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GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 12, 1922.
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VJARREH. TAYLOR. RQAullpang Terrorism Dealt Severe
GET HONORS AT GRAND
COMMAHDERY MEETING
Gaston County Masons Elected!
iL . mm t
to oinces at tug masomci
Gathering at Winston-Saler
Pvthian Band Is Accorc
ed High Praise For Its Fii
Work.
ftuMuniiiH Knights Templar rctriied
luirt night from Winston-Salem where
they attended the meeting of the Grand
Oommundery of North Carolina. The
tfiuotnviiu lUirutuiii hum honored in that
two of their. number were elevated taL
... i i::,.i
nign owce in me oniinuiiurij. un
Knight James H. Taylor, was fleeted,
grand captain general and Sir Knight
W. Y. Warren, grand warden, liev. W, J.
Roach, of Lowell, received honurs in the
lioyul Arch.
The Pythian 1and which accompanied
the Templars also eaine in for much
praise for their splendid work. One of
the features of the meeting was a con
cert by the local baud. The following
gives other details :
The closing session of the annual meet
ing of the four bodies of the grand lodge
of Masons of North Carolina was fea
tured with a business session this morn
ing, during which officers were elected by
the grand comma ndery, Knights Templar,
a parade in whirji. H I III or more members
of the order participated, and presenta
tion of a loving cup to the baby eoin
liianderv of Greenville, as a prize for
liiivintr the lamest representation of
members present, it being shown that tin
coinmandery traveled TJ. miles an I was
represented by 75 per cent, of its mem
bership. After a big dinner at a lo-al tobacco
warehouse, the grand eomiiiuii'lery i-ocoii-vened
and installed its new officers,
which are as follows :
.John J. Phoenix, of .Greensboro, was
chosen grand commander, sun-ceding
Raymond C. Dunn, of.LniieM; W. C.
Mudgett. Southern Pines, deputy grand
rommunder ; R. 8. Gorhaui. Rocky Mount,
grand generalissimo; .I. II. Taylor, Jr.,
Gastonia, grand captain gincra!; P. B.
Crowsou, Goldsboro, grand senior ward
en! J- W. Cuthbcrston, Charlotte, gran t
junior warden; E. B. Neave, Salisbury,
grand treasurer; J. H. Griggs, Elisabeth
City, grand recorder; K. K. Johnson,
Wiiuston Salem, grand standard bearer;
li. H. Boyer, Ashevillc. grand sword
bearer; W. Y. Warren, Gastonin, grand
warden.
Parade Covers 15 Blocks.
Thp parade covered about 15 blocks.
The procession started promt ply at 1
o 'clock and reached the reviewing stand
at the corner of Fourth and t 'berry
strcels about .'ill minutes later. Thous
uiuls of peoide were lined up along the
streets to see the Sir Knights in full uni
form go by.
Thp parade was headed by the Ann ri
can Legion fife and drum corps and the
30th division flag. Charlotte command
cry had its own Templar band and Gas
tonia commandery was aci ompyniod by
the Pythian band, of that city, which ren
dered a delightful open air concert :u
front of the Presbyterian church
L !
Aldemar commaudery had a bam
and the local commaudery had lh
tin,
famous j
Salem band to lead them in the ceremo
nies. The competitive drills were conducted
ill a hollow square, which
ibv the Sir Knights at the
was formed
I-Olicillsi m of
the paratle.
Concerning the work of the bi.nd The
AVinston-Salcm Journal says:
"Lust night at o'dotk a concert
was given on the lawn of the lust Pies
Ityterian church by th.- Ctuiiinnn-derv
Jiaiu . of Gastonia. iH'siite the inclement
Weather, a large number of people gath
ered to hear this aggregation of musi
cians, one of the est in the Nate. The
concert was directed by F. C. lo l l, di
rector of the band. The progiam was
one of the Lest ever heard rendered in
the city by a band. The listeners were
appreciative an. I accorded the musicians
generous applause. "
MRS. JOHN R. RANKIN HAS
COLLAR BONE BROKEN
Auto Accident When
and Car Collide
Baby Is Not Injured.
Mrs. John R, Rankin sufferec
collarbone Thursday afternoon
lision between an automobile
she was a passenger and a tru.
ing to the B-J Co. at the corner of South
Marietta and-yecond Avenue. The
Rankin car which wiig driven by. Miss
Georgia Rankin was turned over by the
force of the collision and Mrs.' Rankhi.
