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VOL. XLIII. NO. 140
GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 13, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
GOWAN MAKES REPLY TO SECRETARY OF WAR WEEKS
' iirrro inriiiirUTTiiiT
MILLSAPS STATEMENTS J""i
oiummi 15 nui nttutu
County Agent Says There Was
Nothing About His Re
signing July 1.
,WAS FAVORED BY MANY
Claim That MilUaps Did
Make Actual Contract
With Him for Year.
County Agent C, Lee Gowuu in ans
wer to tho interview from Diatrict Agent
E. 8. Millsaps printed in The Daily
Gazette, June 9, makes the following
statements with respect to Mr.-Millsaps'
communications ;
"In the communication of E. 8.
Millsaps printed in The Gazette of June
9th, he failed to make clear tho fact
that upon receipt of his letter of May
12th from which ho quotes tho follow
ing: "sometime ago I wrote you mak
ing tho suggestion that it would be ad
visable for you to ho looking around for
another position by July 1st," that I
wrote him that I had not received any
such letter and should like to have a
copy of the same and that he sent me a
copy of the letter of February 18th, a
copy of which appeared in The Gazetta
of June 9th, which docs not contain that
statement or any other statement even
suggesting July 1st. Therefore, he must
have misquoted himself. He does state
in that letter that he had advised that
the matter ie dropped and that the di-'
rector had agreed with him. lie also
states that 1 had been vindicated be
fore the people, 'but the same time ad
FIVE BANDITS KILLED
AND THREE WOUNDED
NOGALES, ARIZ., June 13.
Fiv bandits were killed and three
wounded in an attempt to hold up a
train of the Southern Pacific de Mexi
co near .Rosaies, Mexico, late Satur
day, according to a conductor who ar
rived today.
The men were members of a band of
25 Mexican bandits who attacked
the train carrying a shipment of 29
bars of bullion valued at $29,000.
The other bandits fled without loot.
The five were killed and three oth
ers wounded by General Rodriguez,
military governor of Nyaret, his aide
and chauffeur, who were passengers
on the train.
DR. MILLER TO TELL OF
THE CRIPPLED CHILDREN
Orthopaedic Hospital Surgeon
to Tell of the Work Going
On at Institution for Crip
pled Children.
Thursday uighl 's program for the
Southern Textile Bocial Workers' Con
ference in session hero this week will b
featured by an address by Dr. Oscar L.
Miller, Burgeon in charge of the North
Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital. Dr. Mil
ler will have as his subject, " Recon
struction AVbrk for Crippled Children."
The address will be illustrated by lau
vises that 1 should resign of my own tern slides and movie films. This will bo
volition, but does not say when. a fine opportunity for the people of
"This letter reminds me of the Irish- Gastonia and vicinity to see and hear
man who bad lioen chased up a cherry some of the results of the labor, money,
tree ly a bull-dog and the owner ot j and interest they have put into this instl
tho dog came out aud said, "Come down jtutioii for the past few vears. The ad-
Says United States Needs
Army Just as Any Large
City Needs Police.
TO WEST POINT CADETS
Declares That Civilization
Would Be Self-Destroyed
In Short Time.
F''Fmncieress,, y
lie won't bite, don't you sec he is wag
ging Ms tail," and the Irishman said,
"Yes, and ho was barking all at tho
same time und i didn't know which end
to believe."
"Ho admits that he had his mind
made, up before coming to Gastonia on
February 6th that 1 should go on July
1st, that quite a number of my friends
wero (fnthusastic over my staying while
there were oflly a few who opposed it,
but his memory seems to be had as to
the agreement hp made. He does not re
Jiiembcr that I even went so tar as to
askvhim in the presence of the commis
sioners if he meant the calendar year
1922A,
"In his letter of May 1'Jtli lie admit
that ho", did not mention July 1st in his
letter of February ISth, but says that
was the date in mind. He must think 1
urn sonic genius to read his mind more
than sixty miles away.
