North Carolina Newspapers

1 J; i Weather: Cloudy, Local Cotton 18 Cents VOL. XLH. No, GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAV AFTERNOON, JANUARY 3, 1922. SINQLE COPY 5 CENTS IRISH PEOPLE AT LARGE FAVOR RATIFICATION OF Meeting of Farmers in Many ' Counties Call Upon Dail Eir eann to Ratify Treaty Irish Parliament Convenes After yth'e Holidays. . -"-";, (By The Associated Fteas. j . DUBLIN, Jan. 3.. The Dail Eireau . lost no time after recenveuing today fol lowing it holiday reeeaa in plunging a-, . gain into sharp uetmtf on toe Anglo Irish treaty. It had before it once more an order of the day calling for consider ation of both Arthur Griffith's ratifica . , tion motion and Earnma do Vaiera'aal 'tentative pro.Tosala. pt was not general ly thought the debate would run many day longer, many members anticipating a Vote by Thursday nifjbl or Friday. An opponent of the treaty. Art O'Con nor; of tSouth Kildare,- Dail minister of agriculture, opened today 'a debate with an argument that tho treaty was a atop backward and a declaration of belief that the real heart cl too Irish people'! had not changed, despite tho numerous resolutions by various bodies in favor of the pact. O'Connor asserted that the campaign. since the. vau'a aajuurnmeni, una in roality hurt tho treaty, declaring it had been waged by people who ' had never done any good work for the country and were now "howling at us." lie attacked "the Southern Unionists, saying the people of Ireland would have none of them m the Jrislifreo state. O'Connor was interrupted severnj times durinir his address, notably by Michael Collins, who respited his attack j on resolutions favoring the treaty "pass ed by meetings of fanners and other public bodies, Collins called attention to the sufferings of the rural population, whose houses had been burned on all . sides, A review of the attitude taken by the Irish people at large would "seem to in dicate overwhelming sentiment' in favor of ratification of the eompnst. fclineo an1 iiouncement was made, that the treaty had been signed .in London, one hundred and one public bodies ha?e adopted reso lutions iu favor of the treaty and in many cases havo demanded that their representatives in the Dnil F.irennn vote - for it. Five wioro eounty councils Limerick, North Tipperary, Tyrone, Louth and Weford - yesterday added their voices to the chorus approving the treaty, lite unanimity of the fanners on the ones tion is a notable featuro of the demand , for ratification. They have held scores of meetings tcrougnout tho country, ami, without exception, have aairuiod' their support of the pact. This morning 's newspapers Appealed 1 members of tho Dail tq heed the neces sities pf the country, one of them say - ing: "The Dail must decide whether it is a democratic or an latocrntic body." Tho pence agrecnient had been under consideration by the Dail since lVeerti Itor 11, Many members looked for the vote on Thursday night or Friday. Just before tho Dail whs called to or der O bnrz of excitement -was caused by 'tlie distribution of an order of the day similar to tbo one circulated before ad Jjpurnuent, calling for Arthur Griffith's notior for ratification of th,o treaty and liffttXTnn do Valera's alternative propo sal. .'-',. ,Art O'Connor, deputy for South Kil- dare, and Dainl minister, of agriculture, an opponent of the treaty, was Ihe first upeaker at today' session. He argued . . Oiat tlinaji iiifi1rt "hfvttlinrv fit file lhlil ' 4a .ihnnrl th rentr" were men whothe debt should had never doiu anything for the country, Premier Lloyd George, he said. Iiad brok en Irish tinity 'into a spectrum of col ors from extreme purple to extreme red," Tho treaty was a step backward, and not one forward, he a&serted. Michael Collins interrupted the peak er, saying: "The farmers have a right to speak; their houses hrave, been burned all over tho eountry." Mr, O'Connor retorted that many of those who had passed, resolutions Were not fanners. GERMAN FLAG ONCE MORE IS FLYING IN AMEBIC NEW YOKEL, Jan. 3. -Uemunvfi flag today reappeared amonjr those if other nations which fly from the tall buildings of New York's financial and shipping districts. It was -furled from the aamt flagpole, a top Number 11 Broadway from which ft was hauled down in the . spring of 1917, and marked the location of thi rt-eitablisTle consular offices of tha new German republic r or more inan a weec reprewnia tivei of Consul General Karl Lang temporarily