Miss Rankin ami the twoyear-old son
of Mrs. Rankin were pinned beneath the
car.. Miss Rankin, a sister of Mr. Ran
kin, ami the baby received slight flesh
wounds and bruises. Mrs. Rankin is
resting very well today and is getting
along nicely, in spite of the shock ex
lcrieuced from the accident.
The car was coming west along Sec
ou.l Avenue the truck was coming south
down Marietta street when the collision
occurred. It apiears ,'iat wa purely
an accident. The Rankin car was bad
ly danmged and is out of commission.
Willard Unwilling.
(By The Associated Press.)
LOS ANGELES, May 12. Jess
Willard, mentioned in recent dispatch
es a a possible opponent for Jack
lemjey, i not seeking a ittiiro rmtf h
wita the chajipi jU, according to a state
ment attributed to W!lbrt dy b
locJ ajjftwBcrv .' . -.
Truck' I
Young A
A
I a liTikei.
in a col I
in which j
i k bclong-
I
l
Blow By The
Eight Chicago
Cook County Grand Jury Returns True Bills
mm 1 A 1" m T BST 1
iwiiarging iviuraer Against Dig 11m murpny,
Fred Mader and Cornelius Shea.
(By The Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, May 12. Police and civ
ic organizations today saw in the in
dictment of eight Chicago labor leaders
ami the state's attorney's threat to use
against them the law invoked 116 years
ago to obtain executions of the Hay-
narket rioters a smashing blow at
which they termed gang terrorism. In
the first night session on record, n Cook
county sjiecial grand jury returned true
bills charging murder against "Big
Tim" Murphy, head of the gas work
ers' union ; Pred Mader. president of
I the Chicago building trades council.
ami Cornelius Mica, president -treasurer
of the theater janitors' union, referred
to as being one of the three vicious la
bor circles, and five others.
The indictments are forerunners of
scores of others, city and county offi
cials said. More than 400 persons were
arrested and but few have been releas
ed with the greatest number denied
freedom on writs of halieas corpus.
Others mimed in the indictments are:
Isadore liraverman, head of the fix
ture hangers' union: Dauiel McCarthy,
j business agent of the plumbers' union;
'Jerrv Horran. saloonkeeper ; Thomas
i Hoirau. former police officer, and Rob-
crt .Met loud, clerk in tlie building
trades council.
They eight are charged
with the killing of Terrance
ing police lieutenant . The
Lvuu- followed the murder
secifically
Lyons, act
slaying of
of
at
Thomas
Clarke, patrolman on guard at a build
ing which previously had been bombed,
police say, by labor men because it was
being erected under the Laudis award.
Efforts of attorneys for the labor
loader to obtain the release of Murphy,
Shea, Mader and the others failed when
Judge Scanlon declared that a state of
DntAdi ur diu nuoDcni
Henry Hirsch,
Jeweler, Is R
$30,000 Bond.
New
leased
York
Under j
NEW YORK. May 12. Henry
Hirsch, the jeweler arrested on a charge
of acting in concert with the two men !
and the woman already arrested in con- j
nectiou with the theft of $500,000 i
worth of liberty bonds from the Chase '
National Bank on April 17, was re
leased today under $.'!0,l)O0 bail. i
Hirsch's arrest followed a confession j
which detectives said was made by Ar- i
thur V . Chase, a watchman at tho
Chase National Bank, who was arrest-
at the bank while on duty Wednesday, i
Chase, according to the detectives, said i
! that Mrs. Vardcmaii, jho with her hus- .
i band, John W. Yardeinan, are under j
; arrest in Savannah, Ga., went to I
Hirsch 's office and asked him to sell
i :;l.fiH!
worth ttf the stolen bonds,
to the confession, Hirsch
Ac
told that
was
cording
the
tin
woman to bring the bonds and
next day when she did so she
I held up ami robbed of them in the
J building where Hirsch had his office.
! Hirsch denied the story when arrest -icil
and declared that the woman who
j was known to him as Mrs. Hollis and
Mrs. La Blanche, hail told him that
j the bonds which she asked him to cash
hail been put up by a man who was
bat king her in a theatrical venture. He
declared Ihat at no time had she shown
him the bonds or handled them in his
offi.-e.
SAVANNAH, Ga., May 12. De
jt.s tives here declare John Varileman
'and Bertha Yardeman, held for the
' larceny of half a million dollars in
i bonds from the Chase National Bank,
'in New York, have made a "clean
I breast" of the robbery, and that the
! missing .to.OOO in bonds would be re-
overed within the next few hours.
