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VOL. XLIII. NO. 109.
IS IN Jones Declares Issue Betwee
WILSON ASKS FOR DEFEAT A L L f E 0 WMMULOYDGEORGESTRONGLY
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Criminal Element and Law HaklOFREED TO REDEEM TrlEIORDER GEN. 1 TO GET! URGES RUSSIA TO ACCEPT
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UNITED STATES SENATOR Been Clearly Drawn In Gastoni
oFnPARty out of mm allied memorandum
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GASTOIA, n. C, MONDAY AFTEKIMUUN, MAY 8, 1922. , SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
BRITISH VETERAN
QVE WITH DAUGHTER 0
Alexander E. Robertsoi
Claims Private Detective
Are Trying to Drive Hini
From the Uunited states Be
cause of His Love For Girl
Claims False Arrest and
Intimidation.
(By The Associate! Press.)
NEWARK, X. J., May H. A re
quest that the British embassy send an
agent to escort him from the station to
morrow, so that he would not be molested,
has been made by Alexander E. Robert
son, British war veteran, who plans to
go to Washington to press his charges
that private detectives attempted 10
railroad him out of the country because
of his efforts to win the hand of Miss
Mary Culberson, daughter of fcicnatur
diaries A. Culberson, of Texas
This became known today when it was
learned that Robertson, who ,:vcs in
Blooinfield, had written a special de
livery letter to Morris Peterson, secre
tary of the British embassy, supplement
ing a telegram Kent yesterday. Robert
sou is seeking to have the embassy as
sist him in obtaining the arrest of .lolin
R, Huland and T. G. Anderson, on
charges of impersonating Federal officers.
He nlready has caused the arrest of John
F. Ellin, another detective, on a charge
of kidnapping.
The friendship between Robertson an!'
Miss Culberson was said to have started
at the University of 'lev a three ths
ago, where both were students. The two
met again recently in Washington,
where Miss Culbersou was entered in the
Holton arms school.
Senator Culberson, of Texas, refused
today to see newspaper men to dis.-iiss
charges of Alexander E. Robertson,
British war veteran, that private detec
tives had sought to get him out of tin'
country because of his affection for
Miss Mary Culberson, the .Senator's -1
year old daughter.
Friends of the 4'ulbcrsoii family said
Mrs. Culberson vjns nearly prostrate at
their Sixteenth strict home as the re
sult of the publication of the report
involving Robertson and Miss Culberson,
who until recently was a student at the
fashionable Holton Aims Finishing
School here.
Chesley W. .lurney, private secretary,
political manager and confidential
friend of Senator Culberson, who has had
full charge of the Senator's outsided af
fairs since his health began to fail, was
out of the capital yesterday and had
lHt fippenrc'd at the' c'apitol up to 'noon
today. His absence led to reports,
which were without confirmation, that he
had left for". Newark, N'i .1,. where 'a
'(inference on the matter had been ar
ranged with- Mr. .lurney. Robertson,
Mrs. A. IV Andrews, of Bloomlield, N. .1..
aunt of Robertson, and possibly, Miss .
Culberson its participants.
Mr. .lurney is said by some friends of;
the family hero to haw had at h a-f one I
conference with Robertson at which lie
urged the British war veteran to bear in
mind his own youth and that of tiie
Senator's daughter, and that both wait
awhile before thinking of marriage,
lurney also is understood to haw talk
ed to Miss Culberson with such efleit j
that she entered into an understanding I
with Roberston that they would n d talk ,
of matrimony "until the spring of
1W at the earliest. j
British embassy ollicials indicated to
day they were cognizant of the matter in
an general ay, Mrs. Andrews having j
laid the charges before the embassy dur
ing a recent visit to Washington. The
embassy, after hearing Mrs. Andrews'
story, telegraphed Thomas l'atker Port
er, British eiisul general at Boston, to
investigate, the aunt of the British vete
ran having alleged that It ibcrtson was
taken to Boston to be sent out of the
country. The Boston consult' replied,
it was said, that all of those mentioned
including the supposed detectives had
left Boston.
NKWAIfK. X. .)., May Alexan
der K. liobertson, British war veteran
was preparing today to gather his evi
dence that private detectives had at
tempted to drive him from the I'nited
States Ijeenuse of his affection for the
daughter of a I'nited Mates Senator.
This evidence, he said, will be submit
ted before the British emba ssv officials
tomorrow when he will seek the arrest
of the men through Fedora warrants.
