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rrr EfTE Local Cotton 18 Cents GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 11, 1922. VOL. XLHI. NO. 112. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GAS Gsmm worn Weather: Cloudy rr- 400 ARE HELD III JAIL IN CONNECTION WITH THE MURDER OF POLICEMEN AH Law Enforcement Organi zations Are United in Fight to Finiah With Organized Labor Higher Up Forces Are Suspected. (By The Associated Tress.) CHICAGO, May 11. The detective bureau and city jails were crowded 'lo day with 400 labor leaders and others held "in connection with the murders of two policemen here early yesterday and the bombing of two buildings, which po iico attributed to labor disorders. Two men have beeii pointed out as resemb ling men in the automobile from which shots which killed Terrnnce Lyons, act ing lieutenant, were fired. Howards to talling $20,000 have been offered for the arrest of the slayers. All 'law enforcement organizations in the city are united in what police term "a fight to the finish with organized labor." More than 100. labor leaders, including "Hig" Tim Murphy, Corne lius Shea and Fred Mader, president of the building trades council, are among those under arrest. Kaids on labor headquarters brought in labor bosses by the score. The two partly identified as the .-layers are Isadore Braverman, - aud Max Class, 33. Charles C. Fit.morris, chief of po lice, said he believes the men were only hireliugs of the 'higher up forces in organized labor circles, putting into ac tion a conspiracy to overthrow the cit izens' committee and the l.nndis wage award, a decision handed down by K. M. Landis, former Federal judge, then acting as arbitrater, which as intended to ettle labor disputes between num bers of the building trade council and the abor unions. The citizens' com- mittee was formed to aid in euiorcing this decision. "The slaughter of two policemen is the inevitable result of the tactics em ployed by Fred Mader, Tim Murphy, Cornelius ishea and other hoodlums and ex-convicts who have gone about, posing as labor leaders," Chief Fitzmorris said. "But if they want war the po lice department will give il to them. 1 have instructed officer; to round up all ,ut these hoodlums aud place them under lock aud key." "I think this is ; Fred Mader, president trades ' council, said: ing to play clean, death of the policemen ill a mistake,'' of "1 ' the building ve been try- We regret the as much as the officers and when th results of tae in- vestigation are sitled 1 believe will find that other than lnlsir were to blame for the crime." Mlt's inst another bum rap lik they men the rest they have handed me, '' Tim phy said. . "I'm no cornier killer. 1 never .M in Injj. ged u cop in my life. The only thing 1 ever had to do with them was to buy owe a drink. " Fitzmorris has insulted inc. I don't know anything about this at all. He's just taking his dislike for nie out on my friends and I suppose it 's the sweat box for us lor a while.'' The slayers' automobile was found riddled with bullets and pools of blood led police to believe that one gunman had been wounded. Women were not immune from the police dragnet and Miss Lvaline Klnod, said to be secretary to Murphy, is be ing held for questioning with several other women connected with labor or ganizations. GERMANY WILL MAKE ANOTHER BIG ZEPPELIN Criy The Associated Presi.) VERSAILLES, May 1 1 .Germany will manufacture a Zeppelin of Tb.ooo metre capacity to replace the one al lot ed to the United States by the Ver sailles treaty, but d-strovcd in Germa ny, tiuder the award of the Ambassa dors' Council, which allows America S.000,000 gold marks in reparation. The ambassadors' award was authorized by the Inter Allied War Council, whica still has its seat here, controlling all military questions relating to former enemy states, and coming under the chairmanship of Marshal Foch. The United States had ack.'d that Germany be ordered to build for it a lU0,(.Mr0 cubic metre Zeppelin, which would have been the largest ever con strutted. The war council at first thought a ship of 30,OHO cubic