charge d'affaires of his Government in Washington had been preparing for a re-opening of the offices, j - I- AND ALUMNI GATHER AT THE ANNUAL BANQUET Principal Addresses Made by Rerr. W. A. Lambeth and Prof. R. L. Flowers Pledg es of Loyalty and Devotion to the old College Mr. J. H. Separk Heads Gaston jVCounty Alumni Association. i . fniuty men and women of Gaston county, some, fifty or more strong, gath ered in annual banquet Tuesday evening at the Country Club, 'as the gucsta of Mr. J . II. Separk, president of the Gas-! ton County Trinity Alumni Association, j Included in the 'veniiig s progmm was a j er more iccehes from Trinity al and visitors, thn romuiiiit i)Mqirr H NR YUM T HHllHU" ?" ,K,,"f uf p'ges of de uviiiiiu iLnu uui 1. 1 , vol inn MAY BE GERMAN'S V -. AMBASSADOR TO U. LOCUL B5NKS PAID GUT $77,500 IN DIVIBENOS : F Oastonia's- banking institutions have mailed out their semi-annual dividend checks, totalling $38,000. The Citizens National Band paid a semi-annual divi dend of six per cent on its capital of $:)O0,000 or $1S,000. The Hrst Nation al Bank paid five per cent en its capital stock of $2.50,000 or $12.!500. The Third National Bank paid threa per cent on its camtnl of. S2.iO.000 or S7.S00 The Gas tou Loan & Trust Co.. pays its dividends April 1st and October 1st. It paid three per cent semi-annually in 1921 on its eapihil stock of S2S.0O0 or S1.500.' The total of bank dividends paid duing 1921 vas $77500. aud loyalty to the old college -Mr, J. H. K'psrk presided and after she invixuttiou by Kev.- H. If. Jordan, Mayor Cherry made a short address I'rof. RolH-rt L. Durham, of Buena Vis j tn, Va., followed nith a talk that was ' WOODMEN TO INSTALL NEW ' OFFICERS THURSDAY NIOHT Providence Cami No. 3S2, N. C. Wood men of the World, met in regular ses sion in their hall on the third floor of the Craig & Wilson,, Building, on Decern lirr 6th, and elected officers for the en slicing year as follows: Consul com mander, Bismarck Capps; adviser -lieutenant W. B. Vickcrs; banker, J, K. IX1 linger; clerk, E. L. Wilson; board of auditors, K. K. Wbitcncr, W. Lyle tJmith and Hoscoe Douglas. The following ap pointments were made ny the consul commander: escort, K. f. Robinson; watchman, R. L. Welch; sentr-, J. D. Smith; camp physician. Dr. R. E. Rhync. Tho officers-elect ill 3e installed at the first meeting night (Thursday night, January 5th, 1922,) whi.-h exercises will lie held jn the new quarters of the camp over the 5 and 10 eent store on Main fctrect. ' All Sovereigns of the other camps in the county,, ami especially all officers, who are in good standing in their respec tive camps and who are in good standing, financially and otherwise wjth tho sov ereign camp, arc invited to be preaeut aud participate in the installation exer cises and to enjoy the smoker which will follow. The camp solicites a full attend ance and assures all who attend that they will enjoy the occasion. WOULD ASK FRANCE TO PAY WAR DEBT. (By The Associated frees. WASHINGTON", Jan. 3. The Ad ministration would ks directed, under a resolution introduced today by Repre sentative Reavis, Republican, Nebraska, to demand re-payment by Frnnee of money loaned to her by the United states during the war. Mr. Kciuris, in a statement, said prompt payment of be insisted upoit be- McMILLIN TAKES BLAME FOR LOSS OF GAME t DALLAS, Tex., Jan. .1. The Centre College football teani today was eu route 1 ack to Danville, Ky smarting under reminiscent of old college days. Ho I dentt IM! Ptifnlnr'v u-fti 1ua tt-linii I Tninty College played football thirty three years ugo, winning the Koiithern rhampiouship. He dineribed in detail tho game in which Fiirman, University was leten 90 to 0. Mr. Dur'iam vas full back on this team, anil Mr. Ktoue wall Durham was quarterback. Inci dentally, it was noted thai Mr. R, I,. Durham made tho first kick-off of mod ern Rugby football sopth of the I'oto nme river. Mr. Durban's seech was closed with an optical to the students and alumni for more, loyalty to tin- in stitution. Tho principal talks of the evening were made by Rev. W. A. Lambeth, jwtstor of Wesley Memorial Methodist ehureo, High l'nint, and I'raf. Robert L. Flowers, of the Trinity College fac ulty. Both i these speeches were above the avrrage and made a deep impression on the bearers. - ( Rev. Mr. Lambeth set forth four principles that should guide tho Trinity CoMego alumnus in his life after be ban left tbo Old colli ire. vir.: Don't