TI . 1 1 1. ...
ur mis iiireany caused tne arrest or one i
of the men on a charge of kidnapping.
He described how he had lieen forced
to go to Boston by the men under
threat of arrest on a charge of stealing
valuables from the British-American
War Veterans' Association rooms and
how he had returned to Blooinfield and
caused the arrest of one of the detect
ives named Kllis at a hotel here.
Police Recorder W. H. Kawson, of
Blooinfield, before whom Robertson ap
i wired and secured the warrant on the
kidnapping charge, said that Robertson
1....I vrv- , .
... . iir"'- - i'iwo.-vuu. i
i'""- , ,.
senator until aftor KIIik was arr-aitfuftJ
in ourt, said juik? i;n wsoii. lhc
- T Liwvir ilimf Cliotl ilnn i-k.t tn a
with the caso was when Ellis told some
i t iji fi..i.i ,.!!.. i..i.,
i ' ...... .. .1 t. ...... '.1922 will show a reduction of more than
behind him ami that Robertson and the !
senator's daughter were friends." i
Detective Sergeant J. J. Huddv, j
who aeeomimnied Robertson here and j
wem with him in the company of a '
XcwirV detective tr. the hotel untie M l
lis was nuefctci, d .fiiK a hu Ellis af !
Ur his return in custody to Bloomlield j
(CC li?ucj o" a" 6.3
Law Enforcement Is Just As Effective As Go
Citizens Want It to
Court Hits Law Violators Hard Rap Se
Bootleggers to Roads
Laundry.
The issue between the criminal ele
ment and the law abidintr people of
Gustonia has been clearly drawn," said
Judge Arthur C. Jones in Municipal
Court this morning in the course of
some very earnest remarks to the court
crowd prior to passing sentence on sev
eral men found guilty of violating the
prohibition laws.
"Law enforcement in a community
is just as effective as the good citizens
of that community want it to be," ho
continued. "The good citizens of Gas
tenia must cooperate with the police
officers and the city officials by fur
nishing information which wilt aid in
the making of arrests and the convic
tion of criminals. Many of our peo
ple, considered by themselves, and by
others as good citizens, withhold infor
mation, the giving of which to the
officers would help them to clean up
the town, for fear they will milke ene
mies or injure their businesses. The
time has come when the better element
must array its strength against the
cricinal element if we are to have a
clean town . ' '
Judge Jones told his audience that
it seemed that the imposition of fines
. : or..,. :
on convictci criminals wan im-un-ou-.
It 1ms been tried out thoroughly. But
crime goes right on. especially in uie
matter of liquor selling conditions have
grown worse. "I am serving notice
now,'' said the judge, "that so far as
this court is concerned in the future
when a man is convicted in the court
of selling liquor or keeping liquor lor
le he is going to get a road sen
tence .
Judge Jones, in his talk, touched also
on the social evil wiiicn ne nam is vei.v
prevalent in (iastonia and for the sup
pression of which the co-operation of
the law abiding element is demanded.
One of the biggest liquor raids mad
recen Iv liv Deal nil leers was iiiiicil on
. ,, . . v I
at o'clock Sunday morning when Of- j
fiecrs Whitlow, Rankin and Mingus
raided the Gnsfonia Damp Wash Laun- t
dry, corner East Franklin avenue and i
Columbia street, and secured "ti pint :
bottles of corn liquor and found a
number of bottles which had been eith
er broken or emptied. The captured
booze was introduced as evidence in i
Municipal Court this morning when .
T. Lilly, a young white truck driver,
was arranged on a charge of receiving,
transporting and keeping liquor fur
sale. Officer Whitlow testified that be;
was passing the laundry at 'J o'clock :
Sunday morning and his suspicions was '
aroused by seeing a car standing at the 1
Dawes Estimates Government
Expenditures For 1922 Will Be
$1,600,000,000 Less Than 1921
Director of Budget on Economies and Savings in Governmen
tal Business Submits Report to Congress Claims Many
Reductions in Several Departments of Government.
( By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Mav S. Ships
and
shoes ami sealing wax as well as
mucilage, binding twine and miscellane
oiis groceries figure in the -fl.tilui.-oiio.uuo
saving which Director Dawes, of
the Budget, Burca, expects to pare from
the grn-w expenditures of the Government
during VX-i as compared with those of
lOL'l. The detailed report, sent by
President Harding to Congress today
comprises nearly one hundred pages
closelv printed items, the scope
of
of
j which would make
a
eeni
arge
quite
department
limited in
' store s offering s
compa rison.
