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OAS ON A DAILY QAEETTE Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 85. GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 10, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GENOA ECONOMIC IN ONLY TO VERSAILLES .Weather: Fair ou SECOND IMPORTANCE INSANEi FATHER). BRAINS THREE CHILDREN AND then ;kills HIMSELF John Helms, Farmer Living Near Charlotte, Kills Three Children in Moment of In sanityKnocked Baby Out of Child's Arms Daugh ter, Ruby Helms, Witnessed Tragedy. (Charlotte Observer). Driven despondent and perhaps insane by ait incurable stomach malady, John Holms about 6:30 o'clock Sunday morning slew three of his own children j with a wood-axe and then ended his life j by blowing off the top of bin head with a tingle-barrel shotgun, at their home on tlio Hob Hice place, at the 11 mile post ou the Lawyers road, lie was 40 years old. The only eye witness to the tragedy was his 13-ycar-old daughter, Miss Huby Lee, who with Mrs. Helms and an eight-year-old daughter, Wilma, escaped from the mad man. The little girl, although broken heart ed over the terrible affair, told a most lucid story of it to relatives who called at the home yesterday, and to representa tives from the office of Frank Hovis, tliu coroner, to whose undertaking parlors the four bodies were carried yesterday morning shortly after the tragedy. Little Miss Ruby Lee stated that the family uroso about ti o'clock yesterday morning and that the mother was in the kitchen preparing the morning meal and that she was walking around in the yard with the youngest child, Ilazciinc, a iiine-uiontlis-old infant, when her father (Hine out where she was. She said he had been walking from room to room in a somewhat restless manner, but unid no iiarticulur attention to she hail his ac- tions. She paid no patten! ion to him when lie approached her in the yard and walk ing up to her, struck her baby sinter with the handle of the axe. The baby was cither knocked from her hands or she dropped it in her fright, and when she attempted to take it up from ttw ground her father struck her. She ran away from him and began screaming. She followed as close as she dared watched through the window while aii I her father went to the bed when old Blocker was asleep and fourycaf snvv lii in brain ber with the axe. lie 1 1 1 1 11 went 1o the bed where the six-year-old son, Hroti cho. ns asleen and brained him with the name instrument, lie at tempted to kill Mrs. Helms and eight-year -old hut thev escaped from him. "'"' ; ' The little girl saw her father grab up the shotgun, walk into the yard', and -forgetting in her terror that he might well have ehqt her. saw him kneel down, place the butt of the gun against the ground, cock tho hummer and putting his temple over tho muzzle, press the trigger with his thumb. The whole top of his hea l was literally blown to bits, his brains and pieces of the skull showering the side of Hi,, sum II home in which tiny lived. The infant, struck down in the yard,' was hot killed instantly, and was later j rushed to the Presbyterian hospital In re by Dr. Ayer Whitley, where it two or three hours later. The were killed instantly. The entire community where dv occurred was thrown into .!. othi SI O'C r two the tragi a perfei fenzy. Hundreds of neighbors and friend came tn the relief of the stricken relatives who escaped with their live-. Mrs. Helms is prostrated and is under the care of a physician. The family had bei n in their new homo less tiian a week, moving there from the' Highland I'ark Manufacturing com pany'e village where Mr. Helms had been j employed, last Tuesday. He had hoped' that the country life in the out of do irs . would work n relief of his trouble which, had -become almost unbearable. On Friday, Mr. Helms was in Char-' lottc and was with his brother. N. A.' Helms, who yesterday stated that his brother to'd him on that day, that be feared lie would lose his mind if he did; not soon get relief from his siifrfiVrings. . "I told him to stop worrying and :' live tint dours-and take care of himself,"; said K. A. Helms yesterday, "and to stop thinking alMUit losing his mind. I am perfectly sure that that is what oc curred." Asked if his brother was a drinking