fortet. make good, be good and do good. With this epigrammatic text, Mr. Iambeth made a powerful plea to the Trinity men and women in tho Htate, . lon't forget the old college," he said. " Remember her st the stated commencement times, remember the tra ditions that cluster around her, walls, re member tho old Trinity spirit. Make good for fie college's sake." Bo rffi ejent. Uphold the reputation of Trinity mciff yBe frond for the snke of the col lege. "Don't forget tho hallowing influ ances of the college. Do good with your talents and your money. If you make money, don't forget that ,t he old college can 'use a great deal of it to good ad rantagc. " Followipg Mr. lunlxlli, Messrs. 11. B. Oeston and Htonewsll Dnrluim made short talks, after which I'rof. R. L. Flowers, was introduced, Mr. Flowefs made a particularly powerful idea for Trinity to take- the lead in arousing America from the moral depression Into which she had sunk during the last two years. He contrasted the position America held in the eyes of the world during the years of tho war and that oc cupied since thn days of the Armistice. "America has fallen from her high es tate, " be said, "and it is the job of the educated men and women of this coun try to restore her." While Mr. Flow ers did not -any so explicitly, it was evi dent to his audience that he had- refer ence to . tbo refusal of the American coders in the U. H. Hemitc to ratify the s ' "" I If v " ) i t .lit" lk'm M . . HiyMijaM yii J '.JBnfir-ru.u tMI ----- i WHITE HOUSE IS AGAIN SCENE OF A BRILLIANT NEW YEAR'S RECEPTION' REPORT OF ROAD WORK IN GASTON COUNTY FOR 1921 AND THE OUTLOOK FOR 1922 1 County Engineer Struthers' Report Shows Seventy-Six Miles of Clay and Macadam Roads Roads Constructed and Rebuilt and 20 Miles of Hard Surface Read - 45000 Tons of Rock To Be Let - Fourteen New Bridges Built." . Dr. Hermes, according to reports, may be the German Ambassador to tha Unit ed States. Dr. Hermes is the present German Minister of Finance. CHICAGO BANK MERGER MAKES THE FIRM SECOND LARGEST IN AMERICA Doors Thrown Open to Public For First Time in 9 Year- ' Over 6,000 People Attend President and Mrs. Harding j Met and Shook Hands With ' All of Them. I i (Ky Thn Akcm:c4 I'rosO j WASHINGTON". Jan. M. I'rewdent; and Mrs. HirdiiiR threw the White! House doors otcn to the pulilie today' for the first New Yer reception heldi there for nine years. The num!er res-j ponding to the general invitation was of-' ficially etiniiitf.l t 0,500 . in::iiy ofi whom toil fm- hours in n Siting wind and in a sl.iwly inovinir ciiluinu of fours whii h extended for Idocks from the' The following in a report of rowd ! county may le reached with perfect en lVitnvvlviini.-i Avenue ixirtuo. j work done- in Gaston county in li21, to-! in ki ' of weather. , The tVeiideid nnd Mrs llar.liiiu met f .i.. . :i, . c..m e t. ,.!' Hard Surface Roadi, .. I.. i- . - " - I- Tim ( 1,,.r.vill,..U..a,,.. . I posed for 19L'2, ns submitteil by County (iiii leted 1.7 in ilex. , Kngineer titruthers to the lioard of eom- National Highway completed Lowell niisHionerw at their regular January ' Gastonia 4.0 miles. meenting Monday: T1T-r"a',' "' i' milX- 1C frtt wi,k' : and 2 miles IS feet wide. - Mr. Chairman nnd membeis of the t.'oun-i New Hope road widened from 9 to ty Hoard of Oominissiom rn of Gas-' ,s feet (!a donia to Ortheopedie Hospital 1 n ...:l... ton County: I wihh to submit 1o your board the following compiled report of new work done on the County roads of Gaston County and work done iu connection with tln construction of mads in thin Continental and Commercial Bank Absorbs the Fort Dear born Interests, Making the Institution the Largest West of New York and Second Biggest in Country. (By The Associated Prcss.i CHICAOO, dan. .'!. The Continental and Commercial National l!;mk aud 'lie Continental nnd Coiniliercial Trust and Savings Hank today formed tho second largest banking institution in the I.'uited States and the largest west of New Vork through ulmoridiou of the Fort Iearlorn National Hnnk and its affiliated iimlitu- Mine and shook liaiiiU with nil, a physical feat of no mean magnitude mid one from which they showed more than s few signs of strain at four o'clock when the last perxiiii in the line had passed. The nffieial section rrns received from Jl to l o Hoik, aiiit there were approxi mately L'.'too participating in it. tinny and navy olliicit, and the higher otticials of the government establishments. The