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TON! A DAILY GAZETTE GASTOHIA Tbt South'! City of Spin dle.. GASTON COUNTY The Combed Yarn Center t the South. VOL. XLII. NO. 128. GASTON1A, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 30, 1921. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS UNKNOWN INTRUDERS ATTEMPT TO TERRORIZE MR. ANII MRS. THOMSON li At Late Hour Sunday Night Unknown Negro Tries to Force Entrance Into Home Threatens to Shoot Both Quick Work by Mrs. Thom son Over Telephone Brings Aid and Assailants Run No Clue as to Identity or Num ber in Party. v One of the most sensational at tempts at burglary or attempted as sault reported to the Gastonia police recently took place Sunday night at 11 o'clock in Love Heights when an unknown party or parties attempted to terrorize Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Thomson by threateneing to enter the house and shoot them if they moved, turned on the light or tried j to telephone. The marauders were i frightened away when Mr. Thom son shot once at them. No clues "as , to their identity have been discover- ed. The facts as related by Mr. Thomson this morning are as fol- I lows: i Mr. Thomson had retired curly and had gone f" sleep when Mrs. Thomson j who had wit up rending, came to lied :iluil 11 o'clock. He waked ii when h!ic tur I out the light, anil lit 1h.it moment, it void' came through the open window at the side of the lied, Having! with mi Oiith: "Don't move, or I'll kill; yon Mh! " j Mr. Thomson Mud thnt he instantly' dropped to the floor mid made his way to the dresser where he kept a pistol,' which, however, had not heell fired in .11. Vein's . He went to the luitli room mid find oiiie from the luith room window. This shot apparently did not phase the intruder, lint on the contrary, infuriated him. Mrs. Thomson, in the meantime, ; exhibiting a coolness which was reiiiark-j Jible, hud sprung to the window ami pull j cd down the sinii and the curtain, mid was at the telephone frantically calling:' for aid. The lnnj;l;ir, unhit, by Mr. Thomson's phot punched in the window and slashed and tore the wire screen and threatened to come in and kill tlieni both. In the meantime Mrs. Thomson had Rot ten central mid informed her of the sit iiitt ion, asking that she arouse the resi dents of Love Heights, all thei-e phones being on a party line. The negro the general supposition being that it was a .... ...... ...... ported to have said: "Uu need not try to phone All the wires are cut He; is aiso nncgcu io nave sain as it speaK iug to a companion, "Tom, you go a round to the otlier side of the house and watch it . ' ' Meanwhile, the central o Mice's pro longed ringing hud aroused Messrs. .John 1.. I 'age. Fred M. Allen and 1.. A. Brown, all of whom live near, .lust be fore Mr. I 'age arrived the assailant or assailants, fled to the woods back of Mr. It. A. Love's house. The police were hImi shortly on the scene, and blood hounds from Dallas were brought over in an. incredibly short time and put on the track. The trail was followed for about a mile and a half in the general direction of l.invviind College, but was lost. One suspect was captured, but it is not thought that he has any ennnce t ion w tth t he affair at all . J'dood stains were found ilow sill this morning and it that tlie intruder was badly on the win is presumed cut when he smashed in the window . Opinions as to the identity, whether white or black, of. the intruder, differ. The Thomson's were unable to tell from the voice as heard through the window. Others think the intruder was a drunkeu or loped negro, as the hrnzeniicss of Ihe attack precludes the thought of a sane man iit''eiiiptiiig any such attack. The fai t that Mr. Thomson shot and he was not frightened, away adds plausibility to this theory. Not until he heard a tele phone conversation did he think it was time for him to be making a getaway. On the other hand, it is pointed out that his attempt to intimidate the inmates of the house, the methods used and the evi dent carefulness with which he had work ed out his plans, indicate to smni' that the marauder was perfectly sane and so lcr. His attempt to prevent the use of tlir. telephone by saying that he had cut Ihe wires adds to this theory. