Mm paily gazette CMS Weather: Warmer Local Cotton 17 1-2 Cents z 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 : . 1 .1... ' ..K.I. .4. ..I 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 .. ... .. - . . ,.. . i. w i' w ; i l, , .. .. I.. .. i. ...... .. , 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. ,,.11H 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 - -.-4- - ... ..... 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, -