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MEMBER 07 THE ASSOCIATED FXXSS
VOL.XLI. NO. 298.
GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 13, 1920.
SINGLE COPY S CENTS
ItUNNHEIMER MADE
CHRISTMAS CHEERFUL
FOR 'SIOC D0U3HB0YS
Pianut Who Appear Here
With Goddard f Tuesday
Night Changed Holiday Sea
son in France From One of
Sadness to One of Gladness.
After the armistice had been signed
and the, work of bringing the boys back
heme had started, there was, in France,
a great restlessness and ugitation among
the soldiers. It was simply ah Ameri
can characteristic; the work was done,
and it was time to return without delay.
It was this period that seemed hurdest
to cope with, and it was decided that it
could best be met by keeping the men
entertained and so prevent their thoughts
from constantly dwelling on the one
theme borne."
In one convalescent camp, however,
this suggestion was easier to room mend
than to accomplish. It was extremely
difficult to reach the place except by
tramping. Machines were unable to
penetrate the mud roads, and as a con
sequence, the entertainers did not come.
A small recreation hall had been con
fitructed and un old worn-out French pi
ano had found its way into the bare
.place. For several weeks the place re
gained unused, for in all the camp no
one could' be found who would or could
play a piano.
It was just one week before, Christ
mas that there seemed to be a sudden
rampage throughout the camp. Some
one was playing the piano. In less time
than one can imagine, the small hall was
crowded with men, yelling, eheering, and
singing. After several hours of singing
th? crowd moved toward the door, led
by two soldiers who were carrying the
pianist of the jday on their shoulders.
That pianist was Frank Mannbeimer,
the young American concert pianist, who
is to appear in this city Tuesday night,
December 14th, with James Goddard,
the noted bass-baritone who appears
here under the auspices of the local poet
ef the American Legion. Mr. Mann
heimer says that he played that piano
from 10 to 12 hours every day during
the week preceding Christmas, and he
played everything from concert and op
era repertoire down to "How you gon
na keep 'em down on the farm . ' '
Mr. ManuIIeimer served in France as
a interpreter and it was anly after the
armistice was signed that he devoted all
hi time to entertaining our boys-
During his stay in France Mr. Mann
seiiner made several concert appearances,
and the enthusiastic praise and commen
dation of French audiences was indeed a
tribute to American art. i
HARDING SEEKS ADVICE
FROM ELIHU ROOT
MARION, O., Dec. 13. Advice on the
plan for an association of nations was
eought by President-elect Harding today
Irom Klihu Root, former secretary of
state, and more recently a conferee with
leading European statesmen in the for
mation of a world court under the Ver
sailles league covenant.
The conference, regarded as one of the
most important to be. held by Mr. Hard
ing in his "meeting of minds" here, is
understood to have concerned chiefly the
Question of how far the machinery of the
present league may be used in building
a world peace concert acceptable to the
United States.
Throughout the league fight Mr. Boot
advocated acceptance of the Versailles
covenant with reservations, and during
his world court conference abroad, ho ex
pressed much faith in some portions of
the covenant. Details of his talk with
Mr. Harding today were not revealed,
however, both he and the president-elect
aying his recomemndations were entirely
confidential. In asking Mr. Boot's ad
vice, Mr. Harding is understood to have
sought in particular for information
about tha practical working of the league
as observed by the former secretary of
state during his visits to Europe. Ques
tions on the same subject were put by
Mr, Harding yesterday to Herbert Hoo
ker, who recommended that the league
machinery with changes be used in rear
ing the proposed association of -nations.
The visit of Mr. Boot again brought,
fcia name into prominence in gossip about
the cabinet selections of the incoming ad
ministration. It has been suggested in
various quarters that Mr. Hoarding might
ask him to again 'become head of the
state department, but their meeting to
day furnished no outward evidence to
support or discredit that report.
Dr. John Wesley Hill, of New York,
also had an appointment with Mr. Hard
ing today to discuss the league and vari
ous other subjects.
BELIEVE MORGENTHAU WILL
BE WILSON'S REPRESENTATIVE
v (By The Associated Press.)
, WASHINGTON, Dec. . 13 . White
house officials intimated today their be
lief that President Wilson had .decided
to name Henry Morgenthau, former am
' bassador to Turkey, to act as his personal
representative to mediate between" the
ArmnnSsna and fhn Tnrkiati nntinnaJtsrf
. While the .president is known to have set
tled upon an appointment, no announce-'
jsaent of it has yet been made.
