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VOL. XLIJI. NO. 143
GASTONIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 19, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS .
ONIA DAILY GAZETTE
TWO MEN HELD IN CASE
OF BOMBING HOME MAYOR
DIMON, OF COLUMBUS, GA.
Grand Jury to Make Complete
Investigation of Every
Phase of Bombing.
SERGTj KIMBALL IS HELD
Name of the Other Prisoner If
Not Divulged Solicitor
Is Active.
COLUMBU8, GA., June li). Two
men are behind the bars in the Musco
gee county jail awaiting t lie meeting of
the Muscogee county grand jury Wednes
day afternoon which hits been called in
to spescial session by tiolicitor General
O. .Frank McLaughlin to consider evi
dence against the men in connection with
the bombing of the home of Mayor J .
Homer Dimon and sending of anonymous
letters to city officials.
One of the men is bergennt J. li.
Kimball, and the other prisoner 's name
is being withheld hy the solicitor. Wheth
er the lutter is to face trial in the !Su
perior Court depends on the action of
the grand jury, while Sergeant Kimball
will be given a preliminary hearing be
fore Kecorder Flournoy tomorrow morn
ing. Providing the preliminary hearing
of the soldier does not fin dit advisable to
hold him to a higher court, then action
by the grand jury will 1m? asked, accord
ing to the authorities.
In his announcement that he had call
ed the special session of the grand jury,
Solicitor General McLaughlin declared:
"The grand jury will make a thor
ough and exhaustive investigation into
every phase of the bombing of Mayor
Dimon 's home. If necessary the body
will meet from day to day for an inde
finite period of time to secure every pos
sible detail in connection with the affair
and bring to justice the persons guilty
of the outrage.
"I am devoting practically all mv
time to the investigation of the bombing
and a great deal of evidence has been
secured. This will be submitted to t lit
grand jury, and we intend to make a
long and continuous probe in an effort to
clear up the sitaution. "
CHIEF W. B. ORR FACES
v TRIAL THIS AFTERNOON
Charlotte Chief to Be Tried
Before Magistrate On Two
or Three Charges Say It Is
Political Persecution.
CHARLOTTE, June IS. Warrants
for the arrest of Chief of Police W. 15.
Orr on the charge of assaulting Walter
Cuthbertson and on the charge of dis
orderly Conduct were issued by 'Sipiiro
James W. Cobb late Saturday after
noon, following an order by Judge T.
K. Finley, presiding in superior court
here, that the solicitors take some action
in the case.
Judge Finley 's order followed a re
quest by D. Ii. Smith and Co. T. L.
Kirkpatrick, attorneys for Chief Orr,
that the solicitors be instructed to take
action at onco in the matter. They
asked that warrants be sworn out and
the matter be taken up before a magis
trate. "It is a political persecution, '
attorneys for Chief Orr stated, "and the
charges were made simply to reflect
upon Chief Orr. "
In ordering Francis O. Clarkson and
Thomas C. Guthrie, Jr., acting solici
tors for this county, and A. K. Woltz
and A. C. Jones, acting solicitors in
Gaston county, during the illness of So
licitor George W. Wilson, to take such
action. Judge Finley state. 1 that, since
the grand jury had recommended that
action bo taken in the matter, it became
Jus duty to hav the investigation, made.
Judge Finley stated that, ar the mat
ter was of vital interest to the general
public, the question should Le investi
gated and tho truth ascertained.
The order made by Judge Finley
follows:
"Tho grand jury of Mecklenburg
county, having made a report to the
court, as appears a copy of the same
attached hereto, it is therefore ordered
that Honorable A. E. Woltz., Judge A.
