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PINCHONT, INDEPENDENT,
WHO WON PENNSYLVANIA
GOVERNORSHIP NOMINATION
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Sir James Craig, Premier,
Calls Special Meeting of
Cabinet to Demand Just
Retribution For the Murder
First Member of Parlia
ment to Be Attacked.
(By Th Associates Press.)
BELFAST, May 22. r lie killing
day of W. J. Twaddell, a member
tliu Ulster Parliament, who was
while on Ins way to business, causii
the issuance of a manifesto by
James Craig, the Premier, unnouiiciag
a BiHTial meeting of tin Cabinet raid
tlie legal authorities. The premier
c.larcu "Just retribution was ca
for.
The Premier in his manifesto !ii
"My detestation of this - horrible
crime fills 5 -me "with such iridigrralion
that I have summoned a special inlet
iiiK of the Cabinet and all the authlri
ties dealing with law find order. js h
an event us this murder demands jiVt
retribution. "
BELFAST, May 22. W. J. Twnd
dell, a member of the northern parlia
ment, was Bhot hero today and died in
the hospital. 1
Jle whs proceeding to business when
he was struck by several shots. A
woman was also wounded by the fusil
lade. Mr. Twaddell is the first member of
parliament to lie attacked in the histo
ry of Belfast's disorders.
The most disquieting feature of Sun i
day's disorders in Belfast was the shift- i
ing of the center of trouble to Holly !
Macarett, the east end secti where)
there is a large artisan population, and ;
a small, compact Sinn Fein community
living in an ami called the Hbort
Strand. Two men were killed in the)
violent rioting there, and Thomas Mi
Shane, who was wounded Saturday, died
bringing the total of deaths over the j
week-end to 1 .
l)uring last night's shooting, gunmen)
opened lire on the city electric station,)
but the return fire from police and
troops caused the assailants to with- .
draw. The Hying column responsible j
for Saturday's raids in counties An
trim and Down vanished as quirKiy as
it came, but u renewal of its opera
tions is anticipated.
The Ulster Cabinet has given no wign
of what measures it contemplates to
suppress the disorders, but it is ussum
rd nothing will be done before tomor
row's meeting of the northern parlia
ment ' when Premier Sir .1 allies Craig
will outline his plans. . These, if they
fulfill the expectations in many tiiiar
tcrs, are likely to iiirolve a rupture
with the Dublin government.. Premier
Craig refuses to give an intimation of
the proposals in advance.
TOM WATSON THREATENS TO
KNOCK SENATOR DOWN
(By Tho Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, May 22. Pn-t mas
ter appointments in Georgia started a hot
exchange in the Senate today between
fiator Watson, Democrat, ot that
state, and Senator Phipps, ot
a republican member of the
committee with the result that
Colorado,
postollice
business
was disrupted for several minutes after
which the two senators took their ct.ntn
versy into the corridor with the Georgia
Senator offering personal combat.
"If you say a word out of the
I'll knock you down." Senator
son said he told the Colorado Si
after they left the Senate chamber.
wav i
Wat
'ltd!
Sea- i
ator Phipps declined to see newspaper:
men to discuss toe incident, . j
Senator: Wat aim dist ufsing the disputi, .
which began wlule the Senate was discus
sing an army bill said Senator Phipps de- j
dined the thal!"v to personal combat.:
mentioned calling a senate sergeant- at-
arms and then walked away. ;
The Georgia Senator explained that
the dispute involved three postmaster
nominations .lack Cumins to be post- .
master at Savannah, Ca., .1. B. Crane. '
at Dixie, Ga., and Lavrsou Pritcliard at I
Tcnnille Ga. Ail are "personally oh ,
jcctionable" to him Senator Watson ,
said, and he so notified Senator l'hipps.
