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. TV A VV MI A DAILY HAZETTE Weather: Local Cotton 17 '1-2. Cents Fairand Colder rOU XLIII. NO. 54. GASTON lAr N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 4, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS J- ; OAS JOHN 0. CARPENTER HAY OPPOSE BULWiNKLE FOR SEAT IN CONGRESS Friends of Well-Known Attor ney Urging Him to Enter Race for Nomination For Congress from Ninth District in Opposition to Representa tive Bulwinkle - Close Per sonal Friend Gives Out In terview Mr. Carpenter as Yet Non-Committal. It is open season for political surpris es. Following close oil tlui heels of the announcement that solicitor Wilson is to Jiavc opposition in the person of Capt. (Stephen B. Dolicy, of thisc ity, unI pos sibly in the person of some Charlotte candidate (though thel after is not very likely) comes the interesting rumor as yet unconfirmed but persistent that Congressman A. L. P,ul.inkle is to have Opposition for reelection in the person of Mr. John IS. Carpenter, one of tins ton's liest known young attorneys. While Mr. Carpenter, when seen hy a Gazette reporter, would neither confirm nor deny the report, it is believed by many of his fricuds that he will niaKc the race. Speaking of the rumor that Mr. Carpenter would be a candidate, o.ic j of his close peisjtial and political friends this morning gave The tiazetic the following interview: "From day to day as the fuiks talk about the approaching primary June Und, it becomes more exideiit that Major Bulwinkle will have opposition for rc noniiuation. And his most formidable opponent in the entire ninth district, if lie can be induced to tun, ij his fellow townsman, John (Srahaui Carpenter. While Mr. Carpenter has made no form al announcement, so many of Ida friiuds are urging him to rem that it is not be lieved that ho will turn a deaf ear to their requests. IK- is not only being iiroril in make the rate bv friends in reiiuests'l Gaston County, but numerous nro coining rrom uccnumuuig, i-.... ...... Cleveland, Catawba and the exlremo west-j trn part of the district. It is under - .... , ii m ( ,.,. ,,,(., ,. ,.,,ti.r Btood that should Mr. Caipentu tho raw he will canvass the entire dts- trict, and no one will question his itv as a campaigner for lie lias beiu fighting the battles for Democracy in liaaton and adjoining counties sin.c be- foro he attained his majority. "It n ill be rememliered that whin lie; was, only 7 yenrs old, he was nominated j over Major llutwinklo for the iState Sen-1 ate by a majority of over oUti otes, and. was elected by the largest majority of j any candidate upon the county ticket.; And while in the Semite in I'.Hl, lie : became the recognised champion oft labor and was successful in passing the! 60-hour labor law, one of the most for ward looking measures in behalf of labor ever placed upon our ttntute bonks up to that time. Labor knows and t rusts j him and capital rc.li.es bis fairms. John Carpenter has the strongest I r - aonal following of any man in Oa.stoiil county and this alone would L'i' him O. decided advantage o.cr ei': tin present incumbent. "He was educated .'it the I'liivcrsitv of North Carolina and reta.ned to his' native county to practie.- Ids profesMon. He has the largest client, le of any law yer at tho Oastou bar, and is considered en unusually succt psful criminal lawyer. I teing especially fine in picking a jury. : He has kept in clos' touch with the common folk and has an adept faculty for making and holding frienis. 1 "He litis another asset in that he i an! ardent i.nd loyal frati rnalist. being an I enthusiastic member of the Mains. n, member of Oasis Temple of llie Myotic Shrine, a member of and Orand Sichnn of the Improved Order of Hed Men of the State of North Carolina, a member of the Junior Order of Cuitcd American Mechanics, the Patriotic 'on.. the Woodmen of the Wor.d, the Mo;.o. the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Pel-1 lows, "In 1D1S at the Democratic C unity convention it was considered advisable that a sH'ci:il effort be made to iiurca-e the democratic majority within tiie comi ty of Gaston. By unanimous t-onsrnt John Cm. Carpenter by reason of his popularity, his wide acquaintance and his executive ability, win chosen Chair man of the Democratic Kxecutive Com mittee, which position he has held since that time; and the iHnioeratie majority las steadily increased from less than Ann I. ,,.!,-.., I n mm l Aon I ITU. i. no donhi hut that if t he I Pemorratic voters should choose John) f'arientcr as their standard Iw-jir'T in the June primaries, he will carry the ninth district in the November elections! h,. lnnrest m i ioritv it has been car-' ;l in vearsi. He is a partisan Demo- . . rf ., : people of this d.stnct and the Mate of ; North Carolina can count upon him, and, -1 1 1 :.. : ... .. B,,nn hk n-.tl nrrlit .ITT - ' tiu nme - trompromistngiy ror rue n-i-ai iiu-ii.i.