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Weather
Unsettled
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VOL. XLIII. NO. 167
GASTONIA, N. Cl, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 14, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
GASTONIA DAILY OA
STATESVILLE BANKER
COMMITS SUICIDE AS
IESIILT OF SHORTAGE
C. E. Pennington, Assistant
Cashier, Takes His Life
In Rash Moment.
CASHIER GUY INVOLVED
Shortage of $85,000 Is Found
In the Accounts of the
Latter.
STATESVILLE, July 14. C E. Pen
nington, assistant cashier of tho First
National bank of Sfatesville, which was
today found by a bank examiner to oo
short in its accounts approximately Ho,
000, shot himself through the left temple
. tonight at 9:45 o'clock at his home, dy
ing 45 minutes later from the effects
f the wound.
Mr. Pennington left four notes, one
addressed to the president of the, bank,
E. A. Cooper, ont to John V. Guy, Sr.,
cashier, whose accounts are alleged to be
short, one to bis wife aud one to his
small daughter in all of which he ex
pressed sorrow for Guy and in tho one
to his wife declared that his record was
elean and his books straight but intimat
ed a- knowledge of the reuble in which
his senior officer and tho institution now
find themselves involved.
Accounts Thought Straight
, Mr. Pennington left tho porch, on
which be had been sitting with his wife
and daughter and a neighbor, about 'J
o'clock, excusing himself and retiring to
his room upstairs. Shortly thereafter
the report of the revolver startled the
other people in thee house, and an in
vestigation disclosed that the official,
who was alone at the time, had shot him
self. He was found lying .across the bed
with a bullett nolo through his temple.
He died shortly after friends reached
his side. ( ,
Mr. Pennington was about 40 years i t
age aud a native of Virginia. Ho is
said to have been a graduate of the
Virginia Military institute, at Lexington
He came to Statesvillo "from Kittrell,
this state several years ago, to cept the
position, in the Statesville bank which
lie was holding at the time of his death.
His wife is also said to be a Virginian.
There is no suspicion in Statesville
that there is anything wrong with the
' accounts of Mr. Pennington. The gene
ral, belief seems to be that he Was conscience-stricken
at not having divulged
knowledge in his possession us to condi
tions vthat hnd obtained at the bunk,
which came to light with tho rejwrt of
the examiner today entailing the short
age Cashier Guy was still at liberty at a
late hour tonight, and apparently no
move has been made looking to his arrest.
The assumption of responsibility for the
shortage by the board of directors would
lead, to, the conclusion that no Hey' p'maieAaHy'd
actum is contemplated unless it .8 taken " fonfrnws al ,.,, wmVh lent
by the government or the bonding comp
any which had guaranteed the cashier in
the performance of his duties.
Directors Ascume Shortage
Immediately upon announcement of
the condition of the "bank the officers
and directors assumed charge of the in
stitution, and made provision to' protect
patrons against any possible loss. Thoment oft he. strike on the 17 roads of the
ttank will continue in operation witn j northwestern group. Mr. Henning went
President R. A. CoOr acting as cashier. so far as to assert that he Ixdieved it
- The revelation of lhe condition of the. was entirely possible to settle the strike
lank came as a surprise both to the pub- On a national basis in 4S hours. Be
lie and to the directors, it was said. fore entering the St. Paul negotiations
Twice during the present year an exami- IMr. Henning conferred with Mr. Jewell,
ner has been over the books of the in- ' who had asserted that it was upon n
etitution, and in each instance reported j'n:itiiial basis only, and through direct
everything all right. j negotiations wi the roads that the shop-
The report of the comptroller oif the! "'"' strike would be ended,
currency as to the condition of the bank I Chairman Hooper, of the LalH.r Board,
at the close of business as of June aojwho announced formulation of new plans
ahowcd total resources of SD34,2:W.5S. for ending the strike, Was dowdy watch-
In the face of this report the two recent 1
reports, of the examiner, there had been
no suspicion of anything wrong.
The directors state that the stock of
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this bank is absolutely 100 cents on the
,in. .i-i.o .i..:;..,., ;n i. ..n I
protected against any loss whatever, .
