TOMI k Mlf QI
I Weather: I (I IT A vs.
Local Cotton
20 Cents
GASTONIA, N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, 1922.
VOL. XLIII. NO. 119.
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
BAPTISTS PLANNING TOiGEORGIA MOB DISPERSES
COMPLETE $75,000,000 AFTER BURNING NEGRO;
il
Intensive South-Wide Cam
paign to Be Launched at
Nashville June 20-21 Ev
ery Organization in the
Church to Be Enlisted.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., May lit.
I'laim for completing the ' 75,OUU.OtiO
fund of the Southern Baptist Convention
will bo outlined in au intensive south
wicln cumnuign launched at a conference
ui i "'f - .
M W ., 'iiinnnticcl ;it the roll Vt'lll KU
here today.
Plans call for forming of an organiza
tion somewhat similar to the one that ob
tained the original subscriptions and mi j
addition to member!) of the conservation j
commission including the State and sen-
era I secretaries, the president and secro- ;
tary of tho women s missionary .
secretaries of other auxiliary organiza -
tious and a few representative pastors
aml laymen, invitations also will lie ex -
tended to the executive committees of
the convention and of the women's union,
state secretaries of the union, editors y
mors ui
linptist papers, -the cxivuthc committe"
of the laymen's missionary movement and
others. Frank K. Burkina Iter, Nashville,
was re-elected secretary and publicity di
rector of the observation commission at
a meeting early today.
While the meetings of the w en's
union were devoted largely to reports on
its work toward the 7",onn.Oim fund
with election of officers net for late in the
day, the convention turned its attonl ion
to home missions and Sunday schon's
and the reports of those
'boards were
made public.
Statistics on Southern Haptiit work
since the last convention show large gains
for the convention vear of li--, the total
contributions amounting to .:::'., ssi,n2, i
a gain of ifitlto,')!'!, and the value ol !
church property . I0-J.4U l,:;u, an in
crease of $4,i71,ilH. Oile r lignr -s i
showed continued increased in a iN.en .
more items reported. ;
Heports from the v.'omcn'-. union nl.nC
showed increases in all li u' of endeavor
and the annual address of Mr". W. ;'-!
Iiimes, of Birmingham, president, do- ;
dared the organization is growing year I
by year. The I'linion has presented a '
biiliner to the Maryland branch in appro- I
ciatioii of its activities in further work, j
A number "f loving cu
other state organizations
e gn
:'il
of the
unio
ROTARY GLU3 PUNS TO BUY
A CAMP SITE FOR BOYS
, . 1
If Project Can lie froperiy ri-
CAMPAIGN
SUMMER NO
nanced Club Will tSuy iraci;iu
of Land, and Establish Boys'
Camp and Playground SUeM
To Help m fcmployment
of Boys' Work Man.
leeiding lo take pieiimiiiar.'.
tnnafil the purchase of a tr.ici uf Urnl 10
be used for a camp site for boy-, and
the adoption of a motion to help in the
securing of a man to take charge ,,t
boys' work in Customi v. ere t lie main
features of the Tlmrslay weekly li'daiy
buichoil held at the Country Club. Two
new members, Harry Adams and Cly Ic
Hivens, were received into the meiuber
ship of the club. Plans for the IMary-
Kiwanis baseball game lux1 Tucs.
Loray Park were announced.
Chief interest centered in tie
work plans, a proposition that ha
sponsored by the Ifolary club
organization in (iastonia. In one
and another the club lias done a
at
ci
be. II
e its
way
gn
deal for the boys of the e't.v, but ivd
in a way that is tangible. For some time
the club has been considering the pur
chase of a small ira't c! land near the
city which can be converted into a suit
able cainli site, where swimming. Inciting
fishing and athletic programs mij
enjoyed. Options on two suc h s tc
:ht
been secured by the dub. Om
is in close proximity to Crowd
lain and affords excellent op
fur all these various phases of
of tiies
is M.m:
oi'timitie
bov act
vitics.
Another forward step taken by
club was the decision to he p in tin
the
cm
ploymeut of a man who stia'l dc voic
his whole time to activities among the
hoys of Ciastonin. The ComiIi. unity c-, r
vice organization is planning such step
and it is planned that the Kotarv Club
shall co-operate with this organization
in this movement.
Dr. J. H. Henderlite presente I the
cause of the library and the opportunity
to sign up for season tickets for next
year's lyceum rnurw. Many of these
tickets were taken.
Mr. John L. Ben I presented the report
of the committee from the Hotary club
which met with other civic: organiza
tions a few days ago relative to the mat
ter of a so'dier memorial for the c ounty.
The recommendation of the committee.
was adopted and the committee was con
tinued. COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET j
(Br Th AMiVIiilM fren.l
NEW YORK, vMuy lib Cotton fu-
tures elosed ouiet and steady.
'Mav 21.20 Julv 2t.2:i; (c-t'.l r !!.!; I
IVcembrr 19.112; January I9-; March
19.73; JSpots 21.4.1.