In computing tin
ccononiv resulting
i from the transfer of surplus material
j from one department to another, Direct-
or Dawes credited as saving only the
'difference bvtwen the "market price"
and the "forced sale price." Thus .1
jiiuantitv of "steel washers and oil,"
I 1 1 -i nsferreit from tin
Shipping Board, to
suited in net esti-las
!the public printer i
i mate. I savings of exactly tourten cents,
j one army sad lie sent from the ship
j board to the interior Department saved
fo.Oti and quantity of salt to the marine
corps was credited with rll.!(7. j
I Pipes and pipe fittings, blacksmith j
took and "hollers, complete, all came ,
within the survey, along wit li more iiea.1-
ly items such as cyaiiidt' of potassium,'"
which the navy turned over to the
treasuiv fur some uname. use.
Several millions of dollars in ships
transferred figured in the report, rang
ing from Launch Xo. 411H, valued at
I ;(((. to oilers of the Ramapo and bapelo ;
! t. i... pntcred nt fi:!5.0(MI each. The re- :
..:'' , . . ., ,.
placement value oi tne oners was esti- ,
mate I at d.oiWJHm lint Director Da wis ;
: held that thev would only
firing
404,000 j
, at forced sale.
w."' ' ',, I
inient expenditures for the fiscal year
.6OO.on0.O00 from the actual exKndi-.
t"-" for the pr.-'ding fiscal year. 19LM,
nngress was informed today by Presi -
,1,nt Harding in transmitting the report
ot Director Da wes of th Budget on
economies and savings in governmental
buMmss.
Direc.or unwes estimate, that Gov-
iinui'.xt erncc'litur'M for tit; ?vrr;'-t
6d
Be Judge of Munici
Whiskey Capture
door on Columbia street and Mireo men
inside. Jit demanded that te door be
opened. This being deiiii'd, he pro
ceeded to batter the door down. Two
of the men went out the back door
and got away. Lilly was arrested.
The L'U-odd bottles of liquor were taken.
Other pint bottles lay in the sink, the
stoppers having been taken out, and
the booze was gurgling dowji the Bewer
pipe. Officers Tom Rankin and Min
gus arrived on the scene a few mo
ments later and assisted in getting the
booty back to the city hall.
After hearing the evidence against
Lilly the hitter's attorney, Mayor 11.
O. Cherry, asked that the passing of
sentence be deferred until 3 o'clock
this afternoon in order that he might
introduce some character witnesses for
the defendant. Lilly did not go on the
s'anil nor did he introduce any evi
dence. Mr. R. B. Kcphart, owner of tho Gns
tonia Damp Wasii Laundry, states that
neither he nor Mr. H. M. Robinson, the
manager, had any knowledge of the fact
that Lilly had liquor on the premises.
They regret very much that one of their
employees took the liberty of bringing
whiskey on the premises. He was there
at thy time without their knowledge or
cons' !;.
Will White, colored, was given lid
days on the roads for receiving, trans
porting and keeping liquor for sale.
Through his attorney, Mr. E. R. War
ren, he appealed to Superior Court and
his appeal bond was fixed at $.100. A
half gallon of whiskey was taken from
White's house. It was in a jug. He
claimed In had it for his "pus-onaC'
use. A tin can was also found which
1 had had liquor in it .
Clarence Long and Ernest Long,
! white, were each given ten mouths on
! t lit roads for selling liquor. The State
j introduced cTidencc to the effect that
'each sold to W. L. 'ato a pint of li-
jquor for which he paid $.'1 in each in
stance. One pint was secured Satur
day night and the other Sunday morn
ing. Both gave notice of appeal to
Superior Court and their bonds were
1 fixed at l.oo(l each.
Chesley Montgomery, white, was sen
tenced to six mouths on the roads for
receiving, transporting and keeping li
quor for sale. Officer Adam llord ar
rested him on Franklin avenue Satur
day night and took from his person
two and a half pints of liquor. Mont
ginnery refused to tell where he
Ins liquor or who was with him.
got
fiscal year which were given in the
! December budget estimates as tL'.hiT,-
!)L'L'.::i)(i will be at least . I.VmII.-I.IC less.
: or approximately f'.I'L'.. '172, Olio.
