rrr Weather: Unsettled Local Cotton 17 Cents GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 27, 1922. VOL. XLIII. NO. 100. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS NATION OBSERVES TODAY I00TH BIRTHDAY FORMER PRESIDENT, GENERAL, II. S, GRANT WORLD NEEDS SOMETHING OF SPiRIT OF U7 S. GRANT Declare President Harding in; Address Commemorating One Hundredth Anniversa ry of Birthday of Famous Military Leader. (By The Associated Press.) POINT PLEASANT, OHIO, April 27, The world today needs something of thi' spirit of Oencial (iraut, J'resndent Harding declared today in au address at exercises commeoratina the one hundredth . anniversary of the birth here of the great military leader. j "I sometimes wonder," the president said, "if the magnanimity of Grant, the ; dogged, persistent, unalterable (irant in warfare tlie unconditional Surrender Orunt would not be helpful in the World today. The great world struggle, which we might reasonably designate the. Civil War of western oiii ization, and in which we go creditably and helpfully par ticipated, left peoples and nations pros trate, hardly knowing which way to turn for restoration. I cannot help but be lieve that something of the spirit with which (irant welcomed victory, smoothing of his eagerness to return t.) peaceful resioralion i prosperity h thcie can ways, would hut . Kpecoi-'l Hi and hastened the return t and haiminess, without wni be no abiding peace. Mr. Harding paid tribute to (Iran as " the military hern of t no republic; a commanding figure in the mi itary his tory of the world; the surpassing ex ample of magnanimity of all tine's; the most striking example of the possibilities in American life; the confident and re lent less commander in war, .nil the modest and sympathetic pealioner for peace after victory." "We know his ohorisliiiioiit of peace, intensified by his intimate kiiowlctgc oi the horrors of war," the President con tinued, "I can w.-li believe he wood have approved of all that the Kepublic has so recently done in joining other na tions in lifting the bur.le.is of armament and prJinotihg undoi-standings which make war less likely. 1 know he would have approved, because we sin n udeied no independence, we '-'av. up none of na tionality for which he fought, but we have furthered the assurances of pence, v.hicli was the supremo yearning of his great brave hcnit." "It is fiftv seven years since r.rant garlanded victory with magnanimit is thirty seven yearn sin- he laid the wiario.l antobin;:r:! plior 's pen mado bin one an! onlv so i n inn i -. . It low :i and lis i:ot fame is secure. The IvVpubtir das forgotten and wi'l not forget. "What of the l.'t pui, ie it '('. will not be uiisei ni'y to s.iy that Am Can rxamnle and Amciican concept It .t': i,m of justice and liberty since 1 1 fiueneed the world lill'e less than llrant 's service t t 1 the course of our oh u la ml. ' ' A Score of new lioonVi furled t lit ir Hags, and b u. opened now aunuos of lib i' justice more secure. i.i ' while has made Midi admiue has seemed a .liiiuiti p nn!i And yet that very civili.a advancing t ha n en' rem he I, v, ed by the Wor'd War. nod i tornoitli established or.ii r I ten huc in-sgiiiii.-aii' ly nlon shaped s 1,.... 1 . 1 an I i! i.-il i : na ' Ig 1 III : i"ii. a- thr, n w 11 ,S lll- lll th . i a I audited and rcvoln'ion lia- ihraleied throughout the wo,'. I. In 1 .ir o". n land the enemies' within ha-.. I v threatening than those withuit. (lived ami anarchy have tneii.u ed. Hut a calm survey lives ev.-ry re-assurance. 