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in a c A nl Weather - V Cloudy Local Cotton 21 CENTS i Ji iG VOL. XLIII. NO. 195 GASTONIA, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 16, 1922 SINGLE COPY'S CENTS .ISSUE OF $400,000 FOR STREET PAVING COlCILiOROERS BOND For First Time In 20 Weeks Soft Coal Miners Get Orders to Work Gastonians Insist On Further Extension Of (Hardsur " ': face Streets. Only Small Part Of fhe 450,000 Who Quit Work Last March Union Officials On Way To Make Peace With Other Employers Hope For Early Quantity Production. CLEVELAND. O.. Aug. 16. (By The V "MEANS 20 MORE BLOCKS Associated Press) For the first time in meuiy vtee&s, ginning sole cum miner at scattered points in seven states wera ft itooav tinlpi nrjlera to hpmn piuil Tiromie- ' Applications - For Jitney ' Li- tion. Thig result of the part settlement .,, UiAA Ovm- Till ' 01 tl,e 8trie however, affected only smal Censes ueia Uer. till I ,;; a. iKn nnn ,HwM I niajvi ivjf VI tiro lav.uuu DUib wi uigcu INext meeting. jwho threw down their picks last March 31, but union officials were on tneir way buck home to seek ta make peace with fti nan nm nlAtrAa I,... . x ' .1 WHVX Clll MVV V S Da Ati auditiunul issue of $400,000 street pre8ident John . Lewis, of the miners improvement bonds was ordered by the I who remained here for a day's rest be- city council in regular session last night, fore entering the peace negotiations with this bemg the item of super-importance anthracite operators at Philadelphia to . . ., , , !x. ,., , morrow, predicted that soft coal opera before the bodv; Citv Attorney P. Woods .n ..,u ..,. Garlaml was authorized to prepare the ment made here,' and held out hope for ilea -wary advertising at onee and offer I an early quantity production. He also tiK-BO bonds for Kale; It is believed that said he was hopeful of the result of the this issue will find a ready sale, as has conference with the anthracite operators, been true of former Gastonia bond issues District union officials before leaving The money derived from this bond is- here for home sent invitations for five sue will be used to further extend tad I meetings of operators with the view of paving of ilio elfy's streets, Approxi- j concluding peace. mately 20 jnore blocks of paving . will j The general agreement, concluded here bo secured as a result of this issue. land adopted by the union as u basis for Since the building of additional paved I supplemental agreements throughout the streets, through th medium of a bond I coal fields, continues the old wages and issue, was commenced some time ago working conditions, including the check property owners in every section of tin 0ff of union dues, to April 1, 1923; and city have been begging the council to provides machinrey for negotiating but pave, pave, pave, . There has been a not arbitrating- next year's scale. The unanimous demand for more paved streets j agreement also calls for a national con andthe city fathers, yielding .to this in-1 vention of optrators and miners of bi- istent demand, last night ordered this I tuminous territory to be held in this new issue of bonds. When the work au- leity next October 2 for selecting a fact thorizcd to he -done-under this issue is completed, Gastonia will bo one of tin very first cities in the entire state Li the amount of paved streets. City Manager Alexander was author! zed to put out petitions for the paving I as individuals or us associations. of tho 'following streete, requests having been made for them frequently before: TUn llCPDnK fillllTY" - Fourth aveuno from Marietta to Broad; I IIU UTUnULO UUlLI 1 j Letv street from Fourth to Fifth j Oak- . land nvctino from Third to Fourth; Wil low street from Franklin avenue to. Four th; Fast. Main uveune from Brqad to Avon: Fast Airline from Broad to Ozerk The following blocks have already been J Assailants ordered ntived, Third avenue irom vnes ter to York; Third avenue from South to. Marietta and Fourth avenue from Mouth to Marietta., . ; Five applications for license to oper ato jitneys woro presented, to the council nnd all Mere held over until the next regu lar meeting for investigations. The ap plicants were J. F. Deas, W. t Uognns, Mar.avin Moore, Joe Westbrooks and J. VvM:iKairoe, . Chief "of Pl!oo Adderholt presented hi " rcnort f or the month of July. It shenvd 200 defendants befort tho muni ciiial" court, divided as follows, viz: - Male whites 134. female whites 10. mnlo colored 47.' female colored 9. In the list of crimes drunkenness led with 33 ar finding commission to investigate the eoal industry. Under the policy laid down by tho union, tho district officials may conclude peace witji any soft coal operators either WILL BE ELECTROCUTED Of Mrs. ketchen Must Pay Supreme Penalty Returned To Penitentiary To Await Execution. TROOPS ON GUARD ARE ORDERED DEMOBILIZED COLUMBUS, 0., Aug. 16.