metres capacity should be sufficient, as that was the size fixed by the council for commercial Zeppelins. The cost of such a craft would have been 750,000 gold marks. The Navy Department at Washington found this suggestion inadequate, and the war eouncil increased the fire to 70,000 metres, which will cost $750,000 making allowance for exchange. The German government, it is believed, will be able to deliver the airship within 9 months. " One of the conditions is that a Ger man erew shall take the Zeppelin to the United titates, although several Am erican officers will probably accompany the crew in the flight across the At lantic The Germans will 1h? expected to incorporate their latest features in the new ship. THE WEATHER Nona Caiolwa, generally fair tonight ni Friday, litle sure f. ?nrr,iir III CHICAGO LABOR RIOTS Paris Newspaper Prints Text of Alleged MUitary Alliance i Between Germany And Russia Germany Was to Furnish Red Necessary to Equip 180 Regiments of infantry and Artil lery For 20 Infantry Divisions Was Also to Send Instruct ors to Russia. (By The Associated Press.) PA HI 8, May 11. The newspaper L 'Eclair today printed the text of a mili tary convention said to have been signed by Representatives of the Russian soviet army and the German general 6taff in Berlin on April .'I, by the principal clause of which the Germans agree to furnish the Red army with the arms aud materi al necessary to equip ISO regiments of infantry and sufficient heavy field artil lery for 20 infantry divisions. The German general staff, accoording to the convention, pledges to reorganize the Russian Baltic and Black sen fleets and to supply at the earliest possible date 500 new airplanes together with n supply of spare parts and 130 fields wile less outfits. The Germans wouud train sixty Russian instructors in the latest discoveries and inventions of chemical warfare and send technical experts to P.siu to speed up the existing munition SITTER ROW IN HOUSE IS STIRRED OVER A REFERENCE TO WILSON Statement of Chairman Arous es Wrath of Democrats "Most Diabolical Fight in 1 1 : i T.., V iiuubcii. " " ' : Says Congressman Iincner. 'Bv The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, May Hi. Loan by the United States of $.),WHI,lM)0 to the republic of Liberia was authorize! in a resolution adopted tonight by the house. The resolution was passed to Li! with six members voting present. The motion to recommit was defeated 1HS ti 11';!. About 40 Republicans voted against the bill, although many Republicans in and around the chamber, did not vote. The Iiemocrats opposed it solidly. In the all'lay wrangle, characterized by Representative Tincher, Republican, Kansas, as "the most diabolical political fight in the house in the last two years," there was what some members described as the remarkable spectacle of Republi can leaders insisting that an agreement of the Wilson administration should be carried out, with Democratic leaders as serting that the loan to Liberia was au thorized in 1!1H "in difianee of law." See Insult To Wilson. Reference to former President Wilson j liy Chairman r ordncy or the Ways ana .Means committee, in charge of the reso lution, which Democrats declared was insulting,'' started a bitter partisan fight which eclipsed, for the moment in terest in the Republican claim that the government was morally mid legally bound to step to the aid of Liberia, and a united IVmocratic denial. While there were many allusions to Mr. Wilson, the statement by Mr. Kordncy j whi m:u h aroused Democratic wrath was t during a sharp passage bearing on : the political makeup of Michigan. "We are intelligent people tip there :iiid we know how to vote," said Chair man Korhiey, at which the chairman was asked "if you have any school ! teachers up there. ' ' i None, who received their education j in Virginia,'' Mr. Fordney shouted. 