Newspapers / Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, … / Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, … / April 13, 1922, edition 1 / Page 1
Part of Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
TONI1BMLYQA Weather: Warmer Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 88. GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 13, 1922. SINGLE COPY S CENTS OAS IETTE TO PUT FARMER ON THE FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD IS A POLITICAL MOVE Declares John R. Mitchell, of Minnesota, a Member of the Board No Room for Poli tics in Banking System. (By The Associated Press.) SAN FRANCISCO, April 13. The proposal to put a farmer ou the Federal reserve board is political, John It. Mit chell, of Minnesota, a member of the board, declared iu an address hero yes terday. "Putting a farmer on tlio Federal re serve board iu like adding a fifth wheel to a wagon," Mr. Mitchell aaid. Mr. Mitchell declared thut if the scheme were tarried into reality diflicul tics would be sure to follow because there is no room for politics iu the banking system. Mr. Mitchell declared that the board was most misuuderstooj and mis represented part of the government 's iiuuneial structure. Adolph 0. Miller, another board mem ber, supported the statement. Mr. Aimer sum: i "The return of complete prosperity and the solution of the economic prob lem of the United fetatcs can be gained only when the affairs of Europe are put on an orderly basis. 1 say tins in tlio lace Of the fact that the I'nited States rightly declined to enter the Genoa con ference. That meeting is political and we dout want to get into European po.i, ties. When the conference is over the. people of JSurone will see that the United States is necessary to an economic policy on the continent. When politics is dis missed we can help them. AMRIGAN LEGIOilklNG COUNTY-WIDE GAHVASi Questionnaire Is Being Placed in Hands of Every Former Service Man in County When Filled Out Will Giv All Necessary Informati About Ex-Soidiers Urve Ends This Week. Members of Gaston Post, No. 2:1, American Legion are this week putting over a service census drive. A question naire containing al the information bout every ex service man in the county has been prepared by national headquar ters and is being distributed through State and local posts, (hie of these ques tionnaires properly filled out will give tiie history and status of every service mun in the county, friends of the ex-w-rvice men, War Mothers and Wouian 's Auxiliary, patriotic and civic organiza tions are urged to give as much pub licity as possible to this drive in helping secure answers to the questionnaire. The canvass is designed to reach all the 2,."iii0 ex-service men in the county. Tlw following letter from Commander Williams is characteristic of the pe that attends the Legion drive: "We are handing you herewith two copies of the questionnaire, regarding; which yon have been advised. The drive has started all over the county and .ve want to get first hand information on every ex service man and woman in the; county. Twenty-four districts have been formed with a chairman for ea h district and we piiin a man to man canvass. Kindly advertise this :i. much as pisi ble. Von will see in y nir district, hand bills containing instructions and due tions us to where the questionnaires may be obtained. If you know of a vet i ran ' in your mill, otlice, church, fraternal or ganiation or family who should be sign ed up, sic him onto the man whose name appears on the handbill. "In connection, please till out and re turn to this oilice one of the question-, naires, filling in the other for some man of your acquaintance not a member ot the' Legion. I would suggest that you, pick out some man who possibly is net; able to correctly lilt out the questionnaire, whom vou can' help. We want to know whether he's getting the proper compen sation, what insurance he's got, is he sick, in fact, absolutely need your assist ance in making this canvass complete in eveo' sense of the word. "We're gradually, putting over our oh joctives, we've talked respect to the! Anthem and Flag into every school kid in the county, put on a very satisfac tory membership drive. iSnnday 's Obser-j ver gave us a good send olT, showing-that j we were in fourth place in the who'e . state now but remember, every btlier post . in tho state will be woiking tooth and nail to