TODAY'S COTTON MRXET
Strict to uooj Middling.
Cotton Rel ,
. . . i-JL
4 !, I
E
Mob Decides That Tarver Ne
gro Was Not Guilty and
Give Up Search For Him
Body Was Partly Burned
and Then Riddled With Bul
lets. DAVISHOKO, Ga., May Fol
lowing the killing of Mrs. Elizabeth
Kitchens, 'li, a mail carrier, yesterday
J morning and the burning alive, despite
pleadings of the Washington couu
i .
sheriff and a minister of the gos-
I, of Charlie Atkins, a li year-old ne
gro boy, - who is alleged to have con
fessed to the crime, everything was qui
et in this section, today, and officers do
not anticipate any further mob vio
lence. Member of the posses that joined in
the llt.'iTl li ll li t i'ttrel:i v- iit-i. n iiit:trilit Iv
Silt is.r.,, .. Afkill8 uas fhc Hok. JMr.
, Jlt.trfor of tlll. ,.rilm. .,,, ,,.VI )i8.
, M.r8ll,i. Hcj'ore he met his death At
lkin4 is SJlj(j (l llan, Ui(, th(, lno() ,,iat
i 1(i(,r() ,1V t)(, il;me ((f J((,1U n(.liry
j T;.ru.r was implicated in the crime.
1'osses searched several hours for Tar-
I ver and could not find him. It was
! reported by several persons, it is said,
.It.. I 'l'..,..r I,.,, I ,,..1 1,.,.,,, in tl...
F
i.-or.i.nuuitv for over a vear. As these ! 'J1"'"111 ' believe, to i,e en route - o
! reports spread members of the posses "rk. to h" 1;"ll, r- '''' Umlaut, a
! gradually diverse.!. perfume manufacturer.
' As the sun set vesterdav the body of! At the district attorney's uili.e, cm
jAtkins hung suspended from a tree at phasis was laid on the intent" of Val-
'll... .1' tli,. ..rim,. Imllel ridi I lei I ('lit 1 llo.
'ivitti tin. m-irlixru ..f inrliiT ttiiiii-iMs
,,1111! oiil v the stumps of the legs left to iter getting a diorce." said Mr. MeClel
' show here the dailies had done their 1 hind, "was married in Mexico and then
hoi k .
was
The appeal
lost in the III
Sogers made ;
to ' ' listen to
of Sheriff English
ad clamor, l.ev. A.
i futile appeal to the
the voice of rea-on''
mob
and
admonished
the men to be
sure "that
t hey
inn
the guilty man." There was
a quick switching forward of the mob,
a few sharp commands, and in less than
a quarter of an hour the mob bad com
pletcd its work and the scene was de
serted. The desire to own an automobile is
said t have intluenced the boy to com
mit the crime to which, it is reported
he confessed.
Acting on the dying statement that
Atkins is said to have made, declaring
that .lohn Henry Tar ver shot Mrs.
Kitchens, officers today are making ef
forts to find Tarver, a litycar-oM ne
gio. Officers are using track dog-.
f.nrly tins morning Sun Atkins was
taken to Saudersville and lodged in jail
ii suspicion. lie is a brother of the
d negro. 'Sheriff Kuglish succeeded
getting (iuiuor Atkins and his wife,
f
t
her and stepmother of the mob vie-
Keai's were expressed that the
pie might hnc been dealt with by
en
th
mob if they had not been taken
k'y to Saudersville.
liuidreiN of people visited the scene
crime .and lynching this niorn
i'he body of Atkins, however, had
een removed o.v several inemliers of a
b and thrown into a corn crib at the
Atkins home.
MAVIDSBOItO, (I A., May Is,
lowing his confession that he robbec
Pol
and 1
murdered Mrs. William Kitchens, J,
rural mail carrier, of this city, Charlie At
kins, 1.") year-old negro boy, was burned
at the slake at (i o 'clock tonight.
The ly nching occurred at the scene of
tile murder, more than l!,it(i(i persons
from several counties witnessing or tak
ing part, according to witnesses.
After being tortured with a slow fire
for !" minutes, the mob loosened the
truce chains that h
tree and placed hiP
d Atkins to a pine
seared body ill the
middle of the main highway. He was)
conscious, crying in pain. The mob de-
iii.iiided to know if there were others
connected with the murder.
Atkins, it was said, named John
lli-nry Tarver, another voung negro boy.
wiiii lie said was t lie only oilier person
loiiuected with it. He had previously
connected his brother with the case.
Fire Is Rekindled.
Memliers of the mob raised his body
again, fastened it Jo, the pine tree in an
upright position, rekindled the fire at the
base of the tree and then stood off giv
ing those in the crowd opportunity to
fire shots into the body.
I ndertakers who obtained the liody
foiiowing the lynching, say that more
than Joo shots entered the charred body.
Immediately alter completing the lyn
chiiig tiie mob set out to find Tarver, de
termined on lynching him if he can lx-
fo'HI.I.