EGRO TRUCK DRIVER HELD
lex Biggers, Driver for Har-ry-Baber
Co., Ran Over
Four-Year-Old Gene Bell
Wednesday Child Has
Even Chance for Recovery
Bond Fixed at $200.
Alex Biggers. ageI f". colored truck ,
driver for Harrv-Baber Co.. is held in the
....n.li'nir the outcome of in-
juries sustained Wednesday afternoon bynee; H. M. Dobbs, of Annist m. Ala.; j
Gene Bell, Jr.. the four year-old son ol j W. W Brandon, Tuscaloosa. Ala., ami
Mr. an. I Mrs. Gene Bell, ot 411 .ortn
Marietta street, when the child was run
over by Biggers' truck. Dr. D. A. Gar
rison, "the physician in charge, stated
this morning that the child had an even
chance of recovery barring complications.
The accident occurred in front of the
Bell home about 4 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon. The child had started lo ,
rtel
cross the street, it is stated, when the
truck struck if and passed over its body,
tlnvn tWm and inflicting other
injuries of a fleshy nature. It is stated
that the driver was running at a consid
erab'c rate of siee. when the accident
occurred.
Biggers waa promptly arrested; and
locked up to await developments as to
the child's injuries. His attorney, John
O. Carpenter, this morning applied fol
bond and bail was fixed by Judge A. O.
Jonea of the Municipal Court at- 2U0.
At noon today Biggers ws
2 ipf-lnl ft w'
HI! in j'-l
Of
Labor Leaders
? war existed between labor and the po
lice. "We have sufficient evidence to hang
Murphy, Khea and Mader," George E.
Gorman, assistant state's attorney, said
following announcement indictments had
been returned.
"If the same law used in the anarch
ist case is followed, I am convinced
that we have enough evidence," Mr.
Gorman said.
Witnesses before the grand jury last
night included L'o policemen in addi
tion to civilians, all guarded closely
because police feared they might come
to hurm if labor organizations learned
who had testified. Documents seized
at labor headquarters during raids made
follow ing the murders also were intro-
dueed
"Big Tim"
surprise when 1
Murphy evidenced
c was informed of
no
the
indictments .
I "Anybody can be indicted," he said.
"They can even indict a man for cou
1 c paling ideas. That must be the charge
jtlicy have against me.
I "How can 1 conspire with guys I
don't know anything about f"
j "As for the death penalty, its been
announced several times that men would
hang and they arc today walking the
; streets free men. Poor old 'Con' Shea
is too old to conspire with anybody.
! We are as sorry for the cops as the of
ficer.. .
. "The
whole thing is just
a shame, ' ' exclaimed
a big
Fred
indict-
splash . '
i " 1 1 's
Mader
when in formed of the
incuts .
It is not charged that Murphy, Ma
der or Shea actually shot the police
men, but that they were involved in the
conspiracy which led to the killing
through a recent series of bombings
and beatings.
IPOLITICS ENTERS
! .
uUNHHt UtbAlb UN
ELECTION OF BISHOPS
Five New Prelates to be Chos
en and Friends of the Aspir
ants Are Busy in Hotel Lob
bies and Elsewhere State
Delegations Line Up For
Favorites.
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.. May 12.
Polities moved into the foregiound "t
the !Mh quadrennial general conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, here today as the body took up
the question of how many new bishops
k..ii i i . i ti... .......
I Blinii III 'it Ticti ill linn M'nnui. i ur i , ij
j ferenee discussion hinges around a re
! port (if the committee on episcopacy rec-
oinmemling that five new prelates be
chosen.
' Although the elections do not take
place until Tuesday, friends of the as
i pirants were busy today in the hotel lob
! bics and meeting rooms urging the qual
ifications of their respective candidates,
j States conference delegations also
j were active in the interests of "favorite
j positions'' with Texas apparent 'y lead
i ing in the number of men put forward.
The names of four Texans heard most
prominently in the pre-election campaign
; ing wi re those of the Revs. C. C. Sclec
an, Pallas; H. A. Boaz. Dallas; S. R.
Iloustin and F I" Yulver, Fort Worth.
Georgians also were active in pressing
the claims of men from that state and
were suggesting as possibilities the Revs.
