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VOL. XLIII. NO. 13.
GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 16, 1922.
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QA2ETTE
GOVERNOR, BEATEN BY
HIGHWAY COMMISSION,
IS TO SEE MR; HOOVER
Squabble Over Distribution of
Federal Aid Money ' Cause
Gorernor to Visit Hoover
Will Give His Views on Fed
eral Aid Page May Be
. There, Too.
(By W. T. Bost, lii Grevnsboro News.)
RALEIGH. Jan. IS. Beaten by a
highway eommisioit which lie named, !
Governor Morrison ia going to Wash
ington this week to lay the federal aid
view of the executive before Herbert
Hoover, if the news arising in Hulcigh
and coining out of Washington is correct.
Federal aid disagreement is tho trouble
The governor swearing before his
creature Wednesday after Kx'-C'ongress-
man K. N. Hackett hud presented tho j
(same question before the commission,,
found only Commissioner W. A. Hart, of
Kdgceombe in part agreement with him.
Mr. Hart made n motion 1 fori the .
commission embodying something of tho ;
views of Governor Mjrrison, but thesj
connmssion was dead against any such ,
division of federal funds as Mr. Haekett,:
backed by Oovernpr Morrison, proposed, i
Tho state this year lias $1,700,000 1 . :rrr
coming from the national government. I " "
at, s-si-ssr :::prikgess marvs wedding
tionment is made on a basis of popula
tion, area anil road mileage. It win
Governor Morrison's propositi that the
Jefferiwn.Wilko.boro road pet
ML WIC 1 Ullit, WW
far western turnpike
the remotest counties
running thro, in
into Georgia get 5(Kl,0O and that Cur
rituck Hound him Llizfibeth City eonncc-i
tion be established at a cost of the other!
.00,0t)0. This concentration of the!, LON HON. Jan . Hi. Princess Mary's
fund and disruption cf the highway com-j wedding gown is to be of elot'i of silver,
mission's plan brought the executive' of mngmiiei-ut design. The material
and the commission iuto tin ir first sharp was brought by the Queen from India
disagreement. The governor knew he i Home years ngn, and is descrivbed lis a
was beaten here but he said that he did triumph of native manufacture,
not know whether he was beaten fori The die s will have a train of ivory
good and nil. Nobody coupled the
gestion with tho Washington trip..- en
When he gets to Mr. Hoover's ciflicc.nu.
tho chances very much favor Mr. Ilnov-'ter
it's directing him to Secretary ulluciy been passed down from generation to
of the department of agriculture. When j generation . Si great is the care taken
ho gets there it is understood, that! in the manufacture of tiiis material that
Chairman Frank Pago will also be in only a few in-hi s are finished each day.
Washington on his return from Chicago.1 The train is expected to be ready soon.
It is known in Mato circles that Cover-jam) it will then be placed in the hands
or Morrison taxes Chairman Page with of the embroiders.
most of the work done by the commission.; Manv S4.i1llm.j, r-(r ,,,,. .(, wedding
That is most natural. -Mr. Page never , ,,-iUh , ,.,, king's .laughter are afoot,
was and never will be a go-down-tlic-: T,M, j ori M.1V(. ,lf j,,,,,,),,,, js opening a
liner. He was originally appointed b.V ,,,,, i)r rull(l fr f, purpose, with con
(lovernor Biekett. who named him on the j tri,utiuN limit,..) to on- pound sterling,
endorsement of Will N. Kverett, of Rich-, i,;lll0r ),.,,,;, tiut Viscount Lasccih-s
inond couuty. and tfenutor Dob Hums, of jfln(( ,,u r(V!l, ,irill(, 1;1V SH,,1( f
Mooro county, both of whom vouched , tl(.ir ),(1,lovmoll ilt the beautiful villa
for .his itneomman ability. These wero'w .,. i..:,,,.,,,,, ....,. vinreiice. Italv.
the only voices lifted up for Page
there
we"r 5,000 for Plige'a opponent.
The commission stands by its chair
man. He bus a pheuomeiial hold on it j
because he lets George do no work thatj
the chairman should do. lie is in great i
a stranger to pressure us was old Crov-j
er lleveland, and the sheriff never felt:
it. He has u powerful will, but he domi
nates by knowledge. Neither geography!
nor history saws any ice with Page. The,
two counties which furnished an endorser I
each, liis own and adjoining county, i
Richmond, huve been the beneficiaries of,
no filial and no neighlsrly legislation.!
Kahmond hus been willing to wait ai
Mooro .already has 'em. Die co;;iniis-
sion dotes on Page and the Republican MIAMI,
members know that politics could not fj,..,.-OI1 (pl
be played if anybody on the commission j j (, ,
uesireii to tune a uaim ai such a k"11
so long as Page presides.