As compared with 11(21, he continued,
.there has been a reduction of ! ( 1 1 7 ,
! ."iiil.iMi(l in expenditures for file operation
of the routine business of the govcrn
I meat subject generally to executive co'i
i trnl. Of this sum he attributed .f-'.'-n,-j
oou.oim to the imposition of the cxeci
i five plan and pre? lire on the routine
I business organization' of the Govern-
; incut under the new system inaugurate 1
1 by the Budget Bureau.
The report of Director Dawes was siiii
i initte.l to the House Appropriations
Committe of the President in comic.-,
tion with a pending resolution by Rep
resentative Byrr.s, Democrat, Tennessee,
asking the President to inform the Ibm-e
in what ways direct savings of '-'. '"',
000 and indirect savings of .jnl.no i.ooO
previously announced by the President
accomplished bv the Budget Bureau
during its first
i. mouths of operation.
hadi been made,
Director Dawes presented in
with accompanying table- and state
deta,
men! -:
tin
the comparative expenditure f'o
past and present fiscal years di id
to items; renreseiitiiiL' tho-e wlii.d
cnargeif to executive 'control an
such as public debt and si mi
counts which were considered ,
a r
1 1'
it
troin the subject or routine Government
expenditure. He also submitted ex
haustive reiiorts of the C.ovci iM.ei;tal
savings accomplished through inter. a-
partniental transfers of miriihis
lippll s
lit., ef
and nthcr ..u.. i . . ...
I, I "IC...O.IS ,.i.
reel r.y the budget- bureau, i
mixing
olving
il Ihe
i-ilized
the :.-
thousands
of transaction-
ships, shoes, sealing wax and
i many articles and coininoditi.
. oy the Government together with
n "ving rtah.ed in cad, .a-e.
The budiret director further re
ported that th urinf. -.... r-,.,l ,eain t i
current upprojiriations of l l-'.o'
set tip by the departments and estahlis!,-t
) ments in August, 1921, in response to j
I "ecutivc request, had been increased,!
j notwithstanding re-nppropriatioiis by j
j Congress of more than f7,Oou,1""1 .'
jthits reserve for other purpose-, to the
apiroimate sum of 136 000 mm onlv
pjiiis" p nav
tfds
i?in
Woodrow Wilson Refers to Senator
James A. Reed as Marplot and Asks
Missouri Democrats to Defeat Him in
Primary Letter to Governor Lon V.
Stephens Made Public Today.
'By The Associated Press.)
ST. LOUIS. May S . Referring to
United States Senator James A. Jieed
as a "marplot", former President Wil
son, in a letter to former Governor Lon
V. Stephens, made public today, asked
the defeat of Missouri's senior senator
to "redeem the reputation of the .Dem
ocratic party.
It was Mr. Wilson's third letter on!
rue suojeci 01 uie i emoi iatie nomina
tion for United States Senator, sought
by Mr. Reed and Hic.kinridge Long,
former third assistant sccivtarv of state.
in the Wilson administration.
The letter was in reply to one by
Mr. Stephens, in whirl, t. f, inner
governor referred to a letter the form
er president recently wrote the St. Lou
is Globe Democrat attaeking Reed. Mr.
Reed replied to this letter, in which he
questioned Mr. Wilson's ini-mnry.
The' letter under date of April J7
to Mr. Stephens follows:
"My Dear Governor Stephens;
" Your letter of April i'
fled me. 1 am glad to U
my own judgment of Kee.l
closer knowledge of him
d h:
grat
' sustained ill
b your own
and' I shall
hope and confidently ex pec
repudiated by the Democrat
maries. Certainly Mission
tn see llllll
i at the ii i
ra ii not
at
ford to be represented by siu-n a mar
plot and it might check tin enthu iasin ,
of Democrats throughout the country if I
their comrades in Missouri should not
redeem the reputation of Ihe party by
substituting for Reed a man of the,
true breed of democratic principle. I I
am sure your own great influence will
contribute to the desired and expected
redemption.
"l'lease accept assurances of my en I
tire confidence in the Missouri De
crats and believe me, with best wishc-, '
"Sincerely yours,
"WOODRoW WILSON."
In a letter, last week to John C.
lligdon, a local attorney, Mr. Wilson
asked Mr. lligdon "not to complicate;
the contest in Missouri" by becoming a 1
candidate for the nomination.
Mr. Long recently opened his cam- :
paign at Cape Giraddeau, and Mr. i
Reed opened his Saturday at lloberiy. i
The primary is August I. I
In his opening campaign address.
