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GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 6, 1922
VOL. XLIII. NO. 160
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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LY
II I ZJl
Gaston County
of Calcium Arsenate Poison For
Boll Weevil From Coker Farm
DELEGATION SPENDS
TWO DAYS ON TRIP TO
SOUTH CAROLINA FARMS
Visit Harttville, Darlington,
Bishopville, Capiden On
x Automobile Trip.
WEEVIL UNDER CONTROL
Calcium Arsenate Mixed With
Water and Molasses Is
Death for Weevil.
Thut the ravages of tho Loll weevil
can be effectively cheeked by the appli
cation of a mixture of water, molasses
and calcium arsenate, while the cotton
jdant is In the bloom stage, is the opinion
of Mr. D. ,B. Coker, leading farmer
and pedigreed seed specialist, of Harts
ville, 8. C. say sixteen Gaston county
business men and farmers who returned
Wednesday from a two-days automobile
trip through the South. Carolina weevil
infested section, on a tour of investiga
tion and inspection. , -;:
That the weevil U doing iess damage
in Darlington, Chesterfield and Leo
counties in tkmth Carolina, than it is
where it has appeared in York and Gas
ton counties, on account of the thorough
and efficient methods with which he is
being combatted is also another opinion
of those farmers who went from this sec
tion Tuesday on a, 275-mile fewing through
South Carolina to study the weevil's
habits and the best methods of fighting
him. ' '
"Calcium arsenate will kill tho wee
vil, but it is better to apply it with a
mixture 'of water and molasses with a
mop or brush or through iW bottllo thnn
it is to dust it on the fields with one of
these dusting machines," says Mr.
Cocker, "Tho dusting machines cost
too much and the work uiust be done at
11 1 U t n 1 1 1 1 V7 bliu uvir v - " ,'
That is impracticable." This method
' has saved a cotton crop of 600 acres this
ycu'r for Mr. Coker. He Bays:
"I do not pretend to be boll weevil
expert, having as yet had less than 18
months experience in combatting him on
our 'farms. In this matter however, we
are dealing with plain and simple facts
in overwhelming volume. I can cite any
enquirer to many convincing , instances
not mentioned. Every man in my farm
and . experimetal organization, j from my
trained college bred scientists to . my
colored sharecroppers is absolutely con
vinced that the molasses-calcium arse
nate method has ', saved our crops this
year."-- -'' -- ' ' ! - -:' : '
It wa4 to satisfy: themselves as to the
efficacy i the. calcium uroflenate. method
that the party of ' Gaston . county men
headed by Mr. W. T. Rankin, left Gas
tonia in automobiles Tuesday morning
and headed toward Hartsville, the scene ;
of Mr. Coker 's wonderful development
in cotton raising and Beed breeding. It!
was from this farm that Gaston county
farmers secured 1,200 bushels of long
staple cotton seed last fall. For five
consecutive years, Mr. Rankin has been
visiting iMr. Coker 's farm on the same
day, August 27 in order to get a first
hand view of the crop conditions. Hence
it was that Mr. Rankin and his party
received a warm welcome at the hands
of lf. Coker and assistants.
Arriving at Hartsville, the party was
immediately shown to one of Mr.
Coker 's farms where Mr. Clyburn, gen;
eral superintendent and Mr. L. M.
Wiggins, secretary and treasurer of the
corporation, spent three hours in explana
tion of the methods and devices used in
, fighting tho weevil. Both Mssrs. Cly
burn and Wiggins are thoroughly cap
able and efficient. They know tho boll
weevil, his history and his habits. -
The weevil was first noticed on the
Coker farms ia the latter part. of last
summer. Some effort was then made by
spraying to kill off the weevil and every
precaution taken to destroy his hiber
nating places. In spite of these precau
tions, he appeard this summer in unusual
numbers and the calcium arsenate method
of poisoning him was universally adopt
ed on the Coker farms. Said Mr.