C. Jones, of Gastonia, X. C, Ho nor
ablo Francis O. Clarkson and Honor
able T. C. uthrie, Jr., of Charlotte,
solicitors pro-tem for this district in the
absence of Honorable George E. Wilson
on account of illness, be, and the same
are hereby appointed to swear out war
rants before some justice of the peace
and summons the witnesses named in
the attached report and prosecute the
defendant W. B. Orr for tho charges
alleged in order that the said chragca
may be thoroughly investigated, in ac
cordance with tho report of tho grand
jury
"(Signde) T. B. FINLEY,
" Jndge Presiding. "
Hearing in the case will be hold be
fore 'Squire Cobb Monday afternoon
at 6 o'clock.
Attorneys for Chief Orr stated yes
terday -afternoon that the entire affair
was eaused by political enemies of the
defendant. "Chief Orr has neither
done nor said anything that he is not
Trilling for the public to know and hear
and we are anxious for the matter to
be disposed of as quickly as possible,"
stated Colonel Kirkpatrick yesterday
afternoon.
The witnesses In the cases are to be
summoned to appear at the hearing
Monday afternoon. Among the wit
nesses named .are Walter Cuthbertson,
ieadricx Farmer. Leon McGinn, R. L.
Indicted For
Supply Firearms To Sinn Fein
Col. Marcellus H. Thompson and Six Other Men
Indicted By U. S. Government For Conspiracy
To Ship Weapons Of War In Violation Of
Neutrality Laws Auto-Ordnance Co. In
volvd Guns Taken Off Ship Year Ago.
TRENTON, N. J., Colonel Marcellus
II. Thompson, vice president and active
head of the Auto-Ordnance Company of
New York, has been indicted by the
Federal grand jury here on a charge of
conspiracy to ship arms to Ireland in
violation of the neutrality laws. The
announcement was made today by As
sistant United States District Attorney
Thomas V. Arrowsmith .
Indictments have also been returned
against the Auto-Ordnance Company and I
seven other individuals on the same
charg, as the result of the seizure at
Hoboken last June of tho Co ...opolitan
lino freighter East Side, in tho coal
bunkers of which were found 495 ma
chine guns'. The guns were alleged to
have been destined for use by the Sinn
Fein in Ireland.
Tho other individuals indicted are:
Frank illiams, alias Lawrence de Lacy,
alias Lawrence Pierce, who is alleged to
have paid for the shipment of guns, and
his brother, Fred Williams, alias Ed
ward de Lacy, who is alleged to have
been implicated in the purchase of the
guns. Loth are now believed to be in
Ireland .
George Gordon Uoike, a salesman of
Washington, who is alleged to have
placed an order for the guns with tho
Auto Ordnance Company.
Frank J. Merkling secretary of the
Auto Ordnance (Company .
Frank H. Oschenriter, of New York
and Washington, who is accused of
placing the first order for some of the
guns with the Auto Ordnance Company.
John Culhane, a truckman of New
York, who is alleged to have carted the
guns from the American Railway Ex
press Company in Ncyy York to his
storehouse in the Bronx lor Frank Wil
liams. A Mr. Brophy, whose first name is
unknown to the Federal authorities, who
is alleged to have carted the shipment
from Culhane 's storehouse to the East
Side.
Tho guns were manufactured by the
(Continued on page, C.)
GEORGE BLACKWELL GETS
6 MONTHS ROAD SENTENCE
Takes Appeal to
Sunerior
Court Trial Lasted
More
Than Two Hours In Munici
pal Court.
'The defendant to be confined to the
common jail of Gaston county for six
months and to be assigned to work on
the public roads," was the sentence im
posed on one George Hlnckwell charged
with fornication and adultery, by Judge
Arthur C. Jones in Municipal court this
morning .
"As to the co-defendant, Anna Man
ning, the state's attorney, (ieorge 15.
Mason, recommended that the verdict bo
Nol pros. This verdict was approved.
Same was rendered in the middlo of tho
Blackwell trial, when witnessees were be
ing eroscxatiuned . Mr. Maiming,
husband of the female defendant, was on
the stand when the second verdict was
passed upon. ".
