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flASTONIA; DAILY . V - . GAZETTE Local Cotton 20 Cents Weather: Cloudy GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 23, 1922. SINGLE COPY S CENTS yOL. XLHI. NO. 122. ULSTER AUTHORITIES ARREST HUNDREDS IRISH REPUBLICANS Every Officer of Irish Repubh . can Army That Can Be Found in Six Counties Is Ar- rested Most of Them Are Aroused From Bed, . . BELFAST, May 23. Tlio Ulster au thorities today arrested every officer of the Irish Republican army that could bo found in the six counties of north ern Ireland. Hundreds- were seized iu surprise round-up, most of them be ing taken from bed. The Ulster govcrumcut announced that members of the Irish republican army, Irish republican brotherhood, Irish volunteers, the Sinn Fein, girl guides and boy scouts were liable to arrest and prosecution. The big encircling movement was be gun at about 4 o'clock, and the work of visiting the various houses, ton and county, was rapidly carried out. Several hundred members of the con stabulary and a large staff of officers were on duty from midnight completing the arrangements. Most of those want ed were completely surprised mid in nearly every instance were aroused from sleep . As part of the comprehensive Brhenie embracing all of Ulster the special po lice were active in Fermanagh during the night and early morning, arresting every Sinn Feiner known to be an of ficer or to have authority iu the ranks of the Irish republican army. Only about 60 Irish republican nrniy officers were captured in Fermanagh, but it is learned the authorities are making a fairly clean sweep of the men who ex ercised influence in the ranks of the army in that purt of Ulster. In Belfast G- were arrested, but these did not include any well known party leaders, while the Falls Koad -section, with 'its b'fg republican" population1, was entirely unrepresented. I, Absence of tlie republicans from their homes is Inscribed 1o unticipat ion of re prisals for the assassination of W. J . Twaddoll,' member of the Ulster Parlia ment. ' 1 In county : Londonderry, It arrests were made, "those" taVen including' sever al members "of the irregular forces op erating in the eastern part of cyunty Donegal. NICARAGUA IS ENDED Most Serious ; Phase . of At tempted Uprising' Is Ended American Marines on Du ty, MANAGUA,, NICARAGUA, -.May .22. Surreifdlr of .the fortress of La Loma to-. the government forces hist nrght - ap-j fears to have elided the serious phase of tat attempted revolution. ' After capturing flic fort, the rebel ienders attempted to win over the Nica ragua n troops in barracks at the foot of the hill on which the fort is situated. Several officers had been brilied and the movement would have succeeded but for the unexected appearance of 1'resident Chamorro. Whitout a guard, :md by force of character, he dominated the situation. Tutting a machine gun in charge of a trusted man, he ordered the arrest of Salvador Castrillo, leader of the revolu tionists. The soldiers wavered, but tin ally obeyed, and the other revolutionist lea'.lers fled back to the fort. The American minister arrived at this juncture and warned the revolutionists that if they fired on the city the lire would be returned by American marines stationed here. By an agreement signed under the auspices of the American legation, thiJ revolutionary leaders were freed today much to the surprise of the people, wl had expected they would lie either in prisoned or shot. Another band of revolutionists, orga ized 'bv minor leaders of the liberals i opposition party, assembled on a hi called Metastepe, four miles from tl city, this morning, hut wasr dispersed I government troops anil fled to the mom tains. No further disorder was reporte and normal conditions apparently hav tieon restored. The uprising is nat-ribed to a faction al fight within the conservative party and opposition to the members of the cabinet and others of the president's advisers. NEGRO TRUCK DRIVER PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED Joe Wilson, negro truck driver for the Hoaey Boy Ice Cream Company, is in the colored hospital suffering "from injuries that may prove fatal and Mike .Farris, younger son of John Farris, fruit stand proprietor, is suffering from flesh wounds and bruises as the result of an accident that hapiiened at 1:30 p. m. today when the' truck driven by the negro crashed into the sidewalk andbuckled back upon upon him, badly crushing and cutting his head. Wil son's skull is probably fractured and he Las seven.1 cnts and gushes about the head. He is also injured internally. It is said that Wilson wis an ineiw rienced driver and lost control of tha car. The F;ri& boy find other were playing on the .street at t ie time aul narrowly