increase- membership in connection with getting questionnaires tilled out. How about getting just one man to till out the cOUDOn on the bottom, sending; your questionnaire and his to this of fice with his two dollar. "Next week we've tot another ob jective we want, to laum h but we'll let you know more about it later. It's a plumb good one. "Don't forget to rush your filled out questionnaire back an. I fill out one for that extra man. He doesn 't have to join the Legiou unless he wants to but see if you can't get him lined up." GASTONIA BOY MUtS GOOD ON H. & L BAll TEAM, Ilubert IIulTstetier, son of Mr. Parks is making B. Uuffstetler. of Gastonia. .A n h. K..a,.l.all team at WashiniTtoiC & Universitv. Lexington. J.y., wncrci be is a sophomore this year. He plays abort stop. Id th onenine eame of the season with Roanoke 'Huffstetler.' says The Itingtum-l'hi, I th weekly publication of the W. & 1 atudent body, "allowed .that Jw has the goods by turning in a' perfect, card, iu fietdinir and ft battinir a vers go of .SU0 Xor the day." . . , . r V GOOD FRIDAY WILL NOT DE HOLIDAY FOR DELEGATES TO GENOA CONFERENCE Delegates Are Very Busy and at AH Hours of the Day and Night Are Rushing Through the Streets May Be Ses sions on Easter Sunday, GENOA. April ll Even Good Fri-j day will not Ik1 a holiday for the dele-, gates to the international economic con-1 ference, as at least three sub-comuiis- j sious are to meet on that day. Meetings are also scheduled foi Saturday, anil it is not improbable that there will be ses sions on Easter Sunday, so keen arc the delegates to get the lysis worked out for Europe's financial reconstruction. People who came here to enjoy .the lighter side of the conference have been disappointed, as there is no such thing. The wife of one delegate remarked s'adly today that she had never attended any conference which gave so little attention to social affairs. At all hours of the day and night the delegates are rushing through the streets on their way to group meetings, and from 10 until 0 o'clock every day i the sub commissions are grinding away. Delegates who are members of more than one sub-commission have to appoint proxies, as three or four of these bodies often meet simultaneously. Mr. Lloyd George and the other Prit ih delegates were keenly disappointed t first at not finding a golf course within reach, but thus tar they have had no time for recreation other than that afforded hv the .noi-tinn- eame of keeping the conference from bowing up under pressure of the Russian delegates' armament talk. the ilis- "CHINATOWN GERTIE" IS BURIED WITH HONOR i Once Notorious Bowery Crook Is Honored by Hundreds at Funeral Coffin Covered With Flowers. NEW YORK, April 1.1. All that was mortal of Gertrude Merritt, known tl... 1.. U. ,.r V..H- Vni-li '.a Kiiut Kill.. simply as Chinatown Gertie" was laid at rest toilay at Linden Jlill cemetery, Hrooklyn. For years an outcast in the streets and alleys of the Hower.v when that thoroughfare was the synonym of crime and degradation, she became, al most in a single night, a ministering an gel to the suffering, an intercede- for the erring, a counsellor of the weak, and an avenging shadow to those who hail broken their promises to follow the straight anil narrow path. Funeral services for the women were he'd last night in the little chapel of the Midnight Mis-ion of the Hescue Society iu l'oycrs street, the heart of Chinatown. Men and women who knew her laughed as a score of speakers, hardened to the ways of the under world, told stones of "Chinatown Ger tie." These had known her when she was a pariah, even on the loner East Side, and most of them had been led to bet ter things ley tho woman whose llovvcr- covereil col! in stoo'l lietore 1 Me little pulpit. It was not all laughter, how ever, i'or here and there hands unasham ed brushed away tears thut flowed in tribute to one who had been as strong iu doing good as she had been weak in following the thorn paved path. Tourists who had gone to see China town tried to get into the chapel, but only those who were respectful were al iened to enter. Those who did not show a real sense of propriety were cast into the street, and a policeman, standing near, was always looking the other way when this occurred. It was a strange funeral to many of the strangers who witnessed it. But it was a sinning, loving, remembering throng that attended. It was a little fragment out of the kaliedoscopic