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GASTON I A, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JULY 26, 1922
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REV. GEORGE A. SPARROW,
PROMINENT MINISTER OF
COUNTY, DIES SUDDENLY
Had Been Pastor At Olney
and Union Churches For
28 Years.
HE WAS 77 YEARS OLD
Dead From Sudden Attack
Of Heart Failure At
Montreat. :
News reached Gastonia Tuesday even
ing of the death, at Montreat of Rev,
George A. Sparrow, for '2H years pastor
of Olney and Union Presbyterian church
es in this copnty.
Mr. Sparrow was 77 years of age and
was the oldest minister in point of ser
vice in Kingc Mountain Presbytery.
Heart failure was the cause of his
death. .-'.,,
Rev and Mrs. Sparrow went to Mon
treat a week ago to spend a vacation
of two weeks. Only today the Gastonia,
Gazette had a Ion); communication from
Mrs, tJparrow, who was one of the paper
. correspondents', telling of tho great time
they were having in tliis Presbyterian
resort. Mr. Sparrow aparently wasin
perfect ' health and his sudden death
comes as a distinct shock to hundreds
of friends over North and South Caro
lina. Mr. Sparrow was a native of .Washing
ton, N. C, and was practicing attorney
in that town before -entering the minis
try. . He was twice married, his first
wife being Miss Sue Brown, of Wash
ington, a sister of Judgo Brown. Ho is
survived by tho following children: H. B.
Sparrow and G. A. Sparrow of Charlotte,
Tom Sparrow, of Gustouia and Evans
Sparrow, of titatesville, and Mesdam.s
K. B. Riddle, Jr.,of Gastonia; C. W.
Keyes, of New York, and Ches'.cy Wat
kins, of Statesvillo. His second wife was
(Miss Jennie 'Ewing, of Washington.
There were no children by thy seeiud
marriage. A sister Mrs. It. P. Daltou,
of Greensboro, survives.
The body will arrive In Gastonh
"Wednesday afternoon at 4:10, from
Montreat and will be taken t ot he for
mer home at Union, seven miles, wit ;n
the country from here. Funeral anr iu
terment will take place Thursday morn
ing at 11 o'clock.
George Atwood Sparrow was bom iu
Beaufort July 14, 1H45. and was thus
77 years and eleven days old. In early
years he attended the old Bingham
school at HlllslKiro until the outbreak
f the.wnr. Although only 1,6 years of
age, he ran away from school and
joined the Confederate army under the
command of his father, Thomas par
row, a captain of artillery in the Con
federate army. Ho served throughout
tho entire four-year -period of the war,
most of his services being in North
Carolina. At the close of the war Mr.
Sparrow took up the study-of law and
for eight years was solicitor of the
First - judicial .district.; During recon
struction days, lie was solicitor and he
has told many interesting tales of his
experiences with negro magistrates and
others during those troublous days. He
practiced law for -16 years when he de
cided to enter the ministry of the Pres
byterian church. His first charge was
at Franklin, Macon county. He did
home " mission work here. From there
he went to Butherfordton. From Kuth
erfordton ho came to tho joint pas
torate of Olney and Union in Novem
ber 189:1. Ho served both these large
country churches until lai, when the
pastoral relations between Mr. Sparrow
and Olney church wero dissolved.
Mr. Sparrow, together witn in. j.
C. Galloway, of Gastonia, are the two
oldest ministers in point of service in
Gaston! county. ' Dr. Galloway came to
Gastonia in December, 181)3, just a
month after Mr. Sparrow came to
Union and Oiney. They were warm
personal friends. Mr. Sparrow was
one of the most consecrated and one of
tho hardest working ,mea in Gaston
county. Years ago his pastorate in
cluded much more territory than it now
does, and ho faithfully covered the
whole charge. He was a type of the
country minister that is fast disap
pearing. Mr. Sparrow was prominently identi
fied with the civic and social side of his
community. Recently he was elected
commander of William Gamblo Camp,
United Confederate Veterans He was
chaplain for a long time.
