nrvnTTTT a' ttk a ttu tit in a TrvTrwir Weather: Rain mmK UME ! I ID Loot Cotton 17 .Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 73. GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON; MARCH 27, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GAS Several Thousand Operators Lawrence Mills Textile Strike in New England It Extended to Lawrence, Mas., an Old Battleground of Labor Disputes Operatives Quit Because of 20 Per Cent Wage Cut. By -Th AoclatftI Fress.) LA WHENCE, Mass., March 27. Tho New England textile strike was ex tended today to this city, an old battle grouud for niill disputes with curtail ment of production in several plants but no disorders. Several thousand op erator refused to go to work in pro test against a 20 per cent wago cut. The Paeifie Mills were the most seri ously affected of tho seven plants which opened under reduced pay schedules. In the lower Paeifie mills the electric ians and machinists were among those who utayed out and many who appear ed at the plant as Usual were unable to work because of lack of power. They left the factory soon afterwards. Po lice estimated that about one-half of the employes at the upper Pacific mills went to work, but there also many left the plant. At the Pacific print mills a few went to work, but most of those left later in the day. The Paeifie mills employ normally about 10,000 opera tives. At the other mills where cuts were ef fective today many workers appeared ut the regular hours, but soon began to leave. These plants are tho Everett, Arcadia, Monomac, Pemberton and JAe thuen. These mills employ approximate ly 8,000 operatives. Tho Arlington mills carried out their inteutiou to close The large plants of the American Woolen Company did not announce wage cuts and were not affected. Almost from dawn the directs were thronged witn idle mill workers, w U o plus remaining eoual to more than 25 per walked aimlessly about. Picketing was j cent of their capitalization, unorganized. "In' 1921 the Pacific mills made a ' Estimates' placed the number of men! profit of over eight cents on every dol who quit at about o,5u0 witn us mau hir of their sales, not much below their more llirown out of work by the closing i average profit for the war years. Of the Ar.ingtou mills. I "The trouble with the textile industry Pickets operated about the plants but of New England is that it lias capitalized without apparent organization and in no buge war profits by stock dividends. i.ilnn,.n tm.t. vu renortef .lot tneir Now. with sales sack, the mills deter- bOlicitations lead to violence. to increase the margin of profit on A summary of the mills aifectod today 'heir products so that dividends as big with the number recently employed and as 111 "ll war venrs can be paid, the number on strike approximately, fol-l "The figures which I have given will jows. stand the most rigid test for accuracy. Pacific mills, 8,100; about 5,000. Ever- They were secured for tho United Tex ett mills, 1,200; about 250. Arcadia tile. Workers in the. course of an investi mills, 750, about 650. Monomac mills, Ration of the industry which we are hav aooj about 100. Pemberton mibs ;;uu ; MK made for us by Oie Labor Bureau in about 200. Katama mills. 300; about j corporatcd of New York and Boston. 225. Methuen Company 250; all out. rncTl The finding of nine bullets on a street RETAIL FUUU v,UiI6 near the Pacific plant was reported t-j . SH0WSH " the police by a mill watchman. I Washington, March 27. Itetai food , I costs in ten cities of the country showed LOWELL, MASS., March 20. In an ft decrease ranging from one to four per address here today President Thomas P. I 'ent during the month from i ebruary Af,.Ml.on of tlm Cnited Textile Woikeis'15 to March lo, according to statistics of America, exoressed the opinion that ! no serious attempt at a settlement of the textile strike in New England, would lie made 'before tho first of Jam. "1 be lieve," he said, "that the waste fight i only in its beginning. As we arc situ ated now wo can struggle f:r three months without any worker feeling the .. t i.. He asserted that the statement of mill owners that northern mills could not con. t...i;h, tlmaonf the smith wasi "men- v a subterfiure to destroy organized I labor." Ho said the average weekly tex tile mill wage in the south at present was $18,35 and in Massachusetts $1H.71. "If the manufacturers are really anx ious to aettle this matUr," he said, "let them name an accountant and we'd name another. These two with a d.sin- terested party appointed by the gover-( A congressional party composed of four nor mn examine the b,oks. and the IV.