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. - ... ' ; . - . - . - , . ,. . . - . - ... , .- . ': . . . -. ',' ' - . . , . ' . .. . : : a v :, WEATHER. ST0NIA LOCAL COTTOIf. to 13 CeaU. . Partly cloud tonight; Sat u:'ey cloudy and unsettled," probably rain. . r. t " MTMBrg 07 THX 1.SS0CUTZD PSXSS VCL. XU. NO; 313. GASTONIA, N7 C FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 31, 1920. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS iilLY (JAZETTE 2PJ1TAKBURG MILLS- r -r PAY OUT BIG SUM , " ) III DIVIDENDS IN 1920 Practically All Milh Are Run - ninsr on Full Tral and Little , Further Curtailment I Ex 1 nected Cotton; Men Look " For Satisfactory'- Business ; During Year. -! " : '-i (By Th Aasoebted Press.) . ? SPAETANBUBG, 8". C, DeV; 31 Twety-one eotton , mills in Spartanburg county, having total, capital 'stock of 8,908,900, on January last, have paid dividends amounting ' to $6,058,000 and ' v cash dividends amounting to $2,184,049.- ;80 during the year ending today," ac cording to figurea compiled by A. M. Iaw & Company for1 the Spartanburg - Journal. - Included in the cash dividends . " is the sum of $838,170. fceing paid in semi annual dividends today, but the to tals do not include dividends paid dur ; ing the year by mills in adjacent coun t's the managements of which are lo cated here. The combined stock and cash dividends paid by the mils pf the coun ty during the year lack but $850,900 of equalling the combined capitalization of , the 'mills at the beginning of the year. 1 The stock dividends represent for the v most part profits accumulated during the ,ra of high prices prevailing since 1915, but which were not distributed until af ter the United States supreme court de dared early last summer that stock div . ldends were not taxable. All the mills, .it is said, have good surplus accounts left after paying their dividends . - I - Since the deflation of prices began several months ago there has been little . ui 1 1 a. I mini It Ul UUtUUb UV LUIS lUlllH OX Ml I M v . county i ' All are running on practically full time now and expect to continue 'doing so. There has been, a reduction ia wage "averaging 20 per cent. The mill men report more inquiries - for goods during the past week than for sometime, previously, and they say that . ".they" jar expecting a brisk demand a ; little later " oaC Several substantial or- -Jort'oaTe been filled during the past ten ' j-s. One mill this week sold 50 eases goods at ft net loss of $1.50 per ease. 1'he cloth, however, was made months Agd from high-priced cotton and under the. wage scale then prevailing. The ame goods manufactured now from pres , cat priced raw cotton and with the pres--t wag scale, would how a substantial ront. Local cotton men, without ex- ; cption,.. say they iook for satisfactory V business during the year. " The list of mills in the county paying .1 - -etock cash ;-iz Name. Dividends. Dividends. ' - dwi. i 1 1 in ........ $ 50,000.00 42,000.00 98,400.00 78,980.00 280,000.00 40,000.00 1,750.00 vrjkwright Mills. ..... s . . ' .Boaumont Manu- Cheshee Mills ' Clifton Mfg. Co. 1,000,000 ;;''42owpeiu. MiUa . . ........ ,s ' ' (pfd. only) . . U. E, Converse 500,000 120,000.00 ....... 81,400.00 n;,iuu . jju. Alls iJnoree Mills (pre- Enoree Mills X" - ,(p'L only) . . ; v Inmaa Mills .... 20,925.00 50,500.00 . 1,000.00 499,187.50 87,000.00 120,000.00 5,000.00 121,050.00 174,657.00 52,500.00 157,500.00 600,000 . National Mills .. ' Paenlet Slftir n 500,000 60Q.000 1,000,000 . Spartan MDls .. " r Btar Hosiery fauts ........ v TucApau Mills . . 1 ' Victor-Monaff'hftn 807,000 ..- AlliU . Whitney Mfg. Co. ' " Mills ' W. 8. Gray Cot : . ton Mills .... 320,000 18,100.00 SPECIAL TERM CRIMINAL W:u COURT BEGINSMONDAY. s'A one-week term of Gaston County Superior Court for the trial of criminal . ases will convene Monday with Judge -TtV T. Harding, of Charlotte, presid ing and Solicitor G. W. Wilson repr esenting the State.. The calendar of eaa- has been arranged ana will appear ia tomorrow's Gazette. JUSY IN HcGAlflf ON CASE , - 'AK FKOM AGJUHMENT, 'V; ; ;tBjr The Awodatail PresO ' CLEVELAND, O., Dee. 31 The Jnry which holds the fate of Chief Jus- , . , v JUU' nicipal court, was apparently as ar from' agreement wnen n resumed. oeu Derations ; today as it was when it first began bal lotting at 6 :15 pa Wednesday evening, after being out approximately 32 hours, . Beporta ; were current. in the ." court room that after jaTwillot had been tak en the jurors stood 10" to 2 for eonvic ,tion. Two ballots were 'reported to have i been taken Wednesday nigLt and; elev ' n yesterday. ' ; - - , ' .: ;; . 