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VOL. XLIII.NO. 51.
GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 1, 1922.
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MECKLENBURG MAN MAY
ENTER TRIANGULAR RACE
FOR THE SOLICITORSHIP
Reported in Charlotte That
, Mecklenburg Attorney May
Enter Race for Solicitor
Against Wilton and Dolley
Heretofore Solicitor . Has
Come From Gaston County
and Judge From Mecklen
burg. A Mecklenburg 'attorney nmy also en
ter the race agaiust Solicitor Wilson, ac
cording to reports coming from Meck
lenburg county, and summarized in the
following story in The Charlotte News of
Tuesday:
That Solicitor George W. Wilson will
be opposed in the June primaries by an
attorney of the Charlotte bar was indi
cated Tuesday at the court house when
the proposition was being freely discu
cd in connection with the solicitor s tii-
iiounccment made Monday to the cfrf-ct
that ho would offer himself again tothe
voters of this district for the offi
The Charlotte Hnr Association will
dorse a local candidate, it was
accordance with the desires of a Jiimlier
of attorneys that this position be
to a Mecklenburg attorney. That
is no opposition to the solicitor
such as is bused on the sentiment :
local attorneys that he has held I
fice long enough was plainly stated
The names of a number f local ntvr
nev were ueiiur mentioned in connection
with tho post, but the plan as being no
discussed by a number of Charlotte at
tonieys is to select only one candidal!
from the local field and concentrate up
on him.
What eff""t, if any, '.ho proposed can
didacy of a Mecklenburg man will have
upon the district judgeship is vet to be
worked out. There has ben a friendly
working agreement among t ie leading
party men of both Gaston and Mecklen
burg 'in the matter uf office disti ibutioii
and by reason of this arrangement and
under; landing, Mecklenburg wax given
the right to select a candidate for the
judgeship while Gaston nominated the
solicitor. Mecklenburg thereupon nom
inated Judge Harding and (Iaston unit
ed on Mr. Wilson f'r the solicitorship.
It is thought by sonic that the proposi
tion being put forth lure to Humiliate a
man for the solicitorship in opposition
to Mr. Wilson might militate against
the future operation of the agreement
which effects the judgeship now being
held by Mr. Harding.
LENTEN SEASON BEGINS
TODAY, ASH WEDNESDAY
Observance of This Season by
Leading Denominations Be
coming More General Espe
cially in the Cities Sched
ule of Services at St. Mark's
Church Here.
The church season of L. nt begins to
day. Ash Wednesday, and brings with it
to millions of Americans a time of special
religious observance. The life of the
cities of America is in very marked way
affected by the use ma le of l.inl as a
season of devotion and its I, old grows up
on the eliurchi'8 of important deiiomina
tions in tho larger civic centers; some
times by n greater number of services in
the churches tilld most widely by united
noon day services in downtown churches
or theaters.
Lent is essentially a season of devo
tion, wherein the practice of prayer and
a more intimate knowledge of the Christ,
through Scripture rending and preaching,
give richer spiritual opportunity for
God ' people in the time of their chosen
retirement from the pleasures of the
world to find themselves repentant and
alive to Uod.
The church appointments at St . Mark 's
Episcopal church for A h Wednesday in
eluded n service ut 11 o'clock this morn
ing and ut 7:.'!0 this evening.
Throughout Lent, in addition to the
Sunday services, there will lo week
day services as follows, until Holy week:
Mondays at 5:13 p. ni. ; Wednesdays at
7:.'0 p. n. and Fridays at ":1." p. in.
The afternoon devotions will last one
half hour. The rector, Rev. J. W. C.
Johnson, and tho congregation of St.
Marks church have extended a cordial
invitation to our citizens to attend the
Lenten services. i
THE WEATHER
North and South Carolina, rain to
night and Thursday, somewhat warmer
Thursday in east portion.
Florida, unsettled weather with local
rains late tonight or Thursday, colder j
Thursday afternoon in north portion;
much colder Thursday night.
Alabama, rain tonight, probably
clearing Thursday morning; much cold
er, cold wave in southwest portion with
temperature near freezing to the coast
Thursday morning.
.
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALENDAR.
Tuesday, February 28.
7:30 p. m. Chamber of
merce Glee Club.
Coin-
Wednesday, March 1.
7:30 p. m. Textile Superin
tendents Club.
Thursday, March 2.
4:00 p. m. Board of Directors.
7:30 p. m. Pythian Band.
Friday, March 3.