.In -addition to those relatives men
tioned above Mr. Sparrow has one
brother, Mr. John B. Sparrow, of
Washington, living and one sister, Mrs.
Jl. A. McCord, of-Chicago. Two sis
ters. Mrs. Dr. K." H. Lewis, of Ra
leigh.and Mrs. CM. Payne, of Wash
ington, died some years ago.
Going up to Hickory Wednesday
morning to meet tho remains were
Messrs. J. It. and L. L. Henderson.
W. C. Wilson, J. B. Bigger. Carl
Kendrick and Tom Sparrow and Mrs.
W. C. Wilson and Miss Eliiak'thUo WOMEN ATTirv piptv
Uuffstetler. The body will arrive in
Gastonia, on the southbound C. k N.-W.
at 4:40. It will be taken immediately
charge of Dr. J. H. Heiiilerlite, of
Gastonia. It is probable that a num
ber of other ministers, both of the .city
and of Kings .Mountain Presbytery,
will take part in the services.
Dr. J. C Galloway, a very dear
friend of Mr. Sparrow, said this morn-
ing:
-Hill j u UIU-...U ,ruu j
and co-pastor m Gaston county a brief j
line in wnicii. to utter a neanreit ap
i. : l. . . . i . i r . i .
preciation of our bclovel Brother Spar
row, He and I earfre to Gaston county
in the fall of 1S03, and for seven years
oir territory join.-d and we saw much
(if eath other ,-iud not unfreq'ient); as-
CAUSE OF THE ROMA DISASTER
IS STILL A MATTER OF DISPUTE
WASHINGTON, July 26. American
aud Italian technical experts are in
disagreement as to tho pobable cause
of the wreck of the semi-rigid Italian
built army dirigible Roma, February
21, last, near Norfolk, Va., with the
loss of 34 lives. The final report ot tho
investigating board, embodying the Ita
lian as well as the American conclu
sions, was made, public today with an
accompanying statement from Secretary
Weeks declaring there was no contro
versy between Italians and American
authorities involved. -.
The report stresses the statement that
all the facts of the disaster can never
be known . Those who might; have
known what sent the ship plunging
to earth in a swift nose dive to be
destroyed by fire on the ground, peri
shed in the wreckage. Physical evi
dence that might have told the story
was consumed in the flames.
'At the very best," says the re
port of tho board headed" by Major
Da venpot Johnson, air service, which
gathered and sifted the evidence, ''we
can do no more than determine which
of the possible causes were tho most
probable"
Briefly stated, fhe American experts
reached the conclusion that flattening
of tho upper surface of tho metal nose
cap on" the bow of the great gas
bag caused -a downward pressure as
the ship drove along at sixty miles
an hour; the down thrust was resist
ed by tho stem stabilisers and stresses
devclojied with the evidence of one wit
ness indicates caused a buckling of the
keel frames, putting the rudder con
trols out of commission and leaving
the huge craft to plunge downward
with her crew helpless to check the
dive. 1
The Italian experts disagree with this
view. They believe that the "recalling
rudders'' coiiter-poisiiig the movement
of the -"up-down" rudder confrol,
"probably over-stressed" .ami broke
and this was folowed by the rupture
of the. rubber control cables. This,
BARON ROTHSCHILD IS SUED
FOR $500,000 BY FRENCH GIRL
(Br Tbe Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, Jidy 26. James Henri
de Rothschild, sou of Baron James A.
De Rothschild, head of the famous Roths
child family of France was sued for
500,000 damages in state Ruprcme eourt
today by Marie Porquet, a French girl,
who alleged that she came hero last
spring ' upon his promise to mary her
and that she has since refused to fix a
date for tho marriage.
A statement issued by the baron '
counsel, Edgar T. Brackett, declared' tho
French nobleman "denies most strenous
ly tho statements of the plaintiff t and
says that tho claim that he ever promised
or conemplatcd marrying her is absurd
aud without tho slightest foundation."
