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Buddy, Why Not Join The-Airiericaii Legion? rONIA DAILY ETTE Local Cotton 17 1-2 Cents VOL. XUII. NO. 69. GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 22, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS HAS' Weather: i: Fair , REPUBLICANS LOOK FOR LITTLE OPPOSITION TU B01S B1LLINTBE HOUSE Four Hours of Debate to Pre cede Final Roll Call Half ThU Time to Be Assisted :. to Opponent Will Not rI..M. (miila Vatl. It It ' ugw w w , .Said. 3 n ASBOCUtlCU imo.l WA8IUNGT0X. March 22. Repub lican House leaders prepared today for the final skirmish in the long fight over soldiers' bonus legislation. They looked, however, for only comparatively little opposition tomorrow when the measure was to come uo in the House under a suspension of the rules. Four hours of debate-wre to precede the final roll call, set for before adjourn ment. Half of this time was to ue as signed to opponents for the firing of the final shots at the compromise bill. Some 'leaders said they did not expect the dn cussion to change a single vote, und they predicted that far more thun the two . thirds majority would bo obtained for the bill. Once the roll call begun, party lines were expected to disappear. In fact, those who had undertaken to sound senti ment in that direction thought there would be more opposition voles from tho Republicans than from the Democratic Ide. fiorae of those who planned to sup port the bill said privately they were not Klh "aVof s Pioni; but be e Ued .fore there can be any would vote for it. convinced that it was!"1" f l,ta(e- th best legls atlon that could be brought before the Hous at this time. Democratic leaders planned to center flro on the resolution to make Thursday a special suspension day. This resolution was to be presented tomorrow immediate ly after the House convened. Its adop-tion--nnl only a majority would bo nec essary for. that would preclude the pos sibility of the minority offering a motion to recommit. It was their expressed de sire to offer a motiin to send the bill back to the Wavt and Mean Committee with instructions to reinsert the cash bonus for which the new bank loan provi sion was substituted. The Rules Committee met today to consider tho special resolution to make Thursday suspension day and to deter mine the details of the parliamentary procedure for tomorrow. FLOOD OF SPEECHES AGAINST PACIFIC TREATY. WASHINGTON, March 22. A flood of prepared speeches for and against the four -power Pacific treaty was loos ed in the Senate today as the period of unlimited debate camo to an end un der the unanimous consent agreement which will bring n final ratification vote Friday. Tim .nn Imiir limit on illdividaul speeches was effective at 3 p. m. to day and several Senators who had pre pared long uddresse.f jostled one anoth er in bidding for recognition in the eleventh hour crush. Senators LnFoIUtre, fieputiliean. ana Tit.. wnm iUt !,!lil Hllr VfUIOH, A-'V "I" t 'w ...v ... - ioday for the treaty opponents, while prr the other side the right of way was fctven to Senator 1'omerene, Democrat, a foreign relations committee member and one of the leaders of the element of his party favoring ratification. With - several others waiting to get in iu with speeches for and against the pact, lead crs were doubtful whether a vote would bo reached today on any of the pending reservations or amendments. UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR TWITS THOS. A. EDISON MADISON'. WIS.. Mareh --. Thos. A Edison has transmitted to members of the Board of Regents of the University o Winseonsin, copies of correspondence between him and a professor of the Uni versity Vith the suggestion that the prof essor's letters were discourteous. From tlm correspondence, it appears that Edison's recent questionnaires on financial subjects, notably in which was the implication that stored commodities .were as sound a basis for paper money as a gold reserve, was sent to the profes sor, but elicited TO reply; that Edison wrote to the professor again and urged him to answer the questions, whereupon ' the professor replied, disparaging tin. questionnaire, intimating that Edison lacked instruction in elementary princi ples and concluding as follows: "I doubt very much at your age and what seems to le your present state of mind, it would be worth while to at tempts to teach you those elements." WARE