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MG Weather: Warmer - Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 83. GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 7, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS J- AZETTE BELMONT WILL BE HOST TO DISTRICTiCQN VENTIO OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVO Bis Delegation of Young Pe pie Will Gather With Bel mont Presbytrian Young Folks S ta t e President Bert Jones ' to Be on Pro gramContinues Two Days. " Four-Square " is the uniquo theme of the program of the Southern District Convention of the North Carolina Chris, tian Endeavor Union to be held tomor row and Sunday in the Presbyterian church at Belmont, this county. Ses sions will be held Saturday ufternoon from 3 to 4:45 and Saturday evening from 7:30 to 5:10 and on Sun. lay from 3 to 5:05 p. m. und 6: Jo to 9 p. m. A short quiet hour service at each scs won will be conducted by Rev. J. T. Dendy,' pastor of the church. Mr. Ben 0, Moses will bring a message from the State officers Saturday afternoon. Mr. H. B. Gaston, Mr. B. D. Hall and Miss Edith Lincberger will welcome the visit ing delegates and Mr. G. M. Bcatty wiil respond. Anions the speakers tho program will be Kev. lr. W . Eraser, Mr. W. H. Bellinger, l'rof. II Oil 11. C. Sisk, Mr. Frank P. Wilson, 1 tary of the union for the S sec re and others. i In addition to the addresses, the hear ing of reports from the several societ ics I represented and the discussion of topics! connected with the work, there ivil! be at j each session special musical numbers au.lj a school of methods. j Delegates to the number of or morr from Western North Carolina will be in I attendance at this convention. Many i'n deavorers and other interested in this kind of work will f;o over trjni tiasu.nia. CHRISTIAN EIJDEHVOilERS HEAR INSPIRING ADDRESS RnrAntativ2S cf CitV and County Christian Endeavor! Societies Brave Inclement Weather to Hear Siate Sec- retary Frank P. Wilion atj the First Presbyterian j Church Last Night and Arej Well Repaid. j Despite tho tool and threatening J weather Monday nir;ht more than one' hundred Christian Kndeavnr reprosenta-1 tives and visitors hear I Mr. I'rank 1'. Wilson, State Secretary of Christian Kn-j deavor, deliver a forceful and inspiring' address on Endeavor work, organization,, plans, principles, aims and goals. Large delegations from the Firs! Presbyterian Armstrong Memorial and West Avenue ; churches and smaller ones from He'mont.j Bessemer Citv and Long Creek vi r. well repaid for their attendance. Hev. K. C Long, conducted the opening service ami JieverendS J. J. ll.irrell, of IJe.si mer City, T. Ci. Tate, of Olney and it. H. Gillesiiic invoked the divine bleings ujton the meeting. I'sing the Four tyjuare plan and iiriuciphs of Christian Kndeavur as a theme. Mr. Wilson tie livered one of the most entertaining, in structive and inspiring addresses piosibly ever heard on the subject by those present The Senior. Intermediate. Junior and Alumnae societies constitute the four square plan of organization mi l Mr. il son said Me was surprised and delighted u find this organization completed and functioning in a Gatonia church, the West Avenue Presbyterian. After -t ting forth in a most pleasing, forceful and inspiring manner the Kndenvoi Pledge, Loyalty to the church and Ser vice, as Kndeavor principles and the graded system, more religion in the home, development in enlistment ot stewardship nml life work recruits as the goals, the delegates went into executive nesttfbn, with Kev. II. C. L"tig as chair man, and organized a Gaston Coun.y Christian Kndeavor Cnior. Kev. K. '. lAtng was unanimously chosen president. Mr. C. K. Spencer, first vice t, resident. Miss Heleu Hngnn, s.i-ond tier-president. Miss Melva GuHiek, secretary treasurer. Miss Klizalteth Martin, superintendent of Intermediate work, Mrs. C. P. K"b insoti. superintendent of Junior work. Mr. L. K. Kincnid. superintendent of quiet hour and life work recruits. Mr. Scott Anderson, superintendent truth legion recruits. SUPT. GRiffi-ElECTED ' HEAD OF CITY SCHOOLS At a recent meeting of the board of city school commissioners Lir. W. P, Grier was unanimously re elected superintendent of Gastonia's city schools for next year. Prof. Grier is rounding out his first year as