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OAS PA 'Hi A TO Veaihcr : Faif : - - j - Local Co ilea 234 Cents ? VOL. xliii. po. 20a GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 31, 1922 SINGLE COPY S CENTS vu1 NiLni ; Peacock Sawed Himself Out Ou Cell in State HE LEAVES A NOTE OF fMET TO HIS KEEPER BEFORE TAKING FLIGHT Official Are Unable To State ' How -He Came In Poaaes ' . aion Of the Saw. - $400 REWARD IS OFFERED JErery Effort la Being Made To r' Capture Priaoner Who ' t' "t Shot Chief Taylor. !.' RALEIGH, Aug . 30 .With a 400 reward chasing Li m and everything at the, atats priion trying to pick up tracks, Or. James Walter 1'eacoek, most dis " ttaguished prisoner in the penitentiary, it free today. vThs physician who slew Chief Taylor o?; Thomas ville more than a year ago, Waa aequittod of murder on the plea of . insanity and aent to the criminal insane department for life, sawed himself to liberty early thia morning. In getting away he made aa complete a job as he aid . when he put the courageous chief fr police away. Evidently impressed with the unceremonious elements in his (cape, he wrote on an envelope a small apology to hit keeper regretting tho necessity for taking a vacation just at this time and indicating a stay of many , months, perhaps until next spring. With his devoira fully paid, Dr. Peacock tore the sheets and blankets into improvised ropes,' let himself down from the third at'ory to the brick wall surrounding the prison, then climbed down the ladder fo. the outside. Not a track has been "- seen indicating where he jumped off. To! autoraoDue aaa Deen iounu nu supports the suspicion that any confed erate -' on the outside had assisted him. The possession of an iron saw does tetid to prove collusion somewhere. The . tfrjSon., authorities believe somebody smuggled the instrument to him, but how r when nobody can say. The of ficials had . carefully guarded his com- , Biunication with he outside. No man wail Allowed to speak to him without a prison witness present. Dr. Peacock did not work any about tha prison, be cause the State requires nothing of its criminal insane. : '.a'j . An Ideal Prisoner. feuperintendent George K. Pou and "Warden '8am Busbce testified today to thigood behayiof of Dr. Peacock. No ljqttet priaoiier.ewr was cared for by the. elate.: 'N6n had made a nobler effort toproye hie sanity. He 'was aatioua (to got out in, tho legal way, aad he befieved that he would escape throuth letflatatlou or jurisprudence . . Wken this paper announced that there , was, an organza enori ,o w .. . i Jf"A"B "MJT u ur r -fi for all inn cjlv ai-i'uutt.w-va -v fkat the urison physician had been quoted as conviuced that Peacock is now sane, Jhe attorney general had knowledge of possible habeas corpus proceedings aud well-known physicians ef the state hud been asked to sit ou the commission which would pass on Dr. Peacock's sanity. . It had been no secret here that the legislative act to free Peacock bad been discussed and aban doned on the discovery that this statute pronounced unconstitutional about j ' . was i!0 years aoro . - The escape of Peacock is hardly to be charged to anybody eounecieu v. mi the legitimate propaganda to get him away. The course that the doctor took a. ifimnnv to the effective way ia ; which that effort has been met. TVain Riinlwft said this afternoon that the prisoner has been greatly discour- aged by recent turns and that he had been niucn set up uy earner . en oris. Dt Peacock had every reason to believe his friends could free him! lie showed his characteristic impa tience. He was restless when his garage ! burned to make an investigation to termine whether Taylor had anything to An with it or not, o Peacock armed for hostilities. He waa too impatient when Im kiiw Tavlor aud shot him with buck ot, to await te result of an attack from ambush, but followed this assault with aa army automatic. These were awful symptoms of impatience. ' Down here he has been impatient. He had been accustomed to hunting with Irvin Cobb, projecting with mushrooms far food and reading amazing and fan tastic books. Naturally he found the J penitentiary disappointing in ita lit erary, scientific and social features. But the folks out there ,thought he would waid a apcll.. " . NOT GUILTY. V: ATHENS, OA., Aug. 31. A verdict ef not guilty waa returned in the Walton county Superior Court late yesterday in the case of Joe Johnson, Monroe police man, charged with attempting to murder Oiel Hawkes and Charles Atkinson, of Athena, when he fired at a car in which they were riding last August, resulting in serious injuries tp both- of the young men. . COTTON MARKET Seceipts .. Price ...... ...2 bales .234 cents CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW 'YORK MARKET NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Cotton fu. tures closed barely steady; apota quiet, JO pints "djwn. July 1-J.25; October 22. 