Coming on top of other recent bank
f.ilnrP. nt Thomasvillr. HM. Point n.l
Raleigh, in each of which there had' been
allegations of misappropriation, of funds I
and other irregularities, the shortage
reported in the Statesville bank has had
a rlifli'tinv 1i orVHlC IlliaULHirIR Uiilon in
the minds of the people.
A big double header of the na
tional pastime will be played at Ranlo
ball park, Ranlo, on Saturday. Tho
Ranlo club will play the Rex and Stan
ley aggregations. First game railed nt
3: JO p. m. Regular admission fees willjtorium Tuesday, is making rapid prog
be charged
BIG FOUR CLERKS, EMPLOYES
HANDLERS TAKE STRIKE VOTE
CINCINNATI,
P.. July 14,-wXew !
elements in-the railway strike situation
developed late yesterday when unof fi-1
rial reports at international headquar- j
ters Of the railway clerks station em-
ployes and freight handlers indicated I
that a strike vote was being taken by j
apr"'mate,y 4,000 men of this service I
on the Big Four Railroad System, and i
the statement last night of T. . Car-j
jroll, president of the general chairmen 'a
association oi me maintenance or way I
brotherhood, on leaving for Louisville, j
inHI Bf I'!"" M,iiroin lll-ui II lll-
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nrotherhotxl that e call a meeting of
the general chairmen's association at
vhich pLins could be perfected to caU
. .irikof 400.(100 Blaintenane- nf wax-
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An wrrtitt announcem-nt was that i
Rail Strike Brought To A New
Crisis When Maintenance Of
Way Employes
Fresh Outbreaks of Violence
Occur In Texas, Okla
homa and Missouri.
MAILS MUST BE MOVED
Informal Negotiations to Set
tle Shopmen's Strike On
17 Roads. s
CHICAGO, July 14. (By the Asso
ciated Press) Strike threats by mainten
ance of way employes, overshadowed the
last ten days of the shopmen's strike,
broke out again today, bringing the rails
strike to a new crisis as it neared the
end of the second week. Frsh outbreaks
of violence, uotably in Texas, Oklahoma
and Missouri; President Harding's de
termined steps to keep the mails mov
ing, ana lniormai negotiations tor a
settlement of the shopmen's strike on
17 roads in tho northwest were among
the important developments of the last
twenty fout hours.
Pressure by many of his general chair
men upon E. F. Grable, president of
trie United Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employes and Railway Shop La
borers, pushed the common labor prob
lem to the front again. iMr. Grable 's
action in withholding strike orders after
maintenance of way employes voted to
join the walkout, did not please many of
tho orgiuiikation 's general chairmen, who
passed onto their chief the persistent
demands of the rank and file for con
certed uction. Mr. Grab lee arrived ia
Chicago while threats to disregard his
refusal t ojoin the walkout came from
witin his organization. The general chair
men, he asserted, ahd no autority to call
a strike, and he indicated an intention
to remain firm in his refusal to sanction
a strike.
The maintenance, of way men's chief
declared that no especial significance was
attached to his midnight conference last
night with B. M. Jewell, the shopmen's
strike lender. Mr. Grable stopped in
Chicago on hi return from Kansas Cily
nfter conferences with his chairmen
there, he asserted that he had no furthei
grievances at present to take before the
Kail road Iabor Board, mediations by
whose chairman, B. V. Hooper and W.
L. McMenimen, one of the three labor
members, prevented threatened July I
walkout by maintenance men.
Mr. Grable admitted he was with diffi
culty holding his men in line. Many
maintenance employes, who reluctantly
remained at work when the shopmen
walked off their jobs July 1, sineo have
joined the strike.
lhe new crisis caused by threats from
the maintenance men arrived as peaco
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the only hopeful air to tho situation.
The iniatial St. Paul conferences lie-
tween P. A. Henning, chairman of the
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It-derated Shop Crafts of tho North-
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western district, and rai officials, broil;
ght no definite results, but boht sides ad
mitted that negotiations had advanced
to a stage tha gave promise of a settle
1,1 r Ior I"-"1'-
Meanwhile disturbances. in con
connection
with the strike continued.
State troops guarded every approach j
to the proiK-rties of the Missouri Pacific
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railroad at Popular Bluff. Mo., today.