superintendent, to which posi tion he was elected following a ser vice of several years as principal of Central graded schooL Uder his administration the citf schools have had s most successful year. The high school department shows an in crease of 32 per cent over last year, with the largest number of boys in the graduating class in the school's history. Principals for the several city schools and teachers will be elected by the board Jn the near future. THE WEATHER North Carolina, cloudy tonight Saturday, warmer in interior. nd f TP 'IXY SCHOOL BOARD BUYS MORE LAND FOR HIGH SCHOOL Entire Block, 400 by 372, Added to Original Block on South j York Street Purchased from W, N. Davis for $8,250 !' Work to be Commenced Soon on $450,000 Building. Chairman A. G. Myers of the board of eityscliool commissioners announced at tho Rotary Club's luncheon at Central school last night that the board had just closed a deal with W. X. Davis by the terms of which au entire block has been added to the site for the new eity high school building on York street. This new purchase faces 467 feet on Lee street between Seventh and Eighth avenues, running north and south, this being iden tical with the frontage of the original block on York street. It extends back 400 feet from Lee to Dixon street. The two blocks together give the high school a piece of property -l7 by 77J feet. The price pijjd was $H,:J."U The addition f this block will afford ample room for athletics for the high school pupils. There will lie an excel lent baseball diamond, Imskrtbull court anl ample room for all field day sports with the exception of some of the races. Treasurer R. C. Patrick of the school board states that the architect's p!un9 mn univtndii i ficau TO SPEAK TO B. Y. B. IM McGlothlin, Presi- Dr. W. J dent of T I I r urman university University I on County ang People i Aseocia- to Address Gaston Gathering of Young of Baptist Church tion Opens Sunday After noon With Mass Meeting. The Third Annual Convention of the Gaston Assoeiation.il Haptist Yming Peoples' Union will convene with the First !aptist Church, Gastonia, Sun day afternoon, April tth at ;l:00 o'clock. From all reports this promises to be the largest attended meeting ever held by tint Haptiwt young people in the county. The program as outlined promises to be one of unusual interest and will ut. characterized throughout with informa tion and inspiration. Free Km, h will be served all delegates and visitors on Monday. The ronveution, which begins with a big mass meeting Sunday afternoon will continue through Monduy afternoon the loth. The program us arranged by the Executive Commit lee is as follows: PROGRAM. Sunday Afternoon, 3:00 0'Clotk. The folowing is the program fur the two days' session of the convention: JSong, "Loyalty to Christ." Prayer Kev. T. II. King Anthem Choir, Gastonia First Church., Words -of Welcome Kev. W. C. liar ret t . Address-J)r. J. W. McGlothlin. !;uig. "Onward Christian Soldiers.' i'enedit tion. Monday Morning, 10 O'Clock. Devotional Paul t.'ulp. J.iiiollment and Uusiness. Demonstration fruord Diill.i 1 Last Uclinoiit and Bessemer City J unjors. tjolo Mrs. Geo. 11. Johnson. Address Dr. Luther Bitiic. 'iiuibl lour Physique I p." ' Monday Afternoon, 1:15 O'Clock, Devotional Al iss Madge tjtyres. B. V. P. I'. Hound Table, boio -.Mrs. J. U. PinkstoJi. I Jiepurts of i oiiinuttei s. Piavict, Trial of the Kobbtis" - I I5y beinor Iniou, First Church, Gas ' touia. Song, " .i a Volunteer." j i Adjournment. j Our Mottoes: j Ad itapti.nl loung People Utilised. I We study that we may serve. . Our Aim: Training in Church Membership. I J'r. McC'iotlilin is one of the greatest; speakers and educators in the iSouth and; will doubtless dra.v hundred of yuiing ; people from all sections of the Associa-: Ltiou to the big mas meeting Sunday ! ! afternoon. There are more than l.mnj j H. V. P. l members in toe county, all! of whom are expected to attend buiiday afternoon meeting, i The t'ollowin'.r arc the officers of ! Gaston Associations! 15. V. P. C: ! M. O. Thornbaig. President, i T. A. Graham, ice I'r.