man, be stated that he was not and that whiskey played no part in the tragedy.. He said that his brother was seemingly ' all right Saturday night, according to the. survivors in the family, and that he ex ! lnbited no symptoms of insanity until tho sudden craze which lasted only a few minntcs and which ended in his own des truction. From other source of information there seems no doubt that this version of the tragedy is correct; that the mind of! the unfortunate man became unba'anced and be was not responsible for the tor- ! rihle tragedy. i He was born in Union county and had ! lived ia Charlotte this last time nearlv ' two year, having hved here on previous ' occasions and having moved back. He;,he Kimv u.,ln ,vittl t,M. wiv survived bf his widow and the two ehil-1 A . rrw,iv(, ,,,.,,,0.,. b.- of dren mentioned, as well a by his aged . ' ' t, . 7 1.., . her.. motner, Mrs. 1. r. ne ms, who lives ... . . v ti 1 . , with her ion, N. A. Helms, in North A -1 1 1 v... 1 ti A A 1 Cliarlotte. and also by a brother, I. O. tt i r 1 -t . . r .. s r ... . r . .. . iit-imn, ui nan iuii iii.y, u easier, .Vlrs. - 1: D-.n ... n,; . :t.. The joinst funerals will be conducted; ... .f ... , - . 1 tiiiik anprnnnn ni riMnnnr f-i:mia n ti.A Union-Mecklenburg county line. THE WEATHER - Noith Carolina, fair tonight; Tuesday . ctonay, proDtDiy stiowers in west portion. Farmers Have And On The Road To Prosperty Say Governors of Many States Governors of Agricultural States Declare That Worst of Hard Times For the Farmer Has Passed. NAVAL APPROPRIATION FIGHT BEGINS TODAY By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 10. The fight over the naval appropriation bill, presaged by the vigorous attack on the measure in the minority report, signed by live republicans and one democrat, and in statements by two other repub lican members of the appropriations committee, was expected to begin in the House today following formal presenta tion of the minority views. Those in charge of the bill, which was reported to the House on Saturday, planned to bring it up beforo adjournment today. The minority report, made public last night, declared the bill's proposal tax re duce the enlisted personnel of the navy to 67,000 and the number of officers to ti.'Ioti, meant a total disregard of the " baiae naval policy" sot down by 'he arms conference and would make this country a "third rate naval power." An (listed personnel of 80,000 with (i,000 apprentices, would be required ej keep the United States abreast with Great Britain and ahead of Japan I's contemplated m the conference treaty, tho report declared. Representative Mc Arthur, of Oregon, a republican member of the appropria tions committee, declared in a statement on the bill that he believed after a can vass of tho House membership that the prospects of securing its amendment to provide for 80,000 enlisted men "are excellent." Representative Britten, cf Illinois, another Republican member jf the 'British and Japanese delegates framed the bill" to that end "they could not have more deliberately re duced the UnFJed States to a third rate power. ' ' CENTER ATTENTION ON FAYETTE COUNTY, PA. PITTSBURGH, 1'A., April in. Union leaders and coal oiicrsilnrs today centered their attention on Fayette coun ty, where a strong force of picked or ganizers from the United Mine Workers were training every force to organize the coal and coke workers of the O. Frirk Company, the most important non union coal proilueiug concern in western Pennsylvania I he union leade rs insisted that they had made great headway and the opera tors agreed that about H.(MH) men had quit work in some mines of the Krick company and in a much larger number of mines ocrated by independent com panics. Until sides were of the opinion that the next few days would tidl thej story. A trip through the coke country from Westmoreland county to Mount Plea ; an. Connellsville and Uitiontown ari l ' thence down throujh the Monogahela riv er district, where numbers ot imh'peiideiit mines and half a dozen of the Krick I mines were closed last week, showed a country expectant, i Millers and their wives with whom the i correspondent talked, conversed freely of , the activities of union organizers, and i expressed the opinion that scores of