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Da LY . Ill ALETTE OASTON . UiU I U ... I . .- jyaBet, ; good schools and churches j A good plscs to Hv, Popuv laton 12,871. 123 J p. e. gain County la $1,611.' Popnl tioa 51,242; total wealth, 182475,749.' HXXBZ2 OF TEX ASSOCIATXO PfiXSS GASTONIA, N. C," THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 21, 1920 VOL.-XLI. NCv25S. SINGLE COPY 5 CENT! GOVERNOR COX DRIVE AGAINST CRITICS 1 v' OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS Emphasizes Contention of Democrats That League Council Has Only Advisory Power : t ancl Can Not Make Final Declaration of War. ,r : WILMINGTON, Del-. Oct. 21 A ;pcclal drive agamst critics of Article 10 of tb league of nations ghd against false ' criticism they were aaid to have uttered uaa made by Governor Cox, of Ohio.' '' The nation wide propaganda of . mis presentation' ' regarding Article 10 has .'SJ. circulated, the democratic candidate ' ' lrted. emphasizing contentions that WaVly and not.the leagu, . . j! allure war and that the V.JZZStowSl'M deeiaion. must be unan-1 Vitoua ana are uw-v - , ' e Onvernor Cox 'a address here, refer VinVlnSSuy to Article 10 followed e-t&SSF- prominent repubans V'SSEi. tonight to the con- "Son tan where- Prealdmt Wilson was I s to make two addressee in - - The tern "saviae" r live io th. league council's IoweT, wM , -declared Governor Cox to be Utatted to advice Stressing the provis . for nlaUiou. eouncil action, -Gov- iVrnor Cox said: , . - . JL ?.W should never ' 4iguUet. and wobbling prounce -guns "" . , - ... ,inontrovertibU menta, wee sign r - -mincil fact, that under - - render only -J" 'v vtbis action ; cannot e w 7,r w votes in the affirmative TmSbV of the Hitchcock reservations V' voted down W the treaty wreckers de- plated that no American sovereignty was -Tolinqnianed.'' . ' j.tfaeN. the league's operations, Governor CoxNaid that conciliation or a :v;I? au.'bM.tf. note to all law- abid- jo - u - f i itf . nations rW nation, severance of ..i.t;Tii or an economic Wcott would be means employ ed before consideration of more "dras ''tie measures. " , then, ne contended, eongreasion- approval would be required. ' Not ? ntil every other method had failed would - thew be any need for ever consmrrx -VJiMrtfai measures," the governor eon- ' tinued. "BTit'K De ronwii -J desperate crisis might arise, such as that whlch threatened the worid in July, 191. ' then the council would sit in special con ' .. . x A-A (k.t a ference. If all the representatives on . .. . , to meet the V8itnation it was necessary to employ other means, then it would be empowered to 'V7BUcb a recommendation, our WsiSSve. would cable the facts of . together with the unan, ions' resolution of recommendation to e president, who. in time toth the tacta ana w before Tthe eongress, together with hia W-r ' reoommendation. Congre rould .m determine its course of ac- tun n in. r . nrauaci w ; Isolation economic ana oh"". any nation, w av m r t W waytoward preventing hostil- 1 is extxemely doubtful." he said, " if any nation would have the temerity : Ufyi the face of outraged public ,'ipiSn of the whole world d it hi a Z1 eertainty tiiat notion would be . . apwilAfl WQU1U --. Mn&rdv as to wy w - ..effective warfare, in economic ta. na authority to order mfliUry forces SJ the defense of the ,venanj, the L of the world would be no better je- wtih the league than without it. , nch a. inference would be TariancewUhexperienco. Earl tlm the time the Britiah aecretary for foreign ffaira. aaid in 191 that u m 'c -1 day. of July d August he eou,a ' hav' got the statesmen of the great powers around a table in conference for nin days Of. nine hours the world war ould have been averted. ' PEGGY O'NEIL CLAIMS ; TO HAVE BEEN POISONED ' U)NDCy, Oct 21. Peggy CNeiL the , tress, who about a month ago was taken - suddenly ill during the performance of a play at the Savoy theater, has just re turned to her' place in the east, and de clares her illness was due to an attempt to poison her.