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J v-ci"-! , I . I '. . " -,V. ... V If GAZETTE CASTOIf COUNTY Carton county leads the Soth In number of ptodac Inf iplndJet 1,066,000. GASTONIA Gastonia the combed yarn mannfactorinj center of the South. VOL. XLII. NO. 52. GASTONIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2. 1921 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Q ASTONI A DAI BLAME FOR TBAIH WRECK! iiiuinuoimcDciiiicn; E So Far at Railroad Official Are Concerned Responsibili ty, for Disaster Is Placed on Michigan Central Engineer and Fireman. FAILED TO OBEY SIGNALS Representatives of Interstate Commerce Commission, How ever. Are Still Investigating No More Bodies Found Under Wreckage. (By The Associated Tress.) CHICAGO, March L'. Responsibility ful the wreck at l'orter, Ind., hist Sun iiuy night, in which o7 persons were killed, today had been fixed as far as officials of the railroads involved were' concerned, upon Engineer W. s. I, out; uid Fireman George Block, of the Michi gall Central passenger train. In a state mint sent from Kalamazoo to The Asso ciated Tress oflice at Chicago last night General Manager Henry Shearer of the New York Central lines, regarded a spokesman for lioth companies, it was declared that Long and Hlock "violated rales and regulations in Tailing to ob- Wive ami properly obey signal iud.cn Mont." It was lidded that they .ill lie forth with dismissed from the service. The statement was issued at the ( lose of an investigation liy railroad ollicinls which has lieen in progress almost continually since Sunday night. Long early today at his home in .lack son, Mich., refused to say anything aliout the result of tho railroad ollicinls' in uiry, until he had lieen released trim his pledge to his superiors not to discuss the accident. The party of high railroad ollicinls of the New York Central and Michigan Central left Kalamazoo en My today for tl.i east and indicated that the otlicinl (dlitement of General Manager Shearer hud closed the iiifpiiry a far as the rail roads were concerned. Interstate commerce commission repre scntatives, who arrived at the scene of the wreck yesterday, were preparing to dii.v to examine the toner mechanism at the crossing at Toiler, and other angle l" the wreck, for a federal determination o responsibility. Kfforts to h'isten the impn st of I "oro ner II. O. Seipil, of Toiler county. n.Lrked time today, to await Ins rumple lion of the task of arranging shipou-n of the liodics to relative-, and clicking oer the death list to account ,, all thosn reported missing. The last hit of wreckage, beneath tin New York Central locomotive, had been evil mined with no traces of further r;i unit it's than the l'.7 In the In stei ton morgue. FIVE NEGROES KILLED IN SEAPLANE TRAGEDY (By The Associated Tress.) TKNNACOLA, Tin.. March .'. u thorilies to. lay were investigating tin seaplane tragedy at a local bathing beach yesterday, which resulted in tin deaths of fivt. negroes and in.jinv to see era! others. Knsign John Walter Alcorn navy aviato,- and former cir.-n- p. r former, is under arrest and tin- p.. lie. are searching for a man and vv .nr.n in u mic tion with the case. The flyer was doing stunts In tin- an when his plane, becoming entangled will ii kite, which a boy wa.s flying, slipped oh its left wing and glided down to the beach, where the negroes were bathing The bathers scurried in every direction but the uncontrolled plane ploughed through the terrified negroes, killing two outright and fatally injuring three oth. rs, including two chil.lreu. The machine skimmed out over the water and finally was brought to a halt hundred feet from the shore. A man waded out to the plane and assisted the flyer ashore and he r.love away in an automobile with a man and woman whom he lid previously taken up as a, passenger. Alcorn later was arrested. GRAYSON TO CONTINUE AS WILSON'S PHYSICIAN WASHINGTON. March L'. --Ai