. The baron, is now in Paris. The com
plaint was served on him here in June.; '
In her complaint, Mile. Porquet alleg
ed the baron promised her in France
last April 22 that ho would wed her with
in a reasonable time if she would come
to the United States. She agreed to
become his wife and arrived here about
May 15, tho papers said.. Khedeclarcd
the baron has refused to agree to any
date for the marriage, though more than
a reasonable time has elapsed since her
arrival.
Answering the complaint, Baron Do
Rothschild's attorney's deny that their
client proposed to Mile. Porquet in
France or that ,shc car,) here under
such a promise. :.-
KIWANIS CLUB HELD
ENJOYABLE MEETING
Tho regular meeting 'of the Gastonia
Kiwanis Club held at the Country Club
Tuesday evening proved a most -enjoyable
event to the members and their
guests. Among the guests present for
the evening were Congrssman A. L.
Bulwinkle, President P. Woods Gar
land, of the Gastonia Rotary Club, Mr.
A. G. Myers, past president of Rotary,
Z. C. Wagoner, S. A. Robinson and
several other Rotarians. "
R. Grady Rankin was in charge of
the program and. several entertaining
stunts were pulled off. George Gray
and Dameron Williams gave 1 several
amusing impersonations of Officers and
prominent members of the club. Con
gressman Bulwinkle and Wods Garland
made interesting talk. A committee
ronsitsing of Wade Buice, Gene Brit
tain and Tom Wilkins was appointed
to confer with officers of the Civitan
and Rotary clubs with reference tc
having a big joint picnic for all the
members of the three clubs. .There
was informal discussion of the matter
of debating some particular activity
for the remainder of. the year and. it
was decided to allow all meniliers who
Wished to do so to present their sug
gestions in writing to be taken up for
discusion and action at the next meet
iug. .
NON-UNION ROAD SHOPMEN
(By The Associated Press.)
jul..uu, , Juiy 6. Forty women.
employes attacked a party of non union
railroad sl'pmen on their way to work in
the shops of the New York Central Rail
road here early today. Police responding
to a call for help were met with a shower
of brhks and stones which resluted in a
call for police reserves.
Three patrol-wagons filled with officers
! were rushed to the scene with orders to
arret e wonmn foun(J j t) evicinit
,vh(.n the rm.hvj ihn m
- - - ..
scene
of the disturbance the women fled aud
no arrests were made The trouble
started about seven o'clock when round
house employes were met with a volley
of bricks as the automobiles they
occupied passed a short subway near
tLe shows.
they contend, left tho "up-down" rud
ders free to assume tho natural position
giving "a positive angle of attack of'
not les than 8 degrees to the elevators,
as has recently been proven by tests in
Italy.", '
"This caused an immediate upward
motion of the rear part of the Roma."
the Italian conclusion continues, " and
her consequent dive to tbo ground."
The air service report draws from
the disaster certain definite lessons.- It
holds that inthe future such air ships
as the 'Roma should be inflated only
with non-explosive helium gas,' that pro
vision should be made so that the
ship's commander could drop all or any
part of the ship's ballast instantly; so
that he' could cut off all motors in
stantly with a central master switch
The board found also that no ballast
had been dropped before the Roma
struck earth; that the engines movement
of her six liberty 'motors were . still
running, pulling her engines earthward,
and that the gasoline fuel as well as
tho hydrogen in the great bag was
responsible for the terrific lire that
followed the crash.
''Undoubtedly," the report says,
"the log of lifo iu this accident would
not have been so great if tho suport
ing medium in this cnvclojie had been
a uon-infiamablc, non-explosive gas such
as helium."
The investigation disclosed that on
the flight that ended in the disaster;
there had been trouble with the air
scoops which were used to fill the
the ba loons in the forward gas compart
ment to take up any contraction of the
hydrogen aud resulting flattening of
the surface of the envelop. Low
pressure in the compartment had been
noted and when the scoops were tried,
they failedt o, ocrate or to operate
properly, the report says. Suvivors
testified that this trouble was believed
to have been remedied. The point is
important as -the 'bag itsflf, properly
inflated, supported tho umberella-liko
nose cap of metal.
