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ill Local Cotton 20 1-2 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 139 GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON. JUNE 12, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS Weather: Cooler hia titi.AMiiii' inn nr i w l 1 I rp U II UR II L U VL f UL AmaaimaamI ohAwHQrl MOVH I D U M L oi nine ! DIRECTED FROM CANADA TO EVADE U. S. COURTS Supreme Court Has Heidi Unions Liable for Damages Caused By Members. NEW, WAGE REDUCTIONS Total Cut of Railway Workers' Wages Will Reach $150,000,000. CHICAGO, June 12. While addi tional wage cuts threatened $40,000,000 in further reductions to 350,000 more railway employes, it was rumored to day that any rail strike growing out of pay decrease decisions by the United States Railroad Labor Board might be directed and financed from Canada to eado the recent decision of the United (States Sjprcme Court holding unions ilable for damages caused by their members. Leaders of the rail unions said to be contemplating tho move viewed the es tablishment of Canadian headquarters as legitimate because the unions arc in ternational organizations. Financial penalties in case of a walkout could thus be averted,, it was said . The new wage reduction order is ex pected to increase the total cut from railway workers' wages to approxi mately $150,000,000 a year. Clerks, signal men, stationary firemen, oilers and marine department employes will join the shopmen and maintenance of way employes as victims of the, slash. Striko ballots to the 400,000 railway shopmen, sent out from Chicago, were accompanied by the following letter: 4tEvery possible effort should be mado to obtain the vote of every employe eligible. The ballot will be tabulated ad soon as possible and thcro will bo no stoppage of work until you are properly authorised to do so. "This is tho time for action and not talk .or unnecessary delay. The rail way employes department desires that every ballot shall be in Chicago at the earliest possible moment and iu no case later than June 30." GOODFELLOWS CLUB TO GIVE CONCERT TONIGHT , ... . Charlotte Musical Orgamza tibn Comes to Gastonia Un der ..Auspices of Chamber of Commerce. Gastonia music lovers will have a real treat .tonight, at. 8::i() o'clock at . the high school, auditorium, whet, the orches tra Jbd octet .Of .the Charlotte Hood Fellows Club will give an hour and a half concert under the auspices of the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce. No admission will be charged. P. H. Thompson hus been named by the department of conventions and pub lic affairs to have charge of arrange ments for the Chamber of Commerce. The doors will open not later than N o'clock. Tho orchestra and ocK'L r.re said to be ful.y M to prof-. 1 1 m:i! standard. The program is a splendid mi" and well school auditorium will be thronged for worth hearing. It is expected 1 bat the the occasion. Members of the Gas tonia Woman's Club and the Gastonia Music Club arc'esi'cially invited to be present and to bring ihei vrlonds. EAST GASTONIA STORES HAVE HALF-HOLIDAY Tuesday Afternoons Will Be Given Over to Vacation and Holidays By East Gas tonia Merchants. East Gastonia stores are going to fall in linne for the first time in the half holiday idea for this summer, all having signed an agreement to close. Because of tho mills in that section paying off on 'Wednesday it has been deemed l"rt in that section of the city to close Tues day instead of Wednesday. In celel. rat ing the new move the merchants there have nlannp,! a foiir nicnie on the Cataw- I foa for next Tuesday afternoon, every jan appeal le mado to that higher court merchant taking his delivery truck and of public judgment, and that the public, filling it with family and friends. R. conscience be aroused to the great and H, Beatty, Charley Long and Mrs. K. J. j grave menace which confronts the perpe B. Moore form the conimittefl in cluirne Ituitv of tho constitutional rights and and any others in Gastonia will be wel come on the picnic. Every store in Fast Gastonia has sign ed the -agreement to close for the half holiday and both business men and em ployees are looking forward with pleas ure to the inauguration of the plan next Tuesday. Among those signing up for the clos ing are B. H. Beatty, IS. L. Glover, H. li. McCombs, B. Garmise, L. L. Lewis, B. J. B. Moore, B. I. Stroud, D. B. Hanna, B. L. Armstrong. Bhyne t Howe, A. J. Saunders, J. M. Feimster, O. K. Millen, John Glover, Mauney & Khyne. Mrs. B. J.. B. -Moore, J. L. Long, J. F. Noles, B. W. Edwards, W. E. Edwards, W. E. Kiser, D. B. Chorea, B. L. Hoffman, Fredd