1 "The gentleman says that a school , teacher is not much of a man outside of j his own job," said Representative Low . er.v. Democrat, Mississippi, and Mr. I Fordney instantly broke in. Teacher Misfit As President. "Not unlts he has considerable training in some other line," the chair man declared. "Take him direct from school to the White House and he is a glorious misfit, lint as a political boss he woikedi well for awhile, but he finally 'overstepped himself. Let me say that in that connection in 1HJO I made this statement that the then President was going to change his boarding hornse on the 4th day of March, and he 'did. I I said we would say to him what I have i heard sung at the dose of a school I 1 attended down in the backwoods: Good by scholar-, good bye school, Good bve tern her, you darned old j fool. ' ! The Republican side rocked with hnitrhter I . Declaring that he resented" tae in- : suit to Mr Wilson. Ilepresentative Con- : n..,A,.r.t Tevas. who replied to! 6 ...... .iT.Trs ... v. . . . '..ti,,. ott-,.!.- " to, the house Mr. r oni-i ney would eliminate his statement f rom i 1 the Congressional Record. "The gentleman rrom Michigan, as . usually the case when he addresses the i house." saidMr. Connally. "embraced ! the first opportunity he had to indulge in j the tame kind of" coarse, livery stable, i conversation about the i s President of j the United State, Mr. Woodrow Wilsou. j Connally FUys Fordney. "Of course it does not take any j school teacher to understand that the I gentleman from Michigan intended by his language a nasty fling at the great ex-Prpni.lent lin is not able to come here on this floor and defend! himself against A!....anse..insilts that are from time to time heaped 'upoa'iM'ea'L That great man is ill. He lies stricken. I think it is unseemly and unbecoming in the chairman of a a-re.it eommitte to regale i th gallaries and his partisan audience i fcerj with th9 !?", rrj'iP, nst fli??" Army With Arms and Material I'lentj and open new factories. The Red army staff guarantees the es tablishment in Russia of three German plants for the manufacture of airplanes one for poison gas and one for arms, on condition that the Russian army cau use the output when needed. German special ists wouldd be admitted fo "the new anna factory' in Afghanistan." The text printed by L 'Eclair also says the Russians would promise to maintain not less) than IS infantry and eight cava lry divisions on the western Russian frontier. The Red staff further would agree to increase the capacity of the Alex audrovsk and Nikolaiovsk railroads. Finally, the convention says the two staffs will prepare a joint plant of oper ation for Russia's access to the Baltic sea, anil, the contracting parties bind themselves to keep the convention se.'ret. The document is signed, according to the newspaper, by Novitski Stefanas, Major General Von Soerht, Vice Admiral j Behncke, Lieut, tichurf and Major Petter CARPENTIER FACES TED LEWIS TONIGHT IN LONDON Jack Dempsey Will See Fight Predicts Walkover For Carpentier. LON'bo.V, May '1. Georges Car- pentier will enter the ring tonight at "Black Friar's Hoad Arena, a heavy faV0rite to win over Jack "Ted" Lew J is iii their -round light for the i world's lighthoavvweiglit championship. Jack Dempsey is here to witness the battle and is confident that Carpentier will have a walkaway. While the weights of the men have ' not been given out, it is believed Lewis i will step through the ropes against a ll' pound hanicap, but his backers are I looking for him to make up the diffcr J ern e by his gameiieH.s and ability to use both hands effectively. Lewis is ex pected to keep the milling at close quarters, to counteract the Frenchman's inclination fr ton grange fighting. Carpentier was a three to olio favorite in the betting today. The usual state ment was issued from both training camps that the men were in perfect condition and confident of the result. The main bout, following five pre liminary matches, is scheduled to be gin at !):.'" o'clock. Major A. .1. Wilson, who is promot ing the match, estimated the paid ad missions at Ki.lMlO and declared the de mand for tickets was So great that the last ::. j seats in the specially erected overflow stands ,ic rapidly being snapped up. The interior of the Olyinpia. where, the tight will take place, is a maze of color with elaborate