45: December 22.62: January 22.46: March 22.52; May 22.43." Spots 22.70.1 Insane Asylum North Carolina Haa Highest Birth Rate WASHINGTON, Aug.' 31. The Birth rate is declining and the death rate increasing, according to statistics nude public today by the Census Bureau, covering the first quarter of the year. The birth rate in the states from which comparative figures, were avail able showed an average of .23.3 for each thousand of population in the first three months of 1923 against 33.3 in 1971, while the mortality aver age in the registration area ia the first quarter this year was 13.7 against 12.6 in the same period last year. ' - - . North Carolina, with 29.2 reported the highest birth rate for the three months thia year, and the state of Washington,' with 16.3 the lowest. The District of Columbia had the highest mortality rate, with 17.6, and Wyoming the lowest, wita 9.6. RIIYNE REUNION HELD A HOME OF PETER S. RIIYNE WAS NOTABLE OCCASION Hospitable Home Waa Thrown Open -Number Of Viaitora and Kin Folka Spend the Day In Pleaaant Aaaociation Together. DALLAS, Aug. 31. -- Wednesday, August 30th marked another epoch in the records of family re-unions that have been hold throughout Gaston county the past several weeks, when kith and kin three hundred strong assembled at the hospitable home of Mr. and Mrs, Peter o, Rhyne two miles east of Dallas to spend the day together. This home is beauti fully located with a commanding view of a great part of Gaston and of Gas- toula, surrounded by lovely shade trees and wide grassy lawn, an ideal spot for such a gat boring. Mne years have pass ed since the last reunion of this Bhyne family and twelve years since the imme diate family dined together at the same time at the old home place. Tho morning hours were all .too short for the many happy greetings; and the merry chatter o f voices among both old and young was a sure indicaiton of much to be said and told because of these long years of separation. Many expressed surprise at the youthfulness of those supposedly old and of the number of un usual pretty, and handsome babies ' and children, . a general intermingling : of Rhynes, Hoffmans, Linebcrgers,. Stroups, a staunch and i progressive clan that count i or mucn in vasions rorwara pro mam. - At noon tbe Breat feaJt of good things to at.wa, spread upon snowy clothsa long the entire length of the long table beneath the shade trees made more in vitinz by center decorations of cut flowers. Tho discussions of family descendants were silenced for the time being and the more appropriate subject of just : how many pieces of fried chicken, of country hum, 6f 'chess pics, of various custards and an assortment of cakes could one consistently consume without medical as stance. Following this an enjoyable hour of splendid talks was heard. " What An Incentive This Is," saidvRevG. H. C Park, pnstbr of Lutheran Chapel, ("Maintaining The Greatest Of God's Institutions rThe Family and Home, By These .Family Kcumons." Ine inter changing of ideas, of the inspiration to the young; people, of what has been and jean be done, of the steps made to bring about desired results. If the home is right and properly disciplined there would be no need of courts, jails, chain gangs and such. Mr. Hueh Query, editor of the Gas tonia Daily Gaxettc, was then introduced dc-'.and receive! with applause. Mr. Query expressed his great pleasure in being a euest on this and several such occasions which afforded splendid opportunity to converse and mina-Ie with the rural popu hit ion who are the very back bone of this1 country and county. He urged the keep ing up of these gatherings that aid so' admirably in the preservation of local history and family traditions, fostering also a most eongeni.il and social com munity spirit. The young folks were made better and encouraged, he said, at they talk with the older people of how the Subbath was speut in their day and time, the Bacredness of the