range tnents were understood today to have lten made wherelfy Hear Admiral Gary T. Grayson will continue as physician to President Wilson. Dr. Grayson's inti mate ami expert knowledge of Mr. Wil son ailment, it was said, made if ad visable to continue his services and his ork as head of the naval dispensary hire, to which he was recently assigned will not interfere with such an arrange merit. MANY COSTA RICANS VOLUNTEER FOR SERVICE SAN JOSK, Costa Rica. March 1. -Hundreds of citizens of Costa Bica are volunteering for milita ry service against Tana ma, and fiatriotic pictures are being Khown in all parts of the country. Thn national assembly has given Piesident Aeoata, a rote of confidence; nil tfeci&reo. j.tself in solidarity with the government lit defending the inteeritv of th national territory 1 IU III IIII lUIIUf IILULIHLLLU PLACED ONTH ENGINEER naval bill may go iniuiuunatMit m urnv nnor i.nniii!,u,,ul,l-u uu" miiLHLLL vmi iLUoc maioi.ii (By The Associated Tress.) WASHINGTON. March ".The uu vhI appropriation hill, the subject f a two hour executive session in the after noon and a much longer debate on the open floor, last night, Mill had the right of way in the senate today with the ios Nihility of its passage this sosion be lieved improved by an amendment de signed o bring about a conference of the United States, Great Britain and Jaitfin to consider naval disarmament. The amendment, originally presented by Senator liornh, republican, was put before the senate by Senator Kdge, re am! was unanimously adopted . It rcoucsts the president to call a eonfer- ' ence of the three powers named, at 'which the whole question of naval dis armament woulil lie .lisctisso.l . The secret session was held at the" re iiust of Senator Lodge, chairman of the foreign relations committee, who de clared there were some angles of the bill which i-hotihl not be discussed in pub lie. delations between the I'nited States and Japan were .said to have been i the chief subject, although the nation's ' foreign relations generally were .lis . cussed . i Despite the long row oer the naval i measure the senate last night found! time to adopt the conference report on I the legislative, executive and judicial' appropriation bill. The bill now goes' I " P'esiuein minus ine provision it.r a .f-'lo bonus for navy yard and navy arsenal employees . The house last night likewise cleared up one piece of legislation when it voted to accept senate amendments to the res -j olution icpealing virtually all wartime laws and that measure now goes to the president . The aimy appi opriat ion bill .still v.is deadlocked in conference today over tin' pieslion of the size of the a I my . The senate conferee are holding out (irmly 1 for an army of 175,000 while the bou-e insists it be held tu LjU.nun. GERMANY'S NEW OFFER TOTALLY INADEQUATE : This is the Opinion of London Newspapers and Represent atives of Allied Countries Important Conference on To day. (By The Associated Tress.) LONDON. March 1' b'. prescntat ivci of the allied nations met here (..day to frame a categorical answer to the German counter proposal; ,,,, the reparations question, whi. h were submitted yester day. It was bilieve.l to.lay 's meeting' would read, a de. isn.n upon the aliied terms, which aie to be handed Dr. Wal ; tei Simons, head of the German d. lega t ion h.-ie, tomorrow . Legal and economic evpert; atta.hed o the allnsl delegations met last night w I'll Louis Loin-hi in, ',, ,,,1, miinst, ,- ,,( libeiated regions, ami ,,, paled a leporl lo be submitted to. lav. This meeting was adjourned until In o'clock this morning, and it was . pe.te, that the report to the supreme allied conned would include a decision whether, under the Versailles treaty, penalties could he , aided of Germany In fore May 1. Tor eign Miiiisler S fora, of Italy, has been insisting that the matter be given care ful loiisiihralion before drastic action was decided upon, basing ;, st,.,M, ,, Hi. gio.ind that a ilea. II... k might m, an economic disaster for all Kuropo. In the meant inn- belief w.i express, . in s.