'r : ' ' '" ' ' " ' J ; The Ideal Theater ' : presents today i renrl White. in hef latest picture, The" Tl.uf," "Lolly-Pop," eome!y. 1 NEW YEAR'S DAY ISN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. NEW , TOBK, Dec. 31. New Year's Day isn't what it. used to be. This is Jn a small way attributable to the addi- ,tion to the Constitution" of some dry reading matter. In still greater part it is "because the international obsession for celebrating whenever Father Time takes a fresh start in piloting the earth around the sun, is thousands of years old. The manner of observing the day has changed greatly, through the centuries. The urge to give presents at least once a year was felt even before Christmas and Santa Claus came into the scheme of things, and the ancient Greeks, Chinese, Egyptians and Banians tendered their gifts to one another on the first day of the year. Kings got into the habit of receiving extra gifts from their subjects on these days and liked it so well they began extorting larger and larger sums. This practice got so bad in Rome under the Caesdrs that Claudius called a halt. It spread to other countries, however, and the English had their New Year's celebration spoiled annually by rapacious sovereigns until Queen Elizabeth's mod est demands of her subjects cut gifts down to a minimum. In those days the celebration of New Year's Day had be come worldwide. With variations to suit all nationalities, it consisted everywhere uf eating, drinking and motley merri ment. Christopher Columbus, so far as is known, was the first white man to jubi late on New Year's Day in the Western Hemisphere. While his ships were un dergoing repairs on January 1, 1493, he enjoyed a sumptuous dinner with two savage monarchs on the island of Haiti. After this meal, history says, the dis coverer of Ameriea had his first smoke of tobacco. Whether he enjoyed it is not recorded, but he left it to & later generation Sir Walter Raleigh is gen erally credited with the function to in troduce tobacco in Europe. The Pilgrim Fathers and the first fam ilies of the older states of the Union enjoyed a quiet holiday, as each year came around. They feasted, but not un til they had attended religious services. In the 19th century people with big houses and flowing sideboards held open house on, New Year's Day and from all bver friends came afoot, on bicycles and in surreys and stanhopes to pay short visits and sample the contents of wine cellars. Then they went off to call on other friends. Popular maidens in those days witnessed traffic jams in front of their homes, so prevalent was the pen chant for short calls of young women during the afternoon of the year's first day. This custom began to pass out quietly with the dawn of the 20th, cen tury, automobiles, and cabarets. It was succeeded by ' ' nothing but wine ' ' habits amid the thousands who frequented eafes and grill rooms in the cities on New1 Year's Eve. ' For 25 yeara-up to the dawn of 1920 and the era of war-time prohibition, the celebration in New York became noisier and more expensive each year. Thou sands used to crowd into places of mer riment while Broadway was packed with a 'surging throng of merrymakers with squawkers, clappers, bells, ticklers and confetti. Kvery hotel and most of the restau rants were jammed with gay diners. In 1908 it was estimated that $1,000,000 was spent in the white-light district on New 1 ear's Eve. After that statisti' cians gave up trying to figure out the sum. The din and probably the cost of the celebration was greatly diminished under wartime-prohibition in the New Year's demonstration of 1920. Old timers said all the ginger" had departed with John Barleycorn. The cupid of 1921 will be the first to make his bow under constitutional pro hibition. In New York he will find that times - have changed. NEW YORK WILL EXTEND DRY WELCOME TO 1921 (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Dec 31. One hundred prohibition enforcement agents will mingle among the crowds in hotels and resetaurtnts along the "White Way" to night and "assist" eelebratora to extend a dry welcome to the new year. - The agents, who will be split up 'into small flying squads, have been instructed to clamp the lid down. Managers of leading hotels have or dered their