family altar and of the obstacles overcome. "Uncle Mile," "Cousin Miles," "Hoffman" was the call that followed. Mr. Milca Hoffman, of Dallas, then came forward and for ,n little time discussed his "pet hobby", that of family his tory, saying in all of his search for "kin, but very few hoboes and vagabonds were found and that they had reason to be proud of the fact they were neither great nor small, in one sense of the word, but nlong to the middle class of straight forward, hard working, lawabiding and religious citizens which compose the greater part of our country. Dr. O. P. Rhyne who recently return ed from a tour of Europe told of the in teresting facts of people, pWces and things and of conditions a, he learned w I from first hand. Picture taking was next ia order; the whole assemblage, family groups, by twos by families, brothers, sisters, etc. with the Peter Rhyne family of four genera tions the host and hostess of the day, Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Rhyne; Mrs. A. B. Rhne. the grandmother; children. Dr. O. P. Rhyne, Mr. and Mrs. Hubert C. (Continued on page six.) ' Farrar May Live in This Castle t . .. t rg?. T4Wv fet m'. mi jafxHMaW -'I w A H 111 ;T.p5f ) Geraldine Farrar, operatic prima donna, is reported to be negotiating: , Cor tbe purchase of thia home at Methucn, Mass. It waa built by the ' i late Edward F. Searles, multi-millionaire,, whose remains are In a ' ! mausoleum on the estate. A high -wall surrounds the bouse which Is ! constructed like a feudal castle. Chicago and Passes Into Receivers Hands New Plota Diaclosed To Wreck Trains Several Actual At tempts To Cause Derailmenta and Blow Up Property Four Men Held On Murder Charge At Gary, Ind. t CHICAGO, Aug. 31. Passing of the Chicago & Alton railroad into the ; hands of receivers, disclosures of new plots to wreck trains ahd several actual attempts to cause derailments and blow i up railroad property, were high lights to day in. the nation V railroad situation. j Dynamite, bullets and fire brunds played an important part in develop ments! the last 24 hours. With four men held on murder charges in connection with the Michigan Ccn. tral wreck at Gary, Ind., Auirust 20, in which two enginemen were killed, were preparing to repudiate their alleged con fessions as the first step in their de fense, Chicago police' announced dis closures of. a plot to blow up the 'Western Express," of the-New 'York Central lines. With the" arrest of three men in connection with the alleged' plot came revelations of a widespread con spiracy, to start a reign of terror on the railroads, tho police said. An cxplosiou of dynamite on the main line of the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & ttt. Louis Bailroad at Arlington Heights, a suburb of Cincinnati, derailed, tho ten der of a work train. A passenger train had passed a lew minutes before the ex plosion. ' - i An attempt was maiic to blow up tho commissary of tho Illinois Central Kail- road at l'aducah, Ky. Tho explosion blew a hole in tho ground near the build ing. I A fast train on the Chicago & Alton ran into un open 'switch at Cove!, Ills., i near Bloomington. : . Investigators said; the switch showed evidence of tampering, Police precautions at Algiers, a suburb df New Orleans, in effect, amounted to. martial law in efforts to check disorders which authorities characterized as vir- tual anarchy. Police reported almost onstant firing m railroad distircts and between 35 and 40 assaults since, the shopmen's strike ' began. One man was killed by a negro cook who was being beaten . tit at e troops on strike duty at. Salis bury and Siencer, Nr. C, were ordered back to their home stations today, au thorities feeling assured that, danger f further disorders in the shops of the Southern Railway had pjissed. Four men. two of whom were' said to be deputy United States marshals, were t tacked by a crowd and severely beat en at JSedalia Mo Guards on the orthern Pacific at Mis- soula.Mont.. were reinforced by a sound of deputy "United States ma rslials fol lowing an attack on a bunk house where 13 workmen were asleep. Although a volley of shots was fired into the bunk house none of the bleeping men was in jured Attempts to blow up the tracks of tie? lawrenec textile strike today bceamc a ... - , . . i .111. , .l i . . t . Chicago k Alton anil a bridge on the same road near Alton, His., were uixcov- red when two cans of dynamite were found