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nn Weather Cloudy Local-Cotton 22 Cents : VOL. XUII. NO. 191 GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 11, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS RAIL HEADS AilOPllOILEADEIlSilSl CONFfRENCE TODAY TRYING TO A DA L GAZETTE I STI ROTARY CAMP SITE FOR OOYS WILL BE OPENED FOR USE MONDAY, AUGUST 14 Accommodations For 25 Boys Of City Are Ready Beginning Monday. ... PLAN MOUNTAIN HIKES Foy Tract Of 35 Acres Se cured For ' Permanent Rotary Park. ' Kotary Camp and park for boys re- Rotary club for the use of alt the boys of Gastonia will be opened for use next Monday, August 14. For tho past month the work ef preparing the 'camp has been going on under tho di-. rection of Mr. J. P. Mahaffey. A ' tract of 35 acres was purchased on tho . Linwood road for the site of the camp. The camp adjoins the precipitous sales of Crowders Mountain. Hikes to the top of the peak will be one of tho features of the camp life.' Plans for the remainder of the sum- . nier 'season have been completed and tho camp site is now in - readiness -for the occupancy of scvenji boys. .It is hoped ; that the swimming will be a part of the program for the campers. As yet the dam has not been finished, but it is likely that the campers of the first week of opening will have a chance to enjoy the swimming. There has been built a fiuo little house at tho top of the hill, and the underbrush has been cleared away from the vicinity of the pool and the house." There etui remains suflicient brusn to develop muscle, or to have bonfires H is hoped that at 9:00 oclock Mon day morning there will be 25 boys, or young men of the city in readiness ul the place appointed to depart fot the . camp. Any boy desiring to go to the camp must report to J. P. Medially at .tho Chamber of Commerce rooms fcatur day evening. AH boys requesting entrance to tho camp will be expected to pay a sum of $4.50 for the week. Air boys should hav been vuccinated and inoculated. It is desired by the camp committee that all the boys in the first encampment know how to swim, because of the fact' .that the . swimming facilities' will, be better later for those, who do not know how.. '.'-'. . ' . -'' '' The following Is a list of tho equip ment suggested for all campers. If any thing is omitted the camper may be put Vo a little inconvenience thereby. (Necessary outfit, ono sweater or coat, onb: bathing suit, one heavy blanket, or ouilt. one comb, one cheap (canvas) hat, handkerchiefs, two pair extra stockings, one sleeping garment, two suits of un derwear, ono bar soap in small box, one toothbrush and paste, two towels, cloth bag for laundry, cloth bag for pillow cases, one extra pair shoes, ono extra shirt, plate, knife, fork, cup and spoon, 6 inch plate and cup, preferred, one extra pair old trousers. Special outfit not necessary, but han dy if yon have them. Baseball gloves, camera and film, flashlight, musical instruments. Don't wear Sunday-go-to-meetin-clothes to the camp, wear heavy shoes, for hik ing, and old but reliable clothing. Bring a hatchet if you have one, and a heavy weight knife.. All boys desiring to attend the first week of camp must qualify q ntho nec essary outfit, and report same to Mr. Mahaffey between the houre of Ci and 6 on Saturday, otherwise transportation will not be furnished. Tho camp regula tions will be based entirely on the honor system, and all boys will bo expected to abide by the rulings of persons in au thority. A schedule of the daily pro gram will eh" published for the benefit of patrons in Saturday's Gazette. NOTE IMPROVEMENT " - IN COAL STRIKE SITUATION WASHINGTON, Aug..: 11. Im provement in the movement of coal was reported today to the Federal central coal distribution committee. Loading of bituminous coal Wednes day, according to the ' committee's re ports, totalled 1M044 cars, an increase of 1,200 cars over Wednesday of lust week. Utilization of the port of Charles tons . C, for the shipment of coal New England on barges was under consideration by the committee. Cotton gins in Georgia, North and Hnuth Carolina, and tobacco dryers in ' North Carolina, were reported to le in need of fuel but committee discussions of the situation there took the view tnat a heavy tonnage of coal was not required and wood might be used, successfully. Some readjustments in maximum fair prices for coal at the mines; lias been made, it was disclosed today, a price of $4.50 a ton having been allowed some operators in the old New Kivcr district and in the Kanawha district of West Virginia . COTTON MARKET CLOSING BIDS ON THE ' NEW YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Aug. 11. Cotton fu tures closed barely steady; , Spots, steady, 45 points up. October 21.15; December 21.15; January 21.00; March 21,04; Mav 20.93; Spots 21.40. Receipts 4 Bales Price .....23 Cents More Traffic Tied Up, More Violence And Possibility O f More Walkouts