroled 'from Fort Jay on March 20, '-after he bad served less than 0 1-2 c ' -months of hia 18 months tem. i 4 ' Thi ' waa made I known , today by the .military authorities at Governor's Island, After a search of records at Fort Jay had, . .-cleared up the mystery surrounding what , disposal had been made 6f Smith. . It was said at Governor's Island that the - order for Smith 'a release had been issued ; by the adjutant general s officer at Wasb- 'ington, and had been " approved by the ' secretary of 'war; ' . . .'.v' , r ' Military authorities said they were ua pertain 'as to Smith's i present wher- - abouta, but believed he had returned to iis home in Ohio. ;-, f , , . JFIRE DESTROYS 3.3M BALES'. .:; COTTON; AT GALVESTON GALVESTON, Tex,- Sept. SO.-jW which originated in sulphur ina on pier 35 on the Oalreston waterfront early to iday destroyed that pier witH ita eontenta, damg'ed the plant of the Cotton -Gbnoeiu Tation Company, just south -of the pier, destroyed 3,500 bales of cotton and other mmodities stored at the plant, had set tin to the wheat laden Italian steamship :;-V:J'r;:-4 . While the flr. ashore apparently 'was under control at .7 tOO o 'clock this morn ing, it waa feared that the earg of , the ;!Etna woald le. total less ' ' , ., Several steamships in the vicinity of the .fire were removed to places of aafety be. i'ore the flames could reach them.'- Thou' aands of bale of cotton wefe destroyed. ' All the fire fighting a pa rat us in the city responded to alarms,, but wind blowing -SO miles an hour made the firemen's work difficult :'. (-A . Forty freight cars on tracks Nat the suU phur plant were destroyed as was also the lant of the Anchor Milling Company, a cottonseed grinding concern. Some esti mates were that the fire loss would exceed two million dollars. , -SHfiOO WORTH WHISKEY , r-CAPTURED AT ROCKY MOUNT - ; - EOCKT MOUNT, N, C- Sept. 29. :' The arrest here last night of a negro driv 3ng an automobile loaded wjtb 282 quarts of "bottled in bond whiskey placed in 16 " u it caies, was' followed ty the apprehen. loh of five 6tber negroes and the eaptnra .. ' vof -'several gallons of "monkey-rum,' a . ' complete whiskey still, -Bsveral hundred ; pounds of sugar, and two pistols in a- raid near Battleboro, six. 'miles : from , here. The police estimate the value of the goods confiscated, including 'the, automobile, at . 12.000. ' ' : ; XEW YORK, 8ept4 29. The largest shipment " of ,' gold 16.?30,000--ver transported across the Atlantic, is being "brought t6 New York on the White 8tar liner Baltic, which left Ldverpool Septera l er 22, it was reported Tiere today. The t -1 is consigned to American tankers. r n largest previous shipment from "id of which there is any Known rec ; -is sp; 'roximately t.OOO.OOO. OnO HOBD KILLED Kl AUTO ACCIDENT Son of Dr. J. G Hord. Pinned Beneath Big Touring Car Which Turned Turtle -' on ' Curve Near Grover - Wa : Speeding. .V; vi' j ' Otto Hord,'ef Kings Mouutaln, was in stantly killed; and Paul. Urea waa badly Injured, when a large touring ear drfy en by. Hord ,turnel turtle late.' Wednes day afternoon oa a curve near. Grover; Hord was pinned undearueath the car. Ura was a passenger as were Beck Page and Wash Layton, the two last named escaping injury; however V From the meager.. ; details v a vallate relative to the aceldent it was .the re sult of ipeeding. . Hord hit the curve at a rate too high to make it as a result of which' the big ear, went ever. . . .The ac cident occurreObout. 5 clwk i JVr Mr. and Mrs." 8. Elmer Speneer and Mr, WJ M. White, relatives of the dead man, went to Kings Mountain' last bigbt on. receipt of intelligence; aa to the dis tressing tragedy ? Mr, Spencer, and Mr. White returned to Oastonia this 'morning but will go back to Kings Mountain for the funeral. which will be held at 3:30 o 'clock ;. this af teraoon . :'l l Kev . 0 . 'L. Kerr, pastor of Boyce. Memorial A; P. church, will conduet the funeral eer ices. ? LEGIOII EXECUTIVE;;.- X ' v : ; cg::vjttee i:i session J CLEVELAND, On 8ept..30.