SOLICITOR WILSON FAVORS
RURAL POLICEMEN
Prominent Gastonia Attorney
and Solicitor 14th. Judicial
District Gives Reasons Why
County Should Employ Ru
ral Policemen Auto Own
ers Should Pay Tax, He
Says.
The board of count corumissionersSof
Gaston county will meet in called session
Tuesday morning to consider the ques
tion of rural olice for the county. At
the last meeting of the board held De
cember 6, delegations from t,he Gastonia
ministers, Chamber of Commerce, Rotary
and Kiwanis clubs appeared before the
board urging the adoption of this meas
ure. After hearing these delegations
the board decided, before concluding the
matter, to' hear representatives from
every section of the county. It was the
opinion of the board that such a step
should not be taken without authoriza
tion from a more representative delega
tion. Hence the meeting for Tuesday.
It is expected that a big representation
from the county generally will be pres
ent when the board meets.
Solicitor George W. Wilson has been
an earnest advocate of rural policemen.
He believes that the employment of these
county officers will do a great deal to
ward the eradication of the immorality
and crime so prevalent in the county.
Said Mr. Wilson, discussing the mat
ter:
-1 am in favor of iuterurban police
men for Gaston county. Call them depu
ties, if you like. Four will be enough.
This is a new measure. It is, therefore,
important that it be well considered, and
that the best possible system be per
fected.
The system must be efficient, but must
be so constituted that the co-operation
of the individual citizens will be stimu
lated to help. Any system that turns
over the entire enforcement of the law
to officials is not good.
"The automobile has developed the
need.
"First, it has given the great facility
of rapid transit to the liquor traffic.
' ' Second, it gives secrecy to persons
who engage in immoral acts by trans
porting them into communities where
they are not known.
'Third, it endangers life and limb on '
the public highway.
' ' Hut the automobile is here to stay.
We have to have the automobile and we
must suppress the evil.
"The raw and officers can help ex
ternal conditions. That is all. Other
negnciew must supply the moral force.
Then wp are concerned to know the best
system.
" In the first place, the deputies should
be under the direct control of the sheriff
nt' Ibiston eonnty. Make him directly
responsible to the people. The deputies
should not be appointed by the commis
sioners. When a thing is to be done,
place the authority, the duty and the
responsibility on one competent head.
' ' Secondly, let the pay be adequate.
You want men meh, physically strong,
mentally alert and tactful, and morally
s might.
"Thirdly, the t;tx should come from
the automobile owner. The automobile
has made the necessity. Those who dance
should pay the fiddler. Let the legisla
ture work out a well digested law with a j
rtuintv lax on 1he automobile sufficient to j
insure the law enforcement. j
"Fourth, as to the time to liegiii. I
say, ninhe some temporary arrangement
now with the sheriff and his deputies.
The legislature will meet in January.
We have done ourselves proud in select
ing capable, well trained nun to repre
sent us in the General Assembly. They
are not only in touch with the pcopl,
but they are fully alive to the spirit of
Tr;;ress in our midst. They nil work
it out.
"One thing more, let us all remembr
that the law and the officers can't do it
all. They can do mightly little and they
will do less, if they are" not encouraged
by the community they serve. ' '
COTTON AND WHEAT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Correspondence of The Daily Qaxette.
UNION, Dec. 13. A fire occurred on.
Saturday night at about 9 o'clock, on
the place of Mr. Frank Harrison, which
will be a serious lose. A lumber house
was burned, in which Mr. Harrison had
stored two bales and a half of cotton,
not yet ginned, the seed from two bales,
about 30 bushels of wheat, 'and many
other farm implements, tools, etc.
Mr. Harrison's farm lies' in South
Carolina, just beyond Mr. Wade Purs
leys on the 8onth Carolina road. He
has bought the place at Union that was
the home of Mr. Charles Huffs tetler,
and will move there before long; this
will bring him nearer to ehurch and
school advantages; but he will continue
to own the two farms.
CLAIMS SELF DEFENSE.
(By The Associated Press.)
GBEENTILLE, 8. C, Dee. 13.
Charles Spencer, 63, well known restau
rant proprietor, ia a statement made to
day at the eonnty jail, where he is held
for the killing of Grady Prince, unmar
ried, 27 year old world war Teteran,
elainu he was forced to protect himself.
DISASTROUS FIRE SWEPT
UNCHECKED THROUGH CITY
OF CORK SUNDAY
British Regulars Stand Guard
Over Ruins Estimates of
Property Loss Run to Fifteen
Million Dollars Wild Dis
orders Prevailed During
Fire.
by The Associated Press.)