Mr. Watson stated that Chairman
Townsend of the postollice committee :
had allowed him to name a subcommittee
to consider tho three nominations and j
that he, Mr. Watson, had chosen Phipps ,
on tho mibcommittee. Senator Phipps ;
since has been in correspondence with the ;
nominees, aTt hough Senator Watson said ;
ho himself had received no letters from '
them. Last Saturday, Senator Watson j
said, 'Mr. l'hipps gave him some of the '
correspondence and asked him to look j
over the papers. Today Senator Watson
wiid he went to Senator Phipps and told i
him that he would not examine the
papers and demanded to know whether
his opposition to the three nominees who
were "personally objectionable " was to j
he recognized, as is the Senatorial cus j
torn. I
A nimilier of persons in the Senate cor-)
ridors witnessed the clash between the j
Senators being attracted apparent 'y by:
the loud discu'ou which broke int a!
s-ecli on the floor by .Serator Wads-:
worth, republican. !' re the ijenators j
went outside.
Senator Watfin sail ! propis-M to
prevent i-niifn m;iy:i of t' Ct li'.itd
nee?, nil of wliom. h'- .i' !. had ma !e
dergatorr stnt: inei.'.s a'miif h.n:.
BURCH JURY APPEARS
HOPELESSLY DEADLOCKED.
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LOS ANGELES, C. bf . May Co. j
The jury in the case ot Arthur (...made today by Dr. Henry Norris, of
Burch, on trial for the stoiml time for j Philadelphia, one of the fouudeis of
the murder of J.' Btltoi. Kti.r.edv. a. the bos-pi tal. The gift va md. by
Bercrlj Glenn, near here, Un August- .1. C. Tloak, of llick..i.v, . . C . a ie
was ri.eaulci to resume its o liScra-j tired toil! n i.ei i . m.-,. or h'f
toni si 9 oVIoclr. thisT Btornin;;, I "'f ,
Enforcement of the Law Is Now Main Task.of
the Prohibitionists Declares Report of Com
mission Must Make War on Dance and Im
moral Picture Shows Hope Mr. Hays Will
Clean Up.
SERVICE IS TH OF THI
El
Dr Henderlite Preaches
Strong Sermon to Graduat
ing Class Sunday Evening-
Undergraduate Exercises
Take Place Monday Even
ing.
iiiienecment exercises of the Gas
tonia high school began Sunday eveniij
with the baccalaureate sermon by Jlr.
J. H. Henderlite at the Central school
auditorium . . For this service, the up
town churches of the city had discon
tinued their regular evening worship
and the auditorium was filled.
Dr. Henderlite gave the young grad
uates a sermon full of sound, practical
advice. It was especially appropriate
to a graduating class. The text was
"To every man his work," and the
theme of the discourse was that each of
the graduates of the class of 1922 had
a special sphere in the world to till,
and that to find his place, one must
take an inward an outward and an up
ward look. Self, the world and God
these three center into the choice of a
li,c work by and individual. "Be
yourself, not somebody else," Dr. Hen
derlite told the Seniors. "Do not try
I to imitate. You will be nobody. Kit
) your elf to the world. Play the game
fairly mid squarely. Learn how to
i work in harmony and unison with oth
i ers. I'se team work. Above all, do
not foiget the upward look. That is
what counts. ' '
The keynote of Dr. Henderlite 's
message was service. "He profits most
who serves best," said Dr. Hendetlite
is fast coming to be the accepted motto
of many husines organizations. Busi
ii. s nt' tuil.'ic lias forgotten the piracy.
,i ...r.,-....l,i,,.r .,,.-) .,f
I lie Ki.i.-i'ni, -. ....
other days. A ministry of service is
what counts nowadays." i
III-. Henderlite 's sermon 'was partic- j
uhirly impressive and full of sound j
doctrine and helpful counsel. i
Revs. W. C. Barrett n lid A. L. I
Stanford occupied seats mi' the ros
trum. Special music was rendered by
the three glee clubs of the Schools and
a boys' ipiarlet.
The exercises this evening will con
sist of undergraduate activities.
Tonight's program is as follows:
.March, Miss Mabel Little.
Invocation, Rev. ,1. C. iH'itz.
rhonis) "Morning March Song."
Wilkin, Seventh Grades.
Heading of U. D. C. I'ri.e Paper.
Presentation of P. I. C. Prize.
Violin Solo "Reverie," Eaueonier,
Margaret Mi-Connell.
Presentation of Prize to Leader of
'Seventh Grade, Miss Margaret Tiddy.
Presentation of Sweep-Stakes Prizes,
Principal Kay Armstrong.
Piano Duet "Salute to the Colors, "
Anthony, Margaret Scott and Miriam
Cat hey.
