, J CMS ON Weather: Rain ! Local Cotton 17 1-2 Cents VOU XLIII. NO. 52. GASTONIA. N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 2. 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS UNIVERSITY DMETBALLjSOLDIERS' BONUS FLAN TEAM WINS SOUTHERN CHAMPIONSHIP IN ATLANTA Defeated Mercer ; University by Score of 40 to 26 Only Team Entered From North Carolina 23 Teams From ' Dixie in Tournament. (By The AssoclatM Kress. J .. ATLANTA. Co., Mrch 2. The Uni versity of North Carolina, the only team that represented the Tar Heel Stato in the southern college basket bull tourna ment thin year, holds the championship of Dixie fls a result. of its victory over 'Mercer University in the finals here lust night. The Clil Hill team won its way through fire hard buttles culminating last night in its 40 to defeat of the quintet from Macon. With the aggres sive Mereerites holding second honors, third place goes to Georgia Tech, which downed Alabama 3.1 to 23 iu the play off for that position. The speedy Mer cer quintet 'which earlier in the tourna ment had downed Kentucky State, cham pion of 1921, was up .-against the machine-like pdrccision of a team that reached Its top form in the linul strug gle after showing a line game through out. Georgia University was the run ner up in 1921, und while this year's runner up downed last year's title hold er, it was North Carolina that had elim inated Georgia in this tournament. The meet, which was held jointly by the new Southern Intercollegiate Con ference and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, was participated in by 23 representative Dixie teams from eight States and drew large audiences, especially" on the last two nights when the huge auditorium was packed. WOMAN MOONSHINER " GETS THREE MONTHS (By The Associated 1'resn.) LONDON, K. Mar.h 2. Mrs. Mol lie Turner, Kentucky's first woman moonshiner in so far ns it is known, is tinder sentence to serve three months in jail Olid to to pay a fine ns a result of toeig convicted-on that charge in circuit court here. Cal Turner, the woman's husband, under a similar sentence, be- in convicted of nioonshiiiini: with his! wife. SIX BOOTLEGGERS NOT IMPLICATED IN MURDER (By The Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, March 2. The six men arrested Tuesday on information furnished by Mrs. John Rupp, their housekeeper, have no connection with the murder of Wil liam Desmond Taylor, motion pic ture director, here, February 1, it was announced today by Detective Sergeant Herman Cline, in charge of the investigation. HOUSE COMMITTEE TO VISIT MUSCLE SHOALS WASHINGTON, Maivri 2. Mem bers of the House Military Committee who have been investigating Various pro Hsals for private operation and lease of the government's properties at Muscle Shoals, Ala., decided today in an execu tive session in favor of making an in spection trip to Muscle Shoals. Hitchcock Opposes. " WASHINGTON, March 2. Senator Hitchcock ranking democrat of the Senate Foreign ltelutious Committee, declared in an address to the senate to day opening debate on the four power Pacific treaty, that he could not sup port it unless amendment or reservations were adopted to meet his objections. COTTON MILL RE-OPENS. , (By The Associated Press.) . PROVIDENCE, K. i., March 2. One of the two cotton mills owned by the Hope Company in the village of Hope reopened today under protection of the police and deputy sheriffs, with about a score of the 230 operatives reporting for work. A picket line took up its inarch before the gates in a hard snow storm. A detachment of coast artillery men was later sent to the mill for guard duty. PAWTUCKKT, R. 1.. March 2. Three companies of national guard eoast artillery, a machine gun detail and a medical detachment which have been on duty here because of the textile Strike. Wero sent, to flip st:i(i armnrv nt ' I'rnvid.'tln Initnt- Altint- 'Mill nnlilinra I are loft in the city. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET. : NEW! YORK,' March 2. Cotton fu tures Closed steady: March' 18.35; May 1?. 