-si dent. W. V. Williams, Nice I're-jident. ' H. Lewi-", Vice president, i A. L. Tcaguc, Vice President. Mrs. M. O. Thornburg, .lumor Leader. '. M. Austin. Secretary Treasurer. K 11. Denny, l'resident. Gastonia City, Union. GASTONIA GOLF CLUB TO HOLD TOURNAMENT Flag Tournament to Be Heidi Friday First Event of Its Kind Held on Local Golf Course Play Begins at 9 o'Clock Friday Morning. Au event that is being anticipated with much interest by local go.t m thusiast is the flag tournament to W held Friday from H a. in. to 4 P- "' "n the Country Club course. Th - i- 'be first attempt by the local club to s age a tournament. To stimulate in'. r . two handwoine loving cups will ! offered by the t-lub to tho winners. Kwrv " frnnf will )kw6a kia sitt-K iturtucrs. The handicap will be posted at the club K house Friday. All those wno are enter- , oVmk fcaturuny night '.na the tournament will hand th. -ir The meeting largely attended and names to E. B. llarcr at the CouuWy , entm ly liarmoiuoiu Mver all ues Chifc. 4 liocs bronbt vp, - for the new building ;(re about cout plete and that bills will lie advertised ' for. within the next two weeks probably.! It is the pian of tin- board to get work commenced ou this building, early in the summer. It will require a number of months for the construction and it is al-1 together probable that the building; will; not be ready for occupancy until the session of llt-L' 2 is well advanced. It' is to cost between tO(i,o00 Mid 4.(t,000. ! Thin building, it is estimated, will be ; amply large to take care of a normal in- j crease in high school attendance for; years to come. It will lie one of the I largest ns well as one of the very best constructed and most thoroughly equip- j ed high school bui Mings in the entire j State. It will contain a standard swim- iinng "pool, indoor basketball courts, a i large gymnasium, domestic, science and j manual training departments, chemical laboratory, library and every feature t tr be found in the most modern high school building in the country. cruirnn urn in ip rociMiun ntrun id IN GASTONIA TODAY Va 1 a b a m a Senator From Washington This Morning and Will Address Chamber of Commerce To night at 6:45 Program Short and Snappy. Vnited States Senator Thomas J. Ileflin of Alabama arrived from Wash ington this morning to deliver the nd drcss before the memlership of the Gas tonia Chamber of Commerce at the an nual dinner at f):-t." o'clock tonight at the Haptit Annex. Three hundred plate cards, the limit of the hall's capacity. j have been applied for and issued. Mem j hers have been iriven every opportunity to got the reservation cards. I President S. A. Hobinson of the j Cliatnber of Commerce will preside. Cherrv will introduce the .wiviir h. t speaker. The evening's program will be short and the fee. I well, the Baptist ladies are getting it up. A. G. Manginii, T. L. Craig and P. V. Garland compose a committee having the senator in charge today and are showing him about GasNmia. Senator Herliu and the ollieers and Secretary Fie, I M. Alien directo: ; of the Chamber nf Commerce were f guest'- of President ,S;im A. Kobinson o the Chamber at luncheon at the Country Club at 1 o'clock this afternoon. TO CONDUCT MERCHANTS INSTITUTE IN GASTONIA Dr. Stanley L. Krebs, Promin ent Authority on Retail Salesmanship to Be Here a Week With Local Mer chants Comes Under Aus pices of Chamber of Com merce. ,e of hj , li. Miinli'V I.. im'iMis, one I foremost autlioriues in America on re : tail salesmanship, wiil conduct a luer Jchants institute at the chamber of com , merer the week of April 17th for I .ie , retail merchants and their clerks. Ar rangements were made for this at a j meeting of the merchant members of I the chamber of commerce Thnrsda.v night when they were addressed by '. : W. (iriest, of the Uctail Merchants In stitute of Chicago. Ir. Krebs is as I soeiated with the institute, i Mr. driest 's address to the iner chants lasteil for one hour and was lis :teiie I to with rapt intercut bv the large icroud. lie was introduced by Prcsi-. dent S. A. Kobinson, of the chamber i of commerce. Director H. M. Van i ' M. i n of the department of mercantile .affairs of the chamber presided. i In his aihliess he dwelt upon various j phases of the retail trade and partieii I iarlv upon the keen typo of competition j facing the retailer today. He dwelt ! upon wrvicc to customers and various j the ! other phases. At the i lose of his address be gave a the ten-minute icview of the Retail Mer i chants Institute