- i teen Senators and eleven representatives ted Textile Workers will abide by their j findings." BOSTON, March 20. The New Eng land textile strike situation takes ori a new angle this week with its extension to the important cotton and woolen mill cen ter of Lawrence. Seven mills in that city have announced a 20 per cent reduc tion effective tomorrow, and some of the operatives have declared a strike. Another mill has announce I' an indefi nite shutdown beginning tomorrow, and the Lawrence textile council. has declared this to be in tho nature of a lockout. The big mills of the American Woolen com- ThreeMen ShotToLeath Under Mysterious Circumstances (By The Associated Tress.) NEW YORK, March 27. Three men were shot to death under mysterious circumstances in New York last night and early today. One man, lured by a fashionably dressed young woman, was shot down by a pair of gunmen, who fir ed from the windows of a taxicab. Another was slain as he walked through a crowd of pedestrians at 110th street and Fifth avenue. The third Tictira was shot between two men standing in a Brooklyin street, was loaded into a taxicab and taken to a hospital He was dead on ar rival Henry Stearn, young chauffeur, walked in the 11 0th street crowd. A muffled report 'was heard. Stearn fell to the sidewalk. He was taken to a hospital and died a short time afterward. He had been shot through the side. His clothing was badly. burned by powder,, evidence that a gnn had been placed against his body. Aa unidentified young man, well dressed, was seen conversing with a smartly attired girl in Madison street They quarrelled, bystanders said, and parted. Then she returned and again talked with the youth. A taxicab drew to the curbing, the I Out On Strike pany have not joined in the wage eutting. The declaration that the strike in New England mills "will go to the limit to seo whether the stock holders, by refus ing to cut fat dividends, can force work ers to reduce their meager wages," was made by Tlios. F. McMahon, president of tho United Textile Workers of Ameri ca, today. Mr. McMahon was in this city on his way from Kliode Island to strike centers of northern. New England. Citing the case of the Pacific nulls at Lawrence he said: "The strike against the Pacific mills, which, begins tomorrow morning, would never have been called if the company had treated its workers with a degree of justice which would stand comparison with the company's generosity to its stockholders. In 1921, a year of depres sion, the Pacihc nulls paids to its stock doldvrs enough to have given every one of its 10,000 employes a 25 per cent wage increase instead of the 20 per cent wage cut they are trying to force upon us. Some Fat Dividends. "Thi company' paid out $2,400,000 in dividends in 3921, and continued the Bumc rate of dividends in the first quar ter of 1922. They are paying 12 per cent a year on their capitalization, in spite of the fact that the capitalization was increased in 1919 by $5,000,000 in stock dividends a Jlil 1-3 per cent in- crease. They nave a surplus or over $ 14,000,000 enough to pay the entire wages of tho operatives for a year with out a penny of other income, and at the end of the year they would have a sur announced today by the bureau of labor statistics of the Department of Lalwr The decreases were as follows: Man chester, lour per cent; Baltimore, Bridge port, Newark, New Haven, New York, Kichinoinl ami Washington, three per cent ; Milwaukee, " per cent, and Den ver 1 per cent. For the year ending Mart-nlo last retail tooa prices ; biiowc. i - a decrease of Id per cent in Bridgepmt and Denver ; 12 per cent in Manchester, and New Haven; 11 per cent in Bnlti- more. Washington and Milwaukee; 10 per cent in Newark, and nine per cent in New York and Richmond. CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE. INSPECTS MUSCLE SHOALS P,v The Associatea Press.) BIRMINGHAM, ALA., March 27. ,.ft here early today on th first leg of j a tour of inspection which will take them j to every unit of the government 'a power and nitrate projects at Muscle Shoals and (J-irgas, Alabama. Included in the party are ten members! of the Senate agriculture