7:30 p. a. Chamber of Com
merce Glccn Club.
0
II en-
siild. in
given I
I there i
keept i
liming
k of-
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GIRL BANDIT RUNS
AMUCK IN SYRACUSE
SYRACUSE, N. Y, March 1.
A girl bandit, armed with a repeat
ing rifle, and a rerolver, accompanied
by a man equally well armed, raided
a store in the Tillage of Camillus
near Syracuse early today, and in the
residential section of Syracuse en
gaged in a running gun battle with
the police which ended in the arrest
of the girl and the escape of her
comrade. The girl under arrest is
Myrtle Bates, 22.
According to the story of Ernest
Monyea, taxi driver, the girl and the
man entered his car in the centre ot
Syracuse and ordered him to drive
to Camiilus. The girl covered the
driver. At Camillus, Benjamin Hart,
grocer, was shot and seriously wound
ed. Returning to Syracuse the taxi
cab was trapped by seven patrolmen.
Firing her rifle and pistol, the girl
covered her comrade's escape. She
refused to give the man's name.
EVANS SPARROW, WHILE
IN BRITISH HOSPITAL,
TALKED TO THE PRINCESS
Young North Carolina Officer
of 120th Infantry Was in
British Hospital 111 With
Flu When Princess Mary
Came Along and Talked to
Him Told Her Tales of
Wild and Wooly West.
Evans Sparrow, a son of Rev. (ieorge
j A. Sparrow, pastor of Union l'resbyter-
inn church in this county, ta;kcd to!f01)r
I rincoss .Marv, or t-nirlaim, while in
, HrUlsh jJUS(,i'r:l j jyis during the i
World War, according to information
gnim.il by The Charlotte News. Mr.
Sparrow had a lot of fun out of the
royal Knglish lady while he was a patient
in tho hospital.
The News' story reads:
Today the eyes of the world are cen
tered on Westminster Abbey, where
Princes., Mary of Kngland is to lie wed
ded. She is the object of admiration of
the world. Hut back in the days of the
World War, she was the object of good
liatured " kiddin;; " on the part of a Tar
Heel doughboy.
The doughboy soldier of Uncle Sam
was Kvans Sparrow formerly a partner
in tin' Spnrrow-Blaiiton Wholesale Gro
cery Company of this city, but now of
Statesvilh'. He is a brother of (ieorge
Sparrow of the local bar.
At the time of his meeting with Prin
cess Mary, Mr. Sparrow was a first
lieutenant of Co. " M ". U'mh Infantry,
With Division. Ho was in a British hos--pital.
suffering with the "tin" immedi
ately following the great September of
fensive, in litis.
Princess Mary visited the hospital.
mm ing from bed to bed, and shaking
liainls wttli sick tommies. fMie was
j greatly surprised to learn that Lieuten
' ant Sparrow was an American and ling
j cred for a time and chatted with him.
j Then it was that the doughboy as
! saved to jest with the Princess. She
! seemed to have an idea that all Amer
! ican sildiers were ''wild and wooly''
i cowboys and the mischievous officer tol
; her he was a cow herder from Montan,-,
I nnd related to lu r all kinds of thrillin
tale.
a mailer or tact, lie was only la
salesman from Charlotte. Yet he was a
iuisk.v aim romtsr ciiapt ami the I rincqss
be-ieved his story.
The Princess was
impressed with the
who more than once
he lay on his cot.
probably grea
young A merit :
smiled to himself
HELD TO BE RESPONSIBLE
FOR DEATH OF MAN IN 1670
H ram f NaM b. Alisi C.porire
Nichols, on Trial For Crime
Committed 52 Years Ago.
(Hy The Associated Press.)
Tl'SCALOOSA. ALA.. March 1.
Several of Hie older residents of Home,
(ia., will be witnesses when the hearing
on a writ of habeas corpus in the case
of Hiram Casey Nettles, alias (ieorge
Nichols, is called in circuit court here on
March 11. Horace C. Alfor.l, attorney
for the State of Georgia, declared today.
The sates f Alabama and (ieorgia
charge that Nichols is Nettles, and that
he is responsible for the death of Peter
Moviney at Kome, October il. 170.