- She nays box was sent to her dressing room anonymously and "that opon opening it she found con tained chocolates. She ate some of the ndy and a. soon taken seriously ilL One chocolate was given to a pet dog , belonging to Hiss 0NeIl, and tiie animal and an analysis of the -eon-, i -'fonery showed" it eontined arsenic I srvckiiin. ' . r MAKES MR. PERRY MORGAN SPEAKS TO CITY B.Y.P.U. AT FIRST CHURCH TONIGHT The regular monthly meeting of the Gastouia Baptist Young" People 's Union will be kebl at the Firtit Baptist church tonight at 7:30. The program will be as follows: Installation service, at which t he following officers will be installed: M. O. Thornburg, president; W. L. Wal ters, vice president; Miss Madge Styres, secretary; W. L. Smith, treasurer; E. B. Denny, chorister; Mrs. Doris Saun ders, pianist, and Miss Sudie Bedding, librarian. Rev. W. A. Hough, on behalf of the advisory committee, together with the of ficers, who were elected at the initial meting of the CHy B. Y. P. U. in Sep tember, will make .three-minute talks per taining to the work which they are to pursue. Following the installation serv ice special music will be rendered by the B. Y. P. U.' quartette of the First Bap tist church. The main and concluding feature of the program will be an address by Mr. Perry Morgan, state field secretary for B. Y. P.U. work in North Carolina. The program as outlined by the program committee bids fair to be one of great inspiration and helpfulness. SOUTHERN NEWSPAPERS WILL ADVERTISE THE SOUTH Slogan of the Campaign Win Be "Sell It South" Fond of $25,000 to Be Expended By Members of the S. N. P. A. (By The Associated Press.) NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20. "Sell it fcouth" was adopted today as the keynote aii.l slogan of the $25,000 advertising campaign of southern newspapers to ad vertise the south in other sections of tliB country. The campaign will be paid for 'by 228 meiubYrs of the Southern Newspaper I'ublkhers' Association, representatives of whom held the concluding session here tmlay of a three days meeting. Tim campaign is expected to dispel mi impression said to be prevalent in the north that when the price of cotton drops the south is financially handicapped. On October 25 each of the papers forming the association will publish an clitorial setting forth the financial con dition of the south, giving reasons for their contention that conditions finan cially in the south are better than in the north or east. The best of the 228" edi torials will be incorporated in the adver tisements to be headed "Sen It South." Our readers wiU be interested to know that The Daily Gazette is one of the 228 members of the Southern Newspaper Publishers' Association participating in the advertising campaign outlined above. JUDGE JONES TO SPEAK AT LONG SHOALS TONIGHT By appointment of the Democratic executive committee of the Ninth Con gressional district, Judge A. C. Jones, of the Gastonia city court, will address the voters at Long Shoals in Lincoln county at 7:30 o'clock tonight Thie appoint ment is in line with the whirlwind can vass of the entire district planned by the committee. FARMER CARRIES WHEAT 480 MILES TO MARKET OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 21 Unable to obtain ears in which to ship his wheat and finding local elevators filled to capacity D. C. Hibbard, a Potter, Neb. ."farmer, carried 110 bushels of wheat on his two ton truck" to Omaha, 480 miles. v The trip required three days. The total expense was $22.09 or about 21 cents a bushel. The wheat sold on the Omaha market for $2 a bushel, which Hibbard said, insured him a better profit than he would have received by selling at home. . "So you are going to send your wife away to the country for a restt" "Yea. I needit badly. "The Crow's Nest. Ohio, ''the mother &f presidents," seems to have presented the nation with twins this time. Milwaukee JouruaL : Attorney-General Palmer ought to be mad -enough just now to go after .the profiteers with the biggest d' he can find. Bristol TT"ral CoiS-. - WOMAN, AGE 97, WILL VOTE FOR LEAGUE Mrs.' Malinda Jones, of CherryviUe, has registered at the age of 97. Mr. Del linger, the registrar, claims the State championship for registering the older ladies. Mrs. Jones is in fine shape phys ically, but says she cannot hear and talk s well as she once could. She says she was born a Democrat in Cleveland county in 1823 and has always been a Democrat and cannot see . how any woman can be anything else at this time. She has been through all sorts of times, has seen wars and heard rumors of wars, and in her little experience in life she is convinced that the best interests of this country demand that the Democratic party con tinue to govern and control our affairs. She