-The exec, utive committee wf the American Legion was in session here today, to dispose of matters, referreoj to Ct'.ty the second an nual convention, whieh adjourned here yes terday. ' It was" reported that the com mittee also might eoftsider moving the headquarters of the Americanisation com mission totfew. York. Clerks of the na tional headquarters staff were' busily en gaged in clearing up' the routine matters and gathering their. ;.reeerds together preparatory tb going' back to Indianap olis... v V ; ':V: ;,f :.' J'i.;7- -i The legion renewed! its declaration of politieal independence; . reaffirmed the cardinal principle, that those, who gave most should receive most from thenation j restated 'its position la! favor of an ad justed compensation ; reaffirmed its stand ia favor ' of adequate national , defense ; voted to continue the Campaign of the Americanization conunlssion, and , that, "the slacker must take the consequences of his treason." v; ; ' r , Officers elected yesterday for the ensu ing yea. .are:'; ' ;:,;'.rj' '-::J AV F. W. Galbraith, Jr., of Cincinnati, na tional commander; John 3. Emery, Grand Rapids, Mich. E. J.Winelett, Abbeville, Ala. i Thomas J. Gold in gay. 'Newark, N. J.; a o: Pendill, KAoaha, Wis.; J. G.' Schrongham, Reno, Nev vioe .couimand- eri and John W. Inser, Chattanooga, Tenn national chaplain. , ; . - HARDING BACK At H0M, , PREPARES FOR WESTERN TRIP MARION,. O., Sept. JO. Back in Mar. ion after his second speaking trip. Sena tor Harding went to work again today on various campaign problems awaiting attention at his headquarters. Except for one or two motor trips to speak at Ohio cities, he plans to emain. here until Octo ber 6, when he leaves, for a swing into the middle west. -- '. i: Twenty kt-speeches in Pennsylvania, Maryland,' West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio, were made by the republican nomi-. nee during the three-day trip from which he returned early this morning. " In most eases he spoke out of doors and his voice today showed the effects of the strain he had placed upon it... He said lie felt in fine trim, however; and had enjoyed, hi visit to the states of the east and south. One of the candidate's conferences to day was with Senator Fall, of New Mex iM,. who came to Marion on the Harding' special train. . Senator Fall was chairman of the senate sub-committee which inves tiga ted Mexican affairs, and he went over the Mexican problem ia detail during his talk with Senator Harding yi; y POLISH DELEGATES AT : -4 WORK ON THEIR REPLY " RIGA, Sept. 30 Poliah delegates to I the peace conference in session here are today at work on their reply to the terms of soviet Eussia, , presented some': days ago It ia expected this reply will be submitted ; to the , conference, at . tomor row 's secret session. ; ;'"''5'-',.l' Sapid advances along the eastern front by. the Polish armies may however, re sult ia s delay of the proceedings, as the Poles seem to consider the line of demar cation between Poland,, white Russia and Ukraine as a prime importance; Polish forces are reported '.Bearing Yilna, the control of ; which is desired by "Poland before the pursuit of the retreating bol sheviki is halted. k " " - GALVESTON CHIEF GETS r ' THREATENING LETTER galveston; Tex, Sept. 30. it was made known today' that Chief Ryan, of the Galveston"fire department,yestrday received a letter, postmarked from" some city in Canada, waraingim that 'Tou are goic to e destroyed." The' letter, Lkh Evan considered to be the work of a crank, was merely signed "John.": SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT ; . TO COST CITY $60,000 Contract- Let to' B. W. Harris, of Durham - Construction .Will ' Require -.Six to Eight - .Months.;., , :,y V';'v'-v- ' -. . A contract has just been let by the city- council to tB.' W. Harris, of Dur ham, for the construction of a aewage dis posal plant on the city's farm south of towiu The contract price is $60,000. Work Js to be; commenced ,'at once.- Six or eight months, will be required for its completion.",- The plant will be of con crete and of the latest and best type. It will be of sufficient capacity to take care' of Gastonia'a needs in this line for years to come.-' ', ':'....-'. i " , . ;s Plana j for . tia plant" wew prepared some time ago 1 In cast the city author! tie 'a have jbeen. planning; for the past several years the building '-of such a' plant and have been deterred in carry ing out the platt only by the fact that the demands on the city V treasury for operating expenses were so heavy as to render new work of this kind practically impossible until aow.'