life of a mighty city, and it was nil thai Gertie would have wished. TO CONDUCT CAMPAIGN AGAINST BOLl WEEVIL Plans are being worked out by Coun ty Agent C. Lee Cowan and J. Flay lies, manager of the local plant of the Southern Cotton Oil Co., to show pic tures illustrative of an anti-boll weevil campaign to lie inaugurated this sum mer in the county by the Southern Cot ton Oil Company. Pictures of the boll weevil in the various stages of his rav ages will bo shown. There are two reels, including L',000 feet of film. These pictures will be shown at the va rious school houses and community cen ters of the county, beginning next week. The purpose is to interest the ' tanners of the county in the campaign i ito be waged this summer by the cotton i oil concern. Manager Bess will con duct experiments throughout the coun ty to show the effect of dusting calcium arsenate on the growing cotton plant to kill the weevil. Five or six farms will be selected for experimental purposes. The first of the pictures will be shown at Union schoolhouse Monday night, April 17. and the second at the (her ! ryville high school building ou Tuesday April IS. IT FIRST PREFERRED HANGING TO JAIL. FAYKTTEVILLE, Ga., April PI. Genius Conoid, the negro who preferred I hanging rather than to serve five years ifor burglarly, has changed his mind ami nas escaped from the jail here, where ."; execution When Conoid was convicted of burg hiry two weeks ago and sentenced to a , five term in the Penitentiary he exclaimed that, he preferred the death penalty and stabbed his nephew who had turned State's evidence. The nophpw died and Cofield was indicted, tried, convicted and sentenced to dcata within 48 hours. r ALL RIGHT TO USE. . PAINT IF THEY WISH CORNING, ARK., AprU 13. Miss Pearl Pugsley was ready to resume her studies in the Knobel school to day following rendering of verdict in her favor by Judge W. W. Bandy in the "lip stick" case here last sight. Judge Bandy said he would issue a writ of mandamus today to have the school board set aside its regulations barring students who use cosmetics. Miss Pugsley was suspend ed last September because she violat ed the rule. In his decision Judge Bandy held that face powder did not interfere with the health of the pupils and they could us: it if they wished. THE DANK OF ENGLAND CUTS DISCOUNT RATE Great Britain Now Has Low est Bank Rate in the World Welcomed as Another Step in Restoration of Nor mal Conditions. (By The Associated Press.) LONDON, April 13. The Bunk of England toilay reduced its discount rate to four per cent. The last prvious re duction was on February It), last, when the rate was droped from 5 to 4 1 per cent. The reduction, coining oil the eve of the Easter Holidays, was an entire sur prise to the money market and financial interests. Business in Lombard street hud begun this morning , without the usual subject to lower bank rate," which is usually posted when there is a possibility of a reduction during the day, and the belief is expressed that the reduction was prompted by the treasury, which has been rilling the money market for some time past. The reduction, however, was welcomed as another step iu the restoration of more normal conditions and the loose ning of money fur trade purposes. 'KW YORK. Areril 1.5. With the execution of Switzerland. Great Britain now has the lowest bunk rate in the world as the result of the Hank of Eng land reducing its discount rate to 4 per cent today. Switzerland cut its 4 per cent rate to '' 1 LI per cent on March J on account of the exceasiv gold supply in that country. The present British rate compares with a high rate of 10 per cent on August I, 1JU-I, and a low rate of .'J per cent Jan uary 29, 11)14. BOLL WEEVIL KILLS CHICKENSFOR FARMER Concord Man Finds That Lit tle Chickens Are Killed When They Attempt to Eat Boll Weevils. CONCORD. April 12. y What is a man to do? They tell us to raise more chickens, cows and hogs and h t cotton alone since the boll weevil s here, and now I find the insect after my chickens." This is the statement made here Tuoa dav by a prominent fanner of No. i) township, this enmity. ! 