The toads in this section were choked
with automobiles, more than Wit) cars be
ing at the scene of the lynching.
Sheriff F.nglish, of Washington coun
ty, fok possession of Gainer Atkins
and his wife, father and step -mother of
the lynnc-hoil negro, ami carried them to
the county jail at Saudersville for safe
keeping. The mob made no effort to
harm these negroes, hone vc-r.
Negro Whipped By Mob.
Ibiring liie afternoon the mob that was
determined to catch the negro who did
the killing, whipped the Atkins negro
severe v u-vitii times, i rt uinninL' iiii'.iiu.y i tr lilt- ocnsocrntioii nt t ii ni' new
names or tnose wno were nnpm-an ei m
the ease. He said his brother. Slim, ami i
John Henry Tarver were with him.
The negro said that he shot Mr-
Kitchens, a bride of a month, with a'
shotgun, determined to get possession ot
,hc woman's automcrliile ami make a
aream of the night before come true. He
ml mr 88 su popped ai a ...... o
t lie roadside.
The dream, he said, was that he was
going to gain possession of a car.
Although the negro Iioy was large for
his afe. officer of Washington c uui'y
U-tVifve that he had as-nVanee. for tiie
I'-mI.v of Mrs. Kitcheus was di.igg'-,l
.vrds from the scene of the killing. The
I'CVntin.'r'l Te" Isr.-o
VALENTINO'S MARRIAGE
TO, BE PROBED BY THE
CALIFORNIA OFFICIALS
Will Go to Mexlcoli in Lower
California Where Marriage
Was Performed Last Satur
day Walthall, Another
Actor, Is Under Suspicion.
LOS ANGELES, CALIF.. May 19..
Investigation of the marriage of Rudolph
Valentino, fim actor, to Winifred Hud
uut, known professionally as Natacha
Rambova while, according to California
laws, he still was the husband of Jean
Acker, film actress, was to be carried
today to Mexicali, Lower California,
where the ceremony was performed last
Saturday.
Thomas Lee Wooline, district attor
Hiiey, and Tom McClelland, one of his
deputies, planned to go to the Mexican
border townn, learn all possible facts in
the case and determine whether criminal
proceeding on the charges of bigamy
should be taken against Valentino.
On the way to Mesiiali the officials ex
pected to make stops at I'alm Springs and
F.l Ceiitm, where the act r and Minis Hu.l
n lit are said to have passed some time
after leaving Mexicali and liefore return
ing to Los Angeles. Valentino is be
lieved to be in Los Angeles, but Miss
1 " 1 f he left t his count rv a few days af-
i returned to the benefit of the laws here,
lie dearly intended to evade the law here,
lit makes no difference if the woman he
I married has left for the east."
' The district attorney concurred ill the
j informal opinion recently given by
Judges of the Los Angeles Superior
court that Miss Acker from whom Valen
tino obtained au interlocutory decree of
divorce January lo, 1 i'L' H, would be his
i legal wife until the decree was made
linal n year after that date.
I Valentino, who, at the trial of the di
I voree action, gave his true name as
Roilopho (iugleieimi has been .seen ill
I public only once since his marriage to
Miss Hudnut. That was Wednesday at
Pomona, .Hi miles east of Los Angeles,
whe he escorted his bride to the east
bound train she hoarded there. Movie
''fans'' recognized him at the depot. It
is understood the actor has engaged legal
counsel, all hough there is no charge a
guinst him. Federal authorities also are
investigating hi.-, marriage. Frank M.
Sturiris. of the Deoartment of Justice,
jsaid the department desired to know,
'whether, in 'bringing Miss lludniil back
I into California, where he already had a
I legal wife, after the ceremony at Mexi
cali. the actor had violate'! the Mann
white !; ve act.
Mr. Sturgis stated also the department
was interested in the marriage a
jana. Lower California, October
of Fran.. Mayo, motion picture ai
Dugmnr iiodowsky, daughter of I
(iodowskv , the pianist, four day
obtaining an interlocutory decree
vorce here.
A ina 1 1 i.ige contracted by He
Waliha'l also is said to be uieh
vest igat ion by Federal agents.
I'iu-
pej I,
or. ii
-opold
after
of di- j
,, P..'
r in- 1
' SAN FHANCISCO. CALIF.. May 1!.
j Henry B. Walthall, screen star, who is
playing in vaudeville here, expresses no
worry as to the proposed investigation
j into bis ma rriage.
j "There are absolutely no grounds for
tan investigation into my second mar
1 riagc. " he said last night,
I "I married my first wife. Tsabclle
! T'enton. act ress. l.'i years ago. We c-oii' l
j not get along .and separated. I obtain
ed a divirce at Chicago Ive years ago. I
was given a final decree with the provis
ion that I vvou'd not marry again in the
State for a year.
" Ten days after my divorce I married
my leading lady. Miss Mary Charleson.
Indiana. At that time the legality of my
act was thrashed oat by the Indiana ja
diciary, .11, d it was decided I had clone
nothing outside of my legitimate right."