07;' July 17.34; October 16. C; December 10.65; Spots 18.70. TODAY'S COTTOil MARKET Cotton seed ........... Strict t Good Middling ...51e ' WANTS MARKET. To the Editor: 1 ; I just want to endorse the Olney cor respondent 's suggestion for a city mar- ket, for us country women to dispose of our .surplus vegetables etc. There isl''" none of us, but what like to earn our own . pin money. By the time our husbands and fathers, pay their tax, buy their fer tiliier, Seeds, implements, and a new mule once in a while there isn 't much for frills nud furbelows, as the editor said, don t need anything, but a vacant lot and a shed, that is H they liavo .in the eity of Washington, V. C. Not even a; floor. I tSpcak out vonntry sisters. Let ns ln'ari from you all and I know the city fathers will listen. - j ONE OF J2t. -''. MINUS CASH FEATURE MAY BE WORKED OUT Provide For Issuing Adjusted Service Certificates Get Money From Banks Face Value of Certificate Equal to Sum of Adjusted Service Pay of Veteran. (By The Associated Vress.) WASHINGTON. March ; 2. 'i Unanimous agreement to eliminate the cash feature of the soldiers' bonus except in the case of men whose adjusted service pay would not exceed $50 was reached today by the special subcommittee of re publican members of the House Ways and Means Committee, to which the whole bonus question was referred on yesterday. The hope that "th administra tion will not continue to procrasti nate very much longer and will ful fill the promise made in the last na tional election, and pass the veter rans adjusted compensation bill without further delay," is expressed by Edwin S. Bettelheim, J r chair man of the national legislative com mittee of the veterans of (foreign wars, in a letter to President Hard- lag, inaue puuuc luuay. Mr. Bettelheim wrote the 'President that he was just in receipt olj a report showing that 12,000 of the 150,000 former ! servicc men in Cuyahoga Couty, Ohio,! who anplied for tho adjusted comnensa- tion voted by the State of Ohio were un- employed "If this is indicative of the condi-1 ""IU . "'V " ,n4? J r,'aiTv Hon .lirtimr thrmiphnut lm ..mmtrv .' february 23 the total debt stood the letter said, "it would mean that ap proximately 2,000,000 of tho ex-service men are out of employment. How many of these are in destitute circumstances would be hard to tell, but tho report shows that a good many were unable to pay their rents and were dependent up on odd jobs and the good favor of others. ' ' This example from one of the larger counties in your homo state is typical of the condition of the former service men throughout the country." WASHINGTON, March 2. Major ity members of the House Ways and Means committee wee , hopeful today that a final solution of the soldiers 'j . iionus proDicm naa been round in pro.-osed plan to substitute for the cash I feature of tho bill a provision for ad - justed service certificates up on which former service men could immediately obtain fumU from tho banks. Formula- ... . ..... tion or tne plan aireaay nau ioen tu-; dertaken today bv the special subcom- mi t tee to which it was referred jester- dav. and it was understood it was plan- ned tn call in Secretary Mellon .'in,! i.os sibly members of the Federal reserve board and discussion of the whole pro I'""111" . n...,.u,.iii,ii v.. T -..,cri..rti, nf nil n member of the sulH'Oinniittec. to which I tho majority members assigned the task of working out the scheme after failing to agree on any method for financing the cash payments, said it probably would be a week or more before this ,could be completed, and it appeared it Would be at least u mouth before the eoiynittoe would be. ready to report any bill agreed upon to the House. , Without changing the vocational train inV. ftirm and home aid and land settle ment features of the Fordaey bill, it is contemplated under tho new plan, com mittee members said, to issue i , I 1 service certificates, which, bv the addi tion of 40 per cent to the proposed ad justed service pay plus interest on on the total for twenty years at tho rate. of 4 1-2 per cent compounded annually, would have a total face value of approxi mately "'IS times the amount that would be received under the cash feature. An amount equal to i0 per cent of the total of the adjusted service pay could be borrowed from a bank immediately on isnuance of the certificate, with provi sion that if the sum thus obtained plus interest was not repaid in threo years the bank could maRe demand on the Federal treasury for the amount due, the Gov ernment thus to take over and carry the loan. EMPLOYED 56 YEARS AND NEVER LATE TU WUK1S. CLEVELAND, O.. Mar. 1. Edward ! Quilty. who worked in tHeveland rolling I mills before steel was made in America, before the Bessemer converter had been j introduced and before the open hearth! period, has just been pensioned by the American Steel and Wire Company, j tTiiitoil States Steel Corporation branch,' j with the longest service record of any. of the 4,700 employes pensioned tvy mo steel corporation. His length of ser vice includes 56 years, 4 months and 16. iIhvs and in all that time he was not once late to work, his record shows. Mr. Quilty started to work when lie, was 10 vears of age, rocking spikes for the old Cleveland Rolling Mills Company,, later absorbed by the American Steel and Wire Company, which in turn was. taken over by the United States Steel! Corporation. lie began working when iron rails' were made by tho "puddling process. j He Las seen the crowth of rolling mills, from the days when they were operated by band. Mr. Quilty joins the list of pensioneo Cleveland employees of the U. 8. Steel corporation subsidiaries here, which num. bereU 270 and received fb7,o40 in pen- aecoroing to nur the annual report of the L. 8. Steel and Carnegie Pension Fund here. Th total paid to all pensioned em ployes throughout the country Tfor 1921 wan $947,879 to 3.677 retired employes, bringing total disbursements for the ten years of its existence to 6,S2S.460. : thevTather , . North Carolina, rain this afternoon and probably tonight; somewhat colder tonight on the coast; Friday generally fair and colder ia southeast portion. TEXTILE .UNION HEADS TO MAKE CAMPAIGNS FOR AID FOR STRIKING OPERATIONS Organizers Will Address Mass Meetings Tonight in Phila delphia and New York Ap pealing For Funds Pro longed Struggle Is Forecast. 'Bv The Associated Press.) PltOVIDKNCK, H. I.. March 2. In preparation for a prolonged struggle, heads of the striking textile unions hero are extending their campaign for relief funds. William H. Derrick, an organ- izer for the Amalgamted , Textile Work ers, who is iu charge of tho strike in J tho Puwtuxet valley, will address a mass meeting tonight iu Philadelphia, ppeal ing for funds. Russell Palmer, general secretary, will make a similar address in New York. Now Hint the state board of mediation and conciliation has failed to settle the strike,, it is expected an attempt will be made soon to reojien some of the many plants which have been shut down for nearly six weeks by the Btrike of more than 15,000 workers in tho Pawtuxet and Bluckstone valleys. Por the present soldiers -are to be maintained on guard in the mill villages where trouble lias developed. Governor San Souci announces. . ""mldi iiMvutiata ..BY 90.O,000 IN FEBRUARY (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, March 2. An in - rcase of mon' tMan 90,000,000 n the,1 public debt during February was an-1 nt $2;M78,667,7S9 as compared with 23,38H,544.2.1S on January :tl. The in crease in the debt, was largely accounted for, officials explained-, by the issuance of approximately $(501,000,000 n treasury notes during the month, while Govern ment securities retired during February approximated $511,000,000. However, ollicials believed, that the continued quarterly reduction in tho public debt would go on during March when install ments of income and profits taxes are due. Ordinary expenditures of the Govern ment during February aggregated $1S2,- 000,000 as compared with $;(. 1,000,000 during tho same month last year, while ordinary receipts for the month approxi- " -1 ,UT " '""" . , 0IJ0 - 000 February of 1!21. ARMY POSTS ARE, THE BAROMETERS OF SOCIETY ivisniv'Tov r.,...i. o . . ..,.,,. . al life! l'"8'" arc ' " miromwers or mo social hip ot communities" near which they lie nud inspection of more than two score west ern posts shows that "the morale of of- !"' and soldiers is improved steadily colonel John T. Anton, elucf ot cliap-. ltt1t,uWlmAw...,. vn.M...t ...1 .n.l.... n.. i . ' '. i n,reiuruio v asiiiuirt on irom an mswciion trip. Clergy of the roiiimumt les aliout the posts are co-oerating with the army chaplains. Colonel Axton said, of a audi spiritual results unthoiight f. I years ago are being accomplished by such united ministerial efforts.' REP. DOUGHTON RETAINS j HIS SEAT IN CONGRESS' WASHINGTON, March 2. Ueprc-i senfativc Doughton, Democrat, of the' eighth North Carolina district, is entit-j led to his seat