'W'.y. the weevil not only is ruining i my cotton," Die irate farmer declared emphatically, '"but he is destroying mv little chicks, and again 1 will have to change and take up some other method' Of making money." The fanner went on to explain that sev eral days ago he hauled several loads of wood from a field near a cotton patch to the woodpile, near his home. After unloading the wood lie saw a hen ;ind her i debris. ' little chicks ;-ratc hing among the d the hen peeling off the bark as scratched. hcj "Several hours later," he said, " niV wife saw three of the little chicks stand ing with their tongues out. as if dyinp. In a few minutes she saw them fall to I the ground, and when she reached them! they. were. dead. She made no exnmifta-j trou of them then, but later when two, more of the chick experienced Hie s.jme ; fate, she picked up one and on his I'm- l gue saw the boll weevil. "The insect had evident 'y stuck (yis bill in the tongue of Ihe chick when thY , chick tried to eat him. and the hill mad it impossible for the chick to move his tongue back into his mourti. It was only! a question of a few minute until he died. 1 "What is a man to d . I say. The weevil undoubtedly had wintered in the bark of the tree and was Scratched out by the hen." This is the first farmer of Cabarrus county to report such oev weevil. The ''wise ones' tation by tiie shook their heads when they heard it. but the fanner went home, convii I -That the weevil was to play as much havoc with his pciih try its with his itton. . ; WAS CHARGED WITH MURDER OF MAN 51 YEARS AGO fBv The Associated Press.) TISCALOOSA. Ala.. A pTil l::. -George Nichols, held here in connection with the alleged killing of Peter Moo ney, ut Rome, Ga., 51 years ago, was released from custody last night by or der of Judge Foster in circuit court. Nichols was arrested several weeks ago ou a warrant sworn out in Jeffer son county which charged that In- was Hiram Nettles, and that he was re sjKinsible for the death of the Koine man. At a hearing in circuit court here on a motion for his release under habeas corpus proceedings, Judge Fos ter sustained the defense. The state j appealed the case and Nichols was re- ! ma n dei I to prison. Thirty days having; elapsed since that hearing without, further move being made by the Floyd county authorities, Nichols- release was ordered C. A. REYNOLDS SUCCEEDS MOREDEAD AS REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN Declares State Is Tottering IT 1 T d:i: V "'V! Hard to Put i any r ignis Parker in as National Com mitteeman. WINSTON" KA1.KM. Apri 12. The Republicans f North Carolina in conven tion, here today elected Charles A. Hey-1 uods, of this city, to wear the crown of national committeeman icliuquishcd to day by John Motley Morehead, of Char-; lotte, and a few moments later acclaimed W. G. Braiiihaui, uX Durham, to succeed; Mr.. Hey nobis as chairman of the statej executive committee. The successor of; Gidium Grissom, scietarv of the com-1 mittee, will probably Ije chosen at a later j date by the commute, ; a,, name vvus: mentioned here todav. I Judge K. W. Timber';! kc, of Wake enmity, was elected In make tiie race on tho Republican ticket to su. cei d the late Justice William U. All. n on ilu- state Supreme court hen -h ; C. M. Hoover. of( Davidson county, a- In- paitv'-, chi.-e ' for the corporation commission. Just before adjourning at o'clock the convention adopted form drawn up by a committi posed of John J. Park r. Gcrg and W. G. Draiiiham. luudcmu i plat-eoni-Butler d lie, extravagance indulged in hv the stn Democratic ndmiuist rat ion unile tioiial Republican admimst lation ticiiig every economy, dei na number of government emplov.s 111. n:i , prac ; th. nd r- i iiciiiir taxation wherever povililc, the , th Democratic, administration in tin- state of North Carolina is creating opportuni ties for political henchmen issuing bonds and borrowing money with a re. klo-s dis regard of the property rights and welfare of tho people-, and as a result ll land of the state is tottering un : Htion piling ever higher and the niul file of 'our people burdened a very - tax-: rank . never ' I before. " 'In its platfoyn the Republicans de nounced the Democratic party for refus ing the Australian ballot law, ami for amending the absentee voter law in such a U8, to make ' traud easy to pcrpe- n.. n.l Imnl to T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 :i 11,1 We pll'tgC iiuir .. i ourselves, to enact the Australian ballot law and to place adequate saleguards around tho absentee ballot. The time has come for corrupt elections to cease." The so-called gerrymandering of the state by dominant party, by which said the plat form, 4;i per cent of the