Other witnesses for the two common
wealths will lie members of the man's
own famiiv, Mr. Alford stated
It was through the divorced wife of
Nichols and his eldest son. Hiram
Nichols, that the history of tho Koine
I killing came to the attention of the'
I courts, tho attorney said.
j Mrs. Nichols was granted a divorce in'
this county about one year ago, t ho !
records show. This proceeding led to
the inquiry, Mr. Alford said. 1
The defense, it is understood, will pre-;
sent numerous witnesses in an attempt j
to substantiate Nichols' statement that1
be is not Hiram Casey Nettles and tluitj
ue never went under any name but Inst
own, wiucn lie maintains is .Nichols, lie:
lias presented marriage certificates to
show that he was twice married under
the name of Nichols.
Nichols was arrested Monday on a
warraut issued in Jefferson county.
Governor Kilby at once granted a retpii
sitioti drawn by Governor Hard wick and
j directed that the man be turned over to
jlhe sheriff of Floyd county, Georgia, for; railing as far south as Corpus Christi,
. re t, rce-i I in hii r. . ..r U..kA..tT...,. Tl. 1.. .. ....,, v,.-., I ..... n. ...
- - --' v Diutv 111 AKdUdni
corpus proceeding;! utsyed removal of the I
prisoner. Both the state and defense'.
have thft right of sppoal from the deei-
ion of tuc circuit court when tho mat
ter is determined by that tribunal.
FOUR TENNESSEE BANDITS
DIE IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR
FOR MURDER OF GEO. LEWIS
Charles Petree, Tom Christ
' mas, Otto Stevens and John
McClure Convicted of Bru
tal Murder of Knoxville
Man on May 30, 1921 Sen
sational Trial in Town of '
Clinton.
'Bv The Associated Press.)
NASHVILLE, TENN., March I.
Charles I'etree, Tom Christmas, Otto
Stevens and John McClure died in the
electric chair it t 1 lie (State prison this
morning for the murder of (icorgo Lewis,
of Knoxville, on May 30, ll21. The
men went to their deaths with prayers
on their lips and all except i'etree met
death calmly. An hour before the execu
tion I'etree became ill. The men died in
tho order given: I'etree at 0:15 o'clock;
Christmas 6:2; Stevens 0;'.io, and Mc
Clure at (5:4".
Tho story of how the four men were
captured and convicted of murdering
Lewis near Clinton, Tenn.. May .'iO, 1!2I,
is fraught with dramatic incidents. The
gruesome murder, the wild chase over the
mountains of east Tennessee for the out
laws, the tfubse(iunt trial and convic
tion, all served to engage the interest of
the pioplc of that section more, perhaps,
than any murder case for many years.
It was brought out in the trial that,
having planned the robbery of the Oak-
dale, Tenn., bank, the men lured a
'taxi' driven by Andrew Crumley, of
Knoxville, Tenn. (Ieorge Lewis accom
panied' Crumley on the trip which the
men hired the latter to make.
When the party had reached n seclud-
ed
spot mar Robci tsvillc, Tenn
accord
ing to testimony by ( ruinley, Lewis nnd
the driver were bound
en over the head with
'Hid sagged, beat
a pistol, ami left
for dead. Holh of the
victims' throats
were cut.
The bank robbery failed to inatoraiV
ie. Then followed a search which was
joined by hundreds of mountaineers.
Two of the men were arrested in the
mountains and the other two were later
acptureil at Harriman, Tenn.
The outlaws had killed Lewis, but
Crumley lived, and it was his testimony
which went far toward convicting the
men.
Mountaineers from many sections
crowded into the little town of Clinton
to' attend the trial. Fxcitcment rani
high, aal for a while violence wa
threatened.
liefore it was evident that the de
fense's case had collapsed an attempt
was made to show that Ptree had pos-1
Messed low mentality since childhood, j
This effort failed and the defense enter-j
I'd a pica of guilty and begged' the
court 's mercy.
The four convited men were scutcm-cd'
4, 19J1. to die in the electric
chair, September fi. An
new trial was later nverrul
appeal tor a
d and the de-
fen- appealed to the Supreme Court
of Tennessee, thus suspending the elec
trocution pending final decision.
iOUTHWEST IS IN GRIP
OF A HEAVY BLIZZARD
Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri
and Neighboring Territory
Suffering From One of
Heaviest Snowstorms in His
tory Fair Weather Prom
ised for Thursday.
(By The Associated Press.)
! KANSAS CITY, MO., March 1.
i t
i The Southwest faced a continuance to-
! day of the snowstorm that, has reached
""' proportions ot a blizzard in many
! mi uiiim, ,'viiueii io a intra wimi in inauv
places, low temperatures generally aid
ed in making the storm the worst this
section has experienced in recent years,
according to the weather observers.