GENERAL CONFERENCE WILL
ADJOURN NEXT MONDAY
j Many Delegates Are Already
Leaving For Home Recom
mends Further Negotiations
With Northern Methodists
on Unification Flan.
HOT SPRINGS, A UK.. Mi
P. i.
It-
attitude on unification definitely clc-tei
mined the general conference of tin- Meth
odist Episcopal Church. South, to-lay '
gun what is cxjieete.l to be the final la;
of the session here. l'nle-s the plan:
of leaders ga awry the bob wii!
plete the transaction of busine ss '
row and will adjourn finally tut Monda.i
morning, remaining in session over Sun
lay for the oensecrati
--- u-m -uiniioim ana (services in niennoy
of deceased bishops.
Many delegates ami visitoi s a'ua-ly
have left and others go home to-lay.
The question of unification wa
-ll'ls
pose.1 of by the conference late lasi
nigh
when it udojited a majority loinmit'ee
report recommending further inuatia-
tioas with the northern branch f Meth..-
nirougn a joint commissi. .n. ?
Southern commission to have libc ity of
j actum in rt'gard to arriv ing at a plan.
1 If the filan is ratified by tl n- nor hern
ennmilss'.Ort and that denomination '-g o
t-rel roaft'ni-t. then the .-olli-.;.- -.t ''"'
,tps of tiie Southern t hurt h won -I '. '
pnwcre-il to rail a (p:-i.,i ,.si ,,, . - 'e-
.o..o-r-l t-iitlfernti,.,.
MAY 20th PROGRAM IN
CHARLOTTE SATURDAY
10:30 a. m. Mammoth Parade
moves out.
12:30 p. m. Address by Gen. John
J. Penning, National Commander
MacNider and Gov. Cameron Morri
aon at Independence Park.
3:30 p. m. Band Concerts at Pil
worth Park and Independence Park.
4:00 p. m. Base Ball, (league
game) Charlotte vs Spartanburg,
Wearn Field.
6:30 p. m.
of Piedmont
Street.
8:15 p. m.
Band Concert, Balcony
Building, South Tryon
Wrestling and Boxing,
Grand Ball, City Audi-
Wearn
9:00
torium.
9:00
Field.
p. m.
p. m.
Spectacular display of
nreworns at Lakewook Park.
Gaston County Delegation Meet At
P. & N. Station At 9:30 A. M.
L
E
SOLDIER IS DESERTED
Suing For $50,000 For Aliena-
tion or Affection Married
Into Wealthy Family Which
She Did Not Suit Story
Told on Stand by Wife of
Camp Greene Soldier Cre
ates a Sensation.
(t.Uariotte IMiserv, i. i
WINDSOH. VKRMONT. M. v Is. .
'Shi' said I was scrawny, skinny and
homely and a disgrace as a daughter-in-law.
' '
A little girl, with lonely eyes shaded
by a floppy hat, drawled in a soft
southern accent in federal court. Few in
the crowded court room knew her, hut her
words caused a sensation.
Fashionably garbed women rubbing'
elbows with farmers' wives straighten
ed and bent forward, then gazed at each
other in astonishment. For the little
girl, who was Mrs. Nellie If. Ne lson, of
Lincolnton, N. C, was speaking of Kate
U'. Nelson, wife of Thomas li. .Nelson,
the millionaire slate king and social
leader in the state of Vermont. The
same little girl is the wife of the son of
the proud Mrs. Nelson, lioineyu W. Nol
son. noted Harvard athlete. She is su
ing her husband 'i parents for f."iO,uii'i
for a lienat ion of her husba ml 's a fl eet ion-.
As the young Mrs. Nelson, a typical
southern beauty, reared amid the pictuies
cpie Carolina hills, told the sad story of
her short 'but hapless romance, the stem
visaged country jury was visihiy stirred,
while even Judge Steins wiped the tears
from his eyes.
Married In Charlotte.
It was a story of kaleidoscopic court
ship, a secret marriage at Charlotte, N.
('., a home made with her husband's
shocked and puritanical parents, the in
evitable c lash and the broken hearted
little wife's liuiil and pathetic ii-tnrn .o
her own silently suffering parents, Jinrk
among the Carolina hill.
The young student married her in NorMi
Carolina in 1117, and a year later, s ,, -charged,
ordered her out of his fatlnr's
home ill Pawlet, because y n, don't suit
the family."
Mrs. Nelson, she cli.nge.l mi the wit
ness stand, had been cruel lo In r, ci:1
cising her continually snubb ng In r an i
while in t he slate king
man-ion nniKii
In r life niiscerable.
She told me that I was
a g l
a ppce nt ment as a daughter ii; law." s.,' i
the gwi. When T cried sic neie;.
laughed sari astiseally an I vva l.' d a
way. " '
The young Mrs. Neison said -he in '
her husband in her homo town in North
Carolina in litpi.
He made ardent Ion ; ., nie. ' ' shc--.inl.
