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GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 7, 1922
' SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS 1
VOL. XLUI. NO. 161
A
LY
Weather:
Fair
Chamber To 1 ake bteps 1 o Help
Fanners Save 1
Farm Relation Committee to
J Help Secure Calcium
Arsenate.
MEETING OF FARMERS
Arsenate and Molasses to Be
r Bought In Bulk for Use
of the Farmers.
IniflHidiate 8tepg will be taken by the
Gastonia Chamber of Commerce to save
the 1922 cotton crop in Gaston county
irora the boil wcevu menace, as a -result
of action taken by the board of directors
Thursday afternoon, following a report
submitted by Chairman W. T., Rankin
of the Farm Belations Committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Rankin
interestingly told of the trip to Harts
ville made by a party of farmers under
the direction of bis committee, with com
mittees from Kiwanis, Rotary and Civi
tan co-operating.
Deeming the matter as presented by
Mr. Rankin to be of vital importance to
Gaston county and feeling that the time
to act is now instead of waiting until
one crop is lost, the board -placed the
organization on recoiV as favoring doing
all possible to stamp out tho weevil as
may be done. The Farm Relations Com
mittee was given full power to act in
tho matter and was enlarged by the ad
dition of Flay Bess and Hugh Query to
its personnel, -the former for practical
aid already rendered and the latter for
aid given through publicity for the
cause, i ' ,
tJteps have already boon taken by the
committee to locate supplies of cheapest
molasses and calcium arsenate. - It is
jiroposed to secure those in quantity and
then to retail them out at cost to the
farmers. At present it is almost' im
possible for a farmer to seeure these
supplies himself, as they are scarce.
The would also come nioro expensively
: to tho individual but by the method pro
posed he will get the benefit of all pos
sblo saving.
'An important meeting of the commit
tee ill be held at the chamber of com
merce this evening for the formulation
of furthor plans and lor tho taking up
of other , matters.
It is probablo that a general meeting
of cotton growers will be called by the
committee at the chamber of commerce
fpf Saturday morning,- a week from to
morrow, or at some other time soon. The
meeting will probably not be -. called un
til supplies have been loratcd and prices
secured. so that the entire ' matter, may
be placed .bqfpro the growers at the time.
' '
WAY, EMPLOYES ASK
,i i . i FOR, WAGE INCREASE
BOSTON July 7t Members of the
United Brotherhood of Maintenance ut
Way Employes, employed on the New
Vork, New Haven & Hartford, Boston
and Albany, and tho Boston and Main
roads, have voted to send an ultimatum
to me general oniccrs oi mo organization
in Detroit ' demanding un increase in
wages by August 1. The alternative
would Iks a strike.
The voto was taken at a mass meeting
of maintenance of way men following the
reading of. a report thut similar action
wan Iwinir taken liv ertmlnvcs of nil
1.. l.n ..,..,4 flP,. a. .. , ...
ciit ordered by tho Hailroad. Labor
Board.
HARDING EN ROUTE.
COLUMBUS, O., July 7. (By The
Associated Press.) With Uniontown,
Pa., as his probablo "destination for the
night, President Harding left here early
today on tho second lap of Iris automo
bile journey from Marion to "Washing
ton. Tho presidential party expected to
follow the national road with -a stop at
New Concord. O., where an honorary de
gree of doctor of laws was to be con
ferred on the President by Muskingum
College.'
LONG STEP TOWARD PEACE
BY THE IRISH
LONDON, July 7. "(By The Asso
ciated Press.) The Provisional Irish
Free State Government by its substan
tial victory over the insurgent republi
can forces in Dublin is believed to have
taken a long step toward establishing
a malt k .ml,. ..) v. - T
- 1 auu uiiiiii i'lsicc ku Arc
land. The ready response to the national call
i to arms is regarded as eneooraging, and
as further, proof that most Irishmen are
u y 9 k f . i
v v.- iuq Men wutcxiiiiiL-nii aiiu
OD-Ij:
Dosed to th rrnnhHpan n.im;.t.