committee, ten. members of the House Military Affairs, Committee, and four Senators and one Representative who are travelling as ex- officio members. Tho afternoon will be spent at "ur" ; cas. where is located the government own ed Warrior steam plant. The party will spend tomorrow and Wednesday at Mus cle IShoa's. door opened and two men fired. The woman fled. Two men supporting between them a lifeless form, hailed a taxicab in Brooklyn. They took John Guffer to a hospital, but he was dead from bullet wounds in the body. The men said Guffer had attended a "social entertainment" with them and gave the name of other persons who were there. The two men with the young girl who wai present at the enter tainment were held for questioning. Another attempted murder was recorded early today when Jacob Greenberg, 22, who was standing at Madison and Clinton streets con versing with a friend, Philip Klein, was shot three times, by one of a gang of young men. One of the gangsters, pointing a pistol at Greenberg, said: ' Get awav from the others. I don't want to shoot anyone else." Greenberg started to run and the gangster fired at him. He was taken to a hospital, where it was said he probably would recover. The shoot ing occurred within a short distance from the place where a murder had been committed a few hours previ ously. . , "The police believe that the' street shootings indicate a gang feud of unusual proportions is raging in the . lower east aide, , LEGION TO DECORATE ALL GRAVES ON MEMORIAL DAY! American Legion Posts in Ev- try Community to Take Charge of Memorial Day Ceremonies and Decorate the Graves. (By The Associated Press.) INDIANAPOLIS, IND., March 27. Graves of American soldiers, sailors and marines, who died in the world war, will be visited on Mem orial Day by comrades in the Ameri can Legion both at home and abroad, according to plans announced today at Legion national headquarters. Legion posts in every community in America will take charge of Mem orial Day ceremonies and decorate the graves of all veterans, it was said. While .thousands of commun ities throughout this country are honoring the soldier dead in their midst, the distant graves in France, England, Italy and Russia will not be neglected. It has been the cmtom of Legion national headquarters for ths last two years to collect a fund from the 11,000 posts for this purpose. Com mittees are established to take charge of the funds in France and England, composed largely of Le gion men, acting in conjunction with similar bodies of officials and citi zens of the various foreign coun tries. Posts in all European coun tries, co-operating with these -committees, will see that the grave of every American who perished over seas while in the service is decorated, it was said. In order to prevent confusion and duplication of effort In decorating graves in this country on Memorial Pay, the Legion has asked all posts to organize a Central Graves Regis tration Bureau in every county for the purpose of properly recording graves of veterans of all wars and assigning such graves to the indivi dual posts for proper decoration. MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOOD MAY REACH 43 FEET. (By The Associated Vress.) MEMPHIS, Ten n., March 27. Heavy and continued rains in the cen tral Mississippi, Ohio and Tennessee riv er valleys Sunday and tonight will cause the Mississippi river to riso high er than previous forecasts had indicat ed, the t'nitor States Weather Bureau here announced early today. Definite figures on the extent of this additional rise and the time the new crest can be looked for will probably be issued late today, .1. H. Scott, local forecaster, announced. Rivermen estimate a stage exceeding 4.'i feet before Thursday with the water already in sight bclof Cairo. The river at Memphis early today stood at 41.3 feet, a rise of a half foot in 21 hours, which was less than had been expected. The river is still on a stand at, Cairo, although rains yes terday are expected to canne another rise tiiere by tomorrow. Iteports received here early today state that the river again is rising rap idly at St. Louis, where tho stage at S o'clock this morning was 23.5, a rise of 1.3 in 24 hours. South of Memphis J - . Ill i- I K.1VL11U IIS. iHLIIIl'llttl riwr ig lhing Inorc My, the gauge at Helena, Ark., showing 09.1, a rise of one foot in 24 hours. Levees at all points below Cairo are reported holding well although "sand boils'' and seepage has been reported from a number of places on both sides of the river. Large forces of men sta tioned at opints all along the levee line where they can be moved to points where danger is threatened at a mo ment's notice, The continuous rain of Ihe last 24 hours has caused some anxiety to lever. engineers as it is feared that it will softeu the embankments at some points where the levees have not thoroughly settled. Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, March L'7. Cotton fu tures closed steady. May 17.64; duly 17.0b"; October 16.71; December 16.fi'"); January 17.56. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Cotton seed .Sic Strict to good middling 17c CABLEGRAM FROM INDIA CAME SAFELY, HOWEVER GUIDE ROCK, Neb., March 26. An obliging cable office manager at Calcutta, India, thumbing over the rate chart determining toll char ges for cablegrams, told Miss Ethel Whting, a Guide Rock missionary, that she could save a bit of money by eliminating the name of the state and county from the address on Tver message, being filed to her parents notifying them of her jour ney home. Smacking of the unusu al, Miss Whting asked why. The manager informed her that his rec ords showed but one Guide Rock in the world. ..So, "Webster county, Nebraska,'' was stricken from the address, al though Miss Whiting stated upon her arrival here that she gambled with her sporting instinct over ac cepting the manager's suggestion. The message, however, reached her parents in record time. Guide Rock received its christen ing from a large rock that can be seen for many miles. Great trains of travelers who, in the early days, were making their way to the gold fields or the new west, were told to watch for this rock as it was "lo cation" point for the trails going to the north or south. paid Income tax on keturn of two cents CLEVELAND, O., March 27 One t the thousands of Cleveland ers who made an income tax cost the government far more more than it derived. The return was for 2 cents, the smallest on record this year. From the time the return blank was mailed to the taxpayer until fil ed for a record it was handled by ten persons connected with the rev enue department, attaches said. .."But the big ones balance up the losses," Collector Routzahn declared. CHIEF BENDER AND THE A RFflnifi PUIS kFPF IIUIUIIIV UkUU UUIb Former Bisr League Indian Star Here For Two Games! Series Has Clean Set of Ball Players Is Busy' Speaking to Old Acquaint ances. Chief Header and the "regulars" of the Heading international League team ,.nn. f,. ,,.. ti, iu , f ii ... , r . , ...,v,K ,,.r. irai.iiog, anu stopped off the car rather tired, after biug on the road IS hours. Tho Big Chief looks no older than he did when .. , , - , . . , , he pitched for thy Ga stoma club some years ago, and was busily engaged in shaking hands with citizens in the b.bbv of the Armingtoii hotel an. I renewing old acquaintances. At noon he went out to the lnll grounds and looked te place over The team was scheduled for two games here, before their return to Henderson for spring training. "1 have a lively set of youngsters," said the chief upon his arrival. "They are a clean lot, too. Thev spend their spare time around the piano, ing stories. Checkers is tin tnd tell- iraine or the hour with this team. Chief Bender is a Chippewa Indian, and has a remarkable baseball record . With the team is .Nig Clark, the well- known Wyandotte Indian, and former leading batter in the American League, who played baseball 2.'( years, and is only .'JS years old. Figure it out your self how old ho was when ho started to play . Clark holds another world's record, having made eight home runs in one game in the Texan League, sending tho eight balls over the right field fence. The following are the players with the Heading aggregation in town: Ben der, Pahlinan, Kennedy, Clark Davis, Wolfe, Brown, Karpp, Feilder, Sars- told. Murphy, McNally, Getz, Wagner, . itch and Reedy . . : V IIob!itzel the newly appointed maun. ' of the Charlotte Hornets, was the ma... t of the Reading team hut year. As -i concesdoii to his many Gastdnia admircis ( liief lieinler has consented to pilch a part of Tuesday's game it' tic weather permits it to be played. ! REVENUE OFFICERS ARE ' CHARGED WITH MURDER. ' (Bv Tho Assoclinen Press.) SOPERTOX, Ga.. March 27. War rants charging .1. T. Drake, a bailiff residing near A.lrain, and Edward E . Newberry and T. E . Nelson, revenue officers, with murder in connection with the shooting of P. Barwiek last Wed nesday in the upper portion of Kman nel county, were placed in the hands of the sheriff' here today, and inunediali ly Drake was arrested and lodged in t la jail. ULSTER CABINET AGREES TO CONFERENCE IN LONDON BELFAST, March 27. The Ul ster Cabinet today accepted the invi tation extended by Colonial Secretary Churchill to a conference in London of Irish leaders, called in view of the disturbed conditions in Ireland. Another Conference With Operators To Try To Avert Coal Strike On April 1st. Miners Propose to Demonstrate That Wages in the Mines Failed to Keep Pace With Wages in Other Industries Dur ing the War and That Total Increase Has Been Only 65 Per Cent Since 1916. (By The Associated Press.) SPRINFIELD, ILLS., March 27. Acting upon his promise to Coal operators, President Frank Farring ton, of the Illinois' union miners, this morning wired Presidents of three coal operators' associations of Illinois that he would met them in conference at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning in Chicago. When asked if this conference might result in a separate wage scale for Illinois, miners, Mr. Farrington said: "Not at this time, I believe." ! ; decreased and that tho market for coal 1 XEW YORK. March MciuImts 1ms suffered because of the public's in '; of the anthacite arbitration wage scale ability to pay prevailing prices, committee returned from Cleveland to-: Phillip Murray, vice president of the day to renew negotiations with tho oper- stow in an effort to avert the strike call- cl for next Saturday night. ! Roth mwrntors and ni ne rs . xnrrssni . ' . . . ' a nesire to enu tne general discussions j eommtiiee. a. i: Ttarnner, prcstueui oi which marked the opening day of the' the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com conference last week and to confine fu- pany, will continue aa spokesman for the tore sessions to consideration of the nine- operators. teen demands of the workers. 1 Mr. Lewis has announced that ho win Bcnianding a 20 per cent increase in remain :it Indiananolin, headquarters of wages, the miners say they propose to the United Mine Workers, to direct the demonstrate that wage in tho mines fail-; strik'1 of both anthracite and bituminous ed to keep pace with wages in other-in-- workers. XearIy-40 members of the a- ilustries during the war; that the total; thracite workers "scale committee return i increase- has been only .63 per cent since ! ed to Xew York today to keep their lo- 1316; that the mine oin-rator is making 1 cal and district, organisations advised of as. "ctccysirc plt br d "peyiftj hi"' tLo ptcgress o.pg negotiations, 1 MYSTERY MOWING THE HARRY SHUFORD IS AS REV. T. G. TATE INSTALLED I y AS PASIOK AT ULNEY j Olney Presbyterian Church Has A Bright I Outlook Handsome New Manse Near- ing Completion. On Sunday afternoon ut .'I o'clock the old historic-church of Ante-bellum days, known far and Hoar as the Oln.u Prea- i ,y Urian thurc1 situated for 146 , . , l,f,1P,. A .,;.. .... I ,.f l'celaration of Independence in that sec tion of tho county now known as youth Gastouia, was the scene 0f a very iin-l ,r, , . . ., . . , . parties. Tho sheriff ami other officials pre.vnve scnuv, when Rev. 1. 0. fate, 8,.nt tho greater part of tho day Kun iurmcry of l'adiu and Albermarle, was I day in Bessemer City making investiga- stalled as pastor by a commission f rom Kind's Mountain Presbytery. Hev. U. K. (idhsjiiu presided and propounded the constitutional questions to pastor and i 'i km 1 1 1 it ' iiv u c i.,mj . t ,. r , ,c uw ,v;., ,,..,. ...... -, ,...,;.', .,, 4 ; . ' " r"- j8()Ullll uf tUo ".j-caiibor Colt automatic ean Legion Post 2;!, preached all ablO pistol with which Shuford was shot. j sermon from the tlu ine of " Personal I Policeman Payne, of Bessemer City 1 Christian Work." Mr. Long was 1 he I "ium1 ' l'01."' an army blanket 1 . . , . . . , :u,1l discharged it into a block of wood j recipient ot much praise for his masterly , m.