LONDON, Dec. J. British regulars
stood guard today over twisted and
blackened ruins left by the fires which
Saturday night and yesterday swept vir
tually unchecked through the city of
Cork, Ireland. Charges are made that
police auxiliaries there, maddened by the
killing and wounding of comrades by am
bushed Sinn Teiners on Saturday, loosed
the tire demon on tho city. Estimates of
the loss run as high as $15,000,000.
Hours of terror were spent by the
people of Cork during Saturday night,
the wildest disorders prevailing through
out the city. It is said several lives were
lost, and dispatcher declare two brothers
named Pelauey were called from their
l.i.mes and shot, one of them fatally.
Two districts of Cork were swept by
the flames. In the business section,
along St. Patrick's street from Cook to
Maylor, hardly a shop was left unscathed.
This was the shopping center of Cork
and in untroubled times boasted many
prosperous stores. South of St. Pat
rick's street the fire ran uncontrolled
along Winthrop street and other narrow
thoroughfares as far as old George street.
Thus an area of three blocks in this part
of the town was reduced to masses of
debris.
j It was not in this district, however,
that the loss of the fire was centered.
The magnificent city hall of Cork, located
on the southern end of the Parnell bridge
that spans the river Lee was also laid
in ruins. In addition, the Carnegie
library, just across Anglesea street, to
the west, was burned, and the corn ex
change, just behind the city hall and to
the south, was at least partially de
stroyed. Reports say Albert quay, lying
along the southern bank of the river, i
a mass of desolation.
Dispatches reaching London today say
that Cork was quiet and that orders had
leeii given the regular soldiers to shoot
looters on sight. Damaged premises have
liee'i plundered in some instances, it is
said, but the military is in absolute con
trol at present. Kuniors relative to the
loss of life are conflicting and are, for
the most part, vague and conjuctural.
Exact detaih of the events leading up
to the conflagration of Saturday night
have not as yet been received here. Home
reports tend to question the accuracy of
earlier dispatches, but others repeat the
story told in first reports. All indicate
that the fires have a direct connection
with the attack made on the lorry carry
ing police auxiliaries. Some of the news
papers are frankly skeptical of these
reports and they suggest the tires might
have been cruised by the explosion of
s'orrd explosives such as were found on
S-tarda, in tin- city-of Dublin. Others
indicate their belief the tires were a rente
t i the establishment of martini law in
s'i,i'). ivest Ireland, and it is remarked
that dispatches have not furnished proof
that the fires were s"t by men bent on
reprisals.
Monsignur Daniel Cohalan, bishop of
Cork, is said to have announced in his
cathedral last evening his intention to ex
communicate any one participating in
further ambuscades of crown forces in
his diocese.
CONDEMN BURNING
CITY OF CORK.
NKW YOI.'K. Dec. l:t. Resolutions
condemning the burning of the city of
Cork were adopted last liiel t at a meet
ing here of several thou-and former
members of the friends of Irish Free
dom, who formed an organization desig
nated "The American Association For
the Recognition of the Irish Republic."
Dr. Patrick McCarten, envoy of "The
Irish Republic" at Washington; Jere
miah O'Leary, president of the American
Truth Society, and others, spoke.
WILL FIGHT SHORTENED
IMIMGRATION PERIOD
WASHINGTON', Dec. 13. Advocates
of legislation providing for a two-year
suspension of immigration were prepared
to wage a determined fight on the amend
ment to the immigration bill shortening
the embargo period to one year when the,
measure came up for debate today in the
house, "Early passage of the bill is
looked for after the fight b eliminate the
amendment, arrangements for which
were perfected at a conference yesterdsy
of advocates of tho longer prohibition
period, called by Chairman Johnson, of
the immigration committee.
52 COLUMNS OF SMITHS,
120 TO A COLUMN
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. The "well
known Smiths" have regained their nu
merical supremacy in New York nomen
clature, it is revealed by the city's new
directory, issued today. Last year they
were " several columns behind the com
bined list of Cohans, Cohens and Cohns,
but the Smiths exclusive of 8chmidta
and Bchmitds have leaped into the lead
again by more tha a four -columns, of
about 500 names. Fifty-two columns of
Smiths, with about 120 names to a col
umn, ir listed.
LEAGUE RECOMMENDS
MILITARY CONTROL OF
DhNZIG BY POLAND
Necessary to Insure Transport
of Food, Munitions, and Raw
Materials to Poland.