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson spent the re mainder of the night with Mr. and Mrs. K. A, Love. Advices from the police department this morning were that they were still working on the case, although witliout any fungible clue. GREAT BRITAIN WANTS ALLIED SUPREME COUNCIL ' TO MEET THIS WEEK PARIS, May .Hi. A note from (ireat, Britain received today, in reply to Pre mier Briand ' recent communication with regard to the meeting of the Allied Su-. preme Council insists upon the desira bility of n meeting that body this week threat liritain accepts the principle laid1 down by Franco, of an examination of the Silesia n question by a special mission , of experts, hut holds that the council, should meet first and not delay its session ' until after the experts had reported, as Prance suggested. BIZZY BEAR SAYS: Cloudy on coast and fair in interior tomtit and Tuesday, Commander Galbraith Speaks To The Legion INDIANAPOLIS, IND. , May 30 F. W. Galbraith, Jr., Na tional commander, The American Legion today issued the following proclamation to the Legion members: ''Today a mighty nation bows its head in mcmoiy of the men who have died that the nation might live men of Bunker Hill, of Gettys burg, of Santiago and of the Argonne. "The American Legion joins the nation in its icvercnce for the dead; but the Legion also claims a deeper kinship for those who glo riously fell in the WoVld War. For these men were our comrades-in-arms, linked to us by the strongest of ties. "We shall visit every grave today, at home and abroad, and shill speak words of comfort. to the dear ones who mourn. But we shall not only give, we shall receive. For, as we stand at their graves today, our comrades will speak to us. They will remind us of the dangers that beset our beloved land, of the enemies, within and without; of the long fight that must be waged . The voice of our comrades comes to us, like a call to arms. 'Fight on, fight on', it urges us." Strike In North Carolina V Cotton Fight to Center in This McMahon Refuses to Reported That Delegation From . Gastoi County Conferred With McMahon Sunday. (Charlotte Observer.) North (.'ii ro I ina will in all probability be the battle ground of the textile work ers' fight against ' 1 unnecessary cuts'' in wages, declared Thomas J. McMahon, vice president of the United Textile Workers of America, yesterday after noon. Textile workers, approximately (ill per cent of whom arc in unions, are better organized in North Carolina than any other southern state, say union oflicials, and wages paid in mills in this state lire lower than any other place in the world. This state will no doubt be the concen tration point for the attack, although it w'as intimated t hat the walkout niav . . sirea,Nike il(l firi. ,ir0UKh the south.''' Mll.ria is,.,,,,.,. from otlier ,,. , ern textih operatives workers has in this state. been Mr. promised McMahon ; continued. Workers in South Carolina are organ ized about :!. per cent strong, while in I other southern states the percentage is 1 not so high, it was explained. No developments in the textile situa i tion in North Carolina and the south are foreseen that will prevent the issuance of the walkout order for operatives to leave their work as a protest Against the ' n n -I necessary" cuts ill wages, declared Mr. ! McMahon. 1 Yesterday he and otlier oflicials were in conference with a delegation represent ! iug lot-nlx in the (bistnn county mills and the attitude expressed by those delegates I was that "all is now in the hands of the international oflicers." said Mr. ' McMahon yesterday afternoon. The tentative date for the walkout has been set, Mr. McMahon reiterated. ' It is known to a few oflicers, but the time will be absolutely dependent upon the wishes of the various local-:, it was point ed out, Mr. McMahon declaring that the wishes of the individual unions will Ik' j paramount. In his conversation yesterday it nut made plain that practically all details i are complete in the survey which has 1 been made by njlicers of the internal ional j organization. However, Mr. McMahon ; and party will go to Concord today for 1 further conference and addresses and then into South Carolina tomorrow. No efforts have been ma le in a gen