decorations in the balconies and galleries rising tier a bove tier about the great quadrangle in the center, in which the white roped ar ena with its red, white and blue posts and glaring canvas awaited the gladi ators . The Daily Mail has arranged to em ploy a broadcasting station for the dissemination of a running story of the right from the ringside to amateur wireless telephone users, which is an in novation here. PUBLIC ATTENTION COMES BACK TO IRISH SITUATION LONDON, May 11. Announcement of the failure if The lail Eireann pea l committee to reach a basis for a settle ment lictreern the opposing army factions luis brought back public attention here sharply to the Irish situation, which has : lately been ov ersha loXwed by the Genoa i conference and its attendants incident-. While hope that a peaceable arriiik: -' incut will eventually be reached is n"t 1 precluded, the outlook is regarded a- li eouraging and the impatience of tin- greater section of English opinion ! acruratelv reflected in the House of Commons debate es from Dub i in of the public in t-erned over the A dispatch fo i says the country Several pr.-s dispati ii represent the majority Ireland as equa'iy con- j tate of tie- country. The Tim. ;'rm P'.hlin j is thorougl.lv alarmed , at the condition of disorde expect the provisional "which has made its la-t I ture to repub'icans. " to teps for the restoration der. I will now i iveriiuu nt. . -i i'e over I . Tective w and or- i uau will lt.51 Irtfc LEGALITY. IN THE BALTIMOKK. May 11.- COURTS. ,- rail i f the !ei 'ar ork f. I ICS tO ...a act. without . in the resident mvuivrn in me roads railroad labor board last ic: ' ing tlic contracting of si "; outside firms by railroad -. -m: i be a violation of the tran-"" ';i I will not submit to the division I testing the legality in the court .belief of Maxwell C. Byers. , 'of the estern Maryland Kaiiroa at a former president at Via states. "There was a time when te i President wa9 abk- to take car self in his own trroper wav ami ,. V e- . a in- liiring that tint the gentleman from Michigan and others who have seen fit from time o time to hurl t his defense heals these insinuations afol Insults would uot Have dared in use such language vnairman Fordaey aiil tne re-oil tion which goes am IK ..i v. n-u' l be passed fpeediltr .i , !- Pri, McCORMACK, IBISH TENOR, RECENTLY NEAR DOOR, ON HEALTH Looking well despiti I he hud gone through, Jolin noted singer, sailed re. with his wife and two fered from au acute rmnck, the I'or Ireland I;! I'lldrell. He Silt'- tl.iu.it infection red lil, condition ami complications rendi very serious. WORLD IS WAITING FOR OLSHEViKI REPLY TO PLAN OF WORLD FOR THE Question of Foreign Property ! Nationalized in Russia Is j Giving Most Trouble Feel-, ing That Russians Have Gone A Far As They Dare. (By The Associated Press.) LONDON, May II. Renter's (..una correspondent tcYgrnphs tnat the Rus sians at 1 1 : f.'i o'clock this morning handed to Foreign Minister Seli.inzi r, of Italy, their repK to the Allied Meiuarau duiu. GKNOA. May II. Tae world's statesmen yathered in tniioa today were watching the b-'.-nlipiarters of the I Soviet d legation and waiting for the bid- j shevist verdist on the plan the rest f i Kliropc has devised for the restoration I of Russia. j The substance of the preamble and many clauseg of the reply had be. ame public, but Genoa was -nil in ignorance j as to the soviet Government's last word i on what it, would do 1 property nationa'iz d the ipiestion on whic , yiuni ha ve split with i imi Mai.v rumor- coin-i ci-ioii on this point at thi f'orei,; 1 hat 111 He of tl ll i are 1 That part of the reply restoration of property I and redrafted by t he li : I went ma nv cha uc m ! peals had been ma le i I I h.' .Nov iet foreign mi n ' Schaner and other l.-ad There is a general , liuisinns have ne a in modi tying t le i r i es; ij'.n -tioll. The Kussian r' !':y i.; in it t iat is eSH I i . . ' ' t lie commiiui-t in Jiii -i the world, and .io. - to. M lehliltc hire on th s i ' il - niii.-l. -.eh' Of o:gi...ut -uncut. 1 1 . r : 1 1 iaii r i t Kne lt;." in ;ak" of Minify to make a pl a Hut tie- m.