HARDWARE COMPANY ITY'S NEWEST BUSINESS Mr. S. H. Ware, of Winder, Ga., Opens Business in Old Bludwine Building Has Several Exclusive Agencies. Castonia's newest retail establish ment is the Ware Hardwar? Company which opened for business Saturday in the o'd Bludwine- Bottling Company's building,- corner Xorfh Marietta street and Weit Airline avenue. The .build ing was - remodelled and renovated thronghout for the new firm. .Mr. 8. II. Ware is manager of the business. He esme to Gastonia re cently from Winder, Ga., where he was engaged iu the hardwire business for eight years. Mr. Ware is an exjie rienced man in his line of business and is a hustler. Exclusive agencies held by the Ware Hardware Comiwny inclnde those for Peter Schnttlor wngous, IK'Voe paints, Copper-Clad and Allen Princess ranges and Enterprise stoves. The firm han dles a foil line of builder's, hardware, farming implements, paints oils, var nishes, china, crockery, glassware, etc , Some Trifling Lead To War, Prospects Of Peace In Ireland Situation on Border Between Ulster and South Ireland Is Going From Bad to Worse Irish Men of All Parties Deplore the Danger, But Are Unable to Avert It. f By The Aoclatwl Fress.) LONDON, March 22. The situation on the border between Ulster and South Ireland is going from bad to wor: c, aud is such that some trifling incident may draw the rival forces into a con flict which wiil , shatter all prospects of peace in Ireland, says the Dublin cor respondent of the Times. "The tragic irony of the situation,'' he adds, "consists iu the fact that the vast majority of Irish men of all par tics dejilore tho danger, but seem una ble to avert it. Each side daily takes some measures of defense which it re gards as legitimate but which produce prompt retaliation from the other side, with the result , that political passions are intensified and . the pleadings of common sense fail to find hearing. ' ' The chief cause of resentment on the northern side of tho border is the existence of the organized forces of the Irish republican army which the uorth- ern government insists must depart or "On the other hand the southern na- tionuli'jt claim the right to protect the Catholic minorities in the northeast by every means in their power. They be lieve the northern police cannot be trusted to act inipartillly . The south ern newspapers print daily reports of OPERATIVES DEMAND CUT IN CAPITAL OF MILLS TO MEET WAGHl EDUCTIONS! Counter-Demand to 20 Per! Cent Reduction in Wages Strike Committee Rejects State Board s Latest Propos al Spread of Strike to Law rence, Mass., Follows An nounced Wage Reduction There. (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, March 21. The an swer of the textile workers to the manu facturer? ' demand for a UO per cent wage cut is a counter-demand for a. 50 tier cent, reduction in capitalization or manu- faeturing firms in the . industry, Russell ,, . . . . . ". , , , ! Textile Workers of America, declared to day. His statement was based on a re- port of the finances of the Consolidated, ,,1. ..pi.u,, ,u,,.., vi(.n, Department lor more than one Labor Burtau, Incorporated, economic- 1 advisers to the union. service a day to the suburban sub sta- Deocribing this corporation as "a-, tions mentioned above but Mr. Slato bout tho largest single factor in the jg going to giv,- the double service at cotton industry." the report stated that Ibis own expt-ns.-, he ssys. it owned U. li. & 11. Knight, "the lead-, Thc lhH(, )(. My intr(.M. er of the present move for wage reduc- pf, ,h(. anonn,.,.,m,nt that 'star roure Tn,.:i. ......:nn ...o.L ..ki:.. 1... t, uons iu me awiuxoi vauey, una bc- enteen mills in Rhode Island and Mass achusetts and at least ten mills in south. Converse and Company, the th a i i... 1...:.. .