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VOL. XLIII. NO. 53.
GASTONIA, N. C.t FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1922.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
.PLANS CLOSER RELATIONS
WITH FARMERS OF COUNTY
Civic Organization Wants to
Get in Closer Touch With
Farmers of County Presi
dent Robinson to Appoint
Strong Committee to Co-op-erate
With Farmers.
Creation of a farm rotations commit
tee and action urging the extension of
the flrf limit go as to more proierly
safeguard proH-rty in the existing lim
its from fire haxard were two of the
most imjiortant matters before the
board of directors bf the Gastonia
Chamber of Commerce at the first
March meeting Thursday. Present were
l'resideut S. A. Robinson, Viee Presi
dents Wade S.-Buice and K. Grady
Itaukiu and Director Ci. C. Andrews,
E. B. Brittaiu, P. W. Garland, Ira It.
Hayes and W. T. hove, and the execu
tive secretary.
A strong committee will lie named to
investigate what may he done in a defin
ite way to aiil the upbuilding of the ag
riculturnl interests of the county. In
stead of waiting until the boll weevil
has devastated the cotton fields it is the
feeling of the board t fiat such a commit
tee may work out plaus that will make
the coming of the boll weevil uu incon
sequential matter.
The Department of Civic Affairs was
instructed to take up with the city
board the matter of getting the ancient
(ire limits extended, many members hav
ing complained that their property is
endangered through hick of control by
the city of new huilding work which
should properly be i:i the limits. No
definite line was set the proposed new
limits,, the Chamber only desiring to co
operate with the city in urging the
change and not even attempting to sug
gest new lines.
New members elected Thursday in
clude D. F. Short, James 18. Kenton,
W. D. Crawford and M. V . Whitesides,
all of the Loray Mill staff : .1. H. Kel
ler, of the Newberger Rankin Co . ; C. C.
Carpenter, life insurance; J. It. Del
linger, building and loan and insurance;
Frank Boomershine, manager of the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. ; T.
O. Beamguard, of licainguard & llovis;
Dr. James L. Blair; A. C. Miller, con
tractor; F. W. Maivhand, tailor, and
Walter O. Davis.
The resignations of G. E. Burwell
and C. L. Lowdcr, on nicoiint of leav
ing Gastonia to enter business in Spar
tanburg, were accepted.'
CEO.eW.
KENDRICK & CO.
ANNOUNCE FAILURE.
NEW YORK, March :i The whirl
pool of misfortune continued to drag
down brokerage houses today. The
failure of George W. Kendrick, Md, &
Co., of 'Philadelphia, was announced
from the rostrum of the New York Stock
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AXCUlinge, IlllU loe onson.i.iie.i inner.
. . .i i
Jtxruanirc annouuceii me suspension iiir..",. .. ... . ... , " . .
Cliarles A. Bertram!, of C. A. Bert
raud & Co., of this city. An involun
tary bankruptcy petition against C. A.
Bertram! k Co. was tiled iu Federal
court. No estimate was made of liabil
ities and assets.
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR .
STRUCK BY CITIZEN
fp.v Tiie Associated Press.)
OKMULGEE, OK1.A., March ;;. -Governor
J . B. A. KoIhiIsou was at
tackod'by James G. Lyons, an oil man
as the governor emerged from the pri
vatc office, of County Attorney
llenburn this morning, alter a
lames i
outer-,
encc between the county attorney and
the governor. Governor Robertson, as
lie was walking out of the outer office
of the county attorney, as introduced
to Mr. Lyons, bystanders said. T h e
governor extended bis hand and Mr.
Lyons was said to have struck him in
the face.
"I am a man," Gov. Robertson said,
ami struck buck nt Mr. Lyons. They
exchanged probably half a doien blow;:
before they were sepifrated .
Pandemonium occurred in the crowded
corridors of the courthouse. Many lied
expecting more serioua occurrences.
SIX SUSPECTS MAY
BE RELEASED TODAY
1 en.. fn... s,,.i,ite.i i'.k. 1
LOS ANGELES, March ;i. Unless
v - '
additional evidence against them is ob-1
Jtainei), the six men arrested here Tucsr -
Jaytm information imrporting to con
nect them with the murder of William
Desmond Taylor, film director, will be
released today, according to the police.
Their release, it was said, would mean
mean the police had abandoned plans to
urrest a seventh man : a motion pic
,turc actor a possibility they announc
ed after a long questioning of Mrs. John
Rupp, housekeeper for the men now in
custody, who apprised the detectives of
ier belief they wcrt- involved in the Tay
lor murder. If the jsix men are elimina
ted from suspicion, "the police said, they
again will have before tlieiu only the
problem of trying to locate Edward J".
Sands, missing former butler-secretary
to Taylor.
HARDING INVITED TO
ADDRESS MANUFACTURERS
WASHINGTON", March 3. Presi I
dent Harding was invited by a commit
tee of the American cotton manufactur
ers' association today to deliver an ad
dress before the ttfenty-sixth annual
convention of the organization, which
meets here on May 26.