GENEVA, Dec. Li. (Hy The Asso
ciated Press. --Military control of Dan
zig by Poland has been recommended to
the league of nations in a report from
the military commission. This recom
mendation, should it be adopted, would
be in line with a request from the Polish
government some time ago, it being al
iened at that time that military control
of the port of Danzig was necessary to
insure the transport of food, munitions
and raw materials to Poland; The coun
cil has decided to refer the report, along
with a suggestion by Viscount Ishii, of
Japan, that a military commission study
the best means to defend the town, to
the high commissioner, who will be asked
to &end in a report.
Separate action by the premieis of
France and Great Britain, on matters be
fore the assembly of the league of na
tions aro made the subject of sharp com
ment by the committee on admission of
new states. Lord Robert Cecil, represen
tative of South Africa; N. W. Howell,
of Canada, and Dr. N'ansen, of Norway,
agree in criticising the action of those
governments in announcing policies re
garding such questions as the admission
of Armenia through oMier channels than
their representatives at the assembly
meeting here, who are charged with such
problems.
Rene Viviam. of Fiance, who ia said to
be the most particularly annoyed by the
declaration of the British and French
premiers to the effect that Armenia
should not lie admitted to the league, was
not present today. Comment on the in
cident continues to be one of the pre
dominant features of the meeting, the
opinion being expressed that if powers
desire to continue to treat such questions
in the old form of diplomatic action, they
are not ready for the league of nations.
Leon Hourgecia, of France, has pre
sented a roport from the committee on
aii international court. The plau finally
adopted by the committee differs from
Kliliii Root 's plan chiefly in the fact that
.jurisdiction of the tribunal would be vol
untary instead of obligatory.
1'nited States Senator Medill MeCor
inuk watched proceedings during this
morning's session from the press gallery.
He had refused an invitation from the
British delegation to occupy a seat with
the delegates. Ilis presence in the press
section appeared to attract little atten
tion. The senator followed closely the
debate on the international court pro
jeel .
After leaving the assembly Sena
ter McCormiek had luncheon in private
! nnd left for Budapest at 1 :'M o'clock
j in the afternoon. The dinner given in
! his honor last night by A .1 Balfour,
i of tin' British delegation, failed to de
! vclop any extensive political discussion,'
the senator adhering to his decision not
j to speak in Kuropo mi political sabi.v'-
I PROPOSED PUNE WILL
: CARRY 300 PASSENGERS
I ACROSS IN 35 HOURS
Caproni, Italian' Airplane In
ventor, Interests King Victor
Emmanuel in New Plane.
( Hy The Associated Press.)
KO.Mi:. Dec. 12. King Victor Km
Kiiunaniii'' was keenly interested today
when, toil ly Gianni Cuproni, the air
plan, iawntor. i.f a projected giant
plain which wo.Ud carry .'iUO persons
aeniss :1c Atlantic in about '.'6 hours.
1'la - fir the machine are now beiug
completed, and provisions are being
made for dining and sleeping aecomnio
datiouf on board the aerial liner.
A smaller airplane designed by Signor
Caproni will make its first trial trip in
January near Lake Maggiore. This air
plane will be cajiable of carrying 100
persons a distance of TiOO miles, it was
said. Work on the trans-Atlantic plane
will be started as soon as this smaller
liner has been tested. During his con
versation with the king Signor Caproni
told him of his plan to return to New
York next spring and begin the construc
tion of a new airplane factory near New
York city.
8everal interviews between Signor Ca
proni and Colonel James Chaney, aerial
attache at the American embassy here,
have been held, and tho inventor has met
other officials of the embassy.
THOUGHT MAYNARD WAS
BACK AT WAKE FOREST
(By The Associated Press.)
NKW YORK, Dec. 13. A report that
Be! vin W. Maynard, aviator,. who as a
lieutenant in the army became known as
"The Flying Parson," had started by
airplane for Worcester, Mass., yesterday
and neither arrived there nor returned,
was disproved today.
. Lieutenant Maynatd said he had been
delayed in getting started to Worcester
and gave up the flight.
. Throughout last eight and early this
morning, when friends were alarmed for
his safety, the atria tor minister said he
was reposing jnietly at his country place
on Long Island. ' "
LAWRENCE, MASS., MILLS
AlfOffi REDUCTION OF
OPERATIVE'S WAGES
Cut of 22 1-2 Per Cent Is Made
Effective Dec. 20 Due to
Lack of Orders and on Ac
count of Stock Conditions.
(By The Associated Press.)