-is of v r poliii-.c ijlie-iti'll-tancc tl.an the a !- . i ei ii iiii-ti T toward ?'"r. Russia d.'ci-ion : . . break the con!, re-.. GAS UP AN0THLR (By The A --...: I NKW YOii.V i dar-l Oil Comp..ii ; d v . need t he pro . - gallon Hi all its : CENT. I'ress.) the M..H- r.i, t'.d.iv iii. cent a 1' also i II - nounccd a imi varnish makers "' price of naphtha. 127TH ANNIVERSARY OF 2ND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS PHILADELPHIA. May 10. To day is the 127th am vi ra:y of ths convening here ot th- Second Conti nental Congress which unanimously elected George Washington commander-in-chief of all i"-e armiei raised or to be raised for the defense of American Bberty. T'.ie session was also marked by the passage of a peti tion ta King George III. the rejec tion of which is said ta have opened the way for acquiescence to the De claration of Independence, inasmuch as no choice was left to the colonists but submission or resistance. The eelction of Washington as commander-in-chief was moved by Thom as Johnson, of MaryUnd, and urged by John Adams of Massachusetts, Washington, himself, was a delegate to thia Congress. T The petition to the king was car ried y John Jar of New York gainst strong opposition. - I V . ?Sk 1 Ay 11 M.-c,. SWGaatonPort, American Legion jTo Attend May I Loc Local Legionnaires Will Go to tor Big May Celebration All Urged to Wear Uniform Gaston I'ost No. 2.'!, American Legion, will atten.l the Mav llOth Celebration in Charlotte almost .;uil strong, jr. plans no u.- lienor unrlio.l our V.u nrLf nftid'jLlA I j r - - I do not go awry. In preparation there- for, a big meeting lias been called for 1 Friday night to talk things over. The meeting wid he held at the courthouse at (S o'clock. The local post is the fourth post in niemlier'diip in the State and, they are planning to in) a representa tion to Charlotte that will do credit to stub a large po-t. Todd's band will form one of the principal uiiils, together with Gaston I'ost. in the big threeiuile long parade. The following letter from Ijegiou headquarters to all members of Gaton I'ost is explanatory an 1 full of the luuial Legion "pep'': fTYKS RIGHT, Mr. I.egi mnaire, and prepare right now to dig down into the old cans for car fare to Charlotte, all day. May Ut b, HlL'L', for take it from a few who know, the Legion I'ost there is cer tainly going to put on a celebration you can't afford to miss. If vim want fur ther proof, take a look at this line up: General John J. I'ershing, Governor ! Cameron Moni-oti, National Commander I Hanford "McNider, Congressman Alfreil ! Hiilwinkle, will all he there and in ad dition will speak in Independence I'ark j latter the para le. And speaking of the' parade, they plan to havo ex service men ! lint especially Legionnaires, in uniform I ! and otherwise, floats ami so far have so- cured eight hands. There'll be state! t mops also and from present indications', i the parade will be about 1.' 1 - miles long. J i We came near forgetting to tell yon j t lint will I'ust Todd 's I be right No and in their new uniforms there representing Gaston The -1Mb of May celebration is an an nual affair in Charlotte but Hornet's Net I'ost is taking charge this year and it looks to us as if this party is IF KENTUCKY HUD GONE WITH UNION, UNION WOULD HAVE BEEN BROKEN Declares Dr. Shortridge Be fore Mississippi Valley His torical Association Says Kentucky Occupied Same Place in 1861 That U. S. Had in World War in 1914. IOWA CITY, IA.. Kentucky .joined the "there would probably solution of the I'niin.' May II. Had seceding states have been a dis Dr. Wilson I'or- ter Miortrolge. pr the I'nivcrsitv oi' I'e-Mir of hi-tory .it. ,oui:iville, Louisv ill,-. v.. told the Mississippi Valley Histori 1 Association at its meeting here today. A false move on the part of the prcsi- ident or the Union leaders in the sta'e w.nild have meant that Kentioky would i have gone with the Inner Ninth," said i lr. Hiortridcje, who 1-oiupared the oosi ! tioii of Kentucky at the outbreak of ! ho-tilities to the attempt of the United ! States (o maintain armed neutrality dur Jing the World War, and traced thetran-i-j tion of the stati- to armed neiitralit : 1 a a I tinallv In pnrtii ip:ition in the war ' for tin union. He spoke in part as fol- o v ? ! ''The impulse to -tates into secession i I s00 'il, and it was ! polit i-a l ma nuveri n,,' follow the cotton was vit.' .strong in nily by very skilful hat this action wa delay then tact to kc until after Mar reiiaind the i ll L lsril. Even exercise of great I 'resident Lincoln the Union, ut ickians were r- people of ho' II .n.t that Kent ii'1; v to both sections j-ri-at influence in tin- part ot Kentucky ii fa.