Presentation of Certificates.
Chorus "June Song," King, Seventh
I irudi s.
Benediction, Seventh Grades.
SENIOR CLASS EXERCISES.
Tuesday, May 23.
"TRAVELS WITH AENEAS'
Scene I. Preparing a Lesson in
gil 's Aeneid.
Seem- II. A Visit to the Sibyl.
Si'cene III. In Pluto's Realm.
Scene IV. Home Again.
Characters.
Aineas, Ben Rutchford.
Nlmolboy, Frank .Ionian.
Chaviin. Willis Johnson.
Dido, Blanche Pugh.
Cicero. C. K. Mar-hall, Jr.
Sibyl, Violet Chester.
Vir-
Muses: Rachel Henderlite.
Lean Tavlor, Dora Schneider,
irrie Mc
Wombra Mi'Comlis, Annie P
lir Anders, Etta
Evelyn Boyd, Can-
English, Leonard
Carmisc, Math.,
I Shannon. N'e
Dixon
i dace ( in mble.
i Spirits of Studi
I E'.irv ; Science S;
Ethel Ken.lrick. History, r rank
Me-
Lnughen, Language, Will Spencer.
Pluto. Carl Underwood.
Attendants to Pluto, IL B. Babington,
George Ragan.
Anchises, Ralph Fall-.
C!a-3 Sor-7.
Statists. Wom'b.-a M-'onibs1.
History. Rachel Henderlite.
I'oein. Carrie Mi-Lerri Tavlor.
Wi'!. C. K. Mars:.:.". -:'.
T: ;-: , i! -in. ' e
Pro- becv, Violet
1-
Ko-pltal Ge't Gift.
PHILADELPHIA. Mac 22 -- An
r.otuieenient of a tfiff of .!nnnoii to he
Pntlicrford HiLstdtnl of hi;he lordlon.
('.. for the nurclmse of radium
and
a radium laboratory equipment, was
JACKSONVILLE, Pla., May 22.
The Southerns Baptist Convention voted
filial adjournment at 12:li0 p. m. to-
ay after adopting the report of the
K-ial sen-ice commission denouncing
itou rule, expressing the conviction tnal
the moving picture shows, must be
leand up or destroyed," - and inak-
lii It many other recommendations.
CKSOXVILLE, KLA., May 22.
Enforcement of the law is now the main
of prohi'bitionists, declared the re-
Jo f the Social Service Commission ot
fuuthern Baptist Convention, made
here today. It also denounced the
rn dance, race track gamhling ana
tiou of tlie Sabbath and urged that
Bntists demand strict censorship for mo
tii pictures.
Under the head of the law enforcc-
nent, the commission said:
"It cannot help. It can only hurt for
individuals to take the enforcement of
Haw and the administration of 'justice
!into their own hands. To do so would be
la double crime, a crime against the in
dividual sought to be punished ami a
crime against society and government
as a whole, x x x. Under the principles
j of the American government every man
charged with crime is guaranteed a fair
! trail, iu open court, by a jury of his
fpeers, with the right of calling witness
! os to his defense and having all the facts
j duly and judicially considered. Any
other procedure is no rule, and if adopted
'generally, will ultimately undermine and
overthrow everything we hold dear. Pub
lie meetings may be called, in many in
stances, ought to be called, and every
I citizen should stand out oopenly for fun
damental American principles."
j "Your commission feels," the report
continued, "that we cannot too strong
ly urge upon our pastors ami churches
i the importance of not becoming allied
j with or giving approval and support to
any movement or organization that vio
lates or tends to violate these sacred and
' fundamental principles."
j 'Referring to the appointment of Will
I 11. Hays' as head of the motion picture
'producers' association, the report, which
was one of the final matters before the
1 last business session of the convention.
i express
I the
hope that Mr. Hays "will
is supposed to be his great
thorough cleanup in the
business.
exercise what
jKiwer, for a
who'e picture
The commission expressed approval of
the banning. of "Fatty" Arhuckle pic
tures and declared "much more is need
ed. It will take a flood of sunlight to
purify the region. ' '
"We hope 'Mr. Hays and the pro
ducers ill keep up the work," contin
ued the report. " Regardless of wli.it
they do we must demand the enact incut j
of laws for strict censorship in each
state. The morals of our young people
must not continue to be corrupted by tlie
public exhibition of the eternal triangle
and
her displays of indeceiii
iust. ' '
"III our last annual report speaking
of the modern dance and its increasing
prevalence following the war, we said:
Another gross and growing evil must be
mentioned. It is the modern dance. One.
of the most serious and menacing by
products of the world war is the great
increase in the dance evil, and the ex
travagant extreme to which it has gone.