P. N. 1'arker, of Atlanta, representing
the Louisiana conference; J. E. Bit key,
:Griftin ami T. P. Ellis. Macon.
Mr Parker was elected bishop at the
last general conference, but declined ciec
tion because he said he could accomplish
'more for the church by remaining at ths
head of the Theological School then in
; his charge.
j Names of several delegates from Mis
souri were in the air and included those
!f the Rev. Paul II. Tinn. of Fayette,
Br. .T. T. Pritchett, presi.bling elder of
the Kansas City conference, and the Rev.
iG. B. Winfon, of St. Iniis
Others eiu' talked of for places in
'eluded the Revs. J. S. French. Emory,
;Ya.; O. E. God-lard, of Nashville, rep-
resenting the east Oklahoma conference;
resenting the east Oklahoma conference ; j
Stonewall Anderson, of Nashville, rep-!
resent in a thp I.itfl.. Uru-k rk t . niter- i
S. H. C. Burgin. of Louisvide. Ky..
secretary of the hurch extension hoard.
Dr. Burgin told friends todav that bn
did not exnect to be candidate for
j election as extension t.:.:.r, I secr. tarv.
As the conference went into session a
divergency of opinion seemed to exist
over the number of new bishops to be -
leeted. borne delegate, thought the ad-
dition of five was unnecessary. Others
believed the pmnber should be larger.
There were movement on foot to hav
the conference specify that the ncc
bishops should be given missionary as
signments and that all bishops f the
church, should be required to live in the
conference they represent.
Although today's business program ,
was a length? nni ) 1..Wut.-n mused I
in their labors lone enoueh to receive i
greetings from the United Brethren
It .1 t ... .
vuurcu, Drought bv that denomination
Uraternal niettsehge'r, 1, H H
i' 3 "M ricii
Indictment
FtHMIIIH utLlr.Vtu IHtFo
ISTAIIDIIIG ARMYHAS BEENIReply
REDUCED LOW ENOUGH
Thinks It Dangerous to Cut
Army Any Lower Than It
Now Stands Believes
World War Could Have
Been Prevented If There
Had Been a Larger Army.
(By The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK. May 11. General
Pershing, writing of "Our Plans for the
National Defense." in the current Amer
ican Legion Weekly, maintains that the
aliMilute minimum in tlie standing urmy
below which it is lugh'.v dan;; roils to re
duce already has been reached.
Reviewing regrettable experiences at
tributed to unprepart'ilncsM of the Uni
ted States in past wars, the General
writes that "as to tlie World War, 1
firmly believe that a substantial condi
tion of preparedness of our land and
naval forces, backed by an adequate mer
chant marine, would have kept us out of
the war, and would hae placed us is n
position to have brought it to an early
termination. ' '
"Moreover," he continues, it n not
too much to say that under these coudi
tions and with strong leadership, we
might have prevented the World War
altogether. ' '
In his article. General Pershing visua
lizes the tripartite army which "we are
struggling to create'' under the Reoi
ganization Act of June, IHl'ii. a welding
of regulars, trained national guardsmen
anil a large citizen reserve into a homo
geneous whoe. He pleads with Ins com
ratios of the American Legion in "sup
port the modest estimates of tin adminis
tration of men and mone needed to per
fect our well-considered plans for a basic
organization and for preliminary train
ing that we may avoid another humilia
ting experience before the world."
"The story of American wurs is one
of gallant deeds and great personal
courage on the part of the individual of
ficer and soldier, but lack of preparation
and training has always led to undue hs
of life and heavy financial burdens.'' the
General writes.
"While we -boast of having been vic
torious in our early foreign wars, it was
due more directly to the weakness of the
enemy and his engagements elsewhere
than to the exercise of wise forethought
in preparation or to superior strategical
or tactical anility on the part of our
own forces or their leaders. We arc prone
to shut our eyes to these da in facts, a
condition reflected in Congress, which has
generally considered its duty well per
formed if, after the beginning of war,
it has authorized the raising of an army
and provided for its maintenance.
"In the Civil War, even a small wt I'
trained force would probably have end
ed the war before the entire country be
came involved, and would have saved the
loss of thousands of lives and untold
treasure on both sides."
. At this point General Pershing ex
presses the oeJiet that American prt
pnrednesA and strong leadexihip might
ha vp prevented the World War.