by a section crew. AIRPLANES USED AGAINST " BOLL WEEVIL IN MISS. GREENVILLE, Miss., Aug. 31. Aerial -attack against the cotton boll weevil was tinder way at Scotts, Miss., near here today in a test undertaken undtr government - supervision, to dem onstrate the practicability of the air plane as a poison distributer to rid infected fields of the pest. Today's demonstration was a continu te"bepin17e8t?,rfcdajr acre cotton helJ with a dele- m T Aitimni m i ami c Trtt sinrf x euvu v a aw uiaiwuvf y Arkansas planters umpiring the one- aides' battle. Under the plan airplanes, flying low, apread a spray ef calcium arsenate over from 300 te 500 acres an hour with tbe dusting process from above held to be more thorough and effective than ereund snrarine. To solve tbe problem ' of initial cost of equipment community action ia proposed. .1 re r, v.a, , Alton Railroad 31 OUT OF THE 3i2 J PASSENGERS SAVED SANTIAGO, CHILE, Aug. 31. Advices from Valparaiso stated that the Chilean steamship America '. haa picked up tea more survivors Pf the wreck of the steamer Itata, which tank Monday oil the coast near Co. quimbo. Thia brings the total known to hare been saved to 31. The Itata carried 322 persons. : FINAL VOTE ON SOLDIER " BONUS BILL TODAY Some Time Before Measure Reaches the White 'House Where It Will Probably Be Vetoed. . ' , , WASHINGTON', 'Aug.' 31 A final vote on the soldiers' bonus bill before adjournment of the wnulo luday ap' lieared to be renmnuuly cerlbin'.'' All pending iiiiieiidineitts had hern disposed of ami general debute iK-gun before tlie recess last night. As far us leaders were advised only three or four senators planneit to deliver prepared addresses, but there was like libood of another general discussion such as lias featured each of the m'ven days the lull iuis been under consideration Passage of the 'measure was regarded as a foregone conclusion, but whether it would reach the statute Iwoks was conceded ' by friends aud foes alike to be another question. They held that this probably would deirnd upon Presi dent Harding pinec it was regarded as very doubtful that there could be ob tained in the senate the necessary two thirds to pass the bill over an executive veto. ' It will Ik? some time, however, before the measure reaches the White House. After the senate vote it will be sent back to the house, which is expected to order it to conference for adjustment of the differences between the two houses. After the conferees complete their work the next step will be action by the house and senate on the conference re port. With that approved the bill would lie ready for the president. 18,000 GO BACK TO WORK IN LAWRENCE MILLS LAWREN'CE, MABS...Aue. 31.' The thing ef the past and virtual peace reigned between workers and employers for the first titio since March 27. The two remaining mil's which still bad held out for lower wages, the Methuen and the l'emberton, capitulated, to the ' de mands of the strikers and announced that on S,ptemler 5 the wage scale in effect before March 27 would be re stored. , Most of the 18,000 textile workers nor-' mally employed in the mills of this city, are expected to be back at their places early . in September and already the wheels in several factories are in motion. MINE EXPLOSION KILLED NINE MEN CUMBERLAND. B. C, Aug. 31. Nine men were killed and seventeen in jured yesterday afternoon by" an ex plosion in mine number four of the Cans- j dian Collieries luuismiere, Ltd. Tlie cause of the explosion has not been determined. Of the 17 injured men seven sre in ... three white men, the re4 being Orien-Jtliat ta!s. An investigation is to be made. NORTH CAROLINA NATIONAL GUARD TROOPS AT SPENCER ARE ' ORDERED TO HOME STATIONS DR. 0. P. RHYNE TELLS OF TRIP THROUGH EUROPE Lenoir College Profeaaor Telia Crowd At Rhyne Reunion Of Impressions Gamed From .Trip Abroad Thia Summer. An interesting ' account of post-war conditions in .Kngland, Franco and Ger many was give Wednesday by Dr. O. P. Rhyne, of the chair of German and French at Lenoir Collcce. Hickory, who had returned from tho old country just in time to attend the annual Khyne re union at tho home of his father, Peter S. Rhyne. Dr. Rhyne ia a graduate of Lenoir College and of the Uuiversity of North Carolina. He took the degree of doctor of . philosophy at a German university several years ago. After teaching in Atlanta and at the Univer sity of North Carolina ho returned to his alma