-a and ideals of the Amort can Government. And I1C WOUIil soon im-.-i.miit- it .1.. .ie iwwerful reiiresentative. And I prinlict ... . that his ai.nouuiment a for tho nomination on the -..i: ! Demoi-ratiC' ticket to succeed Major Hulwiiik'o. will; , ..... - .i.. " 1 'H1 iv innnf-nininiT 1 1. A ci irnvi . .,i,.v. , . . nn.vAfp riTju i ANOTHER BR0KAGE F1XM 1 GOES TO IHt Mr ALL , (By The AssooatM rreas.) Vtrw AMiTJW Vin-li 4 Fuilnre of, K. 1L Clarke and i'o one of the largest ; Lrokcrage firms with" membership in th ew York rurb market, was annonncfsl alar. T1.A ImiiM. h nffices in tlikaEo end several other mid western ciliew, nudiso dwilt largely ia oil and eorpcr aharcs. crat. lut as a mciituor oi i ongrcss. tne,vm. , ,, alnp!hinr. I don't know Past Week In Wall Street Shows Business On Upgrade XKW YORK, Mar. 4. More hopeful financial, commercial and industrial conditions, reported from various sections of the country, found expression in the active deal ings on the stock exchange this week. Trading in sleeks and bouds ex ceeded any like period thus far this year and high records for the curreut movement wern established by many issues. Improvement was most substantial in speculative shares, however, material gains be ing limited to junior rails and ob scure specialties. FOURTEEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD IN TRAIN WRECK ON NEW YORK CENTRAL!; Three Others May Die as Re sult of Collision Between Express Train and Motor Bus at Painesville, O., Last Night List of the Dead. (Re The Associated PresO Cl.KVKLAND, U., March 4. T h e dealli (if (icorge K. Mctihee today brought the toll from the collision be tween a New York Central passenger train 1 1 1 I an automobile bus ;,t Pniins- villi- late last night up to 14. Five. inT.4f.il. mi,. ..i1.ihm!v inh.re.l tin-,,. f , rce whom are expected to die. A coroner's impiest will be hold at l'aineHville this afternoon. City offi cials of 1'ainesville mid officials of tin New York Central llailroad started iu vestigations this luoriiing. Cl.KVKLAND, Ohio.. March 4. Several officials of the New York (.'en tral l.'ailroad went to 1'ainesville, 2-" i miles ens! of here, early today to start I !1" investigation into the collision there la'c last night of a New York Central traill allll ., IIU)tor , suited in the death of at least 14 persons : land injuries to six others, four of whom i niav die. heveral other investigations! ! iU.c to ,te st:irtCl, . . . atvnM j for n,t there were reports that at least) one other person had lieen. killed. ()t i the 11, seven of whom were women, on'y i j one bad not been identified at an early 'hour. This was believed by (ins Itadike, ! I of Pairport, to be that of bis sou Stau ! i ley, but it vas so badly mangled idi nti fication was not complete. Following is ' a corrected list of dead and injured, as j j announced bv the Painesville police to-1 'day: j John Sturins. , (iladys Lippilfikso . : Max iSturms. Lillian Kelto. Hilda I'raski. Mrs. Oscar Cooper. Mrs. Daitish. Mis. Fiank Fiidcbaugb. Stanley Kadick. all of Fairport. Kit hard Strand, of Chardon . Kathryn llorxuth. Kichinnnil . William J. Sutter. .Jr., Chardon. b'.iMuond O'Leary, Painesville. (i. eige II. McC.hee, Medina . The injured : Andrew Adams, Pairport . Mrs. Martin Steinback, Pairport. Nick Ncnno. Pairport. H. K.iyinuud Hamilton, Fairpo; t. Charles Sullivan. Painesville. Three of the dead were found on th" locomotive pilot when the train was brought from its (id mile an hour pa to .-. halt about three blocks f I mi the scene ot lae collision. ! were residents of ! Most of tin.se kill Pairport. Manv of them had left si ; dance bail 111 Painesville, less tlian nail in nit) amount. ii.iKci ami was appro-, en , cr,.fl(. ,,,.,,o.sit ion to Seei.