Ho it bus become a w.rt of scrap be
tween the governor and Mr. Page. The
commission did its level best to keep
down aud publicity of the disagreement
with the governor, but he asked to be set
straight before the public, and he ghvoi
n his reason for asking the centraliza
tion of the fund in these three districts
that they have long been orphaned from
the mother, have been ignored in the divi
sion of the fund that was first alloted
them in 1!19, and that when the pres
ent 1,700,000 is apportioned there will
have been about 6,KO,lH),0fill, all of
which has been put 'into the larger
counties.
One Is Mecklenburg.
He adverts to tho Charlotte Harris
burg road, which is a portion of a feder
al aid and state et retch. .The Raleigh
Cary is another, and be gives these as
examplea of tho advantage taken of
smaller counties. In his campaign he
pledged himself to do something for the
forgotten sections which know they are
in North Carolina only by their tax re
ceipts and their military records, he de-
cla res.
Of course, the cliff fferenee is radical. j "T " K ': '
Tho commission reads the law to meanj81"1 Mechaeiciuu Smith.
that if thw fcleral fund is centralized ; PMTirAnv,tt Nrvj r.niTtII.T
f,,nd nrmortloncvl by the stat- for fOINCARE S NEW CABINET
II" .ii,;.... In nhiet. sni-h ennePl.terimr
I. -,.i.t.l t,i noirt . . must nf necesi-1
;c I Si, mirl withilrawii. Any other nr-
rangemcnt would be giving what the com
mission regards nn indefensible advan
tage. Oovernor Morrison's going to
Washington sharpens this- disagreement.
He evidently will appeal direc t to Caesar,
but One of the subjects may be there to
join issues with him.
SOLDIERS ATTEND I
SERVICES IN A BODY, j
The liieinlxrs of the Hiwitzer Com-
pany, l-0th X. C. Infantry,, of which j
Cap't. S. H. Dollcy is commandant, were
held under orders in Hie armory irom
4
p. in. Saturday to p. m. ocunay ior
a period of drill, guard duty and iu
Htrnrtinu. At 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing the company attended nervier otthe t
West Avenue rroiOytenan ciiurrn in n
body ami heard a-niost excellent sermon
bv the pastor. Rev.; Kosuell t 1-ong.
l-.in nf flu. lih-.il ims-t
of the American Legion, and is said to t
1 the bn!r minister iu the county who
saw actual service during tho late war.
He enlisted as a private and as later
commissioned aa a chaplain.
Street Car Strike Ties Up
Traffic In Virginia Cities;
Thousands Walk To Work
Motormen and Conductors of Virginia Railway
and Power Company Went Out on Strike at
Midnight - No Violence Attempted.
100,000 ALREADY APPLY FOR
TICKETS TO PASSION- PLAY
OBERAMMERGAU, GERMANY,
Dec. 28. One hundred thousand or
more visitors already have applied
for tickets to the Passion Play to be
staged next summer, from May to
September.
At soon as it was definitely known
the play would be performed this
year, prices here were advanced enor
mously end there was apparent a
tendency to hoard everything possi
ble again-t the day when the ''rich
foreigners," came. The Passion
Play committee has taken this situa
tion in hand and will issue price lists
and seek with all energy to avoid any
"profiteering."
GOWN TO BE GORGEOUS
j will Be Made of Cloth of Silver
Brought From India Wea
vers Are Taking Especial
Care With Material.
sug-jsiik. shot with silver, which is being wov
by handworkers at Hrainfree, Kssex,
edd Ki'glish silk manuf.'K Hiring ceii
, where flic art of silk weaving has
The villa belongs to a cousin of the
bridegroom, I.udy Sibyl Scott, wlioi-e
first husband v. us the lute P.ayard Cut
ting, at one time secretary to the L'nited
Kt:tcs embassy in London.
LOST PLANE HAS ARRIVED
AT ISLAND OF,BIMINI.
WASHINGTON, Jan. lti. T h e
commercial seaplan", reported lost off
the east coast of Florida, has arrived at
the island of Himini, south of the li.i
haina . 'according to a report received by
the Navy Department. Naval orders
directing Vi'xdmscrs to search for the
i aerial crui.ser have been rescinded.
Flu.. Jan. Hi. While veri
wireless messages received
lling of the finding at Him-
j,,;
island in the Bahama grottp, of
the lust airplane which put out from Mi
ami last Friday afti rnom v ith five per
nis aboard, is yet lacking, local offi
cials of the airplane company are confi
dent that the plane has been found and
that all aboard are safe.
An airplane was sent out at !l:.'.0 this
morning for P.imini to veiify the wire
less report, and this plane is expected
back bv no in.
In the meantime radio operators are
trying to get in communication with the
Hritish crui.ser Constance, which relay
ed last night 's report, in an effort to
get definite information.
Tile wireless received last nigh!
laved by th- British cruiser stated
the airplane Columbus had found
. re
that the
had
i lost tlii rs off Andros Island, and
i taken th-in to Himini .
