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VOL. XLIII. NO. 199
GA5T0NIA, N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 21, 1922
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WATER MAIN AT SPEKCER
SUPPLYING TIIE.SI10PS
WRECKED BY EXPLOSION
Situation Is Growing More
. Tense and Troops May. Be
Placed On Guard.
POX CARS ARE BURNED
Promiscuous Shooting Near
Picket Lines But None
Are Identified.
; SPENCER, N. C.'Aug. 1. Juict
prevailed here early today after av Sun
' day marked bv the Wasting of the
1 water main supplying the tiouhtern Rail
! '. ' - way's shops, the burning of aeveral box
cars in the yard and an early morning
. outbreak of scattered and apparently
' . "utrmless . finng. yo disorder was re
, ported during the night . ' Workmen
were busy throughout yesterday enquir
ing the 12 inch main broken by the
- explosion and finally succeeded in re-
storing be water supoly.
Lack of water caused cosiderablo de
lay in. moving trains. Sheriff J. II
, Krider and other officials today had not
found a duo that would assist in fix
ing responsibility for the blast.
" Colonel Don E. Scott, of Oraham, in
v; charge or the nine national guard or
ganizatious encamped at " the " fair
grounds three miles from the shops, con
aidered the advisability of placing
guaras about the shop enclosure as
-; result of the occurrences Sunday, but
has not yet ordered soldiers detailed for
such duty. Local authorities have not
yet made any request for guardsmen
... .. for patrolling the Bhops. ,
csr,.i;.K, ,Aug. L'u. Sunday was
featured . by establishing camp head
quarters for nine companies of state
. v militia three miles from the Spencer
hops; by the blowing up of the large
water majn that supplies the shops
" and hundreds of locomotives that are
used out of Spencer; by the burning of
some bad-order box curs near the yard
limits; by a small size skirmish reported
on the outskirts of East 8ioncer; by
the arrival of 2a recruits for the work
ing force at the shops, and the passing
of another group of workmen .headed
( lor Columbia shops.
Surpassing all other matters in gen
eriil interest was the blowing up- of i
water main shutting off the entire sup
ply for engiues. A colored fireman
passing the scene ' of the explosion,
which oecurri-d about midnight, was se
vercly injured by flying debris and was
given medical attention. The main
- which was ono foot in diameter carry
ing ordinary city pressure, was appnr-
entiy blown up by dynamite at a point
inside me shop yards, between a row
of unused box cars and the fence sur
rounding the property, and at a point
some seventy-five feet from a picket
stand, several pickets, it is said, hav
ing been endangered by ho explosion,
', : which awakened most citizens in Spencer
for ten blocks nround. A section of the
pipe was entirely blown out and a hole
the size of a small house left in the
. ground
A huge stream of water flooded thyt
section of Sjtencer for several hours
-until the supply could be shut off
There is no known clue as to who
. blew up the pie, though Southern offi
cials ami Sheriff J. 11. Krider have
been making strenuous efforts to fasten
Strikers Disclaim Guilt.
While no ' charge has been made
against auyoue, strikers made the state
ment that the blowing up was done
"from the inside," that none of their
men had anything to do with it
Workmen set to work today to repair
mo damage and restore water service
for trains, , which were delayed several
hours 'awiting engines.
The exploMou has stirred Spencer as
not mug else since the strike occurred
and many are asking what steps will
be taken to prevent further trouble.
It has been charged that a quantity
of dynamite caps wre stolen from t)c
Southern premises some nights ago near
the iot where the explosion occurred.
As a result of a rongh night around
the shops many are expecting a detail
. . , from the soldier camp, now in command
of Col. Don Scott, to lie placed around
the shops at night, though up to this
time it had not been believed that
troops would ever be required to pro
ject the Southern's property.
Asked whether troops would.be called
from the camp three miles out of town
' for duty around the shops tonight. Mas
ter Mechanic McBride stated that .lie
could not say early tonight, that the
grievance justified such action, but the
matter would be determined by eubse-
quent events.
The11 burning of an old box ca. on
the outskirts of the yards at a time
when the water supply was shut off hy
reason of the explosion caused a small
stir.
General Sujerintcnlenit R. E. Simp
son was on hand , and took an engine
to the. fire to save what he could. The
origin of the fire could not be deter
mined.
Excited By Firing .