mater at Hickory. Vt. Rhyne left ew York in May of this spring, landing at Plymouth, England, s'leut a few days in London, at Canterbury, Dover, Calais, Paris, Amiens, Rheinis, Verdun, Metz, Ktras bourg, etc. The greater part of his stay was spent in traveling around through Germany. It was much cheaper, he said, to travel than to remain long in one place, although living conditions are remarkably cheap, in view of the low . rate of exchange. An excellent four-course dinner, with soup, two meats, dessert, etc., can be had for 104 marks, which is worth about 12 cents . in American money. Foodstuffs are the cheapest, although other commodities are reasonably loww Dr. Rhyne is of the opinion that sen timent is strong in Germany against the monarchical system. The great mass of people are against Kaiscrism and all that pertains thereto. Only a few of the nobility and former army officers advocate Kaiscrism. The assassination of Dr. Walter Rathenau was engineered by the monarchist faction, Dr. Rhyne said. Most of the German people, tho students, the working classes, etc., are forever against the Potsdam regime. They accuse the former Kaiser of cow ardice, and of not being intelligent enough for the position ho held, . . "It is hard for the new German re public to get on jts feet," Dr. Rhyne declared, and tho enemies of Germany are not helping the cause of democracy in their policy of retaliation. It ia hard enough at best to establish a de mocracy without having to fight outside. battles. "The French are pursuing nu insane policy of retaliation which will do them no good and bo productive of much harm. They are attempting to Gallicize the province of Alsace-Lorraine by.col oniuttion. The population is 00 per cent German, and France is trying to make it. French all at once. In the Uuiversity of (Strasbourg they have re placed all the German professors with French. All the German customs have been thrust out and French systems substituted.". "There are 2,000,000 men out of work in England," said Dr. Rhyne. "That is one man out of every 20. Con ditions are much worse than they are over here. " ' . Among other places of note visited by Dr. Rhyne were Rheims, Verdun and the battle front along . the 'Mcuse River. The work of restoration is going along fairly well," Dr. Rhyno said. "The region around Verdun, is still ' sorely batUescarred. The fields are a mass of shell holes and barbed wire. , ' 'The German people have a kindly feel ing toward the Americans. They do not harbor any grudges. Toward tho French, however, they still hold a feeling of resentment, which is accentuated by the policy of France regarding the pay- trtmnt i- f liA o-ri rut innu ' ' MINERS GO TO WORK FOR FIRST TIME IN MONTHS Lamp Lights Flickered In Of Homes Of Thousands Miners In Western Pennsyl vania Aa They Return To Work. PITTSBURGH, Aug. 31. (By The Associated Press.) Lamp lights flick ered early today in the homes of thou sands of miners in western Pennsylvania as they joyously started to the mines to work for the first time in six months. They groujed about the miue mouths and all expressed satisfaction at the' settle ment of their strike, which was made complete yesterday when the lono re maining producer the Pittsburgh Coal Company accepted the . Cloveland agreement. Before dawn broke over the .mining villages hundreds of mine laborers were entering the pits to make way for the remainder of the 45,000 men who are now assured employment. Five hundred mines were being1 eleaned out today. Some of these will be hoiating coal next Monday, miners believed . - 1 Union leaders today were hustling to the mines to unionize the unorganized men- The agreement signed with the operators yesterday provided that , non union men be discharged. Operators were already demanding of railroads their supply of cars to insure prompt movement of coal. The Penn sylvania Railroad promised adequate ser vice, but other carriers were uncertain a to their ability to met the needs. t-trikiujf shopnin expressed the belief the demand for cars could not 1 ! met. Decidea To Accept Belgian Compromise PARIS, Aug. 31. (By The Asso ciated Press.) The Allied repara tion commission has decided to ac cept the Belgian compromise on the German moratorium proposition as a, solution of the present crisis, it was learned thia afternoon. A formal vote will be taken before the day is over, it waa stated. The British, Italian and Belgian members are declared unequivocally to favor thia settlement. The atti tude -of H. Dubois, the French mem ber was not definitely known when the early afternoon aession of the commission adjourned. 