' Tho committee, which was introduced
to tho President by Senator Overman, of
Aorth Carolina, consisted of L. D. Tyson,
of Knoiville. Tenn.. president of the
association: Stewart W. Cramer, of I
Oiarlotte, C, prosblent of tho Na-
tional Council of Cotton Manufacturers,
and W. D. Adams, secretary, also of
Lharlotte. .
-The association comprises about 1,000
members and inclmh-s textile mauufaet-j
urcTs. frnin l.nlh K..rf)i ml Ssonth I
Pressure of other business forced thti
Tresident to decline tljf invitation, the!
.lnl.,n . 1 . ! .... : .1 1 1. .. ' O.nt.lnnt I
iickiou JIlirillLs. 1 S ' OHI'l 1(1U X luoiiAtufc.
informed them. . -.
MR. SIMS OUTLINES THE
GROWTH OFSUND AY SCHOOL
WORK IN NORTH CAROLINA
Interest in County Convention
Increases from Day to Day
Bad Weather Has Kept
Many Away Prof. Hon
line Makes Plea For Relig
ion in the Home Closing
Session Tonight.
Sessions of the Uaston County Sunday
School Convention being held in the
First A. K. 1. Church of Gastonia have
been well attended considering the.
weather and the addresses and discus
sions have been well interesting, profit
able and inspiring to those attending.
The convention will continue through to-! way commission in Raleigh Tuesday and'
day closing with the uight session. I Wednesday. With the completion of
Officers of the Uaston County Sunday ! inject, now under way yi the county ail i
School Association have expressed theui- o Gaston's roads mil have been improv
selves as well pleased with the attend- u wltn hanl surface construction said
ance. The report including Thursday Mr- Wilkinson. Further projects will to
night showed a representation from 17 M throughout the district, according to
Sunday Schools of the county; 11 pas- J tiio foHowmtf from TI.eOuserver:
tors; J2 Sunday School superintendents '. ' 1101,1 ;V ' the sixth highway
and 7S Sun. lay School teachers attended. lWriet was the characterization made
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j'ror. .vi. .. lion line, or jjavton. umoi
and Mr. D. V. Sims, Mtato
tendent have been the uriticil
throughout the convention.
lie ;.,t.. .t ... .. n
the address delivered by the (State i
Superintendent, I). W. Sims of the North!
Carolina Sunday School Association on l"ci, coniiecnng wu.n ronus leading
"Steps of 1'rogresn in Sunday School I tms wy a openiin,' Op the mountain
Work." Mr. Sims cited instances of ! counties, were cither liiitnorizPd or the
progress in warfare, in farming, in travel ' contracts fur this construction wero let.
and in communication. The Sunday j Mr. Wilkinson was ablo to fret a nuin
School he said has also made progress ' hvI ot rrojiositions through that he has
and gave figures showing that since 1780 i bt'l'n working on for some time. lie
when the Sunday School started there ! brought up the matter of shortening the
were seven prominent steps of progress.! road from section toward Jbneigli
i ist7 T..t,... I bv iinnrovinor seven miles in lower Caliar-
n jtcii uu: & mi iii.- & iniuiii v ninn - - -
organized Bible Class, in 1869 the first ! us county mat will cut off eight miles
t7- ). I'ni.lon that road, on which he announced he i
form Lessons for all Sunday Schools; in
1VS1, the First Homo Department wis
organized; iu 1S83 the first Cradle Roll;
iu BIOS came the Graded Lessons which
have meant so much for the proper re- (
ligions, instruction of the childhood and
youth; in 1922 the Young People's Divi
sion.
Mr. Sims stated that all these various
movements were not started by any one
church or denomination, but ono by one
lieiu initiation ; one by another and an
other. Robert Raikcs, an Episcopalian,
said Mr. Sims is credited with having
started the first Sunday School. Mr.
Ha:kes was a nuwspuper man, and Mr.
Sims said the Sunday Sschpol movement
wv.t much to the newspaper men, not
only because of being founded by one, ' wota icaaing in this airecuon ana 0ner
but also for the loyal support and co-! 'ntf markets for the people of these couu
operation (riven to the Sunday School ties, and affording a new route to Blow
work by the newspapers throughout the i'UC Rock.
country and expressed gratification at j These road projects are being under
lie liberal space given the work by t hp j taken through the co-operation of Gover
press of the State. The Teacher Train- nr R. A. Doiighton, commissioner of the
;
inir movement was first oriiriiiateil in n .
Methodist Sunday School; the organized j
Bible Class in a Presbyterian; the Home j sections with either hard surfaced or top-1
Department in a Congregational and thc!8oil roads, the kind depending on where
Cradle Roll in a Baptitst Sunday School, j the roads are located and the trnilic they)
Largely by means of the Township, j are expected to bear.