as conducted by his 1 tirm and by unanimous vote the mer chants derided to put one oil with Dr. ' Krebs in charge . WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON CLOSING IS PERMANENTr Ac-i VIerchants of City Take .tion Closine Stores Everv I Wednemdav Afternoon Dur- Ur ytoday at J-" I which ai lOUrj test aga in;; Four Summer Month Six o'Clock C losing Hou Established: Wednesday afternoon dosing w-il! a gain go inJo effect this summer and 1,'rruianentiy hereafter for ihe summer month until rescinded 4iv vote of the merchants. This was decided at a large ly attended meeting of retail merchant' at the Ouimlicr of Oomnn rce Thursday night, closing The vote was unanimous. The j il! run for four month of each1 summer, it was ihsnie.l unneeessnry niong the strikers continued. Earn had to have to go through a erind of agifa- j picketing groups o" the line and each tion eaeh spring over the question ami J was organizing a general strike roinmit it was deci.led to settle it ttermanrntly. j tee through whi. h it hied to be rcrog until n-orinded through agitation. ! nited as representative of the great bu'k It was also voted to abide atrictlv bv' of the strikine noerative. Tlie U. T. W.l the (i o'clock week-day closing and 9; WOULD ELIMINATE "OBEY" v FROM MARRIAGE CEREMONY J f A T On 1 Ui,rOA a -1 m I QAH IllHiSI,U, April . Edward L. Parsons, a bishop coad jutor of the San Francisco diocese o the Protestant Episcopal Church an. one of the members of the commit sion to revise the Book of Common Prayer, said today the reason it 1 nrnMM in nmil U H.kMiH frnrm r,wrvwu w w...,i , il t WUl , . . ...... the marriage ceremony is because itl is "antiquated." "The promise to obey is anti quated and we have outgrown it," he said. "The proper basis in mar riage is a mutual basis and not a basis of authority by one over the other. The old idea of the husband ruling the wife is obsolete and should have no part in te marriage ser vice." THE FRENCH CABINET APPROVES POINCARE'S GENOA JNSTRUCTIONS French Premier Confers With Prime Minister Loyd George as Latter is En Route to Ge noa. (Tiv The Associated PA IMS, April 7. The net this afternoon appro-, I nut.) 1 Flench Cabi I the text of inM met ions Premier Poincnre's writte Arrived''0 ' '"' French delegation ; i tenon . 1 lie I 1 instructions were imseM ;o incut 's memoramlum of .1; which discussion of the r p tion was declared to be out of the conference program. Premier Voincare on bis Prime Minister Lloyd Georg. Britain, this afternoon as the es through Paris on his wav will explain why it was conshh sible to give the Preiieh ,ccg noa full uowers to bind their (1 It is pointed out in ollichil the Allied Premiers in their Cannes demanded that Ifussi: gates with full powers, because on occasions when delegates from M engaged in negotiations on various Hons their acts were later disavowed, and the Premiers desired to know that on the present occasion they wore dealing with fully qualified representatives. Thrv did not expect that the Hussian delegates could irrevocably bind their Government and more than could those of other coun ties. The French viewpoint is that when Un bend of a Government is present at a con ference it is possible to undertake en giigiiineuts of a more eomoreht iwi na ture than when a nation is represented by minor members, but that in no e.- st onier ;i republican parliamentary regime it possible to bind a Government with 1 ' V aPL'riivnl of its par'iameiit. It U rec,-. ' by French official that the Coi fed S.i ' "out its president to Paris to negotiate race, but that the Aiiieii.-an Congress exercised its rilit to make tin final decision. LLOYD GEORGE CAREWORN. (liy The Associated Press.) LONDON. April 7. - Smiling cheer fully, but unable entirely to conceal his tiirew'orn expression. Prime Minister Lloyd George headed a party of twenty, including his wife an I their daughter, Megan, which left today for Genoa, the scene of the international economic con fereiice which opens Monday. The continued illness of the Maniuis Ciirzon, Foreign Secretary, vh has neuritis, hits caused postponement of his departure until next week, but Sir Lam ing Worthingfon I'van-. Secretary "I War. and Sir liohert II one, ( hancehor of the Kxeheipii-r, accompanied the I'll niier. Others in the party were Sir