Indieations are not lacking, however. I",. ."L 0r . tvrta A fr"m .!"
that Michael Collin, and his colleague. '"n,d thwe8t owing to the d.fli
, will need all the support they can get to j'V- communication. Thw also ap
put down the remain reaisfance, telfPM from practically all the
which, according to reports Trom somJ i,r""ncU,,1 ,ar? ' .
correspondents in Dublin, is of an impor. 1 The public is still kept guessing to
tant character. These writers say th-',ne whereabouts of Eamonn do Valera.
strength of the dissentients in the south ! ne k8 P0 published in today's
and southwest is greater than lias lxyn i J-'11.''' Mal, says he spent last night at
supposed, and declare the task of down-1 Brittas, a hamlet eleven miles south of
ing this opposition -is likely to be .low I Iublin with Austin Stack, who is com
and costly in Cork county aud parts f j mamlinji a flying column, of irregulars
the adjacent territory republicans are re- j in that district. The report cannot be
ported to have th field to themselves and jeoufirmed. -
to be ergagod in elaborate preparations tleven of a band of sixty republicans
to resist any attempts against thcin by I who attacked th Free Btate barracks at
the Free State forces.. ILifford. county Donegal, today, were
It is predicted that the Provisional wounded in the course,of the fight which
Go"ernmcnt will need to enroll soldiers i lasted .one hour and a half, says an Ex
to the. full Strength allowed under the change Telegraph distpatch. The garri
Anglo Iriih treaty and will then have i son, which held off the republicans, con
none too many for the job of rounding ' sisted of only twelve men. Every win
np the guerilla bar.us acting under orders -dow in the tarracks was smashed "duri'ig
922 Cotton Crop
B1VINS PIUS 0!1 GOOD
PROGRAM fOR ROTARY
Ravages From Perk Thomp
ion Mr. J. Lee Robinson
Tells ' of Recent Trip.
Thursday's Eotary luncheon, the pro
gram of which was in eharge of Clyde
Bivins, was one of the most enjoyable
yet held. There "was no business to be'
transacted, and the members gave them
selves wholly over to the enjoyment r-t
the .program, the .feature of uch was
a story of the recent' Western trip by J.
Lee Robinson, of the First . National
Bank. Mr. Bobinsflu gave a very in
teresting account of the trip taken by tho
party of Gastonia Shriners who spent a
month on tfhis trip. He concluded by
snying that after all North Carolina was
the best place in the United States, add
in' g the significant statement that he
was glad to live in a country where the
Sabbath day was observed, stating that
in some sections of the West there was
no observance of the Sabbath.
The boll weevil also came in for a
share of the discussion, Hugh Query,
telling of the, methods of control -observed
by lum on a trip to the Coker
farms in Hartsville, 8. . The calcium
arsenate method with molasses is most
generally used in that section.
Perk Thompson, an invited Kiwanis
guest, got off one of his humorous skits
about the boll weevil that was enjoyed
thoroughly. - The melody to the follow
ing was that of "That BJoody War,"
the tuneful ditty sometimes employed
by the American Legion quartet. It was
this:
Away down South in Dixie land
They have an awful time, '
It 's all about the Boll Weevil,
He seems to stand the clime,
He 's got a home, be 'a got a homo.
.(.).
The first time I ever saw him ,.f
I saw him on the square.
In a few days after that time
He had his family there.
Ho bad a home, ho had a homo.
Tho farmer took the boll weevil ( '
Buried him in tho sand,';
Boll weevil says to the farmer ...
"Hotter than this I'll stand,
I 've got a home, I 've got a home.' '
Boll weevil says to P. W. Garland,
"It's mo you cannot sue, 7
With all your legal tact '
'Gainst me you'll find no clue,
You '11 have no case, you '11 have no
case." .. , " .', ;
' ' i i '
Boll weevil says to Ab'Myers, ' , '
"You know what -panic .is1,.
For when I .get located fight' , ' ;
I'll paralyze your bifc.',! ' -, i
You'll hato no home,, you'll have
no home. " - ' ' . " - .
' - ' , ' "' '
Boll weevil says to Will E. Haynes, 1
"You'll find when debts are due
That I have cat them out of crop
"And out of credit, too. ' .
They'll have no home, ' they'lj have
no home.", .