escaped serious inp.ry. The. aoident happctud on Noith Ma rietta street. Di THE WEATHER partly cloudy, probably local mowers it! west potties; ch?t?e tcurxta-j tes- ; Georgia Mob Storms Jail And OFITakes Negro Sentenced to Hang One of Guards and One of the Moli Slightly Wounded Negro Was Convicted Two Years Ago But His Sentence Has Been Held Up in Courts. ' (By The Associated Tress.) IRWINGTON, Ga., May 23. A mob of 50 or 60 persons stormed (the Wilkinson county jail at an early hour this morning and after a battle, in which one of the guards and a member of the mob were slightly wounded, re moved Jim Deuson, a negro, sentenced to hang on Juno 16, ou a charge of criminal assault. After securing the negro, tho mob placed a rope around his neck and hur ried off in automobiles, with him. Up to an early hour today no trace of tho missing negro had been found by tho sheriff and his deputies, although they are convinced he has been lynched. Deuson was convicted in the superior court here more than two years ago on a charge of criminally assaulting a 72 year old white woman. A long legal battle followed, in which Denson ''a ex ecution was postponed several times. The case filially reached the supremo court of the United States, which af firmed the verdict of the lower courts. Because of threats of lyuchiyjj which officers say had been made here, Den son was removed sometime ago to Bibb county jail at Macon for safekeeping. Yesterday he was carried back to Ir w in Ion to be resentenced. The judge ordered guards placed at tho jail to prevent any attempt to escape. Court officials and peace officers did not be TOTAL OF 102 MISSING IN WRECK OF THE EGYPT Fog Was So Thick That In habitants of Island Had Been Living: in Complete Darkness. BliKST, France, May 2.!. The Brit ish vice consul here today announced that li2 of those who were on board the British steamship Kgypt, sunk off the island of Ushaiit Saturday night, are missing, of whom 16 were passen gers and K6 mcmliers of the crew. Twenty-eight passengers were saved, to gether with 204 members of the crew. Mrs. M. L. Sibley and Miss V. M. Buyer, American missionaries, are a mong those missing and presumably lost. Many of the dead brought in by boats were wearing life belts. They had evidently died from exhaustion. The fog was so thick off Ushant is land at the time of the collision be tween the Egypt and the French freigh ter Seine that the inhabitants of the islands in the region had been living for three days in almost complete dark ness, with all outdoor work susiended. The sudden rise in temperature in northern Franco is given 'as the reasdn for the unusually heavy fogj Accounts of the disaster given ly survivors and the captains reports in dicate 4 lint the loss of life would have lx'eii much Smaller had not tho fog been so thick as to hamper the rescu ers. Sailors on the French steamer declare they observed several struggels between survivors for places of safety on piircs of wreckage. The survivors' accounts indicate that everything possible was done by the of ficer and crew of the two vessels to prevent loss of life, except in the cas es of a few Indian seamen who lost their heads .and fought for life belts mid places ih the boats. A nun, sister Rhoda, whose name in private life was Miss E. It. McNcille, refused to take a place offered her a boat, saying: "Give it to another". She as last seen kneeling in prayer on the Egypt's deck. $500,000 SCHOOL BUILDING Number of Contractors and Supply and Material Men in City For Purpose of Bid dim? on New High School to Be Erected on Sout York Street. Some ten or twelve large contractu Luis are represented in Gastonia todiy u bids for Gastonia 's new fouil.uuu high school building were opened at 2 o'clock at the chamber of commerce. Dozens of supply and material, men were also on hand anxiously awaiting the announcement of the successful con tractor. White, Strecter & Chamber lain, of this city, are the architects. Following is a partial list of the bidders present here today: Northeastern Construction Company, Charlotte; Goode Construction Compa ny, Charlotte; John A. Gardner, Char lotte; Brown Harry Company. Gastonia; Gaston Construction Company, Gasto nia; J. B. Mobley, Wainsboro. Ga.; George Dose Engineering Company, New York; Fulton Brick Works, Rich mond, Va.; Amstcr Construction Com pany, New York; King Lumber Com pany, Charlottesville, Va.; 1'almer Spivey Company, Augusta, Ga. ATLANTIC CITY, X. J., May 23. The 17th annual convention of the League of Masonic dubs was formally otiened today. President Lynd H. Trout man, it is understood, will request a res olution asking that the authorities re no.ate the Washington monument at Wakefield, Va, -which is adly defaced. Washington -was a membersof Freder icksburg