LAWRENCE, Mass., Dec Li.--First
anouiicement of actual reduction of tex
tile operatives' -waires by lame mill cor
lorations was made today by the Pacific
in i 1 1 h and the Arlington mills of this city.
Their 16,000 workers, constituting one
half of lite operatives of this textile cen
ti", were notified that a readjustment
had been made, effective I bvcin b'i ''.
Ill accordance with custom the amount
was not stated, but it was understood to
approximate 22 per cent as suggested
by a manufacturers' conference last
week.
No word of its attitude on the ques
tion of wage reductions came from the
American Woolen Company, whos four
local mills employ most of the other op
eratives in the city. President Wililam
M. Woodrow announced several days ago
that his directors had not considered the
question at that time.
The 1'acitic and Arlington mills make
principally cotton cloths, hut have
worsted specialties under production. The
notice posted by the Pacific mills man
agement, which was said to be similar to
that formulated by the Arlington mills,
fol lows :
"Doe to lack of orders and on account
of stock conditions in the textile indus
try it has become necessary to make a
readjustment in wages to take effect
Monday, December 20. We hope this re
duction will cause merchants to feel se
cure in placing their orders for merchan
dise." There arc several smaller mills in the
citv which usually have followed the
larger interests and which were said to I
be contemplating similar action today. I
TWO CHAMPIONSHIP BOUTS.
M.v YUlth. the. i;. two world's
laninionship matches wrestling and
boxing are on the card for New York
sport enthusiasts on consecutive nights
tliis week Tonight Joe fcvlecher, of
n.idge, N'eb., will defend his heavyweight
.iitch fis-efitcli can title against "Mrang
I h r" Lewis, of San .lose, Calif., and Uk";
morrow night Jack Dempsey, champion
heavyweight boxer, will face Hill Hren
nan, of Chicago, in a 15 round match at
Mad'son Square Garden. The fighters
v'r'ual'y completed their training today.
The contest between Btecher and Lewis
ill be !o a finish, decided by one fall.
SALLY LEAGUE MANAGERS
ARE ANNOUNCED TODAY
! Hv l'l:e Associated )'-ess..'
GUEKWILLi:. S C. Dec. I.:.
Announcement was made today of the
completed personnel of ba.seball rnana
gers for the South Atlantic League not
season .
The clubs have closed contracts "ith
the following pilots:
Greenville. Lew Wendill; 'olumbiu.
Zirin Heck; Charleston. Kra Midkiff;
Augusta, Otto Iliihn ; Charlotte, Kddi(
Hooper, and Spartanburg. Al I'ridvvell.
All the men have played at one time or
another in the major leagues
GIANTS OFFER $150,000
FOR PICK OF REDS
NEW YORK, Dec. 13. Conferences
l.e ween i lSi.i.'i.'s of the New York and
' ,i' !!':..; .N.iiu.nai League baseball
e'libs i a ve I
led to persistent reports of an
he Giants of $150,(11(0 and a
offer hy t
.atelier for the "pick of the Red team" j
- a, price surpassing that paid for
"Da he" Ruth, the Yankee slugger. No
agreement was reached al the coaler- j
ences, it was said. Rou.-di, or Groh, both
former Giants, were among the "picks"
said in have been mentioned.
SENATE BODY MAY MEET
WITH N. Y. LEGISLATURE
NKW YORK, Dec. 13. A proposition
fur the 1'nited States senate committee
which has been empowered to investigate
building conditions throughout the
country, to hold sessions in New York,
in conjunction with the joint legislative
committee, in its investigation of the
alleged "building trust," will be sub
mitted to the federal body by Senator
William M. Calder, its chairman, he an
nounced today. He decided on this pol
icy of aid to the state committee, he,
said, after having been informed of the
obstacles facing the joint eommittee in
summoning witnesses who have gone to
other slates.
HIGHWAY OFFICIALS
DISCUSS IMPROVED ROADS
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. Improved
methods of road construction and state
and federal co-operation under the federal-aid
road law formed the chief sub
jects of discussion on the program for
the opening session here today of the an
nual convention of the American Associa
tijn of State Highway Officials. The
latter subject was to be treated in aa
address by Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith, while Daniel Willard, president
of the Baltimore te Ohio railroad, was
on the program to disens4he question of
railroad capacity for transporting road
building materials during the ensuing
yea . - ' -
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
TO HE.R REQUESTS FOB .
