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VOL. XLIII. NO. 143
GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 16, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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L GAZETTE
If
GOWAN REMAINS THROUGH
THE YEAR UNLESS STATE
DIRECTOR INTERVENES
Recommendation of the Board
Is That He Be Retained
Through 1922.
TO BE REPLACED THEN
Commissioners Get Out of
Hole With Good Grace,
Say Some.
After a lengthy session of the county
commissioners held Thursday, in widen
Assistant to tho Director, J. M. Oray,
was present, ua was also County Agent
C Lee tiowan for a part of the time, the
following resolution was adopted and
sent to Dr. B. W. Kilgore, fcitate Direc
tor, at Kaleigh;
"The Board of County Commission
ers recommends to the Agricultural
Oowan be retained until December 30,
Cowan be retained uutl December 3D,
1822 and to cease as tar as lie is con
cerned on that date and that auothei
county agent be sent here at thut time
to take his place."
As is generally known the tetate De
partment had decided to withdraw its
proportional part of Mr. Cowan 's salary
after July 1, and announcement to that
effect had been made. Whether the a
'bove recommendation, signed by all the
commissioners will have any effect on
tho (State's previous decision is, of
course, problematical. Director Kil
gore was in Washington and the mutter
wa to 'bo presented to him by Mr.
tiray on his return to ltakigh. A reply
is expected within a few days.
The action of the board of commis
sioners Thursday in adopting this meth
od of settling the Gowan controversy is
reajly a compromise, say those who have
kept up with the affair. The Gowan op
ponents ought to be satisfied, they Bay
in that the agent is finally to be re
moved from the county. On the other
hand, the Gowan supporters ought to
"bo equally satisfied that he is to remain
through the calendar year.
"It is about the best way out the
commissioners had left," is the univer
sal opinion among the people who are
familiar with the case.
And so it stands unless the fcituto De
partment sticks to its original decision
to ret'uovo Mr, Gowan July 1.
DR. PLATO DURHAMLAUDS
SPIRIT OF GASTONIA
Compliments Rotary Club On
Decision to Build Park and
Camp Ground for the Boy;
of the City.
Although lie was almost crowded off
the program of the Notary Club's lunch
eon Thursday by the long drawn out
discussions of tho members over trivial
matters. Dr. I'lato T. Durham, of
Kniory University, Atlanta, hold the at
tention of the club for l." minute while
he pictured tho Gastoiiia of the future,
as bring a "city interested in the
golden heart of a growing boy. "
"It will bring you more fame and
renown," said Dr. Durham, 4 ' than your
cotton mills an. I all your lnoiiey. I
am going to New York this summer,
and in a speech I shall deliver in that
city, I shall refer to Gastoiiia and this
club as having the interest of the boy
life at heart.
"When I was young, and whin you
were growing up, they did not under
stand tho spirit of adventurous daring
that is found in the heart of a byo.
It was looked Ukui as dangerous arid
something that ought to bo curbed.
We were not allowed to camp and
tramp in the woods, to swim and hike
and live in the groat -fcrccn outdoors.
"Thank God, you men arc catching a
vision of what the boy life needs and
I am proud of Gastoiiia and the Botary
club for taking this step. "
Dr. Durham's remarks wore occa
sioned by the recent decision of the
club to buy 36 acres of land near Crow
dors Mountain for the purpose of estab
lishing a Kotary park and camp site
for the boys of the city.
CITY COUNCIL TO HAVE
BUSY MEETING TONIGHT
Tho city council will hold a social i
session tonight at the citv hall at 7 : ;i
o clock. Several very imnortant mat
ters will come up that will be of inter
est to the public in trenorul
The fixing of the rate of taxation for i
the year from May 31. 192 to Mav !