Promiscuous firing near the picket
lines on the East Sencer side shortly
before daylight startled numbers of
citizens as far away as Salisbury and
caused nurses at the hosital to take
. steps to care for 'injured, which were
expected but which failed to arrive.
The last patient at the Slaisbury
hospital shot by pickets -some nights
ago was discharged Saturday night.
A squad of -3 men coming to Spencer
to take work this afternoon insisted on
getting off the tram at xadkin, two
miles from town, and making their own.ure closed firm; Spots, steady 50 points
way to the suops, 'while anotner south !
bound train carried a bunch of work
(Continued on page three.)
Crew Was Starring
To Save Life Of a
" v Mother and Her Baby
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. A
tale of the sea, a becalmed ship, s
starving crew and s mother with a
new born babe, to preserve whose life
every one else sacrificed rations, thrill
ed the water front here today upon
the arrival of the motor ship Annie
Johnson with news of the San Fran
cisco schoner William H. Smith.
' The schooner was becalmed in the
Pacific for 43 days and was discover
ed on August 14 when Captain Mur
ray of the Johnson, responded to her
signals of distress and provided her
with supplies. '
A pitiable condition was found a
board the schooner. . The crew of
seven men had been eleven days with
out food except the Copra with which
the schooner ha 4 loaded. '
They were physically unable to
hoist the emergency supply of rations
over the ship's side. j
In Ihe cabin Mrs. Neb P. Jenson,
wife of . the master, was attempting
to nurse her baby whose' cries rapidly
were growing weaker. The mother1
although favored by Captain and crew
in the matter of.available food, could
not supply sufficient nourishment for
the infant.
The crew of the becalmed vessel
ft was said, was beginning to show
signs of insanity when the motor ship
came to the rescue.
For 116 days no word had been
heard from the unfortunate vessel
and she had been given up for lost
With favorable winds it is expected
she will be in port before the end ot
the week.
FOOTBALL PLAYERS TO
- ROTARY PARK.WEDNESDAY
Slight Change In Plans For
- Gridiron Try - Out High
School Boys Who Want To
Try For Team May Register
Until 1 P. M. Tomorrow
With Supt.. Grier.
A slight change has been made in
the plans for training the local high
school football team, this being neces
sary on account of somo delay in get
ting all the equipment in shape at
Rotary Fark, where the training is to
be had.
The boys, in charge of Supt. W. P.
Grier, will leave the Central high school
building at 4 o 'clock Wednesday after
noon and hike to the Rotary camp, sit
miles west of the city. They will
probably rvmaiii there for a week. The
original plan was that the party would
leave for "camp tomorrow. The boys
who want to try for the team may regis
ter with Supt. Grier up to 1 o'clock
Tuesday; afternoon. i;-...
In tomorrow's Gazette there will ap
pear a detailed list as to what each boy
will be 'expected to ake to camp.
JUDGE A. C, JONES BACK-
ON CITY COURT BENCH
Number Of Drunks. Speed
Artists and Other Law
Breakers Face. Recorder
Fined $10 For Carrying a
Pistol.
Judge- Arthur C- Jones returned to
municipal court this morning after a
week's absence and found several drunks
and scrappers swaiting his resumption
of dealing out the law as he saw fit.
Two speed fiends were up for break
ing the blue laws, one getting a fine
of ten and costs as this Mas bis third or
fourth offense. S. S. Robinson, a
South Carolinian, was . charged with
driving his automobile while in. a
drunken condition. None of the of
ficers who niade the arrest could swear
that the defendant was such, Recorder
Jones returned a verdict of not guilty.
A baker 's dozen of liquor, beef wine
and iron, and jH'ptone consumers were
on hand, most of whom drew fines of $10
and costs. One B. Swaringer. who
said he was on his way to Asheville
from Charlotte on a business trip, was
arrested by Officer Whitlow on two
harges. The first eharee of ooeratinir
his auto without state license went at
one-half the costs. The second, a more
serious one, was that of carrying a con
cealed weapon. The officer found a
pistol in the seat of the r A fine
of $50 and eosts was the price paid for
the latter.
FOUR BURNED TO DEATH
IN TENEMENT HOUSE FIRE
ELIZABETH. N. J.. Au. 21. Knur
persons were burned, to death today in
a fire in a tenement house which the
police believe was of incendiary origin.
The dead, a man, a woman and two
boys, were burned beyond recognition.
me nre started m a passageway be
wee the burned buildinir and the npt
buiMing and spread so rapidly the vic
tims had no "chance to escape.