Coker: ;
"During the early part of Juno I be
gan hearing reports from the farmers
in the vicinity of Hartsville to the effect
that an application of calcium arsenate,
molasses and water applied to the buds
young plants had killed practically
il - . II . ! 1 ; t .. lf(.. r l-.iut i . I 1 -
tion and careful observation of the effect
to the conclusion that this method pre-
sented the most effective means of boll
CI I nis met 110(1 on our own iarmn, 1 tramr
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weevil control of which I had yet heard,
and that if it could be. 'put into' prompt
and general practice it would save the
farmers very. large amounts this year.
I therefore wrote two articles which ap
pen red in the daily press of the state
and in many of the county papers.
These articles gave the experiences of
some of the must painstaking, reliable
farmers with whom I am acquainted and
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eir resuus canno oe aispiueti. -
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the calcium arsenate-n.olas., treatment '
"inert; arc vry Krv.ii, iiuvauiaK'a i '
OVpr lac UU9Liui niriiift, rjrsi, 11. " '
cheap, the average cost for materials
when applied to young cotton being a
bout twenty cents per acre. Soeond. it
is simple. Any tenant farmer, in fact
any child who can carry a bucket or a
bottle, can successfully apply yit. Third,
it dots not require night work. In fact
it is more effective when applied in the
Farmers Learn
JUDGE JONES HAD A
VARIETY OF CASES TODAY
Boy Who Entered Lebo's Store
Is Bound Over to Court
White Woman Up for As
sault On a Child.
Judge Arthur C. Jones' municipal
court docket was not as heavy as usual
Thursday morning but proved to be
more interesting than tho usual rriorn-ing-after
..affair that cornea to those
who try to go beyond the limit of the law
Only four cases were brought and one
of them was continued. Tho .other
three consumed an hour and a half of
time.
One Raymond Beatty was charged
with blocking public sidewalk. . This
case was continued until Friday morn
ing.
The second case to come up was an
affair wherein the whole neighborhood
of a section of western Gastonla was
interested. It was revealed: in court
that a. matron of One of the west Gas
tohia homes had taken upon ' herself to
administer unto a neighbor's child pun
ishment for an alleged fight between
two Urchins, Mother love stepped in
for a hand and a warrant was issued
for the offender. It appears that the
prosecuting witness child was playing
with a child belonging to the defend
ant. - A blow or two happened to pass
between tho two future citizens of
America and the mother of the child
who was the worst off stepped in to
show her hand. A slap was given the
scrapping children. The little visitor
ran home to its mamma and told the
tale in his own way. The mother was
brought into court this morning. Her
attorney had several character witnesses
on hand and some wore used. How
ever! the act had been committed and
so his honor . ontcred :a judgmnt of
guilty, with jugmcnt suspended 011 pay
ment of costs. Both mothers went
their way home, it is presumed, the one
having gotten her revenge, tho other
without a care. ' ; f
One colored gentleman was charged
with temporary larceny of a Ford truck.
The court bound the defendant over -to
Gaston Superior Court, term of 'Au
gust 21. , -
It is recalled that on Monday night,
June 26, unknown parties entered the
department store of D. Lebovitz, on
West Main avenue, A young white
man by the name of Tom Barrett was
tried Wednesday morning. He waived
examination and Recorder Jones bound
him over to Gaston Superior Court. In
default of a bond of $500 he was
lodged in the county jail.
Young Tom must have been lonely
in the little house behind the county
seat's building, for he had a warrant
sworn out for Ab Helms, who, he
claimed, was his confederate in robbing
tho store. Young Helms was brought
into court on the. same charge Barrett
was branded with, Btore breaking and
larceny. The defendant and his counsel
attempted to prove an alibi through Mr.
Fergerson, an overseer of Avon Mills.
Mr. Fergerson, on the standstated
that Helms was in his employ on Mon
day night, Juno 26, the night on which
the crime was committed. Tho witness
testified that HelmS was in his employ
and that he was hired that night to
doff twisters for tho mill . J udge Jones
missed the matter uu. and bound the
defendant over to the August aim ol
Superior Court.
