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VOL. XLIII. NO. 189
GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 9, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
Weather
Fair
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CHAMBER URGES THAT
GASTON BE PUT IN COAL
DISTRICT TO ITSELF.
Application Made For Inclu
sion Of Gaston County In
Coal Survey Of State.
SITUATION IS PECULIAR
Mills Are Run On Electric
Power But Coal Furrmhed
Operative At Cost.
Application for the including 'of
Gaston county in the coal survey jnade
by tbo state corporation commission
acting as fuel administrator for the
state of North CaroUna was niea wun
th commission Tuesday by the Gas-
' tonia Chamber of Commerce. Urgent
request was also made that if the
plan pf districting is carried put that
Gaston county, because or us pecuiw
industrial situation, be created a dis
trict to itself. The action followed
publication of dispatches iif morning
papers not including Gaston in the sur
vey of fuel.
During, the war much difficulty was
with the state fuel ad-
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:n!.,finn hv Gaston county mill
because- of misunderstanding on ine
part of the administrator regarding the
fact that the majority of the mills of
the county have to furnish coal to their
operatives at cost. This practice i of
long Standing and to change it in any
j 1,1 umrlc serious hardship in
. ., nn nmnlovees of the mius.
'Because the most of the mills of Oas-
ton are run on r.yuro-eiecinc "
was the view of the administration that
they should be" allowed sufficient quan
tity for heating but ther requ.es s for
.i . hpir oneratives was loosea
V uai 1
upon . ,l'
It is to avoid any recurrence of tbis
trouble that the chamoer 01 c -is
acting thus early. It is hoped that
by presenting the facts to the commis
sion now that if the present situation
continues into the winter and dis
. fn lowed. Gaston wul be
made a district to itself and the pos
sibility of a man in anomer
dictating the allotment of fuel done
Say with. It is respectfully present
ed to the commission that only a man
residing in Gaston and familiar with
its peculiar industrial conditions is
properly fitted to handle the fuel situa
tion here if the coal strike reaches into
coal J . weather .
COAL REGULATIONS FOR
NORTH CAROLINA FIXED
Consignees j Must Guarantee
Payment At Agreed-Upon
Hoover r air rnce
Field., .
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wattttrH. Au'ir. 8. The North
Carolina corporation commission, act
ine as the North: Carolina coal com
mittee, was advised by Washington to
" day that no coal " would be shipped ex
cept on guarantee payment. Therefore
no orders will be approved and for
warded to Washington unless applicant
accompanies application 'with a guaran
tee for payment of sight draft drawn
by the shipper on the bank making the
guarantee, such draft to be accompan
ied by a statement of cars shipped,
giving car numbers, weight and the
agreed upon Hoover fair prices in the
fields from which shipment is made, or
'a guarantee for prompt payment on.
receipt by the consignee of a bill from
the shipper, accompanied by statement
giving car numbers, weight, price and
approval of the bill as to price by the
representative of the fuel distributor in
the district from which the coal has
been shipped. Such guarantee' should
be made by a bank or trust company.
DECISION ON TARIFF
ON SENATE CALENDAR
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9. Pro
posed tariffs on hides, boots, shoes and
leather, which were rejected by the
House, were on th Senato calendar to
day with a decision before a recess
made necessary undr the unanimous
consent agreement entered into hist
Saturday. A heated controversy was
in prospect, with leaders of the re
publican agricultural-tariff bloc urging
the imposts on hides, and Senators
from eastern and southern states op
posing all of the proposals.
Disposing yesterday of , the para
graphs in the tariff bill dealing with
potash and white arsenic, the Senate
rejected the plan to pay a federal
bounty of $9,500,000 to domestic potash
. producers over a period of five years,
and rescinded its former action in ap
proving a rate of two cents a pound
on white arsenic. Both this commodi-
- ty and potash were placed on the free
list. '
14 REVOLUTIONISTS
SENTENCED TO DEATH
MOSCOW, Aug. 9. (By The As-
gociated Press.) Fourteen of the 34 j
social revolutionists accused - of high
treason against the Soviet government
have been sentenced to death by the
rvolutionary tribunal. Among the
condemned are several of those who
turned informers. Three of the other
defendants wre aequittd and the re
mainder given prison sentences of from
two to ten. years,
APPLE GROWERS ALARMED.
ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 9.
Fruit growers of western New York,
who have the largest early apple crop
in 15 years are becoming alarmed over
the rail strike situation, fearing lack
of roliii tuck will seriously affect
transportation. The peach belt in
this section of the state is. also enjoy
ing a bumper crcpfc .
RELIEF FOR CHINESE
TYPHOON SUFFERERS
HONG KONG, , An j. 9. (By
The Associated Press. ) Chinese
overseas are being appealed to by
the Chinese chamber of commerce
here to aid their stricken country,
men at Swatow, 250 miles north of
here, which virtually was destroyed
by a typhoon and tidal' wave a week
ago with the loss of 28,000 lives.
The general chamber of commerce
of Hong Kong is inviting subscrip
tions for the Swatow sufferers. The
Chinese tungwah hospital committee
has appropriated $201,000 . .' The
British-American Tobacco Company
gave $1,000 to the relief fund and
shipped rice to Swatow. The gov
ernment of the British section of
Hong Kong shipped another hun
dred tons of rice last night. The
directors of the Swatow municipali
ty have written the British consul at
Hong Kong expressing appreciation
for' the generosity of his country,
men.' British and Japense steamers
are carrying supplies to Swatow
free.' ..'
Unversal sympathy has been arous
ed by the appalling magnitude of
the catastrophe. .
FAIRFAX HARRISON
APPEALS TO EMPLOYES
TO SUPPORT THE HEADS
Asks Employes To Stand, By
Management - In Its
Duty To Public.
DOOR TO STRIKERS OPEN
President Of Southern Says
'Unimpaired Service
Will Be Performed.
WASHINGTON. Auir. 9. Fairfax
Harrison, president of the Southern rail
way, appealed, to all employes of the
railway system to assist the management
in, jierforming its duty to the public and
to the company. The railroad executive
declared the Southern railway had more
than fulfilled its duty to striking shoo
employes' in endeavoring to get them ta
resume work under terms of President
Harding's strike settlement offer, which
were rejected by the shop crafts com
mittee today. -
In rejecting the offer, the shopmen's
representatives told the railway execu
tives in conference here that the strike
was national and must be settled nation
ally. The conference was called at the
request of Vice President Henry W.
Miller, of the Southern railway, and tho
shopmen were informed that the South
era railway and the Mobile & Ohio were
willing to agree to a strike settlement
under President Harding's terms which
left seniority unimpaned until, the rail
road' labor 'board acted.. '' '
Mr. Harrison's : statement, addressed
"to" all employes of Southern railway
system, " follows : . "- . '
Harrison's Statement
"I have' delayed communicating with
you, hoping that I could finally report
tliat our shop crafts had returned un
embarrassed to their former position.
Striving for this result, no conditions
have been created to prevent the return
of our men with- seniority rights unim-
paired, but the door has netli, and now is
open and unobstructed to them.
On August 1 your shop crafts com
mittee was invited to confer with our
officials to consider the return of our
men upon the terms proposed by the
President on July 31 and subsequently
accepted by the national representatives
of such crafts. After delaying answer
until August third, the committee agreed
to meet our officials on August fifth, on
which day they asked postponement to
August seventh, and then asked further
postponement to today. Though recog
nizing the efforts of this company in
the protection of the seniority of our
men, wa are told this morning by your
committee that they will make no ad
justment with the Southern Railway
system, as the strike is national and
must be setled nationally.
'Our duty is to our employes the
public and the company; the doty U
our striking employes we have more
than fulfilled, and I now call upon yon
whatever is your occupation to assist
the management in performing its duty
also to the public and to the company.