. 1 . .'
ji, iv., win oe Drought up. A'nothor
matter of greatest importance to par
ties concerned Bnd one that will take
up considerable time will eome. up for
discussion. The passing Uon the ap
plicants for licences to operate public,
cars for hire during tho coming year
will be carried out. Up to noon today
36 jitney drivers had filed their appli-
rations wiin me cuy mx collector. The
fiuestion of character and efficiency will j
irnin.iuc.ni . raw. r.isr. n is prou- !
able that the city fathers will have to
sit up unusually late burning the mid
night oil at the meeting if all current
business is disposed of.
L0G BRANCH, X. J., June 10,
.? -route JStewart, a cadet at the United
IStates Military Academy at West Ppint,
was killed at Allaire, near here, today,
when a Pennsylvania Railroad train
truck his utomobile at a crossing. A
young woman who aecomnspied Lira,
escaped by jui'pii?.
Kirby, Gappins
Death Penalty
f..
wiinam Brazen Last August
Trio Go to Their Death Sing
ing and Praying, at 6
This Morning.
FOX NATIVE OF GASTON
Kirby Feigns Insanity and Is
Forced Into Chair By
' Attendants.
COLUMBIA, 8. C, June 16. 6.
J. Kirby, Jesse Gappins and C. O. Fox
were electrocuted at the penitentiary this
morning shortly after 6 o'clock for the
murder of William Brazell, Columbia
taxi-cab driver, near Leesvillc, on tho
night of August 7, last.
The trio went to their deaths singing
and praying. Kirby went first, and he
feigned insanity and tried to get his
hands from the straps. The officers told
him he better take it easy, 'but a second
time he slipped his hands from the
straps. Then four guards took hold ot
him forcefully; the straps were made
tighter than usual, and the current was
sent through his body, the muu 'being
deprived, becauso of contrary behavior,
of the privilege of making a last state
ment. Gappins went second and Fox
last, the entire procedure consuming
forty minutes. Fox and Uappins made
lust statements in which they warned
young men against hud company and
evil conduct.
The penitentiary officials took the
curious by surprise, and staged the exe
cutions at an early hour instead of noon
as is usual. This is the first time a white
man has been executed in this state since j
iio, ami u me iirsi umc uirec men
were ever electrocuted vu the State tho
same day
The three men were convicted last
September 14, 11)21, of tho murder of
William Brazezll, a young taxi driver of
Columbia. They were first sentenced to
die October 21, but appeals, which were
never perfected, caused postponement of
the date and made resentencing ucccs
sary.
The murder which was respited this
morning was committed during tho night
of August 7, 1921. The trio engaged
the young man to take them to Lexing
ton to "see some girl." When they
got about 15 miles' from Columbia they
blackjacked the young driver, their aim
being to take his car and sell it in
Florida. The blackjack broke and they
stabbed him to death to get' away with
their plan, according to their confes-
sions. laey were later arrested in
Augusta and for several days they were
chased through Georgia and (South Caro
lina by a mob of men bent on punish
ment .
C. (). Fox, named in the above story,
is a native of Stanley, Gaston county.
He was formerly employed in a Gastonia
cotton mill and his wife and children
were living here up until a short while
ago. A 'brother also lives hero. Fox's
parents, both of whom are aged, live at
Stanley.
DECLARES KU KLUX KLAN
AN UN-MASONIC ORGANIZATION
(By Tho Associated Press.)
BOSTON', June 10. A letter declar
ing the "Ku Klux Klan an un Masonic
organization, utterly without Masonic
support, or sympathy," has boon sent
to all Masonic lodges of the state by
Arthur I). I'rim-e, grand master of the
Massachusetts grand lodge.
Tho letter made public, hero today,
says that as a grand lodge "we wouid
take no interest in this organization, but
for tho claim made by its officers and
organizers that its membership is largely
Masonic and that it has Masonic ap
proval and support.'
