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OASTONIA ;:S)AIL Gazette WEATHER. . Fair tonight tad Ssraxdjyi tM change 1a temperature, f LOCAL COTTON, i$ Cents. XXMBXK Or TBS ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLI. NO. 302. GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 17, 1920. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS I1EV. C. Q.RHYHE MEETS : TRAGIC DEATH WHILE V" HUNTING WITH FRIENDS TPastor of Lowell Baptist tv Church Accidentally Shot -and KillecLby TV G. Setxer, . of Gastonia. (Tragedy Oc curred Near Maiden - Died y Last Night in Lincolnton Hos- , pital. " - Rev, Clarence Q. Rhyne, pastor of the Lowell Baptist church, met a tragic death yesterday when be was accidentally shot vi. oeuvr, wuuo incy were out Dira bunting at Oliver's Cross roads, seven . miles out from Maiden, Catawba county. After receiving the loads from both bar rels of a shot gun in his body ha was , Cakes as quickly as possible by automo bile to the Lincolnton Hospital, where T TT TCT 1 1 . jr-t . m o - . ii A MJT. j-icnrj x. vjiwua, 01 uaaionia, ana the hospital surgeons operated in an un aneeessful attempt to save his life. The morning, be was operated oa at 3 o'clock fa the afternoon and died about 8:30 last sight. The body was brought to the Ford Undertaking Company's establish ment here last night and prepared for burial, later being removed to the resi dence of Mr. W. M. Bell, father-in-law of the deceased, on route four, where Mr. Rhyne made his home. No blame attaches to Mr. Setxer for the. lamentable occurrence, the killing having been purely accidental. Mr. Set ter himself is almost prostrated with grief over the tragedy. He and Mr. Rhyne were very close friends and had boated together many times this fall; He la S machinist St the Piedmont Spinning Mill here nd lives with his father-in-law,-Mr. W. 8. Smith, at C28 Norfh Broad street. Mr. C. L. Jones, a fanner . of that section, was out hunting with them and was present when tho accident occurred. Accompanied by Mr. Setter and his younger brother, Floyd Setier, Mr. Rhyne left here about 7 o 'clock yesterday morn ing, the party going in Mr. Setter's car. Arriving at Mr. Jones' home they were joined by him and immediately started to the woods on a bird hunt. The dogs flushed a covey of birds :ind several were killed. Th hunters then stai-tnl ret some single birds. Coming to a point where two trees stood nbout three feet apart Setser stepped behind to let Rhyne pass between the trees find. Just nt that moment Setser noticed a dove flying over bead and, preparatory to taking a shot at it, pushed the safety on hi pun as be raised it. In some manner which Mr. Cetter is unable to Ttxplaln the gun fired when be pushed the safety. Both barrels were discharged, the double load striking Ehyne in the left thigh and making a rery ugly wound. A few of the shot also") penetrated the large intestine, it was dis covered when he was operated on. j TmmMlitW sftr ihtk i.tAnt tn. jured man was removed to the home of Mr.. Tnt CaldWAlL shout half mil r distant, and efforts were -made to get a Physician, but without success. Mr. Set ser car. which was about two miles , away, was gotten as quietly as possible and Mr. Rhyne was hurried to the Lin- - eomton Hospital. . Assisting Mr. Setser In getting Mr. Rhyne to the hospital were Floyd Setser, C !. Jonas, Henry Jones and Henry Caldwell Mr. Rhyne bled rery little externally until the psrty , nearea lincolnton, when he bled pro fusely. Internal ihemorrhages, however, together with the fact that his intestines bad been perforated, hastened his death. -Deceased was 30 years old and was a native of Gaston eounty. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. William T. Rhyne. who tiow live at Rockingham. He Is survived ' v.giimc VI illl. W. M. Bell, with whom they lived, and - three young children; five brothers and two sisters. Messrs. Ed, Kelly, Elvin, T 1 - 3 f n V !1 Di r . Ehyne and another sister, who teaches t Rockingham. He was educated at South ; Fork Institute, Maiden, and had been la the ministry for about four years, prac tically all of that time baring been in eluded in bis pastorate at Lowell and Spencer Mountain. He was unusually popular at both of those spopintments, which constitute ene pastorate. He was young man of many excellent qualities snd was held in the very highest esteem r-t c- It .! rrrr ' inem, who were t ! 