County, State, International and Worldj Authority was also secured to let the,
Sunday School Conventions these Jdi contract, for which advertisements are!
were given nil opportunity to sprefldrfto i "" cnlling for bids, for the road f rmn !
other schools, other states, other denomi-!
nations, until they are worldwide in their ;
scope and the part of every well organ-
ized Sunday School. I
In speaking of the progress. of the ;
cooperative Sunday School work in
North Carolina Jlr. Sims stated that"""' lr"" w uses aim me other tromircsuus f the attempt were debated
when the Association began aggressive
when the Association began aggressive Caldwell, and will also open a new Blow-1
work in November 1!20 there were ninei"'C Rock road from this section, by way I
ot the one hundred counties ot thej"i riaies nie, layuirsvnie ami i.eninr, trs :ir,. out.
state organized; now there are 4!) conn-i Mr. Wilkinyn states. (,.. ,xperiiu( iit was dcide.l upon
ties with a County Sunday School As-1 Mr. Wilkinson also secured authority ' ). uu.,m j broke down thuoigh re
soiiatioii and all have held conventions 1 for letting the contract for a hard sui-1 f,S;l lpf ),0t, ,ill owners and s'rikers to
in the calendar year of In these! faced road from Taylorsville to the Ire j Slll)lni thl,jr differences Jn the chairman
49 conventions 07J Sunday Schools were dell county line, near Stony Point, which : ot- 8t.lte ,.,r, f modiation and cm
reached by 1-',7J.. people. Among those "ill leave only the gao between the Alex (.iliation. Manufacturers lnaintained
attending were 4S7 preachers, 6.!'.) Sun-jandcr county Hue and Statesville. to be tlil( a .ir(;(, percentage of the op. iati-.es
day School superintendents and 3,09.. , built before a comidete hard surfaced ; desireil to work at the twenty per c ut
Sunday School teachers. Tho State As-1 road from Charlotte to Taylorsville. This reduction in wages and the increased
sociation furnished two speakers for gap is in fair condition, Mr. Wilkinson 1 wol ijjn(t schedule offend them. Strike
,.P 4U..an ..nntmtllinu. Ml.w.n . Wild, bllt llA llfllir.- td H.O !1 tile HOfln til I'Olll- 1 1 .. 1 . 1 I . l. . .1 ...-t. ... -
e.n it . itiiro, iim'H.i. v -i.T ,
oi r.' i eigniy-one lownsuips nine nein i r--. " m - ui iu nines nu j
conventions reaching 12,000 people. In hard surface. '
only thirteen of these conventions had1 Then, too, Mr. Wilkinson was given!
the" employed field workers of the State i authority to build ami the contract, is to j
helped. This said Mr. Sims was one ofjbo let soon for the stretch of road from!
the most encouraging features of the; the Iredell county line to Caldwell sta-i
work during the past year.
Prof. Ilonline iu his address last night
jsaid:
Every child born into the world is en
dowed with a four fold nature physi
cal, intellectual, social and religious, and!
tho task of education consists in adapt-
iug this four fold being to his complete i
environment. The childs physical nature; is ieet wi,:, itn a foot of concrete , rt,rs ;in, verbal abuse bv pickets. Mili
seeks exercise; his intellectual nature curb on each side. Pour projects, total ; lnoV(., j to form inns paralleling
seeks wisdom; his social nature seeks1 iug about 41 miles, will complete this ; 1 114, picket,. rs.
companionship; his religious nature I road. j The:i for the first time in weeks 1 ho
seeks seeks God. It was said of the Authority for the construction of a j nin wnistc sounded, calling the oprra
greatest character of all history that he coift-retc and asphalt road. IS feet wide, j tive!J fo W()rll Tweiitv four in all out
grew in stature (physically), in wisdom all the way from Charlotte to Concord j f a working force of 2H'"i ran the gaunt
(intellectually), in favor with man was also given. j let of pickets to get to the plant. At
(socially), and in favor with God (re ! The commission also made an agree , lloon ,. workers had to pass through
ligiously). This is education, full and 'meat with Gaston county officials -by; the same hostile line, then augmented,
complete. Let us see that this kind of; which the county is to build a 12-foot as- j Ollo of ,).,, Arthur Kathhurn, was
education is provided for each boy and: "halt road from Mt. Holly to the Lin-1 knocked down and kicked bv a dozen
girl of this and all succeeding genera- j coin county line and a'so to complete j mrn si,ier fircl in th.-'air nnd 1he
tions. 'ho road from Gastonia to the South j as;li;,t, dispersed, but Rathburn iden-
Education must develop arigh' all dc-j Carolina line, which will be a gift from fiIil.,j r v,o 1-a-l struck him first
sirablo qualities in hiimau nature; reli-;
gion is one of those desirable qualities;
therefore, it is the business of education 1
to develop aright the child's religious : from the p'an to lend the state commis
nature. To stato this argument in an-jsion 10n,000. without interest, to do
other form; Education is a unitary pro-, this work. Gaston i going ahead with
eess; religion is a human asset; there-j this work at once.- When it is completed
fore, education that omits religion is in- j all of the principal roads in Gaston eonn-
eomplcte, for what is absolutely true ofty
the whole of nnvthini? is necpss.-iri v true
of any part of it. i
Every human offspring that comes in- j
to this world conies eauinncd with a re-'
ligions nature and is endowed with the1
( capacity to live a religious fife. Human'
j beings are endowed with spiritual powers;
(just as they are cudowed with physical ;
1 powers, . and these spiritual powers re-!
late them to God just as their physical,
Iiowers ndutp them in tlmir onrtlilv rirt)-
genitors. Man is not only "a religious
animal" but ho is "incurably religt-
All! 1 . , 1 1 1 , , .. i ...... .. f I. . 1 IV. .1 ., i I 1 M
, JHIifc'yil IJ v.il? Ul It I. I'.l.s J .