This obligation calls for unimpaired
transportation- service, and this we will
perform. . .
"FAIRFAX HARRISON,
"President."
Mr. Miller vice president in charge of
operation f the Southern, had nothing
to add to Mr. Harrison's message, when
asked if the railroad now intended to
employ -pew men and attempt to break
the strike.., The Southern, acting out
side the Association of Railway Execu
tives, accepted President Harding's ori
ginal offer to settle the strike by Riving"
all strikers seniority rights on their re
" n
turn.
During the course of the controversy.
it has hired no new men and has made
no attempts to break the strike.
COTTON IS OPENING ON-
CHESTER COUNTY FARMS
CHESTER, S. C, Aug. 8. The
first bolls of cotton for the 1922 sea
son were brought to Chester today
from' the farms of Robert Fraxer and
James H. Glenn. -
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, fair tonight and
Thursday, except thundershoweri this
afternoon or tonight on the coast;
slightly cooler tonight.. '
POINCARE AND LLOYD
GEORGE FARTHER APART
ON GERMANY QUESTION
Conference Is In Danger Of
Breaking Up In Strained
Relations.
FRANCO-BRITISH QUARREL
France May Be Compelled
To Take Independent
Action.
LONDON, Aug. 9 Premier Poincare
of France, and Prime Minister Lloyd
George are apparently farther apart on
what is to be done with 6ermany than
before they met, and the eonferocne of
Allied statesmen is in danger of break
ing up' with Franco-British relations
worse than they were and with no deci
sion of moment on the reparations ques
tion. They may," however, agree to a
short moratorium for Germany.
M. Poincare has indicated to Mr.
Lloyd George that things can not go on
as they are and that France may be
compelled to take independent action.
Premier Theunis, of Belgium, is striving
to bring the British and French policies
nearer together. .
The committees of finance ministers
and expert met again to pass upon the
form" of their report to the full con
ference later in the day. ; There was no
agreement upon any part of M. Poin
care 's plan to collect more money from
Germany, except that some sections were
controverted by the British than others.
M. Bemelmans, Belgian expert, was
requested by the committee to draw the
report in a non-committal manner, sim
ply arranging in order of least opposi
tion the various proposals, with the e
timates of the probable yield of each
if adopted. '
The report begins with tho suggestion
that the proposed 26 per cent tax on
German exports shall be collected as the
shipments leave Germany, not by tho
Allied importing countries when the
goods arrive at their frontiers.
The division of opinion among the
delegates regarding Premier Poincare 's
plan for the control of Germany's finan
ces in return for a moratorium for Ger
many is considered irreconcilable. The
opponents oase meir oojecnuns uiuu mu
conviction that the plan would be un
productive or would cost more tnan it
rmild nroduce. .
Reports from Berlin say the confer
ence is anxiously watched Here. Accora
Inir in the correspondent of the Times
Chancellor Wirth has stated t',it, if the
conference breaks down, Germany win
be at the end of her courage, and must
lay down her tools,
r It was admitted that the situation
was very difficult.
GROWDERS GREEK FOLKS
TO EXHIBIT AT FAIR
County Agent Altman And
Secretary Allen, Of Gaston
County Fair, Address Feo
"pie Of Enterprising Com-
munity. ,
Crowdrs Creek , community is going
to give the people attending the Big
Gaston County Fair in October some.
thing to think about with a splendid
display picturing the products of the
fertile farms of that section. This was
definitely decided at a meeting largely
attended by representative men and.
women of the community Tuesday night
at the school house. Jim Adams ably
presided, putting the meeting over in
good shape. A committee composed of
Mr. Adams, Giles Adams ; and Bob
Jackson will have general charge of the
work.
County Agent 'Altman was presented
firgt and made a fine impression. He
briefly referred to the program to be
immediately carried out putting the
club work over far the year, backing
the county and community fairs and
scrapping with the boll weevil. He
gave some splendid advice on the boll
weevil and stressed the fact that now
is, the time for the real fight if this
erop is to be saved. His talk was
instructive and interesting.