employes not to handle liquor "ia any way" and the indications point to a safe and sane greeting to 1921 in- i stead of the revelry in years gone by, when it was deemed fashionable to launch a newyear amid the popping of champagne corks. Hotels and restaurants report capacity reservations. Dancing will be the prin cipal feature of the- entertainments. - tAn unusually large number of churches wCl held watchnight services. DEPUTY CLERK ISSUES. HER OWN LJfeENSE . (By The. Associated PressjV : BARTIESVTLLE, Okla, Dee. $L ,Miss Victoria Fouraiery deputy county clerk, issued her own marriage, license yesterday. The party of the second part is Warden MOligan, . a newspaper re-.i--ri:cr. ; When the "blank war filled she directed .Mfllijaa to raise his right-hand and swear to the truth of the statements. Ha obeyed. v v. ; ' V 1 ; ."v .. NOTORIOUS NEW YORK -GANGSTER WHO HAD REFORMED MYSTERIOUSLY SLAIN. 1 r W T i'X. It E ..... - t "Monk" Eastman one of the most picturesque gangsters known to the po lice and a terror among the gunmen of New York's East Side for many years, was shot and killed at on of the busiest down-town corners of the city. East man had reformed, had been married and had his citizenship restored. While in France he won the D. S.' C. LOCAL COTTON MILL STOCK QUOTATIONS. H. S. Dickson & Co. quote for the week end ing December 30, 1920, as fol lows: Bid. Ask Acme Spinning Co 95 American Spinning Co 300 375 Anderson Cotton Mills 175 Arlington Cotton Mills 375 Arrow Mills 125 160 Belton Cotton Mills 190 Brogon Mills 175 Clara Mfg. Co 125 160 Clifton Mfg. Co 110 135 Cabarrus Cotton Mills 170 200 Cannon Mfg. Co 175 225 Clover Mills 160 200 Brown Mfg. Co. 250 300 Cash Mills 85 Chadwick-Hoskins Co. 16 22 Climax Spinning Co 125 160 Crescent Spinning Co 90 Dixon Mills H6 Drayton Mills 100 Dresden Cotton Mills ,265 325 Dnean Mills Co.. Com 110 145 Eastside Mfg. Co. 106 Flint Mfg. Co 300 Gaffney Mfg. Co 70 85 Gibson Mfg. Co 170 190 Globe Yarn Mills 96 Grace Cotton Mill Co 106 Gray Mfg. Co 450 Hamrick Mills 135 180 Imperial Yarn Mill 180 Jenning9 KJotton Mill 275 350 Judson Mills 275 325 Lancaster Cotton Mills 235 290 Limestone Mills l.5 180 LocRe Cotton Mills Co., Com.. 120 145 Majestic Mfg. Co. 150 190 Marion Mfg. Co 240 285 Marlboro Cotton Mills 70 95 Mason Cotton Mill Co 140 . . . Monarch Mills Ho 135 Myers Mill 99 125 Myrtle Mills 130 150 National Yarn Mills 140 190 Newberry Cotton Mills 300 Norcott Mills Co, 280 325 Orr Cotton Mills 180 215 Oseeola Mills 275 Pacolet Mfg. Co 225 Parkdale Mills 205 l'elzer Mfg. Co 115 140 Ranlt) Mfg. Co. 100 135 Rex Spinning Co 150 Ridge Mills 90 101 Rowan Cotton Mills Co 101 Rhyne-Houser Mfg. Co 96 Saxon Mills 120 160 Seminole Cotton Mills Co 120 155 8partan Mills 300 Sterling Spinning Co 90 Superior Yarn Mills 140 Victor-Monaghan Co. 90 95 Victory Yarn Mills Co 90 110 Ware Shoals Mfg. Co 275 Watts Mill, Com 115 Winget Yarn Mills Co 101 Wiscassett Mills Co 175 225 Woodside Cotton Mills, Com 250 UNUSUAL NOISES WILL BE BARRED IN PORTLAND (By The Associated Press.) PORTLAND, Ore, Dee. 31. The year 1921 will be ushered in at Portland with unaccustomed decorum, according to or ders issued by the city council and posi ted at the pelice station. Unusual noises will be barred. There must be no ringing of bells or blowing of horns; no firearms may "be discharged or explosives set off; no' confetti may be thrown. ' ' The younger element will be allowed a certain amount of latitude in their merry-making," say the police orders, "but any unnecessary boisteroua ness or rowdyism must be sharply sup pressed. " Dealers M so-called carnival wares have been warned against selling noise making devices. ' . The'Blue Birds wfll take notice that they are, requested to assemble at the First s Presbyterian ehurcb Saturday morning st 9:30, at which place march is ozi;n w31 b read." : ,, ;.- JOHN L WILLERS IS GIVEN FIVE YEARS Former Captain in Army Serv ed With 48th Infantry at Camp Sevier, S. C. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. John A. Willers, a former captain ia the army, who, when arrested at New York on De cember 7, claimed that, he had acted as a German spy while serving with the American forces, has been convicted by courtmartial of desertion from the army and sentenced to five years in the federal penicentiary at Leavenworth, it was an nounced today at the war department. Willers still is to be tried on charges of theft and embezzlement. The former captain, who said he had come to the United States as an agent of the German government, is charged with absconding with $5,000 of the funds of liis company on December 19, 1918. His company, I, of the forty-eighth in fantry, then wp.s stationed at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C. AMERICAN TENNIS PLAYERS BRING HOME DAVIS CUP (By Tftie Associated Press.) AUCKLAND, N. Z., Dec. 31. Aus tralasia lost her tennis laurels hero this afternoon before the strength and craft of American challengers. The Davi cup. the trophy emblematic of the world's team tenins championship, changed hands when the last ball in the tenth game of the fourth set was driven out of the court, and for the next year at least the cup will repose under the Stars and Stripes. This is the fourth 1 ime America has won the cup. Aus tralasia has won it six times, while the British Isles have been triumphant on five occasions. Rallying after losing the first set of today's doubles match, William T. Til den, 2nd, of Philadelphia, and William M. Johnston, of San Francisco, revealed the same tennis wizardry that carried them gloriously through the singles matches yesterday. Their opponents, Norman E. Brooks and Gerald F. Pat terson, the Australasian masters of the game, fought desperately to stem the tide of defeat, but were outplayed clearly by the Yankees. The match was a brilliant contest an epic in the his tory of the game, played under a sky brieht with the sun of southern summer. The score of the mntch shows how thf Americans won the victory. The chal lengers lost the first set 4 to 6, but never again permitted Brooks and Patterson to taste victory, winning the three remain ing sets 6-4, 6-0 and 6-4. WINSTON-SALEM WINS N. C. BAPTIST HOSPITAL. Selected by Commission of State Con vention Meeting in State Capital. Raleigh, Dec. 30. Winston -Salem was selected as the eite for the Baptist general hospita.1 to be established by the Baptists of North Carolina at a confer ence of members of the hospital commis sion, according to a telegram which reached Raleigh at midnight. Raleigh, Dec. 30. Selection of a site for the Baptist hispital for North Caro lina was deferred at a meeting today of the committee having in charge the loca, tion of the institution. There were three of the five men.lx'r:; present. They were Rev. J. M. Ar nette, of Wagram; Albion Dunn, of Scotland Neck, nnd Rev. M. L. Kest ler, of Thomnsville. The other members were unable to reach iho city in time for the meeting and the committee adjourn-' ed, leaving Raleigh early tonight with out making a decision . While the general impression seems to have been that Raleigh would be select ed, the members of the committee today did not indicate such decision. Char lotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and other cities are making bids for the hos pital. The committee today heard the presentation of the offer from the city of Greensboro of $100,000. SAYS PILLAR OF FIRE TEARS UP FAMILY (By the Associated Press.) DENVER, Colo., Dec. 31. Charging that the Pillar of Fire, a religious organ ization of nation-wide scope of which Alma White, of Bound Brook, N. J, is founder, had alienated the affections of his wife, and defrauded him of his prop erty, the Rev. Thomas A. Goode, a for mer member of the organisation, has filed suit in the district court for $100,- In his complaint, Goode charges: , That Alma White, through fraud and deceit practiced on her followers and the public, has amassed a fortune of $1, O00.000. That she requires all her followers to turn over to her all of their money and property and give their entire time to services in her behalf. That she acquires anrT maintains a hypnotio influence over the members. That she prevents , her followers from leaving the organization by telling them their souls will be damned and they will go to hell if they desert her. That she discourages marriage and forbids husbands and wives to live to gether as such. . - , . " : That- she discourages the birth of chil dren. - . . T - -" - v-. - - SIXTY-ONE PERSONS WERE LYNCHED l 1920 Records Compiled at Tuskegee Institute Show That Lynch ing Were Less Numerous Than in 1919. (By The Associated Press.) TUSKEGEE, ALA., Dec. 31. Lym-hings were less numerous during 1920 than 1919, records compiled at Tuskegee Institute show.' - Sixty one -per-, sons, including eight white men, were put to deaths by mobs, this year, as com pared with S3 last year and 64 in 1918. The