-..1 c 1'"" """ "' u'" luu".1" Ul jyifrom Clover to Castonia in the after output of nineteen other southern mills I besides those directly owned consolidated. by the; Strike Spreads, r AWTUXET. R. I., March 21. Ex- j tension of the textilo strikes in New England to Lawrence, Mass., was an nounced today by President Thomas F. McMuhon, of thc United Textile Workers of America. After learning of wage re ductions in Lawrence cotton mills, thc textile leader said he had instructed Or ganizer Thomas Regan, of Lowell, toi them i.t once to declare a strike and to form a strike organization. j Pronosal Reiected. ' PROVIDENCE, 15, I.. March 21. Thc eencral committee in charge of the; ..a. .i.;!,. in l.rtnT,.t nllnv rnt- ed todav to rejei t the latest proiwiai of the state board of mediation and eon-' ciliat ion-looking toward thc settlement of the walkout. I The proposal was that "upon thc passage by the Rhode Island general as sembly of a 4S-hour law for women and children, the employes arbitrate the que tion of wages and Teturn to work, pend ing the result of arbitration, at a tem porary wage to be fixed by the state board of mediation. "With the action of the Pawtuxet val ley committee in turning down this sug Best ion. it is believed, goes thc last, chance for a possible aittlement of the textile dispute by the mediation board. The board will meet Thursday to re-; ceive the reply of the Pawtuxet valley; strikers ns well as that of the United Textile Workers of the Blackstonc val-! ley. ! This nieetinir. officials of" the board! said, will probably be the last that body: will bold j Tbree of the companies of coast artil-; lery which have been in Pawtuxet since the fatal riot at the Jenckes pinning! company plant, four weeks ago this morning, were withdrawn and demobilit-i ed today on order from Governor San Souoi. One hundred and fifty national . gnardsmen are left on dnty in that city.' Today passed Quietly in the strike; area of the state, the only exception bc-j inir at ill T n'lr nlQtif vinrtf ilmilltvl S1 sheriffs and national guardsmen drove off about 100 striken who sought to do mass piketUg at tho mill, Incident May Shattering All outrages in which these police are al legcdiy concerned. "It is notorious t-iat certain sec tions of the Irish republican nrmy do not neces sri'y take orders from Dub- ; tin, aud that raid of armed republicans I into the north ru area occur at tunes. The correspondent says that the sen tences meted out to captured raiders have added to the trouble, leriig de nounced us savagely, severe and intend ed to degrade the captives, whiio the iucidents in Belfast add fuel to the air ier . Southern opinion is convinced that the flogging penalty will be reserv ed chidy, und perhaps entirely, for Catholics found iu possession of arms. While the north refuses to believe order will ever be maintained in the touth, the attitude of either side is looked upon by the writer as pregnant with a thousand menaces of disaster. He contends that the only thing neces- j to avert a calamity is a frank ex change of views tiy the two govern ment, but this has not 'yet been at tempted. He says the situation is grave enough to justify a meeting of all the members of both governments, or, if this cannot be arranged, a conference between Michael Collins and Sir James Craig . Moderate opinion in Dublin is represented as most anxious for such a conference. A DOUBLE DAILY MAIL V SERVICE BETWEEN GASTONIA AND GLOVER ESTABLISHED Star Route Added to Facili tate Exchange of' Mails Be tween the Two Towns Sub-Station Established at Flint-Groves Service to Suburban Sub-stations Dou bled. Postmaster K. A. Plate announces; several improvements in the local mail service. These include the opening of ! a nib-station at tho Flint-(lro- s mill I community, cast of the city, the serving of that sub-station and the Pinkney gUi,-station twice daily from the up- . . . . , .J , . town office instead Of once as hcreto- fore, the establishment of a star route from Gastonia to Clover. v0 p10fisiui U made bv the I'ostof S1rvi(. . ., ..s,..;,!;.!,,,,! K,,. (i.-istoiii-i and f'lover. Mail Will lie sent from (t stonia to Clover i:i ihe a return trip with mail miirniit'r it . I v .. noon. At. pres'iit. there is onlv on.; x- ehanjfe of mails per day between thee two towns. in T n imnr "rri rtim n llln ! U flUrt IU bUiLU Ilmg tru'ir coniiuct during the susens.on. S8.0C0 RESIDENCE ON lTI'is Vgrh wi: " ' w w u j "Tho present situation in the mining FIFTH AVE., IHESTEKPLaGE Ground was broken this morniug for ? "an-i.ome modern eight room hunga- ' "';'' Mr T G. Hope, of the Hope Mercanti V ( ompaiiy, will liuild on ost MUh a venue, uiesterpiace. '' ll ',r has the contract. !"":'' ""' basement with Th heat- l'13. iMumrry, etc. I he total "Lst ' ' ;' 7W) an.! S.00o. V1' ,ml'' 11 ocupied by ,h0 owmr- y " Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE I xunA. niAnui NEW YORK. March 22.- Cotton fu-i ores closetl stendv. March 17.!j; Miy 17.85: July .3.: October 16 87; December 16. Ntf; Spots 1.2. TnniV'? PnTTfNI fflDVCT lUUAl O UUMUtl tHAllALl Cotton seed ... 