in the House the elections ... . . . , , . . , uiiiiiiiurr, I ii i-ni I K.ii 1IIK 1 no IIHIM ?l lum : by T)r. J. T t 1 1 i i l:. i. v-ainjoieu, nejmonean, re- ported today. JEFFRIES MAY TURN TO PREACHING GOSPEL. LOS ANGELES, Maefi 2. James J. Jeffries, former heavyweight champion puglilist of the world, may become an evangelist if nothing happens to pre vent it, according to a story The Los Angeles Examiner published today. Jeffries now a farmer at Burbank, near here, has Im-coiho interested in the religious affairs through a visit from A. r . Suttere, a friend of the former pug ilist ' father, who was a minister of the gospel, according to the newspaper. Mr. Suttere is said to be writing a book, iiud'if it meets with the desired recep- ( ;., .. ,...i.i:i,. ...i : .i - ...... ...... ,,,,,, a.iu . .-r ."..-;l)v tineent. matteru reneh reiilijt i.m Jef. tingent matters reach realization. Jef fries may begin a career as an evangel fst, according to the story, 1 "FLYING PARSON" WHO HURRIES BACK TO PULPIT AFTER WINNING RACES. W& 1 ( 4 f ' .1 ,VV i - 1 ,1: MARRIED MOTHER-IN-LAW; DIVORCE SUITS FOLLOW " MATSVILLE, Ky., March 2. Two diorce suits are pending in the Mason county court here because Carl Kellum, 23 years old, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Addie Gallagher, 45, ran off together, according to the petitions filed by Mrs. I ma Gallagher Kellum, 18, against her husband, and John Gallagher, 55, against his wife. Mrs. Kellum says she was married two years ago and was very happy on her husband's farm, four miles from here. A short time ago, 'she la leges, her mother, who lived at home on an adjoining farm, ran off with Kellum and never returned. Gallagher's petition unfolds the same story. Kellum and Mrs. Gallagher are living together in this county now, the petitions charge. NEAR EAST ACTIVITIES Factors That Have Made For The Suc te.'a Of The Gaston Campaign Gas- tonia and Carton County Have Been One Big Gaston. To tho Editor of The Gazette: Activities of the Gaston campaign for the relief of Kl.'l starviuir orphans of the j Near East, will eomo.to a close. Friday aiicrnoon, wuen returns ana authentic ! reports win reveal the fact, that in ad- j dmoii to providing for the number al- i lotted. Greater (iaston has most gemr- ,' ously and heartily adopte.l IS I of these Homeless, helpless, starving children, of unfortunate Christian parents, in H stricken laud, or 4S more than the Gas ton quota. No one factor or person lia.i been re sponsible for this hearty and spontane ous response to this needy and worthy cause. As so splendidly stated by you eli torially iu Wednesday's paper, "tho genuineness of the appeal nn.l the dis tressing need of these hopless thousands and tho cry of starving babies and chil dren" hsve paved the way direct to Gas ton hearts. Organization along rommon sene Jims can only be based on the fact that in order to give, the people must be given the opportunity. Consequently Gaston ministers, school principals, school teachers, Sunday school teachers. nurses. COIIimiinitv workerq cH, m mill superintendents, and individuals in priv-j nte life have been powerful factors in putting old Gaston over the top in u great and good cause. - The entire magnificent response j nia,,t' "I' of Pwio'.v the most represuita live onenng ever made in tins or other '; '"i"""'. .mi". -n iinwai opera countries. The toiler in factory and;'''"1'4 :m '"onfined to the aviation me eld, tlu. student in the school room, the .'"''''"'ics and radio scIukiIs, naval hospi . -vant in the home, the minister, luwver ,!l1' llis,ri'' headquarters and guard . .. i. i . . . . i .l,il. I ,.l ... l' K U : " 'V " ' ' ... .. L I tlU n I 1,1 I'H mcilllS. .' "(iiul Iiiim nr.,ui..r,..l )1,., I in the eflort to provide for these 1S1 I "little ones" whom Jesus .said. "Suffer I to Come l.'ivto Me." :'.i " ;t" ,n's N'lendid campaign ne rucior nas ente rod i- Ua more largely into its success than tlu istonia Uailv Gazette. i-With it columns open laily for the lo- j ! cal news of the campaign, the splendid spirit of co-operation with the chair- men, on the part of editor, pulilhhois ! and employees, and with some of the hot j editorials, giving to the public concise, and intelligently connected facts of the! great need, it has been my pleasure to ) i Ti... t.. i i .' r..