-t that K Tin iV idoo-i to t Il tree states I VI w.-n intiata! bv e, nllolll-i uin i ii tie determining the : lMi I. The metie at neutrality !,.; iar in some r---p th.- United Mate, between I'.' I I an t it ii. I. of the state in I liS'-.l was an attempt .Veen till sections silni- -s to tii-.' attempt of to ..lintaiii neutrality 1 li'17. Kentucky do- elan- nout i opinion in imine.i'ate v partly lie.-:," serving net: Kentiickv n bringing i. liffieulti- - o creas'. K. n tion of ar'i i was one - public o; . eventual ' large a.e -cone of !' fact ;i ated l.v i i'- Tl the Union times l.v vet Imps i, regar-lii..' '' shou'.f Ml reason ?i -' maintain mi then ' ' 'i ' J ni-iitr.. - ' gh- ' ' ve 'I ' tan. e ia A " lit . :.r-1- because public s'i;-. m.s not crystallized .in- or the other and . ..; - - ' op. that by pr , .f, o.-ri the sections . .. ' ,s a mediator in ; the s. t an end. As the ii -i . ir i .'. i ng neutrality in i.a--e. into a posi. I . I , ii- u' r i i' y. This position i. t'u- rystallization of Kentii.-ky, and the , ot" ' he war was in .: pend.-iit upon the out ' -Mii'it Kentucky. This ; , " 1 and fully aiipreci . P l.iit. ..In. n , f th,. preservation ot - -,,p. nded at different - -' ! t threads, b it js-r- " re slender than that -.ion that Kentucky ,i . occupy. Fur that r, ..f the struggle first to r . '.pv in Kentucky and ; ..'ei- opinion safely from I ' i pa tion in the stru- j t' when be siipm-.l and fell to ta ions has great impor- ground. Funeral services will In held history." r CROKER HEIRS WILL FILE CAVEAT AGAINST WILL new u.i.N. .m.i i swnicuors acrintc ., o- ii .. l I f 1 : : . J in iii air or tue laie tucnar vroier s two sens in tne l nue.i otaies, served no- ti.-e ap"" " ' roser s solicitors to.Uylyears in the State prison. He served ,that-Jiicy ha.i been instructed to enter a jfive or six years of his sentence and was 'eaveat in Irish court against the will j pardoned a year or more ago, sine of Mr. Cn.k. r when it was lo.lge.1 for , which time he had been working here, pnJ i'' This, it ras stated, wonld ma ke I He leave a wife and several eliil.lrea n trial necessary to prove the-will smi j Melton came to Gastonia some years ago I th ,..ik-vit t? testaKr, 'trm tV vVe?tem ris't f tho 20th Celebration Charlotte Nearly 300 Strong Will Have Band in Paradi Meeting Friday Nght. going to be something big and you can't ail (.id to miss it. Xmv lo got Tij(ht (own to caa(,Si ho . . manor wuai convention is convening, wi,t ,.,.,..ti,. ;.. ;.,,, ... w i.i iu lodging, Gaston county is right there with bells on so let's go over to Char lotte and show 'em how we can turn out. Drag out the old uniform, there will be gobs of them there from all over tits State (they've advertised in every town and are still telling aUiut it everywhere). P. & N. car will leave here at S:.I0 and 9:.'li) on the morning of the "Uth ami also you've got the Southern ami ths trusty (don't leave the "T" off) Ford to fall back on. Here's some more dope, Kelly Jackson of the I. & N. says bring your autos and Fords to the new 1'. 