SAY WALTER S. WARD
WAS NOT NORMAL
Wealthy Baker's Son, Charged
With Murder of Peters,
Was Not .Normal Before
Killing, Says His Brother.
NEW YORK, July 6. Walter S.
Ward, wealthy baker's son, charged with
the murder of Clarence Peters, was not
normal before the killing, according io
the testimony of his brotner, Ralph D.
Ward, before the Westchester county
county grand jury, made public today.
The minutes of the grand jury were turn
ed over to Ward's lawyers by court. order
recently over the protest .fif District At
torney Weeks. When asked by the jury
if his brother was in good health, Ralpli
Ward replied, according to the testi-
i uiony : .
fae " at
of "fact-used, whose
j?"7 B,de 1,ubU.c' thT!
tt, . - , ,
-sirs. Ward, wire of thn scciised. whose
"gilt on newsnaiH-r Mtorv written b
Corneuu VanUcrbilt, Jr., to the effect
that W1urd, after being lodged in jail,
had visited his home one night betor
being released on bail. lu denying the
story she story 8he told the jury that the
young millionaire reporter had tried to
interview her on a sympathy pea. Sh
said Vanderbilt sent in his card, asking
if he could see her because was in
great sympathy with me." She said
VMn,lrhiit mu. ; . '
vanueront was very lnsisteut uion see
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" uu" 8UC P"veiy UecUned to
lietore the grand jury was discharged
it handed up a presentment denying Vaa
dtrbiit' , story. ' -:-r-
THE WEATHER
NorthCarolina, fair and
wsrmer tonight anj Friday.
slightly
RUMOR OF ATTEMPTED
ASSASSINATION OF RUSSIANS
LONDON, July 6. A rumor that
an attempt had been nude to assassi
nate the Russian delegates to The
Hague conference caused considerable
excitement in the Dutch capital this
morning, aays an i Exchange Tele
graph dispatch. There waa no con
firmation of the report up to noon.
Both the police and the Russian
delegation at The Hague denied that
any attempt at assassination was
made.
The report probably grew out of
the action of the police in turning
back from the Dutch frontier fifteen
Russians, said to be monarchists,
who were traveling under false past-ports.
CORRECTION IN COUNTY
COTTON MILL LIST
Madora Mill at Mt. Holly Was
Omitted From List as Pub
lished In The Gazette of
Tuesday, July 4.
In the article in Tuesday's Gazette,
headed "complete List of Textile Plants
in Gaston County,',' prepared by Mr, 8.;
B. McLurd, of Ciierryville, there is an
error in the Mt. Holly, mills. One new
mill, the Madora, has been built at Mt.
Holly and is in operation. It was not
included in the . list as prepared by Mr.:
McClurd. The Mt. Holly list, of cotton'
inilis should read as follows: - ,
' Amreican Yarn and Processing Com
pany, capital stock $2,039,100.00. (Capi
tal including mill at Maiden, N. 0. )
Adrian Mills, No. spindles 13,056;
No. operatives 213.
Alsace Mill, No. spindles 5,700; No.
operatives 56. "'':A '
Nims Mill, No. spindles 8,100; No.
operatives 110.
Woodlawn Mill, No.' spindles 10,080;
No, operatives 127.
, Madora Mill, No. spindles 9,802; No.
operatives 160. - ! -
American Processing Mill,' (finishing
plant) No. operatives 134. .
FIRE IN NEW YORK
SUBWAY OVERCOMES MANY
Fire Which Breaks Out In JSrman'a
Box Spreads Through Train and Pas.
teagers Are Over-Come By Smoke' And
Fumes Train Ii Stopped . Under
. ground. V ; ' -.' . -.- ''-
NEW YORKl July. 6. (By The As
sociated "Press.) ,Aloiil50 persoiis
were uvercuinu oy biooru tuuay wucu u
north bound Jerome1' avenue express on
the East ISide subway caught Are near
Lexington avenue and 61st street. Doz
ens of ambulances were summoned from
nearly every hospital in the city and
Mayor Hylati arrived to direct the res
cue work. The accident occurred about
73 feet under ground. ; .