voters of th state are robbed of their proper rights of representation. Denounces The Machine. The convention denounced the "Dem ocratic machine for the infamous mi thoda employed by it iu the campaign of !120. We believe the decent and right , -king people of North Carolina who lciie 'r state and nation and believe in ciean . , 'tics, will not longer permit Hie dominant j arty to resort to sllell de- grading tactics in its effort to inflame the nassiolia if the people and divert their minds from calm consideration of the issues befoie them. A party wlie.li stoops to auch base methods is not worthy to be entrusted with the sacred rights of the people. " The government of thii country has ever been, und ever will be controlled and ailministered by the white race. The Re miblicau uartv of North Carolina iu con- i veiition assembled stands for the perpe- ( tuation of this fund ental right." I Continuing on the race isuc, tie Re publicans went on record deploring t In action of the Democrat ie party in drag-, ging the negro question into every cam paign. "The Republican party," read the platform, "of North Caroliua is an organization of white men and women. It has no intention of appointing negroes tj-oflii-H within the state. ' ' In its grand finale, the platform a-; dopted pledges to the people of North Carolina an honest, a ( lean and righteous administration of the state and lo this end "we abide tho will of the people.' . . a . I LUliAL UHUIiblDRl III ULUit STORES ON SABBATH MORNING Acceding to Request of Minis ters Association Gastonia Druggists Will Close Their Stores on Sunday Between Hours of 9:30 A. M. and 2 P. M. v The Ciastoiiia Mini'- rs Association in regular session la-t Monday morning passed a resolution to request the owners of all drug More in iiastouia to aid ill loiihlinir in, th,, Knn.l'.v- Ki-tin,.U l..i, liiKI.. ;.. -it., i i- I ......ii- -.-,airt in i oi v m i uy I los ing their places of business on the Sab bath from :.:o a. in to J p. m. The fol- lowing reply has overture from the 1)1 III received to the muiisttr-: I April ll', 1922. I N v rotary Gastonia Ministers Association i Gastonia, X. C. j Dear Sir: Following your communication of the . ; . llth we want to go on record as one'11"""1 ' !rug store that d'vms this request from' ra"K''"".";" you a good one and want to comply with f.'"' "1 ": : same. . ,1'na ' The hour suggested are ideal and all... nour suggested are ideal and all. that are necessary for the sick of our: community. We would like to knov that all drug stores in the main part of (towu are willing to sign up on the same and we will this day try to have the signature of the drug store owners or managers iu your hand la-fore the com ing Sunday and making same effective on this same Sunday,. April 16. Yours trulv, J. II. KKXNF.DY DRCC. COM PAX V (Signed) By F.D C. ADAMS. THE WEATHER bousing 414 prisoners, were destroyed in ciry witn-new guns. Men have been North Carolina, partly cloudy tonight! the tin yester 'av in the prison at Ocana, assigned to five instruction in the hand and Friday; probably showers Friday1 province of Toledo. A cavalry squadron 'big and shooting of the riot guns. It in extreme northwest portion; warmer in! ami other lone were sent to guard the is up to the officers now. They must north portion tonight, ' rrimiU. jobey the orders and shoot to kiil" TARIFF BILL PENDING MOST UNAMERICAN EVER FRAMED SAYS SENATOR HONS RAILROADS DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN U. S. EARNED $47,762,600 Is Sufficient to Indicate an An nual Return Rate of 4.57 Per Cent Marked Increase in Traffic. (By The Associate. 1 WASHINGTON, April roads in the Chile.) States .short lines with lens than Press.) Id. Rail cvclusivc of 1,111111,11111) jjl gross revenue- earned during I hruary $4 1 .70-. li'"', according to Interstat Commerce Conoids don repoits compiled by t in Association of Railway Kxecii lives. This mm pa res with ; pc rat ing deficit of ..", I "ti.MJT during the same month in litl, and is iipresented as sufficient to indicate an annual re turn of f ."h per cent on the value of pmpeity investment iu transportation rticililic -. Keveiin.