"TY" BACK IN LEAD BY
MARGIN OF ONE POINT
DETROIT, July 26. Ty Cobb to
day was back in his old place at the
head of the American League batters,
leading George Sisler-by one point
The Tiger manager took the lead yes
terday, when, in. five times up he
made four safeties, while his rival
was only getting one out of three.
The figures showed, that , in 81
games Cobb has been ; to bat 319
.times, making 131 hits. for an;aver
age of .411 while Sisler.'in 92 games,
batted 378 time and: hit safely' 155
times making his average .410.
KANSAS PRIMARY IS
A HEATED CAMPAIGN
Two .Women Are Among
Seven Candidates For Re
publican Nomination For
Governor In Kansas.
Totcka, Kans., July 20.-r-Two women
arc among the seven candidates for the
republican nomination for governor at
the primaries in this state on August 1.
They are Mrs. W. D. Mowry, welfare
worker and wife of a wholesale drug
gist, and Miss Helen PettigVew, elocu
tionist and platform entertainer, both
residents of Kansas Oity, Kans. Miss
Pcttigrew says she expects to be nomi
nated by 30,000 plurality.
The other five candidates arc
long prominent in politics: W
Stubbs, of Lawrence, stockman -banker,
who served two terms as
men
R.
and
gov-
ernor, 1909 1913: W. Y. Morgan, for
mer lieutenant-governor and publisher
of the Hutchinson News; W. P. Larn
bcrtson, farmer, of Fairview, and for
many years a member or the legisla
ture; Fred W. Kuapp, Saline, banker,
ex-editor and state uaditor 1917-1921,
and Tom A. McNeal, Topeka, editor of
ono of U, S. .Senator Arthur Capper's
agricultural publications.
Interest centers mainly in the indus
trial court issue. Two of the republi
can candidates McXeal and Knapp
advocate the abolishment of the aew
Kansas industrial tribunal. This staud
harmonizes with resolutions adopted by
the Kansas Federation of Labor and
two farm-labor organizations. Practi
cally, all the gubernatorial candidates
freely advocate curtailment or state ex
penses and lowering of taxes.
The names of three candidates ap
)car on the Democratic primary ticket
the nomination for governor Hender
son Martin, of Lawrence, former vice
governor of the Philippines; Jonathan
M. Davis,-of Bronson, farmer and
party nominee two years ago, and
Leigh Hunt, Kansas City, attorney and
ex-service man. All three advocate
that the industrial court law be rej-ealed. j
M. L. Phillips, of McDonald, is the-i
socialist candidate for governor and
has no opposition.
Both democratic and socialist parties,
as well as republican, have full party
tickets, but" there are no contests ou
the socialist ' slate and democratic con
tests are coufined to candidates for gov
ernor and four seeking nomination for
state superintendent of public instruction.
Descent '..
; i . f-
Descending from the V peak of
the Kreujtebergo, -a lofty mountain
that towers above the upper Rhine
In Switzerland, Is so difficult that
climbers fasten ropes to rocks to
; lower themselves. '
OVERMAN DENIES THE
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS OF
: ECONOMY IN EXPENSES
In Statement Today North
Carolina Senator Compares
.Present and Past Appropri
ations.
WASHINGTON, July 2(5. Republi
can claims of economy in federal appro
priations and .expenditures were denied
by Senator Ovtrman, of North Carolina,
ranking democrat of the senate appro
priations committee) fit a statement to
day comparing present and pant appro
priations. A All the big headlines which ha.ve
been appearing in the newspapers
showing tho great savings made by the
budget system under the lis Ming ad
ministration were nothing but - caino
flage'flTid pipe dreams," said Senator
Overman, referring to recent statements
by Chairman Warren and Madden of
the Senate and Hoiino appropriation
committees, respectively.