-'ar-:in hour before the crash, while several by the Hmw wit hunt a voice being li f ted juipffal. It is thi urrnt others bad attended a lodge meeting, in support of the department's demands; Washington that the R.puli'i Two had just Imcrdeil the Mis ami nau jus! sitibil in their teats when the am - dent occurred. An explosion of the gasoline tank of the machine set tire to tiie debris and scv eral of the bodies were badly burned. Th" bus, which was operated between Painesville and Pairport. was making i,si to Fairoort for the night . a u' U.-iines. the (ro sing watchman ,le.l::ie.l he flagged the driver, wno 11 : 1 :topp. d on the south side of the tracks to pnk up passengers. A decla'ct; .u !,v Clu-st. r Parrisb. manager of the bus line, that a largo oil tank obstructed Di 1 ver Adams' view of the watchman 3 lan tern and the approaching train, vis ibs counted bv Carl Sullivan, one of the m j"n''' 1 . the tram before we r-ea. le-i th' tracks," Sullivan said. " VVe had stopjnd to take on two passeng. rs j us! south of the railroad or we would h.iv Iwseo .-.cross. " w!,',, "' " PiHM.Ie near me screamed as tin en i!iio came on I saw the ii reaca it .thm-IcI us up or slowed us doun. It was dark in the machine. 1 iii,i, 41 l . .. 1....I ..l....r...l the track. J 111 P . 1. ... I .13 . x) ,.0i) ,.nrnplM.(i Pf The train, Xo. 20 cxi.rrss coiu l.es. It was made p Ik,. in irn In Itiiffulo and floes not stop at l ntHi-sviIIe. ... ..... ., a-.,,.. ... n-u-l,- 'I blew the whistle just as we the limits of the town, Kngineir Pern.-'udex .letl-rrd. "An instant la- ur 1 Klw the automobile on the track immf aiatcp- a,ieaa uf me. The space Mnn. wp 9Uurk u wa, M brief I could , not even know whether the autoinointe , Whs E'aniluii; or in motion "As I threw on the brakim 1 felt tho, collision and fragments of the wreckage ; nVw past ti e euine cab. I am sun- wej stopped As quickly as possible. " i The story of Fireman Milo Cornell, al- of Buffalo, eoiucided with that of thej engineer The money market was a helpful factor, call loans being made for the most part at 4 1-2 per cent pur chases of :(') to 00 day bills, and commercial paper, some of which was purchased at a slight concession from the 4 0-4 per cent rate. Production in the steel and iron trade was on an ascending scale, but the further readjustment of conditions in that business was in dicated by the unexpected omission of the dividend on fcOoss Sheffield JSleel preferred. Similar develop ments militated ngninst the strength of tobaccos and related issues. OASIS BAND CONCERT Oa stoma music lovers have in store for them a rare treat in the concert which is be given at Central school auditorium Monday evening at S o'clock by t lie : bhriners Hand of Oasis Temple. The' i program in full is given below. Iocal ! music lovers will be delighted to note j that the program contains two violin 'solos by Noble Han I'ichurdson who is a j favourite hi re where lie has been heard I on numerous occasions. They also will ! be delighted to know that there are two :. quartet numbers by the Hlirine Quartet j composed of Paincroii Williams, Lacy 'Adams, Ken (Mass and Percy Thompson, I all tif whom are prime favourites with the local lovers of song. Hekots tor tins attraction nave iieen on sale for some days and the advance i sales are uircmly sucli as to guaranteo a full houne Moii'lny night. ! Following is thi rogra in : FiKST I'AHT. , 1. Overture, Le Paid (Thomas), i li. Duet for Cornets (Kosey). i Nobles De Nurdo and htowe. .'!. Suite, Dwellers of Western World . (Sausa). (a) The lied Men. (In The White Man. (c) The Black Man. 4. Violin Solo. To a Wild Hose, (Mc Dowell). Noble Don Kichardson. .r. Shrine Quartet. Williams, Adams, Glass and Thompson. I ti. Waltz, (Brooks). j Harden of Hoses. ! SKCOND PART. j 7. Selection, De Koven). ' Kobin Hood. S. Duet. S'renade, (Titl). I Clarinet and French Horn ; Nobles Miller and Baker. 