Accompanied, as it is, by immodest dress,
by close physical contact of the sexes,
by its lack of restraint, it is) undoubtcdly
doing much to undermine the morals ,)f
our young people. It is beyond question,
that in many cases it leads to moral
wreck and ruin. Tlie time has come
when, from every pulpit, strong and per
sistent protest must be made and wise
and faithful teaching must be given. The
time has come when our churches, as
such, must take a positive position a
gainst the corrupt and corrupting ci!.
J Undoubtedly, the parents are largely re
i uponniblc. Your commission would ap
peal with all possible emphasis, to all
I our people, especially to the pastors and
j parents, that this growing menace shall
lie checked ami abolished.'
i ' ' We nre glad to record some improvc
! meats in conditions. Many secular
; papers and class publications have come
not in Htrm,r ..,.ii. ,,n.ti.T..,i ,il 1 he I'V-
eitwea of the present day dame if not of
the dunce as ginh, which reinforces us in
our KNition, we must not slacken our
efforts."
Immediate removal of prohibition
officers who-fail to, enforce the law was
nsked in the report which also declared
that replies from Congressmen indicate
they would find n way to prevent estab
lish merit of "recreation ruin ships just
outside the threo mile limit.''
Vptmnue by Congr--si of i lm.. VP
to amend the constituteui j- to i ai.e
li'egal HIpr.,,,ri:,ti ,lf ( . for
seetar'iin institntio-is cas r i m -i '
i". President Hard:n: .mi ' .-. ' '
ILighcc whs t, naia n b d f- r ; .. - '
ihe a .-ma men; confer-me
.Aeiimiiiceiueiit was n : b ti i
members of the execiitiv ci
the Baptist worid-llPlHiice. r-1 1
ing tint territory of the oc tet
Convention, w-l! JiiV
attend a niVctintr of the ut-
mbion in London for the purpos. ..1
Ijunnjr iiie program for the meet ng :
the alliance in Strxholin in July. !!'2'
Thee member are former Go-ernor I
W. Stephens, of Colunibii.. Mis- -or ' ;
Pi W. Landium. Iiissdlvil .-. F- ;
Pi', wich'ti'-ift
j ;S:;
J
The victory in the primaries of Gif
ford Pinchot, former Progressive and
life-lonz friend of the late Colonel
Roosevelt, over Attorney General Geo.
E. Alter, was a surprise to the Pen
rose machine, which fought him bitter
ly. Mr. Pinchot'a nomination is tak
en to mean a shattering of machine al
liances in Pennsylvania and a new po
litical deal all around.
$10,000 REWARD
8E OFFERED
City of Columbus, Ga., Is Stir
red As Never Before in Its
History Mayor Dimon and
City Manager Hinkle Under
Fire Threatening Letter?
Have Been Written to Both.
(By The Associated Press.)
COLUMBUS, OA., May 22. Disciis-
I sion
of tho placing of a bomb on the
front porch of the home of Mayor .1 .
Homer Dimon, which exploded at an ear
I ly hour yesterday, causing nenr destruc
tion of that section of the residence of
the city's chief executive, will take place
at a joint conference of the city and
county commissioners this morning.
The attempt on the mayor's life was1
attributed by city officials to persons who
recently have addressnd threatening fet
ters to IHmon and City Manager
Gordon Hinkle. These letters were
opposition to the commission form
II.
of
government now in effect, here and de
clared that unless .Mayor Dimon dis
charged the City Manager both would be
killed. Kinkle was attacked on the
street nenr Ids home several weeks ago.
A decision of offering a reward for the
perpetrators, which it is believed will be
: not 'ess than $10,000 by the two bodies,
I is expected to Ik" made at til" meeting
i this morning. It has been staled by one
rof the county commi ssionei s that the en
I tire resources of the county would l-plai-ed
at the disposal of the cit, s'mul.i
such be necOHHary to catch the bombers.