11 r , v-; h an '; HARDING CALLS W. J. BRYAN FOR TALK ABOUT ASSOCIATION PLAfi Former Secretary of State Brings Fund of Information to Lay Before President Elect. (By the Associated Press.) MARION, C Dec. 17. William Jen nings Bryan, former secretary of state under President Wilson and for many years an earnest advocate of world peace, was called into consultation today by President-elect Harding regarding the plan for an association of nations. The first former official of the demo cratic administration to be summoned to the republican president-elect's council table here, Mr. Bryan brought a fund of special knowledge by virtue of his expe rience in negotiating more than a score of arbitration treaties while he was head of the department of state. It was un derstood that these treaties constituted one of the principal subjects of Mr. Harding's inquiries. Recently another former secretary, Elihu Root, suggested that arbitration treaties" throughout the world might be amended so that all justiciable questions between nations would be referred to the new league of nations court rather than to temporary arbitration boards. On the possibility of making such amendments in the American treaties Mr. Bryan was in position to give first band information. The Bryan treaties also have been dis cussed many times as furnishing in them selves a basis for reaching a world agree ment in the interest of peace. A proposal that nations bind them selves not to go to war except by a vote of the people has been another of Mr. Bryan's suggestions as a basis for a world league and it is known that Mr. Harding has considered it in his confer ences here.- It is assumed that to discuss the practical working of such an agree ment was one of the purpose of today's conference. The former secretary was a warm ad vocate of the Versailles league, but after unreserved ratification failed he entered the fight actively to scure dmocratie ac ceptance of the republican reservations. It" was not revealed today what opinion he expressed regarding the present prac ticability of American acceptance of the covenant. Arriving here late in the forenoon, Mr. Bryan bad most of the remainder of the day set aside for him on Mr. Harding's apopintment schedules. Tonight the two will speak from the same platform at Presbyterian church rally here. FiRE -SWEPT DISTRICT WILL BE REBUILT (Bv The Ass.Hi.ttM Press. NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 17. The work of rebuilding the Jahnrke dry ('rk which wire dentroyed by fire, which also damaged three ships anchor ed nearby, yesterd.-iy afternoon, entailing a loss of approximately $2,000. Otto, was begun early this moruing. Throughout the night necessary building mnterinls were hastily assembled and every av;ti!n able employee of the coinpauy was pl.i -ed a', work h'.s nio-nii p . Plans for rebuilding the wharves and dry docks destroyed in the speetiu'.ular fire wort iuinouiKvd by Ernest 1t Jahnrke. head of the corporation, last nuht eve-i before the Humes had dietl down, and will In? rushed to completion as rapidly as possible. The fire was caused by the breaking of an electric wire carrying u heavy vol tage, the end of which fell into tho riv er, which was covered by oil escaping from nearby tankers. The flames rprcad rapidly over the oil staked timbers of the wharf, causing a heavy cloud at smoke which made it difficult to fight the flames or to tell just what ships and property were burning. PEKING EARTHQUAKE WAS NOT ONE RECORDED HERE PEKING, Dec. 16.(By The Asso ciated Press.) An earthquake was felt here st 8:20 o'clock tonight. The earth tremor rocked buildings and created much excitement in the hotels and clubs. WASHINGTON, Dec 17. The earth quake felt in Peking on the night of De cember 18 was distinct from the heavy shock recorded yesterday by seismo graphs in the United States, In the opin ion of the Rev. Francis A. Tondorf, director of the seismograph observatory at Georgetown University. There was not rnly a variance in time between the two disturbances, Father Tondorf said, but the Chinese quake was far outsidevthe distance indicated by the seismographs and as to which there was substantial agreement among American observers. sated by nil as a fine fellow and his tragic death has cast a" gloom over bis congregations and his host of friends throughout the eounty. , At the time of going to press definite arrangements for the funeral bad not bees made, information as to the time of arrival ef members of the family from the eastern part of the Btato being lack ing. It- is stated, however, thst the --1 vr"!l be held some time tomorrow r'. ' T 'I Lome snd interment will be ft -1 e?cta7 Icrs. CHRISTMAS BONUS ' CHECKS ARE LACKING Year's Business Depression Causes Absence of Sponta neous Christmas Spirit of Past Three