"This statement," Mr. Prince's let
ter
tin-
continues, "is absolutely false, as
Klan has no connection with and
neither docs it have the support of any
Masonic jurisdiction. "
The avowed principles of the Klan,
Mr. I'rince asserts, "violate Masonic
law at every point and it would bo im
possible for me to conceive of a Mason
who could so far forget his Masonic
teachings as to affiliate with an organ
ization which advocates taking the law
into its own hands, condemning men
and women in secret trials, and impos
inK ,l10 Punishment of the whip, the tar
bm - ket or unlawful banishment."
The letter, after asking how long it
will lie "before the law abiding people
of this common wealth visit dire punish
""'nt "l,on those forgot or flout tho
sovereignty of the law," concludes with
, . ..... ...... .... . .
a declaration mar, no Jiasonic lempie
or apartments must be used for tho
Kino's purposes.
.
IRWINtiTON', OA., .June 16, Jim
Denson, negro, who made a sensational 1
escape from a mob bent on lynching
him one night a few weeks ago and was
later captured ami taken to the Bibb
ennntv iail for safekeoninL' on a char ire
of criminally assaulting an aged white
woman, was hanged this morning. The
trap was sprung at 10: 1j and Densou
was pronounced- dead five minutes later.
HERRI X. ILLS., June Hi. (By
The Associated Press.) Guarded by
two incg of men armed with machine
guns, sixty men legan the production of
eoal at the Lester and Sherwood strip
uiine, six miles east of here today. It
waa the first coal mined in Hinois since
the miners' strike tjecame effective April
1, ami armed sentries guarded: the rosd.
t ways to the mine.
and FoxPay The
For Murder Of
...
RICHMOND DONS BEST BIB
ANB TUCKER TO WELCOME
GRAY CLAD VETERANS
30,000 Visitors to Be In Con
federacy Capital for the
Reunion.
VETERANS TO BE FETED
Thin
Gray Line Is Growing
Thinner and Many Are
Unable to Attend. .
RICHMOND, VA., June 16. Miss
Mary D. Kamseur, of MUton, N. C,
will be the sponsor lor the South at tho
annual reunion of the United Confeder
ate Veterans, which opens here Tuesday
(Juno 20) having been selected for this
important honor by General Julian 8.
Carr, commander-in-chief of the U. C. V.
General Carr has also appointed Miss
Kate 1. Irvin, of Danville, Va., as staff
sponsor; Mrs. Beuluh 'Minims, S)t Wiu-ston-Salem,
N. C, as matron-of-houoi
and Mrs. J3. D. Hotchkiss, of Rich
mond, chapcrouc.
General C. B. Howry, of Washington,
D. C, commanding the Army of Nor
thern Virginia, lias appointed Mrs.
Frunk Mebanc, of (Spray, X. C, as
s-nnnsor far tliH denartment hikI Mrs. .1
C Hubbard, of Portsmouth
Ulutron-of -honor. General Jam
Va.,
allies A.
Thomas, of Dublin, Gu., has named Miss
Agnes Person, of Orlando, Fla as
sponsor for the Army of Tennessee,
Miss Adele L. Lam'b, Hi. Elmo, Tenu.,
chaperone and Mrs. J. Wi. Stone,
Frankfort, Ky., mat ron-of honor. Gen
eral K. W. Kirkputrick of McKinney,
Tci, commanding the Army of Trans
mississippi, has appointed Miss Elsie J.
Prichard of Ban Francisco as sponsor;
Mrs. W. Moore fccott of Batesville,
Ark, chaperone.
Richmond is making preparations to
welcome and entertain about .'10,000
visitors. While thousands will Ire at
tracted here by the Confederate licunion,
other thousands will come for the' .an
nual conventions of the Sons of Con
federate Veterans and the Confederated
Southern Memorial Association. Th
ineetingM of these auxiliary organiza
tions will start on Monday (June 19)
and close the following Thursday when
the veterans end their reunion. Kich-
mond is still the capital of Southern
memories and this will undoubtedly be
the last of the 'big convent ions of the
Confederates which can ho held in this
city. Survivors of those who followed
Loe and Jackson, Buchanan and Semmes
today number about 4.,miii, and this
figure is being lowered rapidly. The
average age of the veterans is now past
7.j years. Therefore, Richmond has
prepared to don her lM-st bib and tucket
to welcome tho old Graycoats in ela
borate style.