- : "'". ' i ii- iiit ijitii ;i iiiHIl I or , frt ll'iuton a.iiii.. 4 1. sufferers ; " ' - 0f ,"ear East. .. j This Rtati ment is made at this 1 rs ,T e-ine.i I n t iirnm t w... I.. (l.n :....! 4..!... "iiii.uiiii n, i iiv 1111,11 i.iiiii- latino of returns which will appear inj Saturday's Gazette, together with state-j mcnts from tho city and county chair men. Yours trnlv, GEO. K. GILLESPIE. County Caairinan PROPOSE REORGANIZATION OF THE NAVAL RESERVE (Itv The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. March 2. Complete re-oigaiiif.amm oi Tne naval reserve is i .......... 1 : .. ........: l. : 1 1 . .. ii.. piiipu:wii in ;t tcuiaiMe oui prepared iiv the Navy Department and forwarded to m,.ii f .i, ,,..,i ,...,..., ;...; ' ' . ' I retary IVnby for comment before i . , . ..... : it is presented to Congress. Include. 1 in.1 the proposed act is the provision for aj J merchant marine reserve section and for 'certain merchant ships to fly a reserve! emblem. I The bill would abolish oil existing naval or marine corps reserve and estab lish a naval reserve as a a component ! part" of tho navy, consisting of three j casses, the fleet reserve, the merchant i marine naval reserve and the volunteer ! naval reserve. A separate section-, pro j vides for reorganization of the present ! marine corps reserve in fonforiiuty withj,vj; ,.Vlr ;, wriod of eight to ten weeks. I the new plan. It would have two classes corresponding to the fleet reserve snd the volunteer reserve, of the nav.il estab- i lishment. j All present memliers of the various j classes of nav.-vl reservists, both .officers ami men, and the naval militia would be brought into the new .system, ollieers not to be aliove the rank of lieutenant com mander except for "a small jierccn sge" in the rank of commander or cap tain "for the recruiting, organization, administration, training, inspection and mobilization of the naval reserve." En listments in the reserve would be for four year whilf officers would hold their commissions "Muring the pleasure of the President." i- FOUND MOTHER LOST SINCE CHILDHOOD. ' (By The Associated Press.) BRUNSWICK, Ga., March 2. Sp arated from his mother since he was a child, Tlien he claims he was kidiiapiMMi William B. Buukley.-of Savannah, Ga., lias located his mother, Mrs. Mary Bunk ley McLrod, in Brunswick. and will bring his family here end live. Hunkley, who lias been going under the name of Buklen, claims that he was able to find his mother hero through a negro "fortune teller, '.'- GREAT LAKES STATION MAY BE ABANDONED IN BIG EXPENSE SLASH Famous Naval Training Station May Be Discontinued As Part Of Disarma- ment Proceedings Thousands Of Sailors Have Been Trained There -Westerners Make Better Sailors Than I Easterners. ; till HAT LAKES ILLS., March ! The mi, Idle west may loe its only bi , naval establishment, the Naval Truiuin i station here, as a result of the siiccessfiil cuin luMon oi" the disarmament confef ! eiiee at Washingtuii. I i Wrei-kir have nearly i-miiphU'd tie uehirueuoii or tlie vast wartime cams thiouj;li which neary 100,000 bmbrdp Kcaii-icii passed during 1917 and 191 and now, as a resut of the contemplated reduction iu naval forces, the porimuieiil station may be abandoned and training coneenl rated on the Atlantic and Paci fic eoast. Naval ollieers here expect the appro priation for tlie fiscal year startinir July 1 to be considerably under the $100,000' provided for the present year and prob-j ably only enough to provide men toi guard the $."i,oi.o,0(io worth of govern-j incut property at the station. To guard; the immense plant and provido ollieers i tor the tw.i naval school here, one turn nig out aviation mechanics and the other ramo operators, would require about 700 ollieers ;md men and an estimated ap propriation of between $200,000 and $ 25O.00O. Total abandonment of Great Lakes is opposed by the ollieers here because the middle west furnishes a large part of the nation's naval forces and tho ninth district headquarters hero has more res ervists under its control than any other district in the country. More ineu were trained at Great Lakes during the war than at all other training camp eoni biueil. After the armistice 76,000 ex seamen in the ninth district alone were enlisted in the reserve forte out of a to tal of 2dO,oijo reservists for the entire country. Stilt water states do not produce as good