Feature Strike TWO NON-UNION EMPLOYES KILLED iN THE RAILROAD YARDS AT CLEVELAND No Trains Annulled, But Sev eral East-Bound Passen ger Trains Held. ATTEMPT AT BOMBING Dynamite Used On Southern ' Railway Yards At . Asheville. CHICAGO, Aug. 11. By The Associated Press. ) Serious threats of traffic by refusal of trainmen to move trains at points where troops are on guard; renewed outbreaks of violence resulting in several deaths, and the' possibility of walkouts by , main tenance of way, men on various roads, marked the progress of the strike of shop crafts employes as railroad heads and uniou leaders gathered for con ferences today to consider separately President Harding 's proposal for end eng the strike. Members of the "Big Four" trans portation brotherhoods, upon , whom train movements depend, were authori sed by their chiefs to suspend work if they consider strike conditions and tho presence of soldiers at terminals and junction points "unbearable." . Santa Fe switchmen joind the train men in their protests against working under guard and the situation on the Santa Fe at Needles, Barstow and other California points was further ufegravated when the entire yard force Kt Fresno left its post, the men notU fying the compnny they would 'refuse to return until armed guards were re moved. Although no trains had been annulled early today, several east bound pas senger truins were held up. 'Reports from Bakersfield, Calif., indicated the walkout would spread from California to Arizona and New Mexico points ou the Santa. Fe. Two non-union employes of the New York Central lines in the Collinwood yards at Cleveland, one a dispatcher and the other a call boy, wcro shot and killed on a street corner. Their slayer escaped. ' At Hulburt, Ark., two negro shop employes of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific, were shot and probably fatally wounded. At Birmingham, Ala., an attempt was made. tO blow up a dining car used for feeding shopmen and laborers in the Frisco yards. The bomb missed its mark. The explosion occurred just before 100 men were due to arrive at the car. Police found a bundle of dynamite sticks in the yards near the cars. " - . ' Iynnmite was used in an attempt to blow up shanty cars and a diner in tho Southern Railway yards at Ashe viHe, N. C. State rangers were sent to Texarkana, Texas, in connection with striko trouble there. ",''-.'., . . i A car repairer employed by the 8t. Louis and San Francisco railroad at Memphis, Tenn., died from gunshot wounds, received when, he was attacked and robbed by two negroes while on his way to work. - Conferences were arranged between railroad and union officials in Chicago today In an effort to avert a walkout of 2,fi00 maintenance of way men on the Chicago, Milwaukee land St. Paul.' " Posting of circulars designating shop workers as "scabs" and "Strike Breakers" was restrained in an in junction granted at St. Paul by Feder al Judge Booth. ' 23 BOMBS EXPLODED IN A. T. AND SANTA FE YARD SAN BERNARDINO, CALIF , Aug. 11. (By The Associated . Press.) Twenty three time bombs exploded at intervals during a three hour period ear ly today in the 'stockade of tin? Atchi son, Toeka & Santa Fe railroad with iu two hundred yards of the company's roundhouse, according to the sheriff's office The bombs were buried in the ground and in exploding did no damage fx cept for blowing mih earth into the air. it was said. None of the guards on duty was hurt. One guard reported his hat blown off. , More explosions were expected momen ta rily and no pne was allowed in the stockade this morning. - NATIONAL MILLS PAY A GOOD DIVIDEND Stockholders of the National Yarn MiHe, Inc.. at Belmont received five per cent tdivident checks this week. Other Belmont mills that have paid dividends siuce August 1st, are the Climax, Im perial, Majestic and Chronicle, PARIS, Aug. 11. (By The Associat ed Press) Harold F. McCormiek, of Chicago, and Mrs. Alexander Smith Co rhrau (Madame Walska) were married today i nthe city hall of the sixteenth ard here South Pacific Island Lures British Youths LONDON, July v34. Discouraged at the outlook in this country, dis satisfied with the after war Britain, but actuated mainly by a love of ad venture, about a dozen engineering students of Loughborough college are setting out on September 1 for an uninhabited Pacific island belong ing to Ecuadpr, . Most of them are ex-officers. Among them is a nauthor, D. L. David who wrote 4Ya Brot." He expects to find in the new settlement work for his pen as well as his hands. A 90 ton vessel is being made ready for the expedition. The chief means of existence they hope to find by utilizing the resources of the Island itself; the development of fruit-growing and the breeding of cattle. . ; - All hands will be required to work, although climatic conditions, it has been ascertained, are ideal and .all they will need for food can be obtain ed without working, if they are con tent just to "loaf and invite their souls." ' Their destined home, the advent urers say, is about 500 miles from the 'anama Canal. SANTA FE OFFICIALS FACE TIE-UP ENTIRE ROAD Bis: Four Engineers, Firemen, Conductors And Trainmen Threaten To Walk Out If Armed Guards Are Used. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11. (By The Associated Press) Paralysis of the en tire western territory of the Santa Pe system was the prospect facing officials of that railway today as a result of the sudden walkkout yesterday of mem bers of the Big Four brotherhoods, the engineers, firemen, conductors and train men on several far western divisions. The union men explained their action was taken as a protest against armed guurds on railway property and aginst the alleged condition of certain equip ment. ' Members of thol Brotherhoods said they would no longer move trains throug points were armed guards were stationed. Their district ; officials went into con ference with Santa Fe executives last night, but no basis of settlement had been reported early today. , . Several passenger trains, deserted by their , crews, were stalled at points in Arizona or southeastern California. Some were stranded in scortchingly hot desert spots , '- A locomotive ran into a turntable pit at San Bernardino, Calif., blocking en trance to the roundhouse. At Los Angeles it was said that further confereencs iwere possible today between brotherhood representatives and officials of the Santa Fe. At Fresno, Calif., a fresh fruit shipper announced that his packing houses are closing today becuuse of rail condition and for the present no more fruit would be ordered from The growers. , He ad vised his clients among the growers to dry their fruit . ' ' Several fruit companies in the San Joaquin valley announced that they were not accepting: fruit. Canneries had limit ed their immediate purchases.' Stop Manufacture And Sale Of Pistols, Says Committee American Bar Association American Bar Association Committee On Law Enforcement Declares Pistol Serves No Useful Purpose Laws About It Favor Criminal Against Citizen, Should Be Abolished. SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Aug. 10. (By the Associated Press.) Declaring that the pistol "serves no useful purpose in the community today," the committee on law enforcement included in, its re commendations submitted to the Ameri can Bar Association tonight one for tho prohibition of the manufacture and sale of pistols, and of cartridges or ammuni tion designed to bo used in them, "save, as such manufacture shall be necessary for governmental and official use under proper legal regulation and control." "We find that more than ninety per cent of the crimes in this country are committed by the use of pistols," con tinued the report of the committee, of which Judge William B. Swaney of Chattanooga, Tenn., was chairman. 4Wc find that the laws prohibiting the carrying of firearms or deadly weapons are ineffective in fact, that they work to the benefit of the criminal rather than the law-abiding ciitizren. " Other members of the committee were Judge Marcus Kavanaugh, Chicago ; former Governor Charles- S. w hitman, New York; Wade E. Ellis, Washington, D. C, and Charles w. iarnbam of fct; Paul. "The criminal situation in the United LorraineV Beauty ? Mi.- Mile. M. Forrest, just declared "queen of queens" at Metz. That means she's the prettiest girl in Lorraine. RAILROAD HEADS ARE VOTING ON HARDING'S LATEST PEACE! PROPOSAL Two Hundred Transportation Magnates Representing Na x tions Biggest Roads Consid er Harding s Proposal. NEW YORK, Aug. 11. (By The As sociated Press) Two hundred transpor tation magnates, representing the nations biggest railroads, gathered at Grand Central terminal today, to vote accep tance of rejection of President Hard ing 's latest proposal for peace in the shopmen's strike. From the start a sharp division in the voting sthength was aparent,' which was so eearly; defined as to be almost sectional. "- . . - The eastern division appeared unalter ably opposed to acceptance of the Presi dent 's plan, because it provided that the question of returning strikers- with sen iority rights unimpaired should be shunt ed back to tho United States Railroad Labor Board for final action. President Fclton, of the Chicago & Great Western, acknowledged spokesman for western and southwestern lines, was looked upon as a leader in tho movement to ratify the peace proposal. His group stunds for ratification, not because they have any more faith in the decision of the labor board, but becauso they want the strike settled and their shops restored to normal. In addition, they want the good will of the public, which they believe, would swing to the strikers if the Association of Railway Executives should turn again a deaf ear to President Harding.' These western and southern roads have been hard hit by . the strike and their managers express none of the desrie