Howe ver, the wireless failed to ideiiti
1 f.v th" passengers, aud there is sr.me
j doubt as to whether the e picked up bv
: the Columbus
are the ne ti who lef
Mi-
' ami .
j Those aboard the airplane wi i :
I F. Kahn and II. C. Cre.udiiv,
Montgomery, Ala., Clinton Le i) o
Mo.-e
d, of
' J .... I . li . ; . it- ii ii
WENT INTO POWER TODAY
-Al(lS. .Ian. Ih. I lie new ( ..I nn
uu"' r 'oni roincare wen: into pi.w
or today with the publication ia the of
ficial Journal of PJ presidential dei rres,
one for each minister and under secreta
ry of State.
Alhvrt Sarraut will be decreed minis
ter of colonies, the post ho held in the
Hriand Cabinet, when his acceptance, is
received from Washington .
Washington. Jan. 1H. The American
Government has notified Cuba that she
may negotiate a loan of o.(in0,000 in
Hie United States, but that the conrlu-
mim oi me iurtiur loan of f.Ki.ttOii.tMK)
sion of the
suggested by Cuba will dcin-n.1 uooii the t
ability of the island authorities to re-1
iuc- jurincr ine lu tan Puilu-et it -nu
said today nt the State Department
i
Shiffield, A'a.,"Jan. 16. A revised j
I'roosni or flic ctvport Shipbuilding
Company, of Wll
"'least' and operation of g
government i
properties at Muscle Shoals, will J. i
ma.lc shortly, Frederick Engstrum, pres
ident of tho company, announced . here
today; f
! (Bv The Associated Frew.) i
l RICHMOND, VA., Jan. 16. Only a
! few street tars were Wing operated on '
the main local lines- of the Virginia Rail
way and Power Company today follow-!
ing the strike of its motormcti, eonduc-j
tors and shopinenf at 1- o'clock last j
night. Many of the'strikers were placed
iu charge of jitneys and are oierating
them along nearly all roufes" traversed !
by the traction company's lines.
Despite the fact that jitneys were
Is-ing operated both in the city and su- j
burbs, thousands wnlftTtl to work this:
morning, ami the street cars that did
move curried lew passe nger, The L-l- I
Jll will tippiic. h-?m niii iiiiii mi- niiinr
wuuld begin nt midnight and most per
nays arose early iu. order th it they might
be at their posts on time. Policemen'
were station' I at the car barns early
this morning to afford protection to
men placed in charge of the street curs.
There were no attempts at violence to-,
vard the few street cars that moved
slowly along Alain and Uroad streets'
early todiy. Certain sections of these!
streets were crowded with jitneys.
A second conference between M'rikcrs'
ami lubur leaders was hcM this morn ing
at nine o'clock. It was reported by hi-1
lior leaders early today that the men
would not again seek a conference with
the traction company officers and that J
any further attempt to adjust matters j
must lie made by Cue company. The j
men are striking against a cut in wages.
ONLY ONE CAR
PORTSMOUTH, VA.
ly lie car on the entire
operating at ! o'clock
KUWfllHU.
-
suburban run to
Cilmertcm, which was!
maintaining an hour schedule. I'nder
directions of the city (iovernment, urban
jitney buses were bdng' re-routed to su
but'ban districts to care for the tratlie
there. Juses were being despatch from
a central point by police oflicers. Five
cent city fares ami ten cent suburban
fares were being charged. No reports of
violence of any description had reached
police headquarters or union chiefs this
iiioruiii.
POHTSMOI TII, VA.. .Ian. Id. -Piibiubaii
districts alone today weft
feeling the effects of the walkout of Vir
ginia Railway and Power Company plat
form employes, halting street car service
here. The city proper was being natis
fitctorily served by jitney buses and -volunteer
drivers of automobiles.
LESS THAN HALF.
NORFOLK. VA.. Jan. Hi.
Hum half of the cap of Hie
Railway and Power Company in
li ft the barns this morning. A
of these were turned in latir as
Lcsm
Virginia i
Norfolk'
number
a result ,
of the motorrnen and conductors
being ;
persuaded to desert their posts.
Company otlicials claimed that the ser-j
vice would improve during the day und,
I while cars are being operated special on
practically all the city and suburban;
j lines, the service is badly disarranged.'
; There has been re disorder.
NO INTERRUPTION.
(By The Associated Press.)
PKTERSBriiG. VA., Jan. If,. Lo
iiil employes of the Virginia liailway &
Power Company ignored the strike order
of their union to walk out today and this
morning saw no interruption i car ser-
ice hi re.
, RICHMOND, VA., Jan. Hi. Strikes'
'culled by platform men and shopmen I
employed by the Virginia Railway and
Power Company in opposition to a wage:
i cut announced to begin today, were ef
fective to varying degrees in Richmond,:
Norfolk, wind Portsmouth, according to
early reports to the main offices' of the'
' comiiany. In Peterburg. it was declared!
; the employees ignored the .strike order'
and every car t r.w reportC'L today er
I work.