is anxious that the messsge be car ried to others younger than herself that they may do the best service possible for the country. CONFERENCES OF RAILWAY WORKERS BEING HELD British Railway and Transport Workers Will Decide as to Whether to Join Strike Not. or LONDON, Oct. 21. Decision' on the question whether the National Union of Railway and Transport Workers ' Union would join in the strike, of miners which liejjan last Saturday was expected at meetings of the two organizations here today. Conferences of the executive officers of the two unions were held yes terday, and the situation whs reviewed, but nothing definite was done, it being decided to wait another day before tak ing side in the industrial controversy. Should the railwaymen and transport workers call u strike a critical phase of the dispute between lalor and the govern nient would immediately ensue, it is be lieved, and 1he ministry of labor ha been exerting its utmost efforts to prevent such a step. Sentiment iu the railway men's union seems to be divided ove.the ,-uurse to be pursued by the organization, one wing opposing the calling of a strike and the other favoring a walkout. Iad or of the transport workers union were in conference la yesterday with the Trades Union Committee. Propolis for a compromise agreement uhich might Init the miners to return to work and defer final adjustment of their grievances have been brought for ward but they have not been submitted t leader, of the federation, so far a.s known. ' t the conclusion of the morning e ,ion held by the executive committee of the National Union of Railway . TU.Mias, the general secretary, announced ,he railroad men were considering ,;. uestion of sympathetic actum w.th l. miners. . The belief was expn-ed ... labor . ir ,.le. during the forenoon that the govern Ill(.,,t would make some move with... a fc.w hours to call a fn-sh conference miners anTTeoal owners to examuie the adjustment plan advan 1 ... the house of commons yesterday by W.ll.am Brace, hbor member of parliament and pres. dent of the Houth Wales Miners Federa- tlThe labor unions other than the milers, it was declared in f are against on extension of the strike il ..here is the slightest chance of negotm- tions being reopened. BANKERS CAM AMD SHOULD AID FARMERS Can Cooperate By E-uUttfaf Warehousing and Selling Or. yaniiations. WASHINGTON. Oct. 21 Bankers can and should aid farmers by assisting in the establishment of co-operative ware housing and selling organisations, Chair man Joseph Hirsch, of the agricultural commission of the American Bankers' Association, declared today in present ing the Report of the commission to the convention . "Many of us have been fearful of en tering the fiJd of marketing because ;n doing this we have been afraid we would come in conflict with our own customers, the middle men who are buying the farmers' products." the report said. "But it is high time for the bankers of the country to realize that a more eco nomical method of distributing our food products is absolutely essential to the success of American agriculture; that un less farmers can produce and sell their crops w ith some reasonable assurance of a fair profit there will 1 an increasing tide of men drifting from the farms to the cities . "W believe in co-operation for oitr selves. The federal reserve system is a co-operative enterprise. In like man ner, co-operation among farmers in ap portioning what they produce to- meet the demands of the country is economical ly sound. The fanner needs your help in this work because you can . supply him with that essential which he chiefly lacks a knowledge of organisation and vusines rMhod." HUTCHIS0,TIM0:i WEDDING WAS BRILLIANT EVENT Miss Lucile Mason, Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Ma son, Becomes Bride of C. E. Hutchison, Jr., of Mt. Holly, in Ceremony of Rare Beauty . and Elegance Brilliant Re ception Follows - Many 'Gifts of Silrer, China and Cut Glass. Iu a ceremony of surpassing beauty and loveliness solemnized Wednesday evening at 0 o'clock a,t the home of the bride s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Fer dinand Mason, Miss Lucile Mason be came the bride of Mr. Charles Kdwin Hutchison, of Mt. Holly. For lieauty aud brilliance of personnel and a tend nuts, for magnificence of setting and prominence of contracting parties the wedding was unsurpassed in (lastonia. Miss