0. Violin Solo, Minu-t iti Major,' (Bii-thoveii). I Noble Don liieliards.ui. 10. Description, A Hunting Scene,1 I (Bm alossi ) . i , 11. Shrine Quartet. j ; Williams, Adam.', Glass and Thompson.) i li. March, (Sousa). I ' ( a ) Sabre and Spiffs. I j (b) Stars and Stripes. NAVY MUST LiMP ALONG OS SHORT COAL SUPPLY That Is If Present Coal Appro priation in Deficiency Bill i INI I .id In Haw. , at .i vr t n'll n oa, inn eoiiieieoee iu lilt 1,1,111, j ever, Until or Unless Bill Be-; vot,.r, nf th, district t COmeS a Law. 1 Naturally the bonus quest io-; j i perutost in the minds of liinrv ; WASHINGTON. March I. The navy gthcred anuind Mr. ItulwinUi twill be forcisl to limp along on a fueli.M ;i,kid many rpiestions lbmi j supply fifty per cent under that cstimnt-1 !,;;, ,iee of what he had to d by Secretary Denby as necissarj' f"" thnt the cash feature of tlfe 'n.., j the balance of the fiscal year if the to . eliminated and that -.o,,.. I t),:;0O,0(iO appropriation contained in is,)r;11H1. ,.lause is to be in-i t the general dehiency lull as passed by, the House yesterday remains unchanged, t The sum represents a cut of one half ; aucr me ngure was nxe.i in cuminntee. ! Although the department is prepared i stop the movement of practically nil j warships except those assigned to foreign j waters if the appropriation remains at (its present level. Secretary Denby de- j c la red after its approval in the House that no such action would be taken and 1 naval operations would be continued on their present economical basis unless and until the appropriation becomes law. The Secretary said he believed no law was be ing vlo'ated by coiitiiuiir.g such opera tion, ill' hough it invoked a dcfieii ncy. In passing the -t IoS.imki.imh) ile(i,iency li'nl. the largest item of which was $!!, into., Ml!) for the vterana bureau, the House n'.so reje.teil by a vote '' tj 1 a prupi.sed a:nen, : incut which would hae made t1"rl.iiO(i avaihib'e for the develop ment of helium us a ,non inrlaminablo lifting eu, f(.r flirigil.'es. THE WEATHER Fair tonight and Sunday, colder, in extreme east portion tonight; rising temperature Sunday. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDSe0NTHEk , fo,,;iV ;iWi)ifC(1 ,.. ,.,M,iillc of . XKW YORK, Manh 4. Cotton fu. cmU-rs of the hre which last niht de-tun-a cloiK. I barely steady at a slight de-! strove.! the city hall, that tb jnisht elimv March 1 7.t : May 17. "i; Jiilv 17.0S; OctolnT 16.41; Dvicmbcr 16.-5; spots 1 s.;,0. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Cotton seed .Sic I Sulci U Good Middling MAJOR BULWINKLE NOT DISTURBED BY RUMORS . iFPROPOSEDOPPOSITKE V ropuiar congressman r r o m Ninth District Home For Few Days With Family Is Willing to Leave Verdict With Voters of Ninth Dis trict Will Not Make Cam paign in Primary Talks About Tariff, Bonus and Po litical Situation. ongrossinnii A. 1,. I'.uin inkle arrived in town this morning ti spend a few days with bin family here. One of the first rumors that confronted the Major when he alighted from the tiain ins that he would probably have opposition for ('ingress this fall. Piieiids of the pop ular ex soldier and overseas veteran of the -'Kit It division ncio ,i:iek 1u infuini him of the latest i,!i iiiiii.im iv yarding the proposed opposit ion f'li.in uu f. .... ... , ..... w. ' 1 ' " ' lr."'"' ', cuncei .iiug v.hi.so .an didaey theie is an interview elsewhere in today's paper, authorized and written bv personal ar.d political fiieioi.. of Mr. Carpenter. For some time it has been rumored that there would be opposition to Major Huhiinkle, l,ul tic iiiterv'uw of today is the tirst public aim. any su-h intent ion on the one . Asked about the oppns! .in-lit of of aiiv part : mil Xl liulwinkle said: "I have enough coiifi.lenee Democratic voters of the Nint gressional Dwtriet ho sent me gresi two years ago to abide le, in the li 'un til Coll the re suit ot their decision in the matter. I believe that they are, fair and svpiare and honest and that they will tie.it me ac cordingly. "If it conns to the point where an I other Democrat offers himself in oppo sitioii to me, I shall, under no consider.-!-j tion whatever, desert my post in Wash ingtou. I shall stay there, and not conn ibii.k to the district to campaign. The ; folks in the ninth district know me. Mv record stands foe itself, and I shall not leave Washington until Congress ad journs. " Friends of Major liulu inkle, who were standing in the uroup convcrsiiur I with him and hearing his opinions on j several matters, commented variously, i Said one : "It has never been customary f.e TVmnci at ic I'ot.-i s to t ni:i ) f r n one , .'"inocratie Congressman for another af- lily one term of two year-'. lie is a - re . leeted. Look at' Ynt.