- f. '':,'-'' ' v For many years past the city has faced at intervale, threats of suits for damages from property owner in the vicinity of 'the 'sewerage 'outlet 'town ereek." It waa this situation which lead the city father ' a, long time ago to purchase a farm known as the Vdtyfarm" on which the aewage emptie." 4. i , r,; i,-. The construction of this plant will save the eity from . further ' embarrassment along this line, '.vo-; ',z:r fffTV Hfll f UAKE DESPERATE FIGHT With Eight Regulars OuCo! the j Line - tip Manager Gleaaon ; V Expects to 1 Win ' From St. Louis With Dick Kerr and 1 ';. Faber Doing the Pitching. ; ;v (By th Associated Press.) . CHICAGO,. Sept. SO With little more than a fighting chance to win the American League-pennant, the Chicago White Sox, , crippled .through the loss of seren stars as a result of the baseball scandal investigation, left today for St. Louis to open the final three game series of the season tomorrow with the St. Lonis Browns. ;, ' The players were determined to fight to the end and were;; not backward in expressing their, belief .that the Browns, who have just lost four straight to the Cleveland Indans, would lose three more in a row. For the Sox to win the pen nant they must win three in a row while Cleveland ia dropping three outTrf four to Detroit. . Today the two leading teams are a game and a half apart. If the Sox gain three victories over St. 'Louis, ' Cleve land could lose one to Detroit and' still win the pennant, lose two and. tie Chi cago for the championship and must lone three for Chicago to finish ahead. In case of a tie, a three game series already has been arranged by the natioual com mission to decide the pennant winner, one" ia Cleveland, one in Chicago andbue on neutral grounds. " . In hi t final drive for the pennant. Manager. Gleaaon expects to pitch Kerr in the first game, Faber in the second and then come back with Kerr in the third. The rest of the line-up probably will be: Jourdain, lb; E. Collins, 2b; McClelhJB, ss JIurphy, 3b; J. Collin, If ; Leibold, cf ; 8trunk.- rf; Schalk, e. CLEVELAND MEETS ST. LOUIS ; IN FINAL ENGAGEMENT ST. ' LOUIJj, SepU. 29 Holding a one game lead over Chicago in the fight for the American League flag, Cleveland today had an' opportunity to further widen the breach by defeating St. Louis in the fiual engagement of the series, while the White Sox axe idle. : . ' The Indians hare scored three consec utive victories here,' none of the local moundamen going the full nine innings before tie attack of the league leaders. By winning four game, of the five re maining on the schedule,' Cleveland will clinch the pennant, irrespective of the outcome of the . series of three games which Chicago starts here Friday to round out the season. ' ;. Coveleskie was Manager Speaker's probable pitching selection today, with Van Gilder "or Lynch aa his opponent. INVESTIGATING FIXING PRICES BUILDING MATERIAL ( NEW YORK, Sept 30.-Investigation of an alleged price fixing combination of building material manufacturers here was the subject of, a conference today between Representative IsacaSiegeL of New Vork, and Francis G. Caffey, United States' dis trict attorney. :- . ' '; ,! ' V The conference was arranged at the re quest ' of Atotrney General JL Mitchell Palmer, who sent a telegram asking Mr. Siege! to present facts to Mr. .Caffey. Mr.. Caffey has been directed to conduct the government investigation. Ji J ; ' . There seems to be doubt,'' said Mr. Siegrl ,rthat a combination fixing th prices f Dnflding nnterials -is function ing, and a federal investigation and ac tion Ju the grand jury ought to put a stop to it"" - . -; . HOLD UP FURTHER SCOAL IliYESTIGATIO'i John McGraw Returns to New York But Will Come Back to Chicago Kauff and Ziin ; merman Also Implicated. CHICAGO, Sept. 30 Further investi gatioa of the Chicago White Sox world 'a aerie scandal was temporarily delayed to day, a word' was received from Maelay Hoyne, state a , attorney, now in New York, to hold up proceedings until his re turn.; The grand jury has also complet ed examination of witnesses oa hand, and are awaiting the. arrival of other base ball players and sporting celebrities who have been summoned.'