m. u who had never been in a strike would soen he out. "A good maiiv nun have been out of I work, or on'y working a day or two a 'week." said one intelligent young man p.s he sat on the porch of his cabin at a Ki'm k mine m ar Connellsville." " They I I figure that things could not be much ' worse than they have been, and they j might U better if thev joined the uni 'i. ; 1 liebovc the most ot the miners will strike this week.' ' He disclaimed, as did his wife. ill knowledge se, u or ta'ked with an organ izer. Not far from the house, a party of cor respondents, whose automobile was In need of repairs, engaged two otlor young men in conversation by the roadside. They had talked onlv a few minutes when two men. ia.li carrying a police club, and wearing -'ars with the designa tion of depute sheriffs, approached the little knot and asked what thev wanted. When told the iro n were corresoondeiifi. one of the deputies said that although n did not dobiit the mission of the strpjig ers, "while this martial law is ou we have orders not to allow people to co.i- gregate in the road. Martial law is not in f..rc how ever. BODY OF BECK TO BE BURIED IN ARLINGTON. OKLAHOMA ITY. Ok -a . April 10. The body of Lieut. " Paul W . Heck, who was slain here ou the morn ing of April 4 by .lean P. Day. was en route today to Washington for m trTinrnl in Arlington national c. -met ". Mrs. Rachel Beck, the offi moth . and ft on u: l :....t I k . ,.' . '-j, ' ..,., Illlil ,,I I m lit,',. llllK n 1 V . r; f , Beck was commanding officer t.. - 1 1 7i e . ,.. than a year, marked their far. wi .,,1 . , , ,c ,1 . ute to a comrade and one of the r more il tnb armv c , ,nrsi flyers. i?" u 7 "ft dropped noon the tram from t v. ere air Canes as thry eircleil overhead. Iay was exonerated Saturday by a coroner's jury which found that he was justified in slaying the officer, when, according to his testimony, he. found Beet in an attempt to assault Mr tay. The jury recommended tlat a." . - - ! charges bo eled. "Turned Cornes" (Bv The Associated Press.) NKW YORK, April !). Conviction i that the farmers of the United States I have "turned tnc corner" and are now i started ou the road to normally prosper ous conditions was the consensus statements by governors of loading agri- I cultural states made public here today, j The assurances were given in response . to an inquiry by K. A. btrout to ascer tain the lads concerning tne agricultural) situation. 'Ihey came from agricultural! statts representative of all sections of the : country, Irom New Kngland to the plains j Ktatcx nf tin Mi, I, II.. V Wt mid frulii the' tiri'Ul I !.'-.... I,. I'i r.ri nn.l f isrtittsifllit lii making these reports public, Mr. fcitrout expressed the belief that they re- H.,..tO.I 1l'.,l,,l ., i.lnul.r.MlJ i'OllllllilWI extending throughout the farming states I lom the Atlantic seaboard to the Rocky Mountains. One of the most optimistic of the state ments came lrom Governor Harry L. Davis, of Ohio who telegraphed: "Our Desalt meat of Agriculture has made a survey of farm conditions in Ohio, Glad to advise that agricultural ly Ohio fanners are on the upgrade. Improvement in price of farm products and improvement marketing conditions have given Ohio farmers renewed hope anil l'Jl'J gives every indication of being a more prosperous year than the past. "Ohio is in as sound condition as any state in the I'nion. We have turned the comer and are going forward agricul turally, industrially and commercially." Extracts trom the messages of some of the other governors follow: (iovemor MeCray, of Indiana: "Con ditions are improved and prospects brighter in Indiana. On the whole, the outlook is good for au early return :o normalcy. ' ' . Governor Sproul, of Pennsylvania: "I feel that all conditions point to bettei times for agriculture in Pennsylvania. There may be some delay due to dis turbance incident to the threatened coal strike, etc., but I feel that much better industrial conditions are imminent an 1 that our farmers, being so close to th. markets, will benefit. tiovernor Hyde, or -Missouri: --lae comer has definitely been turned. Mis souri farmers being close to three great terminal markets, Kansas -'it.v, St. Louis mand t?t. Jusep, have been more fortunate , than farmers more remote from terminal j markets." ! Governor E. 1-ee Trinkle, of Virginia: "Agricultural conditions are recovering .' from deflation to some extent. Farmers I are looking forward now as prices ad value, Tin aat roils wholesome effect of the late dis conditions is shown in the farm er's determination to organize an l prac tice business- principles in production mi I marketing. He is preparing to div ersify, to grow more food and lecd i rops slid remove himself from tile un certainty of a one-crop dependence. 