brilliant uniforms nnd gala dress kept the big state rooms of th White Houw.' full of color while tlu curving drive ways were jammed with automobiles. The numbers were swelled by the delegates ami attendants upon -the nrmt confer ence, nil tcNplciidcut in nrde.; mi l decor ations. "Keep Vour Hand, In Sight' ' The gates of tho White llousn enclos ure were swung hack nt 2 o'clock for the public to enter and, led by the incvi tuble small boy, the head of a long col umn which had dared the Junuary j breeze swept forward to the pillared eu- trance. A red coated marine orchestra, divided iu two sections sn-tlmt by ulter , tinting eonliiniiniK music, could be iniiin- t niiicd, began its program ps tho proces sion moved up. j he big doors were prop ped buck and for two hours the moving mass moved through the massive en trance, its individual units digging un der the combined stimulus of tho music end the cohl. Secret service men, ushers and gold corded military' aides cut the quadruple lowtt to singlo file, onco it was with- i.h units. Kanlo -Spencer Mountain road, 16 feet with' H,!) miles. Horn! rebuilt Cnmerlow, .0 miles 29 feet wide and : miles IS to M f eel -wide. Muv ti.v. ,,,!, (t it. .p.. t v,..,., u. . .ri..., "'" i aii.l iK'vond i) mile noHr.i Tor Tiie year ending itecemneri '""'"-' i (l -foetylvtde. completed, Miialonco The county is divided into six town-1 will he eiTTupleted next spring.) ' -ships and each township has n road: Through town of tlierrj-ville .".! miles, supervisor in order to facilitate the! 30 feet wide, J (1,1100 square yards eom hiindling of work in each township and plete. Balance will be coinidetjMl in also no that ench township iniiy have ni spring, making a total of hsrd surface supervisor to supervise nnd maintain the' roads constructed during 1!'J1 of . 20.115 Cbcrryville to county lint' .H mils. roads in the immediate vieihlty in such miles. n manner that any road desired in a cer-j Rock Crushed by the County tion, the Fort Denrburn Trust and Sav- in the entrance. I'tider their insistent ings linnk, tliHt action averting w!uit was instrmtioiis to "keep your hands in described as the most s-rious difficulty sight " many develnpcd a tendency to put which hnd threatened Chicago's Jliiiiu j both hands out in front above the waist cial district in 16 years. line and hold them there. Uniformed The merger was announced late last i police meanwhile coiuImM the eolumu out- cnuse France has indicated her intention j League of Nationn Covenant and lead of expending "large, sums of money on i t'le world to a uiiiverwil peace. Mr. t lowers paid high tribute to Dr increased naval arninmeiit. " WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. rXaval ex perts of the arms conference delegations continued tody, their study of technical details remaining to be settled in con nection with the naval limitation agree ment, while other naval and fur cs stern questions formed the subject of informal conferences for many of tho delegates. Final adjustment of thn limitation a greemcnt was still looked for by tho end of the week. In the Far Eastern field there was also another meeting today for the sub-committee appointed to formu late a new tariff program for China. The comparative lull in activities of its only defeat of the season, a 22 to 14 tomcrenec pros-r servea 10 noi.i in loss yestcrdnv- to Texas A. & M. Col- prominence today the charges of the un lege. The result of the game iipKct oil! offieisl delegation from the lar Lastcro liredictions. The Textrs team had suffer cd but one defeat this season,. by Louisi ana State. University, but it was thought 'ntre would lead by about 20 points. yharlio Morau, head coach of the Cen tre team, said that "hod we been in the i.nmo shape as we were for the Harvard game I am confident we would have "Bo" McJIUlin, hero of the Ilarvard Centre same, who played Lis last game jin a Centre uniform yesterday, finished ids eareer s prcat a sportsman as - ever, Morau saiL "McMillm came to trie after the game and said wintdnz to take credit for losing this one. IT was all my foult'i' , i MeMilliu took with him Lack to Dan ville his brftle, formerly Miss Marif Meiers, whoflj he inaTried in Forth Worth yesterday. Next seasou MeMilliu will t pnch at the Centenary College, of fcdirevepurt. ' republic, at Chita of a secret understand ing between the French and Japanese governments wherein the former had a freed to support Japanese aims for a protectorate over Siberia. Concurrent ly, wtfq a formal am .on i.