The fire started in the motorman)i
box after a fuse had blown out.' There
was a flash of flame and tho smoke
swept through the crowded trainJ
When the emergency brakes were, ap
plied and teh train' came to a grinding
alt, guards threw oncn tho doors and
passengers made a mad scramble to es
cape. 'Those unable to walk were carried
from the cars to the 59th street station.
Fire ladders also" were dropped through
iron grating at 61st street and uncon.
scious women lifted to the street i,
The injured were stretched out on the
sidewalks for several blocks. A tem
porary hospital was organizczd and 14
pullmoters put in operation. The crowd
of spectators soon became so dense that
police reserves had to be rushed to thv.
scene.
Men, women and children filled tha
tea-car train. Guards attempted to
fight the flames with hand evtinguishers,
but failed. W'hen the firemen arrived,
however, they soon succeeded in quelling
the blaze, which in itself was small.
Many of the fire fighters were overcoma.
. Relieg work soon got under way. Be
sides the doctors who hastened to the
scene in ambulances, many other physi
cians jumped into taxicabs, in many
cases bringing their office nurses witn
them,
Bloom ingdaje's department store nt
39th street and Lexington avenue,
promptly organized a fire brigade of 75
employes, who dashed into the subway
to .aid in the rescue work. The store's
drug department was raided for supplies
and pulmoters.
Many firemen were overcome as they
tried to descend the subway steps.
Members of the rescue squad donned
their gas masks to attack the flames.
Mayor Hyland, one of the first city of
ficials to arrive, was driven back by
fumes when he attempted. to enter t!i&
subway. He directed that experts be
summoned from the fire department and
the department of water supply, to make
an investigation. .
75 INJURED IN TRAIN
WRECK AT PORTER, IND
CHICAGO, July 6. Seventy -five per
sons were nijured, only one seriously
when a Chicago-bound Pere Marquette
passenger train crashed into a New
York Central engine on a siding near
Porter, Ind., late last night. The train
proceeded to Chicago this morning after
the injured Tecsired first aid.
Officials of both roads begin an in
vestigation immediately. Early today
responsibility for the crash, had not
been fixed.
The negro cook on the dining car was
badly scalded and was taken to a hos
pital at Michigan City, Ind. He was
the only person reported to have been
seriously injured. .
The collision occurred near thiY scent
of the smashup of New York Central
and Michigan Central trains last year,
when 37 persons were killed. It was
not until the train reached Chicago that
news of the accident became known.
The New York Central engine was
standing on a siding when the Perc
Marquette passenger train plunged into
it through presumably an open or de
fective switch, Kry)rcUr!g to rallrpad of-
Mine War Victim
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C. K. McDowell, Buperintendent
of the Southern Illinois Coal Com
pany'a mine near Herrln, 111., was
the firat of those beaten and shot
to death in the riots that followed
importation of strikebreakers.
ROAD TO BE PAYED BY
THE COUNTY CHAINGANG
Unpaved Stretch On Kings
Mountain Road Will Re
ceive Attention Gowan'i
Term Expires August 1.
That the short stretch of 2.5 miles of
unpaved highway on the Kings Moun
tain road will be completed in timo by
tho county chaingung, although not prac
ticable at -present., is tlm nmnion of a
majority of the members of the county
uoaru or eommissiouers, following then
meeting (Monday when the proposition o
pavinc thd road was brought mi. iNn
definite action was takeii at this meeting,
out a committee was appointed" to in-
Vflttt.l cril trt tlil .jpi.Tim-f at.r ' : I.... 41. A
Cl -" i . MUVK. - V11I7 til. HIO
main objections to the. paving bf the
stretch was the fact that the State High-
wav had not been llnfinitnlu Iwst 0i o a f ft
its CeveJand county end. The commis
sioners were xearrul. of pavmg a stretch
and then finding that they had covered
ground twice. Others thought that no
more paving nroiectn oiieht tn inri.
tempiated at the present time, saying
that the county's finaricca wrr in no
shape to stand additional drains of
monev at this time. A rather ixJirm ilia.
cussion ensued before the matt or '-
finally settled.