I "Never until our last experience have
j we sought a remedy for the avoidance of
j past errors' he continues, ' but after
j each war we have gone serene'y back to
i the. polity of saving a few dollars that
should be spent for moderate prepara
tion in order to meet, the billions spent
because of lack of preparation.-'
The new three-fold army, General
Pershing explains, would be luiill on the
structural framework taken bodily from
the Worl.l War, so that tie- traditions,
esprit and prestige of the great combat
units would be perpetuated.
"The combat component of the Regu
t lar Army in the I'nited State is so
Ismail as to be almost negligible in the
j event of hostilities with a lir.si -class
I power." the General declare. "Ther"
1 fore, the National Guard must, under our
'adopted military policy, iu.n.etbi.lely take
i the field in a great emergency. Tais
i force must be trained and organized,
'ready to deploy upon tin In location of
Jwar, as the bulwark bebin i which the fe
deral government will mobi l.i tro-'ps anil
l industries.
! The organized ristne
the largest group in in
' w ou'tt not lie maintaint '
const it ut ing
war armies,
' st reiigt It in
tew trained
;ists. These,
'.at ions chiefly
'odd keep in
i respontlence
w 1 1 1 1 e oflicers
liieils. colleges
I t inie of peace, muc i . r
officers and policed s .p
'assigned to skeleton ga
I in their own home t ' ' v
i touch with the arm.v l.y
courses and rummer ta:n
would Ik- trained in h i"
and citizen 's camps.
I "Any arrangement th.
iiteuiplaU'S
I lately up
war is im
i iiiensp cx-
our taking the oftensivi
'i the outbreak of a
practicable Ucauss
f th.
pen so, involved in time
impossible 1,ecai:se it w
. ! peace and is
. . d not tie in
r-.-ic ideals."
The existence
u i d bp. initi
ate! ohjection
r de on land is
Keeping with our d. n.o
General Pershing a.v.
. of such an armed t .r .
re-jtarism of a pronounce,
'able tyi. But our imti.-.
defensive, anil it i tin- National Guard
Iwith our small regular army which is
charged with the fulti.iai. nt of this mis
sion. Later, as the offensive becomes
; necessary, it is the National Guard and
; the larger organized reserves, supplemen
ted by the regulars, winch must carry a
war to a triumphant i.nclustion."
j Summing up, General l'erhing says:
Contrast the National Guard and the
; Regular Army, holding the battle line
! while the greater army of Unserves is
being formed, with our ignominious
plight during the first year of the late
ncn. e were forced to depend
upon the armies of trance ami fcngland
.. JfAn.l I....-.,.- ,,,,,11 41... '
1 to defend our -interests until the AtuorL
,fcan Lxpeustionary tore
incare's Decision On Russian
i By Tnc Associated Press.)
GENOA, May 12. Thp decision of
Premier Point-arc on the Russian reply
to the Allied memorandum was awaited
here today with anxiety.
Prime Minister Lloyd George, of Great
Britain, and Signor Schanzer, Italian
Foreign Minister, have used all their in
fluence with the chief
delegation, M Barthou,
of the French
to impress upon
mm that the Russian note, although not
as favorable as was hoped, still leave
the tloor open for discussion and perhaps
for general agreement. They urged
him to reflect this opinion in his des
patches to his premier.
It is believed that, if left fa t hemscl
ves, the majority of the powers will fav
or continuance of i he discussion, but if
Prance withdraws from the conference,
certain of the other powers will follow
her.
The number of such nations might be
enough to make impossible impe of a
greemcnt with the Soviet, even if Mr.
Lloyd George is willing to continue tie
conference without Prance. The latter
LUTHERAN SYNOD IS IN
SESSION AT CHERRYVILLE
Prominent Lutherans From
. This Section Gather For
Meeting Cherryville Is
Entertaining
Delegates In
Fine Style.
CHEURYYILLE, Mi.
i v
11.
no
Thursday evening session of the Southern ;
: Conference of the I'nitt'd Evangelical
Lutheran Synod of North Carolina held i
.at tight o "cluck was devoted to a regular i
preaching service. Dr. M. L. Stirewalt, j
of Concord, was in charge of the service. '
; I'irst S i'nitiire lesson I Piter 2:21 and j
following. Second less-on John 10: 11 j
j and follow ing verses.