COTTON MARKET
Receipts
Price
2 bales
22 cents
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YOBK MASEET
NEW YORK. Aug. 21. Cotton futn-
up.
October 22.93: December 22.95: Jsnn-
Jary -22.73; March 22.75; May 22.62
'Spots 23.20.,
Big Raid In Chicago Unearths
Evidences Of Union Propaganda
Among Many Railroad Workers
William 2. Foster, Said To Be Most Radical Leader In United
, States, Headed The League Believed Responsible For
Many Disorders In Train Centers He Was Deported From
Colorado. . "
.' CHICAGO, Aug; 21. Early morning
examination of -papers' and correspon
dence seized in a raid lust night on the
offices of the Trades Union Edueation.il
League which is heuded by William Z.
Foster, who led the hint steed' strike and
who recently was deported from Colora
do as one of the foremost radical lenders
of America, bared n widespread "ono
big union" propaganda among workers
and gave valuable information concern
ing a systematic, series of radical meet
ings in railroad centers,, according to
State's Attorney' Crowe. j
No arrests were made but a long list
of names' of radical leaders was unearth
ed, according to Mr. Crowe. -" .
Th fct-kitj' Attorney' invektiiratiori
began immediately after receipt there off
the report of the Michigan Central wreck
at Gary, Ind., in which two 'men were
killed and two injured, nnd the- dis
covery of two sticks of dynamite on th3
Pennslyvania, railroad tracks. t
Foster was said to be in Joliet, Ills.,
where it was reported he spent sever ll
days after he wus ordered out of Colo
rado by 'State authorities.
Railroad officials said that the Michi
gan Central express train had been de
liberately ditched by , plotters. Spikes
FARM BOYS AND GIRLS
CAMP BEGINS AUG. 23
Annual Encampment To Be
Held At Garrison's Park
Friday Is Day For Whole
Families To Come and Pic
nic Together. ,
More than 125 boys and girls of the
county are now enrolled for the Club
Encampment at Garrison's Park begin
ning August li-'i and continuing through
Friday, August ,23. County Agents
Altmau and Pickens nave been busy
lining up their forces and all indica
tions point . to - a successful three-day
outing.. In addition to the club lead
ers, a number of other people are on
the program us instructors and helpers.
Secretary Allen, of tho Gaston County
Fair, will assist oil the program, n
well as give instruction in swimming.
County Superintendent oi Public Wel
fare, Miss Fay Davenport, Supt. F. P.
Hall, Hugh A. Query, .of The Daily
Gazette, Misses Esther Davenport, .Lehi
Durham, l'curl Stowe and others w,hose
names will be announced later, will
help.
Friday is the big day of the encamp
ment. On that date the gent'ral public
is invited to come to the camp and
share in the gayeties of the day. Tho
club members will put on a program,
nnd in addition there. will be a speech
by some prominent North Carolinian.
The following letter from the agents.
Mr. Altmau and Miss Pickens,- is ex
planatory: "The Agricultural Clubs of the
county are on encampment at Garri
son's Park August 2:1, 24 and 25.
"On rnday, the 2oth, we aro asking
all the people- in the county who ' are
interested in the agricultural welfare of
the county to meet with the boys and
girls as a boost to the work they are
doing. We arc arranging a program
of interest for the youngsters and for
the- grown-up.
"ion are asked to bring n iiicnie
lonch and come prepared to enjoy' the
program and take a part in the recrea
tional activities being arranged for the
day.
''The 'encampment will clow with
Friday's program. - We are deluding
upon you to help make tins, the last
day, fhe best eiit'of the week."
ANTHRACITE WORKERS
AND OPERATORS CONFER
PHILADELPHIA, Ang. 21. Repre
sentatives of anthracite workers and. of
the men who otierate the mines assem
bled here again today for another ses
sion of tho negotiations to reconcile the
differences .between the- two factions
which have kept the hard coal mines
idle since April 1. Today's meeting
was scheduled for 4 p. m.
The same personnel of representa
tives present at last week's parleys
were here for today's sesvfon,' John
L. Lewis, president -of the United Mine
Workers, remained in the city over the
week-end.
The mine workers were to sif in con
sultation this morning, while the ojnra
tors, headed by Samuel D. .Warriner,
president "of the Lehih Coal and Navi
gation Company, and chairman of the
operators' policy committee, were , to
convene in a separate meeting.