W. T. Rankin, a director of the
fair and chairman of the Farm Rela
tions Committee of the Chamber ff
Commerce, was heard with Interest. He
spoke with both wit and logic of the
old days and especially made a plea
to keep the boys and girls on the farm
by making it interesting for - them.
He also went into the boll weevil situ
ation and insisted on the people tajting
hold of the fair.
Jno. Frank Jackson, a former resi
dent of the community and held in
high regard there, gave some remini-
scenses and then put in a strong plea
for the fair. He told the people he
wanted the community to get on the
map and let the people outside see
what it produces.
Miss Nell Pickens made an inspira
tional talk, referring to the fair and
other work and was followed by Exe
cutive Secretary Fred M. Allen of the
fair who talked straight exhibits.
Practically all present by a rising
vote approved the idea of having a
community booth and so the work will
go on and the community will have a
fine presentation of its products and
resources.
W. A. Falls, Jr., was over from
the Pi.-gah section and when called on
made an excellent talk,- especially
stressing the matter of backing up the
fair. '
The Senate is increasing the duty on
California nuts, and the motion picture
industry is expected to complain. Liif,
Loye Judge
nwiiiisiiiiHianiBi mi"M rr lines iiniini
;Mrt. Helen Long Rodgers will
preside over the Cupid's Court at
Hammonton, N.' J where mates'
are sought for lonely men and
women. The jury to decide any
question of the heart will be com
posed of three men and' three'
women, r ,
Primary Results As
t
Summarized by A P.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9. The republican
regular organization retained its strong
hold in Ohio and democrats of that state
gave substantiate pluralities to organi
sation candidates. Governor T. C. McRae
Arkansas, held a lead of more than 2
to 1 over Judge E."P..Toney, for re
nomination, and Judge W. W. Brandon
was apparently the democratic nominee
for governor of Alabama, as a result ofv
primaries yesterday in three states., '
Republicans of Texas went into their
state convention at Fort Worth today; to
make the full .party slate for the Novem.
oer emcuon.
Incomplete returns from Ohio indicat
ed that Carmi A. Thompson, backed by
the Harding forces and supported by the
Anti-Saloon league was i nominated for
Governor by 'a wide margin, while Con
gressman 8. D. Fess held a substantial
lead in the republican senatorial race.
Senator Atlee Pomereno was apparent
ly re-nominated in the demoerutio pri
mary in Ohio, while the returns indicated
the nomination of A. V. Dolinney, demo
cratic standard bearer in 1920, again
for governor.
Governor McRae's nomination in Ar
kansas was won in a eampagin in which
hig administration was an issue. The Ku
Kux Klan claimed victories in several
local contests and, is said to have sup
ported Governor MeRne, although neither
the Governor nor Judge Toney took a
definite stand on the Klan issue which
became intense in the closing hours of
the campaign. T
In Alabama publle service commission
ers Cooper and Gaillard, who were at
tacked by Governor Kilby,, were appar.
ently defeated. ' : The Alabama Power
Company .and Henry Ford's Muscle
Shoals offer were injected into the clos
ing camjaign. f
CULTIVATE COTTON IS 7
ADVICE OF GEORGIAN
Says That Is The Best Way
To Keep The Boll Weevil's
Ravages Restricted.
MONROE, Aiig. 8. The boll
weevil can be killed and kept out of
cotton very easily, according to C.
W. Walker, of Morgan county, Georgia,
who is visiting awhile in the county.
Mr. Walker owns and operates a large
farm in north Georgia, where there is
plenty of weevils. Mr. Walker is look
ing over the fields of G. 8. Lee, and
says that he doesn't find many wee
vils.