report shows 56 instances in whieh oflicers of the law prevented lynchings, during 1020, and that 46 of ; these in stances were in Southern States. Arm ed forces was used to repel would-be lynchers on 14 occasions and in four of these the mobs were fired upon and sev en of the attackers were killed, and a number wounded. In 42 eases prisoners were removed or the guards were aug mented or other precautions taken. Of the 61 persons lynched, the report says, 52 were in the South and nine in the north and west. One of those put to death was a negro woman. Eighteen of those lynched were charged with at tack or attempted attacks on women; three were burned to death, one of whom was charged with attacking and murder ing a woman and two for killing land lords during disputes, the report says. The offenses charged against the white men were: Murder, 5; insulting wo man, 1; "no charge except being a for eigner," 1; killing office of the law, 1. Offenses charged against the negroes lynehe, the rport lists as follows: Murder 5, attempted murder 4, killing officers of the law. 5, killing landlord during dispute C, attack upon women 15, attemptd attack 3, assisting fugi tive to escape 3, wounding another 2, in sulting women 2, knocking down guard "escaping from chaingang and then re turning and surrendering," 2; and one each of the following: Jumping labor contract, threatening to kill man, cutting man in fight, "for receiving stay of death sentence because of anothr confessed crime," peeping through window at woman ; ' ' insisting on voting. " The lynchings by states were: Texas 10, Georgia 9, Mississippi, Al abama and Florida 7 each, 'Minnesota, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Califor nia 3 each, Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Ohio, South Caro lina, Virginia and West Virginia, 1 each. PROF. D. MATT THOMPSON ' RECOVERING FROM INJURIES. However Does Not Expect to Take Up School Work Again and Has Resign ed Superintendency . Statesville, Dec. 30. Friends throughout the state will be interested to know that Prof. D. Matt Thompson, for nearly 30 years the efficient and faith f ul 'suierintendent of the Statesville gra: ded schools, is steadily improving from the effects of injuries sustained by being struck by an automobile about a month ago. Mr. Thompson has been confined to the hospital here since the accident and was able to sit up for a few miji utes yesterday. Notwithstanding the fact that Mr. Thompson is regarded as well on his way to recovery, it is not thought that he will bo able to resume his work as head of the public schools of the city and his resignation has therefore been handed n to the school board. The resignation was tendered through Superintendent Thompson's three sons, Holland Thomp son, of New York city; Walter Thomp son, of Winston-Salem, and Dorman Thompson, of Statesville. While the sons are of the opinion that Mr. Thomp son is steadily recovering from the ef fects of the shock, yet they do not feel that he will regain sufficient strength to resume his duties as superintendent of the schools and they are asking the board to relieve him of further service. It is expected that the board will pass on the resignation Friday. UNSETTLED AND RAINY FOR FIRST OF WEEK. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 37. Weather predictions for the week beginning Mon day are: Middle Atlantic States: Unsettled and rains at th beginning of the week, followed by generally fair weather. Normal temperature. South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Unse titled and rains at the beginning of the week, followed by generally fair. Normal temperatures. OOLLEY GETS CAPTAIN'S COMMISSION IN GUARD Raleigh. Dec. 30. Adjutant General Metta today announced that Melvin G. Caldwell, of Charlotte, and Stephen B. Dolley, of Gastonia, had bee a commis sioned in the -North Carolina National Guard with the rank of captain.' Both officers have .completed the enlistment of a sufficient number of men for an in fantry organization and their companies will be mustered into service at an early date. - . . - ; ' ROTARY CLUB HAS FATHER AND SON NIGHT Fathers and Sons Enjoy Unique Banquet Featured by Speech es or Frank R. McNinch and Two Gastonia High School Boys Fathers Hear What Boys of Gastonia Want Mr. Trout, Boys Work Man . 