1 worn centuries ot modern civ :i..a! ion con -i not have been Tvhieh are fal l of gratifying dates from the bui'il"! -. A C on f.e.mo.iti nt::iv and a ! l! Amor, i sacrifices can ai hic ne . it s of the f illlld.ng fathers), and their firm preserved by the put ri commanded, and nil! I the patriotic citizenship s' l let l i e w :. s 1, wi he'd . of the ra : todav an 1 the grateful An ins of morrow." "Though ho proclaimed the doctr.no of moral disarmament nt A npom.it tax, e 1elieved in a nation oip'.ippid for a righteous cause," Mr. Harding dei.ar ed. "Hut no aggression was in Ins breast." MUST KEEP RECORD OF K0R0 MARRIAGES i fPy The AflSociTWt lrpi j MANILA, r. I. Mar h I. ioi- 1 ernnr General Woivl 1ms instnntod tin'. Department of Justice to r- cord all mar- I riage ceremonies orformrd by M ro '. priests nnd other persons lie longing to non-Christian tribes. The recent deei mon of the 1'hilinpine Supreme Court holding; that a marriage icromony per formed by a Moro priest is legal, as serting that Mohammedanism is a religi ous ilenominati m within the meaning of the 'aw, necessitates the record, the gov ernor gencrnl said. WOMEN URGE ACCEPTANCE OF HENRY FORD'S OFFER. ( Th Aiwocliren Fre. i . HALTIMORE. April 27. Among the ' resolutions and recommendations upon ; which the committee on resolutions wis eierteil to report at today's session, of the Convention of the National i League of Women Voters, was one.urg-i ing the government to .uecpt the offer of Henry Ford to buy the Muscle j Shoals nitrate and power -plant. It was presented in the rejiort of the com- j mittee on food supply and demand and j it wai .iii-Ioistood the resolutions rom- ' mittee would recommend its adr.iti,j. ! Jlj the c-.nvcutica.. . NATION TURNS ATTENTION TO OHIO VILLAGE TODAY President Harding, Congress men and High National Of ficials Visit Point Pleasant to Honor Memory of Ulys ses S. Grant. (By The A)natw I'resa.) POINT PLEASANT, ()., April 27. The nation turned today to this little hamlet snuggled at the base of the hills overlooking the Ohio river to celebrate ti:e one hundredth birthday of one of its Presidents und great military lead ers, I'lysses S. (irant. I'p the river from Cincinnati came a lloliila of river craft, bearing tin' President, the wife of the president, ( 'ongrc smen, high national officials, uniformed military officers, soldiers, state officials, nun prominent in civil life and hundreds of other citizens. Hells rang, not .Mount Vernon bells, but bells pealing joy and gladness. It moored at the landing and for the first time, tin mill the little village gave to the nation a president, it was honored v it ii t he pn some of too President of the Culled Statu. Hut I'oint Pleasant was expecting the distinguished guest, an I, though few in l umber as in the da v s when the mail whose mi inory was to be honored trudg ed barefoot through the dusty stree.s, they extended open arms. Alter viewing the place where (ieu i ral (Irani was bom only the lean to which slill exists here, the house proper having been removed tu the state fair grounds at Columbus President Hard ing was to deliver au address from a -mall pint form erected near the site of the lilunt homo. .Sound amplifier will make the president's voice audilile to ill in Hie village and to crowns that are expected to assemble in Little Park in Cincinnati, miles away. The president was expected to stress in his address t.ie spirit and qualities of the former president. Though thousands ale expected to participate in the celebration of (h-noral (irant 's birthday, but few are tley who ki,I be able to say they knew 1iiin per sonally. Only one such person now lives in this vicinity. He is William Forrester, civil war veteran. He has b -on assigned a place of honor near tiie speaking plalforio. This is the second diant colclira'ion here. Tie first was in I!"i7, when a cannon was mounted in front of the site of the (irant homo. I; ,lnl not bear the national a-pcet, howev r. whii h the present one bears. M. DONALD BIRCH GOES TO COUNTRY CLUB IN MICHIGAN Resigns as Manager of Coun try Club Here to Take Charge of Riverside Coun try Club at Menoninee, Mich. Will Make Trip 1 hrough Country. M r. st Ollllt ' s pi, l'onild Picii, ear had charge Cuii house, ition there to a ,f the !iversi.le nee. Mich., for is. llirch and li Alio has of the recent ly cept til. ( 'iilnil 1 v for th-tlast'-tna resigned iiiaiieg; Club a I I, II,, I I Me. lia and .V which point he tie Mis Virginia llilch have go as far a then by bo, iiinee. Mr. r. signal ion this afternoon. Tley v, PI s I hicago by autoiuoiiile and it across the laki-s to Meno llireh recently tendered his to the (iastonia (lolf Club, charge ot the country club which has i propel 1 . A vet his successor has not hoi n chosen. liiuiiiL' their year's stay hero Mr. and .Mrs. Ilirch ha'.e made a laige numb, r of fin in is, ad of whom regi.