Kansas, Oklahoma. Missouri, Northern
Arkansas and Texas are bearing the
brunt of the storm, although it
spread to other States.
Trains were reported in sn iw i
in south and southeastern Kansas
portion of the state reported to have
fered the worst snowfall. Virtual I
has
ritts
th
all
sections of the southwest reported trains
late. IV'ays ranged from thirty minutes
to several hours. Sleet and snow is re
ported to have broken wire connections
in parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkan
sas. Snow plows were kept huy all last
night and still were at work this morn
ing. General fair weather with relief from
low temperatures were promised for
Thursday by weather observers.
COLD WAVE SPREADS OVER
SOUTHEASTERN SECTION
I
A cold wave was In prospect today
for the extreme northwest Florida,
Southwestern Alabama ami southern
Missi sippi. The Weather Bureau, an
nouncing warnings for these sections, re
ivorted a disturbance of moderate intcn-
ity central
over southeastern Louisiana
this
morning with prosiiocts of it mov-
iug nortficastward in the next .1(5 hours
attended by mow in the northern, snow,
sleet and rain in the middle and rain in
ihe southern sectii-ns, east of the Mis
sissippi river.
Temieratures have fallen decidedly in
the west gulf state, the bureau report-
el, varying degrees below freezing pre-
e.M3, X lir- junt-r. i i, la.ui, n
recorded in JIarcli were rejiorted from
El Paso and Abilene, Texas.
Ptorm warning are disidayed on the
Atlantic cl.ast frnui (liarhTttou, S. C,
to D?!aware Breakwater.
DUG UP 50-YEAR-OLD
CACHE OF GOOD LIQUOR
BOSTON, MASS., Feb. 28.
Workmen excavating just across
Tremont street from the old Granary
buryinf ground, where repose the
bone of Paul Revere and other New
England forefathers, set up a cry of
buried treasure.
They had tuined up a 50-year old
cache of liquor, Mid to have been
towed away at the time of the great
Boston fire in 1872.
It eonsizted of two hogsheads of
old New England rum and a quantity
of Madeira wine, Thorn dyke rye,
champagne, gin and other rare li
quors. In the confusion that followed, the
liquor disappeared mysteriously. The
diggers said pedistrians got most of
it, although a spirit of gaiety and
good cheer was said to have prevail
ed on the workings the rest of the
day.
NEW YORK MORNING PAPERS
LIMITED TO EIGHT PAGES
Pressmen's Union Met All
Night and Men Were Not on
Their Jobs Contest Be
tween Union Pressmen and
Publishers.
(By The Associated Press.)
NKW VORK, March 1. The con
troversy between the publishers of the
daily newspapers of .New York ami the
web pressmen's union over the nrhitra
j tion award of Federal Judge Martin T.
Manton, was ended today, lon C. Seitz,
j manager of The New York World, an
uounced after a puljlism rs meeting tins
morning. j
NKW YOliK. March 1. - Morning
newspapers published in this city ap
peared in abbreviated form today be
cause of a controversy arising from the
pressmen's wage arbitration award made
on February L'Miy Judge Martin T.
Manton, of the United States eourt of
appeals. A meeting of members of
Newspaper Web . Pressmen s I'uioii No.
i Lo, the local organization, canon id oi
j der at H o'clock last night, did not ad
j journ until so late this morning that
j the publishers were forced to print eight
page papers, pMmiiuiting practically all
I advertising and special news features,
(ieorge T. Merry, president of the Inter
national Printing Pressmen's and Assist
ants' l'nion of North America, was
present.
The meeting, which was reported to
have been a stormy one, resulted in the
union agreeing to abide by Judge Mm
n 's award, but it was decided that a
. 'nittee of twelve be appointed to m
g ' with the publishers in an efToit
to cite I a modification of some of its
terms wi. 'i were found objectionable.
The union members were ordered to
return to work in the pressrooms of to
day's papers, and to report for duty
hereafter at the regular houis.
The publishers held a meeting lad
last night, but issued no statement ;is to
the attitude they would take regard ;ng
the action taken a the union's meeting.
Larlhr in the night they declared thev
Would abide by the arbitration award,
adding that if "the local and interna
tional pressmen's unions, both of which
signed the agreement to arbitrate all
differences, now repudiated the decision.'
the newspaper owners would not again
mak" a contract with the pressmen '-.
union. ' '
The decision handed down by Judge
Manton fixed "' and $." as pay for day
pressmen in charge, and journeymen, re
Kpcetively, and $.Yl and $H for night
pressmen in charge and journeymen.