Lodge, in which he was initiated November 4, 1752, and the lodge will be rcprtscnud by a committee headed by Frxnklin Siearns to urge that such that rvcehitios a r2J by J& I?r- lieve that any attempt would bo made at lynching. Members of the mob appeared at the jail at midnight, the guards stated, arriving iu seven automobiles. They demanded that Denson be turned over to them. The two guards, John B. Stanley and J. It. Bell, refused and fired a volley of shots into tho mob, they said. One of the members of the mob is believed by the guards to have been wounded, for the raiders left tho jail immediately. At 1 o'clock they re turned and aguin stormed the jail. Guard Stanley was slightly wounded during tho exchange of shots, and C. Hi. JHchaTds-emj of the prisoners, was also' hit by one of .the bullets and wounded slightly. Gaining entrance to the jail members of the Biobs with crowbars removed the iron bars of Benson's cell and hasten ed away with the frightened and tremb ling negro. The guards stated that a rope was around Denson 's neck wvhon the mob left with him. Sheriff L. P. Clare, of Wilkinson county, stated at noon today that he had been unable to locate Denson. Of ficers searched along the river for 15 ! miles ami went to the original scene of ! the crime but have been unablo to find ; any trace of the lU'gro. Tho search is still being maintained. MANY PRIZES AWARDED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN Undergraduate Night of City School Closing Exercises Held Monday Evening Senior Class Play This Ev ening. Undergraduate night in tho program of the city schools was held Monday evening. The features of tho evening were tho presentation of prizes and a wards to the several winners in the vari ous contests. More than one hundred cer tificates of promotion to the high school were announced. The following prizes were awarded last evening: The H. N. Boyco Prize of five dollars in gold to that pupil in the Primary De partment who could best jeprodueo an j oral story, won by Miss Mary Moser. I The A. G. Myers Prize of five dollars in gold to that pupil in the Intermedi ate Department who could best reproduce an oral story, won by Vermou Crenshaw, of West School. The J. White Ware Prize of five dol lars iu gold to that pupil in the High school who could best reproduce an oral story, won hy.Mjss Mary Alice Culp. v The . It. tlpelice'r Spelling 1'rize, which -heretofore has ibeeu five dollars ill go 1U, but which hus'been doubled this year to ten dollars in gold, five each to tho following pupils: Sunsun Cilenh, Miss Ethel Craig's room, who spelled Over two thousand ,words Without a sin gle mistake', and Miss Margaret Edwards, in Miss Margaret Moore's room, who sidled over eighteen hundrd words with out making a single mistake. The Torrcnce-Morris Prizes for the I most attractive room and for the room : making the most permanent improvement during the school year were won by Miss iNillie JSuiimer( most attractive room) and Miss Kuthi'Diie McLean ( most per manent improvement. The 'UT t. C. jnize offered for tho best essay written .on 'subject assigned, which was "Mattliew'Foutaine Maury," was won by Frank Kincaid. Miss Elizabeth McMillan received honorable mention. The Superintendent's Prize for leader in scholarship in the seventh grade was won by Miss Margaret McConnell. "SINS OF HOLLYWOOD" TOO BAD FOR U. S. MAILS. (By The Associated Press.) LOS ANGELES, Calif., May 23. A book called the Sins of Hollywood, supposed to be an expose of the lives of certain motion picture actors and actresses, is "too scurrilous" to be ad mitted to the mails, according to a rul ing of Mark Herron, deputy United States district attorney here. Clark E. Webster, postoffice inspec tor, has started an investigation to learn the author and the publisher. The book, of 225 pages, has upon the front cover a pictnre of Mephistopheles, a beautiful girl, and a motion picture camera . POLICE LOOKING TOR WOLF OF WALL STREET (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK. May 23. David La mar, the "Wolf ftf Wo 1 1 Silr....t " sought by police today on a charge of atrocious assault preferred by Nan Tay lor, a model. Miss Taylor told detectives she visit ed a cabaret early today with an es cort auu aero met lamar and auotner woman. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE ! NEW YORK MARKET ; NEW YORK, May 23. Cotton fu tures tlosed ateady. May 21.34; July 20.09; October P' f-: December 19.84; January 19.72; March 19.55; Spots 21.60. TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET j Strict to Good Middling ;oc eii cm .,.' PLAN TO FLY AROUND THE WORLD BL AIR LONDON, May 23. la an at tempt to fly around the world by sir, two British aviators plan to hop off from the flying field at Croydon at noon tomorrow. The airmen, Major W. T. Blake, of the Royal Air Forces, and Captain Norman MacMillan, ex pect to complete their trip in two months. The route lies through France, Italy, Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, Eastern, China, Japan, thence via the Aluetian islands to Alaska, through the United States to New York, to Newfoundland, and across the Atlantic via Greenland and Ice land to Scotland. The record making trip was first visualized by Sir Ross and Sir Keith Smith, of Australia, but the latter a bandoned his plans when his brother was killed recently in a reparatory flight. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ORGANIZED IN CHERRYVILLE Temporary Organization Looking to Permanent As sociation Secretary Allen Helps in Preliminary Work. Cherry vi lie is going to have a live chamber of commerce and is going to do its full part in getting that wet ion of Gaston county on the map as a Ie. suit of an enthusiastic meeting of busi ness men held in the Pythian Hub rooms in that thriving little city Mon day night and attended by Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen, of the lias tonia Chamber of Commerce. About 40 representative men were present and there was not only enthusiasm but also determination to effect a live or ganization that will be on the job. C. A. Kudisill wus temporary chairman and C. C. BoBhamer temporary secre tary. Instead of perfecting a permanent or ganization it was deemed best, to ef fect a temporary form, to frame by laws and put on a membership cam paign and then for the new anil larger membership to hold a meeting ami elect permanent officers for the year. Officers named temporarily include T. C. Hummers, president; C. ('. Hos hamer, first vice-president; M. L. Mau ney, second vice-president; .1. T. Al len, secretary-treasurer; L. C. McDow ell, Conney Beam, H. D. George, Wirt B. Rhyne, A. H. Huss, Mv C. Mau uey and K. M. "Warlick, ' directors. The board will meet Wednesday and draft Sry-lawg and plan for a member ship campaign, intended to draw all of Cherryvillo into tho forward move ment . v A splendid spirit marked the meet ing. A number of those took part in tho meeting and expressed their willing ness to put their shoulders to the wheel and advance the interests of the town through a modern and effective organi zation. A deep faith iu their home town, n nd its future and the splendid possibilities of development were stress ed by acveral. With paved streets and fl new- spin ning mill to bo announced iu a .few days, tin center of a rich agricultural territory especially marked by diversifi ed farming, Cherryvillo has every op portunity to make an enviable record for municipal progress through pulling together in the new chamber of com-' merce, is the belief of tho-c familiar with the possibilities. PLAN TO CELEBRATE THE FOURTH OF JULY IN CITY I Loyal Order of Moose Take Steps Looking to Fitting Celebration of the National Holiday All Fraternal Organizations and American Legion to Be Asked to Take Part. At the regular meeting of Lodge No. 14(11), Loyal Order of Moose, Monday night it was unanimously decided to put forth efforts to obtain a fitting and rousing celebration of the Fourth in (iastouia. Committees were appointed to visit all other fraternal societies and the American Legion this week to as certain how many would en operate in putting over something Hig on the Na tional Holiday. Fraternal s'xieties. American Legion Posts and ot iters will be invited to take part from Belmont and other nearby t The co operation of The (: business men of the town will iu making the holiday a im (iastouia and all citizens of are asked to become real h i harlotte, l ns. i.itte and I be asked la day ill the town isters for putting over something that the credit of Gastonia. Mill be to LADY AST0R RETURNS TO ENGLAND TODAY (By The Associated i'ress.) NF.W YORK, May 'X. Lady As tor, accompanied 'by her husband, will leave America today on the Afpiitama for F.nglnnd to take up her duties iu the House of Commons after a tour of the United States and Canada lasting six weeks. GEN. WOOD AND FAMILY MISSING SINCE SATURDAY MANILA, P. I, May 23. Wire less queries to the yacht Apo, on which. Governor. General. Leonard Wood and his wife and daughter sail ed Saturday for Mindoro have not been answered and the typhoon which raged yesterday is believed respon sible for the delay in their return. The Apo is believed to have"sought re fuge in some port of Mindoro. Gen eral Wood planned a brief visit of in spection on the island. No serious damage from the typhoon has been re Citizens of Columbus To Take Action Against A Big Mass Following the Bombing of Mayor Dimon's Home and Threatening Letters, People of Georgia City Are Aroused As Never