-(By The Associated, Press) -Ohio natio nal guardsmen sent to the various Ohio coal fields during the coal strike, were ordered returned to their ar mories and demobilized today by Governor Davis. . WALTER CANDLER SUED FOR $100,000 DAMAGE i BY MRS. SARAH G. BYFIELD Alleges That Candler Attacked Her In Stateroom Of Steam ship On Night Of July 16 I Operation Was Performed. Collins Latest. ; ' 'aX"' . Nil I if y i J f t - 1 -"if s w.-y. -.i..-:- & -:'.1ul0a Rail Heads And Union Officials GASTONIANS ARE TAKEd Look Toward Negotiations For Ending Strike Shop Craftsmen Tho latest photograph of Michael' t Conina.- Just received in AmericaJ ; shows hlra as commander Of tb Irteh Free Btatea torcea.. ' . CARTHAGE, - N. C.. Aug. 15. After being out SUven minutes the jury in the trial of three negroes on charges growing - out of the attack upon Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Ketchens, of Miami, Fla., automobile tourists, near Southern Pines, tell days ago, returned a verdict of guilty as to two of the negroes, who were immediately sentenced to die in the electric chair on September 15. John Lee, the other negro, was found. guilty of secret assault, .and was given of. K1WANIS CLUB CONSIDERS ' PARK PROPOSITION rests, gambling being a close second I with ,abor. The negroes sentenced to be .".2. Kighteenwere hailed into court for executed are Angus Murphy and Jasper ppeedint; and 50 for operating cars with- Tnoma8 . out State lieenso. There were four cases l Two thoU8and spectators, including of selling liquor. The fines totalled $oj. j the victim of the agsauit looked on in OU, and me costs uow.u silence as the jury returned its verdict A reim'Wiii.tuve "t -i i.r.... i .viiimhv th nlilur r thn nriannon cern was hefoTO the board and offered to broke down and wept an(l plead fo pive the city free of charge a stop and go morfy a8 tne judge passed the sentence Kirn for Main avenue at feouth btrect. bf death. Thomas maintained his atti His offer was accepted.-... tude of indifference Both prisoners were returned to the state prison at Raleigh on a special train tonight', guarded by detachments of the Durham machine gun company and the Kalcigh service company; o suggestion of disorder attended the sec ond day of the' trial. , Trial of the two negroes began yes- Has Option On Splendid Park terday afternoon. c-. wi m u:-u c.u. ., : one "ear new mgn Murpny as ner assailant ana Thomas ar Organize I tl10 llcKro wno held a light while the assiiuib nan cuuouiuuiaicu. Evidence in the case was submitted without argument. " The outstanding feature of the evi dence at the evening session was Mrs. Ketchen 's positive identification of An gus Murphy from his voice as the man who assaulted her, after hearing him testify in his. behalf . A number of other witnesses were used in rebuttal by the state at the eve ning session. All were corroboratory except Fannie Aekery, a colored woman, who testified to seeing the men in the ATLANTA, Ga.,'Auir. 16. Damages of $100,000 are asked of Walter T. Randier, local banker, by Mrs. .Sarah Gillespie Byfield, in a suit filed today in DeKalb superior court at Decatur, Ga., in which she alleges that as a re sult of an attack upon her by Mr. Candler in her stateroom aboard the steamship Bercngaria, on the4 night of July 16, last, she has been f orced to j keep to her bed much of the time since, her condition finally necessitating an operation, which was performed Mon day. Mrs. Byfield is the wife of Clyde K Byfield, local automobile dealer; charged by Mr. Candler in a suit fileu Monday in Fulton superior court with having Candler's petition asked that Mr. By FIVE NORTH CAROLINA CONGRESSMEN ON HAND AT OPENING OF HOUSE Gastonia Mills Send Request 1 To Simmons and Over- : man For C'oal. French Cabinet Is In Accord With Poincare's Reparation Policy RAMBOUILLET, Trance, Aug. 16 (By The Associated Press) The French cabinet todav unanimously approved the German reparations po licy of Premier Poinca re, and con gratulated him. bpon the stand he took at the London conference of Allied Premlera. This action, was taken after M. Poincare had given an explanation of the unsuccessful negotiations in London.. The Premier desires that parliament be convened to give the ministry a vote of confidence. This would be taken as a mandate to exe cute the plan which Minister of Fi nance De Lasteyrie is bringing before the council. 