"Ho says that this action has been
prompted by complaints but he does not
mention the host of requests and plead
ings from farmers and some of the best,
people in tho county that there be no in
terference with the work here, neitliei
does he mention the fact tiiat his own an
nual report shows that I was one of the
leaders in general work last year and
that Gaston county was awarded thn
prize for loing the best club work in
tho state, also that a (iaston county club
member is the li(21 State Champion
Livestock Club Member.
"After all .the discussion, what are
the factsf According to hi own story, I insit utim
there was never any lair and impartial
investigation to find out the truth, in !
lioth instances where he claims to have
visited this county to investigate, it is i
shown that his mind was already made
up before coming here. In no instance i
is therp shown any inclination to con- I
eider efficiency, the will of the people
concerned, or the welfare of the fanners
in Gaston county. I
dress will describe some of the work be
ing done at. the hospital for crippled
children of sound mind.
It is somewhat appropriate to show
this under the auspices of the conference
now in session in Gastonia., Many of
the children who are patients at the in
stitution are directed there by communi
ty and welfare workers throughout the
South.
CONFLICTING OPINIONS
AS TO THE PRISON
Some Say Prisoners Desired to
Be Incarcerated, Others
That Inmates Were .Forced
to See Struggles of Dying, i
(By The Associated Tress.)
M 1 IXEIM i KVILLK, OA., Juno LI.
With charges of neglect of the sick and
inhuman treatment of other prisoners at
the Georgia prison farm on record the
special investigating committee appoint
oil tv (lovemor llartlwick todav opened
second day of its probe into condi
WEST POINT, X. Y.. June 13.
Assertions that the United States docs
not need an army were met y Secretary
Weeks, of the War Department, in an
address at the graduating exercises of
the United States Military Academy to
day with the statement that "the civili
ration of the world rests on no surer
foundation than did the civilization ot
Boston" at the time of tho police strike
nearly three years ago.
"it It wero not for the restraimn
force of tho military establishments of
the Nations of the world," ho declared,
and indescribable state of chaos would
result and civilization would be rapidly
exterminated through self-destruction."
To say that the United States does not
need an army, he added, is just as reas
onable as to say that ' ' Boston, Chicago
and our other large cities do not need a
police force."
The question of the size of the army,
he declared, would always be a matter of
controversy, especially as after a great
war there is "an alarming tendency for
the ovedburdened tax payer to forget the
lessons of tho past and cancel his insur
ance, trusting to luck and for at least a
few years without the national protec
tion which those more familiar with mili
tary matters and requirements deem nec.
essary. But there is no question, he add
ed, or difference of opinion as to its
quality.
"If it does not consist of more than
a thousand men," he continued, "it
should be an army of the best possible
thousand men which can be developed.
But you cannot have the best army or
even a good army, however sound the in
dividual elements which compose it may
be, unless it is efficiently commanded."
ROYAL MOUNTED POLICE
READY TO STOP INDIANS
Hi
lions at the state's principal penal in-
stit ntion.
Testifying at the first day's hearing
here, J. Christie and Henry Born, both
of Atlanta, and W. B. Norton, of Ma
con, former prisoners at the farm and
other witnesses described many instances
of alleged brutality by officials of the
One witness appeared in defense of
conditions at the farm. M. U. Medlin
ot .Macon, said lie came voluniirity to
the hearing to brand as false charges a
gainst tho prison commission and tin
penitentiary. The farm, he said, was a
place of so many attractions that county
convict camp prisoners desired to be in
carcerated there.
Uort I Is.n.i l.l,.n ..-1,.. ...M l. : ... :
"But in spite of the pleadings ot our ,.ml(litions at ,he I,nU(lnti;lrv at
the request of the Atlanta church aid
association, told the committee much im
provement had been shown there recent
ly. Thron weeks go, he testified, he
found beds in the prison tubercular hos
pital "arranged in wide ocii space,
where is was impossible for inmates to
keep from witnessing the death strug
gles of others."
very best citizens, disregarding his own
sacred obligation, in the middle of the '
season, when it will be more disastrous j
than at any other time, with an autocn- j
tie hand he lets fall the cruel stroke
which would Wight the fond hopes of ;
more than three hundred of (iaston
county's brightest country boys and I
girls, who have said by their conduct. ;
"give us a chance," and wc will make,
of ourselves leaders and useful citizens.