Before Fight Is Against Managerial Form of Gov ernment and City Manager. COLUMBIA, !A., May 2:1. Action against terroism is to be taken tonight, according to the committee in charga, at the biggest mass meeting ever held in tho history of Columbus, following the bombing of the home of Mayor J. Homer Dimon, early Sunday morning. The meeting was called by a Peering committee appointed by President Mc- Clatchey, of the ChamlM-r of Commerce, late yesterday afternoon. A committee was named by the head of the trade body from the city and county commission aiul the local papers to handle the affair and plans have practically been completed at nil early hour today. Indignation reigns throughout the it-,- I since the attempt against tho life of the mayor Sunday. Since Sunday the only i topic of conversation on the streets has been the explosion. The newspapers j have taken a strong hand in the matter j and editorials written in the strongest i language possible have appeared daily, j During Monday the chamber of com- ; merce, American Legion, and the Bene volent and l'rotective Order of Elks passed resolutions condemning the bomb ing. The employes o the National Show Case Company, of which Miiygr Mim.ijl is president, went further than any of the others', with the exception of the Ku Klux Klan, who offered a reward of Unto and made up if.'iOO to add to the rewards already announced. Two more missives warning the mayor and citv manager that their lives were still iu danger and "this is our last warn ing," were received late yesterday by the mayor. The first warning was issued on April 24, a few days after an alta-k on City Manager II. Oordou llinkle, which he managed to escape with a slight cut on the head, from which be soon re covered. One of the missives was a post card, which was signed K. K. IC, while the other, a letter, was unsigned. They were mailed in Columbus Monday morning and delivered 'by postal authorities. Tho text of the communications nro as follows, the first being tho postcard: ''This was only a warning. We will get you next time. Damn your $jO,UO(). Big Land Owners and Merchants In Eastern Carolina Caught In Stress of Present Hard Times (V,y Joohn 1'aul Lucas.) Ft A LKKilf, Mav 2'!. In analvzing the economic situation iu the farming sections of Korth Carolina, it is inter esting to contrast the results that have come from tin: farnniiir practices iu the rich Kastem counties with their lare plantations and scores of negro tenants, aint those iu the mountain and western counties where there has been com para- lively ies tenant farming counties ami; when? all farmers, land oihts and ten-I ants alike, have had greater encourage ment in, as well as non-nity for, pro ducing their actual living from the land. In the Fast and in some counties in the central part yf the ttate a few plan tation owners and supply merchants have grown wealthy at the expense of tenants and small farmers. Not all but many, of these plantation owners and supply merchants have discouraged, even by drastic, means, the griming of food for the family, the keeping of cows, hogs, and even the growing of corn and other f.i i. ..... i. e. .. .i ..: t H III HIT OTK SIOCH, I"l I TIC V-l 01111(111- i c reason that they have made constant and larcre nrofit from the handling of these ' Supplies. Jn K() these folks were caught in their own trap and hundreds of planta tion nu-in-ru rtiwl wiittiJtf merchants in I Kastem Carolina today would be bank- rupt if they under present I know one than $250,000 wt re eon ; man to forced to liquidate it ions. who was worth more vears ago. He told me a few days a1 out today ho woa! his home left. Thi or and a good man selfish advantage o case is rather n-;- that if he were Hold I probably not have n. an is a good farm not the sort to take if his tenants'. His lir.-i'. 1'iif not as ag f hundreds of plauta ittpp'ied their tenants high constantly en :ike large purchases in gravated as that tion owner who when prices wer courage.! them to order to swell their own profits. This type is the worst hur of all, but evcrv ! farmer in the cotton sections of East ern North Carolina is hurt, j Apply the Remedy, j Now throughout the cotton eounties land owjiers. wipp'y merchants ami I others are realign,: that their only sal ivation under boll weevil conditions is to encourage every farmer, land owner and I tenant alike, to produce on the farm j their own living and the feed for their livestock. This doctrine haa been preached by agricultural leaders for the past 15 years, aii yet there were fewer chickens raised in North Carolina last 'year than there were ten years ago. There- ' ..... .nsn t Ml 1 Ah Id 1 . B III rr.lT- .r- TTll, III number of cattle in North Carolina dur ing the lat t. u -year period, fti.d a