'The Virginia Department of Agricul ture had mole imiairies for farm land from all the past sections ot the I mo.i two months than ever ing history. ' ' Governor Maxter. of Maine: ' siiler the agricultural situation of more favorable. The inquiry for I con j Main-' Maine j farms ago. is fne time as great as one irar; 1 i.,.ii..lI ti! i- tin, hiisines et ; farming will be Very attractive in Maine; I in the next I1! year-." llovernor Cox, of Massachusetts (;, pernor I'ussell. of Miswissippi i ,., favorable conditions in those ates. a nd ou t -t .vo I (iovemor Mi K ! ouotcd as saving vie. of Nebraska, v ; : -eorasKa lias tiun- I is now well on the way! : ed the corner a'l , hack to normal I ity. The farm ' cultural proilio-t I ifH.".:',"i7.ood l'!v and permanent prosper value of principal ag'i . in Nebraska increase, een November 1, P'-M anl March I. 1!'--'. j "While the prices for farm products have increased. t'ie prices of things for j which these products must lx- exchanged 'have declined. This readjustment of ex change va'ues is of oasic inirtance and M perhaps tie- iiio' significant indica ' tion of a r. turn to norma! prifperity. i There is profit now in nearly nil branch I es of farming. CITY COUNCIL TO HEAR PROTESTS AGAINST EXTENSION OF CITY FIRE LIMITS Meeting Tuesday Evening Will Be Open to Public All Are Invited to Be Present and Air Views as to Merits of Proposed City Ordinance. The session of the city council ocheluled for Tuesday evening at the city hall promises to Is- unusual ly interesting. At this meeting the question of the) extension of the city fire iimits will be thoroughly thresh ed ont. It in understood that there has Irt'en considerable opposition to the extension, so much so that the enactment of the ordinance has bcn temporarily held up. In order to give both advocate and opponents a full hearing the council meeting Tuesday evening will be open to the public. Those opposed to the exten sion of the fire limits are esiecially requested to be present and air their riews. AILIED CUSTODIAN GiVES OFENEHY PROPERTY IN U.S. First Report Compiled Since February, 1919 Disposition of Enemy Property Wil Have Bearing on Econom: Relations Between T h Country and Europe. hamij.miiua, April 10. An lac counting of the $:;.jii,oii,(kmi vvortll of. enemy property held by the Govcrmnent I was givpn the Senate to.hiv in n naxirt 01 ; the hrst compiled since Febra HMD filed by Alien Property ( dian Thomas W. Miller, in rcspon a resolution by Senator King, Dl crat, of Utah. i ne niiui i ispusn inn or 1 1 1 1 m prop erty," Mr. Miller said, "will u doubtedly have a direct bearimr ou the economic relations between this country and Europe, with particular reference ' Ll the late enemy powers. Tho se- property will also have a bearing on the question i.l the settle ment of American claims against Gcr- i many . Discussing the tf 4 1 .",(iu'.(hmi (,f Amer ican claims against Germany, Mr. Mil- ler recalled the terms of the Knox Por ter peace resolution, indicating that no disposition siiouKi oe made (it enemy property held by the United States un til the German Government ha, I provid ed for the satisfaction of all American claims. He asserted that Congress must evolve some plan whereby Ameri can claims against Germany may be adjudicated by some proper tribunal created by law. "There nre several classes of claim against Germany,' ' Mr. Miller said, "as for instance, those of Americans whose csh was seized by the German custodian, "and who are now being of fered the return of their money at the depreciated value of the mark, which I today is valued at one third of a cent i for each mark or a reduction of 7Jo i per cent from the pre-war value. This proposition amounts to practically con- ' fiscation ou the