Oastonia PA Oazett Pffl GiFITIl X?i County la $1,611. Popula tion 3142; total wealth, S2,37S,74. GASTo::a-i.2j; good schools and churches A food plaet to ttva. Pop latoa 12,871, 123 J p. c gais KEMBXS OF THX ASSOCIATED PRESS G ASTON I A, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 18, 1920 yOL-XLI. NO. 250. SINGLE COPY 5 CEN) EY METHODISTS MEET AT SALISBURY THIS WEEK Thirty - Firat Annual Con ference Convene Wednea- : -day, Bishop Darlington Pre siding Rew. E. P. Stabler Closes Four-Year Paatorate Here All Local Churches Had Splendid eYar. " Methodists of the western half of the elate will have their interest centered this week on Salisbury, where the Western North Carolina Conference will convene in its thirty-first annual session on Wed nesday, the 20th. Bishop U. V. W. Dar iliuglon. of Huntingdon W. Va., will ; preside over the conference for the third consecutive year. Conference will prob .abjy close on the Monday following. The reading of the appointments for the en suing year, always the last business to engage the attention of conference, will .very likely ake place on Monday night. Oastonia will be represented at con ference by Rev. A. L. Stanford, pastor f Main Street church ; Rev. E. P. Sta bler, pastor of West End and Franklin .Avenue churches; Rev. W. T. Albright, .pastor of East Oastonia; and Rev. P. L. Shore, pastor of Trinity and St. Paul's in South Gastonia. These pastors will carry with them to conference splendid reports for the past year. Their reports will show all financial obligations met in fulL In addition they will show that there has been much activity in the mat ter of building and making plans for the future. During the year now closing Main STreet church has commenced work on a handsome young people's building which will crat complete about $125,000, and also on a handsome new parsonage to ost approximately 130,000. East 'Oastonia has built a commodious parson .age and has made a start towards erect ing a new house of worship to cost about 15.000 or $2d,000. In South Gastonia splendid lot has been purchased, a par sonage built and plans formulated look ing towards the erection of a modern church next year. All of these points will show handsome gains in membership during the year. Main Street church now has a membership of approximately one thousand and the largest and most flourishing Sunday school it has ever had. Main Street church inaugurated a novel method of raising its finances at the commencement of the present con ference year and the result is of interest to church people of all denominations. It was decided at the very beginning of the year to rely entirely on free will of ferings for the regular church budget, which amounted for the year to some thing over $13,000. Public collections wero done atoay with entirely, no assess ments were made and no member of the -ongregation was asked to pledge any definite amount. Free-will offoring boxes were placed in the church lobbies and through this channel the entire chureh budget was raised. The pastor goes to conference with all financial ob ligations paid in full. It is of interest to note that this con tinuation has contributed during the yoar, for the budget, buifding purposes and suburban extension right around $100,000 in money. It is doubtful if .any other congregation in the entire con ference has surpassed this record as to 'finances. At the fourth quarterly conference held a few days ago all of the members of the board of. stewards were re-elected end two new members were added in the persons of Dr. McG. Anders and Mr. J. W. Watson. The latter was for many years a member of the official board of .'Centenary church. New Bern, in the North Carolina Confer en oe. An interesting piece of conference gos sip going the rounda of the press is that Hev. Charles C. Weaver. Ph. D., for the past ten years president of Emory and Henry College, Emory, Va., and who ten dered his resignation a few days ago, will probably be appointed to the pas torate of Tryon Street church, Charlotte, or West Market Street, Greensboro, both of which will be vacant because of the four-year time limit. West End Pafctor Handsomely Remem bered. Rev. E. P. Stabler, pastor of Franklin TO THE DEMOCRATIC VOTERS, WOMEN END MEN OF GASTON COUNTY You are respectfully ur.Tcd lo Register for the Ejection to be held on Nov. 2nd Th- coming election is a most in.portant one. REGISTER AT OICCE, DO MOT DELAY The Registration Cooks clcs? on Oct. 22rd, you MUSi Register on or before Oct. 2 rd. Especial attention is called to the new precinct in Gastonia known as Gastonia No. 4. The territory which formerly be longed to Gastonia No. 1, Vett of South Streeet and West of North York Street, in the city of Gastonia has been placed in the new precinct Gastonia No. 4. The territory West of the C. & N.