-veial quarters that the Germans have not vpoken tie ir la.-t vwud relative to the , para! ion terms , cy (I,,. pi one- council a I Ta ris This morning's newspapirs were imaii im. ois in declaring that the German of f. r of th. equivalent ,,f "on u reparations was . a ii l ooo i n ii. . wholly ilia de roiis ", wen quate. " 1 in ; I,. i, ut," " . id ' ' Ta ntast ie, ' ' a nd ' ' ( irotosque ' some of t he ad. p i t i v es t he pi ineipal newspapers used in com men 1 1 ug on tin German terms. Kwn the pacifist Daily News confessed it was at a loss to on dei stand the German mentality . "The Geimaiis." the in wspapcr said truly astonished the world bv surd offer, which was i,.lt, rlv ma, and frankly una. cpta bh-. Tile Simons returns to realities, it i i . n ah quate . Dr Is go. Irl Y. ' 'o a just settlemi nt and ropi an ace. ' ' " It is not easy to speak with pati. n of this combination of ha-ims, . r.u .. inuanery and sheer im i ielei.ee ' asserted The Loudon Times. ' 'Doubt less the German "'Hi a whole d, legates ii l e series of si, ' lilt ll s , i v, than schemes, each giving a little am its predecessor, but when her h failed, she will abandon it "Shadowy, ludicrous and ill int. urn as Dr. Simons sim-is-Ii inV have b,s n said The Morning iv,t. "it -served to mute the allies. It ,v;ls ,,,.,.,.. H.,.:(11M. even now, Germany does not realize h. i in fa my. ' ' The Daily Telegraph declared ,,oh...v was prepared fr such a "fantastic" of lor. ami a, Ms: "Great Britain must supjKut rrance whether naval action or Kirs National, Gastoiiia .sononnc pressure should be decided up ri,izls Nati,a!, ,;astoia on . Yo ,,.,.., i ,. . . .'Commercial National, Charlotte 4 .so trace of lovaltv or good faith The Chronicle averted. ., ,,..! 'in r"i,m -"s,a,'""al, Charlotte t,l' "er. which was intended m till pvnsion of the Versailles treaty. " Instructions given ibis eommitte were HIS OLD HOMETOWN BIDS mmmmmimumn cmnnvARi c i i!HinH.5Ki qi-o jAND GOD -SPEED TODAY ! Marion Schools and Business Houses Closed Today and Ev erybody Joined in B'g Jolli fication as They Tell Harding Goodbye. FRONT PORCH THE SCENE President-Elect and Mrs. Hard ing Presented With Silver Plaque Leave Home Town Today for Washington. MA If ION, ()., March 2. Tresident 'elect Harding's neighbors in Marion and nearby towns bade him godspeed in the task of the presidency today in a formal farewell that brought to the fa mous front porch one of tho largest gat herings . ! .Marion schools and business houses I closed their doors for two hours to ob j serve the occasion and as the final front ; porch meeting began, church bells and factory whistles mingled their voices in a sonorous message of good will. ''As part of the farewell ceremony the city presented to the president elect and hi wife a silver phnpie which bore the inscription: " God's blessing to you . ' ' His apperance at the front porch meeting was Mr. Harding's only en gagement for the day and he spent (he remainder of his time finally closing the affairs of his campaign headquarters and packing up for his long absence. He' and Mrs. Harding will leave for Wash ington late today and will arrive tomor row afternoon. Less than 24 hours be-1 ton- the inauguration they planned to go direct to a hotel and remain secluded nil-; til they leave for the inaugural ceremo nies. 'I he program arranged for the fare-1 well ceremonies began shortly before noon and was a simple one. Dr. Thorn - as H. McAfee, pastor of Mr. Harding's Church, was chosen to present the plaque, and after a response by Mr. Harding there was an informal reception ! lasting well into the afternoon. I Tor his text in the presentation ad- driw. Dr. M ' of the pluqiii A fee took tho inscription! "To Warren Gamaliel, I Harding and his wife, Florence Kliiig Harding from the citizens of Marion, in testimony of affection and gratitude for loyal friendship, devotion to the public welfare, and service to the highest con eeptiou ol American citizenship. God ' blessing to you . ' ' The response prepared by Mr. Hard ing was brief, expressing thanks for the manifestation of friendship and asking the support of his neighbors in the work ahead of him. m substance: Tir t --The allied governments decline to iIim ii.