' When he can. ! to a .: i i'. .
camp at ( hailotte in l'.'l 7
wooing and proposed
Mot In r w ill love y on as
he said.
' ' 1 consented almost a c
I,
I
I..
collie tils
wit
and
eel
c harlotte in l!Hs.
He brc. light mi
to '
ately an, I ft moiitlis
loin- through the er,;.
fere-l f n-m his pa n i,
after I had readied
tohl me cnie clay that
up and gci hack l,on;
suit hi-, eople.
" I h ft an. I m- er
since. ' '
A letter which tin-
t
I snf
moid lis
PollK'V if
or pad;
' n i 11 't ;
I
' in g
i r-i'
her husband soon after -t
tu her southern home an i
had started suit for div i
ject of a bitter legal !l
jNisillt; couil-tl. It Wl-
' Little Husband ()' Mm
girl bride wept inntiiiei m-tifie-I
it. Ilecisicin on i's
iv ithhc hi until morning.
I got clown on me Ice
tin sobbing girl toid the
tu gged him to ite on tie e.
r.l with him not to b- ii
striking in the dark but '
the open and lie n man.
wanted to. but I guc-s, his
his own. for he loved tin
lar more than he did his c
'iHiii you love your hii-th-
girl.'" queried .Judge
leaned forward over the 5
p
1 lell-
u was
MARRIED CAMP GREEN
Sunt hern d "v
him. ' ' pose of w h i. I
jury. "and greater div ei ,
re I plead- j the estubli-hn
a serpent ! bleaching, tir-,
e eerne end in , print work.
I knew he j the present -iinl
was not i whereby So..'
.mighty dot- j largely -
e. " j flHIlisllilli;
iii'l now, lit- 1 problems
Sterns tis
it in h as it
hoi
to
c atc h her reply.
"Yes. my huwband. niv h
almost shouted, "and I love
island, " she
iiim w it h alt
my heart ami soul.
The the flood gate npc in -1. the little
"'man t-o'iapsp-l and (he o rt adjourn;
f.
e-iileavor
retrn'dii,l ;
Despite Its
Lloyd George Is Pleased WithjFURNlSH TWO BANDS
Results Of Genoa Conference FOR MAY 20TH PARADE
Warns Russia That She Must Change Her Attitude If She Ex- , D . K , . . .
pects Any Further Aid From
ueots it Expecting to Borrow More Money rine Kesults
From Conference.
L
'J TO ATTEND
BIG
26
TEXTILE MEET
Many Gaston County Men
Will Attend American Cot
ton Manufacturers Associa
tion in Washington C. E.
Hutchison Is First Vice
President Gaston County
Men on Program.
Southern
. manifesting
I ex' ile ni;i mi fa 1 1. 1 er
keen
inleri"t in the L'li;
;h an-
mini c 'mention of the American Cotton
I Manufacturers Association that is lo 'n
behl i n Washington, !. C. Friday and
."Saturday of next week. May L'i "7. A-
inoiig those who will attend from this
. ity are Messrs. J. II. Separk. A. C.
lvers, Fiust Tnrrenco, C. C. Armstrong,
A K. Wingit, Arthur M. Dixon. It. li.
: If.inkin. W. T. Kankin, II. II. (.roves. J.
I. Mi io re, Frcl L. Smyre. .1. S. Love and
'others. The American Association em
; braces, in its membership approximately
l.ociii mills and this Washington conven
! 1 i hi promises to bring together one of
I t he greaafest gatherings of representa-
live textile
seinldeel in
tcre-st centc
of the fn.
ma n u f ait ui'eis that ever ;i s
I he c mint i y . I 'ii rl n- n'ar in
rs in this meeting by reason
t that sewial problems of'
vital concern
he coiisalercel at tins
ne a definite bearing
time which may hav
In a ring on t he t rend
f Southern develop-
inent. The prominence further accorded
the Southern industry in recent months i
I'm the discussions' growing out of t he j
i New Fngland situation ninl the many1
I predict ions of a possilde transfer of
I Northern miils to Southern territory has
i served to augment the already wide in
i Icie st displayed in this convention. It is
'expected that there will be some 7)00 io
lion of the hading manufacturers of the
i mint ry present.
General Lawrence 1 1. Tyson of Knox
ville, Tc nil., is president of the Associa
tion. I . r,. 1 1 uti liison, id .Mount Jlolly,
. C. vice- president, W. K. Beattie of
Gieeiiville, S. I '.. chairman of the Board
of Governors and Winston 1 1. A'lums, of
I ha i io!,t e, N. C., secretary and lieasurer.
(tibial hi to hpia i tcis for the conven
tion will be at tiie Washington Hotel
win r. tiie sessio.w of tie" Association and
the annual bampiel will take place.