"The Parable of the (iood Shepherd"
I was the subject or text, and Dr. Si ire
I wait delivered a powerful sermon tu a I
! large and attentiw congregation. The j
I teaching of the lesson from the St-rii)-
jfurc as it e enis the work of the church ' ,"mil-
was the principal theme, and was present- j The meeting was opened ly Ab Myers
t'd under three general topics or divi-I who took a friendly dig at Dr. Hender
Isiuns: The work of Redemption, of j lite. Others joined in the friendly and
jSanetification, of Evangelization. Each I good natured repartee that ensued, ter
if these parts of the work were vividly I initiating in the entire club standing in
and aptly illustrated and taught by quo- I a tribute to the popular preacher. Dr.
tat ions from the Bible directly relating ' Henderlitc responded in a jocular vein,
to the question under discussion, ami by i recounting several fish stories to the a
mnny experiences and tests from real life 'miisemenf of the club. He expressed
under circumstances exactly similar to
those under which those of the Scrip-
tare described. Few ministers could
have made the teaching clearer than did
I'r. Stirewalt, that the Bible ig a Book
of communication from God to man, a
standard of holiness, and of the beauti- j
fid story of the Gospel taught by the!
Shepherd as to
the evangelization of
llu' world. That. ea ngeliznt ion begins
I in the church and works out, that Christ
Us in all respects the central figure as he
said, "I, if I be lifted up will draw nil
I men unto me." The closing was a quo
jt.itioii from the fimmiaiid to go into all
Mlie world to p reach and the promise lie
would lie ever present in the work.
Many expressions were heard that ihis
W'.'u one of the best sermons ever deliver
ed here, and all expressions were of the
very highest. The people of Concord are
fortunate mid very grateful in having
this man n.s their pastor.
Sjiecial music was rendered by a well
trained choir and the congregational
singing was of the highest order. The
attendance large and attended by many
peop'e not of the Lutheran faith and
all were well pleases.
Oflicers, pastor and delegates to the
conference all seem to be much at home
with the Cherryville people and enjoying
themselves wherever they go. The peo
ple of the town rejoice to have them,
and stem to be expressing such feeling.
The finest fellowship prevails evt ri
where.
The opening service of the morning ses
sion of the southern eon ferenee of the
1'nited Evangelical Lutheran Synod of
North Carolina, which was devotional.
a s
Rev.
tare
Acts
largt
were
vice
held at i:.".i
G. 11. Cooper.
lesson frn:-i
, beginning wit
number of .!
present nvl
with spirit am
a. in., conducted by
who read the Scrip
i m l chapter of the
h the l-th verse. A
ga I i's and visitors
h'.re.l into thp ser
i understanding.
.ir then took charge
President Hid.
of the meeting.
of the (die
conference i si...
C. A. l.v-vi, h'.
Rev. O. W
members o: ,
Tin
I was called and
ers and members of the I
nde i. On motion, Rev. !
v . II. L. 1'cterson and ;
i i lmli were received as '
advisory council of th !
danket motion that all '
conference
ministers i
conference
the advis..!
storm of '
ag a matt, i
lie recogni,
was lo.st.
on t redt nt
Reports i :
read and a'
tetL On :-.
I., swio.i who attend this face
i urn, led as memliers of:''1"'1'
.. ,ie il brought forth a
I..
it.oi. on ine ground thai
u'tesv 1bey should each
. .. r-iiely, and the motion
reiiort of the committee
v read and approved,
i! ii.g committees were
-.ir?.t- disi-nssion were adop
ii the report of J. C Lin
en s read ami adopted.
i:.rn for divine services
;.n.i the business session
was dosed with an earnest
t. L. Stirewalt, of Con
'I -
gle. of
I'
Motion t
van ad-
of the u i
prayer a.
cord.
At 11
the servo
lowing
ed a ma
; Ib v. C. X. Yount
gospel for the day,
read
fo'
-li Rev. C A. Brown deliver
er ly sermon on the subject,
" R vereiici
ing as his
for the House of God," tak
text a part of the first verse
of th
rifth chapter of Eecleciasteg.
Intermission For Dinner,
intermission for. dinner was then
I the people gathered in the
near the church and enjoyed a
An
given
gr: .e
Is Anxiously Awaited
contingency is improbable, however, con
sidering the storm of protest such an
indication of the collapse of the entente
might raise in Knglandd.
M. Barthou telegraphed the text of the
Russian communication to Paris, and x
iwctcd to receivp his instructions todav.
After reading the document his only
1 comment was: "It is less an answer an
I indictment of the powers, coupled with
fiat refusal to reply to the questions put
to them (the Russians)."