OBJECTS TO DOCTOR'S TES-
' TIM0NY IN ARBUCKLE CA!
(Bv Thi Assnclaiei t'ress.)
SAN Fh'ANCISCO, March 1. Milt
T. I' 'Ken, assistant district
formally ob jix ted in superior
terday to the appointment of
I ! to! tie;
nut c
COIIIUM
e Chi. -
i sum to take dessit ions troni
f.
go witnesses for use by the
the third manslaughter trial
C. Arbiickle, in connection
defelll
llf i.'l
le n:
iscoe
11, e
doc-
with
e five
death of Miss irginia Kappe.
The proposed v it nes-.cs W"ie
tors said to have been familiar
tain alleged physical defects
Kapp. .
with
Mi
"TRILBY, THE FAT LADY."
OF THE CIRCUS, IS DEAD.
(Hv The Associated Press, i
( IIICAliO, March 1. Mrs. George
A. Keiiua. known in circus side shows
for years, as "Trilby, the Fat Lady.''
died here yesterday. Mic ipiit the cir
cus Hi years a'go and made her home in
Chicago. She weighed toll pounds w lien
she died and while with the circus her
weight is said to have exceeded this by
more than I'M) pounds. A casket one
yard wide and sit feet, three' inches long,
is being constructed for the body.
Cash Feature Of Soldier Bonus
Is Eliminated By The Committee
(Bv The Assoi-1
WASHINGTON.
Elimination of the
the soldiers' bonus
agreed upon today
ate.I l'ress.)
March I.
cash featnre
virtually .
of
;,-L
Iiy Kcpuliiit an
members of the House Ways lind
Means Committee.
tliairnian Eordney announced
that a sjiecial sub-committee- of six
had been named by - unanimous a
. greeiiient to "work out some plan
that would not entail any large
drafts on the Federal treasury with
in the next tyo years." buck a
plan would make unnecessary any
immediate bonus financing and
would remove the cause of contro
versy in the House over thojiill.
Tno special sub-evuuiiitteo will
CAROLINA MEETS MERCER
FOR CHAMPIONSHIP IN
SOUTHERN BASKETBALL!
i
Defeated Alabama and Geor-i
gia Tech Who Will Play for!
Third Place - Mercer and
Carolina Are About Evenly
Matched.
ATLANTA. March I. With the
Southern basketball championship at
.stake, M, rci r and North Carolina Cul
vers in-, will rnee! tonight in tiie final
ro.ind of tin- .Southern college tourna
ment hero. '
A la i ' i in.i and G.-orgiu Tec!
I lie semi linals last night, will
thiid ph.ee. Tho Alabama
doivn before North Carolina,
and licrgia Tc.-h was defeat'
losers in
oat. si for
live went
' ' to 11,
I b.v Mer-
eer -' to II.
iiotii of winner-, took their last night's
game-,
brillg
I,:
Iv fashion.
the result never)
.1.
from the time thev start-!
.ad
,nd
:i.e. e considered well match-'
n-;. i". -ent.itive teams, ultliougiij
I'limnt appears to favor Mercer,,
inllneiiced ley the fact that it is!
i:i in- I it lit ion. j
of th- finalists has met and de-j
em l,. -mi.-,. North t'n roli mi run-j
a toial of l.'U points to 7li fo :
innts Mttd Mercer making lL'1 to'
.a I
po.-v-l,
a
K:
feat,
ning
its o
71.
N-
1. n nrnailn s ilcfeate.l nppo
the tournament to date are
N e.v beri.v, Georgia and Ala-
iient s
Mown:
damn.
Cent! !,
an I (li
Wit I
Ihem-.
;t l
I those that .Mercer .(owned are
K.
nt I'cky
State, ( huttniinnga
'rgia
t liei r
1'c.di.
t. .i;
I scores, both for
ir opponents, practi
teatris also have met
ibi'ut eipial calibre,
lowned the Kentucky
Ulol lie
on .i par. the
.(il l ol. I s of
while Mercer ,
clia inpionsliio
II els defeated
ol in
an !
St.V
Tn r
live ot last year, the
(ieorgia which failed
eo win tin- title in the finals last year by
the margin of a foul goal.
OFFIGERS GET GO-GALLON
v STILL AND LOTS OF BEER
Wildcat Outfit was Within
Mile and a Half of Moun
tain View Mill One Thous
and Gallons of Beer Poured
Out.