It was learned from a reliable source
that the railroad hail brcight outside
womnvn ana pmnneu to resume won m
"'P B'"'P9- '
r"? un' J "J1 f v 8,aie '""'J
' ' Mo. were und.-r
Jw,,w ortk'r lo entra,n fcr 8erv,tC early
-
Mr. Grady Gilbert, who underwent
an operation at the Gaston Sanatorium
Wednesday, is reported today as getting
along, nicely.
Mr. C. C. Harmon, who under
went an operation at the Gaston Hana-
ress toward recovery.
of the Bi IT Four Tailrnnil nfAj;iI. An.
bccB rC8t0red to the clerks on that
, . ... . " llU1' m x,ial
c,annS tua' 'tk leaves and vacations
oad, in keeping with the announced
Mr. Carroll planned to meet with
policy or tne 4tw lork Central lines
Louisville & Nashville officials today
in an effort to reach an agreement on
the wages and working conditions of
men in that group.
n rial nt k il. ' .,
it as rety ,irobable th're win" b a !
mtribn ru ... .1 L. .
j :.riB vn oiner roaas i
,enteniig Cincinnati; "unless manaee-
mentg are t do .f
our ,,;. tu" , T j I
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j cmment n the tnke vote reported
"n lc nesapeate & Ohio railroad
-I but declared that th N'nrfollc V..i. 1
era eh-rks I'strik. was log p,r cent. !
Threaten Strike
HAGGARD MEETING HAD
BEST SERVICE LAST NIGHT
Services to Be Held at Loray
Mill Gate Today Cottage
Prayer Meetings Have Been
Very Successful.
(Reportef for The Gazette.)
The Services at the big tent were the
best last night that they have been at
all. There was no exciement at all,
and tho personal work done was as fine
as could bo. Many of the church mem
bers of this section of our city went
out and did all they rould to win the
lost to J ho side of right. . Many made
profession of religion. We do not know
how many, but a great number of them.
Tho crowd was fine for the threatening
weather. Reports from tho cottage
prayer meetings wero fine. Many of
them were held yesterday aftrnoon.
Many more are going to be held today,
ltev. Mr, Barnes and his wifo are
doing some nit bio work along this lino.
Many more are assisting them. This
is one of the most telling things that
is being done. Several professions
have been made in these prayer meet
ings. Services are going to be nom
at the Loray mill gate today nt 12:40
and 5:40. This will give time for fif
teen minute! service and then allow the
hands five minutes to get to their work.
We are expecting great things from
these services. All of the workers in'
tho meeting urc going to be in these
services. We aro going to have somo
solos, duets ahd quartets sungx Tho
singing was an especial feature of the
meeting last night. Tho choir did its
best, but the most enjoyable featuro
of the introductory was a duet sung
by Mr. (Sumner nnd Miss Ituh Haggard.
It was that song written by Tinloy,:
"What Are They Doing in Heaven To
night f" They rendered it exceedingly
well, and all seemed to enjoy it. Many
preachers out of town are attending
this meeting. We are glad to see them.
This shows that they aro inerested.
The evangelist is vry plain, and if a
preacher does not stand pat on all of
tho an is of today, ho is not likely to
add much to this meeting. It is not
any trouble to tell where the evangelist
stands. He is a man of marked con
victions. True, he is rather plain
about his oppressions, but that is what
it takes to do things these days
BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL
REACHED DENVER THURS
Party of Four Young . Men
Are Making Fast Trip
'Across - Continent To, i Los
Angeles By Tuesday.'
Mr. M'ilcs RuidsM.
manager for tv-h-
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lotz, tlie , r lorist, li:is received the follow.
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lug telegram sent Ihurs'kiy night from
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Denver, Col,
"Spent Tuesday in Denver, Wednes
day in Colorado Springs. Boll WWvil
smeared her stuff on Pike's Peak. Have
crossed the Great Divide., Now in seno
rita country. Four Horsemen going
good. Will set the desert on fire to
morrow for Los Angeles. Will be there
by Tuesday. All feeling fine. Foul
Horsemen.
Great interest is being manifested lo
rally over the trip being made by four
Gastonia young men, Kenneth Park-r,
Walter Anderson, Kverett Jordan nnd
Pink Rankin, who left here July first
in a Ford ear for San Francisco.