-b",J ni'inpi or nark Gaston, "J. A. Smith, too authenticity or trie documents pur- Weir, J. i. IeiK'r F. 1 l'lato Durham, who has just rwcntly closed a wonderful series of evangelistic services on the Trinity cumpiis. Other short talks wero mado by I'rof. W. 1'. Grier, a gwnt of the evening, J . Mack Hol land, Rev. A. L. Stanford, W. G. Gas ton, J, W. Atkins, Rev. II. H. Jordan-and Miss Margaret Durham. At a business meeting, Mr. J. II. Se park was elected president of the local night after an all-day session of the Chi cago Clearing House Association and ruling financiers, the Continental nod "nmercinl Institution agreeing to ns s.. . 'labilities of irt(i,0ii(i,o(i(l . T h e libtol .on placed combined deposits of the four banking institutions nt more than 40i,U(i(,0Q0 and total resources nt a figure greater th.iu if.)2",ii(Mi,(Hio. Difficulties of the Fort Dearborn prop erties were attributed Ci over-extension of credits. "Owing to I ie over-ex tended condition of Kdvarl Tilden K Co. (chief stockholders of the Fort Dearborn organizations! and Mime re cently mado loans and invest moats which proved to be bad and entailed heavy losses, it was found on examination of the two fott Donrbon banks by the Chicago Clearing Douse examiners that the capital of both luniks had beiu ini riflireil ft h ulnliimiint l.t- l.it..ju 1!' Fm-iTfitl. i-ti;iirni'iti of tlie C'i!i-! I t.Mir. ing House committee. The clearing house banks guai;:ntc-d the Continental and Cemmercial against possible losses to the extent, uf 2..'in.. 000, and the Fort Dearborn stockhold ers made a further guaranty of t .."oi t, . Odd. In this addition there, is a capital, mile for cameras, relentlessly relieving ! their bearers or taking the boxes away j lor deposit. I The priHidenlial party stood in the . oval blue room just out of hearing of the orchestra and the visitors passed at the i rate of Jin or 40 a minute. ' This speed was attained through th.i insistent pros I sure of alc and attaches, and the I'resl , dent and .Mrs. Harding rose to the oc j casion, meeting the physical test practi i i-all.v without flagging. The crowd was I thoroughly cosmopolitan, representative of many races and nationalities. The I childr. n, of whom there were funny, were ! given special attention. tain vicinity or any road thtit needs re pair in a certain vicinity has a man whose sole duty it is to take care of these projects. The work will be taken up ns follows: by townships, hnrd snrfaio highways built iu the County, crushing of stone for the construction and maintenance of highways, work contracted for to be I- lot the Construction of Hard-Surf ac Roads. Hock crushed nt large Plant on tho Seaboard near Mjunt Holly, :10,000 tons or 7.15 car Ion Is. , Rock crushed on the Mount Holly. I.iiieolntim road 11,000 tons . . Hock crushed from quarrv near Mc Adenville 1.1,000 tons.. Total amount of rock crushed for the built during tho ensuing year and sur-J construction of roads in Gaston County yys mane ami pmns neing prepared m, uy imstou vounty Tones is 48,000 tons, contract for work in 1922. a resume of' ontraet hits been awarded to the the wok being done n our eounty and, Kimmot.s Omatruction Company of A eontempla ed to lie done by the Htatei ninrtte for the construction of a road Highway lepartmen!. j known as the Union road from the eor- The new roads built in the townshipsj poiate limits of GustonU to tho forks hnve In-en ciiy roads with top soil and of the road, a distance of 5 L4 miles, besides building new ronds, all drainage,) Tho eontrnvtor is mnkln.fr his 'prerars I ridges, conduits nnd everything tier! tions now unit 'will Is-gin actual work tnining to tho construction of a ncwi the 2nd day of Jnmiry. This road road has lx-cn done, as well un the main-I will be constructed' of nsphnltU! eonerete, tt-nance nnd upseep nnd repnir of all topeks mix, on n reconstructed bns ' bridge structures in the said townships., A contract for the construction of the The average width of top soil ronds built Dallas l'nysour Mountain rood will be ' in the eounty is 24 feet. The hard wir-j awarded on the lird day of. January, face roads built by county forces Imvoi This rond is ft.l miles long. Surreys Imiii of an asphalt ie wearing surface. I have been made nnd plans bciir pre South Point Township. ! ared for advertising for bids to let by Working over 2.3 miles of old mo- 'ontrait tho Stanley Creek road, the endam rond from llelinoiit to the Houthl ew Hone.roud nnd the Linwood College Fork bridge. roiid and it is our plans to have all of , Working over 2.