H. Lay. Rev. C. T. Squirres, evangelist it the Armstrong' Memorial church this week, and pastor of the First Presby terian ehurrch of Laurens, S. C. is the guest cf Mr. and Mr. W. F. Kineaid at their home on South Street. M. Carl TJndrwood spent the week-end ia Lenoir ul Boone iiting I friends - - In Past Year of Desoite Widesoread Unemployment and Strictures On Con duct of Employes Report Constructive worn Accompiisnea iu puc or urcai ma of Hindrances Encountered. (By The Associated Tress.) ' CINCINNATI O.. June 12. The record of. organized abor accomplish ment in "a year of ungual strife and unusual industrial depression" was laid 'before the forty second annual conven tion of the American Federation of La bor today in the report of the Federa tion's executive council. The report declared that American la bor during the year not only suffered from the widespread unemployment that existed but wag 'beset '"by opponents more active and determined than ever." In addition to strictures on the eon duct of employers in numerous cases, the report added explicit and pointed criti cism of Congress and of some state legis lative bodies, declaring such branches of the government to 'be ' 'succumbing to a wave of reaction." Fault was found with th action of some courts, including tho Supreme Court, and with what was lescribed as President Harding's "pro posal to regulate trado unions." "It is with no little satisfaction in view of these circumstances," tho re port on the other hand declared, "thut we are able to lay before this conven tion a report of achievement, a report of solidarity, a report of constructive planning, and a report that can 'only in adequately portray the militant spirit with which out1 movement has come through the years. The audacity of those who have made it the business to attack in every possible manner the voluntary organizations of the work ers has had no parallel in our country. WJint our movement has 'been compelled to meet has been a condition in which th predatory powers have sought to break down all resistance in every quar ter and to enrich themselves at the ex pense of the whole people. No exper ience has testified as eloquently to the fundamental soundness of our organi zation and to the manner in which they scrvethc workers. We shall light with a greater confidence 'because of the rec ord that has been made." The report declared that in the direct labor field ' ' workers in a number of in dustries have been compelled to resort to cessation of work," because "organized employers" 'were "unwilling to meet workers in conferences for negotiation." The most important instance of this pol icy was declared to foe the cause of the lexisting coal mino strike, although - V . , . . . ... ...., ...nntinir. granite, and packing house industries al so were cited, "Tho organized mine owners repudi ated their agreement with the United Mine Workers of America," the report said, "compelling the mine workers to cease work." x i Packing house ',eniphy; ers were likewise guilty of violation of agreements, x x The contest going on a moiig employers and the printing trades union involves a contemptuous disregard and flagrant violation of an agreement by employers and their associations. "We have recorded only these viola tions of agreement by employers which are of national importance, x x We know of no similar period of time in which there have beel so many wan ton violations of contract on the part of great organizations of employers. We submit that it is a vital essential that there foe a return of good faith in industry, a return to standards of moral ity which will restore the pledges of men to their true and proper meaning. If it is impossible to have faith in pledges given, then the entire industrial struc ture will be undermined." Turning next to courts, the executive council protested "most emphatically against such unjust and inhumane de cisions" as that of the Supreme Court voiding the act intended to abolish child labor in the United States. Congress "by this decision, must keep its hands off when the health and life and well be ing of the nation's children are con cerned," the report asserted, adding that the "Supreme Court of today is far more legalistic and less humane in its attitude and temperament than was the Supreme Court of 1918." "The year is marked particularly with an increasing hostility of the judici ary toward the effort of wage earners to prevent deterioration of their stand ards of life and lafoor," the report con tinned, "and x x x we recommended that liberties of all our people and as or- ginally conceived by the founders of our republic." Instances