"BOLL WEEVIL SPECIAL"
REACHES LAS VEGAS, N. M.
Dr. J. A. Anderson received a mes
sage this afternoon from his son, Walter
Anderson, who is a member of the "Boll
Weevil Special," whieh left here Satur
day, July 1st, for a trni across- the rou-
jtincut, stating that the party reached
Las Vegas, New Mexico, .today, having
crossed the Great Divide yesterday. The
party, consisting of four traveling in a
specially equipped Ford, expects to reach
Los Angeles Sunday or Monday.
MANY TO HEAR JERSEY
EXPERTS LECTURE TONIGHT
Judging from interest expressed by
many people interested in dairying, bold
from the county and from Gastonia, will
gather at the Tianil r of Commerce Au
ditorium tonight at H o'clock to hear the
address by Leonard Dunk, extension
field man for the American Jersey Club.
His lecture will e illuscrtated by forty
slides and also by two reels of moving
pictures, to be jhown by Manager Kst
ridge of the ?astonian Th'iatre.
The address will le of eeneeial inter
est to all owning dairy cattle, whether
Jerseys or not, and will be worth hear
ing. Prof. Ruffner and J. A. Averj
will also tc present and speak.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK, Julv 14. Cotton fu-
itnres closed easy; spots quiet, 20 points
down. .
" - 31 : "January 22.0.1 ; " March 21-91;
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TODAY'S COTTOS MARKET
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dzi t$ jcei iil!lr 1 '
COTTON CONSUMPTION FOR
JUNE WAS 507,869 BALES
WASHINGTON, July 14. Cotton
consumed during June amounted to
507,869 bales of lint, and 53,385 of
linters, compared with 495,674 of
lint and 32,344 of linters in Hay
and 461,917 of list and 49,296 of
(inters in June last year, the census
lureau announced today.
NEXT TUESDAY ELECTION
DAY IN NEBRASKA
Will Elect U. S. Senator, Gov
ernor, and ongressional Del
egation Uncertainty As to
How Women Will Vote.
OMAHA, Neb., July 14. (By the
Associated Press) Republicans, Demo
crats and Progresives will go to the polls
in Nebraska on July 18 to select candi
dates for their resjiective parties for L.
S. Senator, tiovernor, practically erj
office that is elective in the state at largo
and a full congressional delegation. P10-
liVbitiomsts iiave candidates for two
oflices.
Multiplicity of candidates, uncertainty
as to how tho women will vote, nnd the
entrance into tne iselir.-iska (Mimical n-
rena of the third party, tho Progressives,
have left politicians guessing.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock is seek
ing nomination on the Democratic ticket
to succeed himself and he is opposed by
Anthony T. Monuhan of Omaha and .1.
O. Shroyer of Humboldt. Senator Hitch
eocw has announced his policy of being
against the tariff and other measures
8Kiiisored by the national administration
at Washington, Mr. Shroyer was drnfted
by dry Democrats, according to F. A.
High, of Lincoln, president of tho state
anti-saloon league, whose nnnounceineent
has given the race a touch o ft he prohibi
tion issue, although Senator Hitchcock
has stated that he considers tho prohibi
tion, as well as the sufTrugu question,
settled issues.
Six prominent Nebraskans will contest
for the Republican Senatorial nomina
tion. They are: Alliert K. llclTeries, .it
Omaha, present congressman from the
second district; R. B. Howell, of Omaha,
member of the Rt-puhlicaii National Com
mittee from Nebraska aud elected to
this position two years ugo in a state
wide primary; C. .11. Gustafson, of Lin
"join, head of the United Stales Grain
( i rowers, Inc.; Attorney General 'lar
euce A. Davis, of Omaha; John (). Voi
der, of Omaha aud Frank John, of Grand
Island.
The'r'i'ugrcHHivos will chose between
rA 11.1011 U. Biglow of Omaha and Arthtu
G. Wrny of York.
Charles W. Bryan, of Lincoln, brother
of Williams Jennings Bryah, is -being
opposed for the Democratic, nomination
for Governor by J. N. Norton, of I'o'k,
Dan B. Butler of Omnha and WSll M.