I'ro-iiiont Tv-on will deliver his annual
.'Ichliess a! the opening
morn I ng and he will be I
James A. Finely, i 'cm
a I A-so-'ial ion of Man I'm
iis, no the trend of lege
i'coiii Friday
I evel by lion,
of the Nation
II I e Wh' Will
ition in Wash
'ngtoli
; le a i i n
''Col.,
C Wa
II .a.
with
particular app
iidustrv. his
call
I',,,,
lb
to its
be ng
Henry
re and
,n e'-.-e ami I mltis! n.'
1 1 i.n i . fsecre-t a ry of A
I hoiiiu s ( i. Marvin,
nitc'd States Tariff '
at the atternoou s, ,
. e ll.! i I Ml, I II of
'o-iiuiission will
s-inii while the
ill be f-ature-.l
k'aiid ;.-ddes.
'i. I. II. Kirk
hail of Van
s' smou Sat ur
i.i devoted i x
I will be for
tune the vari
i.eaait I ees i i . I
s to plans and
i I 'in' routine
', -ed of. .
'iiiii Cotton
always dire-t
le elcvclopment
e South. When
i i- I J." y ea i s
ta mill spin-
.:i i with up
New Kiigland.
.a iii.flOii.ieoo
g iin-t 1
S. cithern in
'.iiiii .".I'd per
' r if a cell
ia!. of a.l
.ess 1 lia n ."U
i's ago. the
Mills were on
'ee 'ay saline of
a the land are
' :gh th bulk
the I'
- pi a k
ban
I a i r 1 1 1 1 a y c ening in
ael'Il't'sses by sir A in k
le
Piitisli Anili.sssador
all I. of Nashv ill' ,
derbi It F ni v ersi: y .
day morning, M.tv .
clusiv ely to bu- im -the
members onlv .
and
T. n,
I
)7 v
.- ,
At
cuts reports u ill c i.
submit re coiiei,' telat
a l 'I
polieios for the ! i1
VVOI k Of tin' i '11 '. n!
Meetings ..f h.
Manufacturers A-si,
attention 1 " t 'ie I,:
of the te:;t i'e ilei es! I
the Assoc ia' ion c.a
ago there w ri- less
dies it, th'
proximate'
Today ll.
spiu-ll-'s in
Olio iu N
diistrv has
S'n
1.:,
i' a
i;
i.dv
cent within t
t u ry as . - 1 1 1
v a nee in N .-.
per cent. T
vast ma jor't
yarns ami p a
the finest g",
made in the
of the i ii I . ; - :
goods. It i
Tv son at Un
certain imp nt
i ,
1 ,n 'he c-iar- '
" -! ' hat prenidi n!
a: 11 recornnn nd
- in I ho trend of
! a, in and pur
' lering abee.it a
Southern g eds.
re mereerizng.
olants and no"e
-..Hi in order that
"si - Ie correctc'l
- -ooels have to ! .
' n and K.-.st for
Other important
considered. Th
u promises tc. oe
i tu nt in years ai d
mark an epoch in
in tcxti'e develop
approm iiii g
one of ' ic
one which o
the ,-t n n. - - '
meat.
THF VEATHEB
I Nortj Ca:-u-n-1
lard Satu'-'av '
lie.
gentraiUy fair tonis'nt
le rhaij in timi?
DisaDDointments
Europe Must Not Repudiate
i KNWA. May lit The C.euoa ccco
iiofiiie conference adjourned at I : 1 .1 o'
c!ih k this afternoon.
(i F.NOA, May 1!. Prime Minister
Lloyd (ieorge, of (treat Britain, in his
valedictory speech to the Genoa economic-
conference today said the confer
ence had gal hercd "tine crops," name
ly the meeting to be held at The Hague,
the "'noli aggression pact, and the re
ports of the finance, transport and eco
nomic commissions, which he said alone
justified the holding of the conference.
These results must be incorporated in
to living practice, however, the Premier
added, in order to aid in restoring Ku
ropean vigor and prosperity.
'We are now at the end of the most
remarkable conference ever held in the
history of the vvmld
lienoa conference wi
spiling landmark ii
peace. ' '
Mr. Lloyd iccrgc
he said . ' ' The
forever lie an in
the pathway of
a lie
attention to
the I
effect the IJussinn memorandum
had on the world, and hi' warned the
Ifussian that if thev desired to win
success at The Hague it would be bet j
tor for them not to enter elocpient pre- j
soiitnt inns of tin- doc trine of rcpudiu-,
tion of debts. Such a course was un
wise when cine wauled to borrow more
money, he renin rked . i
Isurope, be said, was anxious to help!
bus ia, but b'ussia must accept the code
ot honor wiiicii isurope had as an in
heritance from centuries of hard work
ing honest people.
The Hritish Premier wanted ifussia
that Furope was gradually filling up
the gap left by Itussia 's decline, but
was sai'l to see millions of liussiaus in
despair ami starving.
When a man sells goods, declared
i Mr. Lloyd George, he expects the buy
er to pay for them; when a man lends
money he expects the borrower to re
pay, and vvlieu a man asks a second
loan he must repay the lirst one. He
argued that "the Kussian tornado"
had not uprooted these basic laws of
the world's business, and declared the
liussiaus must accept them if they
wished the world's cooperation.