i oral way by employers to conciliate with the workers in regard to the ad justment of the wage controversy, according to Mr. McMahon. However, operatives at Norwood, this state, were i. I to be sat isfied with the state of affairs in their locality, and, Unless conditions change thore, their wishes to stay mi the job will be respected, he continued. The fight is on over the reduction of wages In cotton mills in the -out hern states, where decrease in the amount in the weekly pjiy envelope have been made from :i7Vi ner cent on up In the with drawal of lionuses of 12u per cent, paid for the meeting of certain requirements, the international vice president n-scrted. Twenty-two and one-half per . , nt is th0 minimum reduction from the peak wages to which workers will ague. In North Carolina, it was pointed out. cuts ill wages average -0 or .".j per cent. The impending situating has ben warded off for nine months bv the local organizer, who maintains headquarters here, it was stated in the interview yes terday. Mill workers have demanded action on the part of the international, they say. The exact state of affairs has lw-cii told to the president of the Southern Textile Association, the governor of North faro-' lina, the mayor of Charlotte, and the local ('handier of (,'ounneree, Mr. Me Mahoii said, nearly five weeks ago, and as yet no advances have. Ieen ma, lis. ley those in nuthority to stave off tlit iin IM'iiding walkout, he declared. Mr. McMahon admitted that the inter national organization was T, luctant to give the order to strike. "We don't want this thing, hut unless conditions change it is hound to cwme," he said, and he saw no proeet that 11 general strike would be averted. The general order has lieen drafted and at tho proper time the oflicers vested with the power will speak the word that 1 rt'ill hush till hnill of moving macliilierv j in textile centers throughout the state Jamd possibly tha whole southland, he Mills Is Threatened State - Vice-PresidenI Name Date of Walk-oul ther explained. Only the willingness of the employing ..,;n ... i.. .i. i i . r iiijii uniii 13 HI niilirill' me ucilliiuun u the unions that wages be not cut more than L'L"j per cent will forestall the effect o'f the strike, Mr.. McMahon said, j As yet he set s no sign of a change and ho and his associates are going about I their .work in advising and assisting! local workers, getting everything in per- I feet readiness. j The vice president said yesterday that requests1 to meet in open discussion in regard to the justice of the claims of the I workers have been so far ignored by tin employer. , '1 hey maintain that they have accurate figures about the cost of production and that enormous cuts are without any ves tige of justification in this case. I .ne, sal.l that cuts linie been slight in' some sect mils of the country and drastic! in others, particularly North Carolina where he said the lowest wage in the world, not excluding Japan, is paid to I workers in textile plants. Order to walk out given to organized' workers will in all probability be followed' by unorganized workers, Mr. McMahon said, recalling that it has brcn the ex i periehce in other walkouts. I'.xplainiug the reason for. keeping the' date of the proposed walkout secret. Mr. McMahon said that if mill executives; advance when a strike ffective thev would shut could learn in would become e down mid Ihi.s would have the effect of weakening the morale of the workers geii erally. It was the purpose of Hie union oflicials. he said, that no mill owner should know in advance when a walkout in his plant would occur. Illustratiiiif what he termed "out rageons" reductions that have been made in wages generally in the south, espe eially in North I 'a nil i nn, Mr. McMahon said that workers who a year ago wen getting J7 a week are now getting .