Aside from the ersonal interest in
solving the problem, the negotiators re-'
turned to Philadelphia after a Sunday
in the country or at the seashore, fac
ing pressure from constituents on both
sides. '-.:
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Tuesday, warmer
Tuesday, and in northwest tonight. v
were removed from tics and rails loosen
ed, they said. i -'
The express train was running five
hours Iitte.nud an hour ahead of one of
the fastest New . York-Chicago limited
trains. It was believed the plotters plan
ned to' wreck the passenger train.
The raid of Foster's headquarters was
planned after hurried communications
with authorities in other rail centers,
where disorders have occurred- anil where
meetings of railroad men have been ad
dressed by radical lenders.
Reports of n dozen meetings addressed
by Foster in cities of the middle west
were received, the State's Attorney said.
Detecfiveg buttered 'down the door
1
zed
" league's offices. Inside they seize
letter files, card indexes, books pamph
lets ami pictures of Lcniuc and Trotsky,
Soviet leaders of Russia. . The evidence
filled a truck. It included a complete
list of meetings held by Foster, the, raid
ers said.
Foster is said to huvq come to Chicago
following hi expulsion from Colorado.
From here, it was said, he went to Joliet,
where Sheriff Newkirk was wounded and
two men killed in o rail strike riot two
weeks, ago. . - . '
SALISBURY FEARFUL OF
OUTBREAK AT SPENCER
Some Wild Rumors Afloat
Sunday Run Down Every
thing Apparently Quiet, But
' People Are Uneasy.
SALISBUBY, Aug. 21. The total
number of men and officers' camped at
the fair grounds a mile west of tho
courthouse is 523, according to Col, Don
Scott, in charge of the troops. Colonel
ticott stated today that disorders of
sufficient magnitude rejKirtcit to Sheriff
Krifler, himself or Governor - Morrison
would put the troops in'action. Until
there is such report the men will be kept
within the fair ground enclosure. Gene
ral visiting by .the -'public' ut the .fair
grounds was prohibited and will 'eon
tinue to be prohibited while the troops
are there. - -
Two large cars of the North Carolin.i
Public JService company have been se
cured by the troops; and the cars and
crews are kept at the fair grounds for
use by the soldiers,
To clear up repeated rumors Hhat a
number of men hurt in skirmishes had
been taken to the Kn-lisliury hospital for
treatment two newspaper men visited the
hospital, this afternoon nnd learned from
the superintendent that only one victim
of the Spencer trouble had been treated
there. This was a negro named llar
grave wh'Q was shot in the hand some
days ago nnd was brought there to have
the bullett removed. He left the hospi
tal Saturday. His case was given publi
city at tne-iime u occurred. A negro
fireman, who was passing nearby when a
12-inch water main was blown un et
Spencer ,last night, had his right eye
injured by some flying substance from
the explosion, but hu was treated by rail
road .physicians. .
Oucof the soldier 1h.vs arriving last
night was taken from the train in an
unconscious condition and after reaching
the liwpit;il he regained coiiMriousue-
and apparently got. over his trouble
which seemed to come from an injury
received siime time ago.
Many Salisbury people wer awakened
at 4 o'clock this morning by niucli shoot
ing in the direction of Siecer. Tue
shooting continued for a half an hour
or more anil occasioned much uncaiiii's.
Xo casualties have been reported and no
one has volunteered any. information as
to who it was doing the shooting.
Sheriff Krider today declined to give
out any statement, leaving that fur Col;
Scott. No arrests have been made today.
There prevails a general uneasiness and
fear that -something will break loose just
any minute.
COAL SUMMARY.
A bill to create a. fact-fiiding
body to investigate the eoal indus-i
try is to be introduced in Congress
immediately, Chairman Winslow, of
the house commerce committee, an
nounced .
Anthracite operators and miners,
prepared to proceed this afternoon
with negotiations in effort to settle
hard coal strike.
Scale committee of Indiana opera
tors and miners arranged to open
negotiations for soft coal settle
ment. Illinois operators and miners re
sumed sessions after all day meet
ing yesterday.
Michigan mines resumed opera
tions after a shutdown of nearly
five months.
Pennsylvania bituminous . coal
shipments dropped 100 .000 tons last
week, compared with preceding
week. ,
A party made no of Mr. and Mrs.