Continued on page i) - '
HIGH PRAISE FOR ROAD
WORK IN GASTON COMES FROM
STATE HIGHWAY OFFICIAL
Commissioner Wilkinson Com
pliments Road Building Pro
gram in CountyCounty Of-.-ficials
Get $500,000 Road
Bond Money Back From
State Will Enable Com
missioners to Push Work
More Rapidly.
"Gaston is an unusually live anil pro
gressive county," said Mr. W. C. Wilkin-1
son, highway commissioner for this dis-l
trict of North Carolina, discussing the j
lettingof contracts for many new road:
I projects at a meeting of the State high-
" """, (,".' i-unum.
state Superin- sll,f'r "f the district, or the meeting of those who desire special distinctive mun
icipal speakers! ' "'V'"" '""a highway commission, ; .ls .,,, ,hl. ()u.r ,,v t(ls,. ,, uU!
I held Tuesdav mi l Wednesday in Kaleigh. ' . ' .
I Ul',u" Tuesdav an 1 Wednesday in Raleigh.
1 This district " vvlniom-d her im.
common parlance, and many miles uf ,
highways fur this and adjoining dis-j
liad several petitions, out nothing was
done on that, road ut the meeting this
week.
Petitions are coming in to him from
organizations, officials and individuals
in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Cleveland and
Rutherford counties asking that
this
stretch of road, not now on the statoU'r day to a group of officials
highway map, either bo placed on that I t inted States Patent Offic
inal) or the whole road taken over and "' rather think that you know
improved by the state. If the people
of these counties continue to send in
such petitions, he feels that he will have
to bring it before the state commission
for action, Mr. Wilkinson said.
" Two roads are to be built into several
mountain counties, opening them up us
hey have never been oH-ned up la-fore.
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seu-niii
listrict, and Commissioner Vulk-
lson will rej-ult in connecting up several'
Lenoir to the Alexander county line, nndj (j;y The Associated l'nss.)
from that point on tj Taylorsville, con-, HOPE, R. I., March :;. A few
necting up the roads. ,r()-K,. heads remained today as s mve
With the completion of these roads, : j,.s 0f yoMi-rdav 's first attempt to n.-
two very desirable outlets from tne'o,,0 P(,tton milis closed bv the strike
mountains ,l0wn this way will be given, m.arlv 8ix w,.eks ago. Meanwhile the
from I
-allwelI, and will also open a new Blow-1
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... ..... i. i.ui.in culm,. ..mi i.i.o j.rcn.ii and l.nglish speaking, than other
work and that now under contract, the., ,.irts ()f tm. ;nvtXet vallev. Wedues
road from hero to Statesville will prob-(i!lv iKilt overseers of the Hop,. Mills
ably bo the longest stretch of contract ;,,. a ,,, t() house canvass inviting
road in North Carolina. i operatives to reoort for duty Thursday
This stretch of road will have a five-. morning,
inch concrete base, with a two inch as ! At lmif ... siv workers b. -.m 1.. drift
I'halt binder on top. The road will lie
GasT.in county to the state roa.i system.
Because of this agreement, the state!
commission has released Gaston eountj
will have leeu improved with hard
surfaced construction. .Mr.
" I'Kinsoni
said, stating that "Gaston is an unusual
"y live ami progressive county,
With, these main items accomplished
for this district and the nearby districts,!
.nr. Miminson minus u was a regular
"field day "for this section of the
state.
T n F WFfiTHrH
I II U II L fi I II b II
. North Carolina, cloudy tonight and
probably Saturday, warmer Saturday iu!
extreme west portion. w
WEALTHY NEGRESS IS
MISSING FKOM HOME
DALLAS, TEX., March 3. Lil
Ue Guy Taylor, negress, who recently
was awarded by a decrtc of the Uni
ted States Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana oil lands, estimated valued
at from $10,000,000 to $20,000,000,
hat left her humble cabin in the Dal
las negro district, according to hit
neighbors.
Until recently, they say, she had
been working regularly as a house
cleaner. Her neighbors today de
clared they had no idea as to whers
she had gone.
INVENTOR OF THE 'PHONE
IS NOT CRANKY AS SOME
National Geographic Society
Digs Up Interesting Fact
About Alexander Graham
Bell.
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, March :i . - Tele
phone companies, their officials say. have
two , iecial kinds of vanities to d-al with
among subscribers. One is possess. 'd bv
their names to appear jut so and so
the. directory.