$11,211 and 1 I.L'o a week. MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONIES OBSERVED AT ARLINGTON CEMETERY Members of Cabinet and High Government Officials Gather to Honor American Dead. WASHINGTON, Mac ::n. Members of the cabinet, high government oflicials. ranking oflicers of tin army ami navy, foregathered with the throngs today on the sacred ground of Arlington national cemetery to attend the ceremonies at which I 're-ident Harding, leading the nation in counneuiora t ion of its heroic - d lii r and sailor dead, will deliver at ihe amphitheater the Memorial Day ad dress. The ceremony will mark the re sumption of a custom broken only by the s.iess of war - the annual address of the I'r. si.lent of the Tinted States in tin- ini'ls; i.f the gravis of the nation's ,lead. I'rior to the Arlington ceremonies the rresthtit planned to review from the White Il iuso a parade of veterans and regular army troops led by Lieutenant General Nelson A. Mile. memlH-rs of thP Grand Army of the Republic, veterans of the Spanish American War. the Ameri can l.ogion and the veterans of foreign wars to form in the marching ranks. He- sides the general ceremonv at Arlington, sH'iial exercises were ararnged in mem ory of the nnkiiowii dead who fed in Franc 1 While the nation is honoring its hero dead nt home, those lying in foreign soil also were Ixdng appropriately remcm liered. Advices to the Red Cross from I'aris give asstfranre that not a siusli grave of an American soldier in KuroH will fail to rereive the decoration of an honor flag uud wreath. j , . 1 ; . .... ,-.., s KniuuHiiiiK class ai me Lnivi'rsitv iinmiM.r 17rt tho lurvit chiua . ' ' ,' " I 'V, . :everturued out at ( ha pel Hill. June 1215 in tho date for eonimencenient. .IfMumlinu Tl'fi.ilu vlll .l,.lio. eom j ' j mencement address and Governor fur-jrison wUl lreeii the diidoTiai, Mor- iirunDiii niv rnuro mLniUIlliL Uii LUitlLO LT WITH NEW FORCE THIS YEAR SAYS RECTOR Episcopal Rector, Rev. J. W. C. Johnson, Preaches Sermon Peculiarly Appropriate to Memorial Day, May 30th. I 'eculi; ill appropriate to' t In the season was the senium of 1.V ('. Johnson, re, tor of M. M.uL -pal church, at. the aionnnc -en day. Uov. Mr. .I.,h.., u s .k-- . I .1 W. of ( ias'.onia 's sold ii i .led' from Acts ;::ii, reinb.ig: 'Silver and gold have I m. Hi ,llt -;c I have give 1 thee: in tin- nam. ot .1. v., Christ of Naaieth rise up and walk itev. Mr. Johnson .-: i I m part: "St. Peter is roudv to l.eal tin- I. in, man at the gate of the ! in, J.-. I h power he uses is tha' .o in,, i.,. I, p !, 'ill the Lord Jesu.s; but i.et.i, . the words 'In the n.iai" i.f i !,,. ef Nazareth' his ml ia,.,. t,,, , ,,j ,,, a declaration of an nnpi r;.m; .., ; "wort h v principle : ' ,-iu I - ; I noni' ; but such as I ha'.,, -i I We should think of !, a of 'gifts than silvei and g.i-i th; in our possession to giv. I your t hoiights a bout I In s,. i, 'this morning as we are ail mind I lecora t ion Mnv uilh lv render of thousands of An, for the cause of liberty in the ' ' Mr. Da nie!s rennnde I .. . day that whereas the Itoi'ii )was Prance's1 gift of label,-, 'ing the wot hi, the new I .a I 'a station at Hoi, lea u was Aim on the soil of Prance of th, ! - U'M .a . .T onK, t, o , ,. I h I. r th. I, I,,- opmeiit of that freedom t intelligence and mastery I, erty at its strongest pou, of all mankind. "The value of that in (lone by those who died ,,,, dl-ranee, I jjjVl. jf Hid by for the ad li .11, d 1. Am. will Kr"w. upon us it h , a, I, year. ' ' ' Karth w iil remember ; m m and joy. And, oh, far better, ( o.d w ill Kor he who settles t r, edom '- Writes the death warrant id' al til l"V. foltfet :m .pie i a 1 1 1 1 v . ' i 's v. it h " I Ills year I lecora tinu lav cm s c new force all over our land. I'!.,, t that men have died, represent in;. ,,, us. is felt with new reali.at ion as i the freshly turned sod in our c, m, I is seen in ton us and eonutrv side and jjreat cities. They have brought I,, our dead. We honor them with ti honor because they are in our midst sacred trust for all time. , bijiin i commemoration of them that i: a . 1 of tll, not Their death was I .r seems slow ! to sj,, of lb,, new day and i Hi, new- life of the h lless o t the so w i n ;' .f Ai . fs'Uae part the i the la bve I, nil: 1. of I'laiOe of the lit I. . le vv o r ; I th. b. th. laud then ha, in en i. -ei base selfishness of v lew 1 : American ambassador at ;l James, fuller nations hav hnssndors for words that caiclessnosH. or vindictive rcpi'osvntntion. M s,e. I. , all I I I ie I t, " Ihe little emblem K ranee brings vividlv binds the fields u here , hist rest iug place , f borders. 1 1 is a woe. I Ill pi.pp he . 