-W. Ry., beyond the trestle south of the city limits, which was formerly in Gastonia No. 1, has also been placed in this new precinct. An out-and-out New Registration has been ordered' for this new precinct, and ALL WOMEN AND MEN WHO LIVE IN THIS NEW PRECINCT KPOWN AS GASTONIA NO. 4, MUST REGISTER FOR THIS ELEC TION. The irotin place for this new precinct is at the COURTHOUSE. Mr. E. B. Denny, the Registrar, will be at the Courthouse for the next two- Saturdays, to Register the voters. DO NOT OVERLOOK THIS NEW REGISTRATION. All men in this new precinct who hare been tofnt at the City Hall xmxst Register and -vote at the COURTHOUSE. ; COX URGE VOTERS TO VOTE AS AMERICANS In an Addreas to Firat Voters Governor Cox Urges Them to Disregard Partisanship and Vote as Americans. SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. 18. Gov ernor Cox today opened his second east ern campaign with an address here to first voters, urging them to disregard partisanship and to vote as Americans. "Americanization," said the demo cratic presidential candidate, ' ' is but another word for construction. Ameri canization is not selfishness. It means that we ho love this freedom of America that wherever in the whole world the name of America is mentioned it shall mean honor, loyalty, progress, humanity and peace. To shout 'America first' and then oppose making America first throughout the world is to turn our btf Its on progress and en the ideals which the framers of our great constitution wove into the soul of America. "Therefore, when I talk of the league of nations, I am presenting no new spirit but am simply endeavoring to kcej the faith of America." Stating that first voters represent a new generation, Governor Cox said that civilzation was like a relay race, "each generation taking the ball from the pre ceding and contributing its share toward world progress. ' ' Some people, ' ' said the governor, "are not willing to take the ball and thereby lose the race by slipping back. "There can be nothing more reassur ing than that this great army of first voters composed of millions of young men will approach the ballot box this fall with the same patriotism with which they stood in the front trenches. "I find that the young men and the mothers will insist that we become a part of the league of nations. The young men who are first voters will find them selves in distinguished company this year for the mothers of America have been given the rights to which they are en titled. I have no doubt what the mothers of America will do in the forthcoming election, nor have I a single doubt what the young men will do. Mother and son link the two generations which stand for a peace won by the sons and made perma nent by the mothers of America." Governor Cox's program today called for his speech here in the morning, an afternoon address at Rochester and a night meeting at Buffalo. Avenue ami West End churches, yester day rounded out his four-years pastorate and, by reason of the time-limit, will not be returned to Gastonia. Mr. Stabler 's pastorate has been a most successful one and ho has greatly endeared himself to his people. This was made manifest yes terday. He hefiT three services, at Franklin Avenue at 11 a. in., at Tarte's Chapel at 3 p. m. and at West End at 7. -.'tn p. in. Following the sermon at Franklin Avenue church in the morning Mr. P. L. Plyler, chairman of the board of stewards and president of the Ep worth League, came forward and, with a few very appropriate remarks, present ed Mr. Stabler with a check for $175 from the Epworth League and another check for $148 from the congregation, the latter being in the nature of an addi tion to his regular salary, which had been paid in full. These were presented as tangible evidences of the high esteem in which he is held" by his congregation at that church. All three services were very largely attended and there was evi denced at each a feeling of genuiil' re gret that Rev. Mr. Stabler 's pastorate had come to an end. During the day he baptized four infants and received three members into the church. This charge has met every financial obligation for the year, has paid its