.Not only that "but it would greatly im- j
pede, if he did not completely para'yze, j
many of tho other agricultural projects J
in the county for this year.
ttli. : - ..... . I
n is an esiaoiis&ed fact that Nc
did make a contract with me for the
year and that the farmers have launch
CHARGED WITH SHOOTING
UP HOME OF MINISTER
; (By Thn Associates Press.)
1 RICH .VOX I). VA June 13. Ad
vices from Louisa. Va... are that Herbert
Buckley and C. K. Via, whites, and Wil
ed a great agricultural program, placing i ,ii,ln Hughes and Jim Vest, negroes, will
their confidence in this agreement The!1"' K'vt'" a preliminary hearing today on
question at issue is whether the agree- i ,,,,lircees of attempted murder in con.
ment will stand," ' inection with the shooting up of the rest
j denee of the Rev. J. R. (Menu, a minis
DIVISION IN PERSONNEL ter of Pendleton, Va.
Or R. R. LABOR BOARD! Buckley, according to the authorities.
(By The Associated Tress.)
LEAMINGTON, Ontario, June 1.1.
A detachment of royal Canadian mount
ed police was stationed at the national
park at Point Perlee, 77 miles from
Leamington, today, prepared to halt the
march of several hundred Indians who
have laid claim to the park ami thou
sands of acres of the best farming land
m tins purt of Canada under a treaty
with tho British government executed
in IMS). 1 lie dominion government,
refusing to recognize the Indians
Claims, instructed the niouiitcd police to
prevent any encroachment upon the
lands and to arrest the tribesmen as
trespassers.
At the head of the Indian "invn
sion " was Archie Dodge, a member of
the 1 ottuvvatoinie tribe and a descend
ant of Toeumsch, leader of Great Brit
ain's Indian allies in tho war of 1812.
He is recognized as the head of the
tribe, being the great grandson of the
lust chieftain.
Dodge, who is 2.'! years old, declared
members of his tribe were the original
settlers of tho Canadian shore of Lake
Erie and occupied the lands from the
time of the British grant until about
18.'!(i, when they mattered to various
parts of Ontario. Several years ago a
movement was started to reclaim the
land of their forefathers, but they en
countered government opposition.
Heads of the wandering bands held a
pow wow at Alvinson last March, how
ever, and decided on a trek to Point
Perlee. Dodge and a small man were
the first to arrive yesterday. About
300 others are reported en route.
In addition to the lands. Dodge told
police officers in disclosing the plans
of tho Indians the government still
owes the various tribes ;i00,000 in
treaty money. Payment of this sum is
to bo demanded, he said.
So far as the officers could learn the
Indians came with no intention of t.ik
ing the lauds by force, and such a I
course was disclaimed by Dodge, whose
band was encamped last night on whut
is known as alienated land, just outside
the park preserves.
r
n
Daring Aviator Sets A New THE SOUTHERN TEXTILE
f Mas Oullletta Talamlni, only girl
graduated by the American Banking
Institute this year, sees no reason
why a woman can't be a good bank
president. .
GEORGE BLAGKVVELL DID
NOT APPEAR IN COURT
His Attorney Says That He Is
In South Carolina Looking
Up Witnesses Will Come
Back Friday for Trial.
Record In Parachute Drop From
Plane, Descending 24,206 Feet
Captain A. W. Stevens, Aerial Photographer, Loses Oxygen
Tank Four Miles In the Air Is Swent 25 Miles From Course
By 120 Mile an Hour Gale Is Nearly Suffocated But
quickly Recovers After Dropping Lower.
ieorgc Blackwcll, for whom a cipias
has been outstanding a week, for Ins ap
pearance in municipal court, failed to
show up in court this morning. Hi at
torney E. K. Wurren gave notice that
ho would appear Ffiday morning, say
ing that ho "had gone to South Caro
lina to get some important witnesses."
Mention was made of this case in a
local story in Monday's (ia.ette, and
the statement was made intimating the
local police force had been derelict in
their duty in not arresting the mini and
bringing him to trial. It turns out that
the prosecuting attorney, Oeorge B.