51c' liyie ' Strict to Good Middling CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR. Thursday. 7:30 p. m. Pythian Band. Friday. 7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com merce Glee Club. Saturday. 6:45 p. m. Annual membership dinner. Hon. Thog, Heflin speaker. KRUPP DIRECTOR WHO IS FAVORED IN GERMANY AS AMBASSADOR TO U. 11 H f''A Oft i DR. OTTO WIEDFELDT. Priyy Councillor Dr. Otto VVied feldt, a leading director in the Krupp works, may be Germany's Ambassador to the United States, according to ca ble despatches from Berlin. His ap pointment is said to be dependent on ' two things that the Krupps wili re- j lease him and that Dr. Wiedfeldt is I one and LLrJ't d"t,l,ru M'e " r "f "I Cbuuumiv utjvin.ic iu vjctmauy and has the almost solid backing of German banks and industrial organiia- tions for the ambassadorship. v ; i of Asheville; Adjutant Cale K. Hurgoss, Thomas W. Bird. Asheville " The Le- 111 llHlinm mil IUB!CDOiof '''''k'1; Mr- i;- vv- iiurt- f Balis-jgion and Our Disabled Cosmrades." ALL UlllUll LUAL mtllLilU ' ,u,rv' l,"m",an,,,r lf xhv American Le- Cule K. Hurgoss, Raleigh "Auns and gion auxiliary, s'ate department; J. W. Achievements of the Leifion." IDC mniljillV nDnrnrn'1M'ss,,f Mi,rion;8-ai',mn'1U'v,of Mar'l Mrs- 1- W-B"rt. of Salisbury. "The tflXL I UlllUiLLl UllULIlLUr TO 00 ON STRIKE MARCH 3 1 Strike to Continue Until End ed by Policy Committee "There Must Be no Viola tion of Law; No Disturb ance of Any Public Peace," Order Says. (By TLc Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, 1ND., March 21. A formal call for a suspension of work by all United Mine Workers of America,; : j uiretis u" iiieuiucrs 01 me orxanii;i-j :ion employed in and around the aiitlira- te and bituminous coal producing dis i ' ' io discontinue work anil ce.ise pro duct.. ' of coal at midnight on Friday, March .... 1922 The suspension, the order added, would contiue "until terminated by action of the policy committee of the United Mine Workers of America" und until oilicers of the 3,000 union loculs scattered throughout the country have been ad vised as to tiie committee's action. Further, the order said in part: "In accordance with district and lo cal agreements, local unions must per nut a sufficient number of men to reni.-iii. at work to injure- the proper cure und protection of all mining projurtj. I'umpers, engineers and others necessary to protect tho property must he allowed to remain at work. The fullest co-operation must be given mine management in order to safeguard and protect proper ty, and under no circumstances' should this rule be violated or set aside ly local unions. ' ' ,t Meeting Next Friday. The union's policy committee will: Night Band Music Will Be A Fea moct next Friday at Cleveland to con-' ture Of Meetine. sider plans for the conduct of the sus j I pension, and t he concluding paragraph ; oa" admonished mineis regard ndustry calls tor the exen-se of good ; now heing currie l on lor tne purchase. or judgment, moral courage and loyalt i Linwoo.l a- the future site of a Mmw by every member of the United Mine) heart Home, Mr. Trickett will bo moM Workers of America. Ordinary proce-1 heartily welcomed liy all interested in dure must be followed at all times. There1 preserving the traditions of Linwood to must be no violation of law. no distur- ! future generations. He will be accom bance of any public peace. '.e guided j panted to Castonia by Mr. Malcolm If. in all netion by tbe policies of your or-! Giles, State Supervisor for the Caro ganization and follow oat the instruc-1 linas, ( tions and or-lers given you by the du'j . An inten - ling program has been ar accredited ofiiccrs of ycur imion." ' i ranged as follows: Members of the lo Copies of the call were sent to eery!l lodge to meet at Moose Hail at 7::t0 district of the union, except Nova Scotia.' P- i,n' Preccede, by band march to Where it was said that the convict withi,,'.?1 U'"""- ,,W- - ? "'J,,''' the operators had alrra.lv expired, but . that arrangement bad ten made for the men continuing at work. Western Cana dian provinces however are included in' the suspension order, as also every uu-. ion coal field in this country. i First In History. j The call is the first ever isMi-d for jjoth bituminous and anthracite workers to walk out simultaneously. Six liun-' ureil tnousanu men win oe uirccnj- aucci i ed bv the order, " " d """'.PARTIAL DELA Y Iv. Never before in the bibtory of the coal industry has n suspension or strike order called for cessation of work by all un ion miners iu the L'nited states. 