Maur ice llankey. Secretary tu the delegation, and Sir Philip Sasson. The .journey to Paris will be unloosen, and lifter a few hours delay in the French capital during which Mr. Lloyd George will eonl'er with Premier I'omi care, the party will proceed dind to Italy. The remainder of the liriti-h m pert si and jieeretaries will le.r.c Loud m tomorrow. EXTRA PRECAUTIONS. Bv The Associated Press.) PARIS, April 7. -- Kt ia-ordin.ir.y pre cautions are being taken to pie,nt in discretion by members ot the I'icii, h eei egation at Genoa. Louis lln'hoii, head of the delegation, has warm-I hU colla borators that the firs' pr -r- m who com municates directly with Paris- in regard tn the proceedings of the r. inference will be immediately sent hac k to France. In the furtherance of this policy of Becrecy, the presence of wives of the de', gates has ltrcn frowned upon, and several Xerts have been pt i-ed pus-sports f r their wives, who desir, I i accompany them. The only women wita the delega tion will 1e official t.pi-t and stenogra pliers. SLIGHT INCREASE IN NUMBER OF TEXTILE OPERATIVES AT WORK (By The Ansociateit J'resi.) LAWRK.NVK. mans, .-.oril -The work Jnumlier of operatives nooning for today at the cotton and worsted mills are the ob je. t of strikes in pro- gainst a wage eut was still small today, but slightly increase.! over yester day. The only disturbance of the opening hour period reported occurred away from the mill gates. Vincent, Larco, starting for works at the Pacific print works, was set upon bv five men, one of whom struck him with an iron pipe. The contest lietwren the I'nited Tex tile Workers-of America and the one big union tn extend their organizations has taken the position that is readv for' immediate arbitration; thei. H. ,"U,an-l nounees it. will deal on:y with the niilH owners, precluding intervention by a bird nrti j t!i- (iocin 1 1 1 1 ; i r - .'11. in I'll oils UeS- .,!' '. he scope lie , ' ii'i.' i it h I . ' ..hi la'ter pa to lieno, ii' I impi l ate at G ovei iinieni. circle thai m.'etiiig af se o 'leie l '' lilies I fjuroup of Citizens Propost Contest The Hospital Election County Commissioners Are Summons Filed With Clerk C 1 :tx ll - D n; Sheriff Has Papers in His The fir-! step in the institution of a ! lias civil suit again it the county board ef,tcjlt commissioners ot (iastuu county pro- ' testing the recelit election held in ther it couuty for a tuberculosis hospital Was taken todav 'A Io n a civil is-ue summon!) was filed with clerk of the Superior court, !. ( '. Hendricks by I.. K. Dickson, !:. I). Hi roup. J. A. lthjiie. J. V. M. Jclikin?. J. !' Oiildcrs, and other "on behalf of tliems. U cs and oile r tax payers of the county.'' The summons is returnable April HI. The papers have been placed in the hand of the sheriff j but have imt yet been sme.l. j This action .omos as the ,-limax 1o a! series of protests against the proposed! tuberculosis hospital, which was opposed! by many voters of the county on the ground of economy One or t inform protest ad ami I al meet mcs i aeainst t he have been held I ell f ol'celnellt of tin the terms of the election. i ,. asserted of com- that there are sescral grounds plaint, among which are toe that the act of the legislature ina the eiection was illegal and is-1 1! ions I aiitnoriz ' that the' tickets used in the election were not egally printed. There are other grounds of complaint, it is said. John M. Robin son and F. Marion Held, of Charlotte, are attorneys for the plaintiffs. What answer the board of county commission ers, if iiiiv, v?ill make to the summons. ROTARY CLUB GUESTS OF HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS Domestic Science Department Entertains Gastonia Club at Dinner Parks and Play grounds Are Discussed by Members and High School eniors. Delightful in every ri sp, i t was the dinner served the Gastonia llotnrv club and Senior class of I he high school by the domestic, science department of the si-hooi under the direction of Miss Sue Hamsey Johnston, Thursday evening nl i six o'clock. j Parks and playgrounds for Gastonia was the suli.ji t for Cue evening's pro gram and a number of interesting talks wop- made by Ifotiirians and guests on the value of pnrk and playgrounds for , a com mil nil. v. Ad ling their voice to tho' of tlnir1 i Ideis were four high school student", j Mi-ses liae'hcl Heu lerlite and Annie I Mlair Anders and Messrs. Willis John- j son and Ralph l-'a'ls, who discussed the I mallei- of playgrounds from the high school stand point. K. Grady Rankin.: of tin Kiwanis I'bib, assured (he lto tarlans that their fellow organization j was heat lily in favor of such a proposi- j tion for Gastonia and advocated the is- sua lie, parks of and Tw: in it bunds to purchase and equip playgrounds. dded. of Durham, director of t'oib'ge Glee Cl.il., spoke a in favor of such an excellent Mr. I he 1 i few v, oi ds in j moveiin lit fc a f riv w onls I Myers, Joe S j l.lird, Sf.