Entertainment features during tho re
union will be many. Confederate balls
will take place each night. The closing
ball will see the women in costume, rep
resentative of the days of the 'sixties.
There will be band concerts, receptions
and- many forms of other entertainment.
Reduced railroad fares will attract an
unusually large crowd, and some place
ngiii-os of expected visitors us high as
oil. 000, but more conservative estimates!
base the attendance iion all organiza-j
tions at :so,000 to IMI0, Attendance of,
the veterans is placed at from J.iino to
r,U0. While all local hotels have closed I
llieir registration hooks and demands on I
hoarding houses for accommodations next
week are hourly increasinir. thousands of
Kiclimoiiders have mine forward with of
fers of quarters in the private home to
accredited visitors. All visiting veterans
will be nut upon their arrival, caused to
register, will be presented with their
credentials and assigned to lodging if
reservations have not been made in ad
vance. Each day of the Reunion the
veterans will Ik- entertained at dinner
and supper in local armories as the guests
of the city of Richmond and Common
wealth of Virginia.
Among the principal speakers at the
Reunion will be Hon. W. Tate Brady,
of Oklahoma; United States tsenator
I'at Harrison, of Mississippi; and Dr.
Henry Iwis Smith, I'resident of Wash
ington and Lee I'niversity.
One of the most impressive ceremonies
of the Reunion will be the laying of the
cornerstone of a monument to Comnio
idore Matthew Fontaine Maury, C. 8.
to whom all nations have paid tribute
as "pathfinder of thi seas.'
BANKHEAD AMENDMENT
REJECTED BY COMMITTEE
(By The Asociated Press.)
WASHINGTON. June Id. Without
a record vote the house merchant marine
committee today rejected the Bankhead '
amendment to the shin subsidy bill pro-'
viding that no government aid should i
oe allowed ihips OU which liquor was ;
soiu.
me iwmonds proiosaI winch would j
extend the Volstead law to the ia by I
fining all ships of any rgeistry touching
American ports on which liquor selling
was permitted, was not acted on and
n .... . .
the committee ordered the bill repord 1
"y a straight party vot. '
Daredeviltress
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mm iiMsViiif i nfiinithr isir
I Many men have tried to swim tho,
English Channel and have failed.1
Doris Ilines, an English girl, is only,
16, but the says she's going; to swim
the channel this summer.
CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS
OF CITY ENTERTAIN THE
SOCIAL WORKERS MEET
, W. Coleman, of La Grange,
Ga., Is New President of
Social Workers.
ADJOURNED LAST NIGHT
Next Meeting Place to Be De
cided By Executive
Committee.
The fourth annual conference of the
Southern Textile Social Workers came
to a close Thursday evening when the
lelegates were entertained at tho high
school building by the local civic, or
ganizations. The business meeting of
the conference, which was not finished
Thursday morning, was continued Thurs
day afternoon at three o'clock at the
Chamber of Commerce auditorium. A
constitution was drawn up and passed
upon and by laws wore adopted. The
annual fee was raised from one dollar
to two dollars in order that the freas
urer might bo aide to meet all expenses.
In the constitution that the workers
adopted several articles of interest to
the public ' were included, among them
the definition of a member and who
were eligible to become members. The
clause, "Any person actually engaged
in and vitally interested in community
w ork may become a memlior, " was writ
ten into the constitution. The ipiostion
as to who should decide upon the meet
ine place of next .year's conference and
time of same was discussed. It was j
filially agreed that the executive coin i
mittee, made up of the officers and
three members of the body elected at
large, was to select the alone. At. a
ting of the latter yesterday after
noon, they were unable to decide upon
the place ami time. Many invitations
were presented by various -it i
none was accepted. The p.-i-t
onces have been held in Crec nilli
s but
onfer
, Kurk
Hill. Spartanburg ami (ia
111 I.I .
S
Ug
gestiolis were made that the business
meeting Thursday morning that since
North and South Carolina had already
been hosts to the workers, (ieorgui and
Virginia be con.-idored for the l!ij:i
iiieetintr idace. The actual sehction of
the next place to meet Has put
off to I
be passed upon ly the cominil ; e at the
meeting of the Textile lAposition in
(reenville ill September.