saitors for modern lighting ships as t ho prarie states of the middle west,1 ollieers here say. There is no place on a tiiodirn $40,l)iMl,0im battleship for tho! old fashioned suit ater seaman, and tho i picturesque tar of the past has given way to highly skilled mechanics whosi.! training in middle west factories "laeliine shops and foutidries fit them for ""' specialized Horvieo of an electric j driven and oisTnted floating fort, ' The original Great Lakes naval train- '"g s'otion cost .".000,Oiio. Millions ,u(,r Vv,r' "1"'" during the war on the niandnnt ,f the .,,; "J uf . - .......... commandant. He is to be replaced about April I , by Captain Waldo Kvaus, at present naval governor at Guam. "LIVE-AT-HOME" CAMPAIGN IS STARTED THIS WEEK . John Paul Lucas, of Charlotte, in Ral eigh to Conduct Publicity Campaign For Governor Morrison's Hog, Hom iny, Cow and Poultry Program. 11ALEIGH, March 2 A definite start is being made this week in the work of pulling over Governor Cameron Morri son's "Live at Home" campaign, John I'nul Lucas, of Charlotte, who has been secured to organize and direct the cam- 'paigii. has opened an office in tho State Annex, and the pieliminary ' woili is already under way. The work in pro peel is nut new to Mr. Lucas, who had active direction of the Food Pro duction and Conservation Cirmpiiivjn in North Carolina during the war, first with the State Food Commission, and I later with the I'nited States Food Ad ministration, and who is "loaned" to (the state for this partciilar work by !..' I Southern Public Cliiities Company for I which he is advertising . iiianac.' r . ...,.i .... i, i;..;.. 1 ' Ourng th campaign emphasis will be i., , ,,( upon t h plodiictiOn of food sni j pies for the market. Out upon the prorlii' ! tion by every family sulliiient to of food and supply its feed own sui'iilie-i supplie- ......i.lUI csi.i iiiisi ment. More and better gardens, more poultry, one or more cows foi each family, and siiflicient hogs to fur- i nish an a'l year snpp'y of pork will I be advocated. The new movement' has tlu wholeheart-"'! backing not only of; the Department of Agriculture, and the i State College of Agriculture and En- , tineerine. bet :lso of the Department of I Education, the State Hoard of Health j and ii'her agencies of the :tate govern j ment . The er.mrain whiih is being inangu .......i .. :m k.. :..,..;..i.- ..,..Iii..1 tuwl ' iiu i. 1. 1 ire i ii n ii -.I,. i . ..w.ni. ... .. pi,,, org-mizatinn to be built up will reach into every the state. township of every county in DR. HUBERT WORK TO SUCCEED W. H. HAYS WASH I MiTOX, Mnnh 2. Ir. Hu ; i.... t',...L ,.,..t nai.f'.nt i.fif- '. IKTI U Iff & . 1" 11 i ji i .-l unnnniiM i - I . .... - ! - master g-:ieral, will succeed Will ll.;aie im reason oi agnation oi tne fiic- , Hays, as head of the Postoffice IV- ' tion. j partmeiit, it was learned definitely to- ! day at the White House. Dr. Work, whose home is in Pueblo,: Colo., will take over the postoffice port-j folio Saturday uhen the resignation ''of j Mr. Hays becomes effect ive. The liom -j ination of Dr. Work is expected to be! s-nt to the Senate fhortly. ' COLDER TONIGHT. WASHINGTON, March 2. Temper atures ill be lower tonight in Tennes see and the east Gulf and South Atlan tic States, the Weather Bureau an nounce'! this mornjng. A disturbance of moderate intensity was rcpoted this morning over southern Geogi.i. Indications are for mostly fair weath er tonight in states east of the Missis sippi except that rain is probable in the south Atlantic States. '. : "I": :;:;V CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR. Thursday, March 2. 4:00 p. m. Board of Directors. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Band. Friday, March 3. 7:30 p. m. Chamber of merce Gleen Club. Com- HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS ARE STUDYING THE LEAGUE . -T-i r-y . .... more I han Thousand High School Students Represent - in Z50 North rum n. H;.k 7 . . " . a i -.vv i uruig wcr inc jjx Question. CHAPKL HILL, N. C March ino poiiucai paradox ot tho past a ..-..Kue. ,,r n n a ,eaue is causing many uleeph'Mi nights and the con- sumption of much midnight oil in over a 1.0UU homes in North Car.''