of "most flagrant abuses of equity jiower" were declared to bt contained in Federal Judge Anderson's order at Indianapolis, enjoining discon tinuance of the "checkoff" system of collecting miners' union dues, and in Federal Judge McClintic's decision in West Virginia against strikers of the same union in that state. This latter decision the report characterized as conclusive evidence that the injunction as used x x is devoid of all sense of fair ness and decency and that our courts of equity can be turned conveniently into instruments of the greatest iniquity whenever it will best serve the interests of soulless corporations and a mad de sire for wealth." Possibility of "relief from the consti tutional use of the writs' of injunction" by legislative action lay in the politie field, the report said. - The executive council described its re- Inewal of non-rartizan political cam- I paiso oraanizinff in adva e of the fall election, and mned "satisfaction e??r the wonderful- enthosssm express-! Universal Strife Shows Achievement and Much ed" by every local organization of la foor in the effort which it said proved that "not only the wago earners, but the great mass of our. citizenship are crying for relief."' The campaign ef fort will foe to focus votes behind program of "opposition to compulsory lafoor law," and "opposition to injunc tions and contempt proceedings as sub stitute for trial by jury," the council said. 'Congress has proved that only- those who are well-to-do or control great inter ests can induce it to listen," the council said, in detailing the reason why it ask ed the Federation to enter tho cam paign for satisfactory candidates, "These facts are slowly penetratrating the minds of the people. They are to. ginning to realize tho chango they thought they wanted x x x has been an injury instead of benefit. Unless there Is a change in tho personnel (Of the House and Senate) people can prepare them selves for still greater and greater suf fering and injustice." "The idea seems to prevail that the outcome of the 19-0 elections mean that every liberty of the people can be taken away provided some individual or group of individuals representing the privileged few desire it for their bene fit" the rexort continued. "The state ment is often made that if tho United States capitol could be transported to the England of the fifteenth century, half the members of Congress would be 'to the manner born.' " iState legislative bodies also were taken to task in some cases, chiefly in the matter of compulsory arbitration laws. The Kansas indusrial court was described as "an utter failure" and sim ilar legislation in Colorado was juiid 'o be "equally as absurd and fully as dangerous." "It is hardly believed possible," tho reports adds, "that the President im plied that the present administration in tends to further a policy which will deny America's worokers tc right to cease working collectively and to de termine for themselves the conditions under which they will give service. Yet the language used leaves little room for a different conclusion." "The decisions of the Railroad Labor Board have given satisfaction neither to the workers or tho management," the report remarked in considering tho com pulsory arbitration subject as demon strated in transportation fields. "They have tended toward a mere general de moralization of morale of mechanical forces, xxx The Ksch-Cummins law, through tho Board, has practically de stroyed the concept of voluntary, agree ments bet-Veen employers and workers arid the subject of compensation for ser vices has 'become a constant source of litigation and irritation." Returning to direct labor muttcva, or ganized labor scored a x x victory, the report suid "against organized cam paigns for the establishment of the so called open shop. " OSCEOLA DEFEATS FLINT-GROVES In a fast ami well played game Satur day afternoon Osceola met and defeated tho strong Flint-Groves team on the lat ter 's diamond, the score being 7 to 5. Osceola pounded out 13 safeties agaisnt Champion, while the "Old Reliable," Dock Parker, held tho Flin-Groves to four scattered hits. Tho fielding and (batting of Drake for Osceola was a fea iture. Several costly errors were made on both sides. The score by innings was as follows: Osceola 003 mil 310 7 :t 7 Flint Groves 000 lull "11 fi 4 7 The batteries were Parker and Barnes for Osceola; Chahipion nnd McGill for Flint G roves. MR. E. P. LEWIS MAKES REPORT ON COTTON Mr. E. P. Lewis, a well known farmer who lives on the Xew Hope road, and who has been for years espe cially interested in the growing of im proved strains of