With the now president. '. W. Colo
man. of La Grange On., presiding, the
business session was wound up at liio
o'clock with J'rof. .1. K. Stciner, of
Chapel Hill, as the principal speaker.
The hitter took as his Mib.ji-ct, "The
1
Work of the Social Workers of theiatt
Koutli " The Kiibstaiu-e of l'rof. Stein cat
er's address was as follows:
"In Germany, one night, I was called
out to witness a great ex.-it 1 inent . I
found some lK.IKM) of the populace listen
ing earnestly to one of the great war
lords. He wanted the ol I Germany back
again. They diet red in in greatly. Hut
the very next day t witnessed another
demonstration. In 1!"' city of Berlin
I saw sixty thousand workers marching
tho. streets crying 'No More War'. Dr.
Lindeman continued by telling of an in
terview he had witn thirty German
mothers. He discover. I in them the ssime
old German hatred. They told him that
they wore living only to produce enough
children to enable the unpire to again
tight the world .
In closing, the speaker of the evening
urged the social worker to work to help 1
nut the idealism of America of 1917 1
buck into the people's minds. " Anieri-
ca's patriotism is what will help save tho
world from another war." declared the j
speaker. "I have spent three years ofi
my life trying to fix my ideal in the j
..,!!'. .l.lJ . ,,,, In tha .
villages and teach thes0 people the great j
IF. 1IM. IIIIH'ITV. ' MIU.-.1 fc- ..... I
It riot ism of America before the war."
Thursday morning session of the
,our,n annum cont.n n.e ot the outn
rn icxme -00,1:11 Moomer .mriiim
as taaen up wun gr-uij. cmuereni-es 1
"' me regular nusim-vs iiu-ciLng. ine
group conferences convened at ten
o'clock with several prourineut speakers
. .
on hand for addresses. Mr. -. W. Cole
man, of Ia Orange, Ga., Mrs. Jane 8.
MeKi.nniou, of Kah ig't, and Prof
'.Ct.
Blair-Dover Controvery In The
Treasury Breaks Out Afresh
With Petition Upholding Dover
Republican House Members
Ask Harding to Support
Dover Policies.
150 NAMES WERE SIGNED
Blair Will Make No Comment
Until Dover Returns From
New York.
WASHINGTON, June ti The
Mair-Dover controversy in the Treasury j
inreaienoii to break out atresli today
when it became known that a petition
had been circulated among republican,
members of Congress asking President
Harding to uphold tho policies of Mr.
Dover .
The petition, it was learned today, had
m-eivod the signatures of about 15(1
members and plans were being made lo
present it to the President within the
next forty eight hours.
Circulated with the petition was a
document giving the names of almost
l.")0 officeholder in the treasury and in
ternal revenue bureau who were declar
ed to be democrats and occupying key
positions. Many of these, Kcpublienn
lioune. Member circulating the petition
said, were disloyal to tho nroseut ml
ministration and through their lack of
cooperation were holding up the work ot
the (lovernnient. 1 lie list of names in
cluded officials in the office of Keen-.
tary of the Treasury Mellon, the ofliee of
Commissioner Mliiir. of internal recveniie
and the different units of the revenue
bureau m well as I'nder Secretary (ill
bert, who was described as an "activn
democratic, politician" who took "the
stump for (iovernor Cox in tin- cam
paign of l!)L'U. ' '
Commissioner lilair when informed of
the petition ami document said he would
make no comment for the present while
Secretary Dover was in New York.