- i proposals advanced with evi dent bad faith Si .-olid - G' i in.inv shall be reminded (if In r various violations of the peace trea ty . Thud The German government shall be informed of immediate steps the al lies ar. de'n imine.t to take in beginning to enforie the lollei t urn of Germany's lib! iga I ions The allied i cpn ntal ives met at St. .lames pala.e a I noon to receive the re poit of the military and .iuridicial ex ports who had spi nt the morning draw nig op plans for action. Andrew Bonar Law, government leader in the Biitish house of commons, and one of the gov eiiinnnt's foremost financial experts, at tended the coiifiieine fur the first time. . The Gi Moans today wiie merely mark iug time. The results of yesterday '. conference had been i oiiimunicated to Berlin, but up to this afternoon they had ie. lived no new instructions. LONDON, Maich 2 German cus toms receipts in the occupied territory would be taken over as the first step in forcing the payment of Germany's obli gation;, should that prove necessary, un der plans being drawn up by a commit tee of the supreme council today. GASTON COUNTY BANKS RANK HIGH AS COM PARED TO RESOIKS OF MECKLENBURG BANKS An interesting comparison of national banks in Gaston and Mecklenburg coun ties, compiled from recent reports to the Comptroller of the Currency, shows that two Cas'ton countv national banks, the First and the Citizens, lead the two counties in loans, the First National topping the list with $3,982,624, and the Citizens coming second with S3, 584,979. In total resources the two Gaston county banks rank sec ond and third. In deposits the two Gaston county banks are second and third. Only one national bank in Charlotte, the Charlotte National Dank, exceeds the two Gaston county banks named, the F'rst and the Citizens. The facts and statements substan tiating these figures are from recent reports of banks to the Comptroller of the Cur rency February 21, 1921, and read as follows: Capital. Surplus Charlotte National. Charlotte m. t. JNawtmai nuns, nanoiio Kirxt National, Charlotte - i i ... 1 , . Third National, Gastoiiia . . w. ...... .-tj. GASTONIA KIWANIS CLUB'Dr. Chas. E. Barker Tells Jffigh MLLU Lll UinULL L.UIIUII The regular semimonthly luncheon meeting of the Gastonia Kivvanis Club 1 v-as held in the Armory building Tuesday at noon, Dr. I). A. Garrison presiding i Clot lieiug in charge ol the program. ; Besides members of the club there were si veral guests present. T'r. hi. W. Tress ley, of Greenville, S, ('., was to have been the principal guest, and speaker of the occasion, but telegraphed that he was detained by illness. Several matters of business were brought up during the course of the meeting. The. publicity committee, ' through Kruest Burwell, presented the matter of devoting On issue of the Char lette Sunday Observer's photogravure edition in May to Gastonia Kivvanis, and the suggestion of the committee was adopted. It was also decided to use a pa Re advertisement in Thn Gastoiiia I'aily Gazette at an early dale to boost the "Buy Now" campaign. C. Lee Gowan, county agricultural Agent, made the following report on the piogress of the Hoys' and Girls ' club work : ''In order that the members of the club inn v be informed as to tin progress of its project, we, your committee on Boys' and Girls' Agricultural Club Work, beg to submit the following re pert for the month of Tehrunrv. "With the aid of the si hool super visors seventeen schools wen' selected to which