Matyuti, the bride, is one of Gas tonia s loveliest young women and 'the daughter of the dean of lawyers in (las ton county. Mr. Hutchison, the groom, is one of the leading young business men of the county, the son of one of the most prominent cotton manufacturers in the South. Tne beautiful Mason home was artis tically decorated with ferus, cut rlowers, potted plants aud ivy. Masses of beau tiful rose-colored dahlias and stately yel low and crimsoii crysanthemums, roses and greenery were used. In the south parlor, where the ceremony was per formed, the color scheme was' green aud white. White dahlias and white crysan themums were used. A wall of ferns and ivy formed the background for the cere mony. Floor-baskets filled with dahlias and vrysnuthemums flanked the greenery on each side. On the mantels were can dles in crystal candlesticks, the light from these being used during the cere mony. In the music Tooiu rose-colored dahlias were used in profusion, masses of the rich colored flowers being used to beautiful effect. 1" the diuing room the while and rose colors prevailed. The centerpiece was a silver basket rilled with rose-colored dahlias. Silver candlesticks with rose shades furnished light. Ill the hall and on the broad stairway yelllow crysiiiithen.uins were used. The entire lower floor of three rooms ami hall was thrown en suite and presented a scene of rare loveliness. Before me ceremony Miss Cora Clark, of Clarkton, teacher of oice at Mitchell College. Statcsvillc, sang "Thou'rt Like Unto a Lovely Flower,' - Mrs. .1. Kaleigh Armstrong at the piano. To Wucngi ia ' wedding march the bridal party came down the stairs aud into the piiflor, Kcv. W. C. Barrett, pastor of the FiiM Baptist church, tin- olliciating minister, leading. Following him came two groomsmen, Messrs. .lob u Durham and Lacy Adams, and then two bridesmaids, Misses Kuuice Hutchison. f Mt. Holly, sister of the Kr . ;,nd Corinne Crowcll, of Lincoln ton. Next came two groomsmen. Messrs. Oscar Mason and Burton Mitchell, fol lowed by Misses Hilda Wiarp, of Com merce. Ca- aii.l Fugenia Woodltery, of Quinc.v. Kla. ' iriiesmaiis lovely dresses of rose tulle over silver lu.-e- They carried hat-baskets of lius sell roses tied with pink chiffon. Next came the winsome little ring -bearer, little Miss Hat her Mason, sister of the bride, wearing a dress of white silk marquisette with pink rosebuds, a tulle sash and car rying the ring in M colonial bouquet of white roses with one lilv in the center. The dames of honor, Mesdames George B. Mason and Hoyd O. Whitney, of Washington, D. C. were next. They wore rose tulle over silver lace and earned a shower of Russell roses. The maid ofnonor, Miss Ruth Mason, sister of the bride, came next. She wore a wonderfully beautiful irridescent robe of white sequin with silver tissue and carried a shower bouquet of pink roses. The groom with his best man, Mr. Lee Nelson, of Lenoir, entered next. The bride entered with her brother, Mr. George B. Mason?1 who gave her in marriage. A beautiful blonde of viva cious, charming type, beautiful coloring and dark brown eyes, the bride of the evening was lovely. She wore a lustrous garment of white satin and chantilly bice trimmed with seed pearls and hand made roses. The veil, worn coronet effect, was caught with orange blossoms and pearls. She carried orchids showered with valley lilies. Rev. Mr. Barrett, using the beau tiful ring ceremony, said the words that made, them man and wife. During the peaking of the vows Mrs. Armstrong played "To a Wild Bose." Following the ceremony, which was witnessed by a limited few, was an elab orate reception in honor of the bride and groom and party. Receiving at the front door, were Mr. and Mrs. J. Lean Adams, at the door of th parlor were Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Craig, who introduced the guests to the receiving line composed of the entire bridal party as mentioned above, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Hutchiaon, Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Maspn, Rev. , and Mrs. W. C. Barrett, Mrs. Charles Ellis and daughter, Miss Margaret Ellis, of Green ville, 8. C Miss Mary Hutchison, Capt. and Mrs Floyd G. Whitney, of Washing ton, D. CL, Mrs. J. Raleigh Armstrong and Miss Cora Clark. ; Receiving at the library door were Mr. and Mrs. Frost Torre nee and Mr. and Mrs. J. TX Moore. . Showing the guests from