K. Flay Davis, and daughter, Catlicriu",
Miss. Begs Aiken and Mr. Cart' Laugh
ridge er spending tho week on a pleasure
trip to Asheville on dot her mountain
points. .
I oien with light Ur-ids seldom shine
Jlike those with lantern jaws.
Trail Finder
taii''gi"
Lieutenant Paul.C Wllkins'Is
flylnsr from Washington, D. C, to
Ban Francisco to map out tho most
ponvenicnt . air,, route A across tbo
continent ' j
DISORDERS CONTINUE IN
RAIL STRIKE AREA AS THE
EIGHTH WEEK BEGINS
Disorders Reported From Co-
lumbia, Where Men Are '
Attacked.
'BIG 4" NOT TO STRIKE
Hostilities Again Break Out
In California .Where Men
Are Beaten Up.
CHICAOO, Aug., 21 .Disorders
continued in tho' rajl shop workers'
striko during the early hours of its
eighth week despite pcaco negotiations
pending at New York and assurances
by chiefs of the ''Dig Four" that no
sympathetic strike or train service em
ployes impends.
While Michigan Central detectives
were investigating the Gary, lutl., wreck
in which two of tho train crewwcru
killed early yesterday, violence ' broke
out anew at scattered points from coast
to coast .
. On the Atlantic side disorders oc
curred ut Columbia, S..C, where eleven
men brought in to work in the shops
of the Southern Kail way were attacked
by a crowd of strike sympathizers.
Hostilities broke out again ia San
Deruardino, Calif., where four men,
.employes of tho Atchison, Topeku &
Santa Fe shops, wero beaten. Shots
were exchanged betweeu the guards am
an unknown man in the Kio Grande
Western yards at Huruham a suburb of
Deliver. The man, who answered a
guard's charge by firing at him, was
iH'liined to have been badly iwounded.
He scaNd, leaviirg a trail of Mood.
Hurrying to Kansas Oily following a
near riot in the Chicago, Hock Island
and Pacific shops there. Governor Allen,
of Kansas, gave Mayor Burton 24 hours
in which to restore order, threatening
to send troops if the situation did not
improve. Governor Allen said he was
informed that gunmen hud been im
ported to intimidate men who wanted
to work in the sluips. .
Official complications arose at Cor
bin, Ky., where Chief of Police Man
ning, a policeman ami two deputy sher
iffs were arrested on federal warrants
charging them with resisting nd inter
fering witn, United States Marshal Wil
liams and his deputies in the discltarge
of their duties. Chief Manning is said
to have instigated the holdup of deputy
United- htaies marshals on their way
to servo restraining orders on strikers at
Livingston, Ky.
Troops were held in readiness to en
train for KM-neer, X. C, where the
situation had Im'ch tense for several
lays. Following earlier oubtreak a
section of water main supplving the
Southern Kail way shop at Siencer was
blown up.
Governor Hart, of Washington, took
Steps to protect fruit growers of his
state liy sending a representative to
Washington ot ask the Interstate Com
merce LoiiiyiisMoii for action that will
provide cars" to move the big Wash
ington crop.
"Adjutant General Ilamrock, of Colo
rado,' Is on record with the 'statement
that he considirs Foster "ie of the most
dangerous radicals in existence," States
Attfuey Crowe said. "We raided hi
office following an investigation of a pre
meditated train wreck -anil deliberate
murder of two union workmen ou the
Michigan Central Railroad at Gary.
" There two workmeii, an engineer and
fireman, members of their brotherhood
were murdered. Yesterday two sticks of
dynamite were found on the Pennsyl
vania Railroad tracks in Chicago by a
guard. Twenty minute after he picked
up the explosives a fast passenger train
flashed by on the same bit of track." '
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Majority Of Senate
Favors the Bonus Bill
Says Hanford McNider
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21. Han
ford MacNider, national cammand;r
of the American Legion, in a state
ment today declared a personal can
vas of the bonus bill situation showed
that a "majority of the Senate, in
cluding both parties, favors the bill
and is now pledged for its passage."'
Mr. MacNider predicted that the
bonus bill, which is slated for Senate
consideration beginning Wednesday,
would be passed by the Senate this
week, and added :
"The American Legion has abso
lute confidence in the good faith and
integrity of the Senators pledged to
vote for the bill. It realizes that
they believe in the justice of the
cause of the soldier and knows that
they will keep the faith they have
pleged and pass the bill now."