the work would be offered. It has been presented to thirteen of these schools and considerable interest is being shown by pupils, teachers and patrons of all except one. 1'nion School, which showed no interest. "Clubs have already been oigaiiied in nine of the schools with a membership of 1JI and three more have ncailv enough members to organize now. They will probably organize during this month. "The assistant State agent, Homer H. B. Mask, was secured for eight ad dresses and the State poultry s ialist( Allen i. Oliver, was secured for eleven speeches to schools. "Miss Kline H. Brown, of Charlotte, has been employed to assist in this work. She has 'visited nine schools." Thp attendance prize, given by Charles D. Gray, was drawn by Mr. A. .1. Kan kin. Dr. .lames H. Henderlitc, pastor of (hp J-'irwt Presbyterian church, was pres ,.(. , ewst deliuhled the club members w ith on(. of his chnrndci i tically humorous speeches. REPUBLICANS WILL SEEK INTERVIEW WITH HARDING (By The Associated Tress.) WASHINGTON. March Z. Indna five of a return to 1he old order of white house conferences with emigres sional leader., republican members of the house navg and means committee have decided to seek an interview with Tresident elect Harding .oon after his inauguration. Chairman Tordney, it was said today, plans 1o c.'ill his inmiiiilte,. together March II to map out a policy a, to financial legislation. lielote beginning this work, however, he was said to desire a discussion on tniitf and revenue legis hit ion with Mr. Harding, and it was at suined the proposed inciting will In sought, next week in order that the com mitfee might get down to work on the date scheduled. Although committer luemluls .e. Iim d te. discuss the plan m detail it was learned that Mr. Toidiiey desires a toiler . xplanat ion of Mr. Balding'', views on the two principal matters witji winch the coniiiiitteo will deal during the cx'r.i S. H-lnll. Some of the committee mi-mb Is do not believ it wise, in view of the 1 1 1 tli--.il t i.s which have attended the Toidiiey em.r gi nev taiiff in its recent pass:.:' to at tempt tile enactment of a second I. 'in porary measure, which Mr. Tordney has proposed as a stop gap tariff law. In view of this there were reports that before the propose! while house cont'i i e::ce, house .and senate leaders would g'd together in an attempt to nach a com nion ground. and Profits Deposits Jr.!.ti4!,H.t7..r..i 2,S10,.'12.Hl 2,.r)L,9,172.42 2,427,06k. fci 2,04t,M97.21 1.0U .4f0.W 99ii,3tl.'(.G2, fy?0 5K0.3? 75.'!..f.fi . HO 52,745. xl' 753,M5.2I 1 ,OM6,26fi . .ifi 4OS.930.26 - n .- t k i Sj.J,706.43 304i72.99 uiuuvwvtt ""u"!UUIWIILIIUInL UUI1UIILUU President of Kotaiy Club, Gastonia, N. C. RICHMOND, Va , March 1. Dr. Barker gave two magnificent addresses here yesterday and spoke at Fiist Baptist church at night Sunday. He will entertain any ciowd that you may get him. He is worthy of all the efforts that you can put foith for large crowd. He is a Cracker Jack. F. T. McFADDEN, President Ro tary Club. Dr. I ha i ies L. Barker, one time, pri i ,1,. i,liv;,;.i, t 1 1 r..n.iAr I 'mil, lent Tuft ' ; ;......... .I.ia mnmino. from. n i j. i i Dr. Barker is in Gastonia under the aespices of the Gastonia Rotary Club lie will speak to the women of the eity this afternoon at .:;.:o and to men in the evening at S o'clock. Both addresses will be in the high school auditorium. Dr. and Mrs. H.nker will be entertained this evening at dinner at six o'clock in1 the Anniiigton dining room. Officers' . id directors of the Kotary Club, their1 wives and lady friends will also be guests. I'pon his arrival in Gastonia Dr. Bar l.er was taken to the High (School build ing, w iieie ne u'l'liesseil t ii(. sluiteiits or the High School. He was given a rous ing leieptioii by the High School stu- ...ins. several vigorous yells iieing given ... his honor. Tor nearly an hour he held II dose attention ol me i.oys ami gins a, he