Only a few cars were being operated
I here cm the main lines of the company,;
and thousands were forced to wa'k to!
j their work this morning. Many of the
strikers wire reported to luive taken jobs:
as drivers of jitneys which immediately
modf their appearance in considerable!
numbers.
Four arrests were made wln n the po
'i.e broke up gang of strike svmpa-
Hn.ers who were attempting to interfere
v. ith n tern tion of siuglrTars. Charges
of disorderly conduct were entered in
each case.
If ports from Norfolk were that le
than half of the company's cars there
left ihe barns this morning and that a
number of these later were turned in
when the crews were persuaded by their
ledow workers who boarded the cars, to
loin in the strike. Compiiny- officials
claimed that service would improve dur
ing the day and pointed out that cars
were in operation to some extent on all
line. .
Cotton Market
CLOSING
BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Jan. 16. Cotton fu
tures closed strong.
January 17.Cfi; March 17. 5; May
17.22; Ju'y Hi. SO; October 16.20.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Cotton Seed ...... ."rr. .
Strict to Uood ttiddlinjt;
.45c
X7Je
KILLED WIFE. SHOT
DAUGHTER AND THEN
C0MMITED SUICIDE
HACKENSACK, N. J- Jan. 16.
Peter Pepe today shot and killed his
wife, seriously wounded hit daughter,
Mary, and then committed suicide at
hit home in Little Ferry.
Pepe recently had been arrested for
non-support, the police said, and the
theory was advanced that this anger
ed him and led to the tragedy.
Pepe't son, George, aged 19, told
the police he wat awakened by the
sound of shooting. Rushing down
stairs he said he saw hit father chas
ing his mother. She was bleeding
from four bullet wounds. He carried
her out of the house hoping to revive
her, and she died in the snow.
While cutside the home he claim
ed hi heard other shots and return
ed to find his sister unconscious in
the dining room. He ran for the po
lice and when he returned he found
his father d?ad in th? kitchen.
The girt was taken to a hospital
where her condition wa3 said to be
rerious.
Mnlin nrnninu
SUPERIOR COURT SESSION
Judge T. B. Finley, of Wilkes
faoro, Presiding January
Term of Gaston Superior
Court J Lee Henderson
Appointed Foreman of
Grand Jury.
The regular January
.Superior Court for the
term of 4 i :i mI 1 1 II
trial of criminal
in o'clock Mou
cases was convened at
day morning with Judg
T. .!. Kin!, y .
of Wilkcsburo, presiding.
The grand jury, us chosen by lot
the regular panel of jurymen
l nun
MINI
.1 .
I inoned for the term, is as follows
Mender on, foreman, K. It
Keith
Jan. 10. On-' erstone, J. W. Harrison, .1. K. Mnore
local system was J. Palmer Lewis, K. . 1 . Riiyne, (iile:
this morning, uH. Adams, .1. L. Hayes, R. A. Jack
son, 1. A. Harmon, J. W . liuingard
ner, .lames S. llagerty, .Miles llann.i,
H. Cray Rankin, J. K. Phillips, W. L.
Service, W. D. (iutes and Kdgar L.
Lew is.
In his charge to the grand jury oudge
Finley made a most favorable impres
sion upon all who heard him. He iin
pressed very strongly upon them that
they had been chosen according to a cus
torn which had prevailed for hundred., or
years to have charge, in a great degree,
for a term of six months, of the admin
istration, of law- in the county. They
have supi rvisiory power to investigate
he various county offices and depart
nts and see that the same are being
c ',l'-'ed to the best interests of tile
;m , .. . Tl:e alse luive the power to in
ves'igati ad bring up for trial in the
courts of ti-e land any cu-es whica havi
Ihvii overlooked, acctdeiitnlly or purpose
ly, by the duly appointed officers of the;
law. He advised that tiny look upon;
their term of si n ice ia this capacity as
a patrictic duty which woii'd redound to'
the benefit of the whole country, and for'
the performance of which thev would be
limply reward
ed bv a fen"
111 CIVi
do'
well done.
The remainder of
of court was taken
the
up
niointlig s
with the
.-.ii.il
itiig
r'nii'
ot good In hHvior case
of cases in which the
hill of indictment ate
judgment of the court
es submitted were the
s, and the In
defend.'! 'it s v
waived
I to the
the CIS
it limit
. j"dg
1 fiibinitte'
Among
follow ing
Dewey P.arrett, sdling pislo
license, plea of nolo contendere.
inenl suspended on payment of tl
C. M. Collins, carrying cone
weapons, plea of guilty, fined .."ill
the easts.
isl s
all d
and
Will Cox, drunk and
carrying
cotl
of
.-,ll
cealed weapon, namely, one pair
knocks, plea of guiltv and fined
anil the costs.
Fred Allison. carrying concealed
weapon, plea of gniity and fined .t-Vi
and the co ts.