"Soon after the inauguration of Mr.
Harding as President of the Tinted
States," said the document, "he be
came aware that he was not receiving'
the party support to which he was on-
titled, and upon investigation he fomnl I
that, the Democratic ring was in as com !
plete control us it had been during tho'
previous administration. In order to'
correct this situation mid to effect a re
organization along party lines, ho se
cured the services of Klmor Dover, a !
known staunch Republican, ami organl- !
zcr, and made him assistant Secretary of!
the Treasury. 1
.,-,, .....
llllttee
' "h"'route or on out on the oh
(Continued on page all) I known as the iainble road
County Commissioner Leaves
As Result Of Third Flogging
l'. I.ATKA, l-'la., .lone 1 (i . H . It.
Fields, of Hiiiiuell, member of the hoard
of commissioners f Flagler county, has
left the county as a result of his third
Hogging at the hands of unidentified
persons during the last few months, ac
cording to Flagler county officers who
have arrived hero to run down a clue.
The cause of the attacks never has
been learned but fields has been in the
public eye on w veral occasions, at one
time appearing as plaintiff in injunc
tion suits against the board of coininis
sinners in coniiecton with the building
of a highway.
The third aiol last attack occurred a
week ago on the principal street of
ltiiuneli, according to the officers. A
stranger rushed from n store and sprang
at 1'iel'N A second stranger struck
the struggling commissioner over the
head with a pistol and a third threw
a heavy canvas blanket or winding sheet
around loin. A clerk in a nearby store,
not recognizing Field 1 and believing the
kers were struggling with an intoxi
I tnun. att'iiioled to assist them In
j place Fields in an automobile that was
rusuci 10 ine scene upon Doing nig
nalcd. The 11111I0 of a pistol against
his stomach caused him to lose all inter
est in the affair.
The ci.mmi--ioiii-r win placed in the
automohi jc and the car disappeared to
ward Volusia eointy. Deputies who set
out in pursuit niel Fields half an hour
later w.iikini; on the highway toward
Bunnell, wc.-.k from loss of blood and
in a da, i , eiition. He was taken
to Jliiiuiel!. whhli he insisted upon leav
ing inn ii:.?.-:y, telling friends ho had
to be nut of Finglcr county by sundown,
but phvsici his, bec ause of his condition.
refu-od
Field-
, .erni,t him to leave his bod. j
ie is ,11 ifoiuiiau, in un
southern p.'!'
the state, ut the hoim
of a brother, and the Flagler county
officers
.1 friends in Bunnell had
eomiiiis-ioiier had expressed
hoard th
his determination to return and attend
to his ba-oa ss affairs.
PATTHM 1W ADIfTT
1 1 v'11 iVlrV.i 1
CLOSING BIDS ON THE i
"t" XUKK. MAKKtX ;
NF.YV V11KK. June 16. Cotton fu-
-!tar,, , ,te,.y, 20 points up.
j,liy ji.ss; (VtoU-r L'l.M; December
2 u ; January L'I.jU; March 21
0;
May J1.1-; tpt ".40.
TODAY'S COnONWABJCET
Receipts 12 Bale
Pp'-e 21 Cents
st-; frnty ,trtlnV
Says Jess Willard Will
Give Champion Jack a
Good Fight This Time
(Rv Ths Associated i resi.)
LOS ANGELES,, June 16. Jess
Willard would give Jack Dempsey a
better fight for the world heavy
weight championship boxing title thii
year than he did three years ago at
Toledo is the belief of Jack Kearns,
Dempaey's manager, commenting to
day on a virtual defi Willard issued
yesterday.
"One of my reasons for thinking
so ia that Willard will be in much
better condition than when he was
defeated," Kearns said. "I saw Jess
several days ago, and he is already in
prpetty fair shape. He will no doubt
work hard from now on, so aa to be
in the very pink of condition.