'Senator Reed defended bis enure and
asserted Mr. Wilson "was the boy I
who is conducting the campaign in !
Missouri for the other side." .
GASTONIA MINISTERS
ASSOCIATION MEETS
The ministers of (iastonia met in regu
lar monthly conference this morning at
the First 1'resbyteria n church ami heard
wilth pleasure Miss Margaret Laws,
Local Red Cross Health Nurse, o it line the
Work she expects t do in bii-lini county
and offer her services in connect ion with
flic ninny churches of the county an I
city. Miss Laws was Inaid wit.i .leepe-t
interest and assured of the hearty sup
port and co-operation of tin Aiii
t ion.
Reverends Dr. J . II. ll. n l. i lit.-. C. !.
Black and J. W. C. Johnson were ap
pointed a committee to draft suitable
resolutions thanking and cniniendiii.;
the drug store owners
t he splendid spirit and i
fested by them in the
stores on the ("sabbath
the hours of i(;.'t a. in.
This same committee tc
ot cist onu 1 er I
i opera' ion ma n:
eloping ot' the.r
la v bet w m 1 tie
an I 2:-'i" p. in .
aiso con 1 1 r wit ii i
the Public tserviee station owners I
k- ;
ing toward the same action on their pait.
The simultaneous Sunday School
j Rally Day to be observed and being pro
moted bv the Gaston County ;s. S. A--
'social ion Was reported as nude
way an 1
iilnient
i and accorded the h ai t
j and support of t he A
j The movement on foot ;
cell
at ion
: lie
!. guli
the
b. ai'ti- ;
at ion of I
clnniaa- j
immoral I
lying of our city and tie
unsightly bill boards and
tion, as tar as posil
public advertising, r
endorsement "f the b:
.t
ill
d the I
n ai t v
400,000 FLOOD VICTIMS
ARE BEING CARED FOR
Relief Organizations in the
Two States of Mississippi
and Louisiana Feeding
Thousands of Refugees.
(By The A.ssoce,
: XKW OKLL'ANs.
.than 40,000 refugee. .
' areas of Mi.ssis.si i o n :. i
being maintained by p
' it was officially ani; i
! in charge of the we iv p
This l ies not take in: , a
'amis of persons w!e c
I flooded homes and a 1 ii
: The victims are almost
1 I'lcsS
. )
c s. . ,r,.
; the tloodcd
Louisiana are
f oi'gani.ati.iiis,
e ! by offici-ils
the two states.
. oiini the thous
iciin in their
need of .relef.
equally divided
in the two states. An flici
mitted to Governor Parker.
il rejrtdt sub
of Louisiana,
vesterday Mated that
I-
.."ti I victims were
niral Louisiana
j being ratUuied in
'where several thousan
land were inundated (
: Mississippi river le.
To thi,j will 1 adde.
square miles of
the break in the (
it Ferriday, La. j
t hose lieing sue- 1
cnoced in southern Louisiana lis th.
slt
of the breaks in the levees at
Bernard! and Blaqucmines parishes.
1
- BANK CALL,
( By The Associate, Presu.)
WASHINGTON'. May . The t'omn.
troller of the Currency today issued a
call for the condition of all nation;.'
banks at the li'e (j,l
M-o
Says His Presence Is a Viloa
tion of the 1901 Proctocol
He Refuses to Leave.
(By The Associated Tress.)
TKINTSIN. May s. General Wu
I'ei Fu. who came to Tientsin from
Pckin in pursuit of the Manchurian
governor Chang Tsao Lin, was ordered
yesterday by the Allie.l military com
manders here to leave the city, as his
presence was held to he in violation of
the 1 lo 1 protoiol. lie refuse. : to leave
on the ground that he was ailing gover
nor of Chihli province and would re
main as long as necessary for his pur
poses. The bridges between this city and
Tuliu, on th south side of the II in river
e.-.tiary, were burned by the retreating
members of Ghung Tsao Lin's arinv.
I Two thousand of Chang's soldiers were
' reported yesterday in Taiigku, on the
j nor'. n side of the river, where their de
mands for frailis to convey t Ik m to
i MnVbii were fruitless, no locomotives
being available. 1'requciit attempts at
j telephonic communication with Tangku
I last night were unsuccessful.