hammered home the truths of his. ,,,.,, n,()ra tlian tllat He ,naIlt r;iiii speech. capable of consecutive thinking. Dr. Knowing both his mibj"t, as n prac- Barker stated that unless the students ticing physician for years, and knowing bifore him, so train their minds in the his heai.rs as only a trained physician next few years, they will be failures ill .an know the human mind and heart, life. Ability to concentrate on the mat Dr. Barker went into his subject with a ter in hand, he stated, was that (jar blunt and forceful manner and yet one field meant by a clear bead, s . delicate that the most sensitive could I He assured his hearers that an educa tin. I no offense from his remarks. As he delivered the blows, Dr. Barker also ap plied the remedy for each scratch and left, his audience with n fine impression having bis'u created and doubtless much good done. Taking the three "demands" made by Tresi. lent Garfield for a successful life, which ho wtated as, a strong arm, a clear head, and a bravo heart, Dr. Bar ker enlarged upon and explained each in a well niuiiileil manner. Tossibly the most striking illustrations In used during the hour's address, was' his referenee to some white swans in thej Niagara river and ol the names ml of the names of George Washington and Benedict Ar nold on the sain, i line in ail old register of an institution, both written by the oi n.r of the name and upon tho same Dr w hit. H.nker used Ins illustration of the swans on the liver when speaking ol the harm of gills due familiarity, when allowing boys un ruling home in ln .bill's f I nil patties. He stated 'hat h- was expressing the mind of every hoy in liis audience when, tinning to the girl', he said: 'Von gnls might think that the boys Ilk" wr,i I t .. iii 1 1 la ' 1 1 l I tell you IS tine, tl yo.i a non lie told who has :, u better when you allow them s, pooning and kissing; hut and every boy here knows it it you lose In respect when such f amil uu it n-s. ' ' a story told bv an old judge .a home on the banks of the rivei. near the falls. One day I ga 1 t:. i'1-lge -aw a thick of white swans ..light u; 'he bosom of the river above th.- I.,:', and licit on towaids the great c.i'a' o t. W hen nearliig the falls some of th.- great bit Is, knowing it was time I., kayo the water, stretched their great wings and son led away, while others drifted on. Soon they too discovered 1 1 .-it thev woio Hearing the falls and so tu. y opined then- pinions and attempted ' i have the water. ''They did not know,'' said the sp.i.kei'. '"that .'it :' certain distauie a l,..i.' the falls the suction of that great body ol water is such that they are un : ha- to lis. from the stream. They tried to t!v away but w. re unable to and were i.'irticl over. So they went over the Loans .i,'i(tf.,t;rn .tt.'i :t,SH,624.09 .!.5H4,979.92 2.669,571 .9:! 1,725,219.49 2.024.340. Xt ,54:t,H7C19 91 780.33 Resources 5,129,003.84 4,795,410.88 .4,381,540.61 4 159 124.31 i 2,946,362.49 O 71 iQJ CO -48J'009-7 1,331-4.78.21 pnMimcDPiAi nnuGDccc f i. lis. with broken pinions and broken uecks dead. "And so it is with a girl, drifting a long thinking that she knows how far to go with thewe familiarities, until there comes a time when alio goes over the limit. "A broken life is a hard thing to mend. ' ' Dr. Barker used thn illustration of seeing the names of Washington and Ar nold on the same page to show the value of a brave heart, which, after all, he de clared to bo the most necessary of the I three requisites to a successful life, j "If you are to believe the pictures l that have come down to us," said the j speaker, "Benedict Arnold was as kwUby. ns 3 Val speeiniail as n-.. tl...rr... C. !.:..,. TL ....... was ieorg v-mnington. i lie esssvB i uiii ins in ii ni niru uciuir lit) nil!) t v. : . i r i .. .. traitor to his country, Arnold had as 'clear a mind as did Washington; but the whole country is honoring Washing ; ton today. The name