1. d! nut a rful d b little llless, -linel' id t'e Ml not of silver and g.,t. l,u: thev fad to niv,. .inn, 1 w ill her,- a nd th. re decrv some individual who gave ne know two tl'inn's that : cut of a II filch b i -, , rit i, . I'll- w ere in A no in many who in . liberty and iov pie em i ni'nt 1 0 s tifty tl the (dies d Hid d fl st ; in He ma ,f th 1 vci y one ' a. I si 111, k to the md, ever main spon-e W.-,' render to " Kor so steadiiv a the g t a v es 1 1:11 v' and they slept cemeteries was the a. w he W he , -t , d ha I p. rt. d an I I. a - - adv .1 tile ,f He Il.-r, , noli a I side. -,i South , the tr. av. I., It is I.i , olle o McT l ,f IV if tl ,f and pt m press , it iple. tioil to Ms cause years since Titer, most gifted Jtoet by the s. 1, 1 1 no n. ration of graves; ' ' 1 Stoop, ange t the t, red t a 1 Miif f r uu t There is no Thn 11 w in re holt, del. Jiv mourning ' ' T'ela v it is vntoiv for e co.'llll,. O! liels ot the America that w ,. ,1 death of the soldiers pea 1 1 war; and the-s scaled for all time ' I gt " gra v . Ir.vi ditr.-i past. The sentiment that ,;,... ineinbi r the dt.. en what. v. r -fought, has now been,,, the .i,,: if (honest coiivi.-ti.e, of true Am ri. u i,,,- hood wherever it existed. ' ' The Sen rs of bat t h. ha v c i , . n . ; , the real decorations of war. There was ipii.K TiiniKing on the par; of t, who sa id : 'I Inn 't pit v mi , pi; v .tdi'i bud lev nics wno goi nn vvtu re it am t show. I ain't disfigured: I 'm d, g ing ate Shall we learn t" choose the softness- of prosperous days, and the ease-of avoiding the real test of manhood just because t ne days' of aee itcrinil readv dodging 1 i .i.i.-'. Pi. -is,..,,. .,. ii'oiniii'ii ; Tiiat is the answer to those who wince at the bloody eros and sigh at the singing of the print ofl the nails in Hig band, and the wound of tln thorns on His brow. WP need to I, k,B - tnat tlic It oil. . the wounds ii.l ... . "noii.v ui ine i.-iee or .lesus are not ms , figuring; they ar? the -royal decorations. i That the KinK of Heaven l.stira ,, the ' . ; .- r ATLANTA OPENS UP PARK FOR AUTO TOURISTS ATLANTA, Ga , May 30 Fol lowing the example set by several Florida cities during the past season Atlanta has opened up a "tourist paik," for the accommodation of au tomobile tourists who desne to stop in the city for several days while passing through from one section of the country to another v The park i equipped with facili ties for the care of 1,000 automobiles and is located on the lair grounds at Lakewood, a delightful spot within easy reach of the heart of the city and surrounding points of interest Conveniences ptovided for traveler; include lircproof living quarters and garagM and modem cooking facili ties . SEVEN ARE KILLED IN WRECK OF AIRPLANE AT WASHINGTON SUNDAV Five of the Dead Army Offi cers, the Other Two Civilians Most Severe Disaster in the History of This Country. Aviation in I I M. TON. M:,j Ainiv of ie j.repn i me, to, l.n for an offi situation of the crash dui inn a t, Sa I oi da v near Indian Head. Ihc ambulance uirphuie in which M l . ot l he ambulance uiri.hilie in which i.e ii. li'e a i my olliceis and two civ lint, death. The tact I bat every nit the machine was killed, niak me, it necessary lor a hoard ot lnipnry it i ""I" la nt 'Kel.v on tl bservations of j witnesses in fininiiiL' their ml ions, made it a ppea r doubt f ul t ha t it cause ot t he diaster could ev er ''I"'l- l i e plane, a ( itttiss Manic. wbi,h had be, n .li'i'.lol of its ambulance colli), , . , , . 1 met t. was makinn a return tltnht from . . . . . , , . l.annte.v I tel. I. ii niuia, to ashinnton. ii, il c in oun'cro.l sever' electrical'.. stl , . . . , . in, a, coinpanieil bv u in, Is est limited to be blowi,, a, a hundred miles veloc it v . I '". '"' liercver our "B Kve witnesses said the plane, unable io us wl1'"" houndaries of the repub make l.eadwav in the face of the wind,1'"'' " ,H ov,,r, " 1",M' f''U"n ' d, sc. , ided apparently in an attempt to! ''eurity have been vvre-iiyht throunh these make a landinn but alter dropping to ' si"'rlllee?.. within abi.i.t inn f,v, of the ground, up i "" ", l'lnll,'Ke of this company preached ,-, .lump of 1 1 ees and swerved ntter oui t ribute of iov e and glut it ude upward The trees were