Mason, was responsible for the non-appearance,
of the defendant. In open
court this morning he made this state
ment :
'1 accept thn whole responsibility for
the non-appeariiiice of this man. 1
noticed in The Gazette .yesterday some
thing , about his uot coming into court.
If there is any censure or blame at
tached 'to any one, I am the one re
sponsible'
To' which Judge Jones made rcnly in
substance:
"It is bad business to interfere witli
tho court's orders. 1 am not censuring
anybody, but thn court's orders ought to
be -carried out. If wo treated every de
fendant this way, the courts would soon
lose all their authority and respect. The
defendant may be in tSoutli Carolina. I
accept the word of his attorney with re
spect to that. Hut, h" ought to be here
in court. It is cases like these that ten I
to destroy confidence in the courts."
It was plain from the .lodge V shite
ment that he was not at all please,! uitli
the failure of the defend ant to show up,
following his order that he be produced.'
Curiosity prompted the presence of a
tug crowd of court onlookers, ulm were
anticipating an interesting se-.ion of
court.
It was plain from tb court's utter
ances that his orders f -.r i.nu.r- were
final and not to be tamnered with.
Chief Aderholdt made it i.i.iin tii.it
he was ailing under the instruction of
the solicitor in not serwnr tin- cii.i.is
PREACHES SERMON FULL
OF GOSPEL POWER
Rev. C. T. Squires at Arm
strong Memorial Church
Draws Big Crowds His
Line-up for Basball Team.
A splendid coiiKretration crreeted Rev.
C. T. Hquircs at the Charles B. Arm
strong Memorial church Monday night
and were repaid with a Gospel sermon
of earnestness und power. Usinir tho
second chapter of the Acts, Mr. hquires
in a thorough and convincing manner,
enumerated tho seven steps by which
the apostle Himoii I'eter roso to a life
filled with the message of grucu and
salvation. This rise auid tho evan
gelist, was accomplished by Jesus' in
tercession, true repentance, companion-
ullit, Ultll tll f.fldl'u .llu.,i,.l.,a n 1.
...... . ..u 11 UII".lllU1i I,U1 II
ing desiro to get close to his Lord, his
prido humbled, prayerf ulness and being
filled with the Holy Spirit. Instead of
the Hiinon I'eter self confident, wo have
Simon Peter humbled, from being
prayerless we have him continuing in
staut in prayer, from zeal misdirected
he is guided by the Holy Hpirit, from
following afar off, ho is1 at the feet of
Jesus, from "warming himself at tho
enemy's fire" ho is with tho Lord's
disciples, from shameful equivocation.
DAYTON, O., Juno 1.1. (By Tho
Associated Press.) Lashed and whip
ped about by a 1L' mile an hour gale,
more than four and a half miles above
earth, on tho verge of suffocation, caus
ed by loss of his oxygen tank aud com
pelled to cling to ropes and straps at
tached to a parachute for fear that a
whirling cross current might weaken and
cause them to break, are several of the
"mere" details related today by Captain
A. W. Stevens aerial photographer, Ml
Cook field, who yesterday broko tho
world's parachute jumping record, when
ho descended. 24,2mj feet.
The fact that it was Captain Stevens'
first "drop" tends to make his feat onw
of the most remarkable in tho history of
aviation. Ho suffered no ill effects from
his hazardous trip.
The piano in which Captain Ktcvens as
cended, a twin motored Martin bomber,
piloted by Lieut. Leigh Wade, broke the
world's altitude record for this particu
lar type of ship, carrying three passen
gers wlien it attuined a ceiling of L'4,
L'Oti feet. Bergeant Roy Laugham was
the third member of the party.
Captain Stevens was reluctant today to
discuss -details of his experience.
"For a oug time I have wanted to
make a parachute drop," he said,
"primarily to obtain first hand informa
tion as to the sesations one feds. I am
highly gratified to think I whs ablo to
bring another record to McCook field.
"When the plane reached tho ceiling,
I iiiado ready to jump. As near us 1
could judge we were over Springfield, O.