'The plan which is reported to have been prepared in case the repara tion commission's decision on the moratorium question pronounces Ger many wilfully in default of her pay ments, deals with measures to be taken in Alsace-Lorraine and the French occupie territory of the Rhine land. It is understood no military measures have been contemplated thus When the ministers alighted at the RambouTliet station the crowd gave cheers for England as well as France, although there were some cries of "Down with Lloyd GeogreJV Transportation Tie-ups In the Far West Are Beginning To Unravel Today. CONDITION IS RELIEVED Embargoes Lifted and Trains Moved Over Roads Af fected By Strike. UNION .HEADS RENEW EFFORTS TO END STRIKE Public Eagerly Awaits Presi dent's Message To Congress Will Present All Facts In the Case. ' G.' C. Andrews, Representing Gaston Mills, Gets Very ' Little Encouragement. Building; May Stock Company. ' At a business meeting of the Gas tonia Kiwanis Club Tuesday evening, lmn-h interest and enthusiasm was evi denced iiL the proposition that- the Kiwanis Uub undertake a& its major activity for the current year the estab lishment of R public park. While it .was not possible at this meeting ' to carry the project to the point of a deft- V,,,V"i:T:T r.n "::H"i'V," neighborhood of the assault on the eve deViaSof 'tii project in a definUe fe"! JJi? war at the next meeting of the club. , tZ " . Kivvanian Hoyto Cunningham, of the ,th?t h., ,w thtr.Pe m htd i .,t,. i ,.f ,,iniu,m wi the train while m motion at Southern jl-ui imniv ...... "vl pjnil. ... twrf nf is crp nf Tho ease was submitted without ar land ' lying just outside the ity limits gument i . i . i . .1 : .. I - umi wiiiiiii it nriun inniami- ui me '"-"Ivnuir Iirrrcr itooc mav -v.i, i,ih ,.!..! lu.il.i;nr --TI.S. Li-liiLATUKS MAY property has about 700 feet frontage : L0P OFF FARM AGENT on Chester street extension, and lies . CLOVER, 8. C, Aug. 15. There along Jhe branch just above the South- is rft opinion eurrent that county ex- i-rn's puniiitiK station. This property Pauses niight be cut down just a mite ran 1 obtained for $9,500. It wag by doing away with the services of the also reported that an adjoining tract farm demonstration agent and the of 12 acres could be obtained at the woman s home demonstration agent an other year. While Candidate W. A. iMiiiihiniiifr nf thn tvn trarta would crivf (Bolin is the only, legislative candidate a splendid park sitejtif thirty acres wt wno ,hal' 80 ,ar stated from the stump a total cost of abdiit I16.0O0. The uml ne xavors aoing away with the two matter will probably be handled by or- ofrk-es, it is understood that there are c.-mizintf a joint stock company with others that are pretty nearly of the .1 shares, which wilt hp nTprp, tn same mind. jneinlers of the Kiwanis Club. The Reports from several of the counties i .roerty Would belong to the share holders, but would be maintained and operated by the Kiwanis Club as a pub lie park: .- . - The only definite action taken by the club at last night's meeting was the appointment of a committee consisting of H.-N. noyce, Hoyte CCunninghani, E. H. Brittain and M. A. arjenter to investigate the proposition and pre sent a definite plan to the club at its next meeting. There was some general discussion of several other proposed ac tivities, including the opening of club rrtoin.i, J.mt these were all laid aside uu tI the. park proposition has been dell- . nitely a.ttd upon, . field b restrained ttoxn realizing on a , note for $20,500, which, he said, with 2,500 in cash and some notes, wae given by hint in return for a check for $23,000, which he gave Byfield when he was found in Mrs. Byfield s stateroom. In this petition, Mr. Candler stated that he could not account for being in Mrs. Byfield 's stateroom and denied "WASHINGTON7. Aug. 15. Messrs. any improper conduct. I Dogghton, Pou, Stedmun, Bulwinklo nnd Mrs. Byfield's petition stated Jhat I Ward were here today when the house she and ner husband were persuaded by I convened, and it was stated that Messrs Mr. Candler to make the trip to Eu-1 Weaver and Hammer were on the road. rope, anu tnat tne party composed oil Members are returning in a more or the Byfields and , Mr. Candler and his less happy frame of mind, many of two daughters, sailed from New York I them having been caught out on slow for Cherbourg on July 11. She said I trains. While in this mood today gen that in addition to the pleasure they I tlemen would have been found ready would get out of the trip, Mr. Candler I for most