of Benedict Ar ! iioht is mentioned with hatred and ttcorn. j The difference between the two men was a bravo heart. ' ' In speaking of the strong arm, Dr. Barker stated that Tresident. Garfield i did not mean a strong arm actually, but meant a strong physical man or woman. He illustrated this by showing how Tresi ' dent Hoosevelt had come, through daily physical exercise, from a weakling at 14 to a perfect physical man at 21 so that i he passed, up until that time, the best ! physical record at Harvard university and became the most active man in Aiuer ' j,,,,, if)j ft Amaio i .....ni, ; f i, lar head. Dr. i rnrker stated that Tresident Garfield i (ion meant more than a diploma, thut. and he quoted Charles Huxley: "The chief purpose, of an education ii to train the mind, so that you can do the work you have to do in the world, when it, ought to bo done, whether you want to do it or not." TO FIX STATUS OF SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 2.Tlio qties lion of (Southern representation in the management of affairs of the republican party was takeu up here today by a sub committee, of the republican national committee in preparation for a meeting Your Raleigh correspondent wai in ot thn full committee tomorrow. Work.eiror in "dating that I oppos?d the salary of the sub committee, which has a mem-1 bill for Gaston officials. This bill was bership of five, will lie entirely informal; prepared after careful delibeiation by Chairman Hays stated, and uo decision Senator Carpsnler, Representative Woltr will be reilched iii either the Subcotumit j and myself. It shows a saving of ap tee or full committee meeting. j proximately five thouijnd dollars per A delegation of Georgians Was on year. I heartily favor the hill and trust hciid to present claims for a reduction in """'her of delegates from their state to national conventions, but Mr. ILiv- sjiid it was unlikely that their statements would bo presented until tomorrow. COLD AND FAIR WEATHER PREDICTED FOR FRIDAY By the Associated Press.) j WASHINGTON, March L'. Cold and ipiohably fair weather will prevail here l'riday during the inauguration of Tresi , dent Harding, according to a special in angulation day forecast, hssue.1 today by the weather bureau. On the facts of indications available, the government ex ports said, partly cloudy weather Thurs day would turn colder Thursday after noon and clear up Friday, but with the cold continuing. N'o forecast as to tem peratures was included. CONVICTED OF FORGERY, PLEADS FOR LENIENCY (By The Associated Tress.) CHICAGO, March 2 Richard Meal, convicted ill federal court of forging iostal money orders for $!)0S, contends the sentence for this crime should take into consideration the fact that he served j five years of a sentence for murder be fore he received a pardon which stated was not guilty of th crime. Today he ' was awaiting the decision of Judge Lan dis on his appeal for a discount on the probable sentence for his present con viction. , SERIES OF LECTURES ON PERSONAL EVANGELISM Beginning tonight Rev. A. L. Htiin ford, pastor of Main Street Methodist church, will deliver a series of mid week prayer meeting lectures on the general topic, "Personal Evangelism God 's Method of Saving the World." His sub iect for tonight will be "Man's Personal Needs." This evening's serriee will commcHce promptly at 7 o'clock in order that those attending may also attend the hs ture by Dr. Barker at the Central School auditorium at 8 o'clock. The pastor states that this series of lectures will continue through the mouth of March and he is especially anxious that all members of the church and more espe cially the officials attend each Wedues -j )ects. day night service. ' ' Deceased was 24 years old and leates" 'ja widow, wx children, bis father, M. U ' WEATHER. ; Witht-rspoon, six brothers and two sin North Carolina, partly cloudy to-tfM to mourn his departure. - nigm ana xnarsaay, prooaoiy snow- -i a .i.. . i.v in the Uterior. COLBT WILL ADDRESS ON SOUTH AMERICA Many Matters of Especial In terest to the South Being Considered at Washington Convention. (By The A asocial WASHINGTON. M , Benson, chairman of t Matthew Haie. pre-id, Atlantic Maritime o I . S. Kovve, director gei A merican 1 'nion, i i . i S.S. ) - Imiral hi; board, I :ii So ii t h '. and Dr. !' the Cnn-priii'-ip-il tic morn '.iniuenial The ad- s rakers on (I,, pp.gra I f leg session of t he Snii:..