Unfiling my pals good-bye, I jumped
SOCIAL WORKERS ARE Ifi
SESSION HERE THIS WEEK
Addresses of Welcome and
Get-Acquainted Meetings ;
for Tonight. 1 L
WELL -KNOWN SPEAKER
One Hundred and Fifty dg
More Delegates to At
tend Conference. 1 5J
we find him courageously confessing , his I The opening of the parachute caused the
Lord before hostile mobs and the mur-1 oxygen tank to become loose from its
oerous oaiineii, ,n . i neso are me sieps. fastenings on the front of my cloth
said Mr. .sipnres. necessary to bring us . illK. ;raH,,iliK it with .,,, L.lI1( j ell
an, nuuieis nun I'niiessiuir vurisuuns, ,i. ,.,,.,. i ..:.. ;,
; ;.i. ri.,.i .... .. " "'" ".
into closer communion with God uud to
make us four-squaro Christians.
Tho piano playing of Miss Mary
McLean and direction of singing by Mr.
Chas. W. Mainwaring wero features of
the service. Mr. Squires will preach
again tonight at 8 o'clock aud Mr.
Bonnie Noiris ami others will constitute
an orchestra to render delightful music.
Mr. Squires is an urdeut baseball
fan and says his pick for a
championship team, for tho past twenty
years, of national pluyer would be:
Pitchers, Mathewson, Johnson, Brum,
Walsh, Alexander, Plunk; catchers,
Kling, Svhalk, Schang; infield, Sisler,
"lhe wind which was traveing at a
speed of 1U0 miles per hour, whipped the
parachute around like a jackstraw. I
was forced to use both hands on the
ropes and straps which held me to the
chute, in un effort to check oscillation,
which threatened to weaken the sup
ports. It was then that I lost the tank,
I think it fell solnewhere near Spring
field. "It was an experiment I shall never
forget. Before settling down to a lower
altitude 1 thought my time hail come,
as I was nearly suffocated due to the
rareness of tfio atmosphere. Dropping
Hornsby, Wagner, Baker. Collins and 1 1 " 01 K:,R calmer atmosplicre
Turner; outfield, Cobb, Speaker, Ileil- l,(,mv 1 Ji"ckly recovered, however,
man and Jackson. Mr. Squires en i "J landed at Jameslow, approxi
ioyed a workout with tho homo bays "lately U. miles from where I left the
Monday ufternoon.
WIDOW DEAD AND HER
$100,000 MISSING, TOO
Died Mysteriously at Hot
Springs June 6 Some Think
She Did Not Die a Natural
Death.
ADDITIONAL SERVICE AT
GASTONIA PflSTOFFIGE
plane, the descent took just .'! minutes.
"Just before taking off at McCook
field, an orderly appeared, carrying a
lunch kit containing sandwiches und cof
fee in vacuum bottles. Wo ut the lunch
-1,000 feet in the uir und we all enjoyed
it thoroughly The temperature at the
ceiling was zero."
Another piano picked up Capliiin
Stevens at Jamestown and brought him
back to McCook field. Two hours and
five minutes was required by Lieutenant
Wade to pilot the bomber to her record
breaking altitude. '
New Clerk Ges On Duty At
Night From 6 P. M. Until
2:30 A. M. More Service
In Dispatch of Mails.
SHRINERS START OFF
WITH BIG PARADES
CHICAGO, June 13. (By The .
sociated Press.) The division in the
personnel of the railroad labor board,
which resulted in vigorous dissenting
opinions on the wage reductions totalling
$110,000,000, effective July 1, already an
nounced, will make its appearance again
when another 140,000,000 or so is lopped
off the pay checks of 350,000 more rail
way men this week.
The majority decision of the board
was completed yesterday, but a minority
opinion wil delay announcement of the
new order for several days, it was learn. I
had been given a lx-uting by a band of
masked men who Thursday night took
him to a secluded spot and tarred and
feathered him. The next night two men
appeared at Rev. Glenn's house and ask
ed the way to a niine in that section.