-s Webb. I Tu.ie . ''it ime he was ritnnn d. li ! is estabi: ng a bad j.ieci.f at. nud I , don't think .in- oters of the niiith dis- trict .ill do ii . " j "i had heard that there c-i- to be t.o I Republican nominee offered in oppod ition to you this fall," observed au itn.-r one of the bystanders to the ( 'on:;r.'.., i man, "that is, unless sonic oth.r Domo ' crat came out against vim . 1 had nu ; derstood that they had about given up j the job of trying to el. a ivpicst nta , t i ve from this di it i i-t . Oil the. i- rouriiks, Major Fed v. emi. , flid not loinuient. The oulv tld;,., l.e I Major had to say regarding tie . ropes d ! opposition as that under no conditions would he leave Washington to u .!. it- le la atnpaigii in the luimary and the! !: i f till or those and l.e i'. The e. l.V W.l-i s m urc f, i iu of i . lh.it tt:.' Men! en- .1''-., M. iloll 's . . j h(. I(t-iiil.li.-:ns found ...it le of th" countiv would 1 t..r .. r I I... I ., , TI. .- . ty of the Ways will report out and Means bonus i'ill Ulll'l.ttl Moil-!:: week. ' ' The Ve e;',ue bill 1 ha t Houss was unsatisfactory nance Committee of the S holding hearings on the tar everv appe i ra nee of being .1 b ,eh Pi The to ;s -'ill and ii has ' .".diock in i a st ri. ag no tariff i ongr -s . the Republican paity Th. r wi'l I" probability that th' bill pa-sod at "The situa this session of n for the fat !l cbs-Mon looks of th I'Mt.v jeeidedly DeiniM rati-. The voters nation t' - I that tee l.'e,ub;ie:iii has failed to make good its pie lection oromises and it is thought by promises many that th" Democrats will carry the licit House and possibly th' Senate," MONTREAL'S GUY HALL IS BURNED TO THE GROUND Forced to Turn Over Reins of Government to National Committee of Defense i Shells Thrown Into Palace Where He Is Hiding Situa-i tion Appears Serious (By The Associated Press.) MONT UK A I.. March . i'v offi ' part merit arid a certain if signed dei'ii- tures worth ,0tJ'.MK and other valna- ble nublie doiumeiits hid l-eu dam.tged ' iu the' conflagration. His fin meu were lujurcd. The building, rncted ia IsT?, 17ie'tost gf.t7lW.WV, is a total less, icd !EastFund,ornearly $4,000 More! Than Quota Assigned To County; Campaign For Near East Relief Funds Closes After Most Suc cessful Drive Perfect Organization and Team Work Re sponsible Detailed List of Contributions From Each Section. ' Final returns from the Near Last cuu.p.tigii as tabulated 1'rlJay afternoon from both city and county show that the total amount ill cash .unl pledg s sub- s -ribe I is $11, Nil. 5. or :i,n7I .fls more than the ,uota of $7,ysu for the county. j '1 he campaign began three weeks ago undi r tile direction of Kcvs. (icogo K. i (jila s;,'u and .1. Jl. Hi ndeilite. The cm.v's OU..U was oversubscribed the. ursl day of I he campaign. Oasf onia ' i;iioi.i was ji.uju. mo suiii oi i-v-j.)!)' was rii cd. i'i'i- fact n bout t! Jlic campaign i.:ai tins .sum or f i .H1 lias lieen iai.s.-l i.itli only an outlay of iiiil.UO. this v.. for postage, priming, etc., auilio : e! by I he County chairman. I'lactica ' every section of th lUllty litis been lou !i -.1 it: til- campaign. A . belli r otganinlbm thiin has i ver at tended any campaign was largely ro- j apoaMli e for the success of the drive. j Kigiirc-i tr i v , 1 1 li. ion indicate the n iiioitnis gm.'i cl uri -In s. tlii- several towns and ."v'12.". Ki 1 mr: We.: So-ith Ka; Hanlo Si.. 1 I l.istoni.i lia.-jUona (iastuiiia lasti.nia . . 47i..'ltl 1 1 7.I lbV.!! L'.'H.ol r Mountain nvidc ton : .i Ad i Ci.ia.e, ' Lou, il Stanlei ; Pie-ll." I I'm. m .. .i-;-: in -nil.... A. li. P. Church Pre-.bytci'in u Church . nt Sunday School . . . j Piednn oit. 1 1;. p. d. : i Sumivside : ( )rt hupae.ii j Dallas . . . I Mount n: lieilnolit 1 I heircville I New Hope xo. 4 School Hospital i .'ll.i.bO, I'resiiylci ian City S. S. i I less, mi Raleigh credit tor (last 0:1 .Innuur High Shoal's Miscellaneous Total The Cash Pledg, Not 1 lal: given repress lit : 1 at bank, but d 1 .! 7a - . . 1 1 1 I .."is 7.1'sii.iiii . .',,S7 1 .." s To Q; ot.l OviTsiibscrib. d STATEMKNT FROM CITY CHAIRMAN, DR. HENDERLITE A lull financial report of the cam paign i.t' N'eur Fast Relief in (jaston will be found in another loluiun. Through the eourti c. of The Gazette, 1 ju-t wan! to thank tie people fer the in.