small-1 At Meeting Tonight You may offer a million dollars and still not get us. You and llinkle must go and go at once. This is your last warning, (Signed) "K. K. K." The text of the letter: "Mr. Homer Dimon: "We asked you to fire that liluo hoi lied Yankee amll you did not do it. You see what wo are going to do to you. Wo will get you both if you don't firu him at once. "This is our last warning. It will bo too late for you when you find out who we are. Act at once." Asserting that the " Ku Klur Klan of Columbus xliil not scud the postcard signed K. K. K., Dr. W. F. Whitehead, reputed local leuder of the order, de clared that the Klansnien stand ready to offer a reward of $1,0(10 for the arrest of the person who sent the card. "The Ku Kluit Klan stands ready to aid the authorities ill any way possible to run down the lawless element," fur ther states Dr. Whitelusid. "We are ready to do anything WO can toward the apprehension of the bom bers anil assailants of the city manager. Our organization does not stand for any acts of lawlessness and we would be glad for the city ami county police and sheriff officials to call on us for any assistance we may be a be to render, bringing these acts of lowlesMiess to a head iu Colum bus," concluded the physician. In addition to tlm rewards offered for the person or persons responsible for tho placing- of the Itomb on the porch of jthe mayor's home, tho city commis imision has aniioniu-ed that it will give 11,011(1 for the ns.ilant8 of tho city j manager and other civil and business in istitutions have offered additional re I ward that will run tho aggregate near I i((12.0(M). j While nono of the threatening letters ' have been turned over to the local postal authorities, it wa indicated at the Feder al 'building today that should they be, the matter would lie taken up linmudi ntely with his officials at Washington. , Keipiests for the missives have been made ! to those receiving them by the authorities lu re, it, was stated. iitg their living at Loom last year than wero iu 1910. . . The only way out for every farmer in the cotton belt is through tho "Live at- Home" program. Any other course is suicidal. He will gradually develop j other inonev crops 1iut his first efforts ! must be directed to raising his own liv ing on his own land. Ho must "grow" int. i i-iiiiiiiiercial dairvTnir and Iiol' rais- I jnj, Market facilities must le develop I ,,,, f(ir ,,. mllj jne f these products. Value Of Industries To The Farmer. The situation in the Piedmont and Western part of the State and in a few communities in the Fast is different. In the Piedmont and mountain counties the farmers have more generally been pro ducing their own food supplies and feed stufTs. They are accustomed to keeping cow for instance, and are beginning To fiii.t that dairying on a commercial scale mav !e profitable. A larger number keep poultry both for home use and asc a means of increasing the farm income. They have practiced more crop diversifi cation in their fanning operations, and lin the cotton counties in this section they are in mueli better position to nglit the boll weevil. Another factor which must not he over looked is this: Not only are the farmers of the Piedmont section fitted bv ex perience to produce other crops than cotton, but they have at their doors a market for practically all of the food Products thev can grow, lwcnnsp the in dustrial development of 'Nrrrth fVrrilin.T has taken place largely in the Piedmont soetion. ami industrial settlements, from citien to villages, offer a splendid mar ket for aM sorts of food supplies. This mean that the fanners of Pied mont North i'arolina have a distinct immediate advantage over the farmer of other seetions which have no mar kets immediately available. And thev I are in somewhat better position to im ! mediately avail themselves of this mar j ket. It tnunt, eome about, however. I that rtn the farmers of other sections of ! the State acquire experience in the hand iline of food products a system of mar keting will lie develnrx'ili so that from ; every section of the State supplies mav I le brought to meet the demand for food stuffs in the citien and towns which are at present looking to other sections of the country almost altogether for such sirpplies, and ar sending million of dol lars out of the State each month for these things. This home market is the legitl mate, rightful market of the tar heel farmer and it is his whenever he is ready to claim and utilize it A cirl in love is often unable to express her thoughts, bat i'G aitVCit I- Terrorism SEARCH FOR TV0 HE! 1 BELIEVED TO BELQHG fl BLACK JAIL GANG Walter S. Ward, Prominent Young New York Business Man Shoots One of . Gang That Blackmailed Him for $30,000 and Wanted $75, 000 More