RURAL P0UCET.BI
Called Meeting of Board of
Commissioners to Be Held
at 10 O'clock Tuesday
Morning to Hear Delegation
From County With Respect
to Appointment Rural Po
licemen. Kiirn I Klice for Gaston county ia tto
! Ii'"j'o" to he decided at the special
hearing before the hoard of county
missioners tomorrow morning at test
o'clock at the courthouse . It is expect
ed that it "ill be necessary to hold tW
meeting in the court room, owing to th
sentiment is. All who are interested
is urged to be present as the commis
sioners want to know how general the
sentiment is. If all who are interested
in placing Gaston county in the lead ia
stamping out lawlessness and immoral
conditions now generally prevalent
throughout y.e county should take ad
vantage of this opportunity to shew
where they stand.
"This is the chance for the man wh
really means it when he deplores, eondi-,
tions to show his colors," remarked a
well known business man who ia a aitwt
Iter of the committee from one of UM
local organizations this morning, "fm
time to time, this and that has been crit
icized, generally some comparatively
trivial matter having nothing like the .
bearing on the public morals that char
acterizes the immoral practices alone mut
roadsides and the whiskey nmaiay.
Now the opportunity presents itself to
do something besides idly talk.
"The fellow who is against a clean-?
is of course tied up in some waj with
the crowd Gaston is through with. Bight
now is the time to spot such fellow.
Gaston has demonstrated more than obn
that when her clean-minded people deairv
things cleaned up they are in the major
ity and can have their way. And poli
tics and political parties haven 't a tainc
to do with this, either no mora tha
lm'y nave uo wiin our enureses.
j Anre s a ioi oi uia arjout wbat wm
are goiug to do with our boys. Unles
we get busy und clean up this
might as well drop the other
There is no use in pretendinc.
work'.
Pacts
are facts and have to be faced. If
care anything about our boys and girte,
j too wo will insist on a competent rm
j rul police force, unburdened with, tha
I civil work which falls upon' the sheriff
and backing the sheriff and the local po
, lice officers of the county up in their
I work for law and order. r
' ' People who have any desire for
decent conditions and who are sineer
wanting Gaston county to clean op
prove their stand by being at the eeurt
house tomorrow morning at 1ft o'clock."
OPPOSITION WILL CENTER ,. ;
AROUND CREDITS TO FARMERS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. pppositkm
in the .joinl resolution directing final dm-
position in the senate today was expected. J
to center in an attempt to strike out the
provision- relating to extension by the)
federal reserve board of more liberal
credits to farmers. Notice that he would '
move to strike out this provision wan
Lri.cn by Senator Sinoot, republican, of
I'tah. in the debate on the measure Sat
urday, which closed with an informal
:i',TC( men, that a vote on the resolution
u.'uld be ikcn not later than 3 o'clock
tnd:iv.
LINCOLN LOCALS
County News.
vi rv charming Tiartv eriven h
A I
Mr
the
of
i. i!. Lineberger Monday afternoon,
i nt. resting announcement was mad
the approaching marriage of her sis
ter. Miss Inez Crowell. to Mr. William .
Hoffman.
Mr. John D. Kerr was in Lincolatoa
Wednesday visiting Dr. and Mrs. R, K.
Lee. Dr. Kerr is from Clinton, 8. CL,
nnd is Mrs. Lee's father. He had bee
in Gastonia on legal business. He Is a.
prominent attorney of the old school, be
ing a Confederate Teteran. Though eld
in number of years he is still as active
almost as a young man and holds his own
in the practice of law.
Mrs. J. F.' Wents was taken suddenly
ill this morning while en route to Char
lotte on the 8eaboard train. When taa
train reached Iron Station she had tab
taken off and brought back to this city
and placed in the local hospitaL Mia
Wents has been sick for some time and
recently spent three months in a Char
lotte hospital and since returning home,
she has often gone to Charlotte for treat
ment, and was on her way, in company
with her sister. Miss Katie Holly, to eon
suit her doctor, when she became v&-
denly ill. ;
Porrt. Sutter, who has been spending
some time in this city as instructor f
Troop A, has been transferred to Ashe
Tille as instructor of the Cavalry Troop
B, of that city. Sergt. Sutter is a tegu
lar army man of wide experience,- and
made many friends while ia Lincolatoa.
He is a typical. American 'soldier, aad a
gentleman whom it was a , pleasure te
know. He has about reached the point -of
service in Uncle Sara's army to retire,
though he still looks young. He sew
service, back in the day when- "Remem
ber the Maine". w the battle ery, ai
sawWrie in Cuba and the PhUipprnea,.
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