LAYS LOWTHOST OF"
PTOMAINE POISONING
Illy The Associated Press.)
LOCI -VILLI;, Ky.. Jan. Hi.- Sci
ence has laid low the gho-t of ptomaine
pnisoi'iug, according to members of the
National ('tinner.' Association, who are
her:" fry the l.ith annual conveation of
j the organization, which is mc-ting i,i
con.juiicl ion with the Canning Machine
; Supplies and the ' National Komi IStok
ers ' Association.
Poisoning as it is ordinarily uiub r
stood, i! was declared, is often due to
impropi r diet or the careless handling
of food on the part of the ecu inner.
The vanguard nf more than .I, nun
, nicTiibi is of the organization began to
arrive from almost every important agr:
cultural sc. lion of th" country. Speak
ers at a dtinn r deciand that the ran
I ne IN are spending ."i!i,immi annually in
Original research and that some of the
no'able results have been final eradica
, tion of the danger due to botu'inus. i s
pccially from canned ripe olives.
Speakers included Walter J. Sears, of
i Chillicothe, ()., and Henry Harden, of
Casanovia. New York, Ixdh foruier president-
of the canners' association; lr.
;W. II. l:'igelow.,c,f Washington. 1.
director of the association's laboratory,
! n ml C. H. Itenthy, of Kan F-rancisc ,
vice president of the t aiitornia. Packing
Cor)ior.ition .
An extensive exhibit of canned goods
and canning machinery has been arrang
ed iu conjunction with the convention
which will continue for five days. Mean
while speakers prominent in the organi-
lz.it Ions on the program for ms-tionul
meetings of those w 1h conserve what was
declared to be about 2.1 per cent of the
nation '8 food tapply and whose outputs
it was stated, is valued, acolillg to the
V.li.r-il f.i-HH'lsi ! sllll CIIMI llflO .
uuaUy.
IRISH QUESTION SOLVED,
mi mm situation iniULULjIIIL 11111
I ULIIIUIIIi UIIUIIIIU11 Sil
d!y The Associated Pre.) )
l,ilMK)., Jan. 10. The Kuglish po-
litica
as t o
call :
br.;.
till I!
I.loy.
to iv
Th
lining
ine '
r. ,i
rv , v.
VVOu'i
liesl .
! situation
espeeially the question ,
when the lioverniueut
I g Mi i.il elu tic n, has jlgaiil lM.'eli j
lit iu'.o preiii'.in'in ! through the re
'Hui I'raiu-e cf Prime Minister
I cieorgi' and the renanal from the'
I . iid of the Irish ituation.
I, w is a fairiy geie ral opinion a
ti.e palitical writer-, in 1 his morn
nei spapeis 1 bat the election, which,
: iy was foi'i'shadov.i i for Fchrtia
inil'l not occur then, and probably
i i.ot be held In-fore May at the ear '
l! i saiil that Mr. I.lovd Oeoree ;
'.! the matter informally with
of l is colleagues last evening when
nine coiu'iuicd thai an eariy elec
rta.s uidesirable.
' Hi' H'.immis supposed to have
he
tiou v
Am
' aiiou! t!us d.'cisioii are the
'i "si; , of In; mi i i ih I i to
-irp and the collapse of the Can
ii'i n iev, from i hivli Mr. 1.' yd
hi ing.-. nothing to offer the elec-
III"
i :
' locate except 1 ,e doel.s: ,u to call II II III-
terna t ieua I economic couteivnce at tie
uoa . I'll ' position of li-ehiihl is also re
, g'rde.i as placing a great obstacle in the
I l,ay ! an -; rl ippial to the country. ,
The ::. i ! i 1 3 is being debatt'd of
an '
spei
!!"C,
riy -.'!. veiimg 1,1 parliament for the'
d parpose of pa-sing legislation
-a. lor complete i -tabllshment of j
ei. govei nuieiit of I reland, in w hieh
Case The I
li, diately
'lines suggests the eleeliini i tit -should
fo.hin . Other reports
s. assuming that parlia'ineiit i
v.einlile until tie- tune already !
.latiuary ", whe.n it will take 1
ignnr-- In
will not as
arravged, ,
t . j Co- Irl:
lell'h , nil;..
li leT lalion w hich it is uun-
s! l e ot:t of the way before an
it sat i.- ftietori iy be held,
tent week will be or.e of i.rent
elis-t ,
The
(oliitcj activity, both the unionists and
lib. t a Is having .important meetings'
seh.-diile.l. Mr. Lloyd (leorge is to j
speak befoie tiie ca.alilioii liiieral rn:i ,
volition on Saturday, (when it is supposed
if ii'ithinj;
ing the date
a detll.lti .,
tiou .
previously transpires regard- '
' "t ll ection, he will make
iioi'ittiiceineiit in this connec- 1
BILLY SUNDAY DRAWS
CROWDS AT SPARTANBURG
srAKTANHl'IKi, s. C, :in. ." -
Twenty thousand people have heard
"Hilly" Sunday preach today. S.itch a
urn ii il f.st ,it ii,n f ititere.it in religious
ia, i tings has in c r been sih ii in thin
state, an, I Kurh a day of worship has nev
er known perhaps in Smith Carolitia.