CITY SCHOOLS OPEN FOR
FALL TERM FRIDAY, SEPT.
I; 90 TEACHERS EMPLOYED
Next Week Will Be Given
Over To Matriculation
and Registration.
MANY NEW FEATURES
High School Faculty Is
creased By Addition
Of Four. Men.
In
Two weeks from this morning the city
school system will be going full blast,
with all steam ahead, and the officials
will Iks expecting to ' have one of the
most successful years both in' the school
room and on the athletic fields. Num
erous modern und up-to-the-minute meth
ods have been installed to do away with
old time methods that held tho schools
from jumping to the front long before
this year. All possible means have been
carried out by which the ever increasing
population of the combed yarn center
can bo take nearu of.
A great' deal of attcution has been
given the high school department by the
local board of education. The best
factulty potsible has been cuijjoyed .
Athletics will have a prominent part
in tho year's work, which the officials
think will keep many boys iu school
and at the saino time urge them to
seek a high piano in life. IS'ew courses
that apiiettl to both boys and 'girls will
be offered.
One of tho new plans to be installed
will bo the three days preceding thft
oiening given over to the matriculation
and registration of Mil high school stu
dents. The last week of this month
will find the pupils registering for their
work and getting their schedule of
studies planned. On Friday, Septem
ber 1, all matter will ho cleared up and
the new session', will get under way
promptly. Heretofore the first few
days of the school year have been taken
up -with the arranging of tchcdules and
registering of new students. This held
up the class room work considerably so
the new plan has been adopted.
On Monday, August "2H, n matricula
tion day will be held for nil new stu
dents. ' All new pupils who cxpiH-t to
enter high school and who have attended
elsewhere during 19'2l-'2'2, will go to
the offices of the high school principal
and school superintendent for tho pur
pose of enrolling.
On Tuesday, August 29, registration
day will bo held for tho eighth and
ninth grade pupils. The students will
reort to the school building and regis
ter for the year's work. The follow
ing day, Wednesday, the sudeiiM rpntli
ficd for the tenth and eleventh grades
will do likewise.
It is seen that the above arrangement
will help the school year to get started
at the beginning and that littlo time
will Is? lost. With lessons assigned tlie
pupils on Septeuilier 1st, they will be
able t" get down to earnest work a
their Iwxiks for the following Monday,
SeptemlM-r 4.
On Thursday, August 31, a general
teachers meeting "will be held. All of
the teachers, together with the school
board and local 'welfare workers, will
have a joint meeting and discuss cur
rent topiis along the lines of education
for children. This will b something
new for (ia.stonia schools laud it is
boK'd that all parties concerned will
co-operate with the officials in making
the conference a big success.
The program to be carried out is as
follows:
Monday, August '2$ Matriculation of
new students.
Tuesday, August 2'.' Registration of
eighth and ninth grade students.
Wednesday, August .!u Kegist ration
of tenth and eleventh grade students.
.Thursday, August Ul General teach
ers' meeting, school board, Welfare
workers, !J:.'i a. ni.
Friday, September 1 Scholastic year
1922 2:i begins.. 8:,t0 a. m.
Dr. Clias. O. Delaney, Messrs. A.
F. MacDonahl and W. H. Thomas were
hosts i?1 a' very delightful dinner party
given Thursday evening at the Couutry
Club iu honor of Mis Mary Krunsos,
of Florence; S. C, Miss Lena, llendrix
of Oreensboro and- Miss Katv M. Ran
kin of Charlotte. These attrnctie young
ladies were the house guests ff- Mrs.
O. It" Carpenter in. King. Mountain.
Seated with the guests were also Mr.
and Mrs. O. B. Carpenter and Dr. and)
Mrs. C E- Lyda.
The average song his
three months then misses.
does it about
JUDGE WEBB'S CHARGE
DEALT WITH DUTIES CF
UPRIGHT CITIZENSHIP
In Charge Of One Hour and
a Half, Judge Outlines
Duties Of Citizens. . j
MORE HOME TRAINING
Charge Was One Of Most
Forceful and. Helpful Ever
Heard Here. j
The regular August term of tho Gas
ton Bujierior Court for the trial of erimU
nal cases convened at ten o'clock this
morning with Judge James L. Webb, of
Shelby, presiding, and lion. A. E. Woltz,
of the Uastonia bar, acting by appoint
ment of tho court us prosecuting attor
ney for the state with oil the powers of
solicitor.