-t exceeding ly that they are to leave. Their nianage- in at factor tla'ter Menu ship ; 01,11. ting i V.ish f I prosp, ,f th,- club has U'en highly satis Mr. Lir-h accepted a very ng ofTer to go to Michigan, the ia-e Club having in its mendier 'arge nuniber ;f very iveallli.v Their friends her.', while regret veodingly their depaiture will or thi'in the greatest iiappiness and ritv in their new home. Southern Competition Is Only A Device For Justifying Low Wages Says Thos. F. McMahon LAWRENCE, MASS., April 27. Southern competition, advanced by New England cotton mill owners as the cause of the recent wage cut, is a device for justifying low wages in New England, President Thomas F. McMahon, of the United Textile Workers of America, averted at a mass meeting of striking textite workers here today. He was reply ing to recent statements by Edwin Farnham Greene, treasurer of the Pacific mills, that the textile in dustry in New England was in dan ger of disappearing because of the advantage enjoyed by Southern mills. President McMahon aid he in tended to find out more about the relative advantages of North and South for the texile worker. "If it develops that textile workers are brtter off is tb Sotlu' it wi'! K BRONZE MEW.L IS Thousands of Federal Employ es, West Point Cadets, An napolis Midshipmen, Form er Soldiers and Veterans Take Part in Exercises. (By The Associated PrefO WASHINGTON', April 27. The ma- ! chinerv of miveriiiiient was halted today 'by executive order of President Hard J j ing iu order that thousands of Federal employes and officials, in common with1 visitors and the citienry of Washington I might do honor to the memory of Gen-i jeral I'lyssos S. (ira.it at the dedication lof the bronze iio-moii.il in th:- Hotauic iCnrdou on tin ntiiary of the birth : of the great union soldier nnd presi -j iilent. At the s.une time the memorial services were being held here, President I I Harding was participating in similar! ; exerei.-es at Point Pleasant. O., the; biithplnoe of the I'uiou lender. j ; .A half holiday u.is granted to all Federal employes, the public schools! were c'osed. the city bedecked in flags and bunting, and i.ieu and women wore .marshalled from all sections of the j country to form an impressive parailo in homage In the nu inory of General (irant . Cadets from West Poiiit, midshipmen from Annapolis, alt the regular suhliers, marines ami ailors stationed in Wash ington, members of the Loyal Legion land veterans of the civil war, the t-ipnn , ish America n war, the world war and other foreign wars, us well as repre i seiitativcs of patriotic societies were in the parade which nuirched to martial music from the White House, down j Pennsylvania avenue to the Botanic (iardcii, just west of the capital, whore th" services were hold. Vice President C.iolidge and Secretary Weeks wore on the program for the principal addresses while Chief .Justice Taft and all associate justices of the Supreme Comt, members of Congress and other high officials of the Govern ment wore present. The unveiling was i by Princess ( a ntaeuzcne, grand daugh ter, and Prim-ess Ida Caiitaciizene, great grand 'laughter of General (irant. At the head of the parade rode Major 'General .John A. Clem, selected to be marshal iu plac, A . M iles, iv ho with illness. if Lieut confiiiei (ion. Nelson to his home OAK TREE PLANTED AS A MEMORIAL NKW VOHK. April L'7. An oak tree from the tirant farm near St. Louis was p'anted near the tomli of (ieiieral ran t today is pait ol the eeroi'ioiii'. s ; lurking tie- olio tiiiieln the gnvi t A in riea n 's dth anniversary of l.i.-il, Tl,.. o'ont-lof ........ ing. under the auspices of Onirics Peck, president of the Anieriean Kurt' L. try Aseoc'.ation, was attended by the pos-t of the II. A. P., members llrati! nu, in, ii:, nt as-oeiat ion, an American Legion. llrant if the the I'OINCARE CHATS FREELY WITH NEWSPAPER MEN. . P ca re for has the lii, April 'Si. Premier poin , t!,i,io:h ci-edi'ed with a fondness n'd fashioned diplomatie method , istiic luccd one d eidoil novelty into f ir igu nll iiT. lie d: parted fri-ni I'r, neb inecedents and traditions by all r. ceiling the AneTican press corn poinloiits once o.u h week and chatting with them fncly on questions of oiiiren! interest . The Premier appeared to on joy these talks epiite s iiiiicha as the newspaper men. lie opens Irs mind with M free dom rare in f rem-h -talesmen and wph a conlideiice in his iliscretimi of his auditois that is also uncommon. In view of the success of these eon .oivures, M . I '.ii iica re has ilei-oh-d t o receive toe lirilish and Italian press i! so . MEW SOURCE DISCOVERED FOR GASOLINE hAN Howie. KHANi ' pet roleii IlsC(i, April 27. C. P. in engineer al ladie I : the I'niiid iinieHiiu ed conducted il process iispha it urn "tar with Mates P.ureau of .Mines In-r.. toda.i secret experiments for ih lee yeji rs ha'.e reicaad for oxl rai ting gasoline fiom oil shale, oil waste, tar and below grade oil. come the business of the union to tell northern workers to co south," he added. "There is, as Mr. Green said, a tendency toward the manufacture of fine eoodj in the South." the labor leader aid. "Why? It is because Northern capital wants profits from Southern child labor and long hours? It would be interesting to know what proportion of the finer goods made in th South ia produced by northern capital putting its experience ai we'-l its money into the southern indus try nd tbui helping to develop the very menace of southern competition which it talks about 'Except as New England tex tile manufacturers take south their kill in designing, weaving, finishing, and selling cloth New England's pre-eminence and profits in hi " iiistiy ar? sf fi 0 DRESSED AS SOLDIER, GIRL WAS BEATING HER WAY TO NEW YORK CHICAGO, April 26. Trim and athletic, attired in a oldiers' uniform and declaring the was beating her way to New York, where she expected to find more journalistic atmosphere, a 20 year old University of Missouri co-ed, detained here by the police to day said she was the daughter of Dr. Ben Reitman, writer and sociological worker for the Chicago Health De partment. She said she was a junior in the journalist school at Missouri, that she wanted to get to New York and lack ing funds decided to beat her way. - "I rode a freight to Chicago from Columbia, Mo., "the girl explained. "Before I lctt Columbia I shipp?d my dresses, sorority pin and powder puff to New York, and then bobbed my hair and started out." "It was the way she crossed her legi," explained Patrolman Man ning today in telling how he pierced the young woman's disguise. CEN. PERSUING WILL EE IN CHARLOTTE MAY 20 Lesion Members Hear From Bui winkle That General Accepts Will Be Gala Event Proposed Celebra tion to Take on Larger As pect by Reason of His Coming. (Uy II. K. C. Briai.t. W ASHINGTON. April L'i. John .1. Pershing to. lay vitutiou to a 1 1 i'ii. I tin' J .epl,, of M; 1 1 1 1 1 - i lima next liration in Charlotte 11 to'd l' presi'iitiitiv ivouM go an 1 taki 1 Bulu.iik!,- ti.at his aide. Major Ma shall. Jfepreseiitatiie Hulwii.U company (ieiieral Perishing ai Mil a Ma. Marshall. j " i i4 ai ral I 'erslr n ,: r.l ;!, will i;, i t Charlotte Twentieth. Loiter f-.,!l.. ' j tfueli was the woi,ii.,r of a tea-: a I reeeiveil ye.ttterlav lv Tiioumy L. Ahx.u. j dor, adjutant of Hornets Nest p.it an. I lihairinan of the Twentieth of May eel, bratiou ooniniittee of the American n i ghtn. from .Major A. I.. ItuSiinkle, i. p j resentative of the the nine Neii i C-tro- I lina ilistriot in ( i- mcs-. j As a result of this aiiiioiinceiuen'. it i w ill not Iio neei-via r,v for euiinaiilei i Hhaw anil Chairman Alexander to e,o tn Washington I'ridny, as they were author ized to do at a meeting of the exei utile and ce'ebration coininitteos held in ee c liration headipia i tors in the Piedmont building Tuesday night. The reeeipt of this te'egrain also pets the eap on the plans that are being made bv Hornets Nest post for one of the I greatest celebrations evr lo-ld iu ('liar (lotto and certainly the greatest that has marked the nnimeis.. the Meckl llblllL' 1 1, the ion i id n signing if lie lo in pro lar - penitence. The several ciiniinit'ee, coed with their plans i (liar'otto one of the gn ;;,o- to iggrega- st tions of in i ' il ii r.i mi mi lit, -i i f oi'g.