Searching , New York For Two Members. . ' (By Tho Associate! Press.) ,r WHITK I'LAINH, X. Y., May 2.V M Search for two men known only as "Ross" and "Jack," declared by Wal ter S. Ward, of New IWheile, N.'Y to havo been present when ho shot anil killed Clarence Peters, of Haverhill, Mass., near here tho night of May 13, was continued by West Chester county officials today. Ward, after confessing he hud killed a member of a gang thai had blackmailed him for $30,000' ami then attemptod to get $75,000 morc,,went to New York last night in company of officers and conducted a scurch of resorts where he declared tho men wanted might be found. It was an unsuccessful quest. Ward, who is the son of tho president of tho Ward baking company is at lilierty under a hail bond of $.'!0, 000. He was accompanied to New York by Sheriff (ieorgo J. Werner, and 'four deputies, who were joined by two New York detectives. The sheriff said that Ross was a Vcon fideiiee man of tho highest calibre,' while ".lack," tho only name the other is known by, is the typo of a chauffeur. He ae.led that Ross was tho better drcsa.. ed of the gang and is nut 20 yearsVdd, The ua us of the blackmail plots ro mains uureeealed as the lawyer repre senting Ward decline to make puLlic any of tho bundle oC letters given them by Ward, which he r eeived in the six weeks ho was being theuiened, i The telephone call which resulted in the meeting by Ward, of tho men the (lay of tho killing, was said to havo been 'the threat by poWwc. ' " Wo ant $73,000 or your life will pay." 'A his is tha threat in the only letter discloseiB. Sheriff Werner said that he Wl read X threatening letter with a demand for that sum. When Elwood M. Itnbenold, counsel for Ward, was asked if there was a. wo man in tho case, ho answered: "Thc threats were aimed at his family." . Allen It. Campbell, another "of IheJ lawyers, wn asked if tho bluckmail jilot involved a woman and answered, "I dont think I should answer that cihes tion." "I 'id it start, en anorted, at a raed track,'" , i "I thii.k it did." "Did it involve Ward's vnr recordf "I can assure you thai, it did not.' answered 11 r. Campbell. Airs. Ward sud that shd hail not known of the ph.t for very long and add- a. in witii my, husband and I want to do eer.v thing I can for hiiii, t I havo tho utmost confidence in him. . I am sorry (hut t, cannot ahtrwer atiy"ilhet; quest ions. " ' ' f Much surprise is displayed in ew Rnchelle that Ward waited for.almijt r week before surrendering himself, esiieei. ally as ho was known as a strict nMsilpli narian in his position as chairman, of th police commission. , i ,i " 1 40 EMPLOYES OF N. Y. POSTOFFICE HAD CRIMINAL kECORDS, (My The Associated Press.) WASHT.vr.TON. Mav 2. Discover through "fino-er printing") that 40 of the 4fi0 emplnves of the retintrtr divhv. inn of the New York poitoffilee hnd crimirsl rrord was tenoned to Presi dent Harding ndov by Actin" Postmas ter General BarMett upon hii return from n inves;eation of the New Vork effirp. .An of the o have been drnuped from the service, Mr Bartlett said . T" A 'tine Postmaster General toW he PreiinVnt- the discovery cume during his ineuirv into the arrest last Thurs day of seven employes of the office) which arrest, postal officials assrt, cleared uo postal robberies extending over th last six months and involving nearly $7 000,000. The arrests also ara aid to have thwarted a o-igantib rob bery planned for last Friday night in the registry division itslf . ; i Mr. BarCett declared that the men. arrested had admitted that ther nt secured employment in the registry- di vision for the purpose of robbmr tha mails. Mr. Bartlett said he had! or dered all of the 15.000 employe; o( he New York office he required to have finger-print impressions made. Both Postmaster Morgan and himself, he added, "were finger printed," andl -he ws of the opinion that surh a step would be of benfit to the service, elim inating the uprMntwnrthv and protect ing the great bulk of honest employes FOX AND K!PY TO BE ' ' THE WORLD BY AIH! CRv The Associated .Pres.') k " COLUMBIA, S. C, May 23. J 1 S. T. Kirby, C. O. Fox and Tes- se Gappins, the murder trio who I were last year convicted of the murder of William BrazeU, a Co lumbia taxi driver, and who were pursued prior to their trial through this state and a part of Georgia, appeals later delaying their execu tions, were to be taken to Lexing ton this morning to be sentenced again to the electric chair by Judze Devore, who is presiding over prim- 1 mal court in Lexington. i - 1 Solicitor Callison stated this morn- 1 ing that the men would be brought I into the courtroom at noon in ao f cordance with Judge Devors'a of- i der and sentence would be passed : ' -forthwitn. The men, were to be T --.-.-4-. - ... t 4