anything the. president might "wished for the petitioner to aid in I have seen fit to suggest, from seizing looking after and caring for . his two I the railroads to declaring war on the girls." I rest of the world The petition then recited in detail Congressman Ward "apprehends that the actions of the party on the night he is going to have a man's size job in of the 16th, which was their last at sea. , the house in looking after the Dismal The party had dinner with a man Swamp canal appropriation of a half and his wife, ship acquaintances, Mrs. I million dollars, should tho senate take Byfield stated, and "champagne . was taction. Senator Simmons rescued this partaken of sparingly by all." "No- proposition from 'the commerce com body became intoxicated, " bhe said, Imittee of the senate, after an adverse "and all left the dinner in full pos-1 decision had been rendered, but st session of their faculties. ' has been hung 'up in the senate by 320BWPW. i .. .ereeeivedWI.shidESCTII reason of objection made by Senator f After the dinner," the petition con- Borah, who does not like the looks of tinued, "petitioner went with the said the Cape Cod canal in which Senator Candler children to their berth, where Lodge has concerned himself, and it ap one oi them received medical attention, i pears tnat the two propositions are Petitioner aided' both of the children I linked, perh;yis fatally fur the Dismal in preparing for bed. After the. said I Swamp proposal. children were put , to bed, petitioner Mr. Andrews After Coal went on deck with the balance of the I G 'C Andrews, executive agent of party, where was in progress the usual the Gray Manufacturing Company and gaiety which takes place the last night other cotton mills at Gastonia, spent on ship.. There was no intoxication some time here today looking into the among the niemDeri or tne uandierieoai ouuooa. coincident witn air. An- party. Petitioner, her nusbnnd, and drews' call Henator isimmons received said Candler were in full possession of la telegram from J . 11. Separk, presi their faculties. I dent of the Gastonia concerns, in which "Finally petitioner and her husband I the hope was express! that something left the party and went to petitioner's could do done about coal, 'he nuns in stateroom to retire for the night. After I question are users of steam power,: and getting there, petitioner's husband sug- they must have coal, and that soon, if Bested that they had left the party mey are to be-Kept going, inn onico somewhat abruptly and, they might of Mr. Simmons ascertained that the think rudely: so he stated that he would steam-using cotton mills stand fifth on go back and stay with the party for a the priority list and this is a matter while. Petitioner protested, out nnaiiyiwai ib certain to receive ine aiiennoi aeouiesced. and uetitioner a said hus-1 of the A orth Carolina senator at once . band did go on deck again. I During the conference this afternoon, "When petitioner 's husband had left Mr. Spencer, of the fuel admimstra her, the stateroom door was closed, the tion, could give little encouragement in iirht was turned down, and she ore-1 me matter or reciassnuation. lie sa the cotton mills uing coal could only receive consideration after the needs of others, higher on the list, had been sup plied. Mr. Spencer said he was operat ing undet certain orders which had to be observed, but he hotted the mills at Gastonia, as well as all mills using coal, could be taken care of. Congressman Bulwinklo accompanied Mr. Andrews, to the office of the fuel where demonstration airents are em ployed this year is that they will not be employed for another year. On the other hand if is reported that Repre sentative W. B. Bradford, of Fort Mill, is being rather strenuously opposed for re-election because he refused Jto sup port a proposal last year fo employ a ' ' boll weevil ' ' farm demonstation agent at a salary of $1,500 a year to come off of the taxpayers of . York county. ; THE WEATHER V Local showers tonight or Thursday.