4a thc past, wage contracts in the bituniious and anthracite fields have not expired at the same time but a complete tie up iu ' union fields was considered during the groat anthracite trike of 1902. ; : A sympathetic strike by the bitumin-; urn were annouueed tlHy. They in !ous miners at that time was rejected by'rlude nerfert autonomv for the Reichs-! ;tbe union's convention, it being argued ! that the soft coal workers were bound by! i a contract. Thp iiwiiance of the call came with the recent strike vote of soft coal miners j A iiumln-r of reforms ia (Jerman 13 not completely tabulated, but, it was uam-ial methods are stipulate,!. - These said officially that the work of the un-jmu.-'t go into effect at fixed dates, he ion's board of tellera had progressed toj ginning May 31. New resources for such a point a to show every field voting, reparations money must l found and overwhelmingly in favor of a suspension, j the funds collected under the control of Indications are that nine-tenths cf thsjthe Allied coinmitt, c on gnarantces. ruiaers iBvor;4 tEo walkout . 4wLki will pass upon iku effect ivenesi Big American Legion District Rally Here Thursday Evening State Commander Bird and Other Legion Officials to Be Pres entMr. . W. Burt, of Salisbury, Head of Woman's Auxiliary, to Speak Banquet at 6:30, Followed by Rous ing Rally in Baptist Annex All Service Men in County Are Invited. Gaston Post, No. 2.t, American legion will be host to a big district rally here Thursday, when oflicials of the American Legion from all the posts in the Niuth Congressional district, together with I State officers and members of the execu ; tive committee gather here. Thursday j afternoon there will bo meetings aud conferences with short talks by Several members of the executive committee, i Following thise conferences and an uuto- i muhi'e rido thcte will be a banquet ser-J ' ved at 0:.'I0 in the Armory to which all former service men in the county are in - vited. The speaking will take place in the Courthouse immediately after the banquet. This district meeting comes as the cul mination of a membership drive staged by the local post during the past week. All members of the Legion are urged to be present, n well as all former m-rvii-eii IHT. TI , , , , .. .,' "'"I"'"""1"'" -'""P' 'g" ' h J u u ''''''' -I-,'''"'' l'e will, The program for the public meeting at . j .ho'' ,u" " -'.:J0 .,,,oik- ?t l'It,,.u tlok' wlth lW c"y Presiding. tended by (. omnia uder Thomas W. liir.l.j follows: I a ' "r nlisbuiy; . I- INSPECTING GASTONIA t' HIGH SCHOOL PLANS; Dr. Engelhardt. Professor of Education in Teachers Col lege Looks Over Site and Plans for New High School Building Here. Dr. N. L. Ergeihardt, Professor of Education in Teachers College, Columbia . i nnersiiy, .rw iorn, spent neunesa.i.v in Ciastonia going over the site und )lnns for Oastonia 's new j00.000 high school i 1 i:.. TT ;n .A. 'tl. . tl.T ill 1 uiurivut'- nun ; Principal liny Armstrong and Mesf-rs Klnil... n.i.l '!,..... I... 1 . rl.ir and 11. K. White being 'in Winston-1 The Gaston County schools in the de Salem at the Kotnr.v meeting. Dr. Krgcl-1 haU' ar grouped as follows: bardt and colleague, Dr. Geo. D. Btrayerl Gastonia. Lincolnton and Shelby; Bel have just completed a school survey nndjmont, Dallas and Mt. Holly f ' Lovvcll, program for Atlanta in which tho roc-' Stanley and Jianlo; Bessemer 'City And oinmended an oetlay of $10,000,000 for j Cberryville are a dual team. . , school buildings during the next 15 years. r or mtiiimore inso, iney nave nuisneii j ! a similar program and a .',ouo,uuu i program reeommeuded. They have lately made surveys in , (uecns'xiro, Win.Ntoii t-ah.-m. bt. Paul.! win both of their triangular debates this 1'i.terson, X. J .. Oraha and St. Johns, iWeek wj ,,,! tnt,jr teams to compete X. F. Dr. Krgelhardt was en route toj in the linal contest. The Aycock Cuji Atlanta and stopped off a day here fol-has Is-en won in the past by l'leasant lowing an arrangement with Supt. drier : Garden. Winston-Salem. Wilson twice. during the Chicago meeting teudents some weeks ago. of superin- SUPREME MOOSE LECTURER IN GASTONIA FRIDAY NIGHT Hon. Wm. Trickett Giles, Of Baltimore 1 Will Speak At Court House Friday Hon. Wm. Triikett Giles, Supreme Lecture for the Loyal Order of Moose, win itjieaK ai ine n.ision i ouniy v.ouri night. March 2. at S o'clock. 