Should Wu accede to the Ailied de
mands to leave, he would have to move
! : i . -L toward Peking, as rail communica
tion to the east and north has been sever
led by the burniny of the bridges, and ii
I Japanese destroyer is preventing the
idispa' li or his forces down the river in
(barges. The situation therefore, is
I that, while Chang Tsao-, in had uninler
' copied use of Hi,. Mukden railway for
x two weeks during his offensive operations,
his pursuer is now unable to use the
road to complete lus victory.
MONROE WILL SEEK
TO ATTRACT MILLS
FROM NEW ENGLAND
I In view of the fact that it is the n -ported
intention of New Knglnnd maiiu
;facturers to build their mills of the fu
t lire in the South, the following from
i The Monroe Journal about how Monroe
is U'ting on the proposition may be of
! loi al interest :
"Mr. Jesse M. Jones, i liief of the de
velopment department ()f the tSeuboa.'i
Air Line railway, with headipia rters in
. .Norfolk met i.ith the Chamber of Com
: merce yesterday evening at six o 'i lock to
discuss plans for sending a delegation tn
see New l-.'ngland textile manufacturers
I with a view to inducing then to locate
mills in Monroe. J
'Mr. June:: has all the information I
anybiidc is looking for along these lin.sj
it on t lie tip ot Ins tolii.ue. lie is a i
liii-v man. receiving one hum
a day and employing two
whom he carries with him.
are therefore va'uaMc ami he
toe some mighty eiuiinriiging
Hard to the proposed pro h ct
red lette-s
'i retarie'i '
His i.l.-n s j
ga ve Mou-
talk ill re- I
He is!
promised t hat . prov ided
s4-nt, as it in all proba
nit her he or M r. I apps,
t he i oad, will go with t
t he delegation is
lilitiis will be,'
v ice president oT j
e delegation and
lend a helping hand.
Mr. .loiies believes that with the ad
vantage Monroe has to offer the citv
stands a good chum e to bring large
manufacturing inteie-ts lure. It was
pointed out that in I'mon county the
costs of eoiis'iuction a.'o inuch lower than
I in New Knglnnd liv ing expenses are cheap
1 er. raw material is grown right here,
i sanitary conditions are excellent, un
bounded development pov.er, cheap labor.
freedom from labor troubles, that this
I section of the state is callable of pro In-
! in sutticient food t i feed anv sizr liop.i
I,,,,,,,, and that large textile inaiiufa
tilling interests would mean thousands
of dollars to I'nion c unity farmers, vv'.o
would then be in position to grow all the
truck and dairy products they could ali i
find a ready market at profitable figures.
"Mr. Jones states that the Seaboard
is ready to send representatives familiar
with freight rates and industrial condi
tions and sugge-ts that Monroe's repre-
sentat iv
t horougl.l ,- in!
cessary l:.:iires
h are inn. !: li s
rm themselves
I with the un,..
rates, w hieh ;
Knglnnd, cost
situation, i m'
I freedom from
1 ment, sch e '-.
; etc.
! "It ha- .,
I that New Li.,
come interest.'
t south, w hu h i
1 ton mills. :, ud
s relat ive to tax
ss than in New
ees" homes, coal
lights, labor,
, road improve
industrial laws,
,f Cllipa.
of pove
f'
r Mimi
time
'an.l e.i j .t : :i I st s have
d tn m.iaofact uring in
tin
s i he logical place for cot
:!...! large sums of mon.-v
ing i n sled ill fhe textile
co' ' 1 1 1 i.elt. There i no
c f.iini. is of the south
p. Le.' to ship their stap i
.nd 'o In- worked up into
' .d e l and pay freight
. , I the natural a. Ivan;
..re vigbt here wiiere tin'
.. and tiiis step on the part
-m.ss men to bring the
i . d K.r of the cotton f;, -
e-. meet with the hearty
j iiii.en of the count v. ' '
are year b. i
business in 'I.'
reason why 1!
should be c ""
to New l.i .
tlie finished :
Ijoth vva-.
ages imagii.ae
cotton is . ' . :
of Mo;
mills t .
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TOOAT'S COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
, j;v Tlie Associated Press.)
M.U YOliK. May S. Cotton fu
tures . io-ed steady.
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KNIGHTS TEMPLAR TO
GATHER IN TWIN CITY
Over 1,000 Uniformed Knights
Will March in Big Parade
Thursday at 11 A. M.