- .-ty an I genera, k response to the ap peal of the ,uffe::iig iu Hie Near P.at that la- n.ade n - - campaign such a gl. at so ess iii . ,t y and county; the grati'l total ot gitts ill cash .mid pledges Inning n-.o-iied r I 1 .x-" 1 ."is. or more than f t, son. i, ii in eei ss of Pie ipiota assigned to l. We rejoice together filer this. S,-,'ial a, i.noiv'i'dgem. lit slio'.ild be iiuide bv ate as city chairman far the sp'en.lid ,ii in ice u ndi red by Mr. J. H. Kennedy an I his a'o'e corps of nu n iind nometi ,-.'iiii;i"s r in the business distriit PREMIER'S OPPONENTS YET OF WEAKENING Despite Chamberlain's Asser tion That Cabinet Is Behind Lloyd George His Position Seems Shaky Crisis Con tinues Acute in English Po litical Circles. The l.i)MK), M itel Pres.i - - A ust '-n l 'ha :n I. berl.dn 's the e. 1.11 had lit nation v. the ) -rim loa j.ii it !,-ciaiati"ii i f the soiidiiy of Im hind M. I, I (jenry ha?. aopr, ciaide i Ifei t on the .sit- wi'ich threat "lis to l.rin about i. inii:i-;i r in the opinion of the , of the political writers iu to '.vsj'api rs. ( (."neraily conced. d that tho H.tiniH's at an acute st.iH'" and day - n It is i ri- '-f evi l i;e j aini.in i.m.-t anxu.us t pre e t!,,.- c.i.iiition go ernuiei:; cinuid y :' tl. it the position is about as seri-:,- it ,o.-.si!iIv i an be. o ia-,, ., riant di v, lnpittei:t is looked uat.l after tin weekend. Mean .'. the friends of the coalit on are a-:: ou ter !e continuitig efforfs to keep it fnjrfiher. A movement is reported anions the ra in'lf; cwutmnists m the House Hi oio no'ii ..no , i i.nii; r. f vi 1 1 n i u, 1 11- iiianP" t Ket together at tin' rarlicet' I opjioi 'uiii'y and formulate an address to' !tii ,r, niier assuring him of their sup-! pi, rt an I urging him to nmain at thel j helm. f I Another movement is that by the: I "new coalition group," consisting ofj . aliout 11 commoners belonging to both: wings of the coalition, who have recent-! Iv Imvh working for the formation of a!ir,.iwU w.v ..v Mh I new center party. Thetm ' member pro-! no.. ta adopt a resolution to tho effect! that the next election must be foucht! upon a eonstrnctivo national proemm I UICU villi L 1 UT. Vi....i:.l v.ifc I1I1UVI ll.' s. t t. - 1.. . 1- : ...1 . 1 1. . ht 1 rarrie.l nut muter the joint leadership of Lloyd George and 1 " .i,,'..;r. , . JIR.ll tf. .M,'l,. i lu spit nt ail tho efforts of the prime tii Qci t tat and much-talked of independent voters . . j meeting at the lonithouse this afternoon o Uas-onia; a.so to Mr C. .1. Mass. who. A ,. Hu,luiA , , townshi ,fe, wnii much pains and labor served as In-' , c oil r.ceiver and auditor, and Mr. A. (;.''"" ,),'I,"M rat formerly member of Myers, the treasurer of tho fue.d. To all. hoard of county conimissioners, told who in any way helped to put over this the crowd of periiaps 400 auditors that 'Oltll.-ii-Pll In u.i.-li irli, ,,,., ..iiLt..,, fl....il,u' ... I . ' h"-'""-. ...3,.w.l are luartilv J. 11. 11 K.N DM IJ LIT K, City Chairman.; STATEMENT FROM COUNTY CHAIRMAN G. R. GILLESPIE I A report of complete returns f-ir the -N.ar l.as! Helief funds to date will be ; found in another column of this paper. As iiuiiity chairman and in addition to a letter iii ll.ursday's issue of The Ga zette, 1 desire at this time to thank God, and all of the good M'ople of Gaston county who have made such a generous response to this distressing appeal for destitute children. F.veryhod.y in the county has had tho opportunity to give ami tho whole city and county ci mbined have answered I with total contributions of $1 l,S."l..riS, j when asked for but 7,!8D.OO, oversub i perilling their quota by ii.'!,S70.(M). This is hploiulid, and I doubt very much if an ' other county in North Carolina will ' cipnl it. . The wailing cries (if these Armenian I , kiddies have not gone unanswered iu (ias- i 1 .'!(!.. "S ! ton ffinnly and 1 thank the whole conn U7-S.01 ! ty fur this generous outpouring of their .;t:i:U2 means and the splen lid, hearty co-opera-im "li i i ; ..a., i : .. i i. i . tun i.i, ..file. i me fi. lunn, ill.lic.., i. . .i .. ... . -n ... , . i.. hi'iiiHn, eonoii nun an. i uoiiio in ino1 7!.4d ( county. 1 want to especially include iu 1 1.-5 I this expression of 0ipreciation Rev. Geo. L!.45)M. Man ley, of Bessemer City, Prof. A. 5.25 :c. Warlick, of Cherry villi-. Rev. J. O. w no t.'