Milupin.iof tiering. On the Republican
side the raec is between Albert 11. Bvrniii
of Bloominjrton, Adam McMulleu of Bea
trice; tiarles G, Randall of Randolph
and George W. Sterlin, of Omaha.
The different attitudes that prevail in
the progressive camp complicate some,
what the race for Governor oil their tic
ket. Some progressives stand fir funion
with the older parties, while others are
opposed to such action. As a result the
party, which was organized recently al
inmd Island, has for one of its candi
dates, J. N. Norton, of Polk, who is
also running 011 tho Democratic ticket.
W. .!. Taylor, of Merna is the other Pro
gressive i-antdidate for Governor and has
announced that he is opposed to having
anything to do with either of the majot
parties.
A similiar situation exists in four of
the six congressional ilistriit where
democratic candidates nre also running
on the progressive ticket. Cndcr the
Ncbra.-ika law, however, a candidate in
the primary, running on two tickets, if
defeated iii a major parly contest, can
not run in the following general election
as a nominee on the minor ticket, iniles
the vote lie polls in the minor contest is
greater than that which he receives in
the major party race.
The names of three women -will appear
on the various ballots. Two are seeking
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Mrs. K. Luel!a Barton, of Limoln ni the ,
first district, running on the prohibition j
ticket, and Mrs. Irene C. Buell, of Ash- I
land, in the fourth district, on the iM-mo-cratic
Icillot. Mrs. Kmma ilaiil-ni Pal,
of Harvard, seeks the progressive nomi
nation for Lieutenant Governor.
The only candidate, other than Mrs.
Barton, of the prohibition party is John
M. Johnson of University place who is
running for Lieutenant Governor.
LUTHERAN SUMMER SCHOOL
AT MOUNT PLEASANT
Summer School For Church Warkers Bo
Kins July 19 and Lasts One Week
Rev. G. H. C. Park, of Gastonia,
Chairman of Faculty.
The Xorth Carolina Lutheran Summer
School for Church Workers will bo hold
this year at Mont Amocna Seminary at
Mount pleast-nt July 19 to 2fi.
The object of this school is to give in
struction and training in all lines of
church activitify. The mornings will be
devoted to classes in Sunday School tea
cher training, mission study, steward
ship and methods of work, together with
assembly hours for music and special ! were ordered held in readiness after Post
lectures. The afternoons will be free! master General Work had accepted by
for rest, recreation and general fellow- teleirranh an offer of aid in maintain
ship. There will be a program for theiinz mail service made by the aeronautl-
entire school each evening.
Hie facu ty inclu.les Kev. (,. II. O. i "Grand, fine! More evidence, if any
Park, of Gastonia; Rev. D. Kurt Smith, J were needed, that one big union we hear
I. D.. of Philadelphia; Rev A. Voigbt.JnlK.ut is the United States and its. em
LL. D., of Columbia. S. C; and many I blcms is the stars and stripes," was
other well known ministers and church i the Postmaster General reply accept
workers of the Lutheni denomination
Information regarding reservation ot
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'wet, N. C.
STATIONARY FIREMEN, ENGINEERS
AND OILERS, NUMBERING 8,000 ARE
CALLED TO GO ON STRIKE JULY 17
Harding And Cabinet Devote
Another Day To Rail Strike
WASHINGTON, July 14. Presi
dent Harding and his advisers again
today devoted a Cabinet session to tho
rail and coal strikes.
Several of tho abinet o.. rials ar
rived at the White House for tho ses
sion bearing reports on the two indss
trial " disturbances. Postmaster Gener
al Work had several reports on tho
mail situation as affected by the rail
strike, Attorney General Daugherty
said he had about a hundred tele
grams, tho nature of which ho would
not disclose, Secretaries Hoover 'and
Davis hnd ready for presentation tho
latest information on tho Govern
ment 's proposals for arbitration of tho
coal strike, and Secretary Weeks was
prepared to discuss possiblo action to
maintain interstate commereo and trans
portation of tho limits in accordaneo
with the president's recent warning
proclamation. . -i
Secretary Weeks said he had received
no advices from C. E. HchafT, receiv
er for the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Railroad, who was udvised lute yester
day by the Government to make another
request of Governor Neff, of Texas,
for protection by State troops on the
ELECTROCUTION STAYED BY
SUPREME COURT APPEAL
COLUMBIA, 8. C, July 14. Tho
electrocution of Kdmund D. Bigham,
Florence 111a h convicted of tho murder
of his brother and charged also with
the murder of his mother, sisters, and
his sister's two adopted children, sched
uled for today, was automatically stay
ed by un npiieul to tho Supreme Court.