!ia, accord - nig to figures compiled and data sent I out by L'. K. nankin, secretary of the' extension department of tho university.: The high school triangular debutes wid ; decide, this issue again. Over a thousand contestants have entered and over i!"0 j schools are to engage in the annual dc- i bate. It is estimated thut approxi mately 2,000 high school students will participate in the debates locally, many of tho entrants being eliminated before the final speakers are chosen. The elimination debates will be held on March -1 in the respective schoo's. The successful entrants the schools that win both sides of the question from competing schools will come to the university on April (5 and 7 for the finals. On the night of April 7, tho two surviv ing teams, will settle the matter of the State's debuting honors here. One team will come from the western part of the State and one from the eastern, ns lia.s bvn the custom in the past. It will be the tenth nnnual triaugular de bate. Hundreds upon 'hundreds of tho de bating pamphlets have been sent out up. on request by the university extension department. Guilford County leads the rest of the Stato in the number of schools entered, eleven coming from that educational center. Gaston and Bun combe come second with eight schools each: Light counties are not represent ed: Ashe, Graham, Hoke, Mitchell, Jones, Stokes, Tyrell und Watauga. The Question. Statement of the question of debate is as follows: " Kesolvod, That the United States should enter the League of Nations." Coder the affirmative brief are itemized the following argu mentative issues: 1. Th league of nations will prevent f ut u rc wars. 2. It will lead to economic benefits of disarmament and industrial peace. .1. The league of nations' will prove to bo in harmony with American ideals. ' 4. The league as now constituted will) prove a useful organ of international justice and comity. ' .1. America, as the world 's great- est democracy owes it to herself n..,1 h. the world to become a member and n lender in tho league of nations. The negative side presents the follow ing issues: ! I. The league or nations will involve us in European wars. 2. Th e league of nations will infringe our sovereignty. 3. It will disturb our Pan-American relations. 4. The league of nations is not in har mony with American ideals and stands in the way of results it seeks to accom plish. 5. America should live her own life and. keep clear of entanglements. Each issues contains niirnmerous niinnr subhead developing the point. Out-' slunding amour; the variou references in' . " ,'fhe pamphlet are two speeches made bv ' the Inst two presidents. LTnder the af firmative references is ,i srtoivli bv ! W "'"""" ii'iii. neiivcrcii in t -on U . ii': . .. .1 . ... . p in the Coliseum, September, 1919, while 1 under the division' of the negative side is incorporated an address by President ' Harding, delivered to the House of Con- gress. April 12, 1921. A text of the cov-: enaiit of the league of nations, adopted by the plenary session of the Peace Con ferenee. Paris, April 2. 191S. i3 al.o in cluded in the very interesting and ex cellently edited debating pamphlet. THINKS ALL MIDDIES I SHOUT n nr e.ointtiTrn (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. March 1 . Rear Ad n:..l l't.... 4.. I I 1. . II X- . , tt jinifi , iinwii nun I lie i-iouso ,avai 1 om- .mittee today that nil of the ."41 mem-1 bers of the first cla.-s to be graduated ; in .Tune ought to receive their commis- i sions ns officers. i In advocatinir this action the admiral' declared a spei dv dtvision should iv- ni,,de I ctrfjunty nmong tho inhUhiiimon as to their future nnd th fYV't mi ihoir nifr- - - -- "V" t . 1 1 . . A , All ( Deaths IIUFFSTETLER. ( E. S. Huffstetler, a well-known' resi dent of the New Hope section of the county, died at I o'clock this morning following an illness of a year or more from dropsy, aged 66. Funeral servi ces were held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at New 'Hope Presbyterian church, of which he had been a member practically all of his life. Interment was in the ew Jiope cemetery. Mr. HnlTstetler S , wife died several years ago. He leaves a number of children and a wide eon-j nectiou, together with a host of friends to mourn his death. 1 Messrs. sims id inline 1IN POWERFUL SPEECHES ATCOUNTYS.S. CONVENTION Mr. Honline Is One of Best Speakers Ever Heard in Gas tonia -Speaks on Place of Education in Religion Mr. Sims, General Superintend ent, Has Been Heard Here . Before Weather Militates Against Attendance. I Maxtrrful and inspiring addresses by i Prof. M. A. Hoiiline. of the International ! 