part of the German I government. l here are also claims on tile with tho state department for the loss of property and life at sea, grow- ing out of submarine to April (i, HM7. sinkings previous "If the German property were re turned today without any conditions, tho 1nx laws in force in Germany would I 'equire German nationals or other poo e under the jurisdiction of the Ger i, 'i Tovernment, whose property was retu I to them, to give up in taxes to the ,: -'nan Government a major por tion of tl. funds returned. One of the taxes assessed is known as the Em pire .Need tax, the revenues of which are utilized by the German Government for its own nationals, and a second tax known As the indemnity tax, the pro ceeds ftf whiih are paid into repara tions going to our late Allies. "It ha been suggested that the a mount of money which the (termini gov ernment would realize from such taxa tion, might form the basis of a fund 4i ! loft I., tl.ta h.iiiiIit thn vino, to I ' " " " " i lie applied for the satisfaction of claims i of American citizens against Germany, I when these claims are adjudicated". j Mr. Miller's report consisted of j thousands of typewritten pages giving' I the details of about lll'.olio active trusts, I representing property in every state and 'territory in the United States and the 'Philippine Islands and Hawaii. con I sitting of industrial plants, steam-hip ; lures, hanks, land and . attic cuiipaiiu s. ( salmon factories, gold and silver minis, and thousands of parcels of real c-'atc; Answering charges by Senate King ' , that property bad been seized peace j was consummated with Gcrmanv last July, the report declared that the last property seized was that belonging to I Grover Cleveland li' igdoll, which was I seized May 27. 19lM . Responding to inquiry for d .-tails of salaries and fees unid in connection I with the enemy property the report I showed the following list : I Attorneys fee paid prior to March 1, lf21. 2.1.j2,11r!; attorneys fees paid sini-e March 4 l'.eJl, hv,.j2o: salaries of officers and directors of corpora I tions previous to Mar.ch 1. 1921, . I . j 574.01 7 : salaries since March 4, 1921. l'!2,4:!j; paid for accounting and ap- I praising, previous to March 4, IP ;i. I iMUl.lMMJ; paid for the same Since : March 4, 1921, f-',7ls-, paid for a-1 1 vertising and printing previous to I j March 4, 1921. 2.,o(7. j 1 One accounting bill alone, of "!,- J ! 7o7 the report declared was paid to an' accounting firm out of the Congression- al appropriation, for a report covering; various ojierations on the custodian 's i I office, to August 1919. but which was j ! not completed until April 1, 1921, and! i was then "of no practical value." Thej report listed all money spent on ad i vertising and "the newspapers i-o in- j vored . " GKNOA, April Hi. The Genoa js-o-nomic. confereri'-e was formally opened this afternoon in the historic palace of St. George by Premier Facta, of Italy. Five Killed in Storm. LAWTON, Okla., April 8. Five Hrsons were killed, scores injured, some , seriously and extei.sive property dam , age caused by a tornado which swept I ljrwton at 8 o'clock this morning. Tel lephone jolea were levelled in the street j in the nuiiu business section of tho city, an. numerous dwellings in the outlying sections demolished . TODAY'S 0TT0S MARXET Cotton Seed ......... ..61 ary, kmo- ! I'" NATIONS OF FOUR CONTINENTS DISCUSS EUROPE'S tjASTON POST, l0. 23, 0FtRePreSen ll!veoft33 Nati" gather in HUtoric TIIL AMERICAN LEGION, IS NOW FOURTH IN STATE Local Post of the American I . C7 inn Rinr .faamrt In Membership Is Exceeded Only by Charlotte, WinM sion aoiem and ureensboro Big Service Census Is Now On. . Gaston Pod, No. American Legion, with a membership approaching ;;ou, ranks fourth in the Stale in membership according to figure,, from the State Ad jutant 's ulliee this week. Only Char lotte, (Ireeusboiy and U instoii-Saleui are ahead of the local post, and legion of. tie-iu Is are hopeful of soon overhauling the nearest competitor, Greensboro. This record, in view of the fact that there is another post of the Legion in the county, the Auten S'.owe powt at Hel iiiont, is the more remarkable on that account. The Forward Observation Post in the Sunday papers says: " The North Carolina department of the American Legion is still leading the southern states in membership. There .are more legionnaires in North Carolina than in any other state south of Pennsyl vania and Kentucky and east of Texas, j TeiineK-.ee is our nearest rival, with a i membership of over oOU men less than itliat of North Carolina. Also, the local ! their tight for supremacy. Hornet's posts within tins state are continuing Nest post of Charlotte slid ranks tirst. ilie ivue milling liosi in I lis. oii-oa .eill .