-l.-ev L. N. Glenn ! W. I.. Pall the city. Others saying were Woods Garland. Ah park. Hugh Wray, Kd Mi lium', Hugh Query, Dr. nd W. P. Grier. ii. speaking for Common i ity Service, outlined the plans of the or I ganiat ion f,.r a community center to be I established oti the Clinton property at ; South anil Second street'. Il Was the j plan. l,t said, to erect a bandstand, filay gtouud itpiipmeiit, etc.. and have twi ' light concerts, community sings and ; amateur dramatics here during the sum mer. A musical director will lie m charge of the n u-ical programs and a playground expert will direct the pliyi c"il (o-tivities of ti'e youngsters. The menu served bv the young lndie uf the hic.li school was excellent, con twiner oi L'ra i.i-ri int. tomato aioi ioi tine sa'ad lied eggs baked rice and gravy. chicken Lnglish is were boys the lb with d resting, peas, coffee, ice The llu'vv i used in table i cnam and cake mbh'iu and coh n 1 dining room t ions, and -: tarians plannei I'he entire Senior class. gir. sat at dinner with The entire affair and cleverly carrie w a s ou! well PRICE OF WIRE NAILS IS SLIGHTLY ADVANCED P1TTM5I If" H. i'A-. April 7. - - The Pittsburgh S'etd Coinoany today an nounced an advan f a ppniximat.lv ln ,-eii's i.er Ii'.i.i Ired p-nmds in minimum wire i pt-ic, pro.! plan jl.st prie, s on Oct s. 1. 1 h i ,i -' . r.irniii'i cow to. fTictie at ome. It was ex- led the and hi s nuote , . ,.,se was ordered to " ad i,,,ni.e" schedules. New :in : Staiidartl wire nails a!, , I nails, if 2 base; (bil wir, and staples $o.lo , ;. o. h. Pittsburgh. Plain ,, i. a aged at .J.2." base per ;, f. ... b. Pittsburgh. I 2."e ba-c vaui.rd be i per lot) j o i w ire renin b I hundred pi RESTORED TO SIGHT AFTER TWO WEEKS OF BLINDNESS DALLAS. TEXAS, April 7. Full restoration of sight after two weeks of blindness, caused from a blood clot pressure on the brain, was en joyed today by Miss Mildred Kult, athletic director of a local high school. Pressure on the nerve centers was released by a delicate operation. Miss Kult was found March 27 ly ing unconscious on the floor of the school gymnasium. It developed 'she had drawn the swinging rings 15 feet from the floor and after securing had stooped to pick tip a handker chief when one of the rings fell and struck her head at the base of the biain. s "VT To Made Defendants in Civil Issue of Court Rturnable April 24 n r ft Possession. not as yet been ascertained, of the summons reads: the' "SUMMONS FOR RELIEF." "Gaston f'ounty In the (superior Court. "L. V.. Dickson and others against Board of County Commissioners. 'State of North Carolina. "To tho Sheriff of Gaston County Greeting : "Von are hereby commanded to sum mon the board of Comity Commissioners of Gaston County. 1. K. Davenport, R. G. Kankin. R. 1.. Siowe, J. V. Suniniey, V I I'r 1......... .... I Ik It VI I,,, ..... ..,,, "i., .,.." i ;f .i.'.i .. . iiiiion ici .iiiii it. ii. .ti:iu n'l . '"v i n,tr he 1 un in I within your County, to ap pear at the oftice of tho cierk of the Superior Court for the County of Gas ton, on the 2Uh day of April, l!ti"', and answer or demur to the complaint, a copy of which will be tiled in the ofiice of the Clerk of the Superiof Court of Said County within the time pre ribed by law; and let them take notice, that j if they fail to answer or demur to the "aid complaint within twenty days at '''r return day of said summons, the plaintiffs will anply to the Court for the relict demanded ia tile complaint. ' Herein fail not, and of this summons make due return. 