cotton, reitorts that on June 10 the highest stalk of cotton he could find in his fields was only five inches in height. Mr. Lewis has been measuring the highest stalk of his cotton on the tenth of June every year for 25 years, and the record this year is the lowest for the entire period of a quarter of a century. The measure ment last year was the next lowest, six inches. The highest he has ever found on the above date was 14 inhces. COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKTT ! NEW YORK, June 12. Cotton fu tures closed quiet steady, 70 points down. July 21-68; October 21.50; Decerubei May 20.70; 8pots 22.15. TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Local Receipt None Price 2 14 Cent (Strict to good middling). Synftd'e Conference of Young Peo ple tt Davidson College will close today and member ofo the Gatonia delega tion wil Tetura home tomorrow morning, motoring cross country. THE WEATHER North Carolina, fair tonight and Tues- 4aj sot omte so inn toait, .Soldlat 4 i 4- . Willie Kamm. San Francisco star third baseman, has been bought by the Chicago White Sox for $100,000 and two playera valued at $25,000.'- E MEETING OF DELEGATES 10 SOCIAL E To Be Held at Chamber Commerce Tuesday Eve ning at 8 O'Clock. of BAND MUSIC AND STUNTS Hutchison, Separk and Dilling to Extend Welcome to the Workers. Community workers from tho various textile centers in tho Southern Stales will arrive in Gastonia tomorrow to at tend the annual sessions of the Southern Textile tSocial AViorkers Conference, which convenes Tuesday evening at S o'clock in the auditorium f the Cham ber of Commerce. The conference will continue through Thursday. Probably 150 workers representing practically every textile manufacturing town in the South will be in attendance. Mr. C. E... Hutchison, of Mount Holly, president of the American Cotton Mann facturers Association and one of North Carolina's best known textile manu facturers, will welcome the delegates and visitors on behalf of the managements of the1 Gaston .mills. Mr. J. It. Srpark, head of the Scpnrk Gray chain of mills, will 'extend-a welcome on behalf of the city of Gastorini while Air. .'.Virfiail Dilling, superintendent of the Smyre ManufactUriiiir Company, will welcome them on behalf of the suierinteiidents of the Gaston milts. Mr. C. C. Gibson, of Winnsboro. 8. C, president of the organ ization will respond to these addresses of welcome. Tuesday night's session will be large ly in the shape of a social and get ac quainted meeting. Following the al- Iresses the Loray Band will liirnish music and some stunt games will be p'ay- d in order that the delegates may get acquainted with each other and with the local folks. Any persons interested in cniimiunit v social work of any kind are invi'e.l to in tend all the meetings of the e nafen in c. JITNEY LICENSES TO BE ISSUED TOMORROW Year's Licenses To Drivers of Public Cars to Be Issued By the City Council at Meeting Tuesday Evening. According to a recent ru'ling by the city council applicants for .jitney driver's licenses mut present their applications signed by two reputable citi.ens who can qualify as to their epertnes in chauffer ing, and by three others who certify as to the applicants' "good moral charac ter, habits and conduct." Licenses will he issued at the meeting of the city coun cil to be held Tuesddny night. Ail those who are taking out jitney lin n-'s must hare their applications in by Tuesday evening. The following applic.-uiN, with tho vouching for them are on file with the city clerk : E. C. Hendricks, vouched for by Messrs. 8. C. Hendricks, '. I'. Cardner and Dr. C. K. Lyday. G. W. Fowler, vouched tv.r by Messrs. P. P. PKearson, AV. Wi. Nesbitt and O. T. Settletnyre. W. D. Robinson, vouched for 1iy Messrs. T. W. Wilson, K. N". Linelier- ger and J. C. Peatherstone . Z. V. Harmon, vouched for by Messrs. D. P. Ragan, W. T. Love and R. E. Johnson . E. O. Armstrong, vouched for by Messrs. D. II . Campbell, I). B. Hanna and Dr. R. E. Rhyno. Henry T. Smith, vouched for by Messrs. A. CL Clierry, L. T. Carter and It. T. Padgett. O C Eddlenvan, vouched for by Messrs. W. C. Adains. M. A. Carpen ter and W. n. Wray. Charlie L ' Johnson, vouched for by Messrs. M. E. Ehyne, C. C. Craig and S. R. Clinton. Oliver Mjrtin, Touched for by Messrs . X. G. Cloninjer, j . f, Braddey and A. A. M'jSaLr, WELCH DEATH LIST FROM NEW YORK REACHED MORE THAN 50; EVANGELISTIC SERVICES AT ARMSTRONG MEMORIAL Piano Playing: of Chas. Main waring a Feature of First Service at Church Sunday Night Orchestra Tonight. Rev. i'. T. Squires, of Laurens, B. C, held the attention of a large congrega tion at the Charles