-iiiiaiion oi or g-itheie. "IMI'T S . I 1 1 -1 1 ill ! military and patriot I repreiontatlves that ! ( harlotfe. ; Post i '.flii-t;ils report ! h 1 1 , i r r Cnnieion Murrison has ahea-li .-tceepted i t he in vital ion to come and I i i h ; lis siai'l of i llicors. iis has I!. in:, n I MacNiibr. national comii,.'iii,,-r of ti, Aieeri, in Ie gioli. Of course, Thonas W. lin-l. if - Asheville. state command I t he ot In-r state ( llicei , a i ' will bo hero for the o, , : i I in itat ion w id I,.- .-.'i I of l 'amp liragg. I 'a i M, i bringing a flock of a i : bung honor t o t he A e, i i during the World wa r. . iat ions of 1 his sect : oi a i roii i , 01,111,1 ' d t oi:i .ii - Mi ami tile abo friMu iiboui been invited, leg pantile and lis'ued visito:- ii in He aftertio e city A ii-i i t -i i nil line of the i es having been o I. i tl i llllttees ; to take t ions ' i ; i - ti r il pi -1 :i r.i - charge ,-f I acti'.ilii i KU KLUX REGALIA. FTC . i CAPTURED IN RAID. 'Be lie- Aisoce: n Press.) i LOS AN'..LI.I-. Ccif.. April L'7. j Cursory examination of dm umeiits und regalia cioi'i cat., I in a raid by .agents of tin- , list .-a t attorney and deputy shi-riffs on flu Los Ange'es offices of the Ku Klu Kh-.a iioiicated they will be of great iu por!:iiico not only in L .s Ai'geles county, but in other parts of the Cnited States, couate officials said to-liy. Iletiiiled inso ct.on of the sei. ,d artii-Cs. v.h.ch fi'iid four l.iruo inking cases, was po'poned until l:itc , '--s i" t...i.n ' Wi ,-i in er her Mo- Ie r, depu! v constable, tlie party which raided an I nylew ooi of the K residence, led t i tiie search an's l e;idiii;;i rters. will In- ar- , 1 11 i -rin d assa ult a n est, d s in null todiiy on a complaint dunging to commit murder. He Has last niy'it and released on bond. Moshei s father was kid.-d and Leonard Unio;;. deputy nhor itT, wounded duriiiL: the raid. Serving of a warrant on Kuiyn w;n withhold because of his condit ion . .-50 FAMILIES FLEE BEFORE FLOOD WATERS ifvy The Associated I'ress.) NKW OltLKAN.S. April 27. A break in the Mississippi river levee oc curred nt I'oydras, about ton miles south of New Orleans, today. Karly reports ore that a section of the levee about lub feet long blow out, a nf tiiat approximate'- 350 families are fleeing iM'fore the flood waters. I'oydriu is on the east bank of the rive. ;md the break, unless checked, is expected tn cover a large j ro- jOlt 1t't hi' 'ltt'4 I MISSISSIPPI RIVER BREAKS THROUGH LEVEES GASTONIA HIGHS TO ! PLAY ML HOLLY IN THE FIRST ELIMINATION GAME Met Mt. Holly on Belmont College Diamond Friday Af ternoon at 4 O'clock State Championship Series. (iastonia high school moots Mt. Holly high Kriday a f lei noon iu the first eliminat ! oi ".unc of tin slate high school championship , riot on the Helniont College diamond. This was announced today l.y I'liinipal Way Armstrong, folliuun his re t ii rii from a conference, oi high school principal in falislnuy last night where the schedule was ar ranged for the Western high seh mi's. Twenty nine high schools iu tins sec tion were present at the conference and a schedule designed to eliminate, aia! lull one team was arrange. I. Other teams whiih will day Friday are JSIn-lliv and Monroe, Charlotte ami Catawlia Farm Life (School. The winner of the (iastonia Mt. Molly game Friday will p ay tie- win ner of the ,-shelli. Manr.ie game next dnesday, the p'.o e ti In- named later. Hickory and iStatosiille