final assessment on the new district parsonage which was not due for twelve months and has finished pay ing for the new parsonage purchased last year. In short, there is not a cent of in debtedness on any of the charge's prop erty. Wherever Mr. Stabler may be sent by the bishop he will be followed by the love and prayers of his parish ioners here. GASTON FAIR WAS FAR BETTER THAN ANY RECENT MECKLENBURG COUNTY FAIR So Thinks Charlotte Man Who Visited Gaston County Fair Last Wee's Parking Ar rangements For Automobiles Were Better Than Any Sys tem Ever Seen at State Fair Commendatory Words For Secretary Alien That the Gaston County Fair outshone any similar event held in Mecklenburg county in recent years is the opinion of one representative of the Charlotte press, who visited the fair here last week. He further adds that Canton ia and Gaston county will some day eclipse Charlotte and Mecklenburg, if they don 't look out.' "B. II." in The Review, Mecklenburg county's weekly newspaper writes as fol lows : Blest by fine weather which brought out an unprecedented crowd of people from throughout this section of the Carolina, the Gaston county fair held this week in (iastonTa, was the most successful in Gas ton county and doubtless in this section of the two states. Kxhibits galore in all departments, a very "good mid-way, suitable entertain ment features and a systematic manner of handling the crowds proved satisfac tory to a multitude of folks who attend ed from Gaston. Mecklenburg, Cata-wba, Cleveland, Rutherford and -other counties in North Carolina as well as in South Carolina. No fair that lias been held in Meck lenburg county in several years can com pare with the Gaston event, and arrange ments were far more systematic and or derly than has ever been known, most likely, in the whole history of the North Carolina state fair. The fair opened Tuesday and comes to a close tonight. Although opening nights are usually not attended by exceptional ly big crowds, Tuesday night at the Gas ton fair saw thousands of people jamming through the midway and the exhibits buildings. A thousand or more automo biles neatly parked under the direction of capable officials attested that many had come from a distance on opening night. The crowds were much larger Wednes- ! day night and Thursday night, and Wed nesday and Thursday were the big days for the farmers. An arrangement which helped ' about appreciation for the fair on t he part of visitors was the parking of cars. Although thousands of machines were driven into and out of the grounds i i)y a systematic method of parking cars un der the direction of experienced officials made it possible for one at all hours to find parking space and to get his ma chine into or out of the grounds with a minimum of trouble. This is something new for fairs, this business of looking af ter the public. The exhibits in all departments were excellent and proved the interest of Gas ton county people m progressive!. The mill communities of the county had ex hibits in addition to the 'several farm communities. Products of Gaston coun ty's soil were shown to advantage in the exhibition building, while the barns were very well filled with livestock. In so far as The Review could learn, Mecklenburg county was not represented in the livestock department. Although several Mecklenburg dealers had planned to exhibit a carload of cattle the proposal was discouraged by leaders in the live stock industry of the county on the grounds that the exhibits would cost more in money than the exhibition would get out of it directly in money. The value of the exhibit from an advertising stand point was overlooked. Merchants, who have made fortunes, have spent thousands to get their names in a newspaper, just for the advertising. But the fair got along without Meck lenburg county and it did credit to Gas ton county. The event impressed The Review representative as demonstrative of the progressive spirit of Gastonia and Gaston county which some day, if Char lotte and Mecklenburg county do not look out and keep looking out will eclipse in "ize and importance the neigh bors on the eastern side of the Cataiwba I Secretary Fred M. Allen, of the fair association, and his corps of assistants, are du a maximum of credit for the ex- ..,..-, r, i.Vnto.-d from 1ho:r 1 .' r. .. : . , os 1 frf.ii: C,;-.. ..,., n'l-i were in at: :. l.vt' e 'S r ".TTE'PY PARK Ii : r of L"; :'! . from the ' 'N I As'ievil'e. ' ' Park hotel and I i s ne . i 1 grounds. eor.