for a "finish fight" apparent in the camp of the bigger eastern systems. Their reserves of locomotives are small, they have few surplus cars, and their seheduh's have been badly disrupted. . THE WEATHER Cloudy anS moderate temperature to night and Saturday, probably showers near the coast. States, so far as crimes of violence are concerned, ig worse than that of any other civilized country," the repport said. "Hero there is less resect for law. From all available sources of in formation, we estimate that there were more than 9,500 unlawful homicides last year in this country; that in 1920 there occurred not less tahn 9,000 such homi cides, and that in no year during tho last ten years did the number fall belo 8,500. In other words, during the last ten years no less than 85,000 of our cit izens have perished by poisons, by the pistol or the knife, or by some other un lawful and deadly instrument. "Burglaries have , increased in this country during the last ten years, l,2u0 percent. "Deliberate murder, burglary, and robbery will seldom be attempted unless the criminal is armed. Iu European countries the criminals, as a rule, are not armed, "On the other hand, iu crimes which indicate the dishonesty of the people, such as lerceny, extqrtion, counterfeit ing, forgery, fraud, and other crimes of swindling, a comparison of conditions demonstrates that the morals of this (Continued on page 4.). j I Ad GENERAL CONFERENCE CONSIDERS HARDING'S LATEST PROPOSAL FOR ENDING STRIKE SHOP CRAFTSMEN SOUTHERN PUBLISHES JULY TRAIN RECORD WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Dur ing July, under strike conditions, the Southern Railway system did not annul a single passenger train, but operated 15,2333 such trains, of which 74 per cent reached final ter minal on time and 84 per cent main tained their schedule while on the Southern's rails. Announcement to this effect was made today by Vice President H. W. Miller, in charge of operation. , ROTARY CLIjD HAS A FINE TIME WITH THE NEW HOPE FOLKS THURSDAY EVENING Gastonia Club Goes Out To Country Church, Has Fine Supper And A General Good Time With People Of That Section. The second picnic and luncheon of the Gastonia Rotary club was held Thursday afternoon with , the New Hope people. Like tho previous meet ing held last week with the people of the Crowders Creek section, the gather ing was by invitation of the people of that neighborhood. Inasmuch as the annual protracted meeting at -the church was in progress this week there was an unusually largo numbor of peo ple present from tho surrounding com munity, ana gave the Kotarians an excellent opportunity to meet and min gle with the folks. ' ',' '. Arriving at the church grounds, the visitors found that as at a previous gathering, threats of rain had forced the good women of the church to spread their supper in the school house. Two largo class rooms thrown together af forded an oceIlcnt improvised dining hall. As was to be expected the feed was the usual bountiful assortment of good country chicken, ham, cakes, pies, custards, sandwiches, fruits, etc., ctc. Everybody was looking for citron cus tards and chess ' pics, or whatever the name' of the culinary delicacies. ' They were there a-plenty. : Everybody got a tasto of theso delicious little tarts. Then there were lots of these cuto lit tle round cherry and damson tarts, ; too. The ravenous Rotes went after them. Iced tea and apple cider were beverages, the visitors especially show ing a strong iianscring ror me nonic- brewed juico or tho applo. Following the supper, there was a short program of Speeches and songs. President Woods Garlaud expressed tho pleasure of the Rotarians at being, in vited to come to old New Hope. Wel coming tne visitors xrom ua stoma, Rev. A. McLaughlin, pastor of the churchemphasized the value of such gatherings of country and city people. He declared that such meetings did a great deal toward wiping out sectional and community jealousies. He refer red to tho great number of farmer residents of this community who had moved to Gastonia and other cities, declaring that if he had them all back in the neighborhood, he could build a town as large as Lowell, and maybe as big as Gastonia. Mr. McLaughlin took occasion to pay tribute to Rotary's code of ethics and motto of service Mr. J. H. Separk on behalf of the Rotary club thanked the good women of New Hope for the most excellent repast enjoyed. - Ho also praised the spirit that animated the gathering to gether of the country and city folks, and the resultant smoothing out of prejudices. Rev. Wm. A. Jenkins, pastor of the Concord Methodist church, present as a guest, made a few remarks about Rotary in general. He characterized Rotary as a great humanizing influence and leveler of men. He said that with the exception of his army ex perience, his membership in a Rotary club, had meant more to him than any other one influence in his life. The last speaker