highs also play tomorrow. following the defeat of (Shelley vistorday afternoon the local highs arc entering the crucial champion ship series with confidence. They c.i in ' f i on Ij, liia. I iu t he niut h 1 1 ning of yesterday's game and liattid in t .o rails .e ,re an out was ma ie. The recold .if I !li- loca - I'm the sea son is unsurpassed. They ha e not lost a game i far. They have won 1 1 ami tied on. . It is expected that a hig i row. I will a ccoinpa ny the team to I -1 1 n 1 1 1 1 1 Friday aften n when tl ey i: et M. II oily at I o'clock on tlie co lege diamond. SHELBY YIELDS TO LOCAL HiGHS, 4 TO 3 i Dick Gurley's Lads Fail to I Stage Comeback Before Bigger Local Lad Set 13 Men Down in One-two-three Order. - ' '. K. Marsh. II. Jr. i , ( . lory b. ' 1 lick ( lui Vy 's j road and 'lighting plodigies. wealing the i-sin-lbi high si ho , I l. ui. 'on::, fi il befl l,. Ike I'.ig-ger'- speedy ii 1 1 , i e ih a 1 1 , i e, 1 out and curie lii the tune of I t i .'!, Wednesday iu one , of Pie toughest JO'.-p v-hool I I) : t it s eu-r se. 11 at Loray lia'l Park in many a de. Loi.k. 'as if tile big le, mail is headed ' !',!- iiir league ball just as fast as lin o spl.i re ea n -en-1 I, im. Of the u :i a !l I II , It V tile IIM-II tii.lt I'.lli-I the ill I . ,i, , t .in ii thiC- n drew toe long w.. k ,,a,h to the w;iti r i, in hit. Moirisitn to toe vi-itors managed t i fan only eight liial I a ' t ei s .-nil bi'h fiii'Vn i-snci p.',-s,, fii un'y ell ' ea.il. littil illlii d-oh-n ,i i :it critical limes, but the Curlei i.-i'i de'', n-v- blew uii i,i. time too many. (la-Ionia ojieee, f ,e game with a r in in th' intii.i' frame, wi'h Mielhy t nmb'es ; fe-iliirtiig taut he'pi d tileiin to or i-s !l" i home p at.- ii In n too visiting nine was i attempting to pull a snappy d iiili'e play. Ma ;i,i 's lii-t ap !o ciiue iu th fourth iu'Mii-; :!'! Ken 'ricks opening j with a i.i. ii an I lli-.inesi r peat ing the s'ue). I,.:h of uhah couph d with a local t" r r. - a !c I i,:u a loss. i.oneh ad p'.-il i'l th .iff I, ','. the fame ': illtie'd el' I. oriel's g-f.l- t h" Wear-Is of itl.e o'd green and v. :'! ati-iflicr run f r .the good of tie ca ,-e. Th, -iv'h and s i ioh frames were : oiore or 'e-s a r -s' t o t ie ticeiers, bota I looilti i-oi n spee ling no !ho garni- wit'i : some g-eid .-.ml .-n."; i ' loir ing. , ; The visitor- to, k a iiaatage of two s'ui'iiefi.l i nor- h t ie,.t of the bay by tic 1 Oast, ni.-i Miuth-. iit'-l 'aat-agisi to posh alio: her tal'y our I- e- e! hmg of the same i hal-ici. r : k o- iu the li-.-itli.-il looking i, n I... I: i started ti e last frame by : !:,,.: II n 'rick, loit the la'i r failed ; i sier ,n l'i, i !. !,! 's peg and Kails' si, a; . i. at the inidd , sink. 'I in- pi- .i M- '-lui'iiiy Scred on 1 "oi ti" i .i i n i'.-ig" 7.1 PR0SF.CU HON PF.KSCNTS EVIP1 NCI. IN KNOX CASE. Pir-dmon' League Opens. MONTI," -. April S! . - T I. .- pi os-.---iit ion .i.i- ' ' '."ed to continue its present.-i'i ' ' ' ;- '' fodiiy iti the trial le-i, ,., M s-.rah Kiun on a charge f .. -. I i,,.,! Mis. Margaret I.. Kastl.-.k-yes'cr-i.i and te - Th.-i-Miss l-i by tie when , iu too f ,, i i' i. esses were boa r l , ei ,iet ion of t he jure , -. .: t . Illeli-S of I'IMinK. I . a .. -i.i.ity on Is-half of ,. .,: least boon considered ;s revealed yestcrdav s, i n'.. cio.l to tiie presH-ncc room of one of the alien ist" sen 1 1 . . i" i o.' Too prosecution arter the ,.,,n t lia-l or ieied ail witnes-es from th - n-.iii. THE WEATHER North Caroiina, unsettled, weather with probable showers tonight and Fr-day, cooler tcnight and in east portion Fri v. TiiHern'r -aria M 'vtnS, FLOODING NATCHEZ AREA Many Small Towns In Path Of Flood are Inundated; Rich Areas Devoted To Cotton Under Water In Many Parishes the Only Means of Communi cation Is by Boat Railroad Embankments Sacked to Act as Levees Hundreds Are Rendered Homeless by Floods Levee Breaks South of New Orleans. I (Hy The Associated Tress.) ' NI'W OKLFANS, April IJ. A hundred foot break iu tin Missisippi I her levee at I'oydars, St. Uerminl par ish, on the oast hank of the river i, hout IJ miles southeast of New Orleans .which within a few hours had widened to L'i u I loot, is today flooding a largo a lea iu St. Leruard parish. Hushing through the town of St. Hemanl, the water is Mowing through the territiny a I Ii, out to the lake Korgne canal in: . lake- llorgne, a distance of h miles, and then into the (lulf of .Mexico. Alioiit .i.'ei families, who were roils, 'from their he, Is early today when Imp,. of holding tiie eniliankineiits was lost, : hale all reached saftov zones, .