1 n view of t he active campaign ol, , , r . M- A"rt'"' of ,hc b?M "Pf?k for the Gastonia order of Mnose, Mr. M. H. Giles, of Greensboro, will tell of work in the State and Hon. Win. Trickett Giles, will deliver the nddres of the evening. Music by a se'ect band wiil be rendered during the intervals. Men aud women of the city and county are cordially invited ' ( tKK VI A X Y Bv Tne Associated Fress.) I'AKIS. March 22. The conditions under which the reparations commission ' will grant (iermnny a partial nioratori-j bank and new legislation to prevent j evasion of German capital, the legisla- j 'tioa to -e ready for application upon a fit el il.ilc Vickers, of Albemarle; C. A. Sloan, of; Wnynesville, and others. i The program contains provisions for; an automobile ride over the city at 5 o'clock, followed by a banquet at the armory at j::!U, with a public meeting at S o 'clock in the Courthouse to which the general public is also invited. K. G. Cherry, mayor of Oastonia, will be toast master at the banquet, the pro gram of which, with speakers and their subjects follows: Victor 8haw, Charlotte ' Post En tertainment." Joseph L. Slurphy, Ilickory "Club 1 Tl ' L. Alexander. Charlotte , ' Post Finances." 8. 8. Cundley. Marshall The ' Ninth District." Julian 11. Kyan, Davidson "Getting Members." C. A. Sloan, Waynesvillc "Loeal Publicity." Nollie. M. 1'atton, Morganton "The i . .. , Wiil ri;Ss Marbm Service and 1 I i s ts 1 American f.cgion Auxiliary." 1,000 HIGH SCHOOL - PUPILS IN DEBATE More Than 250 High Schools in North Carolina in Triang ular Debate Eight Schools from Gaston County in De bate. Ono thousand debaters in 250 Irish : 1 " ' wl l,'",YIVno mouniaina wi the sea, will speak on tho subject of the -..i i.. .... i . . . i.ongue of Nations next Friday, March C-f. the occasion being the annual trian- Klllr delta tes of the High ttchool De- ""K iiiou, ruutjurit-ll Ulliirr mo j;cil' eral auspices of tho University of North - The debates all take place next Friday evening The final iiontest for the Aycock Me morial Cup will be held at the University on April 6 and 7. All hiirh sihools which uraiiuni, vt avnesvmc, Asl.eulle. Durham twice, and The annual triangular debating eon tests were begun in the State ten years ago. They were taken up in the first instance by the I i and Phi literary so cieties at the suggestion of C. K. Mcin tosh, of the University class of 1911. Since that time, the movement has be come very popular in North Carolina and ha spread into a number of other soutli trn states, notably Kentucky, Sxnith Carolina, Virginia, Alabama and Mississ ippi. FOUND DEAD SON'S WATCH ON STRANGER PASADENA, CALIF., March 22. Sevanc Telles stopped a stranger on the street and asked him the time. Today the latter is in jail. The stranger drew from his pocket a gold watch which, Telles later de clared, had been the property of his son, Martin Telles, 17, whose body, stripped and with the head crushed, had been found in a reservoir. Telles examine the man more thor oughly. The clothes he wore had been worn by his son when he left home, March 4. The stranger was arrested. He gave the name of Esedereo Morene and aaid the watch and clothes had been given to him by another man. Moreno is held in connection with the murder. IS GRANTED V KKHA HA I )NS land probable ield. If they are found i insunu - ient, tlie reparations romnus ion w - jj! consider a number of other meas- urcs. including a domestic or foreign 'loan, and eventuslily lal in Germany. a levy ujh)u eapi- It is stipulated that if reparation payments iu kiiid to the Value of 1.- 50,000,(HI0 gold marks yearly are. not entirely delivered the balance may be rejiiire! in cash. : If the Genus a Government fails to ; apply the reforms ujhjH which the par- ; tial moratorium is conditioned the AI-, lies nwy resort to the terms of the an- J nex to the treaty of Versailles i ti or; i ixitig them to take further pledge as ' guarantee for reparations iaym?nts. i SENATOR HEFUN UNABLE TO COME; ANNUAL DINNER IS AGAINTOSTPONED Alabama Senator Is on Muscle Shoals Committee and Leaves Washington Satur day Night Hence Unable to Come to Gastonia on that Date Chamber of : Com-' merce Dinner Postponed Until April 7th. , . Owing to the fact .that: Senator