"Willard is not going to take on
Jack for the purpose of making any
money, because he had made plenty
in the oil business during the past
year or so. He is simply going into
the match to proveThat he is a better
man than Dempsey and absolutely
thinks he is Dempsey ' master. Of
course I think Jack will lick him
again, but I really believe Willard
will make a better showing this
time."
Asked when the match would be
held, Kearns replied that he felt
"certain the match would be pulled
off next September."
PAVING OF THE LINWOOD
ROAD HAS BEEN STARTED
Traffic Over Linwood Road
Will Take Note of Detours
That Are Necessary While
Work Is Going On.
Paving of the I.inwnod road has been
started with a rush by tho firm holding
the contract with the county. Work has
been started on the western end at the
Mountain View Mill and is progressing
rapidly. Another gang has already torn
up the old macadam base for a mile or
more west of the Crowders Crock bridge
and is moving east .
This work necessitates the closing of
the road west of its intersection with
the old ork I.mcolnton road. All west
hound trullic is now detoured over tin
I ,irunii wea.l. ki.i..a f ... .. i-..m.
, ' 'KB j.i'Miiiirfiii r.uoc KU-
road better
RAILWAY SHOP MEN
ARE FAVORING STRIKE
Union Chiefs Serve Notice On
Railroad Labor Board That
Majority of Members Favor
Strike.
(By Tho Associates Press.)
CINCINNATI, June Mi ( y The
Aswciated Press j Rail union chiefs
were considering today serving formal
notice on the Railroad Labor Hoard that
an overwhelming majority of the l.L'l'.",-
" ' shop craft and mainleuance of way
employes were voting in favor of 11 strik
011 duly 1, and that the oHicors of the
union would abide by the decision of the
workers .
The notice, in effect, would formally
communicate to the board the public
statement issued hero last night by the
union heads which asserted that tho
liard in ordering wage reductions,
"had so reduced living standards that
the strike Ixvomes an act of self-preser
vation
The statement also blamed the
altitude of railroad managers as provo
lative of a strike.
Decision as to the despatch of a for
mal notice to the board was held up by
the union leaders, pending receipt of the
borad 's notion on further reductions af
fecting ;.50,0()() etatiou employes, clerks.
express, signal men, stationary firemen,
and oilers and train dispatchers
The union heads have been in confer
ence most of this week considering qeus
tions related to the canvas of the strike
vote.
With the more than oOO,0(Mt coal min
ers already on strike, a walkout by rail
workers would affect a second of the
country V basic industries. No claims
have yet been made as to the probable ex
tent of a transportation tie-up. but as
soon as the American Federation of
Labor convention closes the rail union
j executives will leave for Chicago to be
gin on .tune z-t a canvass or the strike
vote, which is expected to be completed
by that time.
Before the close of the convention, ths
rail executives may ask the Federation 'a
indorsement of a strike by the shop
craft and maintenance of way -workers,
similar to the indorsement given by the
Federation ye-dav to th winery
: LUTHERAN CHAPEL WILL
HAVE HOME COMING DAY
SERVICES NEXTSUNDAY
Dr. J. L. Morgan, of Salisbury
President of Synodj to Be)
One of Speakers. ,t jj
HISTORY OF THE CHURCf)
Present Church Building U
First Brick Church Ever
Built In County J--tj
Announcement that will bo of inter
est gem rally throughout the county, andj
particularly to Lutherans, ia made of a
( special Home Coming Day service to Lo;
'held at Lutheran Chapel church, Bun
'day, June 1, when a number of formes
j pastors and members return to worship
at the old church. Rev. W. J. Boger,
I of Newton, a former pastor, -will preach)
! in the morning. Following: dinner on the;
i grounds, Dr. J. L. Morgan, of Balis.
:bury, president of the United Evangel's
,cal Lutheran Synod, will make an ad
dress. Hcv. G 11. C. Park will bo in
I stalled as pastor at the afternoon 85
I vice. There will be no evening service.