-iceord ing to reports. Kventually, if Ifo liienk is not closed, engineers Buy the , hack water will inundate more than doeii small villages along the river iu St . Itei ua rd parish . The area now lieing inundated is composed largely of small farms iilitch 'dot the surrounding suanips wherever 'little areas of dry ground are found. 'The tow u of St. Bernard and Violet. La., are the two most important set tleiuents in the path of the Hood. Flforts a ie lieing made lev engineers to tie the ends of the hreak 111 the levee to prevent further crumbling h it so far have not met with success . , XATCIIK.. Ml!-S., April S! . -- l lood watei- of the Mississippi river, which hue ester, lay broke through the Woiu oma ievec- on Lake Concordia, today bad en tered the town of Korriday, La., whicii !ia a popiiiati in of about ."inn persons. The lushing waters traveled il distance i t' four miles before reaching the town and the residents had ample time to , si ape. In the in Hi or the released waters is tin- town of idalia. La., with ii population of I'.noil persons, eigat nii.i'. from Korriday, wliith is cJie-tcd to be reached today. Throughout Concordia and Cittiihou'a parishis today fin- only imam of com miiiiicat ion is by boat. Tiie last train to be operated loft h'eri'idiiy last night with' llood refugees. I 'radically ail of tlie two parbln-s are covered. The wuHr promises to cover parts of Tensas1, I-'rati:i-liu and A,voiell;s parishes, which coin prise a rich fanning area ih i'oted largely to , oltoii. .hoiks, a small saw mi I liliiige. is in ,ir.. hit-d. iohiliii is part v pr.ileeted by a i.-iib oil. I ibiihankliieiit wliich iia s;n Ii, d to act as a levee. I'l.ota a III" st ick ill the thleateml ill Oil be, n rem ned lid the remain b r taki n to the h lees to be po ke t I, cell V il ' I had was" , ley l-oa's. Other tount in tie- immediate pa'h an- Clayton, Wbdsiple aed Krog more. (lie liun lrod foriin-r -cni.-c men of the Natchez post of tin- American Legion are Lowe Thinks The Most Trying Times In Cotton Manufacturing Industry Are Now About Over I'.OTON. A ' in the cotton in wi. rd re adjust n ll J7. - Trying times Istrv due to t ile daw li nt and the strike situa- tion wore Pi i -si. lent I u i g. at t A .-'iic -at i ie -o I,, la des 1 lu r;i,e, in an address bi M. Low, .-ii'ion of C-ttin till' Sllllll1 of Ki! h the Natiouo! Ma n ii fa et iiiei s 1 time ho ex larkes4 perio i next f.-w-industry into t pr- s-, Ii. - e that the i n I that th. carry tho was 1 01 -i 1 1 ' iiooit lis w o i better t no s .-, l.-rri i an. I lie ll.l.'lie, le-le -'for,'' with more employment an 1 a more sfabili.-d niiirk.t. throe grout ,-austsj wlo-ii 1 ij xxls .1 own and hroug.it el-oat tne present siuation. First,- un satisfactory prices resulted from crops which re, bleed the purchasing power of t'.e ii.riner. rVeond. unoiiipbiy iilent which has cut the purchasing power of millions of consumers. Third, the ini- , poifs of forei-;!! roods- which on March 1 were :t:i.iuio.i,-,iii sipiaro yards, for the pr -iions eight niontlis. Those are inor-l 'Hons factors .-m l it is difficult t i say which is the worst," ho cvontinued. 'A wage redti'tion iuo hi'1 noit-ss.-iry since last lecoiiils-r and every buyer i and manufacturer knows it." I.alxir. continued Mr. l.oivc, may be asked "if cloth goes o' why should we go down ' " i "Because 'abor in England will jrob--aldy lie down "0 it cent 1m fore we are, , la'oor in Kngland can outsell you in the ' 1'nitod titute. and iit doing it now. They ' can more than do it with their reduction. A tipcedy iistige of the tariff is tho ! only way to rirevent even greater utrtni!