- pared to sleep. "A short time after petitioner's hus band had left her, said Candler opened the door, tore the bed clothing off her, dishevelled her night clothes, grabbed her in his arms and sought to get in bed with her, for-the purpose of de bauching her. Petitioner screamed and continued to scream until her husband rushed into the room and immediately emrasmd in a. terrific fieht with said I administrator !nmllnr. . Of course, immediate settlement of "Thn effort of said Candler to de- the coal strike may give relief, but bauch petitioner, the struggle with him, nothing whatsoever came from the care und the fiirht in the stateroom beween fully laid plans of the ubiquitous Mr. him and petiioner's husband abfblutely Hoover for handling the little coal sup unnerved petitioner, made her ill, and P'y available in the couutry. .A good she has remained ill from that day until n.y people here looked confidently for the present. j precisely ims resuii wniie me country "Petitioner and her husband landed was being told that all woul.l lie well. in France and rentained there news-' B0W that Mr. Hoover had got on the sarilv for a few days before Ukig hiri1 job. Now it is admitted, even by Mr. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. While the Public awaited President Harding's mes sage to Congress in which' he will pre sent all facts as to the situation and in which he is exptcetd to express deter mination to throw the full support of the Federal government behind the ef forts for maintenance of railway opera tions throughout the country, chiefs of the employe's unions continued today with their plans for direct settlement of tho rail strike. These chiefs, chairmen of the trainmen service brotherhoods not on strike, still were pinning their hope to negotiations they began yesterday for a conference of the striking shopmen's leaders and the railway executives in New York Thursday and from which they hoped some sort of compromise agreement would be forthcoming.. ; Tho President's message was not ex pected to bo sent to Congress today, though there was a p ossibility Mr. Hard ing might complete it late in the day. Whether the President would suggest any sort of action or recommend legis lation to deal with the rail situation was said to depend on developments today. In the meantimo heads of the four brotherhood organizations kept up their efforts to relieve the serious situation created in the west by unauthorized walk outs of train service operatives and in addition to messages advising the men to return to work union representatives were being sent to various points for personal investigation. Leaders of the shop crofts on authorized strike marked time pending outcome of the latest me diation move. . BY OFFICER 110 USER I'l MIDNIGHT LIQUOR HAUL Deputy Sheriff R. B. Terrell, Charlie Glover and Frank Sarvis Caught. SOUTH MOUNTAIN BRAND Capture Was Made Near Four County Corner In Lin coin County. RAIL STRIKE SUMMARY Developments in the rail strike situation today included: Union chiefs continue metings in Washington in hope of direct set tlement. Traffic conditions in far west, where unauthorized walkout of trainmen stranded many trains, eas- ' ing up. , Numerous local conferences con tinue in various sections. Violence reported in some sections. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. (By The Associated Press) President Harding in a message tomomrrow to Congress will present to the Federal legislators and to the country position of the Government with respect to tho existing industrial troubles, particularly the railroad strike. Arrangements for the President's ap pearance at a joint session tomorrow of tho tJenate and House were completed at a conference today at the White House between tho executive and Senator Lodgo of Massachusetts. " i Belief had been expressed in some quar ters prior to the conference that tho President might delay presentation of hisi message until after it had determined! wneiner tne mediation effonxts of the train service brotherhood chiefs in to morrow 'g conference with a committee of railroad executives would be success ful or result in failure. . CHICAGO, Aug. 16. (By The As sociated Press) Transportation tie-ups i nthe far west began to unravel today as rail heads and union leaders looked toward "direef negotiations for ending the strike of rail shop crafts employes. Railway executive here were pessimis tic over the success of peace parleys pro posed by leaders of the -non-striking unions, in whose hands the shop crafts placed their case. Rejection by the unions of President Harding's proposals for ending the strike railroad heads declared, alraedy broke their faith in the suggested conference. but despite their lack of confidence exu cutiyes of the. western roads approved acceptance of the proposal to meet tho unions in New York tomorrow. Although conditions on roads -in the far west were relieved by breaks in the strike of train crews, the general situa tion remained in the critical stage it reached many day's ago, and President Harding 'a next expected move was to lay the whole industrial crisis befor Congress. Embargoes were lifted and trains were moved again