A strong sentiment throughout tlie
city, exhibiting itself after the bombing
'today is centering among the .c p!c iu .
j strong belief that there should be a ma s
i meeting called, wherein tin matter lould
' he discussed and. a reward made up ;o
I supplement that to be offered by the ci'.v
and county.
! Never in the history of Cinumbus lias
there 'been so much excitement t' dowing
Ian incident as) during Sunday. Through
out the day the home of t hi
I is in a fashionable reside,
the city, was visited by ci.
whom came for the purpo
congratulation to tin- chief
his household, whib' there i
number of curiosity seek- r-'
I Front page editoria's in t
niaor. whii it
. d;stiict of
;l-, sonic o t
if f if
lidly'
v and
usual
the
'.'. a I pr.-s
ii tidav.
i the larg
ince I the
tiffin, the
appeared yesterday
Ministers from their
est churches, in the
bomb attack. Mis
first woman to hold
tl let
pi.,
cltv
Aii
pi.
in.
iu the
r of the
outrage,
ti n am
; e cry
a ga i list
city and the only won
city commission, sneak
said "I think it is .1
momentous thing nod
particle of courage !
such an outrage an, I
for t hi- support of t vi
I
lit ly
f . 'i
k
image
litical
oflh-e,
bomb
O'A lilg
and honor, 110 matter of what
connection. ' '
1 hat the mavor will
.11' i
and not heed the w a mini
throwers was contniiM.I in
statement issued late w--.
' I am of course bind
and shocked that this a't.i
been inn. In ilium my b m '
Elidently they b ,
; v bei ;:iiif' I miii t '.
u'v government, ,., .
'eve I
have I
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l-.le
( 'ert.'ii'i'v i . .
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baa t ' -r-,
' i ha vc l.e:,- i ; ' ' 1
ii'ni'i.! to serve, an' i
it so lou; as ley ii.'"
ha'! e iinii' ( m,m . i
my ability and vdfh ' !'
n y
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b'-s
at. '
THE WEiTHER'
.crashed.
North Carolina, partly' r'n-jdy tonfght ' pus.,.;,-.-and
Tuesday, piobaYty shewc.sTuesdiy ! tlunisi
in weft pOi.iv: iit!. -Kikt ,t r.m;T j C!.(..
,- t'.rf - - .
Collision off French Coast Saturday Night Two American
Women From Ohio and Pennsylvania Passengers Float
et About in Water After Ship Went Down, Calling Aloud
For Heto.
BREST, May 22. Mrs. L. M. Sib
ley ami Miss V. M. Buyer, Amcricai
missionaries their way "to India, a wufe
said today by If . K. Bevans, the oily
other American passenger, to have leu
drowned in the wreck of the Briiisli
steamship Egypt which was sunk off
the island of I'shant Satntday nigh
a collision with the French ste
Seine. Nearly lou other persons
their lives in the disaster.
BREST. May-
22 . N inety eight
and 212 wire save
sons arc missing
tliose who were
on board the H rill
steamship Egypt
when ii Mink off tl
island of Utthnul Saturday night bv
collision with the French steamer Sei
(according to l.iest official figures,
j Among those missing are two Ann
i ean women.
Mrs. M. I.. Sibli y and
Dover, whose home ad
Miss V. M
dresses are unknown here. It is pos i
hie that some of the missing may hae
been picked up by the steamship Cap
Iraeou in addition to those brought
lure by the Seine. The Cap Ira.ou
was nine miles from the scene and re
plied to the distress signals with the
! assurance that she was speeding to the
'spot. According to the Egypt's purser
! the s lip lloate.l only about 20 minutes
.liter her plates were crushed in by the
Seine. The Egypt, he divlares, was
! not moving at the time of the a a i
i dent, lying to on account of the dens"
fog and sounding her siren continu
ously .
Suddenly there came the warning
shriek of the siren on the Seine i.nd
the latter' loomed op out of the fog
and darkness and struck the Egypt u-
midships. With the crash there came
a toirihle confusion on the stricken ves
sel. Four or five boats were all that
could be lowered, because of the list of
the vessel, and many persons jumped
overboard fearing to be drawn down
with the Egypt. There was no one
on board when the vessel took her final
plunge, he believed.