(1 ci()(,tl ju room wjK.r Shuford 's effort. Kev. (1. A. Sparrow, for 2H years j body was found. Officers in tho next ' l"iHXor ()l,"'y ,','llri'11 a"l 8,i11 a'"V ro" declared that if they had not been ' 'lVl' s,.'l v" '' :S pastor of the sinter church listening for the report they never ! ut V"""1 '" :l" eloquent" and uniquely would have heard it, so faint was tho I,'"'i"is,','"t nmnner, delivered the charge, i noise of the dischurge. There were no I Uw l'"sl"r- dudge A. C. Jones, elder j powder burns on the block of wood, ni" wn.Tivni iirv x u li I ii J n.im iiiu fll Itl'l B, V UU Ut'CIUICW IMUb LUU church deiivcred a convincing and force- kind of explosive used in tho .25 bullet fid charge to tiio people. Klder J. II. of a Colt automatic did not leave povv Kenuedy gave a personal testimony from I der burns such as aro left from ordiua knowleilge of his mother's and' Ids. own ry black powder. childhood days, closing the service with Surgeons and soldiers who served ' I"!,yer ir me oicKsiiig oi ciou upon pas - a ; T,ir iillil iii'i1iii ...... )f,.v- Mr Tntti n-:,,, Imnti r.rt llmltlm limul iliu'litrii tlint Itiu' 1 Held' since March' I has alreadv won the1 ! love and admiration of his peoide ami : ' Olney church has a bright, view ahead, lluriiig this one month 21 new members ( theory is held to by those who believe have been received into the church, tho 'that lie committed suicide and discredit Sunday s'diool and congregations havuU'd by those who believe that he was increased to the capacity of the church murdered . They point out the fact building and, for the first time in its his-1 that while there are two separate scalp tory, the congregation has subscribed its' wounds, there was ouly one aperture in full budget for the ensuing year. A J the skull, and that the larger flesh handsome, six room manse is Hearing I wound in the scalp may have been caus coinplctioii on the edge of the beautiful jed by tho ejecting apparatus of the grove of sturdy oak trees and will be oc-j pistol when the empty cartridge was ( copied by Mr. Tate and bis family next i throw n out. month. The Gaston County Minsterialj (Sunday brought forth no new develop Alliance will b' entertained at this incuts in the death mystery other than ciiurcti in .-April. - r- " 1 PANAMAN BARKS SINKS IN NEWPORT NEWS HARBOR (By The Associated Press.) NKW'I'ORT NEWS, YA March 27. The Panaiaan bark Maria Barges, loaded with coal, mysteriously sank in the liar bor here early this morning, blocking the channel to the shipyard. Several of her crew escaped in sinannoats, reporting that tin; craft filled rapidly and went, down a short lime alter they found she was leaking. The bark, formerly the Norwegian i sailing ship Sierra Miranda, recently wnwl IHirrlwiscd by Brown Willis ami yester-! da completed loading a cargo of for "ista Rica. She bad been in harbor ; lu re for several iit'iiifhrt. I The craft, went down in forty feet of j water and only the tips of her masts are! protruding this lnorninj SEARCH FOR MISSING BODIES CONTINUES. 'T'.v The Associated Press.) MIAMI, Fla., March 27. Airplane March for the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. August Unite, and Mr. and Mrs. Law rence Smith, of Kansas City, and Mrs. .1 . 8. 1 'k kson," of Memphis, lost when the flyinc boat Miss Miami was wreck- . ed at. sea last Wednesday, has been dis- continued, but. the submarine) chaser ' Service went out early today in the hope that some trace of the victims of. the tragedy might be found. t labor and overcharging the consumer; 1 anil that the mines could' continue to show a reasonable profit to the operator' after irrantina both an increase in , and a reduction of prices The operators indicated that today, foi the first time since discussion oXa new contract was undertaken, they would make known the percentage, of wac cuts they advocate in counter proposal to the 1!) demands of the miners. Asserting that thev will not consider a wage in crease, the operators say that costs of mining and transporting: coal have not L'nited Mino Workers of America, has re-j placed d dm L. Lewis, president of the international organization ns head of thcl f ,,nr ahor derates on the arbitration i . ... - ... . ... Coroner's Verdict Is That Shuford Came to His Death at Hands of Unknown Party or Parties Skull Is Found to Be Completely Fractured Either From Pistol Shot or Heavy Blow on Head Post-Mortem Examination Made Sat urday Night. There wero no new developments to day in the case of tho death of Harry Shuford, whoso body was found in his j room at tho Carroll Hotel Saturday I morning, dead either by his own hand I or at the hnndtt of unknnu-n unriv m i Uons' examining the surroundings