-i i ( ' .Congress, j,, convention here. iLesses of the fiist two i am with shipping and -h ipleii 1 1 1 Dr. l'HVO dis. Us-od S ni'Ji e dealt n;;. whih Ami rie.ui , trade. Th afternoon im cling v, i . arranged in tho nature of a icemoi I : i Dav id Liibin, founder an I im' ! death American delegate to t! :' ' . i nat ioiia I institute of agricul! ;i'e ai !;, m, Tho minimi banquet will be lo-l 1 tonight, al. i which the theme will reu'e largely to Tan American affairs. The principal speakers will be Se, rotary of State Ham blidge Colby and diplomat!' rcpicscnlti fives of the South American i onnlries. Opposition to govern id ndeifcr. nee v.'ilh private business and to litre tixing I. gislation, protection ai d eieudoii of the foreign trade of the Ci.ivd State I through the expansion of the merchant marine and the creation of credii la. ili t:es, development of inland w a t.o vv ays, 1 i: ligation of waste lands m In .M-.f and drainage in the south and tho dcvibqi ment. of manufacturing iudn iiic m the ' southern states were policies ' by Hpoakers at the sessions of I'Kn. a fed Hi.' con- t gress yesterday, the opening day. SAYS BILL WILI SAVE ' r. Representative II. B. Gaston Wires Gazette That He Did Not Oppose New Salary Bill -Correspondent Was in. Er ror. The Gazette received todjy the foil 1 ,t8 telegram, which is sdf-explanatory: Raleigh, N. C, Mth. 2. ' Daily Gazette, uasionia, n. l. that it meets the approval ot the citizens of our county. BARLEY B. GASI0N. WITHERSPOON HAD HO DOMESTIC TROUBLES Suicide of Chcrryville Man Due to Temporory Dethronement of Reason Produced by Brooding; Over Financial Trouhles Was Devoted to Family and They to Kim. A vet v regr..";!1.'.- ei ro forma t ion, crept (,, i ,. pi at iug In Tl . G.,,o Me : r. I.ltive to the sui. i V o Witherspooii in Inn ry -, di v as sta'cd t hal his w :,-i. to ha v e ho. oi di;.- to doll cial troubles." ( )ne w ho is in a po i i, a. t un! facts In t !.,. s.. s ' statement was riin,,, ;,, c;al difficulties hut ah-vil i-' regard to am dome. !:. v ife and six lit''.. , hi! ! r range from t wo t i . '. v '. d . o ml -in ii' ' - dory Hp tew day; ago f young Dorm tow I. -.hip. D e w , . r imore . i. . ad fitian. "i ' i khuw t he ' - that "thn "earl t i tin j a ,'!. crroiieniM ! rouble. Hi.s n, whose ages '! year;, were Im and he L i::r; i. d nearly ) i". i r became a 'I I''.-! time : 'dative. ever ' rv inn.' devote ." Id I them. Th. tv.elv,. years . M.'Ss with none of th. heard of l' The pubii very keenly in (his mat! statement. It is stat i r t ! e'll Is , Is of Th, It tie V '. G ; r.-gret .-iufcirined . orroet the! ti ai'd h..s- a t. d tl bed of authority " 'h'lTi -sed prict'3 t'lied with heavy have temporarily After w Minding -iloiteiiig to livi that ' ' brooding f.v cr ' t farm pio.lu, s and ol ligations seemed i dethroned his reason, himself he exnrcss. and fight it out and made a brave struj- g'e to hold on to life 'out with'), it avail." t uneral services were conducted Mon- day afternoon from Miad.y Grove Baptist church, of which be had been a member for nearly twenty years. Kcvs. p. put- nam, J. T. Banle and J. F. Moser offi- ciating. A tremendous crowd of people came from far and uear to pay their rs- ii is states! laar ,jr. witlitrspwin -was in tho woods half a niilo from home whcii bo shot himself ux tlmt he walkid homo alone.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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