The morning's session began at the
city hall, but when the case of .State vs
(ieorge Blackwell ct Anna Manning was
called, it was necessary to adjourn to
the county curt house on account of tlic
large crowd on hand. Tho ease in ques.
tion opened at !:4."i a. m., ami Judge
June rendered his verdict at 11:40 a.
in. More than a dozen witnesses were
introduced by the State's attorneys,
Mason and Harnme. The defendant,
Hlnckwell, did not go on the stand, neith
er did he introduce any character wit
nesses. On account of brief space, only
the substance of the main evidence wili
lie given. ,
J he crime or crimes were committed
j at the home of John Moss, located on
I Oak street, near Sixth avenue, in the
eastern part of the city. The period
covered seems to range from thn-e weeks
to two months. The two defendents
..... . ... ""l'-m .inertia
at the a bove named jdace. The" state 'a j
in. no witness, rr.-tiiK .11 c.i usier was .in
eve witness to the relations 'between both
defendants.
Hlnckwell was represented by At
torneys Krnest R. Winrren and John .
Carpenter, of the local bar. During the
examination of the witnesses may a
brainstorm raged between Messrs. Car- I
pentcr and Hanime concerning the
1 technical points of tho statistics in
volved. Th" same gentlemen spoke for
their respective sides for five minutes.
The state, through Mr. Hanime, basi
their argument on the fact that the do
fendant has been seen together in public
had lieen seen numerous times, at the
home of Moss and that citizens of good
landing in thp community had 1een rye
witnesses to the offense (fiiiiinitted.
The defense, through Mr. Carpenter, at
tempted to show that the state had not
produced sufficient evidence to convict.
During the trial there was introduced
some evidence that is not printable.
huge rowd heard the details.
Through his counsel, Blackwell appeal
ed to Superior court. Judge Jones fix
ed his bond at $600. Of this two hundred
is to be cash and the balance in security.
The ease will probably come up at the
next term of Gaston Superior Court, co
it-emnjr at tha toucty wnrthouTS on
i
rust 21
Attempting To
MAKE EVERY EFFORT TO
APPREHEND MEXICAN MAN
WASHINGTON, June 19. The
American embassy in Mexico City
and the consulate at Tampico were
instructed today by the State De
partment to request Federal and lo
cal Mexican officials to make every
effort to apprehend the murderers ol
Warren D. Harvey, an American citi
zen, who was killed June 17, five
miles from Tampico. '
In reporting the case the consul at
Tampico said merely that Harvey
was paymaster for an unnamed oil
company and had been killed by ban
dits. PASTOR PLEADS FOR
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Rev. W. C. Barrett, Pastor of
First Baptist Church, Deliv
ered Sermon Sunday Night
on Attitude of Citizens.
A large congregation hoard Rev. W.
C. Barrett at the First Baptist church
Sunday night when he discussed law en
forcement, as shown by some recent de
velopments in Gastonia. There was no
effort at sensationalism, but simply a
plea for the enforcement of law as ft
means of securing good government.
After giving some history of the begin
ning of law, dating to the time of
Moses, the minister declared that 0111
courts should be in the hands of the best
citizens. It is right, he said, that the
law considers every man innocent until
ho is proven guilty. This is the fair
attitude and it is right that the statt
should be required to prove, beyond a
reasonable doubt, t he guilt of every per
son convicted.
Discussing the officers of the court the-
minister paid his respects to all of them,
declaring that the solicitor should be
an able lawyer and fearless in his duty
as prosecuting officer. The iiolice of-
I 1!
ficers should be ahvavs oa the lookout
for violators of the law and not de
pend upon private prosecutions to bring
them to justice. Too many of these act
as if they thought it. was the duty of
the citizens to detect and bring into
court those who violate the laws. Citi
zens, he said, are at times unreasonable
in their demands of officers and here he
took nsion to explain how it is rare-
when anv but criminals themselves know
about violations of the law.' Crime
waves, he declared, are often due to the
failure of courts to enforce law and
punish criminals. Delays, technicalities
and miscarriages of justice bring about
disrespect for law.