of i ne room ana norci nnu questioning in habitants of the village. JSo new evi dence was discovered, neither was any j additional light thrown on the mystery , Jls i"e result or iiieir lnvcstigat ions . A "! to tho range of the 1 overseas aim wno were urougin in Close ,tlirni.f ivi t ti tiiii.ii.' iriitiuhAt U'..iiti.lu ,n .......... ...... ...u.I(r feu..o..vw uuuo .'w caliber pistol held close to the head was sufficient to shatter tho skull las Shuford 's was found to be. This ' uie report or too coroner s jury that tae ! deceased came to his death at the hands of unknown parties. This verdict was 1 reached after hearing the testimony, of j physicians and witnesses who wore pres. ; cm at the post mortem examination of j tho head of young Shuford Saturday night It was disclosed at this autopsy that Shuford 's head was fracrured so that it was possioio to mi. tno sxun completely off without sawing an inch of the bone. It was ahown that tho bullet bad gonu clean through the brain and had lodged underneath the tikin under tho left ear where it was found and removed by phy . siciaiis. A small round hole in the skull hero marked its exit. Extending from I tho crushed wound in the front part of the skull to this exit hole was a fracture and the same fracture extended in the opposite direction around tho back of hid head. Four physicians1 who attended and conducted the exa initiation declared that it was iuipossibli) for a pistol shot to have caused this sort of a fracture. As further contradiction of any theory that the pistol shot caused this fracture is the fact that there arc two separate and listinct holes in tho scalp of tho right temple, one clean, round bullet hole, the other a jagged, rough cut under which the ikull is crushed. Furthermore, the suicide theory is discounted by the plain fad that Shuford could not have dealt himself such a blow and then trhot him self too. 1 The theory has also lieon advanced that his body wad brought into tho room af ter the fatal injuries had been inflicted elsewhere. There is no evidence of bloodstains on the hotel stairs or in Bhuford'sj room to substantiate this theory. There was no blood in the bed except around the head. When found, he was lying as he natural ly would have Rone to sleep, except for th fact that the blankets wero pulled down tightly over his head. Every possible motive for the murder has been discussed and weighed by of ficials, in an effort to hit upon some clue that migh lead to the apprehen sion of tho murderer. Funeral and interment took place Sun dayafternoon in the presence ot a Huge. crowd from this section or the state. i The wry-ices wero in charge of Rev. A. L Stanford, pastor of Main Street Metho dist church, and Dr. J. V. Irailoway, pastor of the First Associate Reformed Presbyterian church, anil of Gastonia Lodge No. ISi, A. F. and A. M. Floral offerings were beautiful. The pall-bearers were J. A. Hunter. Caldwell Kagan, R. G. Cherry, George A. Gray, Averett and Rob McLean, James Holland1 and Herbert Miller. The coroner's jury was unable to dis- Mivpr nnv clue which might lead to a motive for the murder. The idea of nam (Yale lock and was opened only by tho .n..nl,U TutnaAtt awing n liftihotcl UrOOrictOr With A TM1M klV "" . 111(5 lilt1 uroiwiin'ii? w.-w..... - t rather far fetched at present. anous reasons are advanced by friends wf Mr. Shuford ana oy resiuenis ox (itv. hut no one claims to have the . . .1 I.-. slightest ground' for his belief. However some yet believe that the young man committed suicide. They argue that tlie reliound tt the automat after the bullet had entered the head could have been responsible for the frac tured skull. But publie opinion general ly agrees with tho verdict of tho coro ner's jury. ; The only testimony given at tho in mir.M which "had anv bearing on tho al leged murder itself vas that of ifswd' DEATH OF YET UNSOLVED Jenkins, who lives only a ghort distance from tho hotel. , Mr. Jenkins stated that lie noticed a light in tho room occupied by Mr. tJhu ford about 4:31) o'clock t&turday mora ing and that be also saw several -men in the room at that time. Mr. Jenkins wast certain of the time as he had risen when the mill whistle blew at 4:30 a. m., noticing the light and observing the men a few minutes ater when- lie stepped out of his house. That the men observed by Mr. Jenkins are responsible is the 'belief of pretty nearly everyone, but who they the is the puzzJjj which confronts the of ficers of Bessemer City and of Ciastoa ! county Physicians believe that' Mr.