Wrord from the Stale Diroctnr nt V.r.
tension Work B. V. Kilirnrn
effect that County Agent Gowan's time
in uie county woum expire Aifgust 1.
It is expected that at that tbnn nnw
man will, bo placed in the county.
The tax levy for the county will bo fix
ed at a special meeting to be held next
Moudayc '
PLAN DRIVE TO BUY
KENMORE. HISTORIC HOME
FREDERICKSBURG, Va.. July 6.
Vice President Coolidge, accompanied
by Postmaster General Work and Mrs.
Work, Senator 8vanson, of Virginia,-
Congressman R. Walton Moore and Otis
Bland, of Virginia, and others were ex
pected to arrive in Fredericksburg late
today to take part in the exercises here
tonight in connection with launching a
campaign to buy "Kenmore," the home
of Betty Washington Lewis, only sister
of George Washington.
When the party from Washington ar
rives they 'will be driven in automobiles
to "Kenmore," where they will make
a brif stop. From there they will be
taken to the home of J. W. Masters,
on whose lawn a supper and public re;
ceptioa for the vice president and party
will be held.
Preliminary exercises incident to the
opening of a drive for $30,000 to be
conducted by the Kenmore Association,
Inc.; will open at 8 o'clock tonight.
Mr. Coolidge, Postmaster General Work
and other members of the party will
deliver addresses.
It is the purpose of the Kenmore As
sociation to convert "Kenmore' into
a show place.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE 1
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Juy 6. Cotton fu
tures close barely steady; spots quiet,
60 points down.
Juy 22.34; October 22.33; December
22.10; January 21.81; March 21.70;
May 21.45; Spots 22.70.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Receipts ......... i...... .. . 15 Bales
Price 22 Cnts
DEVELOPMENTS OF PAST
MA Y LEAD TO EARLY SETTLEMENT
OF RAILWAY SHOPMEN'S STRIKE
YORK COUNTY FARMERS
FIGHTING BOLL WEEVIL
Farmer, to the South . Are
Using Calcium Arsenate On
Plant- Also Burning Punc
tured Squares.
YORK, . C, July 5. One impor
tant fact the bold boll weevil is sure to
learn in his iuvasion of York county:
that ho is not going to be permitted to
dcHtroy the cotton crop here withput tho
stiffest kind of a fight. The post hat.
launched his drive all along tho line, but
the York farmers are. hitting back with
a vim and vigor that cannot fail to dis
comfit tho intruder..
From every section of western York
comes word that almost as fast as the
weevil -puncture tho squares they are be
ing gathered and burned. Tho work is
being done not haphazardly but systema
tically and with a thoroughness that
must surely bring .results, Tho number
of punctured forms left in the field deter,
mines the size of the next brood of wee
vils, according to the experts, Some
farmers have captured quite a number of
tho live weevils, but most of them are
making the destruction of the fallen
squares their first line of defeuse. About
the pnly ones not actively fighting the
weevil in this fashion are, ngro renters,
who have not yet grasped its importance.
They will likely fall in. lino later.
Poisoning will constitute tho second
line of defense. Many farmers have
already ordered blackstrap molasses and
calcium arsenate and the application of
this mixture wll bie the next step in th
weevil warfare. Dust forms of poison
will doubtless be used, too, but liquid
poison appears the favorite just now. A
number of York county farmers have
visited counties infested with the Weevil
farther south and seen at first hand tho
benefits of tho molasnes and calcium ar
senate mixture. Wlhat they saw in Flor
ence and elsewhere convinced them of it&
effleacy.