"The best way to kill the weevills,"
said Mr. JJValker, "is to cultivate the
cotton. 'Some peole in Georgia are
using arsenate, but that entails so
much work that nearly all are culti
vating their cotton crops. I work
about six plows and make 15 to 20
bales to the plow. This year I won't
make a bale to the plow., Wis is not
due so much to the weevil as to the wet
weather. In 1919 I went to south
Georgia, where the weevils first started,
and brought back about 75 negroes
to help me with my crop. They did
not report any weevils. In 1920- I
repeated the process, ami in l'JJi l
did not make a half crop. We had
rain all the year round.
The weevils are spreading fast, but
if the farmers will cultivate their crop
they will have nothing to worry over.
In Georgia' the ground is hot and dry
most of the time, and if it is not plow
ed the crust that forms keeps the
earth cool. If this is broken up when
the square fall, they die within 24
hours, not being able to stand the
heat. We are making a good crop in
the weevil section, when there is not
too much rain. Lart year I did not
make anything, while a good crop was
made within 10 miles of me,
'The people in this section," con
tinued Mr. .Walker, "ought to make a
good crop. I have found comparative
ly few weevils in this county. The
farmers are mostly using calcium arse
nate. When the erop shows a 20 per
cent infestation the arsenate should be
applied fer about four times. - If it
rains when you finish, one application
then go back and make another. That
is why it is not successful in Georgia.
I have seen many farmers have' to ap
ply it five days at a time. Four ap
plications without any rain V-t ween is
enough. If the farmers do this or cul
tivate their cotton they willnot have
any trouble with the vcevihj and should
make a good crop. " j
25,000 Shopmen
Accept Harding's
FORMER KAISER WINS
' SUIT CONCERNING PLAY
BERLIN, Aug.' 9. (By The
Associated Press. ) . 5 Former Em
peror William has won his suit,
brought" in a Berlin court, to pro
hibit the presentation on the stage
or the sale of Emil Ludwig's Bis
marckian play, "The Dismissal.
William was joined in the suit by
Frau von Boetticher, widow of the
minister of state of Bismarck's
time. The court decided that the
plaintiffs had a right to object to
a stage performance or book por
traying them personally. .
RAIL STRIKE SITUATION
IS QUIET PENDING BIG
CONFERENCES FRIDAY
Neither Side Expected To
Reply To Harding's Sug
Reply to Harding' Sugges
tions For Ending Strike.
BOTH SIDES DETERMINED
President Harding Requests
Full Attendance When Con
gress Convenes Tuesday.
CHICAGO. Amr. 9. (By The Asso
ciuted Press) Development in the rail
road strike apparently were hanging flro
today pending the coming conference of
railway executives at New York and of
rail union leaders at Washington next
Friday.
Neither side was expected to reply to
President Harding's new sueirestions for
ending the strike until after their separ
ate meeting. Executive oflicials of the
shop crafts were summoned by Bert M.
Jewell, head of the railway employe's
department of the American Federation
of Labor, to aineeting at Washington
today. President Harjjng'a request for
a full attendance when the House of
Representatives re-convenes next Tues
day after a six week's vacation, his
desire expressed to Republican Leader
Mondell. tluit the House remain in contin
ous session along with the Senate during
the industrial crisis; a statement by Bon
W. Hooper, i chairman of the United
States Railroad Labor Bourd, characteri
zing the president ' proposal as a safe
and sane proposition for solution of theirs Boon if conditions are not chang-
sirine, mm um'iiis uy trainmen 10 quit
work on the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern
unless troops were withdrawn from tho
yards ut Joliet, III, featured the situa
tion during the last 24 hours. ,
j The threatened walkout of 'Big Four'
brotherhood, men engineers, firemeih
conductor, and trainmen "on the Elgin,
Joliet and Eastern began early today
Men gathered at the -terminals but refus
ed to turn a wheel unless tho soldiers,
called as a result of the Monduy out
break in which two men were killed and
Sheriff Ncwkirk dungerously wounded,
were immediately withdrawn.
The railroad does a heavy short haul,
freight business as an outer belt line of
the Chicago switching district and han
dle the bulk of yard traffic touching
the steel mills.