Years. (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Christmas in the financial district this year, judged b surface conditions, will lack the spon taneous and prodigal spirit which made memorable the holiday seasons of the three preceding years. This change is directly traceable to the world-wide reaction in finance, industry and general trade, a fact which has been brought home to Wall Street with in creasing emphasis xluring the past few weeks. For the most part, tho banks, trust companies, and other financial institu tions have had a prosperous year and the better known private banking houses, especially those of international repute, are expected to show unusual liberality in the distribution of their gratuities. Already several prominent banks have announced bonuses ranging from 15 to 25 per cvit of yearly salaries, these com plementing similar advances ma do during the year in recognition of increased liv ing ccsts. In several instances Christmas gifts re expected to nmount to 50 per cent of the year's pay, accompanied by an in crease of salary for the coming year. Stock exchange firms and commission houses are not expected to be so liberal us in the past, many of 'them having felt tho contraction of the last half year, as have also many individual traders, other than those bears who have profited by market reversals. There will be generous distributions, however, by all the exchanges to their employes, the stock exchange lending eff tomorrow with a Santa Claus celebration. SPARTANBURG REPORTS TWO HOMICIDES SPARTANBURG, 8. C, Dec 16. Munroe N. Inman, well known citisen of this city, was shot and almost instantly killed early this morning by bis 21 -year-old son, Manning, following a personal difficulty between father and son. Mrs. Inman testified at the inquest this a f tern an that she heard her husband, who was in a room with his son, declare that he was going to kill the young man. A moment later, she said, the son at tempted to escape from the house, his father pursuing him with a butcher knife. The son found the door locked, Mrs. nman said, and turned, receiving a cut n the arm. Almost immediately, Mrs. Ilim.in testified, she heard a pistol shot and ran into the room, where she found her husband dead on the floor and. his son Manning standing nearby. A pistol s'lot was lyinir. on the led in tlie room, where she fm;nd 'her husband dead on the door and his son Manning standing nenrby. A pist.il was lying on the bed ii; the room. Voiirjjsjnrnfui .is placed in the county lil, nut nppliivit'.m for his release on b- t will be made :it once by his attorney. I ! a youtv '': has made no statement an.l nothing is known concerning the .:uwe of the tratredy. The dead man was f. r.ne-lv connec ted in a responsible ca pacity with th iVwpens Manufacturing (Vr.ipiny. :,) L.vr was traveling sales , v i'h a rr. minent shoe concern. Maeig Inmr:: le-s borne excellent repu tation here nrd has been employed by a 1 ic:i! mercantile concern. YV. D. Mitchell, aged manager of Whit lock 's sfor four milen from Spartan burg, was found lying dead in a pool of Mood in the front of the store at an early l.w- this morning. He had been shot "rough the heart with a shotgun and evi dently had been dead some hours. The theory of the officers working on the case is that be was shot about 9 o'clock bast night. His purse, supposed to have con tained considerable money, was taken from the body and pockets had been dis turbed. , Mr. Mitchell slept in the rear of the store, taking his meals at a home nearby. Last night a young man called at a home near the store and inquired as to where he could fiad the manager of the store, stating that he wished to purchase some gasoline. He proceeded to the store, and few minutes later a loud report was heard by neighbors, but it was presumed that a passing auto had burst a "tire. Todav those who heard the report are confident that it was the report of the shotpni they heard. Mr. Mitchell was 6S rears old and unmarried. SOUTHERN GIRL, MISS CALDWELL, DISAPPEARS IN DETROIT DETROIT, Dec 17. A search cf de serted' summer cottages and hunting lodges on islands in the lower Detroit river was begun by police today, in sn effort to find Miss Mary E. Caldwell, who - disappeared Wednesday night. Search cf the islands was decided upon after one of the girl's gloves, containing a note from her, bad been picked up la a street-near the rivers The sote said she was about to be ' taken sway by font men, la a host." " - Tho attention "of the suthorities was centered trpon tho snfroqueaUd islands recently by stories that bands of ram