of the evening was Mr. W. Rankin, who spoke in a reminiscent mood, recalling the names of the many men of that section who had moved to Gastonia, He told the Rotarians that these people of New Hope were the best people on earth, and likewise told the country people that the Rotarians were folks just like themselves. "They are eountry peo plo moved to town," he said. "For every one of you there is a counter part among these Rotarians." The climax of Mr. Rankin's speech was reached in his conclusion when he prophesied that within the next 25 years, the territory between : (gastonia and New Hope would be one ' long suburban residential section, thickly populated by farmers and citizens of Gastonia, who would own homes in the country. "I look to see," said Mr. Rankin, "a home on every five acres between here and the city." Throughout the evening characteristic Rotary songs aud repartee enlivened the proceeding. Several remained for preaching service at the churchy Extension Of Strike Among Other Unions Is Not Expected From Today's Meeting -Con ference Is Desired Railroad Executives WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. Heads of all railway labor unions were in Washing ton today to consider President Hard ing's latest proposals for termination of the shop crafts federation, strike. Tne general conference was sought by shop crafts leaders immediately on receipt of the second White House effort at media tion, and so far as known the shop craft executives who have been here several days have taken no step as yet toward framing their answer. It has been repeatedly emphasized by B. M. Jewell, spokesman for the allied shop unions, that the general conference was desired in an advisory way and that extension of the strike among other railroad unions was not expected to re sult from today's meeting. Since the conference was called, however, mem bers of some other rail unions at various points have refused, with the sanction of the union heads, to work under con ditions prevailing due to the shopmen's strike. Protest walkouts against the use of troops and armed guards and also against alleged detonation of rolling stock resulted and It appeared certain that this phase of the railroad problem would be given much attention by tho general, conference when it went into session. Early action by the shopmen toward framing their answer to Mr. Harding's proposal that the seniority dispute le referred to the Railroad Labor Board for settlement was not expected. Mr. Jewell anticipated that it would take a day or more for tho general conference to go over the ground with" the shopmen It seemed likely that the men 's answer would not reach the President beforo next week. Railroad executives also tackled tho ELEVATING THE BRIDGE AT ROZZELL'S FERRY Southern Power Work Makes Necessary Raising Of Big Bridge - Work On Streets Of ML Holly Going Along. (Special-to the Gazette) MOUNT HOLLY, Aug. 11. Work will begin within the next two weeks an elevating the bridge over the Catawba River at Rozell's Ferry. This bridge which is to be practically a new ono when completed, will be elevated from 30 to 40 feet above the bridge at pre sent. The back-water from the Southern I'ower Company's dam a Mountain Is land will be 18 feet over the present bridge. Two new piers will he built and .the present ones in the river will be raised to the necessary htiglit. , Tho new bridge when completed will bo over 600 feet long. Rcid & Lowe, well-known bridge builders, are bidding- strongly for the work. The. board of aldermen have taken up the work of improving the streets. Chaos has been left in the wake of the laying of the water and sewer mains. This work has been completed, and the streets ar being leveled and put into shape. Tho Woman's Club, through it's president, Mrs. Henr Rhyne, has taken in charge the beautifying of the streets. Grass and shrubs are to be planted at the Sea board and Piedmont and Northern de pots. The Southern Power Company has finished the power line from the steam plant at Mount Holly to Mountain Is land. The plant here which generates about . 8,000 horsepower, will transfer the power to Mountain, Island and this plant will distribute it to the industrial plants in the Piedmont section of North Carolina. A near-serious accident took place last Saturday afternoon, when a Hudson car, driven by Alex Caldwell, a negro jitney il river, collided with a Buick car driven by David Nims. The Buick car was just entering the main road from the driveway, when the car driven by the jitney driver at a high" rate of speed crashed into it. Mr. Luther Nims was slightly hurt about the knees. The Buick car was badly damaged. Personals Mrs. C. E. Hutchison and Misses Eu nice and Mar Hutchison have returned from a two weeks stay ot Grove Park Inn, Asheville, and at the Park Hill hotel, Hendersonville. . Mrs. C W. Baucom left yesterday to spend several weeks visiting friends and relatives at Monroe. Mr.