-s rroi.i ojierniloiis for the iniuilh amounted to -ttol ..liJvloli, or l .ii per cent less than comparative re eeipts a year ago, but operating cxpen ses amounted to .f.'iJ MJil, POO, which was I.Vii per cent less. Instancing de creases iu freight rates which have been iniide effective during the year, the as da t ion 's statement said that the roads handled during the month 1 1 per cent linn, traffic than they did a year ago, but found receipts less notwithstanding. This increase iii traffic was particu la i l.v marked m the easterif district. wheie ii-venues were actually iu excess of I'ebiuaiv, I'.IL'I, but less satisfactory results in the south and west made the estimated annual earning rate there re spectively o.Ps. per cent and L'.-HI per ceid . By themselves, the eastern carriers, with net income of if J'.l,.")ll.j,OtM) for (lie in ii, earned at the annual rate of 7.17 per cent on capita) values, but the amount was insull icient to living tin national transportation earnings up lo t In- si per cent .standard set by Con gross, vvnicli expired March 1. i OWNER ABANDONS BOTH CAR AND LIQUOR Police Take in Tow Automobile Con taining Five and One-Half Gallons of Freshly Distdled Com Owner Fails toAppear to Claim the Property. ' It is becoming difficult for a whiskey' running ear to get by tile vigilant eyes of the Oastoiiia police force. This was further illustrated by a haul of live and1 one half gallons of raw "cawn likker " ! captured by Policeman Roper on Kast Airline avenue Thursday morning about.' ten o'clock. The ear. was parked near the Carolina liakery and the officer hap ! pened to take a peep si t its contents, din covering the above mentioned quantity ; of moonshine in fruit jars, which seem: to have hecoine the universal container for such goods. Each of the jars was caret inly wrapped in paper and all were, concealed under n pile of robes and , sa.-ks in tin- rear part of tho Ford.- Waiting nearby lor the owner or driver i-f the c;:r to appear and claim it the of ficer Dually gn-w tired .'liter an hour or so. ami drove Jlie car to police head quarters, win re the liquor was turned over to Chief Orr for safe -keeping, it was apparent that the driver of the car 'saw the officer first" and went the other way. The officers, however, have a description of the party wanted and have thrown out a dragnet which will prob ably bring him ill saon. The license number on the car was 1 -lU-V). Wheth er it w,-i being driven by the owner or some other peisini is not known. SIR ROSS SMITH KILLED IN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT (Bv The Assoclaieo I'ress.j LONDON. April l::. - Sir Ross Smith, he Australian aviator who with his .rother. Sir Keith. had planned to tart from Croydon April : OI1 a night i hi i around the world, wan ki plane crashed in a. practice flight at 'roydon t- day. l,ier,i. H.-iinett, an engin cr. who was planning to aci-nmpanv Sir Ro-s and his brother on their around I"'- world flight was also killed. The machine one the Smiti.s flight. Captain its' couipal!.!. eh crashed was the ml, d to use in their mki-rill. of I jireviniisl hen liandd the Vick v flown it ' lor half lee:! it over to Captain Smi'h. As the ma. -'i airdrome to the crash foi.. - approaching the into a spin, and : STATE ORATORICAL PEACE CONTEST AT BURLINGTON (Bv Tin- Aasoctatea i'rcsj.J ,TV A pi il 1.'!. Upon de it ice in charge of ar igtoit is to be tin annual North Caro .ciate Peace Con l.c.i on April HI st. ' ii- an- being mad r.Xlellsive ; i i i for g.'i ii. - . xpected that each j this ci of tin en ter i pa! Tl VOIltlif Dr. ;. - ot tiie state wil that the Muliiei ii resound with tin for perpetual peace. . who is state iiiana implications for en i of the state up un- ger, t ranee til tin . pt from L'''th. .clege lias Im-cii announced. All niildicatioll sh. be addressed to College, X. C, Dr. be- Hlair at Cuif fore lliat -late . MADRIH. April l.'l Four buildingsj REDUCTION OF THE NAVY IS DISASTROUS PROGRAM SAYS HANFORD M'NIDER Head of American Legion Pro tests to Harding Against Any Decrease in Navy Is Country's First Line of De fense. (By The Associated Press.) Indianapolis. April 1:1. The propos ed reduction of the navv bv ConirrosH i j,j 'disastrous and a threat to national safety," Hanfonl Mac.Neider, commander of the American national Legem, m;i il in a telegram to President llard- ing today pledging the support of his ; organization to the President iu Ids j light for an adi'(Uate navy. I Influences in Congress are trying to i make the I'nited States a second rate naval power, Mr. Mac.Neider declared. The telegram vvliich the national coin ; mainler dispatched to the President l":,i,;1M " 1 he safety ot our