The British view, as given by Sir Ed
ward Grigg, was ethat the note "cer
tainly rails for a rejoinder."
Foreign Minister Henes of C.Vecho Slo
vakia, speaking in the name of the Little
Entente, expressed the opinion today that
the conference must be adjourned with
in a few days, accepting the French pro
posal to appoint an international com
mittee of experts, on which Russia
would not lie represented , to considei
financial problems. This must be .lone,
he said, in such a way ns to avoid re
seiitment, in order not to embitter the
European situation.
ROTARY CLUB DISPATCHES
VARIETY OF BUSINESS
W. C. Bivens and Harry Ad
ams Elected to Membership
Mock Debate on Admis-j
sion of Women to Mem
bership. Despile the absence of ninny members.
the Rotary luncheon Thursday was lively
and interesting. The features of tln'j
meeting wen- a shop talk by Charli
Thompson on paving, a mock debate on j
the question of admitting women to mem
bership in the dub, the ovation given
l)r. J. II. Henderlitc on his return to the I
club after a month's absence in Florida,
the election of two new memliers, W. C.
Bivens, associate life insurance, and I
Harry Adams, ice ami coal and resolu I
tions of appreciation of the work Missl
Blanche Heiserman. of Community Scr I
vice, has done during her stay in Gas
'surprise at several changes that had i
' taken place during his absence, one of)
! these being that Sam Robinson had seen I
the error of his way, had decided to I
P'il profiteering in shoes and had a-I
greed to live a straight clean life here-!
after in the cotton mill business. "I;
have hopes," continued the Doctor, "of,
saving Jim Kennedy." "The Rotary
club is capable of standing a good many
shocks, " said Dr. Hemlerlite. "If it can
survive the election of P. W. Garland as
president, it can stand any thing."
The program for the day was in charge
of W. D. Anderson ami tiip mock debate
on the women was part of his stunt.
Ed MeEurd led the debate against ad
milling the women to membership, and
the final decision of thp club was that
while they were heartily and unanimous
lv in favor of such a move, it was uncon
stitutional ami must be voted down.
Plans were discussed for the coming
Rotary Kiwanis baseball game ami a
committee of Will Grier, John Heal and
Hugh "Query named to arrange for the
game.
Miss Blanche Heiserman who is soon
to leave Gastonia, was the recipient of a
tribute of appreciation from the club for
her services while in Gastonia. The next
meeting will be held next Thursday evc
ing at fi :.'((!.
SUBSTITUTE BONUS BILL
WOULD GIVE HALF IN CASH
(By The AssoeiaTCil Press.)
WASHINGTON, Mav 2 . A sub
stitute soldiers' bonus bill, under which
veterans would rc-eivc o'l per cent cash
payments, was ml rodueed today by
Senator Dorsum, r. publican. New Mex
ico, and lit. ire. I ;., the Senate Ki
nance ommi'tee. The balance due the
veterans would be covered by certificates
of indebtedness payable September .'io,
1!'L'7, and drawing interest at the rate
of .'1 1 :' per cent, from next October 1.
Aside from the cash and certificate
Option. M'teri.i,- will be permitted to
select v ni'ii ' inii.'i I training, farm or
horn
th r
t-oiii
pub
men
ness
f aid. in land purchase aid. 1'n
the laud purchase 'plait veteran.
I make homestead entries upon any
ie lands, paving per acre by
is of tie- cert iticates of indebted
If the land cost less, than the
value of the certificate the differ
would be paid in cash.
Cotton Market
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK COTTON
NEW YORK May 12. Cotton fu
tures, closed steady.
May 1!.S7; July 19.."):!; October 1 If. .".".;
Iiecember 19.."!; January ltM.jjs March
1 !.- ; feots 20.15.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Strict to Good Middling
Cotton Seed
18c '
6UC I
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, partly cloudy and
somewhat unsettled tonight and Satur-
!ftrl chnf? in temnersrirr ,
GASTGNIA HIGH MEETS
1K0RY ON
COLLEGE I FIELD TODAY;
Game at Lincolnton Thursday
Rained Out With Score
Standing at 4 4 To Meet
Again Today at Davidson
College Play Winston-Salem
Saturday If Successful
Against Hickory Today.
With the Ilickory-Gastonia high
school game called at the end of the :
fourth inning on account of rain
Thursday in Lincolnton, tho two -teams
will lock again at Davidson
College this afternoon. The win
nier of the Hickory -Gastonia bout
will play Winston Salem Saturday ,
afternoon at Davidson. Coaches .