Thomas J. Uefln must leave fiatnr- v day for Alusde Shoals with s special congressional committee, the annual dinner of the Oastonia Chamber of Commerce has once again been post poned, this time until Friday night, April 7th. A telegram received from Senator Heflin Tuesday evening con-' veyed the information.' - The officials of tho Chamber of Commerce deeply degret the second postponement but there has been , uch an insistent demand for Mr. Heflin that it is deemed best to Wait until ho can come. The Friday night engagement will meet with the convenience of many member w ho could not have come Saturday ' night. - i : Senator Heflin is a leader in the senate and is responsible to the peo- , pie of his state and is of course in . no wise, to blame for legislation and other matters arising which necea-, sitate his changing his dates. He , is of tho belief, however, that the j slato will bo clear so he can come ; here in April without fail. ' Mom' bers of the Chamber of Commerce are asked to hold their dinner cards ; ir the new date and those who have i not sent in their cards reouestintr plute reservations are urged to do sa at once. 600,000 SPINDLES WERE ' s IDLE IN FEBRUARY (By The Associated Press.) ; WASHINGTON, March 22. The New England textile striko was reflected in tho monthly Tcport im-tde public today by thc Census Bureau oif, the activity of tho cotton spinning industry, which show ed a decrease of mora than six hundred thrvnsund uHvn aninrllp. ftw 41m niAnlh . February, as eompured' .with January, Active spindle hours for, February were 7,1 19,576,600,. as comparod with 7,929, ,'l"i.S,l,1ff, also a decrease of more than . eight hundred million. The figures made public today were based on an netivity of 23 2-3 days, 'while tho figures for Janu ary were baaed , on , an activity of 251-2 days. . ! - : t . , ; . Tho a,vera'ge numj)er,fcd!i spin'iitej oper-' atefl during February -was '34,577,837 as f-onrpred with an average' off Sa,751.715 for January, Approximately, $6,879,933 Cotton spindles -wertf In flhce ori Febru firy 28,'the rejArt said.'af wliich 33,797,1 were operated at some timo 'during the month, as compared- with 34,457,. fii)! for January, 34.4S5.341 for Decem ber, and 32,46,856 for February, 1921. ROTARIANS WINDING UP A TWO-DAY PROGRAM (Uy The Assoclaten Tress.) WINSTON SALEM. N. CX, March 2.; Election of district governor, reports -of conference committees, and addresses by Miss Elizabeth Bain, of the American -Social Hygiene Association, in which she plead for the same high moral standard for men as now demanded for women, discussion of "Tho education f Rotar ians as to Rotary" at tho noon-day lun cheon. n-cf-A nmnticr fhn Tnntni-M nf -. day's program for the 1922 conference" of the Rotary Clubs of tho seventh dis trict, composed of Virginia, North an 4 South Carolina. , , At the conclusion of the afternoon business session, the visiting Botarians under the guidance of members of the local Kiwanig Club visited several of the leading manufacturing plants in the city. The committee on redisricting-, reported this morning on a division of the seventh district and creating the eighth district, the contention being that tho present dis rict has become too. largo for the best and most effective work. By the divi sion Virginia and Eastern North Caro- ' lina clubs, will compose the seventh dis trict and Western North Carolina and South Carolina, the eighth district. Flection of officers will tako place later in the afternoon. -. BODY OF SOLDIER FOUND IN RIVER ( By The Associated Press.) COLl'MM'S, Ga., March 22, Mil itary authorities at Fort Bcnning ' will probably authorize an investigation into the death-of 'Private Beat Sullivan, of the 2!ih infantry, whose body ts thought to have beeu taken from t h Chattahoochee river near, Jakin, ' la to yi sterility afternoon. ... ? THE WEATHER North Carolina, fair tonight and Thur. a.y. probably frost to the coast tonight. slowly rising temperature in the interior Thursday. CHECK WITH SIGNATURE "0 WHAT LUCK," CASHED DENVER, COLO, March. 22. A worthless check for $275, drawn on the defunct Denver State lank and signed "O What Luck' was accept ed ia Kansas City, Mo., March S, in payment for aa automobile, passed through the Kansas City clearing house banks, and was discovered to be worthless oaly yes't'iv "-Hi it rea bed liome i. !' ' '"at, i tie ciriv-r f.r the $ of tro f -f unct bank.