; . . s - ; -. . . ....
Boll weevil says to Lucius Glenn,
"Just throw away your pills, -.,'
For when I 'm through with this eountry,
People can't pay their bills.
They'll have no home, they'll have
no home."
Boll weevil says to nenderlito, '
"Now, you won't stand a show,
i ou mignt as wen close up your cnurcn
And pack your duds and go. '
You'll have no home, you'll have no
home."
City automobile licenses must be re
newed before July 15. Call at city hall
and Rive motor number and State license
number. 14c7.
Misses Martha Torrencp. Georgia Con-
1 ii 1.' M y. II T) .. 1 a .1
Myrtle Hayes leave this afternoon for
an auto trip to Linville Falls. They will
be away two weeks .
FREE STATERS
The arrival in Cork last night of a
small squadron of British warships lends
additional color to theBC reports, as it is
believed the vessels wero sent in antici
pation of serious tronble in that dis
trict and possible attacks oa the British
naval station there. .
Republican headquarters at Mallow is
issuing daily bulletins, claiming that
the irregulars are holding large areas
and making rapid progress in -several
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uiiuuns dm t Here are no means of sut-
KENTUCKIAN HAS FASTED
FOR FIFTY-THREE DAYS
' SLADE", KY., July 6. Today
marked the 53rd day of voluntary
fasting by William Rice, of Nads,
this county.
Declaring that God, in a vision had
told him to fast, to show his neigh
bors that they rjust make sacrifice
if they expect to enter Heaven, Rice,
while confined in jail on a charge of
vagrancy, announced , that he would
not partake o.f any more food. Nine
days later he was released and re
turned to his home.
Rice says that he received food
from a "spiritual fountain" and de
clares that Satan tempts him con
stantly. His religious views and the
fact that he has gone nearly two
months without food are attracting
widespread attention. He still is
able to walk, but is gradually grow
ing weaker
BRIDGE OVER CATAWBA
IS HEARING COMPLETION
Bridge Connecting York and
Mecklenburg Counties Will
Open Up New Territory to
South of Gastonia.
YORK, a 0.,'july 6. Contract was
awarded the Stewart-J ones Construction
company of .Rock Hill today for the
construction of one and a half miles of
road to connect the $100,000 bridge now
being built by York and Mecklenburg
counties with tho highway system of
Bethel township. The contract price
for the job is $3,670 and the time limit
for its completion September 1.
The work to be done on thin short
Btretch of roadway, is quite heavy, con
sisting according to tho eounty engineer 's
estimate, of clearing- and 'grubbing one-
half acre : necessary .clearing and grub
bing of the right of way; 8.W52 cubic
yards of common excavation; 3,000
cubic yards topsoil, and 12 cubic yards of
concrete . i
The new road, which begins at W..P.
Boyd's residence,, will link the river
bridge with the roads of Bethel town
ship and make it accessible from all
parts of York county. At present it
cannot be reached by automobile from
the York Bide, there being no road lead
ing to it. At the last session of the
legislature $3,000 was appropriated for
buildinir the short stretch of connect
ing road, but. this amount will have : to
bo supplemented, as the contract price
was in execs of this sum.
Work Progressing Nicely.
Latest word from the bridge is that
contruction . work ia progressing nicely
and that somo fine day a few months
hence the job will be completed and traf
fic will begin 'pouring across from the
York side and' on to Charlotte. The
bridge is an imposing structure, 1,309
feet in length and consisting of eleven
spans. It raises above the Catawba's
swirling flood of muddy water, .hero-, c-
boutjiiOO feet . across. ; 'Massive l and
strong, for years the bridge Will bid
dofiancd to the river, beneath and con
nect York and Mecklenburg with a link
of steel, v ' : i
The bridgd is located '..at what is
known as the Buster 'Boyd'. site, not
far from what was formerly :V right's
ferry. .Years of Agitation followed the
inception .of ; tho project to -bridge the
river at or near tins point, obstacles of
various kinds being encountered. The
exact location wus one stumbling block
and another-was the proportion of the
cost to bo borno by the two counties in
terestedYork and Mecklenburg. After
long discussion alt difficulties were
smoothed out, tho " Buster Boyd site
winning over rival locations, and one
third of the cost for York ; and two
thirds' for Mecklenburg being agreed on
as the proper proportionate expense to be
borne by the counties joining bands in
the project. .