The Nation;
Geograihic Society
wlii- li has been digressing a bit from ils i will learn his fate today when county
accustomed paths to stu.lv the subject, j '"'K1- s-i'l"r its in extraditim pro
has fouu l, bovver, that Alexander !" '
Graham Bell, the inventor of the tele- j ' l' '' hit.- hour i.isl niglit ie. wit
phone, who today celebrated his T.'.ih n'ss ' had arrive.1 here to appear against
birthday, possesses neither of thee van- ' BuIIih k. Judge Sui.lvr last Friday re
Ities. To prove it, the Geographic So- j fused to accept allidavits against Bnl
ciety point s) out that the father of the j l"lk' demanding the appearance of wit
telephone apH'ars thus in the Washing- I Hess, s and the submission of oral testi
, . . .. ,
,0" telephone director!':
"Bell A. Grahaine,
K . ( r. sidencc ) i
l.'il Connecticut avenue, Franklin .Is.-'.
The Geographic Society in connection
with Dr. Bell's birthday also is authori '
ty for the statement that the aged in j
ventor, who still works in his laboratory j
daily, often until three or four o'clock in i
the morning, asserted modestlv the oth !
of the 1
about the telephone today than I
do. "
He then called attention to the more
than S.IMiO patents retaining to tele
phones since he obtained the original
patents iu JH7G.
BROKEN HEADS MARK
PC
I:.
'IV
Hope Cotton Mills Open Merely To Sec
What Would Happen Workers Re-,
port But Are Driven Away Only
Six Report After Lunch Hour Mill-,
tia On Guard.
r,,un It of tli.. iittemot
throughout) he Pawtuxet
vallevs. where nearly 17-
were
ami Blf
throughout! u- Pawtuxet ami Blackstone
ouu textile work-
icauers (tecaireii uiai uu worKcrs m-i. a i
unit l'l retii-ing the terms. J : was lie-
cided to open one plant as a test,
-pi,,, (,j. Company's mills w.re
(.ins,. i;,inly . n ethnical grounds,
The population of this village runs more
(o ., u,,,.-- Miin operative stock.
towards the mills aird were greeted w ith
an,j ,;, ;is arrfsted
-when the
whist!
blew
iffer
lunch hour, only six reported.
PROVIDENCE. R. I.. M.irch :'.. I
Hundreds of Pawtm-ket vallev strikers
today .joined strikers from the Black-'
stone valley in a demonstration at tho
afr.tf lione here in fuvnr tif hihor fiillw
at j,,.,.,.,,! before the legislature. Thee
measures are for a 4" hour week, abolish-'
ment of night work for women ami min-t
ors and eliniinatioii of the property qual '
i,ration for voters
AMNCHEDON. MASS.. March 3. -The
Nelson D. White and Sons Company
announced today that its Denim mills;
here would run full time liegiuning next;
Monday. The plant employing 5t0 per-j
sons had been operating only thr- days!
a week for several Tnonths. It operatives!
were not affected by the recent textile J
wage cut.
PAWiiiXETCOlTONMILLS
-
MATTHEW BULLOCK WAS
GIVENHIS FREEDOM TODAY
BY THE CANADIAN COURT
Up to Late Hour Last Night no
Witnesses from Norlina Had
Appeared Against Him and
Judge Says He Will Turn
Him Loose.
HAMILTON, tint., March :; . -Conn
!. .liid-.ro Sailer today released Muttchw
Bullnck, American negro, who was held
at the re iiiest of I'nited Males authori-
Ins i
v hero
i vtraditiou to Norlina, -N . C.,
he i-. wanted on a charge of at
I murder. The southein s'ntc re
in n I witnesses to Camilla to
in ixtrndiiiou proceedings,
.nd'e ruled when Bullock "as re
I Inn weeks ago that witnesses
. produced by -North Carol iii.i to
teinpti
'
l'
i Ti e
i arreM.
no, si !.,
'e t.-.i.hs
:i in iiua fat ie case against the
ii.-gi'n i'iiiior Morrison, of North
C'aiein.,'. refiised to send witnesses here
and tlie judge heid that affidavits sub
mitted ie. the 1 nited States consul were
nut
fi ii lent proof of the prisoner's
'gun! .
Tae 1-.-I'llld
er pl,c
lllinist l a I i
llighl .
.ids of I'.u'Iock planned to
i ; r r.se I in Toreiito and nth
,s a J. !i iis- fund, on a big de
al and least in his honor to-
I II Will TllV liV'l- M I. ! .
Matthew liul lot k young American
negro, -anted by Norlina, N. ('., author-
itn
on a charge ot attempted murder,
mony, lie continued Iho liearing until
to.h
ntimatiug that the in gro would
be released in the cont the Norlina au
thorities did not appear against him.
Bullock's case has caused internation
al attention. Noriiu.-i authorities failed
lo gain his extradition at a hearing sev
eral wc ks ago, when they sought him on
a ha rue of inciting to riot. Then they
began pi o ceilings on a charge of hav
ing attempted to murder Rabey Trayler
in a race dist urban, e which ended in tin-
lynehioe; of Bullock's brother. Bullock
declared he feared lynching should he be
returned to .Norlina.
Negroes and whites of both Canada
.,.! t 1... I'liil...! sea... ),...... ..kiut,..l llo.
, ... ' ., ' ' . . i t
in iciis, retaining iwo niioims i u paau i
BuIUk k 's case.