-I., i. u n:.. , ..tl i -: .. ..... j i occupies second place, the third is held by Henry K. P.urtner post of Greensboro, j while the Gaston post at Gastoniu has stepped over the head of Asheville, I Hnh igh and Wilmington in order to take a seat in fourth place. Williams, Cherry, Douglas, Denny, Query and those other ligioiinaires at Gnstonia surely are live i wires: thev are now hunting the walp of the metropolis of Winston Salem and I their own neighbor, Charlotte. Further ; more, Gaston county legionnaires have I started a new post almost within the I shadow of (ii. stoma ; recently the Allien ! St owe post, No. HI, was organized I Hi lnioiit. with II. H. Gaston as comman der and W. D. Crawford as adjutant. This infant po-d already has more than I ,Vi mem hers. ' ' FOUND $10,000 IN FIVE DOLLAR BILLS IN RIVER Finding May Have Connection' With Inventory Going on at , Bureau of Printing and En-' graving No Trace as to Source. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 10. j Whi'e still Irving to solve the mys- j lory of the .-tlo.oiill in five dollar bills turned over to thein by a ; boatsman who found I he money I floating in the Potomac river Fri- j day, Department of Justice agents I spent yesterday digging in various j places in the vicinity of the Bu- j roan of Kngraving and Printing. ; Whether they had definite clues of money stolen from the bureau and buried nearby could not be learned, nor could it be ascertained whether tin- seanh had any connection with the inventory now being taken of the money production plant of the Bureau. So far ns cou'd be learn ed, however, no treasure was un covered in yesterday's digging. Department of Justice agents, so far ;n known, had not succeeded in their efforts today to trace the, source of J.oiio fje dollar bills found in the river. The bills, which bad been torn into fragments and placed in an envelope, were exam ed yesterday by Director Hill, of the ' Bureau of Printing and Kn graving, who mi. -corded to that of fice on the recent dismissal of .las. W. Wihneth and numerous other officials of the Bue.-ui. Director Hill later indicated that ho did not lielieve tie bills were stolen from the Bureau. 10 CHARLOTTE CONVENTION FROM GASTONIA SCHOOLS ; Manv -Representativei From ! Gastonia Sunday Schools Will Go to State S. S. Con- I vention. i l)..,.".ite t 1 the state Sunday tShool ; Convention which will bo held in Char I lotto Tned.iv. Wednesday ami Thur I day of this week will include Mr. V. i Spencer and .Mesdanies R. C. Long, ,'. i Bixoii an l T. G. Caldwell from the W ! venue I'resl.vterian church and Dr. F V.l uiis. Mrs. 8. A. Kindley and Miss 1 f Kreema" from tl" Cbarlea B. Ar strong Mcniorial church. Many othe I frmn buth churches will be visitors dur line t'e "B'-CnUoa. . . ECONOMIC RECONSTRUCTION portance Both Allies and Enemies in Recent World War Gather Around Conference Ta ble Germany Sends 80 Delegates. CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION WAS SUCCESS Belmont Presbyterian Church Host to District C. E. Con vention - John C. Boyd, of Charlotte, President For Next Year Will Meet in Huntersville Next. HELMoNT, April 1(1. Attended by over a hundred delegates the Southern District convention of the North Caro lina Christian Endeavor Union opened here Saturday afternoon and continued through Sunday evening. Many promi nent men and women throughout this sec tion were present and from the stand point of numbers as well as the splendid addresses given before the body the con vention was one of the finest ever held in this district. Mr. E. G. Cowan, of Cher-, ryville, president, ably presided over the' convention, which was heartily welcomed by H. H. Gaston, for the town; It. I). Hall for the church; ami Miss Kdi'h Lineberger, for tho