Grier and Armstrong left with the
team today at noon for Davidson -prepared
to spend the night if they
are successful in today's gums
with Hickory.
Thursday's game was getting off
to a beautiful contest when rain
halted the proceedings. The locals
had scored two runs in the second in
mug. A Hickory player had knock
ed a himie run in the third inning,
and another counter had been push
ed across ill the fourth inning.
Appearances were that a buttle
royal was to be staged. Hord,
pitching for Gastonia, was going
strong and the locals were backing '
him up in fine stylo. Hcngevcld, '
of Davidson, was umpiring.
Should the locals win today's game
from Hickory and tomorrow's tilt
with Winston-Saleni, the Jonesville
team will lie played here next Wed
nesday. One of the four teams just ,'
mentioned will represent Western
Ndr1h Carolina in the final game at
Chapel Hill, May 20.. Jonesville,
Yadkin county, has eliminated all ,
the teams in its group, and so has
Winston-Salem in its group. Hick
ory and Gastonia are fighting to- .
day to establish the supremacy of
groups one ami two.
A larg crowd of fans and root
ers accompanied the team to David
son today to witnesss the Hickory
game, some going on the noon train
and others through the country, '
Should Gn-slonia win the Hickory
game, hundreds will go to Davidson
Saturday to see the Winston-Salein
contest.
A huge crowd from 'both Hickory
ami Gastonia filled the grandstand "
at Lincolnton Thursday. Indica
tions were that Hickory would Send '
a iarge delegation to Davidson. ''I '
METEOR SHOCKS SOUTHERN ,
I PART OF VIRGINIA
1 (By The Associate Press.) ' 11 "
i RICHMOND. VA., May 12. Almost
. the entire south side Virginia was shock
. ed as if by an earthquake when a meteor
j resembling a large ball of fire fell last J
night about 11:15 o'clock, according to
; reports lu re. A large streak of light i -i
reported to have been noticed in t the'
j sky before the ball of fire began swirling
through space ami before a noise that
I sounded like a great explosion was
heard. .
A report from Cftase City, ninety miles :
from Richinondd, is to the effect that
the meteor was not only seen' there hut,.
that the explosion caused buildings ta
shake, dishes to rattle and furniture tt
rock in many houses. Automobi lists who
wi re on roadways in Mecklenburg county ;
are quoted as saying that it seemed as
though their cars had -caught fire, SO
I great was the illumination. One Chase
: City man said this morning that the
! meteor fell northwest of that town. He
'sai l inhabitants of Chase City and Meck
i lenburg county were badly frightened
i and rushed from tneir homes, fearinjr
thai an earthquake was causing the houses)
t o sha ke. ,
He reported no damage to property,
however, ami -;t i . i no one seemed tOv
! know the exact point at which the mete
or struck the earth, if it landed at all.
The phenomenon was witnessed by many
Uiidmionders who were on the streets
shortly after 11 o'clock. The entire
. southwestern skies were brightened as if
bv a flash of lightning or a great burst -(
of flame.
BELIEVE METEOR FELL IN .
j NORTH CAROLINA MOUNTAINS
I (Rv The Associated fress.)
NORFOLK, VA., May 12. Metoro
ilogists at Norfolk are convinced that a
j meteor seen falling Inst night at a num
ber of points in Virginia and North Car
loliua struck the earth somewhere in tho
Blue Ridge or Alleghany mauntaina.
While the shuck of its fall was felt at
l.awrenceville, JVtcrsburg and) Black
stone, no ilamtxge was done in any of
these towns or elsewhere so far as could
I be 'earned by telephone this morning.
I The volnle was plainly visible from
'Norfolk and at Lawrenceville, 100 miles,
west of the city, on the Southern Rail
way, windows wjere hattled aud houses
shaken. Hundreds ef persons hurried
: from their beds in the little comity seat
town of Brunswick county, and negroes
were iwnijy frightened. . .- :
At Petersburg the shock was fully as
distinct as at Lawrenepvillo, but at Black
stone, 40 miles away, and to thecaatward.
it was felt scarcely at all.
Tih noneral imiiressiou that the holi.ln
struck northwest of Lawrenceville,, but
perhaps 50 wilciJUfay.
Those in Norfolk who saw the n.etrir
say it can best be described as app ..rir
to be nearly half the diameter of t! f
moon much like tho oi l v