Quiet prevailed at Albany, Ala., where
state'troops called out by Governor Kil
by were in control of the situation, fol
lowing earlier disturbances.
Four striking railwayy shopmen were
indicted' at Columhus, Ga., for assault
with intent to murder in connection with
an attack on a party of negro employes
of the Central of Georgia Railroad. : ,
WASHINGTON", Aug. 9. The rail
strike situation appears destined to mark
time until next Friday, although execu
tives of the striking shop craft unions
were m Washington today to consider
President Harding's second proposal for
a voluntary termination of the walkout.
Shon cm ft federation leaders here have
stated that the reply to the President's!
communication proposing immediate re-'
sumption of work and reference of tha
seniority issue to the railroad labor board
for decision would be submitted to the
general conference of railroad labor
heads here Friday before it was sent to
the white house. As the railway execu.
tives also will meet that dayin New York
to draft their answer to the administra.
tion plan, active developments in the
situation lief ore the end of the week
were improbable.
Rejection of the administration plan
bv the workers is generally accepted as
certain. Forecasts as to tho course of
the managements arc not so definite;
but it was aparently in anticipation of
a second failure to bring the two sides
to an agreement that would restore full
transportation facilities that Mr. .Hard
ing moved yesterday to bring the au
thority of Congress to bear on what is
admittedly a serious national crisis.
SMALL FIRE AT
GLASS RESIDENCE
The local fire department was call
ed out at 11:45 this morning to ex
tinguish flames that had ignited the
kitchen roof of the home of Mr. K.
M. Gla-ts, at 20S West Franklin
Avenue.
The fire in the oof was probably
started by the kitchen stove chimney.
The roof a shingled one, is almost de
cayed and this morning's fire was the
the seeond that had occurred at the
Glass home in the last six weeks. It
-is likely that city authorities will con
demn the building and ask the owners
to rut a new roof on it . The Ran
kin Kealty Company, local realtors, arc J
xafi owners, .
Refuse To
Proposal
NEW YORK, Aug. 9. Twenty
five thousand rail shop crafts workers,
through David Williams, secretary of
the,. Eastern strike committee, today
sent a telegram to B. M. Jewell, at
Chicago, putting themselves ' pn record
as muting to accept I'resdent - Hard
ing's proposal for submitting the se
niority question to the railroad labor
board.
1 Tho telegram reads:
"In behalf of 25,000 striking railway
shopmen in tho New York district, we
endorse your stand in refusing to ac
cept tho compromise proposition of
President Harding, x x. The morale
of the strikers is perfect.
"Many of the strikers are ex-service
men who fought under the Stars and
Stripes for democracy in the late war.
These men have witnessed our so-called
American railway executves hire cheap
Chinse and Hindu labor to try and
break the strike and under no circum
stances will these former soldiers agree
to allow this conglomeration of un
skilled foreign workmen to be con
sidered as favored employes of the Tail
roads in order to gratify the autocratic
desires of the American Railway Kaisers
for a condition of industrial slavery
for railway employes.
"Let us assure you again wa want
no compromise and urge that, the fight
be fought to a finish 'right now on its
merits and the present' administration
in control of our government be forced
to show whether ' it stands for real
Americanism or the brand of American
ism represented by a few hard boiled
railroad officials who would wreck our
entire country in , their lust for powor."
CLEVELAND, O., Aug. 9. Chief
executives of the "Big Four" transpor
tation brotherhood have taken action re
garding the endangering of the lives of
brotherhood members through the alleged
actions of armed guards in connection
with the shopmen's strike and have tele
graphed their members to remain away
from the company property if their lives
are endangered.
Warren &, Stone, president of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers,
when told that 1,300 brotherhood men
had quit at Joliet last night, told the
Associated Press representative that ther
would be 100 similar cases Soon if work
ing conditions at railroad yards and
shops are not changed.