- Roy Snratt has returned from Richmond, Va., where he brought bncK his daughter. Miss Elizabeth Spratt, from St. Elizabeth hospital there. Mr. L. G. Hunt, of Miama, Ariz., who has been spending several days visiting his brother, Mr. L. C, Hunt, here, has returned home. Mr. Latta Johnston, who has been at tending summer school at the University of North Carolina, has returned home. In An Advisory Way Meet In New York. government's new proposal today at their meeting in New York. There was no advance notice as to when their reply would bo forthcoming. Tho manage, ments were first by several , days t answer the President's last suggestion for b settlement anil their flat rejection, of his proposals as to seniority were generally known beforo the shopmen's acceptance was transmitted. Striko lea ders here have not admitted, however, that their action on the new government proposal would be deferred until the rail executives had made known their proposition. Since the President's new and final suggestion was made known shop craft leaders hero have freely predicted thut it would bo rejected, although j"claring themselves without tho power to commit the unions on such a proposition. Ttio executive heads of the organization in tho shop crafts federation who havo power to act have been engaged in con ferences here preiaratory to tho general gathering today, and nothing has been said to alter the impression that re jectlon is a foregone conclusion, only tho form of the answer, to-the president being in doubt. ; ' Meunwhile, administration leaders have given no inkling as to the course the government will follow if it again faces rejection of 'its efforts to bring nbout voluntary ' termination of the striki. Congress will be in full session next week, ready, as the president desired, tcj take up tho problem should the adminis tration find it expedient to seek emer gency legislation, but there is nothing, to indicute that a definite program ha been or will be prepared until the an swers of both sides reach the Whita House. :;.'. T BISHOP KILGO DIED EARLY THIS: MORD Prominent Bishop Of Metho dist Church Succumbs ! To' Heart Attack After Long And Courageous Fight." ', CHARLOTTE, Aug. 11. Bishop John C. Kitgo died this morning at 1:13 o'clock at his home on tho Plaza, Chat ham Estates, where ho had been in ah unconscious condition since Thursday night of lust week, when he suffered a severe heart attack. A report from the bedside of Bishop John C. Kilgo late last night stated his pulse had been growing weaker all tho evening and he was not expected to survive through the night. Bishop Kilgo suffered af heart attach Sunday night and since then his physi sians hnve held out little hope for his recovery, although he has rallied and showed increased strength temporarily several times. Except for rare intervals he has been in a comatose state. He be gan sinking during the afternoon yes terday. - - - . ; - . - " . The aged minister has never entirell recovered from the severe attack suffer. ed last spring us ho was on his way homo from the general conference of the Southern Methodist church at Hot Springs. For several weeks he lay cri tically ill in a Memphis hospital. Finally he was brought home by ' a 'Memphis physician sjnd a special nurse on a cot ' in the pi'vate car of Fairfax Harrison, president of the Southern Railroad, of which Bishop Kilgo was a director. John Carlisle Kilgo was born in Laurens, S. C, on July 22, 1861, tho son of James T. and Katherine Mason Kilgo. He entered the ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. South, in 1SS2 and afterwards . continued his coilege studies at Wofford College, Spartanburg, 8. C, where be was graduated with tho degree of M, A, in .1892-. Froml889 to 1S94 Dr. Kitgr was financial agent of Wofford ollrga and at the same time professor of philo sophy in the institution; 'He was presi dent of Trinity College, Durham, N. C, from 1894 to 1910, when ho resigned tho- presidency upon being elected a bishop of the Southern Methodist church. He retained the title of Presi dent Emeritus of Trinity College until 1917, when he resigned it. Bishop Kilgo had been a member of several of the Southern conference and was elected a delegate to the General Conference of 1894 and re-elected to each suceecuinjr Oenoral onferenee un til that of 1910. at which he was elect ed a bishop. He was a delegate to tho Ecumenical Confereuee, a world-widtj gathering of all branches of Methodism, in 1901. This gathering i held only once in every ten years. He liad be'ii honored with degrees from a number of institiitioiiiv being made a Doctor of Divinity by Wofford and Randolph. Marou colleges, and au LL.D. by Tu lane - University.. On Dei-emVr T, 1S82, John C. Kilgo wh. rmirrii I to Miss Fannie Turner, of .iwTin S. C, who survives him. The r viving , clalilrvn am .i,mh C'ha rlesion, S. C. and Mr, and Mrs. 'Bailey Grcimo, lotto,. ; . , Ki'j Ivor.