.. : ? , An official atatement to the grand jury from "Happy Felsch wa expected soon. He is understood to hare "coafessed" hi share in the throwing of the 1919 world ' Series yesterday ' to newspaper men. Eddie Cieotte, in hia atatement to the grand jury, said that Felsch got $5, 000 for hi share in the. alleged con spiracy, but the a statement credited to Felsch yesterday said that only one mi play could have been charged to him in the series, and that a muff of s fly ball was .unmtenttonal. ; Vf' -John J. McGraw, 'manager of the New York Giants,' who was examined by the grand jury yesterday, left for New York, but is expected to return Tues day with Benny Kauff and. Fred Toney; members of hi elitiu 'Ka.uff. is alleged to have been involved in ' throwing 'a gam last summer , on a deal with Helaiel Zimmerman.' Toney 's possible connec tion with the investigation was not q llpUBeed. .;;;' ,:V x Indicimenl, it is said, m&y be brought against' three more ball player and six or .seven gamblers. y-" '.. A- man named Brown, of New York, and 14 Sport" Sulliran, of Boston, were named in the confession to the grsnd jury yesterday of Claude Williams as the men who paid over to him the money for himself and Joe Jackson for their share in the world's eerie "throwing," Wil liams said they were representatives of the gambling ; ring which was planning the coup. The atatement credited to Felsch said that be was going to get Buck Wearer, Jo go to the State 'a, attorney's office and get through with all this. Wearer, so far, has denied any participation in "fixing'.' .the series, but he was one of the players suspended by President Com iskey, when Cieotte 's confession :' was made. . ' Alfred H. Austin , itfAmM f 4 . - , ......., white Sox club, declared overtues had been made to him by some of the sus pended players who have not yet con fessed, but "wish to tell ..' what they know. J' , . "I can promise almost definitely that these men will go before tlit? grand jury and make detailed statements," said Aus trian. The testimony of President John A. Heydler,. !of the National League, be for the grand jury yesterday may also lead to the summoning of tnemlers of the National League clubs, it wus said. He told persons outside the grain! jury rooms that he had talked freely concerning the circumstances which resulted last year in the release of Hal Chase, of the Giants, and Lee Magee, of the Cubs. He also said he submitted affidavits regarding the bribe controversy between "Rube" Ben ton and "Buck" Herzog, WILBERT ROBINSON DOESN'T " WANT-SUPERBAS QUESTIONED NEW YORK; Sept. 30, Wilbert Rob inson, manager of the Brooklyn National baseball club, called today on Charles "EL Ebbetr. president of the club, to voice his objection to the proposal of District At torney Lewis, of Brooklyn, to question the Brooklyn pennant winners concerning re ports that some of them have been ap proached by gamblersf in effort to "fix" tn i20 worn a aeries. Manager Bobinsbn said1 be understood Mr, Lewis had no substantial indication of such a development aad expressed reluctance- to- allow the district attorney to Interorgate the men, anless he had some definite information, . Mr. Ebbets yesterday agreed' to co operate with Mr. Lewis in investigating a report that the same clique of gamblers who are acused- of "fixing" the 1918 series had attempted to bribe the Brook lyn players- to throw this year' eerie t their American League opponent NO LEGAL OFFENSE, SAYS H0YNS. CHICAGO, Sept. 30. Statementa pub lished here today -credited to State Attorney- Maclay Hoyne, who. is1 in New York,? quoted him as expressing doubt whether any serious legal offense was com mitetd by the White Sox playera, named in ' the confession . of Eddie Cieotte,' Claude Williams ndv.'i Jafkson before th grand jury and the staement made by Oscar Felsch'to newspaper. - ' ' '"lam uncertain," Mr. Hoyne is quot ed a saying-"whether any crime has been-committed. " . ' -''-" -, t; '" Th statement said Mr. Hoyne held that the only charge under which they might be prosecuted was that of gambling e conspiracy to gamble, a misdemeanor in Illinois. . . . '-..";'.... : -'Vv Born - " ,. '. . ' - To Mr. and ilrs. A. E. Monday, September 26th, a Daisy Ruth. Woltx on daughter TROPICAL STOHM IS " .' UOYI-'iO IJOnTHAWRO - . . . . ;. Colder Weather Predicted For Tonight' and Tomorrow Frost Reported in Many Sec tions Last Night General ly Fair ast of Mississippi., By th Associated Press.) ' " -WA8HINPTON, Sept. 80 The tropical storm reported yesterday over the gulf of Mexico was said' . by the weather bureau today . to hare' reached the coast last night near Appalaehicola, Fla., and to be off, the Georgia coast,. The storm, U , moving northward, .the bureau