From ttSs doorway, according to the
atitohrities Mr. (ilenn, who was in his
night clothes, conversed with the men
and while ho was doing so shots from
ambush began to rain through the door
and windows. Mr. Glenn's quickly dis
appearing from the doorway and he and
his family escaped injury, although many
CHICAGO. June l;!. Appointnieut
of an administrator of the estate of Ora
Belle Bow ns Hidgley was planned today
by relatives of the Assumption, Illinois,
widow in their investigation of circum
stances surrounding her death at Hot I
Springs, Aik.. June li, and searlu h tor I
her alleged missing I Oll.lMMI fortune.
Asserting belief that Mrs. Ridgley i
did not die a natural death, and that the :
fortune she U believed to have possessed
has disii ppea red, attorneys' for the rela :
lives indicaled they would ask for an of j
ficial investigation.
I Names of s vial hii agoaus have bi-en
brought into the investigation, which (
has extended to Florida. Texas, Arkau- .
s.ii, and other points in the South where
Mrs. Ridgley tra welled shortly before
her death.
Mrs. Alice Horn, a companion who v.'is
with Mrs. Uidgeiy wlf-n he died, said
Mrs. Itidgley died virtually penniless.
Mrs. Horn said Mr-. Itidgley had be-conn-
estrange. I from In r relatives ami
although she exiri'esc, .1 desire to be
buried at Assumption. Mie did not want
HARDING WANTS SHIP
SUBSIDY RILL PASSED
Tells Chairman Campbell That
He Will Have To Call Spe
cial Sssion for Its Consideration.
i soon to
1 promises
Aiinouiice-
ed today. Under the board's rules, anv vollevs wero fired. No arrests have in-i'n
l .. ii 1 i ' . .. .. .... , .
iiiiiiiiiB iiiniiurn i uiiuncu uin-c nays ; maue ior tne alleged attack on nucsiey.
To draw up ms aecision. The new de
cision will affect all remaining classes of
radiTiy employe except telegraphers,
for whom the board will make a separate
decision liter, and the train service men,
whose wages were not before the board
ior adjustment, '
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, pa i tly cloudy tonijht
and Wednesday; probably showers to
night in northwest.
(By The Associated Press.)
SAN FRAN'ClfcSa). June l.i. The
annual convention of the Imperial Coun
cil of the Ancient Arabic Order, Nobles
of the Mystic Shrine, liegan here today
with a parade of all the hundreds of
brightly dressed bands and patrols to;
escort the imperial divan from the city's
gates at the Ferry building to the Im
rrial Council chamber in cVottish Rite
auditorium.
Georgia, Louisiana anil Mississippi
nobc staged a regular pantation scene
with cotton field melodies during the first
day's festivities.
The imperial potenate's ball tonight
will follow a day set aside by the con
vention for joy. splendor, music aud
laughter.
Mr. John If. Hanns Dead.
New was received lien- this afternoon
of the death at his home in the New
Hope neighborhood today of Mr. John
N. Hanna an aged and highly resected
citizen of the county. Ju-t when he died
is not known. His lifeless body nas
found by members of the family in the
hall where n had evidently f-Ah'r strick
en by ridden death.
Oastonia post office servii
bo greatly improved, from
made 'by the department
ment was made in The (inzette a few
days ago by Postmaster F. A. S'ate,
who recently made a trip to Washington,
going with Congressman Mnlwinklle for
a conference with department oflicials in
the interest of several lim s of improved
service.
Congressman Bulwinkle o.lny advised
the chamber of commerce, of receipt of
a letter from John H. Hartlett. first as
sistant iiostmastcr general in which it
is stated that authority ha' Ix-cn given
the postmaster to appoint an additional
clerk, effectivo June 1st. It is Mated
that the department dws not feel that all
night service is warranted ln re but that
as instructions have teen given fo assign
the new clerk to duty from ti p. m. to
2:30 a, m. two clerks will lie on duty
to effect dispatch and distribution of
principal mails arriving and departing
during the night.
the coffin opened
w her body. A
and other mcmeiii
Horn said, iv
pose of.