Helmout Christian Endeavor. G. M. Beaty responded io this welcome for the visitors. Two of j the most interesting and forceful speak ers were Frank P. Wilson, field secretary for North Carolina and Virginia, wno ,i: . .. , i i of Work," ami Hcrt G. Jones, of lialcigh, State presi ! dent, who gave specific advice to the delegates along the lines of securing but : ter equipment. The main address to the convention was given by Dr. W. M. Frair.er, presi dent of Queens College of Cliarlotte, who made a very interesting and inspiring 1 talk, having ns his subject, "Christian Kndcavor Contribution to Soul ami Health." Having this as his central theme he developed it under the follow ing four heads: 1 net, 2 attititude, ,'t ,t exorcise, 4 atmosphere. Dr. Frazer also delivered a very powerful sermon at the morning service, at the Presbyterian church. During the iiflernoon session Miss Mel-' j vn Gullick, leader of the Belmont Junior F.iiilcnvor Society, gave 11 very intcresl-i j ing demonstration of the work done by the Juniors with her own little band of j . Kndeavors. The regular, meeting of the' I Belmont Kndcavor Society Sunday cvv- j , ning was in charge of a delegation f ouiig men trom Davidson ollege led ny! Mr. W . A. Gamble, of Macon, (In., wno1 1 made the meeting a most inspiritionai ' ' one. j To carry on the work of the district1 , for the coming year the following of-f tieers were chosen: President, John C Boyd, Charlotte; Vice-President, C. L. ; I Spencer. Gastonia ; Secretary, Miss Kve- j I lyn Sadler, Cliarlotte; Treasurer, Caryi j Lorrauce, Mooresville; Junior Snperiii j I tendeiit. Miss Melva Gullick, Belmont;' : I iintermediate Superintendent, ('has. W. j I Formaii. Charlotte ; Superintendent jl , j Quiet Hour and Life Work Recruits, f. t j A. Guion; Superintendent of Missionary j land Tenth Legion, Miss Frankie Lee ( j Neal. Albermarle. j The delegates were entertained at a; 'delightful picnic supper orr Saturday af-i : ternoou on the law 11 of Mr. and Mrs. S. ! I P. Stovve just after the afternoon ses j sion, which was j,riv 11 by the Senior Kn IScimout rresiiyterian church. I he following enjoyable meniii was served: creamed chicken on toast ' ham and roll sandwiches, potato salmi, to- matoes, pickles, ice cream and home made I ice cream and home ma le cake. An invitation was extended by thej ition was extended bv de'egates from Huntersville to meet witlii them next vcar, which the convention .le ilited and the next convention will bei;" (.nfli,.t. thus re-estab- held there. Dr. Frazer Delivers Powerful Sermon On Pre-eminence Of Christ. At the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning, Hev. lr. W. H. Frazer, presi dent of Queeiis College, delivered a ve-y powerful sermon on the "Pre-eminence of Christ." Discussing the pre-eminence of our Lord he pointed out how some lives are obscure and some eminent but that Christ was the only preeminent be ing the world had ever known. He then asked the Question "N 1irist Pre eminent in Church, in the Social World,! and in Our Individual Lives." H stressed ino poini inai oiu.v u. iic""k Him first, could we lead a real truei Christian life. TRIAL OF HONEYCUTT AT . KNOXVILLE TOMORROW v . - Tho trial of John noneycutt, the "astou county man in jail at Knox- lle, Tenn., charged with assaulting tapt. J. J.' Schueider, of that city, tlc murder of at least two other peo ple and various other erirnes committed during a carnival of crime in that city last fall is scheduled to commence to morrow in the criminal court at Knox ville. , The story of HoneycuttV alleged crimes as chronicled In Knoxville pa pers was recently reproduced in T he Gazette. The progress of. his trial will be watcied with interest hero v , (Bv The Associated Press.) GKNOA, April 1u. The nations of four continents, in this ancient and venerated city of Genoa, today began ef forts to restore to the world normal con ditions. All plans had been completed today for this great economin .Congress, which was generallv regarded by com petent judges, as the most important and significant assembly since tlio Ver sailles peace conference. Representatives of ;!:'. States were pre pared to take steps that it was hoped would lead to the economic reconstruc tion of Kurope, the conference