B. Armstrong Presby terian church Monday night. More peo plo could havebeen accompanied, hut the interest of the largo number present was manifested during and after the ser vice. Using the denial of Christ by tho Apostle Peter as his subject, Mr. Squires in a clear, distinct and forceful manner, enumerated the steps in the 26th chap ter of St. Matthew -which brought about Peter's downfal and made apt applica tion to present day Christians and self- consciousness, sure or oour spiritual strength, failure to -watch and pray, zeal without divine guidance nnd warming at the evening's fire will bring about the spiritual downfall of any Cbrisctiun, said Mr. Squires. A delightful and entertaining feature of Monday night's meeting was the piano playing of Mr. Chas. VV. Maimvaring, pianist and field woorker for Evangelist K. L. ("Bob") Johnson, who hns just closed successful tabernacle meetings in Jacksonville, Kla. Mr. Mainwaring will lie heard again during the meeting. Mr. Squires will preach again tonight at 8 o'clock, using "The Seven Steps by I Which Peter Arose From His Fall." A feature of the service tonight will be orchestral music with Miss Mary Mc Lean h accompanist. All aro cordial ly invited. THE COURTS AND THE BOOT LEGGER. (Charlotte Observer.) For over a year it has been the policy of Judge Laurence Jones, of tho Char lotte Recorder ' Court, to sentenco lioot leggers to the roads, fcientence has been inevitably followed by "appeal," ami! tho outcome iu the higher court has been too frequently failure to convict, or modi fication of the road sentenco to a fine. The fine in all cases operated as tho boot legger's passport to liberty and return to the outlawed industrry. Although discouraged, the Charlotte judgo has per severed in his course and now thu con sistent example he has set is to have the official sanction of the (jovernment, which has fixed up a special office and put Mr. Itritt in it for the expressed purpose of suppressing tho illicit Vvfiisltey traffic through imposition and enforcement of road sentences. If the Government 'a determination menus anything, il menus that, in future, prosecutions of liquor cases, ending in conviction, will call for sentence to the roads. It was only yesterday that The Obser ver was proclaiming Judge Kinley for the consternation he had produced in whiskey circles in the neighboring town of (iastoiii.-t by having resort to thn sterner sentence, but the prospect did not hold long. Before his court, ended the judge had nullified the expectations of prohibition advocates by reversing his j judgment and giving the convicted ot- I fenders "option" between road sou-I teuce ami "heavy fines." It seems J that a negro railroad hand was cotivic- ted. lie had pleaded guilty to dealing 1 ; I.;L ....I .....a u..ti.,...n.l tA Hti .l.i,rd I'll,. ... I ,..-....,,...?'i,,I,u f,n ml., toil I , " T. 1 ; .. ' ' . : ... oy i ne uasiouia iia.i'tic; iiuouii 101 attorney K. U. Warren, strong pressure was brought to bear upon Judge Kinley to impose a line rather than a road Sen tence. Outside influences were brought in and several of the more prominent citizens were carried before the judge to bear testimony as to the negro's previ ous good character. White citizens had gone his surety Imud. In response to the strenuous efforts of the negru'g at torney and the representations of several citizens. Judge Kinley imposed the op tional sentence of a fine or (id days on the road-. Heing a railroad negro, and having other powerful influences be hind htm. the negro chose the fine." Then they seemed to have the judge "where thev wanted him." The Gazette pror-ceds: made than defendants o vionit wa his decision I the .i!!oii: j for the other j out iu a idea for their ' clients similar!;.- nuivi were wliito nu n. I f ed. all of whom trv going i let a neLTO off wi' . a fine, judge, what about these while n . n here, all of good character, ton'" Mirk the lawyer hold ing up his ,(. i'f ! ii'rfitlogger as "a man of good chara'-t'-r! But tho judge could not turn down their plea and at the same time "ii-d-dent. The white men were givr n s. ine "option" that was extended ti . m-f-'ro. Only one. how ever, was aide to I'av out, three going to the roads. Naturally, there was a rea son behind the cm-, rn manifested in Having tne o' i: " 1 '''" ,l" i"'iu. vui. v. , the nuinc- r t"" srninor around The! Gazette picked out this particular one a j Presbyterian church, will leave Gastonia perhaps the paramount: White was lie- i to spend the week at Blue Ridge as a lieved to be a -'go-between" and if hfc j student of the Y. M. C. A.. Summer were sent to the roads, "he might