..:.. i 1 1 . i .j t : . e f... n.. ' f.r.in. aim .nr. n. rs. l.eis, Ul I'.niiin, IiiIm. i ii if., i., i n..',..,, Cruinti. of lli'h Shoals. R,-v. .1. 1 tisl.UO; H.,,,,1. of I'isgah, fU v. Albert Sherrill. of 1.1 srt.OO i Stanl-v, R, v. O. P. Ader. of Mt. II -dry, lic".7e' and , faithful helper, Rev. J. T. Den .'C'.OO 1 tlv. of Helninnt, and his fine corps of oPIi.tlU i workers, Mr. T. P. Rankin ami Mrs. P. P. Muriihv. of Powell. Messrs. R. D. . 1 .:. 1.73 Hughes and George K. Tale, of McAdi-n-ia-bO ; ville. Messrs. R. C. Kennedy and C K. ''.''I Carpenter, of Hessemer City, Messrs. A. . - (j Mvers and J. A. Hunter of Gnstonia, fll.il..,H Messrs. II. P. .Moore, C. C. Dswson and the ministers, of Cranicrton, Mr. Mar ..f 7.1 4i'..j.-) shall Dilling. of Ranlo. Mrs. G. V. Pat 2 ''f.ViO terson. of Spencer .Mountain. Mrs. C. P. Robin.-on, of Olney and every minister, coininiiiiily worker, school teacber. cotton M1j si, riniendent and every rmlividual ,v! l,aif so ab'y and charitably assisted ,,, j,, every possible way to make this campaign such a success, and have so -ri.,.jv given of their time and means to sine lsti helpless orphans from prema ture deaths by starvation. The direct source of all contributions has been daily rlironichil in the columns of The (iastonia Gazette and I hope that ry family in the couiuy might snow appreciation or tins gnuiiitous puoiiciiy in this splendid paper by smbscribing and having :i Copy in every home in the county. Words fail t i express my ap preciation of this valuable service ron deri fl by the editor and publishers of The Gazette. All Mib.M :ii,f ions are on file with me and information il! bi at an time. giauiy lurniPiien This has been a generous and gracious ut ring of the Gaston spirit and I, thank von all. G R. GIPl.KSPIV;. County Chairman SPECIAL CLEAN UP CAMPAIGN NEXT WEEK Manager V. .1. A lejiii ndi r lias set a par' the first oart of next week as a .special city wide Clean Pp week. Pur ins: this period tie- city wagons will make fin rounds of the city and will haul nuay all rubbish that is placed com, nil rtlv for them to load, whether nine is placed in containers or not. The usual rule is that only .such rubbish will !, hauled nfT as is p'acrd in barrels or b :,,s rc'idy to be flumped, but this rui: will b Mispeiided iluring the special campaign for a few days, and it will on !y be necessniy for refuse ta tie piled out wiicre the nagons can roach it. This carnpaizn is in line iiith the movement ling fostered by the Wom an's 'lub and the Chamber of Com merce to Isautifv the city in various ways and Mr. Alexander hopes that the entire citi.enship will enter heartily in to the movement to give things a gen uine ("can Pp." i MEDICAL MISSIONARY MURDERED IN THIBET ,-T. LUPUS. March i. The R v. Dr. A. I.. Shelton. medical missionary of the Dieip.es of Christ Christian (liurch ) iu Tiiibet. was murdered by robbers near P.atang, February 17, according to a cablegram received by the United Christian Missionary Society here today. Dr. JShelton es-aped from a brigand camp in tliina in January of 1H2H. after having hern kiduaiiiKd and held for ran some for sixty days. NFAtf PfllTMASTEB f.FNFDlI TAKES OATH OF OFFICE (Br The Associated rress.) vviviirivr.Ti'iv fan.h T)t ,ay 8, postmaster general, uccee.Ung i "l" today fore th third socceasiro v.-hi rr n,i- t, u .a Wn . n,mWnf!day. There were no disorders. u- .".:....' '. ... . ., : i 1 minister ' champions', -however, his eon- crrvatirta pponi.ais show 110 ktgu of weulkClung. . ivfifpfmufnt votfrq KNOCKBOTH SIDES About Four Hundred Persons Present at Insurgents Gathering This Afternoon At 3 O'clock Most of Crowd Was Gone and It Looked Like "Insurrec tion Was a "Fixle." Delivering what might be designated I the keynote speech of the long-heralded ..,,, )l1t. ,.,,, fof a J I rl"' l,url'" "( -Ml- Kndisill's speech: was Ulilt ,a-t'H ' too high, five times, he s.ud, higher than thev were in 1914: that the county oiTict arhs wliich are too. ought tfi be reduced; rs arc drawing sal high and which that when it comes politics the Democratic and Uepubli- can pal-ties are the same and that neith jer alTor.U aiiv relief to the taxpayer. . Politics has aiinost ruined the county! the State and the Nation, declared the .speaker. We are going too fast, lie said. It's time (o call a halt. In or der to accomplish anything, tho Demo I ciats and Republicans who want things , ri formed must come out from tho old I parties and form a new party. Called to meet at 1 o'clock it Was i nearly two hi-n Rufii M . Johnston, of liastoni.