runners bad take up bead quarters there. HOME 6D:'RD AND LEGIOMAIRES SWOBN IN AS DEPUTY SHERIFFS Comparative Quiet Prevails on Streets of Kansas City Fol lowing Near Race Riot. (By The Associated Press.; INDEPENDENCE, KA8., Dec. 17. Members of the home guard and Am erican Legion were patrolling the streets here today as a result of race disorders last night in which a white boy and a negro were killed and four white men wounded, three critically. Other home guard members and le gionaircs, sworn in as deputy sheriffs, were on duty near the county jail, where, according to Chief of Tolice E. II . Hall, Noble Green, a negro, whose alleged ac tion in killing R. R. Wharton, a white grocer, yesterday, precipitated the trou ble, is confined. Reports were current late last night that Green has been ta ken to the state prison at Lansing for safekeeping, but they were denied by Chief Hall, who Said he "had an agree ment with them" that no attempt would be made to lynch "Green. "Them", Hall explained, "meant a number of men who are in town." Threats of lynching were made rate yesterday after Green had been captured at his home by a posse. The local officials were without infor mation this morning as to whether na tional guardsmen would be sent here as a precautionary measure. While the disorders were going on, the request for troops was telephoned to the govern- nor's office at Tojteka. Later the au thorities, assisted by home guardsmen nd American Legion men, were able to get the situation under control and the town was quiet this morning . According to officials, the trouble was not unexpected and had been brewing all day yesterday. The climax came when Mayor J. L. Wadman, and Chief Hall accosted a crowd of armed negroes on the streets and urged them to go home. While they were talking , a group of armed whites came up. Ac cording to witnesses, Arthur Harper, ne gro, without warning shot dead Law rence Clennan, a w hite . boy . Before Harper could lower his weapon he wos riddled with bullets. The shooting was a signal for a general encounter. Both sides were soon reinforced and the fir ing spread rapidly, the combatants tak ing refuge behind whatever shelter they could find. It was then that the officers summoned Sid, but it was mdre than an hour and a half before the streets were finally cleared, tho theatres closed and citizens warned to remain indoors. REPUBLICANS TO TALK OVER REAPPORTIONMENT IN ROUSE MEMBERSHIP Some Want to Increase Mem bership and Others Want It Decreased Tinkham Wants to Hit the South. WASHINGTON, Pec. 17. Rcappor- i tionment of membership in the house of representatives to correspond with popu lation chnnpes as recorded in the 1920 census will be considered by republican members of the house st a caucus called for tonight. Nearly half a docen reapporHonmcn measures have been presented since the convening of the present session. The principal one. submitted by Represn'ativo Siegel, of New York, rfiftlrmsn of tho census committee, provides for a house inembership of 483 as compared with a present membership of 4.15. Representative Hull, democrat, of Ten nessee, has proposed -a constitutional amendment which would fix 450 as the permanent maximum membership of the house. The only bill proposing a cut in the present membership was offered yes terday by Representative B lan ton, demo crat, Texas, who suggests that tho rise of the house be cut to 304 members. One of the measures bearing on re apportionment, which majority leaders plan to consider at tonight's meeting, was offered by Representative Tinkham, republican, Massachusetts. It would di rect a congressional investigation of al leged negro disfranchisement in the southern states and a corresponding cut In the representation of those states in the house. MRS. ALICE CRANDALL RETURNS TO STAND MACON, G.i., Dec. "17. Mrs. Alice Crandall, whese etetlmony that her brother, Fred D. Shcpard, died last June ns the result of a poison plot by his wife and other persons s?eking.his wealth, was ordered to return to the stand In prelimi nary hearing here today for redirect ex amination. A. desire to void tho claims of Shep ard'o widow, now Mrs. Psulino Elmer, of Jacksonville, and her family, to the 8hept srd money la order that Mrs. Crandall and her brother's otherTela tires might obtsia it, wss intimated by the defense is a series of questions which Mrs. Cran dall mat with rlforas denials. SPARTAN MILLS MIKE MOTHER BiG CUT (By The Associated Press.) SPARTANBURG, S. C, Dec. 17. Spartan Mills, one of the largest in this section, employing about 1,0.)0 opera tives, announced today an