'Given under mv hand, this 7th day of April, V.)S2. "S. C. HF.XDMICKS, "Clerk Siiiieiior Court Gaston Countv. I fWATKINS DEFENDS THE nuiiuii ui uiiuiTiiiuiuii 75, Tl 1 O Statement is Attacked by John L. Lewis, Who Says That Watkins' Declarations n 1 y Intensify Bitterness and Confusion. (Hy The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, April 7 .Statements defending bituminous coal operators in refusing to negotiate a central agree ment with the miners' union, made by T . II. Watkins, a bituminous mine op erator of Pennsylvania, before tho House Labor Committee at Washington yesterday, were attacked here today by John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers of America. Mr. Lewis said Mr. Watkins' declarations "serv ed merely to intensify the confusion and bitterness now existing." Mr. Watkins nas tpioted as having said that it would be "financial sui cide'' for operators to enter any agree ditions in each district; that "eou ditiins in each district; that "con sumers have grown disgusted with the j constant failure to get deliveries from ' unionized mines," that Mr. Lewis' tes timony before the House body had been 'very misleading " and that, in the i anthracite field, "these labor lords have! ! been guilty of au abuse of power in ! calling a strike when the mine owners were meeting their every call for meet ing and ncgot iation , " To these charges MP? Lewis replied: "Statements of Mr. Watkins were charaett ristic and typical of a policy .which he has followed for some time. He is engaged in a factional quarrel (with the oprrators of central Pennsyl vania, tie' other faction being headed llv Hen Clark. The loss of tonnage of which .Mr. Watkins so Intteriy com plains is largely due to a fierce com petitive warfare with his competing ri vals" The miners chief declared that Mr. Watkins for sometime has "been en gaged in u frantic effort to destroy the relationship between operators and min ers in central Pennsylvania. His ut terances are dictated solely by his self ish personal interests." "His testimony and his attitude are of a destructive natuie aud serve mere ly to intensify the confusion and bit terness now existing," asserted Mr. Lewis. "The reactionary attitude of such men is largely responsible for the arbitrary attitude of eoal oiicrators in refusing to meet representatives of the mine workers and causing them to as sunie their indefensible policy of repu dinting their contract obligations." OLD FIDDLERS' CONVENTION AT EAST GRADED SCHOOL On .Saturday night, April Sth, at S o VI k, there will be held at Fiast School an Old Fiddlers' Convention. All Old Fiddlers, hnn.ioists, mandolin players, and guitar players who have not had special training are invited to j come and compete for the prizes total over lie. nil. Everyone who com petes will be rewarded fur playing. All lover of popular and old-time music are invited to come and enjoy a pleas ant evening. A number of good players are ltookr.1 for srlections. There will be one performer who plays several in struments at one time, namely, guitar, mandolin, and harmonica. Prices of admission are: Adults. :, ; Children, 15c. SIX KILLED WHEN AIRSHIPS COLLIDE (By The Associated Press.) : PARIS, April 7. The Paris and Lou. Ian aerial express collided in mid air this afternoon over the village of : I'hk'hrv, 7( miles north of Paris. The pilots of both airplanes, three passengers j and one mechanic were killed in the i wreckage that fell flaming to the ground. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Cotton seed .Sle j Strict ta jood eiddlirz ....... ,,.".174la fur MISS STONE WILL 00 BACK TB W0RK AND FICBT lfrnninin runrniriirrn Acquitted of Murder of Cut i w- ! cinnati Lawyer. Former Nurse Will Return to Work Receives Congratulations of Her Friends. (By The Associated Press.) NLW YORK, April 7. Olivia M P. Stone, acquitted last night by a jury in lirooklyn Supreme Court of tho murder of Kllis Guy Kinkead, aaid to day that she would go back to her work and attempt to forget her "terrible ex periences. ' After she had received the congratu lations of many frieuds and rvmnathii- ....... "lr "uutai, miss stone was ncr acquittal, Miss Stone oui-nrri',! loo. k to tho Raymond ntre jail, where she had spent many sleep less nights during her trial. She had expressed a desire to spend tho night in an obscure hotel in Mauliattan, but decided later that it would be better to return to the jail. Tins