.At her hot. ! l.i :
a number ot i . i I ' -physicians
an ' an
said she pa !.
to permit relatives to
few pieces of jewelry
' i s i.r small value, Mr-.
i f: in her cure to dis
'Bv The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June IX (By The
Associated Press.) President Harding
ha, notified Chairman Campbell, of the
Hon- Kules Committees, that unless the
ship subsidy bill is passed prior to ad
journment he would feel obligated to call
a special session solely for its consid
eration. Writing under date of May "ti. the
President said "!ci much is involved
and such a difficult and dicoiiriiging
sil nation will follow if Congress fails to
sanction the merchant marine bill that
I should feel myself obligated to cull
Congress immediately in extra ordiuary
sessiou to especially consider it if it
went ovr through fny neglect or delay
beyond the present term.''
The views of the President were set
i . ii,... . i i -. i 1 forth in a letter to Chairman CampUll
Mrs. Horn exhibited ... , ... . ....
n ;nding some from ' , . nope
' rtaker, which she
rules committee would give
status to tiie shipping bill.
privileged
'PROHI" AGENTS ARE
ALSO "WET" AND
DRY i
Al'GI'STA, GA., June 13. Joe Bit
taker. Georgia aud Florida Railway en-
iTinir ulm liea Ka-1 llt.w.r., Ai.A
I llll-.H'i I- jo. 1 nun . ., !, ,.., ...i.,.. .
i:.!. .. . i .; l.i :.. i t ' ' " ". o
iiiiiuii ageii' :'e i:.eici , u mu classes,-
"wet" and "iry. at a class hi "Vol
steadisn'' ' I
of John V i
tion in Pmu-v
Director lavi
pose of ii.-'r tmg ins agents m the j
rudiments .f obtaining evidence against COTTON MARKFT
the violator. , f the prohibition law. 1 Wil 1
Zzidaining the two groups of agents,
Direc'r I'.vis .id: CLOSING BIDS ON THE
"We l,.iv - agent of our force who j NEW YORK MARKET
never drank. Agaiu we have others! NEW YORK, June 13. Cotton fu-
Tmo latter are essential i turcs closed barely steady at 23 points
EXPORTS DECREASE.
fBy The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, June 13. Ameri.
ca' export trade suffered another de
cline during May, dropping from the to.
tl of S318.000.OoO reported for April to
f30S.O0O,00O. Imports, however, .in
creased in May to $254 ,000.000, ag com
vr. if(, ?i7.iion.iM)0 f..r At'H.U
as the re-
i suit of injuries received while working
conducted in the office'"' uomg excava-
U. director of prol.ibi-!""n "T "7 AutuHta- B,,,ak,'r wa9
ptnne.1 beneath the machine when it wai
school is for the ,. 1 i''er-turned late yesterday afternoon.
who do drink.
to fie dopar'inent to obtain evidence.
" Agents v ho never drank are not
CJinKlled t" drink while in the service.
And there is where the wet agent comes
into his oun. By sending out teams
of wet' and- dry' enforcers, the agent
who drinks can buy the liquor and the
dry man can witness the sale, thereby
furnishing 'I'' corroborative evidence
mpiircl I'v the government to e9nti
nii! ii iiH"' I -"'e of liquor.'
up.
January 21.24; March 21.30; July
2.V0; October 21.S3; December 21.56;
May 21.0a; Spots 22.40.
TODAY'S COTTON T.IARXET
Receipts ., . ...... 2 bales
Price 20', Cents
Community workers from the numerS
oils textile manufacturing eentoru n4
' 0 - v
cie are pouring into Gastonia todajj
to attend tho annual session of thq
Southern Social Workers Confernnxn.
which convenes tonight at 8 o 'clock j
The opening session, which may H
termed as a ect-aecmaintert meeting
Will be held in the new auditorium nt
the Chamber of Commerce. Up to
noon a hundred of tho deletrates had
ilready registered at headquarters, tha
Aniiington Hotel. Others are expected
on the afternoon trains. It is believflrl
that 130 or mure delegates Iwill ba
I present at the opening conference to
iiigni. i ne program culls lor addresses)
from well ki. own men, who are eon
nected with textile manufacturing plant!