SOLD BIRTHRIGHT FOR
MESS OF POTTAGE
SHKKVKPOb'T, La.. March 3. The
(,ile of a birth right for a mess of pot-
r'i;:,t.;:-r'lX'TaX
year old 11 gross, who was declared ov
1 he Louisiana nprciiic court to be t he
legal heir of an oil estate Milued from
10, iimi, lino in eoiHiu.iHio had some time
ago .sold oi-ehalf of hi r royalty to oil
, ,,i,,-,a nS for "."" and gave tin- other i
half to lor attorneys who conducted the!
suit . j
Lillie's parents owned a t.i'in in the I
hills of lloiuer. La., on which a number
of (III dels bf-gau to spout its liquid
i-ol.l When her l,a rents died, the liroil I
,.ri e: into the i.oss, ssioii of G ge !
west and it was to 1 in the land that ,
I.iilie instil
I suit The co-lit held
sin was en able ,,t' inheriting tell acreage !
and denied
W.
I
aim to owenrship.
st S
Tin- m-gi
Texas, win
washing a
I pie.
n resulent
,eni o. ..'a ,s, ,
she has been
house-leaning
llgaged ill
for white
WANT HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHERS FOR PHILIPPINES
WASHINGTON, March - The
Bureau of Insular Affairs in tie- War
I li pal t un nt is .seeking sixty high school
teachers ou.iiilie.l to take positions in the.
Euglis i depart iu nt of the Philippine
sehoois. Trainpoi iat ion will be funiish
cil by t he Gom i nmeiit to Manila and en-
i,-,,,,
ilaries o1 I loin ,,,llli In ..,no
pesos - iiominaHy 1 .oUo lo fli'i" -
will be paid mi.t. -,fu! aplicants.
14-YEAR-OI.D SHOOTS
AND KILLS HIMSELF j
III-'T ii( it I' MK If March r, - He
si nt nig a u
peremptory
to att, n I
year u' ,.
home la re
llr ling on r hi fa t her 's
inh-r that he must ciiitiniie
s liool. A i thiir ( 'oleinan. I
shot a' d kilh d himself in his
this morning. A bitter quar
I to have resulted from tiie
rh r. In a note the hov left
lei is s:
fade r
he bade I is father
d stepin .tin r fare-
well and added :
' ' I w -i -i' l,i see mot her. ' '
Young Coleman joined in familv pray
ers I,, tor- retiring last night, and ac
cording to his falln-r. tossed about in
bed until ! o'clock this morning. He
then arose, obtained a litle, lav back on
the be i and shot himself through the
abdomi n.
Cohm.'iii was a pupil in Cass Technical
High School and was noted among his
felio.v pupils for his fistic prowess.
AMERICAN FIRM FAILS.
SAN .-SALVADOR. R. S.. March .1. -The
Aiieiiiiin firm of Belauger's In
corporal I. at Bluelields, Nicaragua, has
..;).. I .. .j .. .ltu...,4,.l. v. .. ..i.-.i.l I.nr.i
TI. lial.'iiiti.'s w. re nlacrd at t;;.i.(m.ou0.' !
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET.
NEW YORK, March 3. Cotton fu
tures dosed steady. March LS.Sti; May
17.97, July 17.27; October Hi. 62; De-
,cihIht, 10. 4S.-
TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET
Cotton seed
51e
Strict t Good Middling ....... !7e
HARVEY W. CHURCH IS IN
STATE OF SELF-IMPOSED
HYPNOTIC CATALEPSY
Double Murderer, Sentenced
to Be Hanged Today, Is in
State of Coma or uncon
sciousness Has Not Mov
ed or Spoken or Eaten For
Some Time.
(Uy The Associated I'rcss.)
CHICAGO, March ::. Harvey W.
Chim-li, L'l j ears old, double murderer.
Sentenced to be hanged today, continued
to lie in what manv medical nun have
termed a state of self -imposed hypnotic
catalepsy as his attorneys planned to a
vail themselves of three almost boneless
efTorts to obtain a stay, and the sheriff said, he will present to the King his res
announced his plan to carry out the exe- ignatiou of the nremiershiii. which he in
cution at 4 p. m. with the
Church strapped in n chair.
elplcss
wuternor c-mi.iii reiuseu lo imeiieie
with the exsution yesterday, but
Church's attorneys still maintained hope!
of an eleventh h mr reprieve.
Humanitarian grounds will form the
basis lor a writ of habeas corpus. Bin
nison F. Bartel, one of Cliurch's at tor- i
neys, said he would seek iu criminal
court today. The third and last, hope
was tor the other attorney, rank .1.
Tyrell, to obtain a stay through a pica
that the execution was not carried out
within the twenty live day limit after
sentence.