The time for perfecting the appeal
has not yet expired, but tho appeal will
be based on alleged after-discovered
evidence, Bigham 's attorney has an
nounced. Solicitor Gusquo, of Marion,
who prosecuted Bigham, announces that
ho will appear before the Supreme
Court in a sitting here on September
1 nnd move for dismissal of the appeal
011 the ground that it lucks merit.
STANDARD HARDWWARE CLUB
CHALLENGES NEW CLUB
The Standard Hnrdwaro baseball
team comes forth with a challenge to
tli proposed Gastonia ' club, announce
ment of which wn. made in Thursday's
issue of The Daily Gazette. ' Tho chal
lengers stated to a Gazette, reporter this
morning that they would play the new
aggregation . at Loray Park next W.ed
nodayi afternoon or, if that did not
suit, they could make arrangements to
play the preceding Tuesday.
Tho "hard warers" have played the
fast Kings Mountain team in two
tight games and have recently signed
Kvcn new men. A gamu with the
two clubs would be of much interest
to local followers of tho natioual
pastime.
FIVE HUNDRED 10 BE AT
INDUSTRIAL CONFERENCE
ASIIKVJLLK, N. C, July .11. Fully
.)00 delegates from every Section of tho
South are -expected to reach the Southern
Y. M. C A. assembly at Blue Ridge to
day and to attend the Southern lndur-
t rink Conference on Human Relations in
Industry.
Both employes n'nd employers are in
eluded in the student body of the con
ference, the object of which is develop
inentn of a deeper spirit of to -operation
and good will in industry. Executive
from nearly every branch of industry
will participate, rcpi-nting textile, lum
ber, coal furniture, paper pulp, iron, steel
copper and tobacco manufactories., Chas.
R. Townson, of New York, secretary of
the industrial deparement of the Interna
tional Y. M. C. A., will deliver the first
lecture.
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itcting chief of industrial
dleiuan, La Orange,-Ga. ;
Reuben B. Robertson, Asheville; K. .J.
Rtbertson, Newport News, Dr. George
R.' Stnart, of Birmingham, nnd others
'are on the program. Tho conference will
close Sunday.
CHICAGO, July It. A deputy sheriff
today aliot and seriously wounded one ot
a crowd of men attempting to prevent
workers from entering the burnside
shops of the Illinois Central, police
reserves answered a riot call but the
leaders left bv automobile before they
arrived. t is rerU-d that the homes
rather than the 4iop of the strikers
arc being picketed.
ANOTHER BUCKET
SHOP SINKS
NEW YORK, July 14. Failure of
the stock brokerage firm of Nast & Co.,
of Chicago, was announced from the floor
of the New York stock exchange today.
Samuel Nast is the board member of the
firm.
AIRCRAFT HEAD IN
READINESS FOR MAILS
XEW YORK. July 14. One thousand
commercial air ftft, iu aviation centers
throughout the- United States, today
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cal JhamlK-r of Commerce of 'America.
ing the offer.
Mr. Star Haiina underwent anop-
rnHnn tml.'iv it tht ( .3 tftnn Kanfitr.-
' Hum for the removal of hi tousi'e.
carrier's property, now in the hands
of a receiver appointed by a Federal
court. Tho exK-ctatio nat the War
Department, however, was that somo re
port would be received during the day.
J. P. Noonan, president of tho In
ternational Brotherhood of Electrical
Workers, tfio members of which organi
sation represent one of tho six crafts
of railway workers on strike, declared
upon his arrival in Washington today
from Chicago that callinsr out of
Federal troops to copo with tho rail-
road strike situation would hurt rath
er than aid the government in its
efforts to deal with he situation. Many
union workers throughout tho country,
ho said, would leave their posts with
the rail systems, if forced to work un
der military protection.