York, like other counties of the pled
mont now for the first time invaded by
tho weevil, has a lnrgo proportion of
white landowners und these may bo de
pended on to give the pest the fight of its
life. Without disparaging any of the
opposition he has encountered in the low.
er part of the state, it is likely that tlm
weevil will meet with a more determined
resistance by the small farmers of the
piedmont section than he lyet encoun
tered. STEWART IS CHARGED
WITH ANOTHER RIME
- LOB ANGELES, July 6. A now
fugitive V complaint charging Donald
Duncan Stewart, former clergyman, and
his alleged bigamous wife, Ethel Turner
Osbaldeston-Stewart, with having con
spired to steal "the property, money
and goods'' of Norma L. Ehrensoller,
of Boston, November 12 last, was on
fild in the district attorney's office here
today. Miss Ehrenseller is one of sev
eral women with whom Stewart is al
leged to hav gone through marriage
ceremonies.
Stewart and Mrs. Osbaldcston-Stewart
were arrested near here about two weeks
ago. He obtaind his release from the
city jail last Saturday on a writ V)f
habeas corpus. The woman filed a sujt
for a similar writ yesterday. Stewart's
attorneys recently said they , would sur
render him if a new complaint was
issued.
Boston officers are said to be on the
way here to take the couplo back for
tritl.
20 BUIDINGS IN MAIN STREET
OF DUBLIN DESTOYED BY FIRE
Fires Raged Throughout the Night Damage Will Reach
Several Thousand Pounds, It Is Estimated Casualties Show
One Killed and 16 Wounded Sixty-One Dead In Eight
Days Fighting.
DUBLIN, July 6. (By The Asso
ciated -Press.). Twenty buildings jh
O Con nell street, Dublin's main thor
oughfare, were destroyed by fire aftei
the surrender of the insurgent republi
cans who had turned the buildings into
fortresses in their resistance to tho pro
visional Free State Government.
The fires, which raged through tn
night, were not. completely under'coutrol
today, but only smouldering ruins re
mained where the insurgents made their
last stand. It is believed the damage
will reach several hundred thousand
pounds. Four snipers were shot dead
during the night.
Robert C. Barton, former Minister of
Economics in the Dail Eireait Cabinet,
wan arrested at the home of Erskine
Cbitders. . - ;
The account of the final surrender of
the insurgents, issued by the national
army headquarters, said:
" At 7:30 p. m, a party of men led by
Mr. Art O'Connor, left the Granville
hotel under a white flag and surrendered
to Lieutenant Craney.
"One of the party sain they were or
ders to surrender by Mr. Cathal Bruglia.
Mr. Bruglia, brandishing a revover, thch
dashed out. When he came under the
fire of the troops he was wounded and
was removed to a hopital; " .
The Irish Independent says today H
is informed" bn good authority that
Eamonn de Valera, the Republican lead
er, left the Sackville street stronghold
Tuesday night. . " " .
" It is undewtood that patters ot r mili
YOUNG PEOPLE'S RALLY
DAY NEXT MONDAY
Conference On Sunday School,
Young People's League and
Christian Endeavor at Arm
strong Memorial July. 10.
On next Monday, Juno 10, a rally
day and get-together meeting covering
all the activities of the young people's
societies of the Kings Mountain Presby
tery will be held at the Armstrong
Memorial Presbyterian church on South
Broad Street.
The exercises will begin with a con
ference on Sunday school methods at
4 p. m. Following is the program:
Rvv. T, . Tate, Presiding.
4:00 p. m. Devotional period, by
Rev. O. II. Gillespie.
4:15 p. m. Round table conference
of "The Standard of Efficiency" for
Presbyterian schools.
-4:45 p.- mi "What my Sunday
School needs most" a free-for-all ques
tion and answer period.
0:15 p. m. Address, "What consti
tutes a Good Sunday School" by Rev.
W. A. (Murray, of Shelby,
5:45 p.m. Brief reports from schools
represented on "Some Best Things."
Registration of schools represented.
6:00 p. ,m. Picnic dinner in grove ad
joining tho church.
All those coming in time, for the six
o'clock picnic dinner aro asked to bring
well filled lunch bask'ets.