di- School. Mr. Currie will return to David vulee some int. reitinc, but nevertheless son College in September as the secretary disquieting, information as to his nc- complicea and customers in the liquor business It was it 't altogether a flash in the pan, however, for the si-are thrown into the 'ranks of the bootleggers and the undercover clientele was of a sort that will have wholesome effect, temporarily at least, or until the Britt bureau gets into swin. Meantime, public sentiment in making i!f felt ; the "easy pros-1 - ''t' i" ar,n ' l05y-lir"1. Tempest Roaring Out of Hills of Northern New Jersey, Without Warning, Sweeps Manhattan FREE ANTI-TYPHOID CAMPAIGN BEGINS NEXT SATURDAY Dr. C. J. McCombs, city physician, announces that the annual free anti typhoid campaign for Gastonia will com mence Sat unlay of this week. Ho will be there from 11 a. m. to 7 p. m. that day and at stated periods thereafter until the campaign is completed. This treatment is absolutely free to everybody living inside the city limits and Dr. McCombs urges all who need it to bo present 'Saturday and continence taking tho vaccination. JONES WANTS TO KNOW WHERE DEFENDANT IS Capias Issued Week Ago For One George Black well Is Still Unserved Will Ap pear Tuesday, It Is Said. Twenty one happy-go-lucky violators of the city's blue laws said, "Good morning. Judge," to his honor, A. C. Jones, Monday morning in municipal court. Drunkards, gamblers, speed fiends, a nil fighters, were well repre sented at the session, and before the court was adjourned more than $250 iu fines and costs hnd poured in to fill the city's coffers. Such a docket sel dom comes up at tho city hall, with as many cases. Many loafers wound their way up the stairway to the hall to listen to lowly Ethiopians plead guilty of playing African golf ami to hear and see the arm of the law come down on pistol, toters and homo brew con sumers. When i the morning's docket had al most been cleared, and the judge was sentencing and fining th.i defendants, :t rather hard question was Bhot at the officers and others who pass as uphold ers of the law by Judge Jones. "What about Xo. 184, George Biackwellf" Jt is to bo recalled that George Blackwell hnd been called into court a week ago, charged with f. and a. Ho hail been allowed to roam about scot free on a J.'tlMI bond. He was called and he failed to appear. His bond was for feited, ('anias was issued. Hut this morning the cops seemed to 'be speech less when Mr. lilackweJl was called for. Ho had not been arrested; orders of tho court had gone unheeded. Three officers present, all armed with n capias to take him, could Hot answer the judge's questions regarding the de fendant. They looked as the little urchin appeared when his mother caught him ,iu tho pantry; he couldn't say a word. Finally someone spoke up and sard arrangement had been made with, Hlackwell's attorney, Mr. Ernest War- roil, to have the case brought up again ' Tuesday morning. With this answer, the case blew over till Tuesday. NEAR EAST CONTRIBUTIONS. Messrs. Fred L. Hmyre, J . L. Gray and li. G. Kankin, of Gastonia, A. A. .McLean, Jr., Frank Goldberg and Mr. A ' F. Hriggs, of Bessemer City, . L. Hutchison of Mt. Holly, It. H. Kay, of McAdenville and C. D. Welch and C. !('. Dawson, of Cranierton, have mado contributions of a number of cases of cotton yam to the sufferers of the Near K:,t These Hi.lendid idfts wl serve, a two fold purpose in furnishing em ployment for weavers at tin Tillis and Alexandropol an looms of ! clothinir i the naked this winter. Tin yarn will, jwith the clothing collected till out a car I load to he shipped to Italoigh ware- hoimse. Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Love and family leave today for Montreat where they will spend the summer. It has lieen decided by a general committee of representatives from Civic organizations to merge fourth of July celebration with that of Armistice Day, i under auspice of American Legion Tho p.liv (JaZptte is ; m.oipt 0f i . I an interestincr communication Slltnei ; iti'on " uiiti'h tln will tt omhiI tn publish if the writer will como forward I 0 Ma" 8 I'al"1- Man' parties hurry and give the publishers his name, not .! f""" safety saw people struggling in for publication, bnt for our informa- i ,tu' water, Imt dared not stop for fear of 1 tion. I William nayues, small son of Mr. li!. A. Haynes, superintendent of the j Osceola Mill, was the victim of a pain : ful accident late Saturday afternoon I when he fell from one of the sliding j boards in the playground at tho mill ; and broke both his arms. Mr. A. L. Currie, of the First of the college Y. M. C. A. Members