A -ixt.v -gallon still ad J.utl'l gallons ot
beer were ci'ptured Tuesday afternoon
on Crovvilers Mountain about a mile and
a ha!f from the Mountain View Mill.
The b ir was pnuied out and the still
w is broin;h! to (iastonia. The opeiatora
of the out'ii escaped but the officers ex
p.cl lo Mi-'ke Mime arrests in conneitinn
v it h 1 iie c.t-e verv soon.
The party which made this upturn
was ccmnosvd of lleputv Sheriff J. W.
Cole, Spe-iil Ofli.-er A. It. Hord. Deputy
Sheriff Aaron Dameroii' and Policeman
I'.lV'lie of Hesselller City.
There were evidence that tie' still
had been r. ntly operated though no
pcr -c.ns were in t if? neighborhood w hen
the idliccr, arrived on the -i cue. The
farm on which the still was found is the
prion rty of .1. P. Moid, of '.':'.-! onia.
PLAN TO SIFT ALL ROMA
RUMORS TO THE BOTTOM il
Board of Inquiry Will Spend
Week or More Tracing
Down All Reports as to Con
dition of Roma Before III
Fated Flight.
N i;VP( )KT
NKWS, VA.. Mai
ch
1.
Kvir.v- report and
i : !i t he i it--1 rncl ioi
last Tiusday with
bi in;; i u vest iya ted
ijit i ry .
Tins wa t he -st at
hers of tie- b-eii-'l :
in e-t igtit inn and '
every rumor dealing
of the airship lioma
l loss of I lives, is
by the board of in-
meiit 1 1 1 1 i v of ircin '
- t hey resumed tu.-ir j
.nt into session at
La !!U ley li 'id.
Serjeant Har'v Chapman, was inter
viewed c-'el day ill tile Public He,-.;tl)
Service hi..-; it,'.'! .it Norfolk, but ChaCes
Dworaik wa- till too ill to talk. The-.-two
men were among the most serious!;,
injured.
''I can't say how much loni r the in
quiry v. ill cent iinie, said a liienibiT of
the board this nioininu'- "There ale
hundreds if ie;,oiti and rumors which
vv, ci:t."d to sift to the bottom if such
a thiiia is possible and we mav not finish
our wruk for a iveek or more."
Ofii.ial; at La lie; Icy Held have been
In-set with reports and rumors that the
Koma v-as considered unsafe before she
made In r last flight, but thus far they
have been una hie to find any one who has
thrown any direct lilil on this phase of
the cata -I rojdie. The board of iiupiiiy
nlready ha, xar.iiued scori s of persons
supposed to know something about the
liceid- nj and its' report is growing more
voluminous dailv.
set this afternoon and Mr. Fordney
. Kii.l il was the lilicf that a meas
ure . 011M le made ready certainly
within two or three days. He added
that it was possible that details of
the bill could be worked out at the
first session.
Mr. For.lney heads the subcom
mittee and flic other members are
Iteprcseiitatives Green, of Iowa;
Longnorth, of Ohio; Hawley, of
Xc- York; Trea.lway. of Massach
usetts, ami Copley, of lillinoid. ,
He fore .lciding to nppoint the
(.ubcommittee the majority Metnlers
'airain canvassed the whole situation.
The compromise finally reached was
said t have been . by unanimous
eoaseut.
25,000 JAP SHIP WORKERS
OUT OF EMPLOYMENT
TOKIO, Feb. 7. Navy Depart
ment orders to stop construction on
eight capital ships in four dock yards,
as a result of the Washington agree
ments, threw 25,000 workers out of
employment, according to the Asahi.
Some of the eight ships were nearly
completed.
GASTON COUNTY SUNDAY
SCHOOL CONVENTION IN
SESSION HERE THIS WEEK
Prof. M. A." Honline to Be
Principal Sneaker at After
noon and Evening Sessions
Beginning Today at First
Associate Reformed Pres
byterian Church Program
For This Evening.
The opening
Sunday School
this afternoon
First A . i . I'
session of Gn-iou 'omit y
Convention will lie held
at .1 :.Ut o'clock in tie
church. Afternoon and
night sessions will be held on Wednes
day. Thursday and Friday, Mar. h 1, i
and ;. Sunday school workers of ail
dc Humiliations are urged to attend.