8l""lav Scnod Association .and Mr. D. " K""" Dup.nutcnuenr. or tne .North Cam Carolina Sunday School Associa tion, featured the sessions of the Gaston County Sunday School Convention at the First Associate' Reformed Presbv- terian Church yesterday. Both shakers 1 held the closo attention of the audio nco i 0f Sunday School workers and powerful appeals in behalf of ; ! ' 7 made bettet ( 0 fr-' - m e Hi ' v MR. D. W, SIMS GeneraK Superintendent of ths North Carolina Sunday - School Association, Who Is One of the Speakers BBefort the County Sunday School Conven tion . r ' teaching and training of the young peo ple. Tho Gaston County Convention opened yesterday nt 3:30 o'clock. Sessions will be held today and tomorrow at 3:30 p.' m. and nt 7:0 p. m. Jdr. Sims and Prof, Honlino will again bo among the speak ers. The convention will close with two sessions tomorrow, the Itrl at the same hours. The record of Mlsn Georgia Copelund, the County secretary indicates that 12 Sunday Schools were represented at the I openO!? sessions niul- that,' among thoe present were (5 preachers, 8 Sunday ! School i Schiwl suptrintendeiits and ti Sunday; teachers. , , .Mr i'"' address, on "Tho Weak ,in'1 in tho Sunday School" was one of the most interesting addresses beard tv '!'C wo,rk,; of the citjr in some time. He " T1' that, training of the young peo- pie in t"o teens' was; uiest- important job for the Sunday School. The chil dren from birth to thirteen, find ato tht t "lulls are receiving' ix great deal more consideration iu our religious education--" al program, both a to material for in ; striu-.t ion ami equipment for work. Tho Children's IHvision and the Adult Divi-t sion he called the strong links in the Sunday School, while tho Tennage, or Young Peopo's Division including pupils, from l;; to 20 years, is the weak ink. HeV gave facts and figures to show the weak-1-ness of the link and also tho importance'; of making it as strong if not strongetv than the other two. v If is on this weak link that the devil generally makes his uttack, said ; the' speaker, and this is tho place where the average Sunday School gives the least help. .Statistics he iwd showed that 71 , per cent n nil criminal commit ted their , first crime during this .period. Eiirhtv tour ner cent or a I riiiivcrmnni iuiin during the same period. Ninety-one per cent of the decisions for life are made before the boy or girl are 20 years of age, and 1)7 per cent of nil missionaries make their division during that period.. The children's Division is guided by others: the adult by reason. The vouna i people are not guided by either. They, ere pnide.il by the gang. The average boy 'in his teens pays more attention to tho j opinion of the pang thau lie? docs to his I father and mother. You might as well quit trying to drive them. He is as shy of parental authority as he was shy of gir' a, few years beforo. . , If a boy is net. in Sunday School ! there are general'y three reasons. Ia . tho first pl.i-V, samo woman is trying to teadi that class of boys from 1 3 to 20. I am not criticising women who ar teachers for when it gets down to techni cal teaching women are apt to do it Iftter thnn men. But that isn't all a boy needs. He needs comradeship and hadcrahip. The second' reason, there is liable to be an over-pions man teaching that class. By over-pious, I mean too much piety on Sunday as compareel with what he has the rest of the week. A boy of that ago can look through you and tell how pious you are better than any grown pTson. Be natural. yTbe third reason for not attending the elass is that some man or woman is lecturing the ''class. Tho average boy in his teen age will have a conversation class insidt or a conversational class on 1ho outside and the one in the outside will not be a. Bible Class. : Mr. Sim Stated that if he were u preacher he woud take as his text : Luke 2:52, ''Ami Jesus increased in wislom and stature and in favor with God ami Man." Jesus tlevelotxil four ways, and if you think you can develop one si'V. two side or three soles or a boy or f r and build a great charoctur you are i , takeii. You have got to save th- v boy uu 1 thtj. whole girl. .The (Coatiasiod 03 rl'" O.J.