The bridge will reduce the distance be
tween the town of York and Charlotte
from 43 miles to only 30 miles. Its
primary object is to give the peoplo of
northern York, particularly Bethel town
ship, a direct route to Charlotte. The
Queen City has all along been their logi
cal trading point, but commercial rela
tions with that place have been badly
hampered by .the lack 'of a .bridge across
tho Catawba. With this obstacle out of
the way, Charlotte's trade territory will
be augmented by a large and prosperous
area of northern York.
AN EXPLANATION OF THE
- . S. S. BASEBALL STORIES
Somo criticism has been made of The
Daily Gazette in regard to the stories
on the Sunday school baseball leagues.
When two games are being played the
same afternoon it is sometimes impos
sible for a Gazette representative to be
at both games. It was for this rason
that the hist Lutheran A. R. P. game
was not covered There was a repre
sentative St tho Baptist-West AvenueJ
Presbyterian but no one to eovcr the
former.
If the managers of the teams will
have a scoreman to keep the score and
send same to The Daily Gaztto after
the game is played, the story will be
printed in full. Tho Gazette manage
ment made every ffort to gt the scores
of the Lutheran-A. K. P. game but
no one seemed to know who had same.
For this reason the account was not
wrjtten in full.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
5EW Y'ORK. July 7. Cotton fu
tures closed steady; spots quiet, i0
points up-.
July 22.67; October 22.68; Deoembei
22.461 January ,22.16; March 22.02;
May fcl.79; Spots 22.80.
fDDAY'S COTTDS MARKET
Receipts . ...... .'. 5 Bales
Price 22 Cents
GASTONIA WILL BE ONE
OF THE NIGHT STOPS OF
1923 SHRINE CARAVAN
En Route to - Washington for
"Council Shriners
West to Stop.
AD FORMER VISIT HERE
Folks Who Visited Here Last
Spring Instrumental In
the Project.
Gastonia will be one of tho night stop
overs when tho 1923 bhrine caravan from
the West moves East next spring to the
Imperial Council at Washington in
June, according to advices received to
day from the Oakland, California Cham
ber of Commerce, The fact that Gas
tonia will bo thus recognized is prob
ably duo to the excellent treatment ac
corded the advance party of tho caravan
from Washington which stopped here
with Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. Wbrren hm
spring.
A communication from the Oakland
Chamber says: .
"With organizaztion of the Nation
al Shrine Touring Club effected, pluns
are now being made for tho second
trans-continental Khrlno Caravan, which
will leave this city on May 1, 1923, duo
to arrive in 'Washington, D. C, oa June
4.
"When the first caravan reached San
Francisco on June 12, last, members of
tho Imperial Council realized that thoso
who mado the first overland journey by
auto had set in motion a move that will
prove the greatest factor possible in de
veloping a closer fraternal spirit between
the Shrine temples of the nation and in
developing a better system of permanent
highways from coast to coast.
"The five tjhrine Temples of Califor
nia are expected to have a last 200 au
tomobiles in tho caravan when it begins
its pilgrimage next year from Oakland.
The Shrine cars will 'assemble here for
the long journey.
"More than 100 automobiles from
Oakland went to Stockton, The Shrine
cars will assemble here for the long jour
ney. "iMore than 100 automobiles from
Oakland went to Stockton, a distance ot
84 miles and piloted tho caravan into
thig city when it arrived from the East.
More spirit has boon shown by this city
than any on tho Pacific Coast in' the
movement and it is planned to have it
fleet of snow white cars from this city in
next year's caravan.
"In choosing the itinerary, members of
tho touring club under tho auspices of
which the caravan will move, wCro unani
mous in selected Gastonia as ono of the
points for a night stop. Detailed ar
rangements with local people will be
mado , later by Captain Bernard ,8. Mc-
Mannn, ; director,; and jrencral manager . .