The purser estimated that l.i
gers, do white offuors, and 50
of the crew were missing.
passcn
l.usears !
! Brenau College Student.
! GAINESVILLE. Ga., May
i.Miss Virginia Dover, of the two miss-!
j ing American women in tho steamship j
I Egy pt disaster at Brest, Prance, was a '
.student at Brenau College here, accord- '
Mug to President Pearce, of that insti-.
Million. Mi s Buyers home was in
, Zellieiipple, Pa., and she was about 2.1
yctirs of age, it was stated. She left
here
land
was
High
that
about t
011 her
engaged
('lore,
hree weeks ago for Eng
return to India,
w here she
in teaching a
in the southern
country.
I Was Lutheran Missionary.
; PITTSBURGH, May 22.. Miss Vir
; ginia Hover, reported missing after tint
j P. and O. liner Egypt went down off
.the coast of Prance last Saturday
' night. Was a Lutheran missionary re-
i turning to India after a furlough spent
111 I itt'.tiiiign . .Miss lioyer was an or
phan who had been retired in tin' Luth
eran orphanage home at Zelicnople, near
here. Her station in India was b'ali
iiiundiy. Her latest visit to this eouii
itry was occasioned by ill health.
I
; AMERICAN MISSIONARIES
WERE BOUND FOR INDIA
! BOSTON, May 22.' Mrs. M. L.
I Sibley and Miss V.'M. Dover, the A 111 -erican
women who are missing from the
British steamship Egypt, sunk off the
! coast of Franco, weic missionaries
i bound for I nd ia
who had been in this
I city recently. Mrs. S,
I of the staff of the Am
rs. Sibh-v, a member
loan Board
0f
Conimis ioucrs for Ion ign missions, has
'relatives iu Toledo, .. Miss Hoyer,
'who formerly made her home at Aspiu
i wall. Pa., was going out as a teacher
!in a school for missionaries, children
and others in south India . Mrs. Sib
J ley was a widow, sunn -what beyond mid
i die years, returning to her citation in
; the city of Win . Miss P.oyer, with no
parents or relatives aii'.e, was taking
Up work in the mission field for the
I tirst time.
' BREST, PRAM'i:. M
j 100 persons pertshc d las
j Peninsular and Orb nta
j Egyjit sank off the i !;
j ter a erillision v it h 1 1:,-
steamer N'ilio.
iy 21. Nearly
night when the
I line steamer
I of Ushant af
1 reiich freight
! The Egypt s.,i
I from Loudon for
h forty four paswen
jvo. A roll call on
r the disaster show.
Bombay Friday, m
gers and a it "f
lioard the S in aft
ed.that at. L as' ' '
SO of the en i t
The collis.M ...
fog within 22 : ) -house.
The ii 1
'e sounded n '
t the
Egvp
I nssengors and 1
t were missing,
rn d during a dense
of tile Annen light--.uig
was about to
Kgypt
and
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1-arge llmt th
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m e lia'c'y the vt ss
i larfc mmiber of t'.:
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GASTONIA BAND AND
LEGIDN POST WIN HONORS
IN MAY 20TH PARADE
Pythian Band Wins $100 Prize
For Best Band Gaston
Post No. 23, American Le
gion Has Largest Number
of Service Men in Parade.
Th
prize,
Gastouia Pythian Bank took first
$100 in cush for the best baud in
the May 20th parade
urday. Gaston Post,
at Charlotte, Sat
American Legion
won the loving cup for the largest atten
dance of Legionnaires in the parade, it
was unofficially announced in the Sun
day morning Charlotte papers. The local
post hud 124 men in the parade, the
largest number of any out-of-town dele
gation. The 'harlot te News says of the
prize winners :
Prize winners in all the contests con
nected with the Twentieth of May parade
were announced Saturday ufternuoii
from America n Legion headquarters
shortly after the parade, the three com
mittees appointed by the legion to pass
upon the respective merits of the march
ing organizations, the bauds and the
floats, reporting shortly after the parade
had finished.
In tin- band contest, where there were
seven entrants, tint first prize of $100
was won by the (iastonia cornet band of
111 pieces, directed by ('apt. F. C. Todd.