the' library to the dlaing-room were (Continued on pax 5. HE HAS CHANGED POS COOUDGE DENIES HAVIN6 ENDORSED LEAGUE Vice - Presidential Candidate Says He Did Not Endorse League When Wilson Came Home in 1919. ON BOARD GOVERNOR COOL IIHJK'S SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 21. Governor Coolidge denied in a statement today that he had endorsed the league of nations in his address of welcome to ('resident Wilson at Boston in February, 19 lit, upon the return of the latter from his first trip to Europe and the peace con ference. The governor as presiding of ficer of the meeting where President Wilson spoke lauded the president for his efforts in behalf of peace. Governor Coolidge today campaigned in the Piedmont section of North Caro lina. His special train early today left Asl.eville, where he addressed an audi ence last night which crowded the audi torium to the doors, and was scheduled to make stops for rear platform speeches at Hickory. Statesville. Winston-Salem, Mocksville and Mooresville and for a night meeting at Charlotte. HAVE FED LORD MAYOR M'SWINEY DURING UNCONSCIOUS PERIODS Bulletin of Irish Self. Determi nation League Announces That Meat Juice Was Fed to MacSwiney During Periods of Unconsciousness. LONDON, Oct. 1. Official confirma tion came from two sources this morning of the reports that Lord Mayor MacBwn ney, of Cork, had beei. fed during a pe riod of unconsciousness. The bulletin of the Irish Self-Determination League, deali::g with the condi tion of the lord mayor on the seventieth day of his hunger strike in Brixton prison, a nnouiicecl that the prison doctors had forced meat juice into MacSwiney 's mouth during a fit of delirium which the oviso'ie:- suffered last night. From "In- government side i' was stated at. the home' office that the lord mayor I hail lieen teit last nignt. It was ex , plained there that the prison doctors I were iiinlei instructions to use any pos sible means to keep bin. alive, but that during consciousness he resisted attempts to administer nourishment. Their atti tude is. it was stalled, that when the lord mayor is unconscious and unable to resist they are carrying out their orders if they then give him food. The Self-Determination League's ac count of the feeding said the lord mayor upon regaining consciousness, detected the taste of the meat juice and said to a sister near him: "They tricked me, and I didn't know it." Before lapsing into unconsciousness again, continued the account, the lord mayor waved his arms violently and shouted: "Take it away." Lord Mayor MacSwiney was delirious during virtually all last night, the league bulletin declared, the deliriums for the greater part of the tirr taking a violent form. The bulletin concluded: "It shonld be made clear that the meat extract given the lord maor during bis delirium on the sixty-ninth day of his fast was the first nourishment which had passed his lips since his arrest on August 12." The Brixton prison officials continued today to put liquid nutriment into Lord Mayor MacSwiney 's month during his periods of delirium, it was declared in the noon bulletn of the Irish 8elf-Deter-mination League. Tne buletin stated the lord mayor re mained in a delirious condition all the morning, at times being violent. His limbs, it was said, worked spasmodically all the time. He was momentarily calm ns the bulletin was issued. The lord mayor, it was added, did not recognise relatives who, visited him today. In the house of commons today Edward Shortt, the home secretary, said in answer to a question that the condition of Lord Mayor MacSwiney was very serious. Until yesterday, added the home secre tary, the doctors had given the lord may or only medicines, but yesterday during semi-eonsciousnesa, they gave han a little liquid food. Mr. Shortt was asked whether this meant that the doctors were forcibly feed ing the lord mayor. He replied that la this ease forcible feeding consisted in holding the cup to his lip. The swal lowing, he said, was voluntary. Answering another query Mr. Shortt ai it waj : ' that e- ence had CHALLENGES HIS in ROCHESTER, N. y., Oct. 21.