Mr. Noonan chargcil, that somo o
the railroads were annuling mail trains
purposely in an effort to force the gov
ernment's hand, and were refusing to
meet with tho striking workers in nil
effort to force tho men into conference
with government o.. rials. This is be
ing done, he said, to keep up the ap-IM-araiicc
that tho striking shopmen
aro in revolt against the government
and not the railroads.
CLOUDBURST FLOODS
RICHMOND STREETS
RICHMOND, Vn., July 14. Several
persons wer injured and property loss
estimated ut 1000,000 resulted from
heavy rainstorm which early lust night
sent Shockoe Creek hr fiftve feet out ot
its bounds and inundated East Main
street.
A report curly today that one person
was drowned could not be verified.
The downpour came so suddenly that
several. ' persons wore marooned. They
were rescued by the police and. firemen.
Two policemen who went to a re scut
were thmselves nearly drowned.
In one building a womnn nnd. child
were marooned in a second story rom.
Foremen and policemen broke through
a window and rescued them in a boat.
Two young women, in. an automobil.',
stalled in the middle of the street, re
mained there until it looked as if tho
water would carry them, machine ami all,
away. Rescuers went to liheif aid and
they were taken to safety while tho
automobile flyited away.
Meat, fish eggs, and poultry in abun-.
dance, composing the entire stock of tli
city's fish market, were entirely swept
away,
frowell' department store was wreck-,
ed, causing damage estimated by the
owner at $;l.,000.
Show cases from more than a dar.cn
stores floated down the waters as calmly
as gondolas.
From Main Street haberdasheries
boxes of shirts and collars floated on
the crest. One man made, a frantic at
tempt to -stave the flow of goods from
his store, and received serious injury
when a large floating pole 'struck him on
the head.
The city is nt work on more than a
rnollion and a half dollars worth of
sewers, gas and water works. The ex
cavations for the pipes, were Hooded,
causing serious damage.
Mr. and Mrs. Ayeock have as
their guests for several days Mrs. Ay
cock's parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Myatt, of Raleigh.
Miss Ola Rhyne, of the Gaston San
atorium, returned Thursday from a stay
at All Heating Springs, near Tavlors
ciJIe. .,
Miss Mary Brison, 0110 of the
nurses at the itaston Sanatorium, is
spending her vacation with hoinefolks
at Clover. SC.
I
T -There will be an ice-cream supper
, ., , "1,
tin inu 111 nn 01 1 lie necoim j. i. .1 . 1 - "
church Saturday evening beginning at 7;,l,,n "'ght-. On the night of Juno. 17
o'clock.. Homeniado ice cream will be 11 observed that when the planet'
w.rve(j- j longitude 20.3 came into Martian sunrise,
" , , . un'' therefore visible to us, that a vast
Master John Alexander, of Iiiruini aroa. .tbore had .luring the preceding
"i'""K". is i"iioiuk a iew iiajn '
his father, Mr. I. N. Alexander, ut his
iiome on '.west -fourth avenue.
Mr. and Mrs. G. Worth Jordan have
returned from their weildinir trio ami
are making their home for the present I
with Mrs, Jordan's mother, Mrs. J. N.
Young, in Fosscmer t lty. nortnern nemispnere or .Mars so tar tnia
-Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Rankin and i-Vi:,r- that date the Martian season
family returned Thursday from a trip ,.'orr,",I,"'',,d to our Septemlier IS. Larly
to Chimney Rotk and other points i,,"""'"" ot autumn made their ap
the mountains. ar:,neo a month and a half ago at
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday;
probably showers on the coast tonight;
cooler on the south coast tonight.
GASTONIA'S NEW TEAM TO TAKE
CRACK A T SHELBY SATURDA Y
The newly organized Gastonia
ball club will meet the fast Shelby ag-i organization. It Is hoped to hav a
gregation Saturday at Loray ball park! record breaking crowd at the park Sat
st 4 p. m. The promoters of the local furday afternoon. It is felt sure that
team hope to have everything completed j this will be a good gum and worthi
and ready for publication the latter ; seeing. Arrangements will t rmo ;
part of next week
Quite a few of the business men and
baseball fans have indicated that they
would give a hearty support to a team,
which is very encouraging to the pro
moters. A meeting will be held the i
first of ner week, i'i th of!'- ef (Vir.