The following program will include a
conference on tho Young People's Lea
gue with , Mr. Dave Hall, of Belmont
presiding,; and a Christian Endeavor
Rally with Revir R. C. Long, presiding,
as follows: '
7:30 p.. m, Devotional period, by
Rev. J. II. Henderlite, I). 1).
7:45 p. m. Echoes big,, but brief,
little but loud, short but snappy byjhe
following rcho-crs, who attended the
Davidson Young People's conference:
Bessie Cox, Frank Kineaid, Marion
Wise, Kathleen Lewis, Ltirlo Shannon,
Muttie Hand, Mabel Normand, Ernest
Houser, Thelma Titnian and others.
8:30 p. m. ' Business meeting of the
League. Registration of all young peo
ple's societies within the Presbytery.'
8:45 p. m. Volunteer echoes from the
State C. E. convention at . Charlotte.
What did you get from tho convention
that is staying with you!
9:00 p. m. Address "What consti
tutes a Uood Christian Endeavor So
ciety," by Rev. W. W. Akers of Lin
colnton Presbyterian church.
9:20 p. nt." One minute reports fron
societies. Either ask a question or
make report of activities.
9:.'f0 p. m. Conference of Christian
Endeavor Standards and Methods.
9:45 -p. m. Reports front JGaston
County Union executive committee and
plans for three months.
The program committee in charge of
the occasion consists of Miss 'Mary
Ragan, of Castonia, Mr. Dave Hall, of
Belmont and Rev. Roswell C. Long,
pastor of the West A vonuo Presbyterian
church. '
TACKY PARTY TODAY
v AT COMMUNTY PLAYGROUND
The special feature provided for the
children who attend the Community Ser
vice playground, South street and Sec
ond avenue, this week was a tacky par
ty and contest held this afternoon be
ginning at 4:.'!0 o'clock. Prizes were
offered for the tackiest boy and the
tackiest girl, and tho occasion was One
of much merriment.
tary nature were found in the possession J
of Barton when arrested. Cathal Bruga
(Charles Burgess), tho de Valera minis-!
ter of defense, who was wounded in aj
leg during a futile dash for escape, was
reported to be sinking rapidly after an
operation.
At $ o'clock this morning the fire m
the Sackville street area still was rag
ing outside the area which the republi
cans had held under their direct control,
1 where the flames started. The whole
line of buildings from the offices of the
Dublin tramway company to Findlater
Lane, which formed the 200 yards front
age of the republicans last stronghold,
is ruined, including the Hammam, Gres
hiun, Granville and Crown : hotels and
the general postoflice. Six buildings on
the opppoBite side of the street also were
destroyed by the fire which threatened
this; forenoon to spread to Henry street.
Casualties in yesterday's fighting so
far as the records of the city hospitals
show, were one killed and 16 wounded.
For the eight days of the fighting the j
casualties are given as bl dead ana
239 wounded, not including four snipers
shot dead in Marlborough street and the
wounded taken prisoner from 'the re
publicans' -Sackville sreet stronghold.
The material loss to the citizeua of
Dublin is very heavy. The Talue of the
buildings destroyed is estimated at be
tween 3,000,000 ps and 4,000,000 ps
while the destruction also means the loss
of very large sums in rentals and prob
ably eonwdersble Denitdoymct,
24 HOURS
EXCHANGE OF LETTERS
BETWEEN HOOPER AND
JEWELL CLEARS THE AIR
Strike of Railway Shopmen
Assumes a More Concilia
tory Aspect Today. '
TREND TOWARD PEACE
Railroads Are Ready to Abol
ish Farming Out Work,
Hooper Says.
CHICAGO, July 6. (By Tho As
sociated Press.) - Tha strike of rail
way shopmen assumed a more concilia
tory aspect today, the sixth day since tha
nation-wide walk-out, and feeling be
came more general in rail circles that tho
last 24 hours had shown a marked trend
toward peace, despite increased disor
ders at scattered points,
It was believed that yesterday's ex
change of letters between Ben W,
Hooper, chairman of the" Railroad Labo,
Board and Bert M. Jewell, head of tha
railway employes' department of tho
American Federation of Labor, probably
opened the way to negotiations for m .
early settlement of the controversy.