4 N. station, park 'em in the rear, and take the 8:30 or 9:'!il a. m. car to Charlotte. Parking spat e free. Parade starts at ten o'clock but we want Gaston county all together so let's meet at the Charlotte P. & N. .station at 9:.'l(l sharp and all get in the line of march with Todd's band leading and Gaston Post No. 2:l's banner stuck 'way up in the air. We're the fourth post in size in the State and ahead of lots of cities much larger than the towns com posing our Post, hence we've get a rigid to wear a Ten A Hat ol2 members mnv and still growing. In the mean time. We're going to have a meeting at the Court House at S o'clock, Friday night. Mav 12th. 1!L'J to talk over matters for a short while. Won 't keep you long but we 've got something else to tell you of interest to Legionnairies besides planning for the big day in Charlotte. Here's, all you've got to bring: Yourself a new mem ber or so that questionnaire, filled out. Looking for you. GAHTON POST NO. L'.:. LOCAL RED CROSS CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES Contributions Regularly But Slowly Coming Into Treas urer John R. Rankin at the Citizens National Bank Today Is Red Cross Day in the City Schools and Cotton Mills Many County Towns to Put on Campaign Next Week. 1 Contributions are coming in daily to the treasurer of the Local campaign of the Gaston County Chapter of the Ke.l 'ross. In addition to the tl,L.'0O from the city drive the following have con tributed this week. W. L. Parsley $5.00, Mrs. Mary V. Bait his HMI0, Mr. John (. Ihirhain $10.00. Mr. J. II. Hcpnrk i".oo. Advance for St. Marks Episco pal Sunday rk-hool $15.00. This H. is. will take a special offering on "Mothers Day." Miss Lnla WJiitesidcs, in charge of tin- I.orav collection, has sent in $.!J.o5 .is the offering of the operatives and and employes of the Loray mill. The majority of mills will make collections for the local work today and tomorrow. Word has been received from Kovvati county by directors of this campaign that the annual budget from that city and county for the support of their lo cal health work will Is- fly'ion for the year Gaston, a much larger and eotially as wealthy in resources and money, is being asked for the very sma I sum of $:.oini fi port the local wi has returned ri' dividends for e ir tin- entire year to sup irk here that in the past -Ii human and financial .'rv cent, contributed. Only afiout half of the amount has 1m en ! raised to dale. In order to carry out the constructive and definite work tha has ls-en pia lined for fiaston county l. Miss Laws and the nursing committee, i all of this amount must, be raised and if the work i to broaden in seije pos.sil.lv , a thousand dollars more will be necessary land we will be getting for LOuo win' I I' r liovvan .tain. are gladly IVItie -f i " to G. P. MELTON, CARPENTER. FALLS FROM ROOF TO DEATH Man Who Served Prison Sentence For Killing Of Sutton Bov Meets Instant Death First Day He Works On House Job. j liibson P. Melton, aged 47, a resident "f the droves Mill village cast of the '1,v- fell from the roof of a Hons.' on 'Nankin avenue at 11:31) o'clrx-k yester day morning breaking his n.s-lt and dying nhnnst instantly. It was his first day on ''he job, he having gone to work y.st.-r May morning for J. K. Keller who is j building some house for W. C. Dav is. ! Melton was engaged in putting on shin Fri.lnv ndav alternoon at - o clo-k at tn j home. ! Melton was convicted several years lago in Gaston eujwnor Court for tin killing of a negro fniy named Sutton, a , . son of B.s Button, a well known lias- tonia negro, and was sentence.! to ton TELLS WHY THE SOUTH IS FORGING AHEAD OF HEW ENGLAND IN THE GOnOIl MANUFACTURING TRADE George H. Harris, President of Exposition Mills, Tells Soci ety of Engineer of Benefits the South Enjoys Class of Labor Here Is Distinctive New England Mills Are Union Controlled. (liy The Associated Press.) ATLANTA, (i.-i., May 11 Manage ment must make greater efforts So da its share in maintaining the three-leg ged table that supports industry, GeorgO II. Harris, president of the Exposition Cotton Mills of Atlanta, declared at the National Spring meeting ot th American .Society of Mechanical En gineers here today. ; The South, Mr. Harris declared, was , forging to the front in tho cotton in dustry because of advantages of labor, accessibility of raw material and ab sence of discontent which handicaps 1 hat he called "the union ridden mills of New Kngland . " "Our recent road has been a hard - one." Mr. Harris said, in discussing "Management Applied to Textile. 