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TRIBUTE TOM WATSON
Countrymen Mingle With
Prominent Officials At
The Funeral.
FUNERAL SERVICES , BRIEF
Many Come By' Wagon And
Buggy And Others Come
On Foot. . '
' THOMSON, Gu., Sept. 28. (By tho
Associated press.) iJuueutlt a- clear sky
and buuing sun, the body of Uuited
States iicuatur Thomas K Watson tamo
Lome today und was laid to rest in tho
noil of Meiuf fle touuty as thousands of
countrynieu from Georgia 's buckwoods
(" uuited -with prominent officials and leud
. ers iu paying a last tribute to bis mem
" ory. ., --",' '. - s
Brief" and simple were the funeral serv
ices at "Hickory liili," the Watson
home, but every honor withiu teh prov
ince of the town was paid the departed
" senator. Kev.'K J. Forrester, of fcparta
formerly pastor of the Thomson Baptist
church, aud a close friend of the late
senator, officiated. He was assisted by
, Jtev. J, T. Lakes, of tho Thomson Meth
odist Episcopal church,
v Thomson, u typical Georgia village
with its few stores, postofrice, bank, and
iriut shop,,iuot ull located on the maiu
street, early in frhe day became the mecea
i of the '"KagVof McDufne" followers.
' They came in automobiles, others behind
mules and horses, while some trod many
- miles of dusty roads that they might gaze
for the last time on the features of their
chieftain, who died Tuesday iu Wash
higtou. y -';,:-.
- Maiiy are the occasions when Watson a
train was met b ylarge crowds, cheering
'. und wclcoiniug a man who a short tune
V later was to bend their will to his fancy
with a flflo wof eloquent language. , But
today, the vast assembly at the little sta-
tiou hero stood Bilent and with heads
bared aVthtf funeral party arrived shoit
)y before noon. -'';".-' ; w
The streets were lined with people
from the station to Hickory. JJLill," oil
the outskirts of the village, as the body
wu couveyed to the residonee where
Watson 'spent many years of his turbu
lont career. ' - .
In the funeral party which followed
tho casket were the late senator 'a Wash
ington staff, members of the Georgia
i-omrrcssional - delegation and United
' fctutes senators appointed by the vice
president to accompany the body home, v
As the funeral party whs en route from
' the station to ' Hickory Hill" many per
sons noticed un imposing residence en-.
. tirely unoccupied on Lumpkin street. ' It
" formerly was the Watson home, but after
the death of his eldest daughter, Watson
refused to resido there and the family,
moved to the present abode. The old
V home was left empty, but the grounds
always have been well kept.
. A long file of mourners streamed
' through tho group of trees surrounding
"llicckory Hill,'', which is reminiscent
of only a. moment and then passing out
where they, waited until the casket was
started to tho Thomson cemetery. .
' Tlie services at the grave were brief
' aud were in charge of the Junior Order
of Mechanics, of which Senator Watson
was a mernltcr. Tho body was laid to
rest near tho graves of his father and
mother in the Watson family lot.
. CREAMERY COMMITTEE .
TO MEET FRIDAY NIGHT
Committee Appointed T o
Take Survey Of ' County
Relation To Creamery
Proposition ' Will Meet At
Chamber Of Commerce
Friday Evening.
For the purpose of totaling tip tho re
sults of the survey made the past two
weeks, members of the general committeo
named by the recent farmers meeting on
the creamary proposition will meet at the
Chamber of Commerce auditorium tomor
row night at 7:45 o'clock. Major L. F.
Foster of South Point is chairWn of the
committee and Thos. 8. Koyster of Bun
iiyside is secretary. , . i
Kvery member is Btroftgly urged to be
present and to bring his survey list if he
has not already sent-it in to Mr. Royster.
After compiling the survey the com
mittee will take up the other matters as
signed to it in regard to the general
proposition. A general meeting will not
be called until the committee is prepnred
to make a conclusive report in detail.
There is much interest throughout tlie
county iu the creamery proposition and
. as a rule owners of dairy cattle are co
operating thoroughly with the members
. of the committee, . . . . .
TTTFV Knt 7fRtr tho Asso
ciated Press.) It is reported that a sec- j
tion of the revolutionary army is imbued i
with tiie wen ot a republic-ana mai uk
arcession of King George may be accom
pniedtwith some difficulties.
THE WEATHER
Fair tonight and Friday; moderate
temperature.
Propose Pension Increase For
Civil And Mexican Veterans
Bill Providing For Increase
Has Already Passed The
Senate.
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT.
House Republican Leaders
Promise That It Will '
Pass House.