Steam Plants, Round House
and Terminals to Be Af- i
fected By Order.
HEALY ISSUES THE ORDER
In the Fight and Intend to
Win, Says Healy, Inter
national President.
CHICAGO, July 14. A strike call
to the 8,000 stationary ' firemen, en
gineers and oilers employed on railroads
throughout the United States has been
issued. Timothy Healv. international
j president of the organization, announced
today.
The striko is effective next Monday,
July 17, at 8 a. m. Tho call was made
in compliance with tho recent rcferen
dum which favored a . walkout, Mr
Healy said. -
The text of tha message to all locals
of the organization follows:
"In compliance with your strike vote
which is HH.Q per cent favoring a walk
out, sanction is hereby granted to each
and every member of our brotherhood
on all railroads, steam plants, round
houses and terminals throughout tha
United States to suspend work at S
a. m. Monday, July 17, 1922.
(Signed) "TIMOTHY HEALY, .
"International President. "
Stationary firemen and oilers on aev
eral roads had already joined In a sym
pathetic walkout with the railway ahop
crafts. ' '
"We are into tho fight and'.wo intend
to win," Mr. lleuly said.
MARS NEARER EARTH THAN
AT ANY TIME IN 18 YEARS
Nightly Observations Hare
Been Made for Past Five
Months Bear Out Theories
of Professor Lowell.
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz., July 11. Mem.
bers of the staff of Ixiwell Observatory
here arts elated over recent studies of tha
planet Mars which, they assert, bear out
tho theorit-s of tho late Percival Lowell,
founder of the observatory ,a to show
fall and vegetation 0 n the little red
planet. Mars, nearest neighbor , of .Hiis
world 'with the exception of Venus,, is
closer to the earth now than at any
time in IS years. Observations, hava
been in .progress for tho past five .months
each hpur of every night that .catties
conditions 'would permit. .-Hundreds '-of
photographs a rd charts have been ,niaile.
Tho seasons on Murs have lli samS
significance as on our earth and ocdut.
in the same manner, but arc about'twka
the length of our own, according to K.
C. and V. M. Sliphen of the observatory
staff. A statement by them on the re
sults of the latest observations here fol
lows;, ; ' " , , ,
"Winter 1ms been occurring in ths :
southern hemisphere of the planet Mars
ami the extensive durk areas there ara
new faint and have been so for sonie5
time, betokening tho dead season of veg-:
elation in conformity with tho view held
by Lowell regarding tho seasonal changea
on the planet.
"lhe largo winter cap of white about
the south polo of Mars, which for somo
months Inn appeared to consist of only
mist or cloud covering the south pole r
gions of the planet down to latitude
forty degrees, is now dissipating and dis
closing a mantle of snow beneath. Tha
spring sea for the southern hemis
phere is now approaching, the season
there at present correspondine to out
March 21, a ml 'these changes are charae
teristie of late winter oyer the south o
'Mars.
j "In the northern hemisphere autumn
1 ,u ., .. 1 41... ....) . ..... t.-
ii.iftn cunt llic 'Uiai l a 1 llll'lis uuw
!"'ady become conspicuous, having in.
ci-famil ra-t.i.llv ilurinn- lu f Max.
night hecn covered ly a bright canopy
i,riKht hood faded off toward th
tha
etpiator but was discernable down nearly
to fifty degrees north latitude and veileix
the darker markings of the northern
lart of the planet. This event marked
the first really big autumn storm in the
t -i ii 1 1 1.111 si-iiMjii ci'rreniftiiing in tnir JH I o
August. These observations have been
recorded on photographs.
' "These conditions nnd changes occur
ring in unison with the planet ' seasons
indicate that conditions are more anala
gous to those of tho earth than to any of
the other planets."'.'
base-lpenter & Carpenter, to coniplrfe th4
soon as possible with the best atii.-i'-ur
teams in this section. Thi poiei-ii r
are certain that if Shelby, Kinj M ; .-!-tain,
Monroe, Clover, Ln...r i I I ; -coluton
can support a t . 1
cau. Hi come tot. f -
s pood ft art