In speaking of the lawyer's part in
the trying of cases, the speaker said
that the lawyer, who by trickery and
wirepulling, succeeds in preventing the
courts from punishing guilty men, is
more dangerous to society than tho
criminal he helps to turn loose. All
lawyers, he said, would not resort to sucli
methods, but considered their full dutv
lone when they had used every honorable
means in their efforts to gain freedom
for a client. F.very man brought into
court, ne sai'l. is entitle. 1 to the advice
and efforts of a lawyer and no man
should be convicted until proven guilty.
Hut when this is done, the law should
then have its way. Often, he said, crim
inals are turned lon-v because a majority
of the citizens appear to want them
turned loose.
Coining down to re. -cut events, he said
that the recent terms of criminal court
here hail ben the sub. jest of some seven"
criticism. After a number of white and
colored men had been convicted of violat
ing the law an I had been sentenced, a
i great hue and cry was raised liecatise a
,-crt'im nnn-. ..-..w .,..,..rv ,1,.U., ...l. 1.
Sr,lt,.,u.0, , , ,,,,
mny w,ip ,his ,
roads. People got
was convicted and I
i, ,,u .
that so much pressure was!
brought to bear umn the court that a
fine was substituted for the road sen-!
tenee. Then it was that the .judge, hav
ing let down the bars, was induced to
substitute fines in the other cases. These.
cases prove that it is dangerous to tani
per with the courts. " SSiich things.''
he said, make me fear and tremble fo
my children and for conditions fifty
years from now."
The sermon has been the subject of
much favorable comment among thosn
who wish to sco the liquor laws enforced
and regarded in the same light as other
violations of the laws.
ANOTHER TROPHY
FROM CHARLOTTE
The Senior Christian Kndeavor So
ciety of the West Avennue Phesbvtcrian
AiChurcb. brought to Gastonia this morn
ing the Christian Endeavor Banner
which was awarded at the State Con
vention in Charlotte. Sunday, to the
best Senior Society in North Carolina.
This society won every point in the
state wide competition. Kv. R. C.
Long is pastor of this church and Mr.
" T. , a 1 1 j m. 1 . -
- - cprurer in uea.i or m v-oiisuan,
Ec'e'.ror work in tie "Jsn'rcJ-,
Labor Preacher
k
I H
I ifr"t lf 7$
J . ' 0 OS
! V' ' rjk $ it
, v 7
l Rev. William Reese wastho only
Ordained minister at tho American
Federation of Labor conference In
Cincinnati. Ha gave up hl3 church
several years ago and i3 now finan
cial secretary of the Building Trades
Council of New Orleans.
THREE FACTORS WILL WIN
VICTORY FOR MINERS AND
R. R. MEN SAYS J. L LEWIS
Union of Miners and Railroad
Men Will Have Moral
Influence on Labor.
ONE MILLION THREATEN
Coal and Railroad Strike To
gether Would Cause Dis
ruption of Industry.
CINCINNATI, O., June lit. ( !y
The Associated Press.) Three factors
will win victory for the miners and rail
road men in a common strike, ii was
predicted today by John L, Lewis, presi
dent of the I'liited Mine Workers, who
will meet tomorrow night kwith rail
union chiefs, to consider joint strike ae-
tion in the threatened rail walkout of
approximately 1 ,i0ll,oon nun.
Joining of forces of these organiza
tions, Mr. Lewis said, would firs-t have
a marked moral influence on labor gen
erally, second, would di-
locale the
t rans
third, portation system of the nut
would affect the industria
Conineideiitallv with t he
..a. a ml
fabric,
statement
of
Mr. Lewis, ten railroad union presidents
made public last night a hlt-r to the
labor 'board announcing their intention
of going through with the strike in the
event- one is authorized by the vote of
(he unions" members. I!. M. Jewell,
head of the railway employes depart
ment, slated that the vote heinir cast so
far has been overwhelmingly for a walk
out .