The greatest Knights Templar demon
stration ever attempted! in North
Carolina will be in the form of a parade
next Thursday morning at 11 o'clock
in Winston -Halem when 1,000 full uni
formed, plumed knights will inarch in
review before the grand comuiandcry of
North Carolina, Knights Templar.
The annual meeting of all York Uite
Masonic bodies will be held in AV'inston-
tSalein beginning Tuesday night at 7
o'clock with opening of the Grand Chan
ter, Boyal Arch Masons. This meeting
will be followed by sessions of Grand
Council!, Ito.vnl Arch and Helect Masters
at 1 :'t0 o clock Wcdncsdsty afternoon.
The crowning event of all will be the
opening of the Grand Coiiunandery,
Knights Templar, at 7 o'clock Wednes
day night. After t he istomatr) prelimi
nary program the magnificent degree of
the Temple will Is exemplified by I'lan
tagenet Conunanderv No. 1, of Wilming
ton. This coiiiinaiidery 'has had the de
gree work under preparation for 12
months and will render a class of degree
work seldom witnessed in Masonic circles.
Kvery Knight Templar is expected' to
witness this work.
On Thursday at 11 o'clock the big
parade will be staged. Klalxirute prepa
rations for this event have leen under
way for many months. It is expected to
eclipse anything ever seen in the slate
from a Masonic point of view.
Special trains will take plumed
Knights from the various parts of the
state and when the command tn begin
marching is given over a thousand
Knights of Ihe Cross and Crown will
obey the command. Many Masons
from Gastouia and Gaston county arc
expecting to make the pilgrimage to the
tobacco capital.
The l'vthian band will also attend in
full force. The following letter has
been received by W. V. Warren:
Winston fcjalem, N . '.,
Mav .Jth,
Mi. W. V. Warren,
l iastonia, N. i '.
Dear Sir: -
Nun are doubtless aware our Grand
1 ommander Raymond I , Dunn lias ot
tered a silver Loving Cup to the Coin-
manderv making the liest record at the
iL'ml Annual Conclave to lie held ill
Winston Salein on May 10th and lltli.
This cup is now in my possession, and
is certainly a most licautiful piece of
work; one any Coinmaiiilery would o'e
proud to own. Jt is typical of Ihe big-hearti'-biess
and enthusiasm of oar
(Jrand Commander, which makes it all j
the more to be desired. I am having sent
to v on n copy of the local paper, giving
a more detailed account.
(In behalf of Piedmont Coiiimanderv
No. ll. I wish to extend you our most
hearty invitation, and we truly hope
you and a great number of your Sir
Knights will be present, with a strong
desire to lake this cup home. This will
1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i i V be the biggest Masonic
! meeting ever held'
in this state, and we
want you and
in full force,
sand Knights
in grand paiad
your Coiiiinaiidery here
Think of over one thoa
Templar in full uniform
c ! Will you be one '
'oiirteousl v .
It. K. JOHNSON'.
Grand Sword Hearer.
COOK COUNTY JAIL INMATES
BREAK LOOSE IN RIOT
Drop Burning Blankets to
Lower Floors Bedlam Is
Heard for Blocks.
(Ry The Associated Tress.)
CUB AGO. May H. A four hour riot
in the I ook county jail was quelled car
ly today when Wesley Westbrook, war
den, and eO guards removed the ring
leaders from their cells one at a time
and whipped them. Displeasure of the
Ipr'somis over a change in the none
''ml of admitting visitors led to the out -
break.
The riot started on the fourth tier.
Plaining blankets were dropped to the
j ground floor. Ponsc smoke almost -uf
focated many inmates. With steel
strips torn from their bunks, the pris
oners leat upon the bars of their cells,
I'ae bedlam being heard for blocks.
Crowds gathered at the jail entrance
and police were called to drive them
a way .
Th.. women's ward is just above the
fourth tier and close to the center of
the disturbance. Four babies, who
were locked up when their mothers and
two other women were committed last
j Thursday on a contempt f court sen
tence three years old, became hysterical
nml jail physicians were called to quiet
: them. One woman, about to become a
I mother, was reported to be suffering a
'severe nervous shock,
i Warden Westbrook said that after
ieach of more than 900 prisoners had a
visitor mi a recent visiting day pack
lages left mounted so high it required
the entire jail force nearly all night to
sort them. "The result was that guus,
saws, files, drugs, and all manner of
contraband came into the jail," he
said .