cleared, but Ms 111 this sacristy of beauty within the sight the plane siartc. I for an open field ii 'in ' ""' national capitol. Mill others, no bv . it was seen to ipiiver, turn over and ' l, s't 'h'voul, will assemble till over our dive vj'itieallv to the earth. j hind and other lands, under foreign skies, Those who reached the wreck first ' "ml American u lion peoples, to pay like f I all - 'veil men dead. All the bod ; tribute of love ami memory. There are c s were ( losely grouped together, wiini'i 1111 rest rieteil boundaries to the reverence badlv mutilated by the engine, which had' this day. There is no discordant note t 0 ; from its bed and thrown back vv. 11. 1. SCV 1 II It t un 'lie men down like a it ploughed through tin' nar liner compartment of the watch Intel found had slopped l, k, showing the exact 1 1 1 1 1 -1 ,lv Aioiy ollicers who later; wrei-kagi -aid it was the vvoist 11 seen and were at a I ss to! In vv 1! could have resulted 1 1 "hint tall. j 1 1 I ol t V le .V 'he 1 , 1 1 I tian lie had . I st.kJ, Tlu el. An d i M II, 1. ,H Wasl 1 ing vv I tlu Spanish American 1 1011 , where he iiieda I of honoi , He lit one time I'hilll tlm . I lie iinn il 1 1 th c u .011.11 d Mitchell lield, Long. M.111 I el M Aloe. ma I 1 it 11 both . ov el , t VVtuj . of Washing ' d only about , t In- I 'a lladian -as and silt ml w bile w it h gard" d as a 11 .iiithoiitv in be, t b. lb 1 1 1 . n land W M IVrinott. of Y I V I . a I nine both ton , I at I .angle, the I anadlall , was decora 01 valor and it h b 1 inging I.e.,' John I at l.allglev a sent then o; th, aerial held next d i n! K T. v In of In IP ui I...I.I -. vv.e. t I med I'.-ld hi ol th, I..,, , I'll II V the .ink IV ,1. ,f the Oil), , 1, 1 It- ... -a. N . rgain s-o Am. 1 1 nd V Nat, Atti the v 1, Wins W a i h. hiugt, 1 n taket they from pending iii'o1. re' 1 1 u : 1 g I t mi: t h, u a e. u v ,-rs wet. 1 aug hf in that : h. b g ainbii llici". 11:11 -ml up . I tin of t he w a WJii.nn Mitchell, as he a t tn v a i r s rv i. e the elements and cs in. " 1. era! f of bested 11 area bv going miles out before landing at Hulling In I'. . Wriyht, flying a Vi akke not fare so well. lie was wind an I forced dov n . In T Ii, to la ml his plane crashed but .s.ai.sf with only a bad shaking up i bruises, although his era ft was com telv wricked. The Nortii Carolina and the South i .liaa Pharmaceutical Associations will ledd their jiii nual meetings jointly in larlottc .1 nne 1 . (tovernin- Morn address of welcome. e0ll Wll' deliver the '1,UI v "'"'Ke for Womeu at Wuwtott- !,,,'m n:,! I""1 eowpleted its 140tU ses- smn with comuieiueiiieut eiercies last week. There were- 2,'i grsdimte thb President Harding Nation In It Is a Nation Loyal First of All to Itself But Nev er Failing to Measure Up to the Demand of an Advancing Civilization. WASHINGTON, May :;.- A nation lo.ul first of all to itself, but never fn ing to measure up to the demands of .in advancing civilization, was pietured bv I'resi.lent Harding as an Auun-an ideal todav in a Memorial Iay address at Arlington national cemetery. American heroei of everv war. tie I'resi.lent said, had accomplished far more than the immediate ends for vvhieh they fought because they had helped erect and preserve a shrine for the lib erty loving of every race. He declared the vv hole mission of America would b. -come an uitreali.e, dream if tnis heritage i'ver were sacrificed. 'Our country," said Mr ''has necr faile.t to measure demands presented to it in humanity, and it inner will, ceases to meet these drafts ll;l rding. up to the behalf of Winn it it will no longer be our country; it will be, if that time ever comes, the vvreti lul and decay iii(; memorial of another eivili.ation that has crumbled, of another ideal which has failed, of another ambition for men's happiness, which has somehow none awry. ' ' In eiiall emphatic lannnae the I'n s ident as.erted his conviction 1hat this duty to civilization could be accomplished ouh if the nation took care first of its own integrity. "I counsel no scllishness, " he said, " m, little Americanism, no mere pnro dualism, when 1 ui'Ke that our first duty js to our own, and thnt in the measure ,,f lis fi,ri. uill tl,,,l il... ie,,.. Kaiij;e of our capacity to be helpful 1o ,, .rM . T,.. t.vl ,,f II... I'l..si,lel,l 'a -..l.lle- f,,w,. . . u- . i , , e We are met on sacred soil todav for . , .. , a solemn hour ot sacrament and consecra , ,, ;i i ,. . .. ; ... , ' , , ., iiscit sanctiuc,! ttirouirn ine saennees or ., .... .... in the hymn of gratitude. With old , and a new generation 's wounds healed, offerings on the iltars of our pat rioLism tin re is no sectionalism 111 our iiiemoria I. Above the inuiniurings of grief is the swelling concord of union, ami the domi mint note is our faith ill the republic, "It will bo a tribute today spoken in uiaiiv tongues, ami by diverse races. Wlielt vep men are free they are wont to y i ,. thought to our country ' services in freedom s cause. Whore men may but nspne (,, freedom not yet iicliievcl their instinct turns the eye and thounht of hope this way, and they pray that their cause may gain our ap probation. I 1 ley Know that we have never drawn tin' sword of oppression, that we have not sought what was not our own, nor taken all that we might, have claimed. Thev have seen our protecting arm stretched over the outposts of liberty on every con t incut. I'or more than a leutury 0111 plighted word named tyranny itself from half the win!,! ; then, whi n the gaii". was taken up by mad ambition, men felt the blow that arm could strike when free diim answered in its utmost might. Across the seas, we sent our hosts 4f liberty'. sons, cumuli ioned ' Tod: tt red rt the eternal seal' ,es the sons and daughters gave lleir ollur are lands to which thev p lacing with loving 1, n American graves t ban w ,. a re d'titi thought comes Wit!, than this, that, now become an intern:, t it calls 111 th. hands not h their laurels f reverent lv 1 me, 110 nspi ra t ion rial dav i here. inor.- of our men ti.uial o fort iinat Ill's, to eailon ; free , help in th: f manv lauds and conn its tibser v a nee , and t ha t and us it is a remind, r eipiallv to them of common trot I and ev 1 Hast nig ' ' Tin-re are g to cl v 1 1 l.a t i. h Una II It V pist ice. 1 1 hen d here thus,, who fi he a-ltes ,.t ugh! In th. a n' ' at a run of struggle which 1 insured ,,ur high ,,f nations. Our be paid, but We for ourselves, on nreserved our place 111 the union and otnni nn tt debt to t hem wiil nev , an come, tor thee a 11. : this national comm, ration day, t nn. lv ing love attest our veneration md I hey rendered 'rvi. greatet than they knew tor thev s.-ne.l 11111:1 11 fro. that pievel cur nation tn the c; dom ami paved the and iitllueine which Use of I va to enabled it to pla its part in behalf of all mankind time of supieme crisis of the wor in th, d. W, will not over appraise their . sin nice, it we -ay that, had they failed, titeir failure would have so weakened the forces of libeity and enlightenment that these would have beeu doomed, in the more recent world trial, to failure and defeat A divided America would have been in capable of the effort that was demanded to hold our presvnt day civilization se cure. T lie heroic dead, for whom the dav was originated, preserved the ark of the covenant of union and nationality, and in that service they made possible the exalted place so recently won for our country. Our own generation will no' perform a part worthy of its heritage if. we do less than our very utmost to pre : serve that which they made possible fur! Ma: otni us hi possess. -ay, more, we shall nut he our most and best at homo if .. not resolve for all time that the differ-1 4n 2,! lrivpr. represt'iitiiin foar -eneeu whieh brought uu to eivil eonfiict U'0"' t),,ay at tho jx.la were due to auibiguitiea in our union and ' tot 'the rr bomb in the ninth t tk dinputea betweea two sthoola 6f po- jJ,t'" !'e '500 aula peedy autouio liticul thought, and wliea w made union; Me ".. with nearly I10O.0W In prir inditiaohible and tua nation supreme, we 1 fe'ft our peojile on ?nf. omj purie wej Pictures Ideal Memorial Address pi id. " ' . la.j. b,r t hat OUT i- ..-fa, to mankind at i.i on I. .-ing loyal to our ul ot m u-.-roMity to all v in ;le. I first to make tiiio. s. cure, in behalf p.e. We can not hope to t ! r i .spoil-, ibilit ie.s if we o.d our ,a i.acity to meet i. - It is our w is), to be i.'