(1 miles of old ma - these roads ' contructed for as aoon as V ' cadam on tho New Hope road. j possible and the construction completed, i. (luring tlie ( 'i.hqI i iii ti.n uf li k'l.lle k'. v niiit i 111 r I ULT the ensiiimr venr. Thn Mtntn t Hello, dearie" the President said to , i.,,,,,,,,. Artii.tromr rnu,l 1 ii'n,ile ' ! Hichwav Commission hn mnr thnn 3.4? one tot who was passing ou a paternal j ).;, pumeron to South' Carolina line completed she road from Oastonia to Dab1 shonldet. ! ...den ' ' las. This road Is nn nsnlmltie ennerelo ' Four Little Neroei In Line. ' The next moment, the ilickeriug liuej disclosed four small uetfroi's marshaled al.end of tbr if mother. j " Why look who's here, "the .president. , exclaimed as he bent over and smiled alutanl association, W. G. Gaston, icc- j t reet s under heavy polii-e guard presaicni, nnu j . .xiack iioiinml secre tary.' It was voted that these meetings should be held annually. Those, present were ns follows: -Miss Margaret Dnriiam, .Iiss Evelyn Reade, Miss Martha Wiggins. Cecil Cornwall, Charlie Jordan, J. M. Sloan, ( Tidal of 5.1 miles old macadam road b'I'eka mix on a concrete base. Thci worked over and 7.. miles of new road contrai t has been awarded for the eon const rtteted. All ? drainage completed strortion of tho Oastonia to Bessemer ? also. ' I City to Cleveland County line project. River Bend Township. land the contractors ore now making Const ruction of the Perfection Mills ; p''''i" preparatory to going to work. The. into Vhe. Hashing teeth and rolliifg eyes to Mo llo brick yard, Delruoiit Junction survey of the Dullus-High Shoals to Lin tlait were fweeping by. "How are you' road 1.5 miles. j ro,n County lino project is complete and . yoVngstcrs.'" Construction of (ilover ro'id 2.0 miles, j the contnut will be awarded shortly. ? , Mrs. Harding smiled and addisl a' One bridge with concrete abutment on ': Respect fully submitted. tde ! ..r.l l.n-., ,i i.,.,., .i.;i.. i DAVID I.. HTRlTTIIKRit' ' . ... 1 ,,,.,., ii-, .MIIIU fin: ' Miai lllll'li ....... ... . . t. Z . I? " w ! Sll C ."l'l'n,v, "O'hkly developed eflicient swing of Construction of Old Providence road' fiarton Couniy Highway Lngineer.. tmateb .S,.l(.U,00.). f h- ( li,i, ;,l ; ,M,r ri(,lt rm ,, B,I0,,k.r w-lleh ftood ;t.O miles. . - ti.7 'V.u ..' ' .' : the nt mi n us well as the Pn-sident 'a golf Hxteiided Lucia road from hard ' w I 7 .'"""' 71" i develope.l mils. les. f;,er- to t.'ounty line 2.0 miles, tut ions. Work of mov.ni; the For ti. i i ....:..ti.. ... ,., . ... iv.....k, . , , ., . , i i" "re- i.i-n-i kichi.i ioi in pei- t onsiruciiou .vie.Mienvu c 10 .hi. iioiiv Ih-arliorn banks to the .(mtinei,t.il was .. 1r,i,.r lknmh t, '.I! - - ..... i.,viit on-,, jimu ...'7 joitei. thrnco to the street, there being never: Total of 10." miles ned road, 2 bridges an interruption or a moment of eont'u j one with i-oncrote lint mint. DaUas Township. Only oifasionally did the Prisidcnt dis ' Construction of Clotiigel road 3.0 eoer a personal aeniniintniire ih the, miles. O.'i i clerks started late last nighl . started late last niirit, news of and employes and lleets of trucks and taxicnbs working in bright Iv 'lighted Jr., W.-K. MeAner. F. W. Fink, F. A, Wbltesldcs. II . B. Gaston, II. K. Jorden, J. O. Durham. J. W. Smoot. J. H. St nark. A. L. Stanford. W. M. Bobbins, W. G. Gaston, Giles Deal, F. hdwlii Rocket t, W. K. Wortman, W. II. M. Rockett, porting to embrace tlie understanding ; C, D, Gray. IV. H. Tarker. S. J. Dur romiiiiiiiicated yesterday to Secretary ham, It. G. Cherry, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes, as ehainnan of.lV 4-onferencr iTlaude Moser, J , Mack Holland, R. L. by M. Cnrraut, he-id of the FrctuM de'y-) Durbmn, Rev. 11. H. Jordan. J. W. gatlou, declaration was niade by Dttris j At kins J. L. Real, J. L. Grav, Geo. F. Skvirtiky, a memlier of the Chita del ) A . Gr.iy, W. I Grier, R. A. J?aycr, egation, that additional documents,-which j iiu Hngh A. Query. pi,-. a. v, , n mint HV fr- . I PC clearing house committee iinesti gated the Drovers' National Dank and the Drovers' Trust and Savings Hunk in which Kdward 1 ilditi 4 Co. is inter ested, and announced that those banks were solvent . All the banking institutions represent ing the Tilden interests resigned and their places were tadcmi by