Mr. Lewis said that all industry is
largely a matter of transportation and
approximately one third of the business
of the railroads is hauling coal. "A
strike of 1,(1011,(1110 or more ivii'ron-lers. "'
lie continued, "would thus i,ne such a
dislocation of all industry that the
country would soon b, prost 'a!e.I and the
railroad and mine cnrporalions would
come to terms -with their workers.''
"Because of the lot,.,- hank." he add
ed. "the character of hivjhwav-; and th'r
number, and the nature of the tonna-je
to be carried, auxiliary transport facili
ties, such 'us motor trucks, cannot be us. d
effectively as strike breaking agencies
in Ameri.-a as thev w re in Cr- at Hri'aiu
and other countries. Kr-ni.-e. for iiis'ance.
REAL VIRGINIA WELCOME -AWAITS
THE VETERANS
KirilMO.Vn, Va., June 17. "A real
Virginia welcome awaits the arrival of
the Confederate Soldiers, their wives,
their widows, their datitrhlers and their
sons when thy come for their annual
reunoti next week," said (iovernor K.
Lee Krinkle in a statement made public
today. "The people of Virginia are
always happy to receive those heroes to
whom Richmond is still the C.-ipito! of
Confederate memories Virginia wants
o honor them, to open their hearts and
homes to them. "
"The reunion of the Pnited Confed
erate, Veterans and affiliated organiza
tions to 1k held in Richmond next week
promises to be one of the most, happy
anil successful of rei-cnt years," declar
ed Mayor George Ainslie. "The vari
ous committees have prepared to meet
i" contingencies and all persons inter-
esre.i in tins great and historic occasion
are invited to come and enjoy it."
General Jo Lane Stem, chairman of
the general committee in charge of the
reunion, said: "Confederate Vptnror,.
I Sons of onfederste Vi
oers of the Confederated Southern Ale-'
monal Association, sponsors, maids and'
natrons or-nonor ami ehaperones who
"in uv me guests or Kicfimond at
the i
reunion next week w fin.l thof
thillD. u-liiel. Ann -It...... a- a. .
everv-
fort and pleasure has been arranged for',
them . " '
. val, on i none IQ ineir com
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, unsettled, loral she
-n tonight or Tesdy.
RICHMOND OPENS
GRAY CLAD VETERANS WHO FOLLOWED
LEE AND JACKSON FROM 1861 TO 1865
FRANCE WILL TAKE PART
IN HAGUE CONFERENCE
PARIS, June 19. (By The As
sociated Press.) France will take
part in the conference at The Hague
with the Russian delegates beginning
June 26, it was officially announced
at the foreign office this morning;
If political question are introduced,
however, the French delegates will
promptly withdraw.
The French delegates received in
structions to adhere to the French
policy as outlined at Genoa and to
leave the conference at once upon the
entrance of political questions.
They will stick closely, it is 6tated,
to the French contention that the
soviet authorities must recognize the
principle of respecting foreign owned
private property and the payment of
foreign debts.
NEARLY 50,000 VISITORS
FOR VETERANS' REUNION
Nearly All the Veterans Will
Be Accompanied By One or
More Members of Their
Families.
KKIIMOM), Ma., June P.). Be
tween pMiuii and oil, (Mill visitors from
Maryland to Texas, it is estimated, wil!
be here for the thirty-second annual Hc
ii 1 1 i ( i u of the 1'nited Confederate Veter
ans, which will take place on June L'u
JJ. Of this number, it U figured, there
will be present about o.IMIii of the la.
lllll) surviving Confederate soldiers.
PracticaLy all of the old graycoats
coming for their annual roll call will be
accompanied by one or more members of
their families. Iteduced railroad rates
of 1 cent a mile have been granted
them by all the transportation systems
throughout the .Southeast. In addition,
there will In: sponsors named by the
three departments The Department of
Northern irtrinia. (he Department of
Tennessee and the Department of Trans
mississippi And each SI a to division.
Some camps are expected to name spon
sors. There Will also be hundreds of
maids and matrons of honor.