Late last night Chur.-h moved, slightly
for the lirst time in many days. The
movement, turniag slowly from his right
to the 1. ft sol.
sister in which
foll'-wed a visit- of his ' cided that utmost shall lie dona to has
hc pleaded with her ten the formation of a couservative-uii-
brother to open his eyes, recognise her
and make a farewell statement for his
aged parents. Doctors watched Church
intently as his sister knelt In-side him.
embraced and kissed him, for some indi-' Mr. Lloyd George is unshaken, and the
cation that he was shamming. - steps taey will take in an attempt to
Church's slow, even breathing and ' bring their followers into line are await
steady pulse beat was unchanged, how- ed with interest. This cariosity muy
evi r, ami the doctors reiterated expres- j he satistied when Mr. Chamberlain de
sinus of opinion that the transformation! livers his speech at Oxford tonight, as it
during his five weeks' hunger strike had 1 is generally expected hu will make a pro
resulted in complete loss of mental and I nouueemeut bearing on the political cii
physical control, and that his mind prob-sis.
libly had ceased to function. ! The Cabinet met last night but, as far
Church's crime was the murder of as can be ascertained, did not deal with
I Bernard J. Daugherty and Carl Aiismus,
ant ':. mobile salesmen, from whom he hadfucs
indicated he intended to purchase a high) anli-coaMlioii newspapers say the
priced motor car. 'The men were lured I storm raised by the premier letter to
i to the Church home, taken singly to the-Mr. Chamberlain, became worse yester
j basement, handcuffed, nnd beaten to day. while Lloyd George's chamhions
I death with a baseball but and hand nxe. i are somewhat improed. All agree, how-
Daugherty 's body was thrown into Des
mdv was thrown into Pes
.,. . -. . , , ., . i
11 mines river, ami Aiismus, while yet'
ilive, was buried in the Church Barn ire.
his neck being broken, according to1
Church's confession, when he stamped ;
on the bound, bent body to force it into1
a shallow hole hurriedly seoobed out.
!shot wife when she
WHS LATE RETURNING
FROM PICTURE SHOW
William Garvey Kills His Wife, 1
Injures Another Woman;
and Then Commits Suicide
NEWTON, MASS., March .1. -v En
inge.1 oecause ins wne siayeu out late at
'' motion i.icture show. Win. T. (iarve.y.
'snot ami Kinci nor, wounded .Mrs. uoris
Atnood, a boarded, and took his own
i e i.i.'i.. . '
I'fe, late last night. A seventeen 3'cnr,
i i If, I 1 4 t t, 1 'l '
...... ..e..,.. .
drou, witnesses of the shooting tried un
successfully to stop their father, one of
the girls jumping at hi,u. At t he New -
i 1011 nospnai iori.iv piivsicians said .Mrs...... .. , 4u.. i ::
, , . i,
Atwood would recover !
Garvey, I'J years old. was a building
j contractor. Mrs. Garvey, who was 10
vearsi old; Mrs. Atwood, 0"i years, and
I Mrs. Garvry's oldest son left tho house
early in the evening for a nearby pie-
tare show. I'pon their return. Garvey
j started an argument, worked himself in-
to a frenzy and, when Mrs. Garvey turn
icl toward her bedroom, he drew his pis
I tol and opened fire. The first shot went,
i wild, the second shot killed Mrs. Garvey.
I Then Carvev began firing at Mrs. At-
. . . ,
i home and fell in a faint ill the snow.
I The three children who had ' tried 1o
i wrest the pistol from their father were
thrown otT and Gnnoy tired a shot
' t hroiigh his heart.
SHIP SUBSIDY PLAN IS
CHIEF SUBJECT OF DISCUSSION
H.iMii.MiMi., March ;t. j he ad
mill-tuition 's ship subsidy plan to aid in
the development and maintenance of the
Afncriean merchant marine formed the
chief Mtbject of discussion among dele
gates gathered here for the opening scs
' sion tod. iv of the annual convention of
wood, who had attempted to prevent himi,;,
f "'" oting, a bullet piercing her ann.jA
Mis. Atwood ran screaming from the
'the national merchant marine associa-, similar organizations in the under grad
tion. A period of open discussion to'uate class.-s of the local high school,
give opportunity for expressions on this 'The following were present: Mr. W.
and other shipping qiustions, following' T. Love, Prof. Kay Armstrong, Mr. J ..
j a number of formal addresses dealing Y. Todd, R. B. Babingtou, Jr., Leon
i with the-, ma le up the program for thciard Kury, Ralph H. Falls, Sam Car
j opening session. hipping, shipbuilding ' mi-e, Willis Johnson, Charles K. Mar
aud general trade and commercial in-'hliall, dr.. Prank McLaugbeu, G. W.
1 trrests throughout the country were rep- Kagan. Jr., Ben llatchford aud Will X.
I resented among the delegates, as were a Spencer.
I numlicr of states and cities through the
appointment of delegations by the gov
j ernors and mavors.
Following the opening address by!
S.iuitor Joseph E. R.-ins.lell. of Louisi-lof tbir Shipping Board's dry docks lo
nna. as president of the association, the'eated on the Atlantic seaboard sod th .
program today called for discussion by j Gulf, have' been turned over to Vice-. .