The prize was $100. The bund partici
pating were the (iastonia and, the Shrine
baud of Charlotte, the W. O. W. band of
Monroe, the Kannunolis band, the Bel-
1 moot diui.l the Kiddle Univcrsitv band
laud tlie Hoy Scout liliml,
I In the contest between the several
I legion posts of this section of the country
I for the largest atendauce, it appeared
.Saurday afternoon that the Gaston Post
No, 2S had won first prize. Although all
the posts resiiresented had not reported
late Saturday af'ternoor, on the number
of men here, the Gaston county post was
conceded to be well in the lead of those
wIhi had reported and most probably the
winner. An attendance cup provided lis 1
prize in the contest wilt go to (iastonia
1 unions it. shown some other post was rep-
school at J resented by a larger'. number than ,121
part of 1 members which was the number the Gas
I ton county post reported having attend-
The float entered by the Signer'
Chapter of the D. A. R. and winner of
the first prize provoked much favorable
comment nil along the line. It was iu
the form of a Vessel representing the Ship
ot State and was borne on a huge truck.
'flu
ship was einbumiatical of the action
j of the Signers of the Mecklenburg De
claiatioii in launching the American
j Government. All members of the chap
Iter are descendants of signers of the de
I cla ration.
!NEW EQUIPMENT AT N. C.
I ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL
At :i meeting of the Trustees of the
i North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital
held Thursday at the Hospital, contracts
were awarded for the building an ad
dition of nine bed rooms and two bath
rooms to the present nurses cottage,
which become necessary on account of
l there being now 20 or more
nurses con-
ne. ted with th' institution.
There will aLso be installed
plete beating system for the
a com
nurses '
cottage.
The successful contractors were as
follows :
General contract awarded E. IL
Clement, C.O., Charlotte. N. C.
Heating contract awarded Superior
Plumbing & Heating V. (iastonia, C. .
I.inebergcr & T homasson were awarded
the
and
cont ract
fixtures.
for waring, electric lights
GOVERNOR'S HORSE RUNS
AWAY; INJURES BAND MAN
CBv The Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, Va., May 22. As a
salute boor I from a cannon following
the coronation ceremonies here today iu
connection with the Virginia historic
pageant. Governor Trinkle's horse be
came frightened and ran a wav with
him, knocking down six members of the
naval training band of Hamilton Road.
seriously injuring one of the members.
, The governor was unhurt.
! At about the same time the gover
nor's horse ran away. Captain .I.-inus
PoiS r I. commander of the Richmond
H !- rs, in another part of the pag
ea"t proeessiotl, fell dead from hi:
h i s.": lb- wiS Hdid to ),;lve died of
!i 't; i.-iihtre.
COTTON MARKET
CI.
13 cms on t;;e
NEW YORK MARKET
YORK. May 22. Cott m fu
sed sfoadv. ,
:!.:: ;' dlilv 20.20; Oet .rber 2il.Oli;
1 1 '
i an
M
De.eml
I r.M": .la n un iv lii.M; March
19.1m; Sjiots 21.80.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
S'.iict to
'Cr?tra f.
Good Mlilali.t;
-...'..,.
. . . COc
Declares. Preacher to His Con
gregation Who Sympathize'
With Southern Girl Text
of Letter Written by Mrs.
Nelson to Husband at Har
vard. (Rv Tho Associated resa.)
VWINDSOI;, VT., May 21. Rev. F. IL
IhVd, pastor of the Church of ilirist at
WiW Pawlet, whose church Mrs. Komeyn
Nelson and her father, John R. Rudi..ll,
of Liucolnton, N. C, attended this morn
ingi paid a kindly tribute to the young
woman who is waging a bitter though
heart rending battle in the federal court
here against her husband 's parents, tlw
millionaire Nelsons, alleging alienation
of her husiisnd's affections.
" Even though there are two strangers,
far from their southern home, whosa
hearts are heavy, with us today, we ara
anxious that our hearts lx'at us ni. "
I said Rev. Mr. Reed. "We have known
this little wife for some time, and sli
i enis to be one of us. All our sympathy
aiiji nopes are tor tier happiness, good
true little woman that she is."
Doth Rev. Mr. Reed and hig wife ara
to testify at the hearing tomorrow.