'agter, Is Introduced to Gasto nia. Featured by the addresses of Hon. Frank R. McNinch, of Charlotte, repre senting community service, and Messrs. Ben Ratchford and Frank Kincaid, pt the. Gastonia high school, the Gastonia Rotary Club held its' first Father and Son meeting Thursday evening at the Armingtori Hotel. Fifty-five Rotarians were present and 55 boys were the guests Some were sons of Rotarians and others were neighbors sons. From the opening words by Toastmas ter J. H. Ileuilerlite until the closing song, the whole evening was one of na alloyed merrimeint . Father and son sat Wside each other ami were real "buddies" ierhap8 for the first time in the lives of both. The "Kid" saw how "dad" and his friends acted at banquets. He heard "dad" get up and make a speech and aay nice things about him that made him feel comfortably good and warm all over. He saw other boys get up before this as sembly of men and distinguish them selves with speeches that surprised the hearers. From soup to cheese the boys enjoyed the banquet and today in many a Gastonia home there is a closer rehv tionship between father and son thaa has ever existed before. Following the invocation by Dr. J. C. Galloway, and the reception of the new members, Ed C. Adams, J. E. Eck, P. R. Huffstetler, Dr. T. C. Quickel and Dr. Paschal McLean, by 8. A. Robia 8011 came two songs by Mr. Emmanuel F. Co jean, of New York, a guest of the club, and one of the feature speeches f the evening by Ben Ratchford, of the city high school, who spoke on tbs) ' ' Prodigal Father . ' ' Young Rate-' ford's speech was easily one of the beat ever heard in Gastonia. It was clear, concise and to the point . He spoke wit an ease and pleasing delivery possessed by few older speakers. His speech was a strong plea for a closer bond between father and son, and a friendship that will not be satisfied with the mere grant ing of the boy's material desires. "Some of you Gastonia fathers giva your boys all the money they want aad think that's enough," he .declared. "But there are more things than money. Your boy wants some of your attention aad time and companionship and interest. "He wants you to play with him, tv work with him, to talk with him. " . Mr. Ratchford used as a basis for his remarks a paraphrase of the Biblical sto ry of the Prodigal Sou. Mr. J. H. Separk on the subject "What a Father Expects of His Son,,r made an appeul to the boys to be real, red-blooded, American boys, not namby pamby, goody-goody molly coddles. "Bo chivalrous.be polite.be heroic, some times, but don't be treacherous, deceitful or untrue. No boy is a real boy who has not a trace of mischief ia him," he said. "Be chivalrous, be polite, be herois, he said to the boys. "Whenever you meet a lady be she young or old, count it a privilege to take off your hat in her presence. ' ' Following Mr. Separk 's appeal to th buys, Frank Kincaid came back with a speech in which he outlined what the boys of Gastonia wanted from their fathers. He stressed the need of four institutions sorely needed in Gastonia, viz.: parks and playgrounds, a modem high school building, a library, and a V. M. C. A. building. Mr. Kfcicaid,'s speech is given in full elsewhere. It was a very clear and searching analysis of the needs of Gastonia. As the program neared a close, Freak R. McNinch, the principal speaker of tho evening, was introduced to speak on ts subject, "The Greatest Prefeesioa." Mr. McNinch was formerly mayor f Charlotte and resigned this office to taks up work with Community Service, an or ganization that grew out of the War Camp Community work. "It is an organization," he said,, "that asks you for no money. It ia already financed for two or three yeara, All we ask is your co-operation and sup port. We send you a man to take ehargv of, and to co-ordinate the various activi ties of boys "work in your town. He ia not imposed on you. He will not dietat to you. If you don't want him, we send him where he is wanted. " ? Mr. McNinch 's subject was "Father-v hood," and he made a strong plea for a closer relationship between father and. eon, for a community of interest between man and boy. - l' ' "How many of you men' he asked, "can account for your boy's whereV abouts and deeds during the time her is not In bed or at school t Where does he spend those eight -or ten idle, boon every dayt You may be sure he is going somewhere and doing something.". Wat " is he doing and where is he going 1' '' "Gastonia has done well by her boys. "She has given them schools and churches. ' In the matter, of schools you have out- l Continued on page 8.) :