.,'. r lealiii"; but, if we m .st have no question . to i he n rea t princi)les n.ve their lives in the -.v.d the union and re . .. i to !ii rtv . I counsel, .o n'i, A uiericanisni, no w io n I urge that our " ,, ,.u a. and that in the ; c, t , u ma nee we will fiud of ,,t;r capacity to be .1 , hav t he fol ,.t fnV win I. i I I. . 1 1 ill- pa Iptnl " It ,t ' r- ! tinny to coniH to the " and iciiew the pledges ' thus,, whose patriotism eiuih and opportunity. . . . I hey could not know, ihings they were laying N ''. tneir instinct led Inaii-n' that 'heir first ' i i.' t he institutions of r h.val Us o, did m. hat nr. .iilolai to tl,. was t , n.iv. I he for the t I, cm du'v V popular 11 ' ' Thc v aiimnn t m to , lid t he Win tin as iuspirat ion lirst to 1101 power I'm c. of national solidarity. lei me , liter upon I he war duns it , primary purpose ii.st ,1 nt i,,M of human slavery, that might have been, their w.ie higher. They sought int a in the an'on. to keep it a tie- .advancement of America and humanity, coniideiit that if they won all olaer i in il f id i i, i ngs in due time Would be m l level. They Wert, right tin ii ; in tic end .i.i v cry. received its de ciee of baii.sbmeat fr.,iu this continent, and : t la-l fi.,10 the v.erlil. "Hut let mi,, icpeat, tliat;reat achieve ment for hitin.'iinjy was not the aim with which the;, entered upon our interneeine, struggle. They were called to prevent secessi to save the national unity. They believed that the institutions of this cnuiitr were good, that they de served to be preserved ; that they were worth supremo effort, even ull of lifu itself. In making that effort and that sacrifice, tl what hud . made pos.sil eve.'. 'It w a y war of I he Joel acies of men fought ey did far more than save Ir.ady been gained; they I, 'or slavery to be ended for- the same in tint morn recent tree peoples against the uu the world. In its beginnings to protect what they alreinly had. Tbei r 1 unt nes lives were nt stakc ; tlx ir rights as free meu were hi. I tor Ihese they went forth Tin ie was no thought of tru th,, fite. bun of a world, of Ull liaced ; . to battle. sliding tor ema lie ing '' al:.i. k s ma II " V :h, v v in tin Sel V Cs, III del pating distant .peoples, of h'Biler-. noloe service to the enemy who had tlnie. Tin y b.nl 110 time and 1 d isposit ion to indulge altruisms. I . ' as in the ease of our civil war, won far more than they had sought 1 begi.ining, They won for them s, their homes, their eountries; ami uiig fo thev de-tloycl well-nigh tho iniiim l.meii!., of the mistaken doe. of .In on- right to rule. They gain he v 1. 1 uy for their own grateful l.-trtt t . III ,'d Ihe . mint 1 I win. 111 , ,-iabii-d-'tliocr - .v a v , , I Ii:.', I portuii: s. and vv 1 f 11 it they won, for those. , v d. le i Ud, the opportunity of .no; fne institutions, of planting !', iv h. ri; absolutism had held .f inn the peopl,, supreme. able only to afford op the great advance. They ttce institutions upon tho 1 "Ken enemy ; they could 1 those institutions would nid even if experimentally ! is not. to be crowded v, ill not have it ; but the i'-eHng. and having- and n ' privilege was opened v ., i .pii-hcd communities " take it from others. I I t .'. certainly whether 1. willing beneficiaries , t h is boon. We Tu- v will pay the priee in the freedom to I u opened. We do pule, that our wins I d tlniii the oppor- 1 I'M1 I : 'T AUTO DRIVERS RAGE FOR BIG PRIZE TODAY Twenty-three Contestants, Rep resenting Four Nations Will Race in 500-Mile Indianapo lis Speedway Race for Prizes Aggregating $100,000. 'KKIiWW, IN Ml AN A POMS. I ud., ''. Twenty-throe drivers in the mile au-omobile races got away to dav at lead. 1' rn , l'e I'alma getting the Uo-eoe Seaii.s, and .foe Bovcr, were close behind Me Malum at the end of the first lap Se.irhs took the lead oil the second lap. Fontaine 's car caught firo at tiie start but there was no damage. At the twelfth lap, 0 miles. Me Pal ma led and had won a majority of the laps. Muliord went to the Jiita to change tires ami Kuiitjiiiii' stopped to gt new spark plugs. Hover, Sarlen aad Wilcox wi re close behind De I'alma and the others were scattered. INDIANAPOLIS. ImL May 30. With more than J Wi.uOu perttor look
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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