"Tho caravan' which had' grown from
two to 25 cars aiiico. leaving Gastonia,
Visited and spent three days at tho Grand
Canyon, which was described so fully to
them and Gastonia people by Miss
Marion Harvey at a high school enter
tainment. " - '
"From Gastonia to the Coast, mem
bers of the carftvan sung the praises or
Mr. and Mrs. W. 1 Y; (Bill) Warren,
who piloted them from tho city When
they stopped over thcro in May.
VGastpnia 's 97 cotton mills and 1
121,000 spindles were advertised far and
wide by tho Shriners who wero entertain
ed thero and it is expected that the next
caravan will remain in that city a suffi
cient period of time to allow of a visit
to a modern cotton , mill, by westenu'ra
who have never seen a mill' in operation.
GEORGIA PLANNING
WORLD'S FAIR IN 1926
ATLANTA, G A., July 7. 6overnl
hundred men and women prominent in
the affairs of Georgia are here today to
attend a meeting at which permanent
pluns will be adopted for holding a
world's fair anil maritime exposition in
Georgia in 1926.
Plans in the making call for two units
of the exposition, one located at Savan
nah to be devoted to maritime features,
and another, at Atlanta featuring com
mercial and industrial developments. AH
towns and cities in the state would bo
asked to erect buildings to houso what
ever branch of the exposition allotted to
each city..
Naming of a commission of fifty mem.
bers to take charge 'of the project and
devise plans for' permanent organiza
tion was among the first matters to come
before the gathering today,
NEBRASKA CONGRESSMAN
DIED THURSDAY
WASHINGTON, July 6. M. P.
Kinkaid, member of the House of Repre
sentatives from the sixth Nebraska dis
trict, died here today. T?iie death ';f
the Nebraska Congressman occurred
Garfield hospital and resulted from a
complication of diseases from which ho j
had been ill einco early in May r nn
eral services will bo held at O'Neil, Neb.,
his home.
FROM DAYTON TQ CHICAGO.
DAYTON, O.. July 7. lieutenants
James H. Doolittle and Lcland Andrew,
flying in an army airplane in a round
trip trans-continental tour, were to leave
Dayton early today on the fourth h'g of
their flight which started last 'Monday
at San Antonio. Tex. The aviators'
next stop will be Chicago, from where
they will hop off for Omaha.
Lieutenants Doolittle nnd Andrews-ar I
rived in Dayton last night after having
flown from Boiling Field, Washington,!
t 4 !
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, fair and slightly
wanner tonight; Saturday unsettled,
probably Vrl th"ndrhowr3.
Imperial
l8m
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FIRST OUTBREAKS OF VIOLENCE :
AND DISORDER MARK THE CLOSING
HOURS FIRST WEEK RAIL STRIKE
FIREMAN BEACH DIES- '
- OF INJURIES INFLICTED
Man Who Was Accidentally
Struck By Auto Succumbs
to Injury Was Wounded
In the World War. '
Mr. John Sullivan Beach, member of
tho city fire department, who was injur,
ed about 10:30 o'clock Tuesday night
when struck by an automobile on West
Franklin avenue, died Thursday night at
seven o'clock. Fuueral services will be
conducted at the Enst Baptist church, :f
which Mr. Beach had been a member for
the past Beven years, at four o 'clock this
afternoon, followed by interment in Hol
lywood cemetery. v
The accident in which Mr. Beach re
ceived injuries that caused his death was,
seemingly unavoidable. It is said that
Mr. Beach stepped out of another car
backwards. Mr. Heury Hankin, driv
ing a Ford coupe, was approaching him
from tho rear and saw him, but the glar
ing headlights of another ear coming in
tho opposite direction confused him. He
mado an effort to avoid striking Mr.