His day began with the meeting of (lie
negroes of Spa rl, -in but;,- city and conn
try, and mor- than six ihoiisand of them
were present. There va singing nn,
srnntiiig was uurcM ruined until the clos
ing sci in s of the negro meeting in the
talieine' V. It ixceeded in religious fer
vor anv revival ever known in this city.
A great colored choir under the leader '
saip of its oiMi director, a colored phy
sician, sitigiie; ihe nongs of colored pen-;
pi'-, had thrilled the audience, but when
one oi the ciilmed minister mid, ''now
let the congregation come ill we'll raise
the iniii'," the climax was reached.
Mr. .Sunday's sermon whs from the
Iw.-nly tiiird I'salm, and lie preach, il a
simple religion.
From the aferiii.cu meetings hundreds
wire turned away, and from thi- night
.services thou-audi mild not gain ad
miiiance To ine lalv rnai
were taken at (i o'clock.
All
hour
sea t s
i ml a
an
half befoie the servi'-c.
He preached tonight on ".Safety
Fir-t," with the ten commandments .is
the basis of his- sermon, making per
haps the most profound anneal vet heard.
At
the ciil'ebld'ill i f the sermon he made
tin- tl.st appeal lo the congregation, ask
ing thus, who wanted to renew their
faith to i ciino forward, and more than a
hundred and fifty pressed forward to
Hike tie hand of the evangelist.
Tie-'l it-.- of Spartanburg has been
ir. .wiled throughout ihe day. The trains
brought crowds and every highway has
I e n lieel with traffic. Mr. tsundav
r sts tommrovv, and will resume hi
pn-ai hing Tuesday.
512 JOURNALISTS COVER
ARMAMENT CONFERENCE
' Ky Th; Associated Pr, ss.)
WASllINTiTON. Jan. 1.1. Journal
i-t-i of in. ; or less note, author of
gr.-ater or !es standing an I plain, every
e.iv n-eort'-is, till ta the total of .112 have
be. .i i i- .still are engage. I in ti llinej the
world what ncs en in tie- ai liiainent con-
tw! ellce.
An
respoll
d ha
show i
dhi-ial list ,,f
th.
accredited cor
h uN as is.
i-ing ci-arge of
that practical
ed bv the commit -press
arrangements
. ev rv country of
size noted on a modem map has one or
more press representative on the ground.
' Japan taking first place among foreign
lint ior. with about 4u correspondents'
I he li-it as published comprised only
. those writers who had been accredited to
the Mate Heparin, ei't. it was estimated
that at hast h--,!r'
vtit" act ive on t h
tfiose a.s-ijaed di
or its subiiliatv
as many more probably
' ' side lines' ' assist ing
rect'.v ti Hie conference
act it ,eS.
Mr. and Mrs. P. I. lliiftsicthr
hi I. hen and Mr. and Mrs. V. F. Mb
rid children were gin-ts .vest en la;,
ami
hue;
of
.t
Mr. and Mrs. Ceo
SjMTicer Moiint.iiii.
e . Patterson
Mrs.
ft a ine
an!
Fii
II.
Ktird.
at the
of ( 'harlotte. 4 ti
Mvers Park Club
a v
in compliment to Mrs. Harry Florslic im,
, of New York, who was the guest for se
' eral days last week of Mrs. J. Lander
Cray. Mrs. Kfird ' guests included Mrs.
I Florsheim. Mrs, George A. Cray, Jr.,
, Mrs. Chariesjf. Gray, Mrs. Hugh Le-Gare
i aid Mrs. W. A. Julian, all of Gaftoiiiu.
THE WEATHER
i grcssiouat itc.tal or Honor on tne uaitan i tsicH made cm a nuiii'r or wane men ny
- North CaroPna, rain tonight nd unknown soldier by Major General Hen- ja party of ne groes on the. night of Jauu
Tuesday, except probably snow in north- rv T. Allen, on Januan' arrived r'ttsry 21. H21s. H.illock is alleged to
vest portion; slightly colder tonight. '
;n FN A BP THAT
OF WORLD WAR ARE BEING MADE
INSANE BY TO NEGLECT
Disabled Veterans of World War in Memorial to
President Harding Protest Against Neglect, j
Indifference and Profiteering Many Are Dy
ing From Neglect Says Report of Veterans.
HAS BEEN STUDENT AT
COLUMBIA 41 YEARS
NEW YORK. Jn. 16. Forty
one yean ago William Cullen Bryant
Kempt, became a student at Colum
bia University. Today he is still a
student, and hasn't missed a semes
ter. i Having studied everything worth
while and exhausted all the "olo
gies,'' student Kempt, who is over 30
years old, is spending his time this
year learning all about the paleogeo
graphic development of North Ameri
ca. He has many degrees including a
"D. P. M." (Doctor of Perpetual
Motion) conferred by his fellow stu
dents. Some say that William wouldn't
study when a boy, so that a wise
uncle left a will providing for him as
long as he was a regularly enrolled
university student.