The vice president of the association
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PROF. M. A. HONLINE
Associate Educational Superintendent of
the International Sunday School As
sociation, Who Will Speak at Each
Session of the Gaston County Sunday
School Convention This Week.
'will pre-ide over the sessions Wednesday
j afternoon and Wednesday night. The
devotional period will be conducted by
; Dr. .1. C. (.aHovvay, pastor of the First
I Associate I.Yformcd Presbyterian church,
j Wednesday afternoon and by Dr. .1. H.
Heiiderliti , pastor of the First Presby
teiian church Wednesday night.
Prof. M. A. Honline. of Dayton, O..
, associate educational superintendent of
j t In- 1 iitei n.-il ional Sunday School Assoeia
ion will bo one of the speakers at each
session ot the convent ion . J rot. lion
s known as a leader along the line
i of religious education. For a numlK-r
! of y ears he was professor of religiius
j education in P.ouebroke l'nion Theologi
ial Seminary of Dayton, Ohio. For the
j i.lsl few yea is he has lroon connected
vm'Ii tin- educational department of the
j 1 ill i i nut loiia Sunday School Assoeia
jtieu. Hi-, woik iii this capacity ha.s cr
lied him into every section of America
I to help in conventions and institutes in
many of the huge. si cities in the conn
It iv. lie is one of the regular instruct
or s at the I ntei nat innn I Lake Geneva
i Ti a i lung School in Wisconsin, known as
I tie' largest an. I hest suniMti r
ug ciiups fur Sun. lav school work
o- . He will give a series of six lectiire-i
i.o r. bgti.us edueatieii n the meeting.
lie'- i a i It lecture will be cou.ph-'c
wifl'iii itself.
S and iv cieiol vv.uk I - will ha , o;
port ni'y of hearing Mr. D. W. Sims,
general sapcriiiteiid"ii of the Norrlt
('aioiina Sunday School Association, at
vatiocs sessions of the convention.
When Mr. Sims took charge of the in
operative Sunday school work in North
Carolina in November, li'l'li, there were;
ou'v nine of the I'm counties in the slat'
with a ( einity Sunday School A-sis-ia
thin. According to the report which lie
submitted to the state executive commit
tee a few weeks ago there are now I!'
county Sunday school associations in the
state and plans are under way for the
organization of other counties lis speed :
ily as practicable with the growth of the'
worn. Mr
nia several
and is no;, .
ti.-a! and ii
Sims has spoken
lines during the
I for his huiuornU",
st nu t iv c address, s
lor this evening '
in Gusto
past year
yet pra -
I'murain tor this cveniliu s ses loll
foi low s :
7:.;" Mevotional. Dr. .1. 11. Hell
derliti", pastor of First 1'iesbyteriail
. ho i i h .
7 : lo- ''he Weak Link in the Sunday
School, Mr. H. W. Sims.
:l!i- Period of Husitiess: Kepolt of
County OH ieers; Attendance Uecor.l and
A iiiiouncements .
:L'" The Place of Religion in Edu
cation. Prof. M. A. Houline.
$:( Adjourn.
IRISH SOLDIERS TAKES
OVER MILITARY BARRACKS
BELFAST, March 1. Command
ant General McKeown. at the head of
five hundred men of the Irish repub
lican army, took over the Athlone
military barracks from the British
military yesterday in the name of th
-provisional government.
Ten thousand people witnessed the
formalities. . ,
i
i
SIX DRUG PEDDLERS ARE
TO BE QUIZZED TODAY
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Mrs. John Rupp, Housekeeper
for Ganr of Done Artists
Gives Police Clue on Which
Men Are Held If Wom
an's Story Is Straight, They
May Know Something of
the Murder.
(I'.y The Associated Press.)
LOS ANGL'LKs. Calif., March 1.
Further ('lestioning of .six alleged drug
peddlers and boot lexers as to their
knowledge of Hie minder of William I.
Taylor, a mouth ago. was phnnrd for
today by the police ;,. ,),,. ,li,trl(.t at.
torm-y 's office.
Their arrest was said to have Ihvh the
result of a ouariel between one of them.
I.'.iy Lynch, who said he was a gas
inter. ..ad theii housekeeper, Mrs. John
onpp. Known also, aeenr. i
iccor lini' to the i.
Mrs. M-.y Lynch, ami said by
be an eccentric . '
others gave their names, ages,
upatmns as William Fast, U6, la-
! tiein
'I'll,
ml o
bor- r ;
Wa He
II. ol hi!
sheet
he;!!, i
The
clan d
tar. at
had '
declar
drug .