said, and may unite with s storm bow forming over Virginia. -" , The weather bureau had received ab re ports today of any damage done by the storm when it bit the Florida coast, but aid that winds of considerable intensity prersiled. . : . ; V ' Cold weather was reported in the wake ef the storm and lower temperature, noted in dispatches from . several cities of the south today, will be recorded to night and tomorrow, the . bureau aaid, throughout the gulf, couth and middle Atlantis coasts regions. . ' Th ' bureau said the ' lOrrtKerji f torm which wa off Florida yesterday wa mov ing northward, and waa central this morn ing off th Georgia coast. Another Storm bad formed over Virginia and it waa Stated that these disturbance would ad vanes north-northwestward and increase ia lnteatty, r - ;"-V'; " " - J ' The storm hare been accompanied by ralmf, whkh were general today in the AtlsnUe states sod along the gulf' coast. There also were local rains In the region Cf the. great lake. Th disturbance broke the bested spell which ha grip ped the Itasterfl part of th country for more than s weelr. 'V' . .: The weather 'has become muck eoolef in the states east of the Rocky moun tains, except on the immediate Atlantic coast, the bureau skid, and particularly so over the gulf state,-the lowest tem perature of record for the month of Sep tember being recorded' this morning at Mobile, Ala.," New Orleans and Dallas. There were frost over the plain states as far south a Oklahoma and in the up per Mississippi valley and upper lake re gion.' Much cooler weather was forecast for tonight and tomorrow in 'the Atlantic states, and frost was. forecast tonight in the-upper . lake region, the Ohio , valley, Tennessee and in exposed places in Mis sissippi, Alabama and Northwest Georgia. Generally fair weather east of th Mis sissippi was forecast for tomorrow.' GALES ON COAST FORECAST. WAHINGTON, 8ept. 30 Gales ou the Atlantic coast from Hatteras to Maine and on Lakes Huron, Erie and Ontrio this afternoon and tonight were forecast today by the weather bureau. Cautions were vent to all shipping on the seaboard. The bureas reported the sou thern storm moving northward. , Three separate warnings were issued by the bureau. Tlie firnt directel tliat northwest warnings be hoifted at 9 a. m. Cape Hatteras to New York and said the . outhernt storni was' moving northward and would be "attended by increasing winds and gales, becoming northwest late this afternoon and to night." Northeast warnings were ordered fog the New England coast, the bureau fore casting increasing winds, ' 4 becoming late this afternoon and tonight. " Northwest storm warnings were order ed for the three great lakes. The an nouncement said there would be strong north and north we t winds and probably galea this afternoon and ton ight . ' 20 DEGREES DROP. ' MACON, Ga., Sept. 30 A drop of 20 degree in temperature wa announced by the local weather office at 8 o'clock this morning.. Dorbg the night the mercury dropped from 71 to 61. BIGT DROP AT NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 30. A drop of 24 degrees in temperator in 12 hours put the thermometer .here, at 54' at 7 a. nu .today, the lowest for4 September 30 ia the-weather bureau's record. . MacSWINEY EXTREMELY WEAK. LONDON, Sept. 30 Lord Mayor MaoSwiney, of Cork, who today began the 49th day of hi hunger strike, slept from 0:30 o'clock last night until 12:30 o 'clock this morning, said a bulletin is sued by 'the Irish Self -Determination League this forenoon. He had no sleep afterward and seemed somewhat refresh ed this morning, bv& was extremely weak, the bulletin. stated. ; - . The report to the home office of the lord mayor said bis condition wa vir tually unchanged. ' v. ' " , - "Nothing more than a alight daily deterioration ia noticeable," it added. SENATOR SMITH PROTESTS . AGAINST LOW. PRICE STATEMENT ; PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept.; 30 Pro test against. a statement attributed to Secretary Houston that commodity price must go very mueh lower waa made by Senator Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona, in a long telegram tolay to Secretary Hous ton, it was announced by the Arizona .American-Egyptian Cotton Growers' As sociation.' A shorter, protest ff the same nature was sent by Senator Smith t President Wilsoa. H0T1. JOSEPHUS lUKlELS r SPEAKS AT COURTHOUSE T0:;iGHT AT 7:33 .A"; Secretary of Ithe Navy WIU v Speak Tonight ; -' Cornea From Asheville and Ruther fordton ' Will Discuss In- v sues of Campaign Ladies : ; are Invited. ; ' -h liUJ: ?"'; : . Hon. Josephus Daniels, secretary the navy, speaks at the courthouse tonight. ' at 7:30 o'clock. He will discuss cam- : pa,ign issue,. Today he spoke in Euther- fordton. A ' commitete of prominent -; Democralis leaders, Including Chairmaa John" G, Carpenter, and Col. C. B. Arm- . strong, wenr-to Butherfordton thi moraW . . ing by aunnobile to convey the distin- , guished speaker to Gastenia, It la expect-.', ed that a pomber of ladies will be present tonight. ' , , L ; ;V?,.vPi";v;-A. REDUCED RAILROAD FARES . TO GASTOil CGLTITY fO Reduced railroad rates on tbe 8odthera, ; C k N.-W and P N.rsflways bar been authorized, on-account of the Big Gaston County Fair. October 12-16,' a-i f cording to announcement from the offiea . of Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen ' Thursdsy morfitS;,Be4need fare will apply, from Spartanburg onfte.,frllilicZO- ' snd f rora Charlotte, from Hickory soota- ' ward on the C. k N.-W..and from Chester ' . northward on the asm rosd. This aa nouncement came in the shape of a 1ml- letin from th Southeastern Passenger As sociation at Atlanta. RI0TIN(7 W tntA&l Cfif AtS" ''iM UCf0tAflL8 SiftfATlWr BELyAST, Sept. ContiauancS of rioting snd bloodshed in this city i : viewed Officially as creating an intolerable situation, and Ulster' proposal for an'; armed civic guard is likely to be adopted by the government if disorders continue. ' -' Threats by the Sinn Fein that organi-;; cation of auch a guard would be taken as a "declaration of war" with a re sultant uprising of Irish: nationalists, are not taken seriously,' it being ' asserted that 4 'the existing situation cannot pos sibly be worse. '; V- A .'-V;'- ' .It is claimed the' government cannot Sfford to maintain ' sufficient military force to cope with disturbed eondltione, . and must rely on the co-operation of loy- ' al subject to maiatain order k ' i STORM PASSES INLAND. . -TAMPA. Fla Sept. 20. The local weather bureau report that the storm, hss pasel inland probably near Appa lachicoja and ia now central id north Florida. Tbe higliest wind here last night was 29 miles from the north and the wind one time during the night blew 23 un'h-s from the south,. Since yesterday morning at 8 o 'clock 2H9 Inches of rain has fallen more than half of it sine 8 o'clock this morning." . - ' '. ' ' DEATHS t FRANK MeFADDEN. ' , ; i Lineoln County New, v '. ' ' ; ; '. x The body of Soldier Frank McFad-. den arrived in LineolntoS Saturday front " th battlefields of France, and was placed in the undertaking;': establishment, of xoder and McLean nntil Sunday after noon: " t , Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock the re mains were buried at Laboratory ehure cemetery. .; . " . : .';;..,- . . ; Tbe bnrial service waa conducted at the grave by Rer. W4- Wj Rinuner, aad .,' Rev. J. A, Snow. : ; ' 4 ; -y: : -r- Troop A. Cavalry of thi city, eom-; maaded by Lieut.- Mots and Lieut. Bari aeau, attended the funeral in a. body,; firing the salute of three rollers, and the bugler - of the troop, sounded taps, , the ' but act of respect to the departed sol dier. : y' ''y ;, '-'."'' ' '. ' ; ' Soldier MeFadden 's body was accom panied from New York to thi city by a regular soldier of the army, who return ed to bis command as soon as be bad completed hia ' journey, , and eeured the necessary signature ahowiag delivery to the proper party here, , Soldier MeFadden, died, of flu pneu monia in France October 18, 1918. . H was a eon of Mr. J. 8. MeFadden, of Gaetonia, formerly of Southside.. Hi mother ;died some years ago. f He ia also survived by three brothers, J.r W ' MeFadden, of Mayworth, Jacob 8- Me- Fadtlen, of Oastonia, and R. 8'. Me- Fade-en, 1 student at Wake Forest, and two eisters, -Mrs;- Richard Coffee ' and Mrs. Vance Putnam, . , 1 . Soldier MeFadden was with the regu lar army. . He enlisted in .1915 in the Third Cavalry at El Paso Tex., saiJM for France early in 1917, and was anion.; the first C. 8. Soldiers to get on V -front'aud took part i the war duri- : that year, - ' : He, was born in '-Lincoln eouLty, : Southside, where hia parents wera 1 . and was well known to many ia t tion. He also lived at Labor; f n , Lis parents made their home t lie wa a 1 - -r aci Be; h?iv c f