This gnat assembly will be further in
creased by the presence of the iSons of
Confederate Veterans, I'nited Daughters
of the Confederacy ami members of the
Confederated (Southern Memorial Asso
ciation. These also wil have the advan
tage of reduced ru'lroad fares, the trans
portation companies having consented 'o
sell round trip tickets to Uichmond and
return at the rate of a oneway fare.
'Reduced rate tickets will be placed on
sale at all points in ample time to allow
al Veterans and other visitors to reach
Richmond on or before June !. The
convent ions of the Sons, Daughters an-'r
Memorial Association will open on that
late, while the piogram of the Reunion
proper will not start until th efollowin(
day. all ending on .1 une '2-.
Identification certificates which alone
entitle travelers to the privilege of the
reduced fares have been neat out by tin.
Richmond Reunion Committee to all Con
federate and auxiliary organizations for
distribution to the Veterans and others.
This vcar Richmond will provide com-
foi table
.'tors for the Veterans. At
l . . 1 1 lure they slept on cots
baria'l.s. but that was seven
Th- age of the old soldier
: tVein from this privation
f..i .nerly looked upon as a
the laM I.'.
in tents or
years ne....
now fo.h id
hi. h t ii. v
lark.
I'poa rea
will be Hi''!
tor uhi.li a
hint; t!" city, every veteran
an.! required to register, af
l .lli. ial Reunion badge will
he iss
ervali
quart
lions:
ed, rr
Tli-'-c aho have not made res.
in .-..h-inee, will be assigned
in priuite homes or hoarding
A !a?o mess hall will be opon
lirre .iiimi-r and supper will be
ins-' Vcb rails who wish them.
; nn-ioul .te.lly tie last of th"
'. d. ia'e Reunions which can bo
t'n, f.orrr (V.ital of the Con
N;.'e an 1 for that reason
i s-.-irin no expense in pro-
served til
Th'-s i
big ('mi!'
held in '
federate
Richiiion,
vining a
eiiter'.iim
One of
of the r-
leva! welcome iuiii elaborate
meet for t In' visitors.
interesting f attire
be the laying of the
inument to Matthew
Pathfinder of the
f the Confederate
! corners'. u
ir.'
Fontaine
Seas"
Navy. II
Conf.-h i:
pay th.. -sailor.
,1 has
one IllUch for the
til now- wants to
to the Confederate
lilt,
COTTON MARKET
n ncTT
BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
P,y Tho Associates Press.)
NKW YORK. June 19. Cotton fu-
'tlires
steady. o points up.
.77: October 22.74; December
I, iniary l'.:!1; March 22.2:!;
.In
Ma
'oo :
its 2.1.23.
Trows cones market
Receipt None
Prue offered . .'. . . 22 Centi
WIDE HER GATES TO THE -
With Old Soldiers And Families
Richmond Entertaining 50,000
From Maryland and Virginia,
Veterans In Gray Are Back
Heart of the Confederacy
Thinned to Mere Line of a
RICHMOND, VA., Juno 1!. Hy
The Associated Press.) lie living in
memory the hopes ami fears of '61 and
'", Richmond
today opened wide her
gates and with love and admiration,
welcomed the surviving band of grey
coated men who by their valor made im
mortal tho armies of Leo and Jackkson.
Hundreds wlu rallied- anout the bril
liant, Stuart many vim charged with the
gallant Forest some who trailed with
the dashing Mushy, others who were tho
(irey Navy's ne:unen, men who drew
sabres, shouldered muskets and cannon
aded under the leadership of famous
.Southern chieftains, are assembled here
for the thirty-second annual re union of
the I'nited Confederate Veterans.
I'rom the green hills of Maryland and
the purple valleys of Virginia, from the
yellow sands of the Texan plains', from
the gulf waters and even from the shores
of the far Pacific, they havo come to
gether again to worship at the shrine of
an unforgotten cause in the city that
once was their beloved capital and tho
heart of an ever-tobe remembered Con
federacy. J he silent woods and fields lit and n- I
bout the historic city, which onco were
loud with strife, today are alive with
the voices of this fast-thinning band.