-i, ealjed the house to order. Kvery eat iu the court room was occu pied and many were standing around the rooms. I ii nppcaicii 1 11:11 me aeiay was caused by reason of the fact that a caucus was in session. Those ciiucussing wore Kli Dixon, Knfus M . Johnston, T. C. Smith. ri, ,, i ' olll rings, A. P. lludisill. It. W. 1 White and perhaps two or three others. When these lame into tilts court room a tcm. orary organiJitioii wag perfected by tb' election of Mr. Johnston as tempo rnry chairman. K. L. Sandifer was , I . t . j. i t eiected temporary secretnry but refused too job and I . C. Smith was chosen in this stead and accepted. I In calling thri house to order Chair- .man Johnston stated that he knew noth ing about the meeting, its objects and , purpose.-, and that he had not even rend i one of the circulars put out. He aaid jthnt lie accepted the position of tempo rary chairman at the solicitation of I numbers of those present, i All those who gave their approval to (iillf or this meeting and to tho object ! for which it was called were anked to I stand up. About lifty out of tho - 400 , stood up. The proposition included i sanctioning the selection by the caucus of a chairman. When T. V. Hmith was ' Illuminated for secretary about -0 stood. -I Tlu' next speaker w as Mr, L. Kli Dicki ou, of (iastonia, who proposed tho - following definite program to bo discuss , ed and acted upon by the muss-meeting: Fix the salary of Register, Clerk and (Sheriff at L,0()i) instead of the present ; s.ilaiy of &,r,(H) each. ;, ... Combine the three county ihangaiigs ! into one to save expense of supervision. ( oinluiie ad roau work under the Bu , )M.n .j io!l o( m. superintendent, instead. of the three or more now employed. ' Put Superintendent of Schools back 1 on a salary o;$ 2,0t)U with one clerk at I. I'll". . - Allow the people to vote ou the (pics" tion of whether we shall have a county" farm demonstration agent, assistant de-' moiistration agent, home demonstration i .-jejent, f te. Seel. ;:n amendiiieiit to the State law ,v ,.,u u utomobile lieeliscs will go directly to the county instead of partly j to the .State. ! At -:")'i o'clock, following the speech j by Dickson, about one-half the audience,, had gone ami it looked very much like.. I tin- meeting was on the verge of going' I to pieces for lack of leadership. REMARKABLE RESTORATION THROUGH SURGEONS' SKILL (P.y The Associated Press.) PALLAS, TEX., Mar. 4. Dorothy Cannon, six years old, who has under gone fourteen serious operations and forty rive nkin grafting applications; will be dis, barged from s hospital here1 v ill, in another month a well child d. .-tots declared today. Dorothy was giv. n up as dead when she was found lying on a live wire iu a puddle of wate" last dune and then looked upon as a liopele-, case for two months after sha lias brought to the hospital. How long she lay On the. wire is not knov.n. W'hrn her mother found her, her clothing hud bet a burned away and her i ntv was black. . Members of lite family and many per-, sons who became acquainted with tho lit tle girl through her illness insisted upon giving skin. "The only trouble we have had," the surgeon in charge said, "is selecting dates for the skin grafting. There were -, always too many present trying to give their skin." Dorothy has been able to walk littlo more thMi a week, but in that time has gained several pounds in weight and recently tipped the scales at 46 pounds. Hie will be dismissed with very few visible signs of the agonizing romlitiotr which kept her flat on her hack for nine months, doctor said. HOPE MILL OPERATING THIRTY PEC CENT TODAY (Bv TLo AaOCite4 Tress.) PROVIDENCE, B. I.. March 4.- I lue 1U,I .uipany s piani at hoi, . i1, - . fi 1- I'atuxet -allcy mills Icloso.l by th Jthode lsbjiid textile atriko weeks go to resume operations. The nuinaeemeut of the mi'! i inues to claim the plant w operatn, 4 .. ' 1 jK?r cent of itt capacity. Strue I - iders maintain that only ojieratives ci at work yesterday. The mill normally tm- cent of ltt capacity, fct j ploys' i.'5Ui.