The court room , was well filled with
an interested audience to witness tiny
opening of the eourt. From the panel
of jurors summoned for service at this
term a grand jury of eighteen men was
chosen by lot to serve for the six monthj
teriu .ending December 31 of this year.
In delivering bis general charge to
the grand jury for, the term Judge Webb
gavo his hearers one .of tho most splen
did discourses, on the needs of the fcitato
and community and the importance of a
wise and proper enforcement of all tha
body of the law that has ever been' de-:
livered to n jury in GaBton county. It
was not only a technical charge to tha
jury upon the duties required of them
by the position to which they had been .
legally chosen, but was a sound and logi
cal presentation of good citizenship and
the function of the law and the courts
in contributing to tho welfare, the happi
ness ami the best moral interest of tha
people. , ,
A state or a nation, said the judge, i
always judged by its institutions. Aniomr.
all tho institutions which give a neighbor
hood, a city, a county or a Btate its t
character and its standing the moet im
portant is the home. The proper rearing,
training and education of the children in
the home would make unnecessary a larga
part of the work of tho courts in en- .
forcing the law nnd punishing its vio
lators. As compared with the custom
and .tendencies of a former generation.
when' parental authority was strict and
the rising generation was brought np
under stronger restraints and wholesorao
discipline, there seems today to be v
shirking of responsibility on the purt of
parents. - Too great a loosening of tha
reins, too great a freedom in tho going
and coming, in the conduct and associa
tions of the younger people of this day.
said the judge bus brought about a de
plorable condition -Which all good citizens
should strive to remedy. Not bein;f
taught to respect authority in the home,
the present generation arrives at iin at
titude of disrespect for the law bf the
land, and our courts are crowded" with,
defendants who have come into conflict
with the laws for lack of the proper
training in the home.
Passing to tho more formal part of
his charge. Judge Webb outlined to the
grand jury the various offenses for which
the statutes of North Carolina provide
penalties and impressed upon them the
fact that for tho ensuing six months they
wero constituted a lawful body to sea
to it that the laws of the State are en
forced and respected within the confines
of tho county of Gaston. Ho dwelt at
h'ligt h upon the prohibition laws, both
Federal and State, and deplored the fact
that-these laws are so flagrantly violated
The laws against the manufacture, tho
sale, the trausorting and the receiving
of. intoxicating liquors represent the pur
pose ninl intention of the people as a
whole to put a stop to a practice which
is detrimental to all the best interests
of the community and the tstate. Where
public sentiment against violations of
the prohibition laws is sufficiently strong :
and the law-abiding element give proper
co operation to the officers of the law
him h violations can and will be stopped.
The doom of the illicit liquor traffic has
already been pronounced and its exe
cution merely awaits the complete eo
openition of all the best elements of our
citizenship with the courts and the officer
iu carrying out the mandates of the law.
Judge Webb's address was heard with
the keenest interest ;nd 'attention by
the large audience in the court room and
was in effect and character a message
to the people of the county upon thV
basic principles of good citizenship.
At the close of the charge to the
gran I jury several cases in which the de
fendants through their attorneys waived
a bill of indictment and pleaded guilty
were submitted to the court. In some
of these judgment was entered and others
continued. '
The following is a list of the grand
jury: John Frank Jackson, forenian;
Oeorge H. Falls. W. J. fashion, D. A
Harrison, L. li. Kiskelly, J. B. Big
ger, Frank Hawkins. F. II. Cunning
bam, F. M. I'asour, Jr., John D
St roup, Claud Keid, C. W. McAllister,
W. 1. Ueattv, F. L. Stafford. H.
1 Khyne. Fro.l K. Jenkins, K. B. Line-
herger. W. N. Brown.
200 TEXTILE WORKERS
RETURN TO WORK
WARE, Mass., Aug. 21. About 20
employe of the Otis Company's textile
mills went to work trxlay when the milis
gates were rvoiened after being closed
since March 8 because of a strike.
Thp normal number of worker Is about
1 ."'(. Since the strike bega a union
of the I'nited Textile Worker has lcr
funned aud yeterdny James hfarr, vice
president of the national organization,
and Thorns Regan, of Lowell, an orgm
ixer, ura'.Nl the strikers not to return
j to work,
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ho went
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