"Our men are not expected to work
under such conditions as now prevail at
many railroad terminals," Mr. Stone
said. ."Iam telling them that whereever
their lives are endangered by guards
they should go home and stay there. They
are justified in remaining away from
railroad property under existing eon
ditions,"
"The men have got to the limit of
their endurance through abusive treat
ment from guards and conditions have
reached the breaking point," Mr. Stone
said. "There will be 100 more similar
ed.'
Asked if the action of the Joliet men
met with the approval of the Brother-
nuiMi cuicis, air. raiuiie buiu;
j".The action does not 'require any ap
proval." V
; JOILET, ILL., Aug. 8. Approxi
mately 1,300 engineers, firemen, . con
ductors and brakemen of the hlgm,
Joilet and Eastern (Big Four) broth
erhood, walked out here at midnight last
night in protest to the stationing of
troops around the yards. There were
no disorders.
The strike of the "Big Four
brotherhood here Is exclusively a local
action, ordered by Chairman Charles
O'Day, of the Joliet division of the
Elgin, Joliet and Eastern. At a meet
ing last night he was instructed by
the men to notify the railroad execu
tives of the impending strike, unless
the troops were removed. It has not
been learned whether tho national of.
fleers have approved of the local strike.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9; Six companies
of Illinois guardsmen entrained this
morning for Joliet to go on strige
duty.
Officers here did ' not know whether
the men already on duty there were to
be relivd or whthr th additional troops
wer being t-ent becauso of the walkout
of Big Four brotherhood members last
night. The Brotherhood men refused
to work under troop protection.
CONFLICTING STORIES
OF SHOOTING SCRAPE
GREENVILLE, 8. C, Aug. 9. Two
conflicting stories of the shoting scrape
in which William Howard, 40, of Glassy
Mountain township, and Tom D. Scruggs
is, of Fingerville section, were kkilled
and in which Alexander Suddeth was
seriously and probably fatally woundea
and Dallas Scruggs, age 10, received a
flesh wound, Tuesday afternoon some
miles north of henv were told today by
officers who investigated the affair, an I
Earlie Harrison, 21 year old younth, an
eye witness who is in the connty jail.
HOME RUNS GALORE
ST. LOUIS, Aug. 9. When the St.
Louis and Washington Americans failed
to register a home run in yesterday's
gnme they ended a streak of home run
hitting, the like of which has not been
duplicated here.
For 14 straight days 32 home runs
have been made, nine of which were
collected by Ken Williams.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
NEW YORK. Aug. 9. Cotton fu
tures closcl steady; Spots, quiet, 10
points up.
October 20.18; Iecember 20.18;
January 20.08; March 20.12; May
20.10; Spots 20.45.
Receipts
.1. .
.IS Bales
..21 f-tj
nin
RHYNE-PASDUR CLANS
HAD A GREAT REUNION
AT DALLAS TUESDAY
Hundreds Gather to Do Honor
To 70-Year.Old Citizen,
J. Alonzo Rhyne.
MAGNIFICENT DINNER
Bulwinkle, Jones, Carpenter
And Dr. Vipperman Are
Speakers Of The Day.
One of the most enjoyable functions
of the summer picnic, season was the .
annual Rhyne -Pasour reunion ; and pic
nic held Tuesday at. the old home place
of Mr. J. Alonzo Rhyno near Dallas.
The reunion was planned and carried
out by Mr, Rhyne 's children as a mark
of respect and honor to the 70 year-old
patriarch, who despite his three score
and ten is still an active and energetio
citizen of Gastou coupty,' Hundreds of
the Rhyne and Pasour connection in
Gaston, Lincoln and Cleveland counties
were present, in addition to a number
of friends and visitors from other cities
and sections. '
Despite the threats of rain, the crowd '
gathered early and spent the foronosn ,
in happy social intercourse. The old '
Rhyne home with its beautiful, wide- V
spread lawn and towering shade trees is
a delightful SjKit for such a gathering.
riends and relatives from every section ' '
of the county gathered in groups to re
new friendships and acquaintances. -Kinsmen
and cousins, uncles and aunts,
who had not been together for a twelve- : s
month spent the hours in pleasant rent
iuiseences. . .