Beach, but the rear fender of the car
struck him and knocked him to tho pave,
ment. It is said that tho rear end of
tho car ' whipped-.' ' around on the wet
street when Mr. Raukin applied the
brakes, and struck Mr.' Beach in a way
that was unavoidable. Had the street
been dry and tho car not skidded, it
would have missed Mr. Beach. His
head struck tho car track. He was taken
to the City Hospital and remained in ,in
unconscious condition all of Tuesday
night and a part of W'edirt-sday. "
John Sullivan Beach was born in tho
New Ho'p section of Gaston county
September 6, ,1894, and was . therefore
nearly 28 years of age. Ho is survived
by two brothers, Beeler Beach, of Gtb
tonia, and Carl Beach, of Clover, 8; C,
and two bisters, Mrs. W. Meek Parrish
and Mrs. F. M. Francum, both of Gas
tonia. Mr. Beach was unmarried and
mado his home at the residence' of Mr.
and Mrs. Parrish. He had lived in
Gastonia for tho past ten years. Dur
ing the late war ho was in tho scrvico
for two years, serving one year overseas
with the 115th Machine Gun Battalion,
thirtieth division. Ho was wounded by
a shell at the buttle, of Bellicourt and
was in the hospital for two months. Fot
the past two years or more had been a
popular and efficient member of the city
fire department. "
MINGUS CATCHES CATFISH
WEIGHING 6 1-2 POUNDS
Belmont Officer Thinks He
Has Record Catfish -Fourth
of July , Celebrants Give
Trouble- Liquor the Cause.
Members Hear of Boll; Weevil
Tho police were called to tho Climax
Mill villago Tuesday afternoon "to arrest
several men who were drunk and creat
ing a disturbance. They found the men
ill an automobile and arrested them, not
without trouble however as one of theai,
John Yount gave the. oflieers quite a tus
sle before they landed him at the city
hall.
All the men were thoroughly search
ed beforo they were locked up, and a
pistol taken off of Hoyte Wells Wells
however had a knife which the police did
not find and which they think ho had
eonceled in heavy leather leggins that
he wore. Shortly after being placed in
the jail tho men began quarrelling and
when Chief Mingus arrived, ho found
Tom Burch painfully cut. Dr. J. M.
Pressley attended the man and it was
necessary to take 40 stitches . in his
wounds, which however "proved to bo not
very deep and i lurch is getting along
nicely.
The men were tried Wednesday morn
ing. Yount, through his attorney, H.
B. Gaston, submitted to the charge of
being drunk and using profane language
on tho public streets and was fined
and costs and required to givo bond'for
250 for operating a car while drunk on
the public streets and $250 bond fot
resisting arrest. The hearing on the
last was waived and he was bound ovel
eo Superior eourt. Wells, through at
torney Gaston, also sumbitted to bein
drunk and using profane language, and
the hearing waived on the charge of car
rying pistol and assault with a. deadly
weapon. Mayor Crawford has not as
yet rendered his decision in this case.
Tom Burch and II. M. Sherun, the other
member of the party are out on bond,
their trial to come up later.
Chief Mingus Has Champion Catfish On
Exhibition At City Hill.
Chief K. H. Mingus, of the Belmont
poliee force, claims to have tho ehampi.m
catfish of this ctiom H "-aa jaugh
mi ftf 4!it:m'li:i rirpr anil wpiatift I
6 1-2 pounds. Mr. Mingus has the fish,
which is alive in a -large tub at the City
Hall, and it is- attracting quite a bit (f
attention.
. Personals.
Mr. Marcus Reese Patrick lias gone to
Washington to spend the summer. While .
there Jhe will tie with bis sister, Mrs.
George Nolen and Mr. Nolen. ;
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Hall, Mastet
Billy and Miss Mary Howe, are leav
ing Saturday morning for Blowing Rock
to spend the week-end.
Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Sloan and chil
dren, Sarah Boaty and little C. H., Jr.,
have gone to Pembroke to vISit Dr. and
Mrs. P. B. Hall, the former a brothe
of Mrs. Sloan.
Miss Lottie Hand spent Thursday
GASTONIA'S SEWAGE PLANT
IS ATTRACTING ATTENTION
Many Are Interested In New
Water and Sewage Disposal
Plant of Gastonia Visitors
Here. ' "
Gastonia is coming into favorable no
tice in many parts of tho country be
cause of its , splendid and up-to-date
water and sewage disposal plants.
Through trade publications considerable
publicity has been given these during
the past ew months. Especially ia this
true of the sewage disposal plant which
is said to be one of the very finest in
the United States,
Hardly a day passes that City Man
ager Alexander either does not have a
visitor in the person of an official from
some city who cornea here to see these
plants or at least receives a letter. from
som distant city asking for definite in
formation regarding them.