-Mak-' ing his first speech of the campaign la New York state, Senator Harding agaia ' challenged his democratic opponents here" today to. show by his public utterance. ' where he has changed his position on the- . league of nations since he accepted the republican nomination. Restating his sti.nd, he declared the nation ''cannot take seriously the democratic insistence that the covenant shall be considered for acceptance as it stands," and added that for "such a rejection" ho had stood un failingly. He also asserted that he had favored consistently an international as soeiation iu the interest of peace, but could not under present conditions frame ' a definite and specific plan. , "I am not that kind of a candidate " he continued, "rt is easy enough for a -candidate who is going to lose to .' almost anything about the league of ma- j tions or any future plans for America. "The democratic forces have para mounted the solemn referendum, of our foreign relations, and we have gladly ac cepted, but that does not blind us to tha fact that it is designed to divert attea lou from he unhappy failure of domestic ' administration. The great and soleana t rcfecuduin will not make the America people forget the tragic mismanageaMBt 3 of their own afrairs, because they ba long since passed judgment on oar for eign relations. "Surely the American people eanaot take seriously the democratic inaisteae ' that the Paris covenant shall tiH be eea- ' sidered, as platform and candidates ia ist, for acceptance as it stands. 6och a rejection has been twice recorded. I have repeatedly spoken such rejeetkw from the day of accepting my nomina tion with unfailing consistency. "But I have never stopped there. I challenge contradiction, I . invite any man's parallel of utterances which aw not in accord. I have unfailingly aaid that we wish to associate with other na tions to end war and promote and pre serve peace. "The other nations of the world are wiser than our political opponents. They have accepted the fact that there is a hoi) of uniting America or even a very substantial minority behind the impos sible proposal that we should accept the covenant as written. The foreign na tions have set their faces to the future. So must America, so must every other friend of the new and better order. "If I believed in attempting to ex press the purpose of the American poop! -before being clothed with authortiy t .onsult them, if I aesired to dictate to foreign nations, it would be possible fo4 u.k iu suggest a new league, and say t the nations of the earth and to my native countrymen: 'Take this or take nothing. But I am not that kind of a candidate. ' No man in my position, with any eon science whatever, or any sense of his re sponsibility, could have the effrontery or the lack of statesmanship which would allow him to present a plan which might have to be revised because of the hap penings in a rapid flow of events, or be cause the public opinion of America had ' not been consulted sufficiently. ' ' The very latest comer in polities-. -knows very well that it is numerically inv possible for my opponent to obtain, whether from hia party or from -enough votes in the senate to make good his program or even remotely approach success in making good his program. , "How is it possible to take seriously then this frantic effort to divert our at- tention from that chaos in our homo - affairs into which the democratic expert ment has led usf It has been my duty, therefore, to present a constructive pro gram which will pot our house in order. I say to you, so that there shall be noth ing vague nor indefinite about the dif ference between ourselves and our op ponents, that they have set their faces . backward upon purposes which have failed, which have snarled our affairs and entangled our prospects and endan gered our prosperity and even menaced -our right to call our American souls and minds and bodies of our own. The re- publican party and America, with an ; idealism which limits itself to wisdom and possibility, looks forward to the . future with a new faith.' Ambitious young men all over the United States are now saving up their money so they can go and start a news-, paper somewhere in Ohio. Buffalo News. recently come to light showing that nourishment had been administered on other occasions. - Lord Mayor MacSwiney, added the home secretary, was detained in the prison hosnital. T :' , The league's mid-afternoon" bulletin said t - - ' -u--,--. - ---. "The lord mayor continues in a de lirious state, but a calmer. lie still fails to recognise his relatives. Doc tors who have just visited t! n f : is a serious development of t covers v wbl to "