Preceding tho main event of tho day.
the picnic dinner spread on a 100-foot ...
table in the Rhyne yard, were two of
three short speeches by some of the visi
tors present. Evon L. Houser, former .";
mayor of Dallas, long time friend of
Mr. Rhyne and new Federal officer pre
sided and introduced the speakers. .
Congressman A. L. Bulwinkle, speak-
ing to his own home folks, delivered a
sound and sensible short talk on the ,
principles of Americanism. He urged
tho parents there present to use the high
privilege of the ballot, to see to it that
their votes wero cast for pure Ameri
cans, ami to be particularly careful of .w
the misuse of the ballot. He made
special reference to the Newberry scan- '
dal in Michigan. . Major Bulwinkle
was in fine fettle and his speech made
a good impression. ' i
Judge A. O. Jones, of the Gastonja ,
municipal court, was the next speaker. . ,
Ho mado a strong plea for law en-'
forcemeat. ''Tho majesty of the law :
must bo upheld," he declared. The,
law of the land is supreme, and If we
fail to uphold the law, our eountry'will
revert to Bolshevism as it is practiced1 '
in Russia." . .' A . t
Mr. Joues paid high tribute to the
solidarity of the country citizen's; the
bulwark of civilization. v;
Following Mr. Jones, John O. "Car
penter was introduced i-1 lie spoke for,
several minutes in a i humoVqus1 vein.'
He lauded the citizenship of Dallas and
particularly the women who he 'declared
were the "sweetest in the world." He
referred to the staunch type of citizenry
represented by the Rhyne family and
connection and declared hhnself proud ,
to be the friend of such a family.
After tho speaking, dinner was spread
on the long table and after the invoca
tion by Rev. C. N. Yount, the crowd
fell to the joyful task of cleaning chick
en and ham bones, demolishing whole
st.nks of cakes and pyramids of pies.
picKles, custards, etc., etc. It was just
such a dinner as one would find in a
prosperous and live-at home section.
Of course, fried chicken was the main
thing on the menu. There was enough
of that to give everybody four or five
pieces, good healthy pieces like the
thigh, breast and pulley-bone. (This
fart is not deduced from any far-flung
point of observation or gathered from
casual tooth-picking conversation after
the meal. It was established as an
actual fact. The writer was particepa '
eriminis and there were no post facto
proceedings. ) (
Following up the onslaught on the
chicken came what veterans of the world
war and there were quite a few ex-
lough boys present were pleased to
call the "mopping un" process. Com
ing down the menu in order, boiled and
fried ham fell in the order named, mut
ton and sausage, pickles, sweet, sour
and mixed, beet, cucumber and peach,
samlwicms, pies, tarts, citron custards
and chess pies, cakes of all color, shape,
size and variety of flakiness. It was a
great dinner. At the moment of iu vo
cation from Tastor ..Yount the trite ex
pression of a groaning table was pecTJ-
larly aprojos. Thirty nunutea later
there were other groanings, but they
weren't from the table. .
After dinner there was a concert from
the newly organized Dallas brass band.
With only a few weeks practice and
composed almost entirely of raw mate
rial, the band cave a eood account t
tself . Its n vi rubers were highly en
joyed.
Dr. J. L. V ipperman, the be!ovel
pastor of Long Creek and Dallas Bap
tist churches took charge of the pro
gram after dinner and delivered an ex
ceedingly strong and impressive lectur
sermon on the realities of life, aw, ed
ucation and religion. Dr. Vipi-rmsa
was in fine form, and his thorough and
accurate knowlrJge of the Seriptorf
was brought into evidence as h dra
matically drove-h'tiie point after T" i' f.
After more music by the l r.
Vipperman announced ttoit tl.- . ,
number on fh program- I 1- 1
sampling of the 1U) fiot t i' ' i
fine Gaston connty '
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