Student Ktmot won't talk, only to
say: "The more you learn, the more
you know."
DEBT REFUNDING BILL
APPROVED BY COMMITTEE i
(Hy fhe .oc.atod t'ress.)
WA.SHi.yT(), Jan. Hi. - - The AI
lii d debt refunding bill was approved to
ila.v by the Senate Finance Committee
after most of (lie provisions to which;
Secret. iry Mellon, of the Treasury Ie
muimcnt, objected, had lieen eliminated,
ilcliiocratic ijicmliers of the committee
voted i, gainst the bill in its perfected!
form, written iu by the committee,!
which wen- stricken rid, called fori
semi annual interest payments, and for'
inti ri -A tit a rale of not less than five
per cent. These were the provision a
gainst which the Treasury objected, on .
Hie ground that they would handicap the
ad in i n I st rat ion in the refunding ncntin
tion with the foreign goverments. I'li
ih r these provi-ions interest payments
would have fa I It n due within fix,
liinntiis after the refunded bonds had
been negotiated, whereas the Treasury
desired lo have the authority to defer I
interest payments in the case of some
countries not in a ( .dtiou to bejiin milk
ing those payment within possibly
year or two.
The piovi-ioti limiting the life, of the'
bonds to be accepted from the foreign
(iovefiimi'iits to years retained in
the bill but otherwise the measure prac
tically is as approved by the House. It
sels up a ciiiiimi.svsioii with authority,
.subject to the approval of the President
to refund or convert and to extend time
of payment for the principal or the in
terest or both, of any obligation of any
foreign (iovernment now owiug to the
Tniled Slates on account of the worldling
war. The t-'e, ret.iry of the Treasury
would lr- chairman of the commission
and the board and the other members
would be appointed by the President,
subject to confirmation by the Senate.
AMERICAN IS RESCUED
FROM MEXICAN BANDITS
i I'.v The Associated -i le ss. I
III. PASO. TLX.. Jan. Hi. L. N.
is! vie, or this lity. jirincijinl owner cf a
.mill" at Santa Kulalia, Chihuahua, has
received jievvs of the rescue of his broth
er, A. C. Style, an American, from Mex
ican bandits.
A. C. HI yle, resident manager of the
mine, was captured last , Thursday by
bandits' who dcinauded -t HI.immi for ids r- -lease.
Style was taken to a camp four
miles away and a letter was written to
his brotlur here demanding the ransom.
The latter at once wired Chihuahua of
ficials r iiueMtin that the amount be
(ioveriior Liu iqucz. of hilniahu.i, and
the mayor of tianta Kulalia er.t an ati
loinoliile canying lights as ordered by
i the bandits. Twenty other soldiers io
. iiuloini.bih-s followed, reinforced by ; ib
tnchiiu lit of inauntcd men. As tin first
car app'oailu'd the rende.v on, the b, n
fjlit ciiii.'ht sight of the si!dier' and tied,
leaving Style alone iu Ihe carnp. Hi
was in their custody Is hours.
SOUTHERN FURNITURE SHOW
OPENS IN HIGH POINT
fflv Tho AawclntM Press. I -1111,11
POINT. N. I '.. Jan. H5. Will,
furniture lien here from every State in
the union, the Southern Furniture Kxpn
Mtioii opi ne ( its mid winter show In re
todav with fvei bin c-xhibitors reire-
seiite.l. The exposition will continue for
two weeks. Practically every Southern
factory making furniture and kindred
: lines is represented.
FRISCH TO BE MARRIED.
NKW YOHK. Jan. H'. Fraik
I'riscb, of the Giauls, star bus. runner
of the National League, is sliding to
ward a real home plate-. "His engage
ment to Miss Ada Lucy, playmate sine-e
childhood, was announced today. The
wedding will take place next wiutor.
P.erne. Switzerland. Jan. 16. T h v
Icniiipany of troops from the Ainc-ricaii
fores in Griiuinv on its way to Italv
l to take part ia the ceremonies" inciib-nt i
J to the bestowal of the Amerie-an Cou-
Basel
MAMV VIPTIIIQ Y
liMill HUII1I1J
(Ky The Associated .Press.)
WASHINGTON. .Liu. 16. Assert
I ing that the more than :;,."50(l, mentally
i disabled formi r service men now -placed
! in Slate institutions were victims of such
1 "grosc nejleci, iiidiffeieiiee and profi
teering" as coiistitiieil a "black r
proaeh mi the honor of the nation," tho
Hisabled Atneriiaii Veterans of the
World War, in a memorial presented to-
day to President Harding, urges imme
diate action by the Government looking
to -the treatment of all such cases in
Federal institutions. Neglect of these
cases in State institutions, the memorial
said, is committing to permanent insani
ty many of tho victims, who by timely
treatment probably could be cured.