A few days ago City Engineer J. C.
McVea, of Houston, Texas, one of tho
flourishing and up-to-date cities of the
Southwest, spent a day or two here, hav
ing come for the especial purpose of in
vestigating Gastonia 's sewage disposal
plant. Mr. McVea was very greatly Im
pressed not only with the city's disposal
plant and its water and light systems
but also with our schools, paved streets
and textile plants.
City Manager C. W. Koiner, of Pasa
dena, Cnll, .writes asking for informa
tion regarding tho sewage disposal
plant. 'That city, he says, is interest-jd
in installing an activated sludge system
liko tho one in uso here. Ho had read
of Gastonia 'a plant and wanted to know
more about it. k .
Prof. II. C. Dale, head of the de
partment of economics and political
science at the .University of Idaho, Mos
cow, Idaho, hns written to City Managei
Alexauder asking for a copy of tho city's
charter. '. '
"See that stack of letters there," said
the city manager' to tho reporter, point
ing to a big pile of correspondence in
his office. ."Most of those "are requests
for inforpiation about Gastonia and the
city's equipments of various kinds.
They come from every section of tho
country and it . is impossible for mo to
keep up with them. Many send regu
lar questionnaires for us to fill out. We
take them as we come to them nnd try to
furnish all tho information asked for.
You see (lastonin is getting some splen
did publicity over, the entire United
States.?'
MANY. WENT TO BON .
CIARKEN JULY 4TH
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A number of Gastonians spent Tues
day; July 4 in Bon darken, the A. K.
P. assembly ground, near Ilenderson
ville. A total of 33 went from here.
There wwesW- f rotn-4tievWt present .
Mrs. Brown lee, who is in charge of tho
hotel, served a fine dinner to all the
guests.
Tho possibilities of Bon Clnrkpn as
an assembly ground are unbounded. A
program of conferences and lectures 's
being arranged for this summer. . Hev.
W. B. Lindsay, formerly of Char
lotte, will bo in charge. Efforts are
being made to secure William Jennings
Bryan for a lecture.
SAYS "WETS" WILL CONTROL
THE NEXT CONGRESS
RICHMOND, Va., July 7. In a cir
cular letter signed by David Hepburn,
state" superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League in Virginia, made public here
today, appealing fo$10,00O "needed
to roganizo tho dry forces in the state
and to give the records of the wet and
dry candidates to their constituents,''
tho declaration is made that "the wets
are determined to control the next
Congress.'' ' .
The letter which declares that "finan
cial assistance is needed before the
state primary August 1," says in part:
"Th organizations opposed to prohi
bition have served notice that they will
carry tho fight into every congressional
district where it is possible to elect men
in favor of four per cent beer and J2
per ceut wine. This would bring back
about 02 iter cent of tho old liquor
traffic.
"The two men who are most respon
sible for the reeent lawlessness in the
state of Virginia are both candidates
for high office. Their records Should
be in thu hands of every voter iu the
state."
Tim i..ttp not im-A-tliA iinrnpn:
of the candidates.
Royal Princesses
Want Young Wealthy
and Handsome Husbands
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, July
7. "Two royal princesses, sisters
aged 23 and 26, desire friendship,
and eventually marriage, after mutual
tests, with English or American gen
tlemen, who most be young, wealthy
and handsome, especially not upstarts
or newly rich," reads aa advertise
ment in an Innesbrnck newspaper.
"The princesses, who belong to the
old royalty, are accomplished, but
very poor. The gentlemen must" give
full details and references. A meet
ing could be arranged for August."
It may be recalled that aa Aus
trian archduchess advertised in a sim
ilar manner about a year ago, and it
is believed found a suitable husband.
JEWELL CONCILIATORY
BUT , DECLINES FIRST
MOVE TOWARD PEACE
Federal Injunctions Restrain'
ing Strikes Are Issued
at East St. Louis.
TROOPS ARE MOBILIZED!
Strikers Reported to Be Strag
gling Back to Their
Old Jobs.