morning she said she had had restful sleep and felt refrrshnl. I "I intend," she added, "to join my friends und go back to my profession .as soon us possible. In work I may forget . The jury that acquitted Miss Stone had deliberated ten hours. The an nouncement of the verdict brought hearty cheers from several hundred persons crowded into tho little court room. These spectator haid waited for hours for the appearuuee of the jury. When the foreman spoke, in clear tones, the words: "Not guilty," Miss Stone's face brightened into a smile and almost inaudildy, she added: ' 1 Thank I :..,! tl. over. Mrs. Marie Gormley Kinkead, widow or t lit! slam lawyer, was not in tho courtroom when the verdict waa brought in, although she had been an interested sectntor during all previous sessions of the trial which lasted nine daya. Miss Stone shot and killed Kinkead in South L'lliott Plnce, Hrooklyn, lata in the afternoon of August 5, 1921. Tried on an indictment for. first de gree murder, her defense was tempora ry, transitory, emotional insanity, also termed "Brain Kxplosion," . a mental condition, which it was maintained, was predicated on acts of the slain man. The nurse testified that tho lawyer, who was Buffering from a nervous breakdown, iuduced her to become his common law wife, explaining Lis un willingness to havo a civil or religious ceremony with tho statement that "h? fearetl a woman of the underworld," i Cincinnati, with whom he had had re--' lufions over a period of years. Ho la' ter left her to marry this WOinau, alio testilied. , The trial of the nurse Vn puncua- 1 ted with dramatic moments in which. she, apparently ovcrcomo by tho strain of testimony, collapsed on the witness stand. CHICAGO WILL OPEN MAMMOTH Mill STATION (By The Associated Press.) Jr : t UICAdO, April 7 The largest ami most modern mail station in (he,.. workt... will bedpehed in t'hicago this summer, barring incident or unforseen delays. The building 7'i by Ki to feet ami. seven stories high, counting a basement a ground level into which mail ear ' will run direct from the railroad yards, i. mark a departure from the usual Jiost office pactice of building along eonr volitional lines or ornamental arehitee' tore. It has been designed aa mod ern day-light industrial building, ami? when completed will contain the last ' word in automatic conveyors and other time and labor saving devices. Provision has liecu made for ' tho fu- tore vice mo 'i' plain from growth or tin- airplane mau aer hv providing a clear roof space thru fltai feet long where small s .an land with mail transferred the larger trans continental flyers th at lieckerboard t leld, May wood. , The s'ation is located in the yards of the Pii ion Station and a short dis tance from Chicago and Northwestern station. Mail in carload lots will be . handled direct to the lines entering these two station, and can be awitched to other statious. The Imseincnt level, is on the same grade as the Cniou station tracks, and is e'piipp. d with spurs for handling the mail cars. On the other side of the building, at the ground level, motor trucks with parcel post and other mail from the city will enter the building ou a porty font driveway and discharge their contents direct into automatic eon veyors, which will life the mail to the thatifl' "oor ftart over a downward. path or conyevors. chutes and sorting belts, until it emerges, sorted, sacked and lalxdlcd, at the mail ear level. On the main sorting door for parcels post eh rks working ou either side of the main conveyors will divide the packages among other conveyors, hie ft in turn will carry them tu the sections set eti.le for the mail to each iart of the country. At the last stage the sacks and lKuches will glide down spiral chutes; to circular platforms ou the train level in the basement. ' Backed up around eaeh circular platform, the wait- ing hand trucks will, take the load to the mail ears. Completion of the new station will remove the handling of all mail from a"'j to tho loop, or Ueatincu lor It, will pass through the congested dis tricts. Tli terminal is being erected by the . Union Station interests and will be leased to the government. Be sides the advantage of rtirtei access t the railroad tracks, the government will obtain much , lower rental rat looy property