of tho Chamber of Com merce are urged by the officers to get tickets at once at the offices for the dinner at 6:30 o'clock Wednesday night for the Charlotte good will tourists. A snappy program of fellowship will be enjoyed and it is desired that Gastonia have a goodly representation present, It is necessary that the tickets be se cured at tne otnees not later than to - Tlofffw noon. . STORM HAS MANY INJURED It Thousands of Row boats ancf Launches Caught In Ten, j pest and Overturned. MILLIONS IN DAMAGES Ferris Wheel Full of Children! Caught By Winds and Top i pled to the Ground. J NEW YORK, June 12. (By The Associated Press.) The death toll of the brief but terrific hur ricane that swooped down on the Metropolitan area late yesterday passed the sixty mark today, with indications that number of dead, might go much higher. The death list leaped ahead when ' an incoming tide returned 18 more ' bodies that had been swept out to sea last night. Four more bodies were recovered at Hunters Island and two were reported to have been picked up at T ravers Island. ' City Island have for Sunday ' pleasure seekers, and amateur fisher- ' men was the hardest hit point in ' the Metropolitan area but casualties, '. mostly by drowning, were reported ' from many other points. The beach at City Island today J presented a desolate spectacle. Sev- ' cral hundred persons, relatives of the ' missing worm by hysteria, wait ' ed in little groups among the wreck- ' age on the sand for some word of the fate of their loved ones. Marino squad police, exhausted by thelf all night vigil, continued their cruise.' keeping a sharp lookout for additional bodies. The full toll of the death storm may not be known for days. The crowds that thronged City Island yesterday, were drawn from all purts of the Mptropolfp tan district and probably ; numbered) many persons from distant points, who), had gone to the island to escape tho broiling heat of a Sunday in. New Yrki' Tho list of missing, bing eoiirpileci at thu police bureau of missing persoos grew steadily. , t By noon fourteen persons had been) listed as missing. l'olice said many others probably were missing who had Hot been reported. ' ' Boat, men at City Island said therA were 4ti small boats as yet unaccounted for. "Occupants of many of theni were , undoubtedly saved by Uinted States coast guards and by members of yacht clubs about, the island who put out as soon as the t err rific. blow had subsided. Hut the police believe many more were lost. There were at least 250 small boats and canoes out when the squall struck. Daybreak this morning found hun, dreds of parents, children anil relatives still Htanding vigil at the docks at City Island, awaiting the arrival of jiolica boats which during the hours of darkness) had searched the waters of Lang Island ,""" ir u.....i..,u. U4 jrowrr- ', U rn,c '".. -'". av-.iri .u.k.u p.ajcu uvrr luq water as the ghastly quest went on, but swur tine apparently naa noriie a v I H "O'i'es noi Tucovereu lasi ntgnt, and early today the police reported that the list of known dead had not 'been aug mooted. More than fifty persona were thought' to have lost their lives and upwards oC I'M) were injured in the tempest, which roaored out of the hills of northern New -Jersey, heat the Hudson in foam capped " breakers, swept across New York' city and then seemed to center its wild encrgj; on City Island and its vicinity. Thousands of rowboats and launches dotted th sound off City Island, just be fore the breaking of the storm; when it had passed the water was strewn witbi fiviirt 11 I'll, . I i-fuff nll.t tin KiiiLlfticra An ' "' ; snore reM'iiinicu a name turn village in capsizing their own crart. the rescue woTk started immediately, hut darkneeak and the panic stricken crowds hindered the labors of the volunteer lifesavers. . Property damage estimated at from ' $1,000,000 to several time that amount was done by the arnado. ' ..' " Tho storm followed a day of Intense heat and was as sudden as it waviolent. Low hanging clouds across the Hudson river were observed, but they scorned be far away, and dangec. unforeseen. Then, like magic, the western heavens took on a ainWler aspect, the elottdai seemed to dip toward the earth, and be fore the frightened people exposed to the elements, could reach places of safe ty, the wind came. "! " The Clara iaseball team with It. Parker and SecrUt on the mound walk ed away with a rive inning game Satur day with a mixed aggregation f Gray Parkdale. players. The score being 12 tt) ' 3. Parker fanned 13 of the West Euders in the five innings, L;e Azy lc;J serve to play to fii,. - " , " , -irj I