Appropriations under the republican
administration for the" present year
were ."jti.'t,0OO,0U0 more than those un
der the" Wilson administration in 19J5
for actual running expenses of the
tions, according to comparisons present
government, excluding war-time obliga
ed by Senator Overman, lie said it
was more fair to compare the 1922
23 appropriations with tho peace time
period of 1913 thau to make the com
parison with appropriations of last
year, as was done ly the republican
committee chairmen.
'It is true as stated by Senator War
ren," said Senator Overman, "that
the appropriations for the fiscal year of
1923 are $31 9,000,000 less thau 1922,
but by analyzhiz this statement it is
found that a 'greater part of it was
ou account of a 'saving by congress in
decreasing the army aud the iiavy and
by charging the good roads item to tho
postal appropriations, all of which are
necessary reforms brought about by
peace. " ;- '
Excluding from the present appro
priations all war aftermath major ex
peii.se, Senator Overman said that "for
tho legitimate expenses" of the' gov
ernment this year's appropriations were
11,329,000,000 as against $793,000,000
for 1915.
CHICAGO PLANTS
MAY BURN OIL
CHICAGO, Ju'y 2(5 Several Chicago
industrial plants are preparing against
a probable shortage of coal by hurried
ly equipping furnaces ami boilers with
facilities for burning oil as fuel, it
is learned here today.
Thirty jkt cent of the city's pump
ing stations and incinerators have
been cquied with oil burners, accord
ing to Deputy Commi&ioncr Burk
hardt. The cement industry is beginnig to
feel the pinch - of restricted coal sup
plies, William M. Kinn-y, gcrcoal mana
ger of the Portland Cement Asociation
said in a statement. Koine plants, he
added, have lKcn forced to close and it
is probable others may have to do so
or ojieratc on part time unless relief
is Lad soon.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NFW VflBlf MiSlfrT i a
NEW YORK. July i. Cotton fu
tures rlovd quiet, "." points down.
January 20.9;'; Mar.-h 0.8!; May
20.72j Octolter 21.1; Ieca!!.r 2100';
Soots 21.40.
NO FURTHER SPREAD IN STRIKE -IS
REPORTED; PEACE AT LAST
SEEMS A REMOTE POSSIBILITY
Say The Strike Situation Is Not
Affected by I. C.C. Declaration
NEW YORK, July 20. Both leaders
of the striking shop craftsmen ami rep
resentatives of tho railroads insist that
the strike situation is not affeced by the
emergency declaration of tho Interstate
Commerce Commission. .
L. F. Loree, for the eastern roads,
said he did not think the order could
said he di not think tho order would
have anv effect on the rail strike situa
tion. With 500,000 idle cars in tho
country there shoudl bo no difficulty in
supplying coal cars, he added.
Speaking for the general strike com
mittee. David J. Williams dclared that
"tthe strikers were not concerned with the
1 .. - i . I. ! . i , t .. i. I . . .
oruer wincn wouui nave uearing omy on
the coal strike.
Discussing the statements of the rail
I officials that the roads had fiO.6 per cent
I of a normal shop force at' work, Williams
j insisted that in reality fewer than 20.
per cent of the dsual nuinlier were work
ing on roiling stock repairs and that
fewer than two per ceut represented re
turned strikers.
Kail officials said that many workers
who left western shops when the strike
was called are working on eastern roads
under assumed names aud tha
tliis section are doing the same iu tho
west. Both siiles continue to predict a
finish fight, inch side claiming ultimate
victory. ,
MANY GASTON PEOPLE
ARE NOW AT MONTREAT
Assembly Grounds a Very
Popular Place This Summer
Correspondent Finds
Many Things Of Interest.