'Plants", "and now the capital is J here, the labor is here, but world com i petition is also here, and it is going to take brains and active brains in tho ( heads of management to direct capital land labor so as to place American in dustry in the frout ranks and hold it there. "Aii industrial plant is not a military establishment and cannot be handled as such. The main object in any army, it seems to me, is 'to pass the buck' while in industry every man in authority should lie prompt to stand firmly on his own responsibility and ' never attempt to shift his burdens to others." In contrast to the New Kngland mill, where, he said, the labor ia be ing replaced each year "at a steadily increasing per centago" with un trained immigrants, Mr. Harris describ ed the typical Georgia mill thns: "In a Georgia mill is a class of labor, all American, recruited from tha. farming clusa. The manager has grown up with them and knows them in- their ! homes. In many rases the mill, being a comparatively young institution, was built from a small unit by the present -owners. I know of , instances in Geor gia, during the recent depression, where values depreciated so fast that it was impossible for a mill to continue oper ating without tremendous losses, but tho employes ipiickly sensed the situation and voluntarily submitted to, reduc tions in their pay in order that tho mill might continue to operate. ' f v ' ' Ho you know of any such oeMon , in the union ridden mills in New Eng-' ' , land r I have not. The result is that' ' while the Georgia mill is in a position j to sell its product today in Hue with J j the depreciated value of raw products,' ; . me .i- r.ngiaiul mill has its manufac turing cost held up fictitiously Snd is forced to take heavy losses in current values or shut down. - . "The Southern worker is often ig- . nnraiit, even illiterate, prejudiced, and proud; lift he is of a mechanical turn,, of mind, has common sense and is gen--irons to a fault. He is not easily j taught, but when once trained, enables j him to outclass in many eases th , j workers of other sections of the country.;; , Manufacturers of the South have never j understood that pride in artisanship is I one of the prime moving forees io-thoj ! Southern worker. '.I "Unlike th.. iiuniiirrant. wnrkpp the North, who ininisterprets the syin- bolism of the Southern v. ork in his home he in w hich t In.' tat ue ot Liberty, th r r. specis auinoniy, xor has lived in a patriarchy, "hole family follow tho law, laid i ivn bv the father. 'tin t! ti'llljfeil, e ivorki r o French a other hand, he has less in ii 1 is not so energetic as tha th- Middle West, where I Herman elements predom- inafi e. The Soi ' stickibiiity Tne probl'-m it.s from ail 'l tl. cull be rner, however, has of securing uniform factories, whatever tho snivel through plan- i in;, 'lis. ipline and especial i Kind nf training. :t)i needs training schools to rr. Having been raised g. iier:i"i i!u to b things u.iiiiuer, no artisanship has l.v. 'h- Th !e:uh throng i n a i pro rud tan; . a I. Iss n -hr the mass. The hontU .ii n 'he management of every Spe. it-,.- and scientific methods g and .-. rrying on operations .!, v. i ii -.l . Tho worker can himself he needs help ho r.nte.n, and he must have it. leaders must be furnished technical schools. General nets in I. iinla-trv. of trii: it. must b. not trii: n II. -Is in' III. ii. -th.: from our edrii a t ion in -t lie made available fof ri'v, so that tho Sooth may the tl.nn take jn-t place in the industrial TORNADO DOES MUCH DAMAGE IN NEBRASKA v The Associated r res.) OMA1TA, NEB., May 11. Five per. sons .ire missinsr. a score or morS suffer ing from minor injuries and property " . damage lielieved to be large, has result ed following a tornado that struck near Lexington, Nebraska, last night. The family of Ben Bermaa, eniting of Bernian, faia wife, and three children, are believed to have been in th L . -farm honie which it is reported m., , rie.l Sway by the tornado. No t't - , n thi re5.l.5") l '-e"! f""e L
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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