additional cut of 20 per cent in wages, effective next Monday. This will make a total wage cut of 30 per cent by this mill in the past 00 days. Other mills in this section are making similar wage cuts. Managers of the mills say that they must either cut wages or close down, due to the depression in the goods market. They say the operatives understand the situation and have agreed to accept the wage cut rather than to be thrown out of employment entirely. The mills will close down for threee days next week on account of the Christmas holidays but expect to run on practically full time thereafter, although most of them are storing their goods rather than sell thenv at present prices. Spartan Mills has 67,000 bales of cloth in its warehouses according to President W. 8. Mont gomery. ALBANIA IS ADMITTED INTO LEAGUE OF NATIONS (By The Associated Press.) GENEVA, Dec. 17. Albania was elected a member of the league of nations by the assembly of the league here this morning. Immediately after the opening of to day 's session of the assembly. Lord Rob ert Cecil, although appointed to make a report on the admission of Albanu to the league, took the floor and declared he disagreed with the report of the com mittee, which was adverse to according Albania membership. He asked the as sembly to elect Albania a member. The application of Lichtenstein and Ukraine also were before the assembly today. The committee on admission of new states wnt unanimously adverse to granting membership to them. During Yesterday's voting the British empire was divided on nearly every question, South Africa and Canada voting against Great Britain on the admission of Geor gia ; Canada voting against South Africa and Great Britain regarding Armenia, and Australia abstaining from voting when the application of Bulgaria was be fore the assembly. The action of the committee in recom mending the rejection of the applications of Baltic states and Georgia was due largely to American influence. The com mittee had before -it a document contain ing the note sent on August 10 to the Italian ambassador by Bainbridge Colby, American secretary of state, who stated the United States policy was that de cision should bo held in abeyance con cerning territories carved out of the for mer Russian empire. D'ffercnces between the council of the league- of nations and the assembly of the league regarding mandates were be fire the nsmb'y today. After a long debate during yesterday's session, re (rardiiiji the report of the mandates com mission complaining of the council's re fusal to submit a draft of the mandates f.r Svria, Mesopotamia and Palestine except under certain conditions, the mat ter was left over for settlement today, if pi.sible. Tho original report of the mandates commission was a sharp arraignment of 'he council, but the language used was considerably softened by the full com mission, following the debate on the floor ef the assembly. Tho council declined to submit drafts of the mandates except upon a promise by the commission that no reference to the provisions of the mandate would be made in the report to the assembly. Disposal of this question, action upon three more applications for membership and decision relative to the leangft budtret were all that remained today to be dis posed of during this session of the as sembly. Hope was expressed this morn ing that this work might be finished to day so that tomorrow's final session might be devoted to the ceremonies of elosing. It seemed probable Rene Vivi an!, head of the French delegation, would appear tomorrow, he having been solicit ed by many delegates to make the prin cipal closing speech. JESS WILLARD PREPARES TO COME BACK AT DEMPSTfN KANSAS CITY, Mo., Dec 17. Jess Willard, former heavyweight champion, expects to train intensively three months in preparation for his bout to regain the title from Jack Dempsey in New York March 17, according to a statement made here by Ray Archer, his manager. Archer came to Kansas City from Lawrence, Kas., the home of the former champion, to confer with Hugh Walker, a heavyweight, concerning the employ ment of Walker as one of Willard 's spar ring partners. Walker will meet Captain JV.b Roper., heavyweight, in n bout here December 30. According to Archer, Wil lard already has be?run to train, althongh Lis work is somewhat handicapped be cause his home is Quarantined on account of illness in His family. Archer said Wil lard expects to have several sparring partners snd thst be would make every effort to obtain weU known fighters., , ' Discussing the coming bout with Demp sey, Archer said: "Willard Isnt tat ing about money. He wants to prove the publis that b was not fetmstlf Toledo." : ;it;.