Mrs. G. A. Sparrow. ,
MONTH K AT, July 24. Mont rent is
certainly a .lovely resort for those who
like tho mountain.. , A, valley between
tho ' mountains with terraces, and on
these terraces 250 cottages. In tho
valley two large hotels, n new auditori
um which seats something like 5,000
people,, a few stores, a postoffiee and a
lake; and everywhere ronds circling a
round and all about the mountains
and in tho valley. And among tliosc
cottages many boarding houses and all
seem full; every cottage is occupied
and everywhere people, people, people,
from babies to many whoso heads bear
the crown of many years.
GaHton county has a number here,
among them Mr. and Mrs. H. P.
Stowe and Mr. Charles Stowe and 8.
P., Jr., and little Ann, of Belmont;
Mr. and Mrs. George Nolen, of Wash
ington, but' whom wo ara loathe to
givo up as Gaston people; Mrs. Geo.
Patterson, of Spencer Mountain; Mrs.
Thomas Love, of Gastonia, who lias a
cottage here; Mrs. Mary and Eliza
beth Hagan anil Miss Mildred Arm
strong; Uev. and Mrs. G. A. Spar
row and Mrs. Parks Huffstetler.
Mrs. Latimer and Mrs, Arthur Jones
have the Tait Cottage, and aro having
a house party of all Mrs. Latimer's
children, married und unmarried, tho
two sons from New York being among
the number.
I hear that there are others from
Gastonia, but the population is so
scattered that it is hard to find just
who is here I stopped in front of
tho postoffiee and saw a car markod
Gastonia, that seemc.l laminar, tui
but
could not quite locate it.
iur. ana jvirs. cncsiey ai.ni5, ilto h(T homPi 1)llt returned to headquar
Statesville, have a little new cottage itors in the u.yw( t)mt llis prCsiUfe at the
lurched on the side of the mountain, j Katz anrtmeiit was unnecessary.
with a view of Black Mountain and
Lee Hall iu the dihtance... This cot
tage was built by Mr. -Watkins this
summer and hangs liko a swallow's nest
to the mountain. It has a flat roof,
with' outside steps to it, and is a very
popular place as the public is allowed
to walk up there and see the wonder
ful view from it.
We ourselves arc at about tho last
house in the other direction, Chapman
House, which was left to the Mon
treat Association by Dr. Chapman,
that wonderful evangelist who delighted
Charlotte and many Gastonia -people
just a few years ago. The house is at
an altitude of about 3,000 feet and is
a rambling- beautiful place, furnished
with a luxury that is seldom found in
a place of this kind. The great porches
have a largo number of old hickory
sofas, swings, and chairs. The dining
room has hickory furniture and on the
table blue willow ware, and blue wil
low pattern mats, which must have come
from Japan. This was Dr. Chapman's
summer home. He was a world travel
ler and there are many lieautiful pieces
of China, Persian embroideries, and
other treasures that he. and his wife
brought here, as well as a library of
books, and all given to Montreat.
Gipsy Smith., Jr. is here now and
is preaching in the auditorium daily.
Last week was woman's week, but
this is the dedication week of this:
new --auditorium. Dr. It. C. Ander-!
'Montreat what no other man in North !
son is a wonder. o nas uone ror
i,,.. .,' . i i j .1 i
iiarouna room iiaic huut, iwv iiiinj.n
i n :.. .1..- ,
the crowninz elory of it all is this new i
! ...:... it ...;! c ..ivi...
side, and out. The circular roof rises i
to a great height aud is braced by j
steel griders and rods and there are i
many doorn and windows. There are j
"Wo (tsa'wniif initji: ja.t, snd tbo
in v i snmn iisturiiT ami i ru-v m iinw in
To Use Machine Guns
On Booze Smugglers
On Canadian Border
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., July 26.
The war against smugglers along the
Canadian border in (northern New
York is in earnest.
Two light Army trucks with ma;
chine guns mounted on their plat
forms, part of a fleet of 24 have ar
rived here (or .use in patrolling the
border. There will be about thirty
federal agents working with custqms
agents. Each truck will be manned
by two federal agents, expert is the
use of machine guns.