over the Atchison, Topek.i & Santa Fe, tho Southern Pacific and Union Pacific the roads chiefly affected by the walkouts of the Big Four trans portation brotherhoods. Kefusal of brotherhood leaders to sanc tion the walkouts when the Santa Fe is sued ultimatums demanding immediat explanations of the attitude of national officials of the train service unions, were followed by speedy developments iu un tying the traflic knots in California, anil other western states. Conditions on other roeds affected by the brotherhood walk outs were slower in clearing up. - Outbreaks and violence in connection with the strike during the last twenty four hours included a clash between strik rs and guards and workmen in the Mis- Aparatus has been in vented to deter mine the alcoholic eofiteut of beverages by volume in a few minutes almost aut souri Pacific yards at Vanburen, Ark., matieally. I six miles west or r ort Bruit h Cotton Consumption Exceeds 0 ' Production By 1,71 7,000 Bales home. While she was in France heW nerves were wrecked and she was kirk and remained in bed. ''Petitioner has returned home and is now in .bed, ill, at the home of her father, as a result of said Candler's conduct, and on August 14, 1922, she underwent a surgical operation ren dered necessary by her condition pro duced by the baid Candler's conduct." Hoover, that the oierators are already out of hand, that it is the man with the high dollar that gets te roal at the mines and that nothing will come of the plan for distribution unless some thing worth while can be done through federal legislation. , Southern's Active Campaign. Vice-President Miller, of the Southern i (Continued on page 8.). - J WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The world 's production of commercial ' cot ton, exclusive of linters, grown in 1921, was approximately 15,197,000 bales of 478 pounds of lint while the consump tion of cotton, exclusive of . linters, in the, United States was approximately 6,914,000 bales of 478 iKiunds of lint, the census bureau announced today. Consumption of cotton in the United States during the cotton year, August 1, 1291, to July 31, 1922,'evceeded that of the year 1920-21 by more than a mil lion bales but was half a million bales below 1919-20. United States consump tion was 28.9 per cent of the world's pro- hu-tion compared with 28.6 per cent for 1920-21. The carry-over of cotton on July 31 this year was 2,828,186 bales, compared fith 6, 534,360 bales a year ago and 3,- 56X162 bales two years ago. Statistics of cotton growing states follow: - Consumed during July 304,9;6 bales, compared with .'i:!6,;87 iu June and 244,843 in July last year. On hand July 31 in consuming estab lishments 529,368 bales, emopared with 614,754 ou June 30, and 458,817 ou July 31 last year; in public storage and at cmopresses 1,123,877 bales, compared with 1.487,526 on Juue 30 and 3,254,432 on July 31 last year. Cotton spindles active during July numbered 15,583,903 compared with 15,- 533,332 in June aud 14,499,256 in July last year. WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. Cotton consumed during July amounted to 458,548 bales of lint, and 55,424 bales of liuters, compared with 507,869 of lint, and 53,385 of linters in. June nnd 410,142 of lint and 50,944 of linters in July last year, the census bureau an nounced today. ; CottOn on hand July 31 in eensmn ing establishments amounted to 1,215, 103 bales of lint and 134,597 of linters, compared with 1,332;83. of lint and 152,065 of linters so held on June 30, and 1,111,147 of lint and 201,353 of linters so held July 31 last year. Cotton on hand July 31 in public storage and at compresses amounted to 1.4S8.083 bales of lint, and 54,587 bales of linters, compared with 1,936,025 of lint and 76,386 of liuters so held June 30 and 3,723,213 of lint and 243,926 of linters so held July 31 last year." " Cotton imported amounted to 8,587 bales, compared with 12,662 bales in "ne and 3,452 in July last year.. Exiiorts amounted to 373,742 bales, including 9.100 bales of linters, com lared with 491,079, including 12,678 of linters in June and 598,962 bales, in cluding 3,700 of linters, in July last year. Cotton spindles active during July numbered 31,975,269, compared with 31,877,015 in June and 32,371,013 in July last year, . ; A party of five, consisting of Charles Glover, Frank Sarvis, Mr. Nichols. Mr. Swaggarty, and Deputy Sheriff Robert Terrell were arrested Tuesday night by Federal Prohibition Agent E. L, Hou- ser, V. A . Hoylo and J. A: Wesson, deputy sheriffs of Cleveland eounty; on charges of f transporting intoxicating liquor to tho amount of four and nn half gallons." The arrest was mada near Casar in Cleveland county, near South Mountain. Tho two men, Nich ols and Swaggarty, were stock company performers from Atlanta and were lay ing off in Gastonia. On testimony of the other members of the nartv thav were freed. It seems that the party In a Buick automobile belonging to Mrs. Robert lerreu decided that they wanted to . quench their thirst and took a trip to the South Mountain region for the pur pose of obtaining tho product. Terrell stayed iu the car while the others went after the liquor.