50,000 SOUTH CAROLINA VOTERS FAILED TO VOTE Whole State Ia Anxiously Awaiting Result Of Second Primary To Be Held Sep tember 12. COLUMBIA, 8. C, Aug. 31. Ap proximately 50,000 of the enrolled voters of the Btaie failed to vote in the pri mary of Tuesday and the entire bUtc is now on the excitement bench, awaiting the second primary of "September 12 when. Thomas O. McLeod and former Governor Cole L. Bleaso will be the con testants for the Governor's chair, and when fcitate "Superintendent of Educa tion J. E. 6wearingen and J. II. Hope, of Union, his closest opponent, out of a Held of six will run again for the posi tion. Never before hus the Btate known such a large number of its enrolled vot ers to fail to cast ballots, especially where there was such keen interest in tho outcome. McLeod 'g total this morning was 63,- 683. Blease's wan 75,483. George K. Laney's vote was 20,961. Duncan, Can- tey and Coleman had received together 6,.!07. Lighty nine boxes are missing out of a total of 1,310. There is also keen interest in tho raco for Attorney General. Sam M. Wolfe appeared oh Wednesday 'a returns to have won out in the first primary over two opponents, D. M. Winter and Harold Eubanks, both Columbia attorneys. This morning Wolfe's total, . however, gave him such ah smull lead as to nmko this raco a niatter yet of doubt. In ' the race for superintendent of Education Hope is only a few thousand behind tiwearingen. The interest in this second, race will hinge around the volo of the four defeated candidates, Mrs. K. li. Wallace, Mrs. Bessie Rogers Drake, O. D. fcicay, and Cecil II. Beigler. The 8tate Democratic Executive Com mittee will meet next Tuesday to can vas the results of the first primary. IMPRISONED MEN IN MINES NO NEARER RESCUE Rescue Teams Are Still Bat tling Furiously To Open Up Routes Of Escape From Un derground Prison. JACKSON", Cal., Aug; 31. (By the Associated Press.) Fire in the shaft of the Argonaut gold mine, in the lowest reaches of which 47 miners have been imprisoned since Sunday, is out, but that fact brought no nearer hope for releasing the men ' alive. The heat in the shaft is ho intense flames may break out again at any moment, and at the earliest it would bo five days before entrance to the mine could be gained through it. Rescue teams still battle furiously to day to 'open -up three routes of cseaiw! from the pitch-black, smoke-choked un derground mine drifts to the suulight and oK-n air where tortured luugs might drink deep of fresh breezes. Two were through passages which workers were endeavoring to cut throiiRh from the Kennedy, an - adjoining mine. while another was through the shaft of tho Argonaut itself, A second rescue suad on a level 3,000 feet below the group that has worked since Monday, burrowing from the 3.P00 foot level of the Kennedy mine toward the Argonaut 4,600 foot level, today '-had made ierceptiblo progress. It will be a long Megc, through 500 to 60 Ofeet of loose dirt lefore a 148 foot wall of solid slate rock is reached. Three hundred feet above them toil the half naked workers who have drilled in brief shifts since Monday to cut through more than 700 feet of loose dirt and timbers and thirty' feet of hard rock. They struck a cave-in last night, slowing their progress. They estimated there would be between 90 and 100 feet more of rock and dirt to be cleared. Hope that the miners 'still are .alive was firmly held by the consulting ex perts. VOTE TODAY ON COAL DISTRIBUTION BILL WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. The house was expected to reach a vote to day on tlie administration coal distri bution bill which stood urn-hanged ju the face of attempts to put through various amendments. After every change proposed had been either thrown out on a jH)int of order or decisively de feated, yesterday. Chairman Winslow, of the Interstate Commerce Committee, who was in charge of thejueasure, predicted it would go through as framed. A vote on the bill yesterday wag prevented by an unexpected flood of debate Lite in thj day. , GOV. WARNS STRIKERS THAT OTHER DISORDERS WILL RETURN SOLDIES Scott Is Assured By Leadera That Good Order Will Be Maintained. PICKETS' GUNS ARE TAKEN Colonel, With Troop Of Car airy, Surprises Spencer Peo ' pie In Early Morning. RALEIGH, Aug. 30. Following conference with Governor Morrison, Adjutant General Metts tonight ordered the eight companies of national guards men .stationed at Spencer to return to their home stations. They will leave tomorrow morning and ell are expected to be demobilized by tomorrow night. Conditions about the Southern Rail way shops and in Spencer and Salisbury were considered to bo satisfactory hv the governor and adjutant general, justi fying the removal of the troops. Before issuing the orders returning the soldiers to their home stations, Governor Morri-, son talked over the telephone with CoL Don Scott, in command at Spencer, who assured him that conditions there wero peaceful with the outlook encouraging for the prevalence of order. " lu calling tho troops from Spencer,, warning was issued by the executive that overt acts would send them back again. No lawlessness will bo tolerated, it was- explained, and the removal of the soldiers merely leaves it up to the cool heads in the strike zone to see that the law is respected . , Governor Morrison's direction for the removal of the troops is in line with his order for the removal of companies stationed for similar reasons in Rocky Mount, Rockingham, Raleigh and Aber deen. Absolute quiet prevailed in the strike area and no further good, it is stated, will be accomplished by holding the force of 500 guardsmen at Salisbury. The removal will be accomplished by noou Thursday, "according to Adjutant General Metts. , J t SALISBURY, Aug. 30. At 4 he eon elusion of a conference tonight with representatives of the Southern and of the (striking shopmen aud prominent citizens, CoL Don Scott anuounced that his 500 troops, on duty here for nearly two weeks, would bo moved home . to morrow. ; !, Colonel Scott had assurances :from the strikers and the men inside the shops that they could control the situa-. tion .- . . . . . . Colonel Scott this afternoon withdrew the soldiers who have been on duty ia Salisbury for the past 10 days, and to night they are camped with the 500 at (Jump Morrison, a milo west of the foil rt house. . Colonel Scott tonight held a confer ence at the federal, building with rep reseutatives of the striking shopmen, representatives, of the Southern railway ami Postmaster Boyden and Assistant Postmaster Riittz, for the purpose of continuing the troops at Camp Morrison or sending them homo. 'SPENCER, Aug. 30. A troop of United States cavalry, headed by CoL Don Scott, -surprised tho people of Spencer and East Sjeiicer by marching around the picket lines encircling the railroad shops nhortly after daylight this morning, making a search for guns, both among workers entering; the shoos and among the pickets on duty, lu a statement issued later in the day Colonel Scott said, ho had a tip that considerable rough 'picketing was going on, especially along the "Ilindenburg line" in East Spencer, particularly Tuesday morning. . He was informed parties on both sides to 'the controversy threatened to appear early this morning prepared to fini, tlie "difference." This brought Colonel Hcott and a ronumnv nf mount. ed cavalrymen into the strike lone. Men entering the shops for work were searched for arms, but Colonel Scott says none was found. Later the soldiers turned to the pickets aud found two guns, which are said to have been takeu in charsre by the ravalrvmen. Lato today representatives of the shop crafts were ia conference with Colonel Scott, who is making a determined ef fort to slop nil the gun toting both in side aud outside of the shops. He de clares that this shall be his object while here, o preserve order aud seeure a pledge from the strikers aud Southern Railway employes that all guns must be left at home. He says he has ho axe-to grind. That he is merely a go betweeu, a mediator between the two factions, and his highest , ambition is to bring about a happy settlement of the controverted points agreeuble to all concerned. It is estimated: that '-about 50 new men entered the shops hist night aud today for ftprvi.-c -m.tlv it-hitA m.H i from ' points north of Washinatou. It was also noted that an almo-t eual nunilier of meu left the service during the last 24 hours, many of whom state! they were, inexperienced in mechanical aork. Conditions are very quiet and strikers do not hesitate to convert freely and eaceably with meu lea ring the service. THE VEATIIEfl Fair tonight and Tniiy, to t