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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