--i-:nK ",rp4'- lm':1''' ' in the reTrt ef Ash 'v:Ue. 1 ne consmera tioa is said to have been 6.-)0.0Oi. Dr. Grove owns Grove Park Inn, which w:;s erected at a cost ef $1,000,000. aud re cently purchased the Manor, paying therefor, it is said. $1,000,000. Dr. Grove's plans include extensive im provements to the Battery Park and the erection f a modern commercial hotel of 250 rooms and a large apartment house, both. on the Haywood street side of the Batery Park bloek. MRS. JOSEPHUS DANIELS TO SPEAK HERE TUESDAY A Change in the Plans of Mrs. Daniels Brings Her to Gas tonia Tuesday Instead of Thursday Will Speak in Courthouse at 3 o'clock in the Afternoon. Mrs. Josephus Daniels will apeak in Gastonia at the courthouse Tuesday af ternoon at 3 o'clock, it was announced today by County Chairman Jno. G. Car penter. Mn. Daniels was scheduled originally for. Thursday, but later plans have brought her here earlier. It ii confidently expected that Mrs. Daniels will be greeted by a crowded house. The women of the county are particularly in vited to be present. THOMAS E. HOLDING, JR., HELD TO HIGHER COURT Son of Prominent Banker Accused of Receiving Goods Stolen From Cars. Greensboro News. KALKIGH, Oct. 16. Thomas K. Hold ing, Jr., son of a banker and former member of the general assembly, is under bond for appearance in federal court in November on the charge of receiving stolen goods taken from cars making an interstate journey. fjgj Young Holding, who is a prominent mau and a member of a leading Wake family, was arrested yesterday at Wake Purest by the federal officers who had learned that he was sum pec ted of having received quite a lot of the same goods which recently got A. J. Ho'neycutt, the Neuse merchant, into trouble. The Honeycutt hakil was plenary. There was a great truckful of goods and plenty of evidence that the Wagon did not drive up to the Honeycutt premises in a fit of absentmindedness, was found. When the agents called on Holding they found nothing over the storerooms in the bank building. There was no trace of the goods in the Holding drug store. Notwithstanding these circumstances, the United States commissioner held the de fendant. His attorney made no state ment. The charge is that Mr Holding re ceived between $2,000 and $.'(,000 worth of goods. Tom Avery, negro truck driver, Cecil and Priestly Pierce, white men of Raleigh, are under arrest for the actual theft of the goods. The alleged robU-ries have occurred on freight cars, express coaches and stations. The Ameri can Express, the Southern, Norfolk Southern and the Seaboard railways are said to have beeu losers. MYSTERY SURROUNDS DEATH DARTMOUTH COLLEGE STUDENT PHILADELPHIA. Oct. IS. Police of thin city had no clue today to clear away ihe mystery surrounding the death of Elmer ('. Drewes, the Dartmouth College student, a resident of this city, who vas found dead Sunday morning on the out skirts of Philadelphia with a bullet wound in the head. No weapon was found near the body. The police said they intend to question Charles Schaloss, of New York, heir to a $100,000 estate and friend of Drewes, in the hope that he might bo able to give i aid in tracing Drewes' movements. Schaloss is said to have seen Drewes in Atlantic City on Saturday. Robbery, the police say, was evidently not the motive, if Drewes was murdered, as about $900 in cash, checks and liberty bonds were in his clothes when the body was found. Schaloss, who was visited by Drewes in Atlantic City Sunday, has gone to his home in New York, is was said. William Belsha, head of the "murder squad" of the Philadelphia detective force, believes Drewes' body was carried to the lot where it was found after the collegian was slain elsewhere. Drewes left his home here late Satur day, telling his parents he intended to go to Reading, Pa., to purchase a motor car. From Reading he intended to motor to Hanover. N. H., in order to be at col lege today. MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE BROADWAY BANK MESSENGER BAFF LES N. Y. POLICE CAMDEN, N. Oct. Is piee authorities of Camden and Burlington counties have so far been unable to find -Miy with a re trace of the yellow roa. built Under body they hav I: e been seeking :s r"'.b I l'l COlH'i iith of - i r P 1'a,;! body ! ,::-:r t; ki a , i re 1 : -k. . illiug I The police Bay they U 1 eve the of Paul occurred in Philadelphia and tin body taken to the pine swamp in the vei low car. The roadster with' three men it was seen Friday by residents of Tab