Jewell's statement that the shop crafts
"are willing to confer with anybody au
thorized by the railroads to bring peaee
proposals" was accepted as a promising
indication of a speedy return to normal
conditions in the railroad shops. Mr
Jewell says ho neither included nor ex
cluded anybody, but that if the labor
board came with a definite proposition ho
would not hesitate to consider it.
The statement was made in the face
of the' repeated contention by the rail
roals that the shopmen's strike is not
against the carriers, but against the gov-1
ernment, and therefore a matter to bo
settled before tho Labor Board, the Gov
ernment tribunal '
Chairman Hooper asserted that tho
Labor Board "has been protecting tho
interests of the striking shopmen whih"
they have been calling the board names.'
Explaining his failure to answer Usi
Friday 's summons to appear at a joint
conference before, the board, Mr. Jewell
said tho summons came too late to avert
tho walkout set for tfciturdayand .that
his appearance would only have caused
confusion in the ranks of tho shop crafts
who had their order to strike. , .
Another liartdnger of peace in the
statement by Chairman Hooper was that
8 number of railroads wMch had beei
farming out shop work to contractora
were ready ; to abolish tho contract
system, which proved to be tho main is--
sue in the shopmen 's strike, according
to returns in the strike referendum. Al
though the vote to strike in protest a
gainst the $50,000,000 wage reduction of
July X was declared to have been ovsr
$4elming, Mr. Jewell announced that
tire auestion of Tirotestinsr npninxt th
contracting of labor polled the heaviest
strike vote of the three propositions ,
put up to the shopmen. i
Fifty additional wage adjustment
eases, 44 of which apply to clerk not in- '
eluded in recent decisions, were set for
hearing by the Labor Board today.
Meanwhile the railroads generally were
advertising for men to take the places
of the striking shopmen and strikers
were reported at many points to be drift
ing back in uncertain numbers to their
old jobs. This reported baekcurrent
continued in the face of repeated asser
tions by shop craft leaders that tha
strike was virtually 100 per cent effec
tive - ' -
The Chieago & Alton, upon whoss
lines some of the most serious disorders
of the strike have occurred, continues to
employ new men at the employment of
fice which tho railroad opened yesterday
in Chieago. Alton shops were the
scenes of disorders at Slater, Missouri,
and Bloomington, Ills. At both places
local authorities called for troops.
Despite the agreement of their presi
dent, K. F, Grable, and members of his
executive committee, to withhold striko
orders, maintenance men ' at various
points, were reported to be joining strik
ing shopmen.
'With the exceptions of the Slater and
Bloomington disorders, on the Alton, tha
most serious disturbances of the strike
wcurred in the South. At Algiers, across '.
the Mississippi river from New Orleaas,
dashes occurred between striking shop
men and guards for the Southern Paci
fic. One man was shot.
At Nashville, Tenn., a striking machin-
ist was arrested charged with an attack
to murder a worker in the. Tennesses
Central shops.
Railroads, for the most part announced
passenger and freight traffic still to fca
unhampered.
Ultimatums to strikers to return t
work by the early fart of next week or
forfeit all seniority rights still stood
effective in some railroad shops today.
An official statement from ths Nor
folk & Western general office at Roa
noke, Va., said. that fewer than 100
of the 800 clerks responded,
Fine Crops In Virgfnia.
RICHMOND, Vs., July ?. Det -lariiijf
that "prosperity awaits tho farmer, in'
this 'state," J. J. Owen, awUtaiit com
missioner of agriculture, who h . j '
returned from a tour of 'ir:: '-'.
nounced here tody t!u.t 1 - .
tobaeco rrop is "iu ;
tion." H ad t.-l ! f '
1 fina and rt.'- h t e -