Chairman Iaskcr, of the Shipping Board, f President Farley, in charge of the sales
of "the future of our merchant ma-jto be sold.
rine. 'L Other sneakers included W. A.! The dry' dorks cost the board about
ILirriinan. chairman of the board of di-! $000,000 each, and President Powell, of
rectors of the American ship and com-!
merci eorjoration, and Representative
Frank D. Scott, of Michigan. Senator!
Jones, of Washington, who sponsored!
the merchant tnsrine act of 1920, will ad
dresft the convention banquet touight.
Other addresss will be heard tomorrow,
following which the convention will elect
officers and act on resolutions. These
are expected to deal largeU- with tho
questionof government aid for shipping.
LLOYD GEORGE MAY QUIT
UNLESS HE GETS SUPPORT
OF THE CONSERVATIVES
Wednesday, March 8. Is Day
set tor Ultimatum to Austen
Chamberlain Is Figura
tively Carrying Resignation
in His Pocket.
(By The Associated Tress.)
I.OVOON, March .!. Wednesday.
March , is the date set by Prime Minis
ter I.lo.xd George f ,r fulfillment of his
ultimatum to Austen Chamberlain, ac-'
cording to a report in parliamentary cir
cles. If by tin a he has not received sat
isfactory assurances of te loval nun.
t of thn cn:iliti.,n ..riui;. i
now figuratively arrying in his pocket.
Private meetings of politicians yes-
ler.ia.v le.l tci no alllioilllceiiienf .if Hnvi. .
opi ts tending townrd a solution of
the crisis. knc of them, indeed, hard-,
eiied the opposition of the "die hurd"
conservatives to Lloyd George's leader
ship. This m -"ting was held in a committee
room of tie- House of Commons, whore
more
than so coioiirvntive members of
the t'ommoiis and the House of Lords
j adopted a resolution nffirming that "itt
order to restore conlideU'-e throughout
the country, and with a view to the an-
preaching general election, there is urg
ent i .1 for reassertion of the conserva
tive and unionist principles." The
meeting is reported further to have de-
ion t government.
The ih tei in'mat ion of Mr, Chamber
lain. Lord Chancellor Birkenhead, and
other conservative lenders to stand by
I the crisis, transacting only stnte busi-
ever, that nothing approaching a settle-
i... i. ...... ...., .i..,.i .4: at
1111 "n .'ecu iraui mm mm uiuiiui-
I Pes remtiin acute,
The Westminster Gazette charges tliat
the situation is a malieouver by Mr,
Lloyd (ieorge to secure the leadership of
the conservative party and contends
i tiiat. if this is not the object of his letter
! to chamberlain, it is gratuitous folly on
! his part . -..'.. -
HI-CLUB PLANS BIG
PROGRAM FOR THIS YEAR
Messrs. Tom Love and Ray Armstrong
Aftitrmcpri Ttflvl af titv Rflnftat
Annex Last Night Mr. J. Y. Todd
Is Leader of Boys.
Tin- first bud of the century-plant of
the Inenl Young. Men's Association
; burst forth into full bloom last evening
I when the Gastonia Hi-Y Club held its in
ital baiojiiet and gef-together meeting nt
j 1 1n- First Baptist Annex. The meeting
wan ii.iini.ti .will iu ni Mt:iiii..t n ii-im 11-
...... ...i. ... xf . w t
was featured with two splendid ten-min-
I 41 I A lit III. ill t III lj I . ilj I f As
(i, msimt)( ma ami prof Ray
Armstrong, principal of the Gastonia
ligh school. 1 he banquet was not one
,,,;, ,( th, Aftl.rinncr gtorie9
Olll a I'dlKlllt-l. lllitl AlUlli llic Ln-KiiuiLUK
t the end its purpose was diseusscd
r :...;o
j Prof. Armstrong spoke to the young
I men on "Finding Thyself." He il
lustrated his subject in many different ,
ways and drove mro everj-oouy s ncari
the good that each could accomplish in
this world, if they so desired. Mr.
Love followed and in a very unique Tray
told the boys something of what consti
tutes a man and about their being on
the Threshold of Life." He closed
with a few remarks in regard to what
e members could do for a Y.'M.. w
for their younger brothers. -
Mr. .1. Y. Told, the club s leader,
introduced to them the text book that
they will study in the next few weeks
"LiiV (Questions of School Boys," by
.leremiidi W. Jenks. The text treats
with the vital questions that confront
high school boys, aud will help them to
think through their problems, thus attiT;
ing
at sane conclusions. He went on
to say how local citizens are loosing io
the boys and are expecting great things
of them. He pictured to the boys how
a senior in high school is standing on a
high pinnacle and how the world is look
ing towards him for something great.
The club will start to organizing soon
SHIPPING BOARD'S DRY i
DOCKS TO BE SOLD
WASHINGTON'. March 3. Thirteen
tho Emergency Fleet Corporation, in
announcing that they were tor aaie, sain ,
they should- bring about .$300,000 each.
It is hoped, he said, to sell to thos now
leasing them. The leases have been can
celled, he said.
The dry docks are located at Balti
more, Norfolk, Staten Island, Pensa.-o'a,
Fla., New York, Perth Ambov. N. J,
Galveston. Ten., JJok-.ie. Ala., un-l v
hken, N. J,
-