Henry' M. Dawes, .1. P. Oljnn, Ah-xaiindcr Pole ertson. G. F. Sxift, Jr., and Henry A'eeder. A special isnemitter r.as pointed to take c.ire of the Knglewood state bonk, also a Tilden institution. In IjiSnlle street Saturday the Dear born National stock was quote. I t hah a share, rifej none offered, end the state banks stock t SIM, a share. IMPROVED CONDITIONS FOR ALIENS AT ELLIS WW Vi-irjlt' t.. ! . n: ..i. i: 'Have tsi-n given credit fori mmcnts on the .ubjeet, was in the tile. -"STRONG TEAMS ARE ,in'K uAmiminn ,' th' l nitcd' States will many Rames for Centre. I wantlef gnvernnirnt.. I STILL JJNDEFEATED jn future enjoy ...proved eond.tions 'Bv Tho Asoetatel Proai.i j while waiting at Kllis Island. liecoin- I'ASADENA, Calif., Jau. 3. Both mendntions made by the davisr.rv com- i throng one beitiw Urbarti Ledoux, whose ! ii' livities in connection with unemploy- meat, and other activities have been fre quently noted. To him the president i gavs a cheery ;;retring. - As the line ran out to extinction Mrs. . Harding beckoned forward the bpwv i paper correspondents, greeting them ! cheerfully b'tt announcing that she was structed re.iriy to go home. i The Whit House reception was not j tie' only ono held in Washington today. When the Preside.it received the public ! the Vice President nnd Mr. Coolidgc' I were at home to several hundred gucst, 1 while cabinet officials were at home to; their orticial assis-iates and friends. Sec- j retary an.l Mrs. Hughes gave ii break i fast tn the dii'loinatie corps st the Pan Ainprii-sn Union building at 12 : 30 p. m., 1 while Secretaries Weeks, Denby, Wal lace and Hooter' received at their homes. 1.1 Mr,. Skvirsky suggested that ' fhise diK'uments le insjieeled by a duly ac; credited representative of the American government, so that the it-suits might be made known to the conference when it takes up consideration of Siberian problems. . )r ' BANDITS MAKE ESCAPE FROM POLICE STATION fBy loo Aseociatoa fret.; BINGHAMTON, X. Y.. Jnn. 3. iasl..n,fton and Jrfw. Colleg and j "'. rammwwr gwral of immurra.; Kin, intoxi.3n,, ,, flin,.Bti011 of ,e I iliversity oM:allfonda. which lCTt-j havo U;en nlopted and will be put apt.roxiinatelv 2.O.H. eas, s of liquor, cd here yesterday 1, a scoreless tie. to- nto rM immi.icdu.tely. Ch.ldren will J,.,, h :ffort f r , , 1,,!llell,rs. still undefeated, 1M football te ams of j nnftee appointed recently bv W the tied day wen rerupetatiiig fvm the annual East-West clasi. The -Washington, and Jefferson war riors will start lck to Washington, Prna., ThuTlay. Coach Neale, of the Presidents, and W. Hits 117 LIQUOR AUTOMOBILES CAPTURED IN 1921 KOl'fthS POINT. N. V.. Jan. .1. I Seizure of 117 liipior laden automobiles I and eightm u horse drawn vehicles loud w given imp rove, i oonners. arid immi-1. . it: . . - .... -t . K""!":"br K,V' ta;rr.,a'"',I" fr l.reak up the illegal liouor Ira flic from j Canada during li'2l. Pistol" battles Ix-lwern ffKth'ggers friends nnil rela- commnnicnling with tnes in 1his country. Persons delmrrol from the ce.intrv will i . w: :. . i . . ..i e . . ,i.. a : have the tlipoMtion of their eases ei ! ,l , , .r ti ',.. a. "ROYAL PALM" LIMITED ' DERAILED NEAR MACON MACON", GA Jan. S. The north lim.l Pnu, 1.,1... ' n Ks.i,t !uM-tt ll.ll.i 11. I 1!- - 1 ai . .1- . fi...i. :.L r .1 . t ..... I..l 1 . .. I .. 1... , I . - -"" -iiiir uanuiis ra-afiru iroin rue poiu-c 1 v warn rmun, 01 uiem-ars, made VTlvl 1 "- iw mns aim i iiiM-res..i lrieuns.- ... i:, ; , i.j, ,.,...: , u.i' sinter rnnrki rin which left her . .(!..,. .1 i... . . .. .u- - i. .. JT . , 1 1;,... :n , :.. 4u .... i, rr"' "1"0r I" ir psssessiotl, n iw . - - - " m . ..... iwm, aii'l iviiimoimii ii'- inun VI on' (ami;; - -j ... .... .11,.,,,- in- uruiu- . .Lj.rilw..l rfli..ii.U i. aud gave' up their supplies j without a strut!;"'. - ........ I , - - -- ' ........... il,, j U't tl comments of the result of the game: ( Aliens will not in the future lie detain-' rv p , '"I am entirely satisfied with the show- i the Kllis IslnrM Jurges, but in rm- 4JIH.', j, ing my men made" said Neale. "If Piodious quarters In the main huildinj ji),,,, a tins morning at o:.vi, was derailed at; pistol Iwittle. Th" men wa re arrested in t Juliette, S.i miles north or Aiacon. a motor car for failing to account fori Light cars 4r ft the track and remain-: its ownership. Af the polb-e station i I hey. hnd had- a few more breaks titey ; ,M-re. ru in an npngnr pomtioo. iaiorma- ttir-y-Trfused to answer iiestnn. luick-j would have won. .The work of some of tion obtained is that tlie tram, whudijed a deputy against Ihe wall at the j the'onVials ws far from sntisfaclorv ! was running slowly at tho thne, hit a point of pistol and fle.1. As they to m." 7 . " j broken rail. No one was injured. (were driving away officers opened fire! "My men put everything ther had in-1 A Jsoiuaern paswnger trains btwcen on them. Later the ear was fraud a-1 to the game," said Smith, "but coulJ 1 THE WEATHER Alexis Dallas road (i.O miles. llarden-IIigh Shoals rond 1 .'