--' men, than now !s goibg on. j " We tin esji kit ir ib:e in hs for a refuje camp here. Many woo haie boon anticipating a I . ak at Korriday were prepared anil had in i.-ehidd goods ml stocks of inerehaiuliso raised hi(fh on scaffolds above the danger in. irk, but others who had waited in till) hope that tiie levees would hold worked a o -perati haste to save their belong ii.g.. i N groes who remained huildleil on tho h-iees throughout the night, where they had hastened for safety when the ffni b. ukiio iit yave way and a solid wall cf w.'iler s'arted sweeping overland, are be-in-; pick.. I up this morning by Govern' in. nt boats and volunteer rescue work i i -. One n- gi i woman is missing. Th,- owner of the plantation where the break e, a ici' was within a short ' uistatiee of the erevasKe. He tated that tin- hiee, which was below Commission' Grade, was b'n.vn out from the bottom and that the break occurred at an nni'l i,:i,i point. The levee, as well fls alt ell.:.- ii. the line, had Irfi'il constantly (at ro' l.-d be the ll.iod fighting forces whi have been waging a heroic struggle. Adii.es recoiled from Kerriday this nooning state that nu attempt will ho ma le to tie the ends of the gap in tho lei.-,- by placing tarpaulins on them to pieieiit crumbling. During the night the two him Ircd yur-1 gap in the lino widened appreciably mid a hard light is anticipated. .last below the Weecoma, levee the coune-tiug embankment is of sandy I'orm.iti. ii and it is feared that if the d.i k" is eaten away to this ;ioint tbo situation nil! belome more serious. River Recedes. I'olM' WOKTH, Texas. April -27. Trinity riur.wns well within its bunks ties illuming, the gauge showing a rfri of l'i feet overnight an. I now' register ing 17 feet. The dead mul' missing list is now III. - I, o0 OR MORE PERSONS MISSING IN FORT WORTH, (Rv TIip Assoointca Trnss.) KOI.'T WOT1I, Texas, Apnl 27. . IlecossiiniN iii the Trinity river and' Clear Kmk creek were noted curly today ,111 I of! "loin Is turned their attention to sear.'i fur tbo On or more s'rsoii re-' porl.-d missing ami reconstruction ne- s.sitet ar thr I as ;i result of the rloosl which days has inundated low out!y ,.,ns of Kort Worth. Pint Worth was nearly eur- bv the water ba ked on three i.- city proper escaped iaunilit- Whih I uiel, d t ion . OtTie invest ii ills liiivo stated they will lioguj atiim of th" alhgeil dynamiting of some dykes Monday night a noon as I: i- Mood has subsided sufficiently to f u i in 1 1 t.iom to divert their attention. li-i tt. ii 'i. i. . I'.u- t n years now the -oct,, ii..- u d more cotton than th Mn.rth. New 1. upland is losing control of on,- of th' o",;lt,.si industries of tho cointry i.i.i .New iingland does not tako i t s. r I ' u - i i . "N ,w i.s ,, :i,- future. I recently ti. k a trip i'i ieag'i .uid St. Louis anl i r.i: I gio.U a-1 aiiiii'at ing in tlie jobbing ii;,s, s. in - ieiier s.-ud tiie strikes were a ies:n:; to i.im tin I a president of a i-iiig lom-e -aid trade was the worst n. w iu i. : j ioi!y years of liusi:ies ex- pl ! ielleO . The cm u. imps are the next bright spot. What will tiiey be f The answer ii a long wi.y tj forecasting the future, t'licnipiynn lit i getting less but the coui s-rike i iay change that. Purchasing power fr,,in these great sources cautiot be mm ii li-itil late summer, anyway. This is t a- opinion in the distributing ecnte-s. i h.- tariff should rut importJ in tw . A. lowing in that ease 8.IKMJ,0( square yur-U more a immlh to be provid ed by Amerioan lalMir." KIWANIANS ARE IN SESSION IN COLUMBIA (By The AMocia4 vrest.) ' fXlLl'MBIA. P. C, Ajiril 2?. Several limidre! Kiwaniuns of the two states, with 'every train bringing in more, t make a total attendance of liestween 6'i and l.iMnl, romiosea the annual oisfriit conventioB of the Kiwsnis "uiij tin two t'urolin. -3 session, h--, ir-'tn ml today erecting ten