CHICAGO, July 7.(By tho Asso
ciated Press.) With B. M. Jewell,
head of the, striking railway shop crafts,
still maintaining tho conciliatory atti
tudo ho assumed after the' strke was
under way, but declining to make 'the
first movo . towards negotiations for
peace, an increasing number of out
breaks and disorders marked tho closing
hours of tho first week since shopmen
throughout the country walked out last
Saturday. .
Federal injunctions restraining strik
ers from interfering with railroad op
erations, molesting workers,, and un
lawfully picketing shops, wero issued,
at East St. Louis, Ills., and Bhreveport,
La. .'
Mobilization of state troops was or
dered by Adjutant General Qlack of
Illinois, following disturbances in the
Wabash yards at Decatur. . The gov
ernors of Alabama, Kansas, Missouri,
and Iowa were asked to send troops to
scenes of disorders and where peace was
threatend in their states. .
Chicago in the past 24 hours experi
enced its first outbreaks of violence in
connection with the strike. A mob of
strikers and sympathizers, who included
many women, attacked and attempted
to burn tljo homes of two Illinois Cen
tral employes at Burnside, who refused'
to join the walkout. Police dispersed
the mob after Mrs. Julia Gabel 59,
wife of one of the Illinois Central men,
held the attackers at bay with a, re
volver when they attempted to storiq
her home.
Picketing of railroad shops continued
in numerous parts of tho country, and
several arrests were- mado in.connee
tion with picketing and disorders. ' ' .
. Despite numerous outbreaks by strik
ers there was a general impression in
ralroad circles that the trend of tho
strike was toward peace and hope Was
expressed . that Mr. Jewell would be
brought together with tho United States
Labor Board's two diplomats in con
ference Chairman Ben W. Hooper and .
W.. L. MeMenimen, ono of the threo
labor members. Railroads, meanwhile,
continued to employ new men to take
the jobs left by strikers, and the ulti
matums to return to work next , week
or forfeit all seniority and pension
rights stood effective in shops through"
out tho! country. .
Although some short run trains," par
ticularly on tho Chicago & Northwest
ern and tho Salt Lake line of tho
Union Pacific, were annulled, the rail
roads generally 'reported slight inter
ruption of transportation as a result
of the shopmen's strike.
Strikers were reported at various
points to be straggling back to the
old jobs in uncertain numbers, but
these reports rpflected no weakuvss in
statements from union headquarter
whero Mr. Jewell reiterated his an
nouncement that the strike was vir
tually 100 per cent effective.
Mr. Jewell exhibited telegrams from
women's auxiliaries, of shop crafts or
ganizations expressing supiort of the
strike. Ho announced also fhe fixst '
sympathetic walkout by exhibiting mes
sages informing him that 2,500 mould
ers employed on railroads had joined
tho ranks of the strikers.
Tho temporary Injunction order is
sued by Federal J uilgo English at East
St. Louis, was directed towards striker,
on the Illinois Central at Mounds, Cen
tralia, Mattoon, fust St. Louis and
other points in tho Southern Illinois
district.
Judge Jack at Shreveport. La., grant
ed a siuiilar injunction to tho New Or
leans Texas & Mexico Railway.
Mayor Loud, of Parsons, Kas., under
threat of ouster by Governor Allen, dia-
I enargeu oi sinners wno aau uueu ap
j pointed as special police.
At Wichita, Kas., 50 stationary fire
men and oilers joined the strike.
A small number of shopmen employed
by tho Chicago, Peoria & St. Louil
.Railroad at Alton, Ills., returned to
I Striking shopmen of the DukoU
! work.
; division of tho Great Northern offered
: to volunteer their services without pay
in cases where loss of life by wrecks
or property by fire is threatened.
Aunounccuieuts by the Union I'acifi",
Burlington amf Northwestern system
, that pensions and seniority right oul I
bo forfeited unless th emen returned to
work immediately were greeted by jeers
1 from strikers at their meetings.
' In Illinois, itsfo trix.pa t Hjr; -"
field, Urbana, Iwafur. ( i s . .
'Danville, and Del.-ivau. -r s--i- I -
hold themselves i i , ; .r -
duty.
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