I The day is being anticipated with at
great deal of pleasure and interest bjj
i Lutherans over tho county. Time waa
I when this church was one of the great
i centers of religion in tho county. A
'long with Olney, l'isgah andi Long
I Creek it is one of the oldest churches ia
j tho county. Many of the older residents;
i of tho county recall the protracted meet
I iugs held there under the pastorate C$
uov. josse k. reterson, ramulinriy call
ed "Father" Peterson. It is said ofj
him that he preached at four churches,
Philadelphia, Iron, Chapel and tJtanley,
farmed and held the office of county sup
orintendeiit of education. His pustoratoj
embraced ''' years or more extending;
from 1SJH to lHs:!.
The present church building was erect .
ed in Is7l being the first brick church
to be built in Gaston county. Brick;
for the church were made on the grounds,
the excavations still being visible. Th
building was burned in lHty, but thaw-alls
were left standing, and tho original
building restored. Mr. Itufus Jenkins,
was both contractor and brick maker. i
He is still living. Tha elders of th
church under whose direction-tho church,
was. built wen: Moses Khyno, father ofi
1. K. and A. 1'. Bhyne, Lewi lint
be rger, grandfather of A( C. Lineber.
ger, of Helmont und Jonathan lihyn
and Jonas Hoffman. Descendants andi
kinsmen of these men aro still officers ia
the church. . .
Hofh Messrs. D. K, Ithyne, of Lin
colnton and A. C. Liueberger, of Del'
moiit, two of tho Statu 's most preminenti
cotton mill men, are sous of.tliii elfurch,
and aro expected to 4jo- present (Sunday.
Two ministers, Rev, Brady L-. ""troups
and F. L. Liueberger, hate gouo out
from the church. . s 'j-
Another interesting visitor . Sirnday -will
be Captain John nail, U. 8. Army
who has just returned from Coblens
where he is a chanlain in the reiriilu
army. lkv. Mr. Hall is a former pas
for of the church. l
A church was organized at this point
as early as 1S30, or thereabouts, as fas
as mailable records show. '
A general invitation to tho public Is
extended to attend tho exercises of th
day. The present officers of the church '
are:
F.hlors: 1 Sloan Kobinson, vice-preni
lent, Kufus A. Lewis and John Oj"
McArver.
Deacons: V J. Khyne, secretary, .
A. Drown Liueberger and Alonzo Aj
Hhyne. "
Treasurer, H. Lee Liueberger.
i
J. 1.
TO ENFORCE SATURDAY i
NIGHT CLOSING RULES
Merchants to Prod Their De
linquent Members Decide
to close Their Stores AIJ
Day July 4.
Deciding to endeavor to line up ths
retail merchants more rigidly on the ob
servance of the Saturday night 9 o'clock
closing, which some have been violating,
planning to close on Tuesday, July 4th
nil day, and taking up several matters of
inti-rtst, the retail merchant members of
'the Gastonia Chamber of Commerce held
a well attended meeting at the offices
I hursday . -lr
was decided to close all day on tha
Fourth and to stay open on tho Wednes
day afternoon following Those not ob
serving the 9 o'clock Saturday night clos
ing will lie asked to live np to tho cus
tom. Originally the hour was set at &
o'clock but a year or more ago it -was
moved up to 9 o'clock on the representa
tion of several that they did not like tha
earlier hour. -
TWO NEGROES HELD FOR
ATTACKING WHITE CHILDREN
f Rv The Associated Press.)
RICHMOND, Va., June Twd
negro youths, arrested in Newtown, Vs.,
just north of Bichmond, are in the city
jail and will be given a hearing in th
juvenile court tomorrow. They ars
charged with attempting to attack si
nine year old white girl and her sis
year old boy companion, wli.lo the two
were picking flowers near their home)
in the outskirts of the city late yes.er
day. 1
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, generally f-ir to.!i":e
and Saturday:, n chrnifn inr,r
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