All
."orge ( a I vert.
. gas tter:
K irhv.
property man at a
i pa-t ,iro studio; .1 till ti Herkcy, 2.1,
ue tal worker, and Harry Aiimior-
r A i-nlieitn, l'7, i haufTeitr.
pob, ,- sai.l Mrs. Kupp had de
Kirby and Calvert had made open
- against Taylor on the ground he
injured their business" which she
d was dispensing contriband
."lid I ii i il ii'M .
six of the men have been hid, I in.
eominv.n.i ado .-itne their arrests, and a
police guard was thrown about the Hupp
house throughout yesterday ;nid last
night to prevent any attempts at com
munication uUi Mrs. Hupp, who was
said to be ill in bed. Mrs. Rupp was
reported to have told the police she hud
accused one of the nu n of having killed
Taylor, and he had told her never to
"mention that .-gain." She ul.-o was
reported to have told her landlady, Mrs.
I'M it h Spil.er, the dnv after the !imr-
Me,
that stie "knew who killed 'f.iy
Mrs. .Npitzer was said bv the Del
I lor. "
lice t
. made
I Th,
I ports
i h.i e
'iicii a
toid tiiein Mrs. Jupp hm
declaration at that time.
practically confirmed rp-
police
hat a
wittiess called by them
1 Fi
relic iv ii'iiil'i'.
summoned heron;
the district attorn
o.v. was a remits ole
tea. her of the French language, who had
been caile, ia to consultation by Maliel
Norman. I when she wanted ail inscrip
tion in French engraved "on a cigarette
case. It was not disclosed what other
luforni. tiuu the witness liad given the
officials. It was stated, however, that
another ipiesliouing of Miss Xormand,
who was oic of the last persons to see
Taylor : liv", was planned. She is at
Altadena, a suburb, recovering from
inllueuza and a nervous breakdown, foly
lowing a fainting spell at the Taylor
funeral.
QUESTION OF GERMAN REP
ARATIONS TO BE REFERRED
Commission Has Been Investi
gating Germany's Ability to
Pay.
; PA IMS, Maid, 1. The Allied pow
ers are expected to refer the whole ques-
tion of German reparations to tho Rep
arations Commission fr division after
a meeting of the fiifnicc ministers of
i their governments lu re on March 9.
In the mouth since the reparations
commission referred the late German
, meiuoi-iiidiiiu to the Allies, it has been
conduct ing an intensive investigation of
(i
ermnny s finances and nbilitv to liav. '
o th:
the (uestion is again put.'
up to if, the commis,'iion will he in a no-
to
sit ion
Th.
reach adecision quickly.
negotiations between Belgium and
Hie Lit!
Entente on one side and Ger
the other for neroements aim-
many
ilai t
Fi a in
tie' i.
m, i I"
n-i.ort
be',-,, ,
gre, i,
'' In
reached by Germany anil
at Wiesbaden are independent of
; .rations commission. Officials
'his explanation upon receipt of.
fi on Mi l ! in that a concord had
igiied extending the Wiesbaden a
nt to tin -e countries,
reparation officials said the necro-
The
tint iou
and fl
- h.
.at
nl not reached a definite point
any agreement would be sub-
approval of
llie.l powers.
the commission
and ;h.
RIVLRS AND HARBORS CONGRESS
IN SESSION IN WASHINGTON .
WASHINGTON. March 1. - A (le
I. ;. oa the St. Lawrence greater wa
t r.'.av project, and a number of ad
dresse, Iiy prominent shipping men form
ed the program for the opening ses-ions
today of the 17th convention of the Na
tional Rivers and Harltors Congress. In
the debate, regarded as oue bf the thief
feat''-es of the convention, Governor X.
L. Milh r. of New York, was scheduled
to speak against the St. Lawrence proj
ect, while Governor H. J. Allen, of
Kansas, and H. H. Merrick, of Chicago,
were lisied as the affirmative speakers.
Today's program of speakers, in ad
dition to those taking part in the St.
Lawrence project debate, included Sec
retary Ik'iiby, Ambassador Jusseraud, of
France.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
4 NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, March I. Cotton fu
i tiiresi closed stead v. . - .'
, March H-Sa; ILi.r 1S.10; Jury 17.31 ;
Octcbcr lfi.UOj December 16; tipuU
: is.ro. . - - , - .
! TODArS COTTOniSET
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Strict U Good Middiinj
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