whole country 'depends liist all upon the navy. It is our first line of national defense iu I time of war and must be kept ready as an impregnable bulwark behind which ! complete national mobilization can be j effected. Never again can we hope to I prepare behind the lleet of another na jtion as we did iu the world war. "That officers and men iuut bo I trained for war ill time of peace -was shown in the late war when we spent i the first year of our irticipatioii iu expanding and training our navy for .action due to unreadiness. J "The sense of false security eugen- (len d by uiiiiwiiinoij ships would be fu lfill iu the time of stress. The Ameri can Legion is S(iiately behind the ad I ministration iu its stand and believes I that when the country at large awakens ! to the magnitude of this threat at our national safety it will make itself heard in language unmistakable." CONGRESSMAN BRINSON PASSED WAY TODAY NKW'HLR.V, N. C., April Li. Rep resentative Nannie! Milt-hell Brinson, of the third North Carolina Congressional District, who had been critically ill at a local hospital for several days, died at llr.'Sil o'clock this morning, lie was taken to the hospital on his arrival in this city about a week ago from Ro chester, Mian., where he hatf undergone an operation for an organic liver com plaint. He had been iu ill health for several months. Mr. lirinson was serving his second term in Congress and had indicated that he would he a candidate to succeed him- : sett at. the primary this tuff. He was born in this city on March 20, 1H70. He was educated tit Wake Forest Col , lege and the I'niversity of North Caro lina, being admitted to tho bur in 1 1 Sii.1 . He practiced law until .)()L', 'when he became superintendent of iiub- lie instruction of ing this position Craven county, hold until 1!15, when lie was elected a member of the (itith Con- gn-ss. working intensively, adequately luvesti- He is survived by one daughter. Miss , Kate and study a bill of this size which. Mary Steele Hrinson. Funeral ar- j occupied three months in the writing." rangemeiits have not been completed. ' i ODD FELLOWS TO HOLD NINE VILLAGES IN I BIG DISTRICT MEETING ARKANSAS UNDER WATER On Monday afternoon and night, April fBy The Associated Preas.) j -4Ui. the Odd Fellows of the ' tenth, . 1IK1.KNA, Ark., April l i. Nine ' twelfth and thirteen districts will meet villages, centers of farming ami com- : in the hall of Gastonia, Lodge for tho men ial activities, in southern Philips - purpose of holding a joint district con and eastern Arkansas counties, Arkan- 1 vention and a big degree demonstration. Has, are cither inundated or surrounded by water, as the result of flood waters overflowing the Arkansas and White rivers backed by the high stage of the Mississippi river, which has spread over an area of approximately 2115 stiuare m noine pi.nen iu .1 eicpill UL IV fret. The villages are F.laine, Lambrook, ' tenuis of O.istonia, Kannapolis, Char Couiitiss. Liiiulell, Ratio, Melvvood, La- ! lot t. an) Liueointon lodges. Assistant conia, Modoc aud Ferguson. i C.ran.l -rehire S M. Crnm-li will n Refugee colonies have been establish- ' ed at Latour, Lexa, Burton Junction Helena Crossing, Helena, Oneida, Lake view, Wab.-iss and Elaine. The Missoti ( ri -Pacific Railwiud has sent out 15(1 1 box cars along its tracks for use of I t hose who have abandoned their homes. Most vt the refugees are negroes, al though there are many whites. The Red Cross is assisting the needy. GYPSEY KING ARRESTED , AS WIFE DESERTER AND EMBEZZLER IN DETROIT. ' Even kings, it seems, are not above ! the law. Flere is Pete Eli. recently ; crowned king of the gypsies in the Uni- j ! tail Ct-toa mhn ..... -.1 J TV.. ! wu .".'-p v wo micaicv lit iscnuit as a wiff" dpaertftr Pli it ie -llA ! fled from Chicago with Polozkiva, wid- ow of King Joe Eli, leaving behind his' ; wife and seven children. Eli, it is al- so charged, took with him $20,000 be- longing to the gypsy kingdom, although! vested ia the late King Joe. POLICE ISSUE SH00T i TO KILL ORDERS I PIITSHUROII, April 13. Shoot to i kill orders were issued yesterday by ' Chief of Police Calhoun, following th equipping of every police station in the city witn riot guns in an effort to check the crime wave that has beea spreading throughout the district recently. "We must do something to check tho crime, supt. vathoun stated . "I have equipped every station in the E COULD HOT HAVE BEEN In Many Instances It Is Higher Than The Payne-Aldrich BiU Declares Sena tor Will Bring Adversity Instead Of Prosperity No Protection Foe Agriculture. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, April 13. The Ad. ministration tariff bill pending in tho Senate was assailed today by Senator Simmons, of North Carolina, ranking Democrat on tho Senate Finance Com mittee, as "the most un-American bill ever framed." "Kven a cursory examination indi cates that it is the highest tariff bill ever written," declared Senator Sim mons, who will lead the minority forces in their tight on tho measure in tho Senate. "A tariff more unsuited to pres ent conditions, if we are to participate in world trade could not well have been f ruined. " "If it, is adopted," continued Sena- tor Simmons, in a formal statement, I "we will hardly hoar much more about j Republican tariff bringing prosperity. It will lie at least one Republican tariff. that will be condemned not as bringing ' prosperity, but adversity. In many in- statues it is excessively higher than tho I Payne A hi rich -with added provisions au thoriziug the President under certain eon i ditinns to increase these rates within a limit of fifty per cent. I "So far as the so-called protection ac j corded agriculture is concerned, only a sum ll fraction of the duties imposed Oil agricultural products will be operative. They would have no effect, good or bad. The dutie on a few agricultural products would result iu an advance in prices. "The high and Acessive duties im posed on manufactured products wouhi immediately result in a great increase in the prices of things that the farmers) ' buy, but do not produce. In Other wordij the result of this so-called protection to agriculture will be so far as the farmers are concerned the swapping of dollars for cents. "The main purpose of these high lti- : tic i to maintain the excessively high prices now obtained for products of in dustries other than the farms. Tho operation of the bill necessarily will penalize our export business, which will mean in the end curtailment of produc tion mid, increased unemployment on, tiie farms, iu the mines and in the fac tories. ' ' , - - . Senator Simmons and other minority members of the committee with the aid of more than dozen experts, re analy zing the bill o as to be nble to present their minority report within the nine days permitted by, the majority. Point ing out that the bill was drafted by tho Republicans behind closed doors and carried H.UOM amendments to the original Fonlney measure, Senator Simmons said the minority ' ' eouhl not in any nine days. I The meeting will be attended bv tlrand. j Muster L. W. Moore, of Wilmington, and i several other (Iraiid JLodgc oflieers, in ' eluding Mr. A. F.. Woltz, of this eity I who is Oraml Warden, j At the evening session the several de i gres of the order will be conferred upon i a, large class of candidates bv the-desreo rive the city a week previous to tho nation for the purpose of train degree team of the local lodge. i demon j ing tin KINGS MOUNTAIN PEOPLE VOTE FOR SCHOOL BONDS Will Erect New Auditorium And Thert by Enlarge Housing Facilities For Students. KINGS MOUNTAIN, April 12. The people of Kings Mountain voted in favor of a $.ii,inir bond issue for school pur poses here Tuesday. Both the registra tion and voting were light. Out of a pos sible hi Ml only persons registered for ?V l'11' lection and tmlv .104 of the i-imt their ballot. There Were 2-17 for bonds ' aga"l8t T,ie ' hoot board is composed of W. L. Ilonk. W. A. Ridenhour and Mrs. A. Hunter Patterson. Their rdan ia to build ami .nT 80MM'' auditorium at the mam uuiiiuuK ana io convert ine old audito rium into class rooms, thereby enlarg- InS tho facdities and putting the audito- um- on the first floor, whereas it ha been on the second floor. Then they plan to purchase the Katte ree lot of one acre on Mountain street west of the railroad and to build a six room building with a small auditorium there. - t Building Permits. The following tmildiug permits wer issued today; Dr. K. CV Miller, dwelling on V. -". Harvie Avenue. fca.OPu, K Js. fc-htiford, two bri.k f. ings, two stories, at 117 :- I 1. -Frankli't Aveivie, 1 . c , TARIFF MOR UNSUITEO TO PRESENT GOrJDITIOfJS FRAMED SAYS SIMMONS
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
April 13, 1922, edition 1
1
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75