Foreign Minister Teliitcherin, of Sov
iet lliissiu, responding, to Mr. Lloyd
George's remarks, regarding the Kus
sian memorandum ami the appeal from
the British Premier to the Hus.ians to
modify their economic views, said:
' ' l.'ven -Mr. Lloyd George's brilliant
eloquence cannot convert the Kussian
people, who have other prejudices. For
instance, if one's neighbor burns down
one's house he should pay for the dam-J
age. I lie liussiaus, However, win con
tinue their efforts for peace."
Piemicr Facta, of Italy, made the
closing address of the conference, which
adjourned at I : I o 'clock .
LLOYD GEORGE OPTIMISTIC.
CiiNDA, May 1!. The economic
c ciiifen iice ended today with a plenary
meeting in Snn (iiorgio palace uftcr '.)
days of efforts to solve Europe's mani
fold problems. The period since the
con v . ii i ng of the Congress cm April In
has been one of disappointment in many
uays for Mr. Lloyd (ieorge and other
enthusiastic supporters of the ennfer
ein c who hoped when they came to
find that the Soviet government has al
teied economic policy sufi'cient ly to
make pe.s dido nil agreement for the re
const i in t ion of Itussia, which would
lie ed with the approval of I'rauce and
tie- I'nited Slates.
It.it Mr. Lloyd (ieorge went to San
(iiorgio palace today full of optimism
for the outcome of the experts' nego
tiations witli the Russians at T h e
Hague iu June, an outgrowth of the
present meeting. He cannot announce
:i t.'ii ii'iir truce for Kiirope. as he had
hop. d. but there is tiie eight months'
non iiggiossimi pact, a gentleman's a
gic i. lent as yet unsigned, but probably
iiior.- effective tion manv signed docu
ments.
San t.iorgio palace end the royal pal-
an- were still brilliantly decorated with
flowers and the Hags 0f ;,! the nations
when the delegates gathered for the.
las' time. Irnniii. ii'ately uniformed sol-;
ibers wire on duty every vv here . j
The report of tin- economic coiiunis- j
sion. which has been laboring for five ;
weeks, studying projects for the ceo-
noiide- rt eeiist r.a ' ion of the' continent,
was pre cut,. I by i!s i ha i ruin il , M. Col
rat, 01 f the tiem-h plenipotoiitiarie-
.and
From
nil. lei s-
h I nbiiii
letill
ot state in tin;
BABE RUTH WILL PLAY
TOMORROW AGAINST ST.
LOUIS
(P.y The Associated Press.)
MAV Vdl.'K. May PC If the s :
Dies .morrow and all of the tele
gra
I h
ph wires l.etwe'ii New York ami
eago don't break down just before
midnight tonight, liabe Kuth will be
trying in hit his dnX home run of the
i inimpiouship seasoa when the game be
tween the Yankees and the St. Louis
lirowns gets under way before a
world's series si.e crowd at the Polo
. runnels.
Many a Manhattan hear! is ariuiver
t'day ;is the hour piles upon hour,
stretching time toward the mystic
midnight when a sleepy messenger boy
will amble out of the Yankee's ljiisiness
office with a message addressed to
Coniinis inner Kennesaw M. Lnudis, re
ispect fully asking if Ruth and Rob
Mcusel. who was susieiilet with him,
can be rei imitated after their six weeks
exile aud if everything i all right.
From fie moment the Iducn-'ad lenv.'s
ti-e iiuiri sinitil e not Inr return witli :t
r " Iv frejo Chicago .' snyirtp -l i-tly ! i
"Suis. go ahead. ' .New York facs w II j g,.
hod their bauds over the months to'ieio
Veeo ttvlr L-e:;-rfi fr'yti jit'ai.bt ee.
RflflTON flflllNTV Will
, . u. r.yinJ?tn ?ana
Will March in Charlotte's
Big May 20th Celebration
Many Are Going from the
County Gaston County
Delegations Asked to Mob
ilize at P. & N. Station at
9:30 O'clock.
i:.it,.n .....nit,- i..;n f, . ... .:.a. ...... 1......1.
luiuisii 1 w l UUI1US
j in the May liutu parade in Ctiarlotte to
morrow, the Gastnnia Pythian band and
! the Helmont ban I. The Gastonia band
jivill lead the military section of the
j parade and will be the first band in tho
; line of march. The Debnout band will
i lead the Legion .section of the parade,
i The American Legion in the county
will be well represented nt Celebration,
i Koth Helmont and Gastonia posts aro
i planning to attend in large numbers. The
fact that bands will go from these two
towns will add to the crowds going. All
, former so Id it rs are e.irnesly urged to ga
iiiid to be ready to fall in the parade on
West Hill street at !:.'!0 o'clock tiatur-
j day morning. The P. it N. station in
i Charlotte has been named as the official
mobilization point of Gaston county
I Legionnaires. .
i Order Of Parade.