-.") miles. Harden Itig Shoals road .7." miles. John Quinti road rond .5 niilc. Jenkins road miles. Sherman Robinson road 2.0 miles. Worked over 6 miles old macadam. Total of 1.1.7,5 miles ue-.v road con ." bridges. Cherrrville Township. Dave Crsft road 1.. 2.5 miles. Thomson Mi-Gin this road 1.23 miles. Gii St roup rood 1.0 tnilrs. Trvon School hoii road 2.0 miles. Nen I rond 1.0 miles. Gray Rock rosd 2..5 mile completed. The remainder of road will bo completed during January. Hh.ck Kock School houso road miles. Total' o." 10.1 miles. 2 bridges. Oastonia Township. Rajran road, 2..5miles. Ferguson rood .7.5 miles. Thou. Sparrow road 1.0 mi'ei. -Little Mountain road 4.0 miW Long Creek road, Modena Millji Iai io s 2.0 miles. TotoL of 1.1.2.5 miles new rond, bridge. Crowders Mountain Township. Completed road : Bi'ssomer City miles. .; Maggie Gamble rojil .1.0 miles. 5 , Craig Dameron road 2.0 iidlcs. - ' 4 Price Iavi. road 2.0 miles, Jim Wei and Boyeo McGiK rwid 2..5 miles. , j Total 10 miles new road, 4 brides, 3j with concrete abutments. - j ; Making a totsl of 6-5.1 miles -of newi t top soil roads bniit in the tewuships, H; t .iiriiigrs ami 11.1 miles Ol Old macs- "iir-i GOVERNOR SPROUL MAY I SUCCEED LATE PENROSE (By Tho Associated Press.) . WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. Tredic tiu that (Jovel-nor Sproul, of Pennsylva-l ntn, would within IS hours announce his intention of resigning to accept appoint ment nk United State Senator ito sue-.' I reed the late Holes Penrose, was made to 1 day by Senator Wntson, Of Indiana, one I of the republican lenders o ftho State, j after a cull at thei. White House, j Senator Watson said he had been ir I ( onveisation witli the Pennsylvania Gov crnor several times over- the telephdnn ! during the last t'ewr days and in thai his. opinion the matter was practically dc .idel. t . The pariicuisr reason which induee-f the Senate republican organisation to urge speed in filling tho vacancy left by" -1 Senator Pcnroso's death is understood ! to be the .approaching tote in the Ford j Newberry election contest. Senator Watson said today that the vote prob- ' ably would lie close. " Governor Sproul would succeed to-the-seat of Senator Pero bv the process I of resinning ns Governor and taking an appointment ti tho Senate at the hands of the presfut Lieutenant Governor, who , would succeed to the Governorship. ; - llARRlsnURO, PA., Jan. 3. Fif teen minutes before the Watson pnsdie i tion came from Washington that Gover' j J nor Sproul woul succeed Doies Peorose nsi United States Senator, the Governor J told newspaper men he hnd not yet made np his mind as to wlmt he would do re : garding the. Penrose succession, "- It is J kmrwn that strong iiressure ha hesn, i brought to Isar on the Governor to take ! lenator PenTOjo's place liiirj:iiiatcly - and equally strong representations have i been, made to him by other friends to make a temporary nppoinlnicut and be a ' i candidal. later in the year. FLOOD WARNING. ; fBy Cho AssociatoJ J'ress.) . All rei-' t.i,r'i.'i of POUND LOAF IS iUtu rUK J UnlSMm worked over. 'beside keeping . in 1'HoKNfX, ARIZ., jau. " NEW-YORK, Jan. 3. For the first good sHapc and reoair all of the oresent I dpnts nf th nortiiw.st. M, '-i. ' ' J iiiwf ainre the pound loaf of bread; top soil roads in the respective town-f phoenix were notified by : Atlanta and Macon r Mnfi defonred bnndoned at Tiagh-v, pa with Kullet not renrtrate the F-tcnurs strrfD7d."Li.- S , " -u v"i ' was so.. 1 lor 11 v, ccuts or on y snips, these roads have been inspected j offieo and police deprtm.-n. r the Central of Georgia Railroad. I bole, iu it. " ' M WpTtte JLreM ' - " I tit wtM- "J warmer Pn uttion-id,. rl.au. More organic- and all fonnd U l- in ood .onditio.r to u-ave their hoim-s I,,,,- - . - - "Oly rain. , . tion. - and I iuie it tne thnt anv noint in th)' trnr fl.n,l o.iter. r, , 1 . earlv ! j 4