ernacle at a time when the occupants, the police believed, were fleeing after burying Paul. The tire marks alongside the grave connected with the marks made bj the yellow roadster, the police said. The murderers, it is believed, had first thrown the body into a small stream near by, as marks showed it was dragged to PRESIDENT VILSQN CALLS 1 HARDING FOR EXPLANATION BI6 TEXTILE EXPOSITION OPENS IN GREENVILLE GREENVILLE, S. C, Oct. 18. New England and Dixie met and rubbed shoul ders again when, with the thunder of machinery, blare of bands and shrilling of whistles swelling into a triumphant chorus, the fourth and greatest textile exposition in the history of the south opened here today with a message of good cheer, faith and co-operation spoken by leading manufacturers from all parts of the nation. This exposition is in every way a suc cess. Such wa'ti the opinion of many of the hundreds of men who know who came here from the New England states, Ohio valley, Kentucky and from all parts of the south as far west as Texas, to take part in the enterprise. In spite of un favorable conditions caused, they said, by the federal reserve board's curtailment of loans, exhibitors appeared optimistic over the prospects of renewed trading soon. More than 200 manufacturers have comprehensive exhibits here, valued at approximately $2,000,000. Here are dis played all the instrumentalities of wood and wire and steel that go to make of cotton the cloth that the world demands. Every branch of he cotton mill industry is represented. Cotton mill presidents and other execu tives from South Carolina and adjoining states arrived today to attend the meet ing of the Cotton Manufacturers ' Asso ciation of 8outh Carolina tomorrow. The program includes an address by Albert Green Duncan, of Boston, treasurer of the Harmony Mills, on the subject of "The Tariff Question," and a speech by B. F. McLeod, representing the American Cotton Association. The as sociations also will discuss financial aud trade conditions, and the closing of cot ton mills on account of lack of orders. The Southeru Textile Association, em bracing every branch of the cotton mill industry, will convene Thursday and Fri dav. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Gastonia Cotton 9y2 Cents Receipts at the cotton platform today up to noon were 7 bales of cotton. Only H bales were sold Saturday. The price today is 19 cents. NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 18. The Eng lish labor situation was responsible' for liberal offerings on the owning of the cotton market today and before trading had gone very far, prices were 30 to 57 Iimincs under ihe close of Saturday, with all months making new low levels for the season. December fell off to 17.55 and May to 17.23. At the decline a good character of buying was fell anil many traders who have been on the short side appeared to have evened up and taken to the long side on the theory that cotton had reached an investment basis. At the end of the first hour of business prices were :Q to 40 points up from the lowest. NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 18. Opening: October, 17.H3; December, 17.88a90; January, 17.61a63; March 17.60 bid; May, 17.45 bid; market steady. BRITISH SPINDLES IDLE. NEW YORK, Oct. 18. The cotton market was extremely nervous and un settled during today's early trading. There was a good deal of covering, with trade buying, and probably buying for a reaction after the severe break of last week. On the other hand the south con tinued seiiing while there was liquida tion on rep's that British trade had been brought to almost a standstill by the coal strike an 1 the weakness of the Liverpool market. The opening was 13 poiii's higher, and active months sold ,.i,,.u :: tn l'l poiiits below S.i'n-day's !..-:!ig di.ni-c t o atly trading with IV-.-i : .i ! In- 1-.:T a: 1 Mar. '. 1"."". king .ue::andf.r iTir:...v vn ATHENS. !.- . 17 - !' ,. . the si. k 1,. ! ff Ki,' Ah .v ' some days h;-s lxvi i ri '-ab. " a n re sult of infuti'n j.r'.-i-i: from the bite of a monkey, .