MIXED NEW YORK FAMILY
QUARREL ENDS IN FATAL
SHOOTING MISS KATZ
Mrs. Reisler, Sister Of Wound
ed Woman, and Two Sons
Held For Murder.
BROTHER FIGURES ALSO
Miss Katz Was Cashier
Barber Shop Of John
Reisler.
In
(By Tho Associated Press)
NEW YORK, July 26. Miss Bertha
Katz, named as co respondent iu a sepa
ration suit filed lust November by her
sister, Mrs. John J. I'eisler, against
"John the Barber," was shot tbroo
times and fatally wounded today in her
Brooklyn bedroom. Police arresetd Mrs.
ftcisler, her two sons, Morris and George,
and the slain woman's brother, Max
Katz, charging each of them with homi
cide. After rushing Aliss Katz to a hos
pital, detectives who suid they found her
sister, brother and nephews in a room
adjoining the bed chamber, took all of
them to the death bed, where, the detec
tives declared, the dead woman identified
Morris Keisler as tho one who shoe her.
Her sister, Mrs. Itcisler, the police al
leged, declared that she and not iicr son
had dono the shooting. .
"I hoiK) she dies if she don't I'll
choke her I have been 'waiting a long
time to get her," they quoted Mrs. Keis
ler as saying, on the trip to the hospital.
8c ream s of Mrs. Jennie Ka's, mother
of the two women, aroused neighbors.
when tho shots were fired, and they called
the police. The police said Mrs. Katz in
formed them that "Morris did it," and
that Mrs. I'eisler, upon hearing these
words, turned to her mother and said,
"You lie." J
Tho police reported finding a revolver,
in Mrs. Keisler 's possession, but express
ed tho opinion that she was trying to
shield her eon Morris..
The elder Beisler well known in sport-
iing circles visited tne iiome or jiiss
!Katz last night, the police said, and
from there went to a police station and
: ake(l tl)at gh(, be protccted against vio
' lence. A detective accompanied him back
Miss Katz, it was said, has been cash
ier in Reisler 's barber shop and pollico
said they were told he hail given her
money so that she might attend a busi
ness school. The Keislers were married
27 years ago. The police said Mrs. Keis
ler accused her husband of having been
intimate with her sister for the past 15
years.
The lock on the hall entrance into the
Katz apartment had been forced and the
door broken open. Police said George
Reisler and Max Katz admitted having
broken in the door.
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
AT PISGAH TUESDAY
A largely attended and most successful
meeting of the District Conference on
work for the First Presbytery
of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian i
church was hold at ' Pisgah A. K. r.
church Tuesday. Mrs. J. R. Hunter, ci
Kings Mountain, presided and Mrs. A. F.
VS'hitesides, of Gastonia, was secretary
There were both morning and afternoon
sessions, attended by ladies from Gas
tonia, First and Second churches, Besse
mer City, Kings Mountain and Pisgah.
A full account of the meeting will be
puLlishedin another issue.
great beauty of it all was, that it was
built by mountain workmen and not
one accident occurred aud not a man ;
was hurt in the building. The whole
auditorium , is unmarml by any trouble ,j
ana now it is aimosi riaiu ior. jucv
- ,
and Mrs. R C. Anderson are as de-
"'.V
lightiul as ever
aud as interested iu
ineir oiu iiome aim iricnus in uasiuiua,
anJ lwa-v k of xhem- ,
.
(xhe above letter was written
Mrs. Sparrow the day tvfo
Stwrrn'v's "b . Fd .
bv
Mr.
GOVERNMENT HAS TO
DAY ASSUMED CONTROL
OFALLFREIGHTTRAFFIC
Good Will Apparent In Meet
ings Held At Baltimore '
With Shopmen. v
PENN TRAFFIC RESTORED
Eastern Railroads Continue
Efforts To Form New ;
Unions Of Shopmen.