throughout the south. '
The delegate will assemble 'tonight
in the (.'handier of Commerce, whero)
addresses of welcome will be delivered
Mr. ('. E. Hutchison, of Mount Holly,
prominent yarn mill man and president
of the American Cotton Manufacturers
Association, will welcome the visitors)
on behalf of the managements jof Gas
ton cour.ty mills. The city of Gastoni
will extend it welcome through Mr
Joe If. rvpnrk, local mill mani Fol
lowing tlioo two spiecht-s, Mr. Marshall
I'illing, of the tjmyro Mill will welcome
the delegates on tdmif of the mill SU
perintendents Mr. G. C. Gibson, of
Winnsboro, M. ., president of the
Southern Hocia! Winkers, will respond
to the addresses of welcome. The
night 's program, as stated above, will
be largely to help tho new comers get
acipuiuteii with each other and the
local workers. The Loray Band has
been engaged to render special musio
for li.e occasion. Tho public is cor
diully invited to the meeting.
The meetings on Wednesday and
Thurxibiy will be held at the higll school
auditorium, corner of Oaklaud street
mid Second avenue . From j several
viewpoints, tho prog rum outlined for
the session on Wednesday will be the
spice of the three days conference.
.Many happenings that will be of un
usual interest to tho delegates, hs well
as tiio Gastonia public will take place
between the opening devotional : by Dr.'
Ilenderlite to thn closing Address
the day by Dr. E. C. LindemaV, pro
fessor of sociology at the N. U: College
for Women. The music at tho Moetiudt
at. the school building Wednesday night
will be rendered by musical talent front
surrounding mill villages. '
A special feature of the musical pro
gram is the music that will be rendered
by Mr. Woody, a young man of the
l.oray community. Young Woody is
twenty four years of ago and is totally,
blind. His piano music is of the high
est classical type and those who have
heard him say that they have never
before seen tho like. He was born in
Madison county, this state, and lost his
sight, when au infant. Ho was entered
in the school for tho blind, at Raleigh, '
when four years of ago. During tha
summer young Woody tunes pianos as) .
a trade aud in winter he teaches the
boys at his ulmn mater the same pro
fession. He took up the study oC
music at tho age of eleven and for
some time studied ut Meredith College,
Haleigh.
Accompanying Mr. Woody will be
severul other musicians. Songs, stringed
instruments aud piano music Will be pa
the program.
It is to be clearly understood that
the public is urged to be present at all
meetings and sessions. The doors are
open. All interested iu the work o '
the community workers' organization
will listen with interest to tho npeechoa
and reports at tho conference.
The outlined prog.'dui for tonight '
and Wednesday: ,
Tuesday, June 13.
7:iiti s.-ou p. m. Registration.
8:00 p. m. "Get Acquainted Meet
ing."
Addresses of Welcome; 4
J. H. Separk. .. jij
C. E. Hutchison, Mt. Holly. ;
Marshall Dilling, Smyre-Mill.
Response: '"d
Mr. George C. Gibson, Winnsboro
S. C. president, Southern Textile So
cial Workers Conference, "
Wednesday, June 14. .
9:00 a. m. Devotional. Dr. J. 1I4
Ilenderlite, D. D., Gastonia, N. C.
0:.'t0 a. in. Mumc. Prof . V'ade
Brown, director of nuisic, XorttC Caro
Una College for Women. "
9:43 a. m. " Luity of Effort id
Servico Work." Mr. Gordon A. John
stone, Winnslwro, S. O.,. president
boutnern Textile Association. , i
10:00 a. m. Group conferences. V '.
Leaders.' .
Ministers. J. W. C Johusoa, Gas
tonia, N . C .
Teachers, Miss Katherino Doiicr,
GainefcVille, Ga. ' .
Nurses, Miss Margaret Laws, county.
Red Cross nurse, Gastonia, N. O.
General workers, Mr. Marion Helsa,
Greensboro, X. C. , '
3:00 p. ni. Music.
3:15 p. m. .Dr. E. C. Lirdemart,
"Some Fundamentals of Cocununitr
Wort in MiU Villages."
4:00 p m. Open forum. ,
fs:00 p. m. Concert. Musioti talent
fram mill villages.
Address. Dr.-E. C. Lindem:.;-, pro
fessor of sociology, N. C. Co'hci for