-re tiu.t t' e kieg s'-o.vs some improvement, and the bulletin is sued today noon stated there was less pessimism regarding his prospects of re co vt ry . the 8iot wlicre it was buried. A resident of Vincentown raced with the yellow ear.. When the roadster pass ed him Friday on the road from Taber nacle to Vincentown, the man told de tectives, he thought the occupants wanted a test of speed . WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 president Wilson today addressed a letter to Sen ator Harding relative to the repabHcaa ' nominee's statement of Saturday that ke had been approached "informally" fry a representative of the French gevexsv ment relative to a new association ef Mo tions. Quoting from a dispatch dated St. Louis, October 16, purporting to report the statement of Senator Harding, the president said: "I need not point out to yon the grave and extraordinary inference to bo drawn from such a statement, namely, that the government of France, which ia a member of the league of nations, ap proached private citizen of a nation when is not a member of the league with a request 'that the United States load the way to a world fraternity." Declaring that the state department "had always found the government of France moat honorably mindful of its international obligations and punctiliouev ly careful to observe all the ' pro prieties of international intercourse," the president wrote that he hesitated "to draw the inference to which I have re- . ferred unless I am assured by you that you actually made the statement. " HARDING ALSO PLEADS " FOR AMERICA FIRST MARION. O.. Oct. 18. First mt days at Senator Harding's front poroh brought to Marion today many delegao tions of young men and women to hoar the republican nominee make a plea for ' "America first" as the motto of these about to cast their ballots for the firs time. Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsyl vania, West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio sent the largest representation, although citizens from many other states wero present. Several special trains brought delegations from outside Ohio, and many from the cities nearby came by motor. A. bicycle division also was one of the fea tures of the parade which preceded the senator 's speech. Also in the crowd were delegations . from several Ohio counties, including av consolidated group from the eighth Ohio congressional district. The Ohio contin- gents were to have been received tomor row, but the. two meetings were combined in order to give the miminee one day of rest before he leaves Wednesday for his last snaking trip of the campaign. SENATE COMMITTEE PROBES INTO MISSOURI CAMPAIGN- ST. LOUIS, Oct. 18 The senate committee investigating campaign ex penditures today resumed its inquiry into the democratic pre-convention campaign in Missouri. The committee planned to delve fvrtber into the activities in behalf of Attorney General Palmer aud summoned Edward Goltra of St. Louis, national committee man. Payment of expenses of delegates to the democratic state coaptation at Joplin and the national convention at San Francisco was under investigation. According to testimony at a previous hearing, Coltra distributed about $3,000 among delegates to the Joplin convention to help defray expenses. He had formal ly denied, however, that any financial assistance was given to the San Fran cisco delegation. The campaigns of Senator Spencer, re publican, who is a member of the com mittee and his democratic opponent. Breckinridge Long, also will come within the scope of the inquiry, according to Senator Reed, Missouri, who is a member of the investigating body. S. B. McMASTER GETS $49,999 AGAINST FORD MOTOR CO. COLUMBIA, S. C, Oct. 18 A ver dict of forty nine thousand, nine hun dred and ninety nine dollars against the Ford Motor Company and one dollar against the Union Automobile Company of Charlotte, N. C, was announced today in the case brought by S. B. McMaster, Columbia automobile dealer, against Ford company for a half million dollars. Mr. McMastcr alleged damages by reason of I an order of the Ford organization against : the sale by Ford dealers of a wide gauge attachment. The jury had the case more Ua.n thiity hours. ROOSEVELT CHARGES REPUBLICANS WITH MAK- ; ING SECTIONAL APPEALS GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Oct. 18 ' barges that republican campaign era ' tors were making an appeal to racial hatreds and prejudices "which will eon-; iinue to Uar evil fruit long after the , coming election," were made by Frank lin D. Roosevelt, democratic vice presi dential nominee, in a series of speeches today through Michigan. .; ' "These republican speakers, Mr. Roosevelt said, "basing their appeals en YORK, a C, Oct. 18. 'Local t cotton ginners today announced a redaction cf 20 cents per hundred posnds for ginnir-. The actios was taken, it was stated, I -cause of the low price" of cotton. V