Describing the condition of "con
tract" caws of this clasu in the institu
tions of the State of Ohio ns typical of
those in "practically every Wtate," the
meni.iiial asserted the (iovernment had
"farmed out the insane ex-service men
of Ohio to Sbite asylums which are no
toriously overcrowded, undermanned and
inadoiptnt' ly equipped to treat and cure
fur them." whi'e it has not provided one
Federal institution fur this purpose in
the Stat-.
"For example," the memorial said,
"in the Longvii v asylum of Hamilton
county, Ohio, there ure 42 gallant sol
diers who broke down mentally under the)
sires of war, although Longview is so
over, row ded that 2 ID of the inmates
seep on the Hoar like cattle, every
night."
Gf the 2.")H menial ly disabled, placed in
all the institution:! of tho Stutc. Of
wham, it was said, physicians believe
half might be cured, not one, the memo-
rial a.-.serted, was receiving "medical
treatment of any kind for their mental J
diseases and curable cases are being"iflnJiAV
iloeine I t i permanent insanity." None
of the institutions, it was further assert
nl, segregate their tubercular patients.
An uverag. profit of if'MO on each pa
tient out of the $.117.."i0 annual main
tenance fee paid iiv the (-Iovernment, was
jiIiowii in nVtires for Hie nines institu- : '.'
tions of the Htate, c ited in the memorial,
as recently having been' mado public by rf
Dr. 11. S. MacA.veal, director of tho
State welfare dcjiartiueot. The profit
per m ti ii ranged from $276.06 for tho
Ashen Stat.- hospital, to 4320.0:1 for tho
Institution for Feeble Minded.
In hundreds of case", it was asserted, ;
relative's are refusing to commit mentally
disabled veterans, who might lie restored;
to useful cit iziti.-:!ii;i, to conditions In'
the " contract ' ' asylums, most of whichi .
the memorial said, are "nothing morel I ".
than lock ups.' :'
To make adequate provision for thr
trea'metif of nil mental cases in Federal ;
institutions, the organization urged that
the Pnviidetit use his influence in seeur- ,
ing early action 1 y Cogress on the pend
measure to appiopnuto Ib.tWO.OWV
fur this purpose, emoting the reiiort of :
tiie spec ial Senate committee that 4,373
more beds were urgently needed lieyond., .
what would be provided by existing ap
propriaUons.
Muring the two years or more
Ivefore
Kede
ral faiilities could Ih- increased te
tiike care of all cases, the memorial urged
that "infinitely more rigid supcrvl
sion " of "contract" insitutions be pro;
viile.l by th" Veterans Hureau and that
to i- operate ia this nn independent. ,
ciinimissiou cif former service men be ap
pointed in each State. It further recom-;
nn n le 1 that i very institution receivinc
money from the Government for the cart
of disabled -oldiers, and sailors "lie j. '.
ipi'iicd to si.etid every dollar received for
the ben- 'ii ,,f -if h soldiers and sailors ex
eliisiv. lv . " Kstablishment of Govern
ment iltsp, 'tisanes, as part of the cmer- ;
eetK.v s..-.iein for treatmeiit of mental
case and assi litnce of the Government
in organizing a program of community:
.oi iai service to co-operate in that, work
a!", v, a urged.
DEATHS.
Mils. MAP.THA KAKKfi.
Mrs. Martha Clark Kaker, wife of Mri(
Mile - Kaker. di.d Sunday night at her
Inline on th-- Kings Mountain mid Cher
ryvil ' load alter an illness of some
tune. The immediate cause of her
death was paeutnonia, which had set
some days ago. Deceased was alicuit 70
years cf age and is survives! by two sous,
Messrs. Sylvan. i. and lce Kaker. and "
five d.-lt
Mrs. li
Mis. C
ll.,vi.
Tuesday
cord M.
g. iters, Mrs. Christie Hager,
A . Kiser, Mrs. .V. L, Kisr,
uil Hamcron and Mrs. Walter,
Fuuertd servic-es will be held
moruii'g nt 11 o'clock at Con-
tl.o.iist ihr.rdi, of which Mrs.
Kak
er was a. linmlier.
WILL ASK FOR RETURN
OF NEGRO BULLOCK.'
( Hv The Associated Press.)
JACKSON. N. C, Jan. 16. It
was states! ;:t the office of Solicitor
, Midyette here today that the) STs ill
the case of Matt her HuHock, negro, un
' ehr arrest at Hamilton, Onf., would U
j sent to (ioveriior Morrison touight, with
ja riHjiient that t.ie governor ask thp (state
i lVpartiiKiit at Washington to arrange
for extrnditiou of the negro to North
Carolina.
for trial In Warrea county on
several charges, growing out of the st-
have been the leader,-