. CHICAGO, July 20. (By The Asso
ciated PressJ With the government to
day assuming control of freight traffic,
the eastern railroads continuing efforts,
to form new unions of shopmen and in
dications from Montreal that a walkout
of 40,000 Cunadian shopmen had been
authorized, peace in the railway strike,
seemed a remote posibility. On thet
other hand good will was aparcnt in tho
meetings being held ut Baltimore bo-.,
tween officials of th Baltimore and Ohio
Kailroad and representatives of the shop
men, which havq been regarded as a
possible precursor of other 'individual
settlements is successful. " .
No further spread of tho strike was
looked for, although fifty maintenance
of way men at cilia wnee, Okla.,- and a
number at Moberly Mo., quit work yes
terday because urmed guards wero pa
trolling railroad property. A resolutipn;
adopted. 'by representatives of nearly UOO
general chairmen of the oflico clerks and
freight handlers' union after their meet
ing here yesterday, declared they would
resort to their "economic power" if
their grievances were not adjusted, but
it was believed that they would take
no further striko action jiending nego
tiations. ; v
The Pensylvania JJailroud issued a
statement last night seying passenger
and freigt service had been restored to
normal on that road. ,
Beports of violence increased and
troops were called out in three new
states, while iu Montan the Great North
enr Kailway was promised troop pro
tcction at noints where protection had
been asked, ami any other points whera
the need might arise. -,''
Denison was placed under martial law
this morning by Governor NcfP, who
ordered five companies of 'the f Texas
National guard to duty there. i
. Three , companies of Alabama state
troops were mobilized at Birmingham,
ready for call to Albany, Ala., where
disorders wer reported. ' ',
Kentucky state trops were ordered to
Fonde, near Jellicoc, Kentucky-Tennes
see.
In Pnnsylvania, additional state troons
i were called, several detachments be
ing sent to strategie points.
Peports from Kingsville, Texas, said
that two mn-union workers had been
atacked and beaten by a number of
strikers. -
An aged employe of the 6t. Louis
Sun Francisco liailroud wa$ cut and
beaten in the yards at Memphis, Tenn.'
A special deputy sheriff guarding tho
shops of the fc"e;ibonrd Air Line at Jack
sonivlle, Fla., was shot through the leg
by unidentified men.
In Richmond, ' Va., a temporary in
junction was granted to the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railway and a similar one to
the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Poto
mac Railroad, restraining strikers from
placing more than ono picket at any ono
point and from interfering with em
ployes or property cf tho company. ,
Plaas have been perfected for deliver
ing mail" by motor truck at least onee a
lay in upper Michigan, North and South
Dakota and Minnesota. .
MANY CO-OPERATE IN '
DRAMATIC FESTIVAL
Mr. George Junkin, tho dramatic
sccia!ist of Community Service, Inc..
who is directing tho dramatic festival
on Thursday evening at tho playground,
and the committee in charge of the per
formance wish to take this opportunity
of thanking all those who have aided
them in the making of this festival a
possibility.
Their especial thanks go to Mr. D. 11..
Hayes for the loan of niaterial for dra
peries for the stage, Mr. Leroy Maun
for the making of two masks. Mr.
" Hans" Wagner for the designing and
painting of the scenery for the vocal
quartet. Miss Marjorie Norment for tho
arrangement of the stage draperies, Mr.
Bob Craig for all lighting effects, Mr.
A. S. Bass for the use of his csr, th
Standard Hardware Co., the Rankin
Armstrong Co. and the MattheVs-Bclk
Co. for the loan of equipment, Mr. G.
V. Birmingham for the loan of a
Hinger sewing machine, Mr. C. 8.
Craig and Mr. Perry !Sill for the u
of a truck and all municipal officials
for the-co-oiKration given in the seat
ing of the audience and loan of equip-
meat, and the Civitaiis "for their gen-
erous aid in bringing the children of
the Orthopaedic Hospital to tbe per-
a v hi a u v. v
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, unsettled eth-r
with occasional showers tonigi t snd
'Thursday; center n tho tnptti -- - i .