- Shuford was killed as he lay asleep. The theory bad been advanced that it might have ooeii possioio ior mm to nave oeen Kill ed away from tho hotel and his 'body . carried into his room, but the position of his body and tho lack of blood on the bed at any other place than that about his head in tho position it lay' refutes this theory, for a quantity of 'blood had stained thg pillow and it would have been' impossible, according to those who aw tho body, for.it to have been moved w ithout leaving traces) of blood. The add. ed fact that lie entered the hotel and was not heard to leave also serves to . refutehis idea. The general opinion is that the young , man, an overseas veteran ' prominently connected in this and adjoining counties, nd rather wealthy, died as the result o f I a Wow on tno aide of the head; that the I l.ii . w.n 4nf-w K.. 4X. . a saiiant or assailants and the pistol placed near his .hand as it lay under tho covers of the bed in an effort to indicata suicide. , One theory advanced is that some Bes semer City enemy of Mr. Bhuford killeii him. It was well known in Bessemer City that Mr. bhuford planned to mako his home in Gastonia after his marriage, which was to have taken place within tho next few weeks and some are of the opin ion that the assailant decidod to commit tho murder before Mr. Bhuford left the city. But the reason why a Bessemer' City man might have wished the death of Mr. Shuford is what must be discovered beforo oflicers will be able to follow this lead with any success. ' The fact that there was no evidence of a struggle in the room leads to the belief that the murder was premeditated and carefully planned, and tho -"belief that some person whether or not from Besse mer City with a real or fancied -wrong is responsible is the ono to which most f those) who are fanulinr with the eondi tions subscribe. Littl credence .is placed in the theory of robbery as a rca., son for the crime. - ; That Harry Shuford. supposedly a suicide, came to his. death from a terrU ble blow on the bead, ns he lay sleep : ing, was disclosed Saturday; night from a post ' mortem examination made ; by : physicians in tho presence of Sheriff Carroll, Coroner lavis and newspaper men. The autopsy disclosed the fact that' young Sliuford bad been dealt a blow whieh cracked his skull all the way a round except for two inches at tho base.. .., " t ' . A hole three-quarters of an inch deep was made in his head by the weapon and the skull was flattened and crushed, by the blow. It had been announced earlier Saturday, after a hasty ami preliminary examination that Shuford had committed suicide, owing to the fact that his Own pistol was found ly ing in tho bed beside him, with one sdiell fired. A small round bullet hoi in bis right temple added strength to this theory, - Owing to tho mass of clotted blood on the side of his face and head, the large jagged wound was not noticed tin-' til several hours later when the coroner and the coroner's physician made . ii " more thorough examination. ; It was then decided to hold tad au topsy. Solicitor Wilson requesting that this be done. The examination of tho scalp,-skull and brain showed that tho small go-cn liber steel jacketed bullet had passed straight through the head and had lodged next to the skin on th left side' of the head. The blow that cause.! a jagged hole . in the skull had prxKiuoea a iracturo taat ran all tho way aroutui tne neaa. : Whoever struck the blow that killed Shuford must have fired the shot in ait effort to divert suspicion and to givo plausibility to the suicide theory, is tho opinion of pliysicians and county offi cials. , Covered Up in Bed. Also Shuford was found covered tip in the bed in the position in which ho naturally feU asleep. - One of the mysteries ia as to how tho assassin gained tent rane to his Toom, at it was locked from, the insid with t ll 1 . Aoouery . cvuienny nos tno mo live, for the sum of $J0 was found un- vy-.-. vu mk.vuiit hand, since it was known that ho had on Friday purchased an automobile ami had paid other obligations weakens the theory that robbery -might have been the motive. , , , THE V.EATIIEB . North Carolina, mostly c'ouJy t-.' and Tuesday, probably rain ui nui 1 i tion tonight; not much change m t yerjtnre,