" Nellie had a wonderful, sweet disposi
tion," said Mrs. Red at the close of thu
service. ' I have seen her dusting ami
cleaning" off the porch, also doing general
housework and washing dishes. Often 1
have seen her beating rugs outside tho
Nelson home, and I am not repcating
idle gossip w hen I state that it was com
mon knowledge about town that the mil
lionaire Nelsons were using their son '4
wife for menial tasks about the house.
When she arrived from the south they
allowed xeicral servant to go, and the
next we knew Nellio was doing their
work."
Romeyn's white haired grandmother,
Mrs. Mary S. Nelson, with whom Nellie
was always n favorite, will also testify
tomorrow, hut for the defense.
WINDSOR, Vt., May 20. "Here's
to your future success. May the girl
you love now be happy with you. Is
it to happen iu the spring? 1 suppose
your mother will love her and she will
be sick with joy when you get your di
vorce decree from me. "
So wrote Mrs. Nellie R. Nelson, of
Liucolnton, N. C., to her young boy
.husband, Roineyn Nelson, Harvard law
school student and former graduate of
Williams College, after Im had Inform
ed her, through Ids father, that his love
for her had cooled, according to the ev
idence presented in her 50,000 suit
gainst Komeyn's pa rents, for alienation
of his affections.
Before a packed courtroom, Mrs. -Nelson
sobbed iii her quiet southern
manner at (he recollection of the. mem
ories brought back by the reading of
Uie
letter.
' ' May the girl you love
py with you," she wrote.
now bo liap
" Don't give
me a rnougnr. I reat mo
in the past, and vour life
feet. "
as you have
will be per-
Taking a final fling at him, she clos
ed her letter with the sentence: "I
1 suppost
you are a social lion at Har
vard and president of your class. With
; best regards from, your wife, Tell. "
In another letter dated "Somewhere
1 in Existence." and written after tho
'breach between her husband and herself
had become irremediable, the slim littlo
girl from the Carolina pleads with hint
to forget her forever and unselfishly
begs of him to cherish the next girl
that his love goes out to.
The crushed girl herself took the
stand and told a pathetic story of her
broken romance, which promised to bo
an idyl and which ended an elegey.
Several times the girl's voice broke
and the courtroom was silent as she
sobbed until her emotion had spent it
self. "In IIU.I." Nellio said, "Romeyn
spent his vacation iu Liucolnton, my
home town. He was affectionate ami
; we were engaged to be married just aa
soon as he finished school. One Friday
i evening he told me I had to marry
him. He said lie was not going to let
I anyone else have me. So next day, De
l eeiuber 20. we went to Charlotte. He
! went to the station, but I did not go.
so lie i. inie and got me. At tne station
he deliberately picked me up on the
train and swore 1 -houhl marry him.
''I did love him, but I was afraid..
You see, my people did not know about,
it. '
We were married in Charlotte.
Romeyn wanted to spend the night
there but I was afraid my people
would worry, so we went back homo ou
t he evening tra in .
"Well, Romeyn stayed until Tues
day or Wednesday, and then he had to
return to Williams College. My broth-
er
to
on
stud
leav.
th
Romeyn cried because he had
me, ami talked to him all night
rain b rn.
1 father nrgvol
.i s-,1,1:.. 'f h-y
ms had eonwt
tnied a dtitlg i
' i.d on -, ; ,h "'
e-...Tj-;iiiai slu
iiei as
i
,C!M 'l?l?l'.(jt t
'a -father end
h.-'r -g'rl jus?
I v. us
1- : .: 1 v s : i ow n -puttier S ai d
I ( '- : t'1 and lUi.t taey hot
1,
til. ill . So I got it.y
I I w-ni no theie.
ri .
'My. I -.as s.r, r!std, for ftimieyn
mo'.liei was o diifeie.it tr.m his de-s-r.ptit
.i of h H? kh:1 she waa
ipiite a preti.v, readied woimut wit. wbu
tie: fu! long black hair; hut, of eourw,
1 ti:o;ight utayLv she lo-iked thui way
to him. " . - - .'
A motion nu'.dv' by joh.t II, Harg-t--:r.
i-Oiiiud fyr tbt.etise, to d:s.iii-!!