Slow treading, bent with age, and touch-
ed to gray by the hand of time, some so
feeble they cannot walkk, others with I
eyes so dim they can barely see, their
diminishing ranks now numbering not
more than 4,(KHi, are reuniting ami liv
ing again in comradeship and tie
hallowed 'by sacred recollections. That
gallant army of 600,000 men that fol
lowed the Stars ami Bars sixty years
ago has lessened and lessened in numbers
with the passing years until their ranks
have become as elusive as a far sea line
dimly penciled on the sky of the present.
With the old soldiers, their families
and friends, it is estimated that Uich
mond today is host to approximately
"id, him) visitors. The reunion will not j
oflicially open until tomorrow morning, (
lu the meantime the grizzled veterans
arc being ouurtcrcd in Richmond homes,
where every nttention and loving care is j
neing cxieiiuo'i. l oimger visitors at"
i...: i. ..i l :.. I......U ,.,,i.i;.. i..,:i.i I
orniK u in murm a.i.i ... ,
ings. Ill the latter, hundreds of army j
cms, loaned oy me iuir j'epat t incur, i j-
have been provided. j
Late today the program of reunion i
week will open with the annual' ronven-;
tion of the Confederate Southern Memo-,
rial Association, followed tonight by the
pciiing of the yearly sessions of tho
sons of Confederate Veterans. At thej
meeting of the Hons the sponsors, maids I
of honor and chaprones will be present j
ed by .Senator Pat Harrison, of Mississ-
ippi. Addresses of welcome on behalf !
of Virginia and the city will be deliv- .
' ere. I 'by (iovernor Trinkle and Mavor j
'Ainslie, respectively. The memorial as
sociation's meeting will be taken up with j
committee reports and routine matters.
With the city in a gay out reverent j
mood, every building is splashed with
bunting and fines eloquent in color and :
sentiment. On Monument Avenue vete
rans and visitors are strolling about thiC
great statues of I'avis, Lee Jackson,
Mtiart and Hill. Jackson's figure, soui- .
bre and niaj.vtie as a cathedral ; Lee's,!
patrician and noble ami stainless as a i
1 . . i
saints'.
Not far away legions of the Cnnfeder- !
ate dead s'eop row on row in their wood !
land resting places in famous Hollywoo.i j
cemetery. As if to commune with coin- j
rades who more than a half century ago
entered the portals of death, grey coat 1
ed veterans are seen strolling about tho '
simple marked graves. Shrunken bodies
and withered hands, faces wan and
wrinkled a- parchment, they stand sil
ently beside the mounds which to them
are as sacred as an unversed prayer.
With bowed heads and reverent gestures,
it is as if their thoughts were turned
to the lilies of Virginia. Frazer Boyle,
Net Laurent of the United Confederate
Vetera its:
Sing low. Oh, Voices singing in the
silence ;
Breathe low, Oh prayer of faith upon
the sod,
For we are calling, calling in our sad-
nes.
Dear souls that went to God."
Last night and today special trains
from every state in the south were ar
riving with meniU-rs of veterans campti,
and maids and oiosor and veterans'
families and friends. Busy sceuese were
7nacte.Tat t'Tie railroad- stations as fm
old soldiers disembarked. Tattered and
torn battle flags, were unfurled, sabre
and saddle and ancient musket were
taken from sacred- places. In a numtXT
of instances veterans came wearing the
grey clothes with which they went into
battle sixty years ago.
Against the background of- white
headed old warriors are the fresh faces
un.t form f thq niAif f Armors nd
From Texas and the Pacific thd
In Their Beloved Richmond, the
Gallant Army of 600,000 Has
Few Thousand. '
t
sponsors, dowers of tho younger genera
tion of tho south womanhood, come tot
honor the memory of the dead and a
j tender tribute to tho living.