particJ- larly to be concerned with plans for rw- 1 building central Kurope aad rehabilit ; ting Russia, which was admitted by j many delegates to be a suncci of supreme importance by itsolf, perhaps the motrt far reaching question which tho Congress shall be called upon to solve. The Ambassador from the United States. Kichard Washburn Child, was to take his seat today in a section reserved for eminent visitors. Ho was to attend all the open meetings, but will not bo present at any conferences of committees at which the actual important work of the conference will be completed. Formal opening of the sessions was to take place at three o'clock this after noon in the historic palace of St, George, This picturesque atructuro was built in 12(1(1 by Frnte Oliviero, and was the first official residence of the Captains of tho People, then the scat of the celebrated company and bank of St, George. 1 Great, throngs on Palm Sunday visited ' this scene of today's conference and found scores of assistants engaged in carrying plants and flowers to relieve the somewhat sombre and lonely aspect of the auditorium. Thousands of interested , Genoese gathered along the water front seeking advantageous positions from which to observe foreign diplomats and distinguished statesmen upon their ar- I rival. In the bay of Genoa, itself, screeches of small tugboats and the more impressive and deepthroatcd whistles of more important vessels seemed to breathe life into the modern commercial eity of Genoa, whom vessels sail to markets on all seven seas. Lively scenes surrounding the opening of tho congress, Intensified by the ae- :-, tivity of this busy port of eduimcree impressed obsi rvers as a fitting back ground for a congress whose serious mid; t sum is the restoration or economic, health to a suffering and sorely tri'.-d . F.urope. . ! " A complete list of tho nations and states represented, with the number 0 their delegatea follow: DX- South Africa, four; Albania, fourj Austria, six; Australia, 4; Belgium, H ; Bulgaria, l.'i; Canada, 30; t'xeew ; Slovakia, 'M; Denmark, Ml; Ksthonia, 23 ; Finland, 7j ' France, jhty ; Ger many HO; Great Britain, 12H; Greeco 22; ' Ireland, ti; Italy, 6; Latvia, 6', Lithunia, 7 ; Luxemburg, 4; Norway, 8r New Zealand, 16; Holland, 16; Poland, 40; Portugal, 9; Rumania, 2; Russiaf Je.go Slavia 12: San Marino, lOT ; Spain. Hi; Sweden, 19; Switzerland, S; i and Hungary, 7. j Prir.ie Minster Lloyd George, of Great j Britain, who was the chief moving I force behind the call for the conference j emphasized on the evening of the gathers ; ing the vital necessity there was for Ku j rope aii'l the world of grappling earnest-. 1 ly with the problems confronting ttW conferees. While declining to make a I pi CI 1 II' IIOII ,-IS IO ""HI nuum i-v ow.. dished, he declared : I '-One thing is lertain; we have eome i t . -!.. . .;!, tt .m,rv Mini I'iirnest- . ...mis,.mcnt. '' ' ,ii,,-,, ,n. in af. 1 am sore .m i.;e ,o.... - cord on one point, and lhat is to rea-li ...i.:..i. .. ill ,.r..rMit rotieu-fit an agreement of inti rtiiitionnl conflicts. i:.l,,r. ircneral lieace lltld id reciprocal eoa- fiibm e between 'the States on a basis of i economic prosperity. As for the French delegation, it wa$ i decliir-1 iu its behalf it had come in an open spirit, resolved to do all possible to 'accomplish the task set for the confer 1 ence. This is the first time the allie jhave rat'nered in such a conference since 1 the war with the nations which were ! tin ir enemies in that st.'iif.gle and other wi"ta remained outside tht eonruct. nnrpnuTrnu nr PRESBYTERY CF KINUO MOUNTAIN AT BELMONT Meets in Presbyterian Church Tuesday Evening, April 11 Delegates from Gastonia Churches. The stated spria? meeting of Kings Mountain I'resjbytery will lie constituted in the Presbyterian church at Belmont, Tuesday night, April 11th, at 8 o'clock. Importaflt called committw meetings fof the afternoon are the board of West minister School at 3 p. in. ami tho home mission eommittesj at 4 p. m. Keverends H. C Long, T. O. Tate and V. R. (iillespie with Elders, Q. A, Khyne, B. A. Biddnson and J. A. Robinsoa, Sr, will ta the representatives from Gas tonia "thurehe. Klder J. H. Kennety will be in attendance as a member of thi Ho.ne Mission eotnmittoe.' . .