-. Four and a half gal lons were brought back to the car and the men started towards home. Officer Terrell stated this morning that it waa purchased at a garage where more than a hundred gallons of South Mountain tffejv was concealed for the purpose of iillnir. .lien tho automobilo had gotten un- ut ay on us return trip Ufflcers Houser, Hoyle and Wesson stopped them and mnde the arrest. The fact that Terrell waa an officer himself carried no wegiht with tho United States prohi bition officer. The party was brought, to Gastonia. Warrants were sworn out before United States Commissioner 8. S. Morris. All three bonds were fixed at $300 for appearance at a peliminary hearing before Commissioner Morris on August 29. The bonds were signed by C. C. Armstrong, Ed. Quiun, and Joe Edwards. . . j For the past year or more Mr. Ter rel, who was formerly a member of tho ' police and fire departments, has held a commission us Deputy Sheriff under J31i3. riff J. W. Currol and was employed and paid by the management of several South Gastonia mills to control traffic and keep order in tliat section. , It is understood today that as a result jpf his arrest in connection with last night's happenings his commission has been cancelled. , . . The Tuesday night arrest was .the fifth made by Officer Houser since July 8, five automobiles being taken as a result of his activities. A total of; 60 gallons of liquor has been taken.. Seventeen men have been arrested in connection with tho liquor raids. The haul was made near the inter, section of tho four counteis, Cleveland, Burke, Lincoln and Catawba, 12 miles northeast of Casar and 31 miles from Shelby. The arrest was made near Laurell Hill church .in North Brook township, Lincoln county. , Officers Hoyle and Wesson, who live, at Casar, say that there is a nisrhtlv traffia through that section, coming down into the towns and villages of this part of tho county. The arrest was made on what is known as the Cherryviile-Mor- ganton road between 1 and 2 1 o'clock '! luesday night. It was 7:30 when the party reached town. Commissioner Morris will hold a pre. liminnry hearing on Auznst 29. - Th two show men caught an early train this morning and left the city. Glover, Sar vis, and Terrell will appear before the commissioner. MAYOR OF GOLDSBORO . SLAMS POLICE FORCE Mayor Bain Resigns As Acting City Manager When Aldermen Fail Him A Stormy Conference. GOLDSBOIIO. Auir. 15.Tl. 11 A the board of aldermen refused to sup port his "clean-up" campaign and let tho ax fall on Patrolmen Hurke and Taylor, Mayor Edgar H. Bain, actim? city manger since W. M. Ricks resigned several weeks ago, the mayor told the board where it got off last night. "If you can't support me." h tnl.I them emphatically, "vou can trot an. other acting city mauger and get hiin now. - - . He did not stop there. He told them in so many words he had had deetctives watching the whole force and it was rotten from the assistant ch'mf down." The board asked for facts, for direct instances. Ho refused point blank. "How da t know I can trust vou silt" he fine. tioned , 'One of you may be in collu sion with some of the bootleggers and blindtigers. Some of you might bo selling them sugar aud molasses for alt I know. I suppose you are oil rigU, but I don't know, I'm from Misnouri. You'll have to show me. I tell you the police force is rotten and inefficient from the assistant chief on down, and if you don't want to stipiort me and get some new policemen why you tun get you a new acting city manager." -Alderman Rancy rcenfed Mayor Bain's remarks and said so. It Im.k. I as if it was tinm to fight inst-aj of talk about - policrmeii and booth m. bufc' cooler heads interfered and prr...i! i nated. They accepted M.iyor l'i n' resignation and 0. M. Grantham, .i ; i r intendfiit of th water drp rt n. m elected acting city m?'ivig':r ,
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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Aug. 16, 1922, edition 1
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