Greeting
comrade of former
years here today is General Julian
S. Carr, of Durham, commander in
chief of the United Confederate Vet
erans. General Carr, who recently
was critically ill at his home in
North Carolina, is showing; sur
piising vigor. Straight as a spear,
despite his advanced years and pre
carious health, he is entering; into
the spirit of the reunion like a
youngster.
To keep up with tradition, as one
grey coated wag has put it "half a
dozen old negroes, who claim they
were bodyguards of Generals Lee
and Jackson are on hand as usual."
Many of them are termed "fakes
and imposters,' ' by the old veterans;
nevertheless, they are accorded a
measure of recognition as a tribute,
if nothing else, to the great men
they claim to have served.
MANY GASTON VETERANS 1
OFF FOR RICHMOND;
Large Delegation Left This;
Morning for Annual Reunion
of Confederate Veterans A
Great Time Anticipated. ;
Casfon will b0 well represented, a?
the annual reunion of Confederate Vet
erans which begins at Eichmoud, Va.4
tomorrow. Inaddition to Mr., W4
Meek Adams and two or three .others;
who left Saturday and Sunday fo ,
Richmond, the following left ou No. 33
this morning, viz.; Veteran Jacob'
HutTstetler. YV. II. Sparrow, James M'
Cook. Perry Wright, Wright, G. P. Self,
Joseph llellimrer. O f tollman .TnKi. .
II
aveuer, W. L. (.rissom. D. II. Our.
le
.1. L. Hoffman, . K. M. Ford, D.,
Arrowood, F. A. Service. J. Aj
u
)aV(,n . ,rt y
v.'-t I k-r - li'ev K
T. Watts. J. B
N. Joynor. ehanlain:
It. Lewb-. chanerone: Rev. J . M
McLain, secretary William Gambia
amp; Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beal, tho
former a veteran; Mrs. W. F. Kincaid,
represent iag the Daughters; sons of
veterans, W. T. G rissom, A. M. Wiite-.
sides, W. II. Falls, W. II. Sherer. C,
P. Shirley, K. W. Puarlcy.
This is one of the largest delegations
which has ever gone from Gastonia to
any onfederato reunion. The veterans
were given a freo trip by tho county;
and many of them had tho Confederate!
uniform. Thy left Gastonia in higi
spirits
time.
and wcro anticipating
joyous.
il.l
WILL PREACH TONIGHT ON
SUBJECT OF BIRTH CONTROL
Series of Lectures at Catholic;
Church This Week on Pop
ular Subjects I ublic la
Invited.
A mission in tho Catholic church waS
begun yesterday by a High Mass at 10:39
a. m. Father Reginald, of the Passion
isr Fathers, opened the mission with an
instruction on the means to be used to
make it a success, the origin and spirit
of his order, and the use of a crucifix
on their missions. Non-Catholics, ha
said, were invited to attend not with thai
intention of trying to convert them, of
of making a drive among them for nevt
f members, but that they may see, hear,
jand judge Catholics in tho preaching
;anl practice of their religion,
j At H p. m.. after the rosary had been
I said and a short Instruction given, tv
j sermon was preached ou the text:
I "What doth it profit a man, if ho gain
ithe whole world and suffer the loss of
his own snulf" The preacher briefly
mentioned the reasons why our souls hav
so great a value, and asked his hearer,
how many of them applied the words of
our Lord to their daily life by making
salvation the one thing- necessary,
isou!. he said were tempted and losfc
by the sinful ambitions of vanity and
pride, of. sport and pleasure, of business
ami polities, of power and fame; but
what would the greatest success in the?w
worldly ambitions profit men and womn,
if they lost the eternal riches and pleas
ures of heaven sod were- aest into tl,
everlasting flumes of hellf The sertjon
was illustrated by examples from th
lives of t. Francis Xavier, Bt. Franc!
Borgia and Sir Thomas Movfe. A ser
mon on "Marriage and Birth Contr. 1, tfcr.
Gravest Danger To Our ViW
ii.