The warden then decided to divide the
jail iuto four sections and permit onlv
one-fourth of tho prisoners to have, tis-
iters t a time
GOVERNMENT LOAN IS
OFFERED THE BOLSHEVIK!
IF IHE! If L ACCEPT
An Atmosphere of Gloom Per
vades Conference Circles.
MAY PLAY TRUMP CARD.
Failure of Russia to Make Af
firmative Answer Will Mean
French Withdrawal.
(3y The Associated Prow.)
GKXOA, May S. Prime Minister
Lloyd George, of Great Britain, anil
' foreign Minister iSchanzer, of Italy, ail
! dressed today a strong appeal to the Buh
: siau representatives at the conference)
here, urging them to accept the allieif
j meinora iidiim in its main points ant
j promising Russia an international loan.
I The fifth week of the Genoa confer
ence, opening today, will see the en.l
j of the conclave, it is generally believed.
An atmosphere of (loom jiervades con
I ferein e circles, in view of the appar
ent irreconcilability of the positions of
Kuglatid on one hand and France and
lielgium on the other over the terms
under which the reconstruction of Eus
sia would pe undertaken.
Admirers of Mr. Lloyd George be
lieve he may yet have some trump can!
in reserve, but in other quarters no such
hope is felt, although it is conceded that
several deadlocks have ben broken when
dissolution seemed certain.
Among the reports circulated is that
Mr. Lloyd George will promise a tlireet
governmental loan to the bolsevipi if
they ague to nccpt the terms set
forth in the allied memorandum. An
other is that the conference will be con
tinued, i veu if Prance and Belgium drop,
out in protest against tho recognition,
embodied iii the Alljed memorandum, of
Russia 's right to hold foreigners' prop
erty sequestrated under the soviet na-'
tioiialiation program.
Those who predict a break un think it
I Willi take the form of an adjournment.
If the soviet reply, which is cxpectel
within two days, is unsatisfactory to tho
powers, these people say, another noto
will be sent to the Russians, embodying
the power's minimum terms and giving
the bolsheviki a stated period for con
sideration and final reply. , , , ,
The Russians may spring a surpriso
by returning a favorable answer to' tltn
present metnora ndum, but complete' ac
ceptance is improbable, and the bolshe
viki would hardly agree to amendment t
by l'lamo nml Belgium of the property j
lause, which thev already rcenrd as 't
compromise their political principle that
all property bt. owned by the Stat. '
France has announced through her
chvef spokesman, Vice Premier Barthou,
that she will not go on with tho nego
tiations unless the Russians give a cate
gorical answer to the memorandum.
A dilatory reply, one which meunfc
merely "playing for time," said M.
Barthou, would bring the instant with
drawal of Prance. This would include
refusal to consider the non-aggression
pact proposed by Mr. Lloyd George, as
such a pact would be impossible unlyesa
there was an arrangement with Russia.
I Meanwhi'e the Italian leaders continue
! their role of peace-makers, audi Foreign.
Minister Krhnnzcr is devoting all his at
jtenlioii to the problem of finding somo
j formu'.i which will satisfy the French ;
anil Belgians. Little dope is helil, out,
however, that this is possible, and Zecln
Slovakia is said to be leading the) way ill
negotiation.! a separate economic, ac
cord with the bolsheviki in lieu of tht
collective agreement which seems iuipri"'
l l.aiile nf at'aiiiment.
. i
NEGROES TAKE NO PART
IN THE KIRYIN AFFAIR
Bv The Associated Press.)
Klin IN. Texas. May 8. Kirriu
was (jiiii-t today, folloving rumors last
night that armed bands o negroes were
marching toward the town to avenga
tin- burning of three negroes who were
accused of attacking and murdering a
lTycar old white school girl.
O. C. King, city marshal, said that
be expected no further trouble and
that he had investigated the rumors
and found no one had seen a band of
negroes in this vicinity. One of th
rumors, he -aid. might have originated
when about ' negroes had a Teligious
gathering here. This meeting broke
up, according to the marshal, when th
negroes were informed that the Jur
lose of their meeting might bo mis-,
construed.
The finding of the mutilated body oC
the girl Thursday night caused feeling
to run high here. Posses containing;
more than oOO men searched the coun
try near here for traces of the mur
derer. The three negroes were taken
from officers who had them iu custo
dy. One of tho negroes is said to have
ronfesM-d that he had a part iu th
crime, implicating the other two, bat
they maintained that they were inno
cent.
THE WEATHER
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