- ; GOVERNOR OF FLORIDA THREATENS EDITOR WITH DOUBLE-BARRELLED' Gift Sidney J. Catts Writes Opea Letter to Joe L Earman, Ed itor of Palm Beach Post. (By The Associated Press.)" TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Dec 17. la. an open letter given out today, Governs feidney J. Catts, of Florida, threatens t go to West Palm Beach, Fla., with hiv "double barrel shotgun loaded with buckshot" and have "final settlement' wi h Joe L. Earman, president of the state board of health and publisher ti e Palm Beach Post, a Jaiiy newspaper; The chief executive states in his letter that he does not want "any trouble" with Mr. Earman, but that he is tired of his ' ' tyranny, arrogance and big stick bossing," and that "this is the last warning." The letter frmn Governor Catts follows publication by Mr. Earriian in bis paper of an article which the cjiief executive characterises as "a page and a half ut vituperations and bitterness" against him "on account of reinstating Edgar Thompson," state's attorney at WesS7 Palm Beach. Governor Catts writes that he is "aot mad" with Mr. Earman and that ha "not going to remove" him from offies but states: "I am nol going to let you rule aavd boss me at your whim and pleasure. I am a man and stand in a man's plaee and I do not run away from any Weak Palm Beachers when they bang ass ia effigy as you did when they hung yew. In conclusion he says, "If you pnbKssV one more page in your paper lis Oris-' last one or bother me or my business r my children any more I will go to West Palm Beach, Fla., with my doable bsurri. shotgun loaded with) buckshot and! a final settlement with you." TO INVESTIGATE RECENT RIOTS IN FLORIDA "WASHINGTON, Dec -T.-rba lat eral district attorney for Florida has been instructed by the department oi jnav tice to investigate the riota betwssa ne groes and whites at Ocoee, Fla, month, to determine whether hay f statutes have been violated. , This was learned today after White, assistant secretary of the Na tional Association for the Adv of (Jolsred People, had called at tho par t men t to ask that action be He presented evidence designed to aWw that more than thirty negroes bad baaa killed in the riots and that negro votsan in the south had been terrorised asked that the department take actio. Mr. White has just returned froi Ocoee, where he said he had gathered the evidence presented to the departmaU First accounts of the trouble at Ocoee, a village ia Orange county, were that Sva negroes had been burned to death and an other lynched after two white men ha U-eu killed. It was said that the trouble-' followed the attempt of a negro to rota after lit) had been denied that right by eieetiuii officials on the grounu that bo had not paid his poll tax. Mr. White told department of justice officials that he had been informed by white inhabitants of Ocoee that between. 32 and 35 negroes were killed and that the troubrt arose when Mose Norman, a well-to-do negro man, attempted to vota. Tho registration bnoks at Orlando, tho county seat, Mr. White said, showed that Norman had paid his poll tax and h4 registered. new YomTpmJcE DEPARTMENT CHIDED FOR INEFFICIENCY By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec. 17. Three unsolved murder mysteries -one ing the theft of $100,000 in jewelry i were chalked up today against a palisa department smarting under newspaper attacka for alleged inefficiency. Most spectacular of the new and ab solved crimes wss the holdup and sua der yesterday afternoon in the heart at the Fifth avenue shopping district Edwin W. Andrews, wholesale jeweler. Thnu k.n; atiAt anil hithl 1. drews to death, gagged snd bound three men who entered the store while they were collecting their loot, and sauader ed leisurely out into the milling crowds on the avenue. A few hours later1 shortly before mid night Police Lieutenant .Floyd Uortoa was mortally wounded by taxicab ban dits at 146th street and Broadway, whea he leaped on the running board of thai car ijii bd euon 10 rapture ucn. Almost at the same hour that Liew tenant Horton received bia death wound, the body of a well dressed man about 33 years of age, f was found ballet rid- aieu in jufin street, iiis sssas&m or a aassins had scat five bullets into him snd msde their escape without leaving a tangible clue. "Even the victims asms remained unknown early this moraiag. Tho eyes of a sew doll can be r 1 i all directions by a lever t - n the back cf Co fare's I iea ty Ce ts.'r.
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