The cr ier of the parade, which will
move off promptly at 10:30 is as follows:
General Pershing and other distin
guished guests in automobiles.
Chief marshal and four assistants
W. It. liiihcrtsuii, chief marshal; Major
Turnbull, Canadian artillery; Captain
Swain, Fnglish cavalry; U. II. 'Morrison,
K. M. John.don.
.Military Gastonia baud; Concord ritlo
j company ; Charlotte rifle company, (San
tonin liowit.er company; Hickory troop
of cavalry; Lincolnton troop of eavulry.
Fraternal and Hoy Scouts Dr. Adam
Fisher, marshal of section; Shrine hand;
patrol; Scottist gourde; Templar guards;
1). O. K.; Woodmen band; compunieu ot
Woodmen; KVd Men; Hoy Scout band;
Hoy Scouts.
Floats - Dr. Baxter Moore, marshal of
section; Women's Auxiliary of American
Legion Moat; float section; C'hiirles Lam
beth, assistant marshal.
Old veterans C. A. Misenlieiiner, Jr.,
marshal of xcftiou; Kannapolis band;
Confederate veterans in automobiles ;
i Spu nish A meii'si n veterans.
New vetcraiins Charles Stowe, mar
Islial of section; Mr. Marker, assistant
j marshal; Helmont band, white World
'war veterans in unform ; white World
war veterans not uniformed; Biddle col-
...... i 1......1 i. :
oie-ei ihtiiii , coioit-ci vcit-r.inn in tilliLorilli
colored veterans' not uniformed; W. W.
Cox, marshal.
Parade Formation.
North Fox street will also be closed
to traffic and only the parade will be al
lowed tei enter the street.
No automobiles will be allowed at Kast
avenue, Klixa'betli avenue, and Mcl)o-
well street, for at this point Oener.il
Pershing and others of the reviewing
party will review the parade. V
Formation of parade will bt on East
and West Hill street. East and West
Vance- Strfet, Jackson TrTai-e, Went
Moreheael stieet ami Hanson I'l'uce, all
facing South Trvon street.
Last Hill street Boy tx-out band, Boy
Scout troops.
West Hill street Helmont Post, Legion
band, American Legion and World war
veterans.
West Morehead street Pythian band
of dystonia. Concord infantry. Hornets'
Nest Riflemen, liastonia howitzer Hick
ory calvary, Lincolnton calvary.
Kansnii Place Kannaolis band, head
ing the Confederate veterans in automo
biles, facing north.
EACH OF ARNETTE'S
MURDERERS TRIES TO
PUT BLAME ON OTHER
('Ol.rMP.IA. S. P.. May 19. V.
M. Jeffords, one of the defendants in
the case against him and Ira Harrison
land Conn
murder of
'stand in hi
morning
Truces charged with the
.1 C Arnette, took the
own behalf nt 10:20 this
The t
time th.
juror v
having
The on-.
l.'ll of
t!c trice was resumed on
lug. V. M. Taylor, a
- ii, one
I.e. Was
pel ten
il I nersday evening,
11 during the night.
is,- will
probii
I.ly go to the jury
frni
.1 P'Tni...
.ids t,---i
g tl.a! II:
r i ' I ? h .
- liar. is
vrsvrda '
fo the n
s stated
er ui- ti:
'ii .
i'.o.nv was iiimecl at
.!
pr.
ITIS
rl ill
.een iiad been the in
ue. and met himself,
n I Treece. on tho
..I. had laid the
w m r.
stand
M or
d-
plot on Jeffords.
Hairison had tried
elst.tins. had In'en
b
bad num. hao i -fused to let Jeffords
put
p:i rt
is.- tit. and had had a larger
kii g Ani'dte, striking the first
lb a s,, t sMticd that his rela-.-vi'ii
Arm-'te had not been all
b
i.SSsilllt.
lo most
so tar as ArnePe let him
tie- vwuk about the places
ii i was often absent for
d
.'' business in
,.ng peiiods
!i : si: ' p illslira I
l ne"e. He
lad ii par!
li- stated that the part- ;
. , h id bts'ii arranged by
.-.iiuiite.l, however, that
in tin killing of Arnette
ii .i I said he r. gte tied what he had done.
Jeffords was submitted to a gruel-.
,iug i ross-i
he had not
xiiininat ion. He said that
struck Arnette at all; that
it was Hamsun who killed him; that
Harrison had been the instigator if
; t (i' e-rinic, and that he did not know of
the pb.t iit all. until after the killing.
lie said he had wanted to get fid of
Mr. Arnette as a (Mtrtner ami had of
i ten referred to "getting rid of the ohl
j ma a, " meaning in u legal way, bt part-
Uilth'j. c'is-ii!utic:u, list that tin" tr
voiiuger ineu. llarr.s'ia .iiui i rsw, w.tn
rnr h- hd fsikel, Ihought he ni.'aiit
lid i.f hua iu a !!! j'ey. He
rii iv jl.-t'ie-l iiie in. I .'(! if Ay