WASHINGTON', Sept. .28. A pension
pay envelope increase from $50 to f 72 a
mouth, for civil and Mexican" war vet
erans, possibly as a Christmas gift from
Uncle fcani, is planned , by , republican
loaders in Congress. -
"A hill nrovidimr the pension iucrease
! already has passed the senate and Sena
tor Burum, republican, New Mexico, .us
author, says he has been promised by
house republican leaders that it will be
passed by the house soon after it re
convenes. He expects, the bill to become
a Jaw before the holidays.
All civil aud Mexican war veterans
having served ninety days or auy who
have developed disabilities would receive
; the increase from fol) to $72 a luoutu
under the bill and their widows' pensions
would be increased from 30 to $o0 a
mouth. Other beneficiaries under the bill
include civil war army nurses, who would
receive $50 ft month, while pensioners of
the Indian wars would receive and
their widows $20 a month. . - V
The Bursum bill is designed to 'meet
the needs of veterans of advanced years,
but because of their rapidly increasing
death ', raet the bill, fcSeuutor Bursum
states," would not mean actual draft upon
the ercusury bver the present pensiou
rolls. The pension bureau estimated that
the increased tost of the Bursum bill
during the first year would amount to
about $60,000,000, but Senator Burstfin
told the senate that revised ' estimates
placed it' at not over $:!5,0OO,O00. The
present pensian otthiy is about $300,
000,000 annually. : . ' .;- v :
"At the same time," &'iiator Bursum
explained, "the commissioner of pen
sions states that it will be two years
before Ull of those who are given. in
creases under the bill will be on the rolL
so that ifove were to compare the actual
amount of casn necessary 10 ue pniu out
of the treasury there probably would wot
be an increase (over the present pension
payments). My first statement with ref
erence to the increase was upon the basis
tliat all of those now on the roll contin
ued on the roll and all of those who were
given added pensions were continued" on
the roll, and tehre were no deaths, But
more than fifty thousand have been
droppd from the roll this year and next
year there will be more, probably 75,000,
"until the veteran of the civil war will be
a matter of history." '
The average age of civil war veetrans
now is 78, Senator Bursum adJed, with
the expectancy of life only five and a
half years. : , v .
"So that they only have a short time
here," he continued, "and if we are go
ing to do anything to help them out iu
their old age, now that they are. inca
pacitated, und to afford them relief on
account of the hieh cost of living, they
should have the relief immediately. I
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submit that $72 a mount ior an oiu vet
eran, as compared with the allowance we
are giving to those who served during the
world war and who .were disabled, is not
unreasonable'; it is a very meager allow
ance." JENKINS FACES TRIA L
IN GREENSBORO TODAY
Charged With Statutory Offense Grow
ing Out of Recent Kidnaping Case.
GREENSBORO, Bcpt 27. H. L. Jen
kins, - Winston-Salem mereliaut, charged
wittu a statutory offense and in jail in
default of an appeal bond of $10,000 re
quired w hen he filed- an appeal from a
sentence of two years on the county
roads in municipal court, will go on trial
in superior court here before Judge W.
F. Harding toniorrpw, '
The arrest of Jenkins followed an in
vestigation by officials of the.Ku Klnx
Klan into the whipping of Minnie Jones,
alias Mrs. C. F Webb, by a party of
alleged klansmen near Taylorsvillc two
irmka nifn The investisratiotl. ns testi
fied to bv witnesses at. the preliminary;
bearing here, disclosed that the whipping j
was planned by Jenkius, who had lived.)
it is alleged bv police, in a numoer ot
plates as C. E. Webb, .because he had
tired of Minnie Jones, who r taints she
posed as the wife of Jenkins.
BISHOP WANTS HIS
MENTAL STATUS EXAMINED
LITTLE ROCK. ARK'.. Sept. 28.
Bishop William Montgomery Brown,
now of Saliou, O., formerly bishop of
the Episcoiwl diocese ' of Arkansas,
whose , espulaiof from ,he House of
Bishops was attempted at the recent
church convention in Portland, Ore.,
on the ground of heresy, but who es
caped trial because of his alleged men
tal condition, lias addressed a letter to
the bishops, offering to have his mental
condition passed on by a board of ex
aminers, including the professors of
pyscholoey at Yale. Columbia and
Johns Hopkins universities.- .
The bishop, in his letter, a copy of
which was made public here, suggests
that unless his offer is accepted, mem
bers of the House of . Bishops should
not rerlert on his mental condition,
either in publie or private. ;
Arrested- For Killing A
Man 44 Years Ago
RED SPRINGS, N. C, Sept. 28.
Joe Kemp, who is charged with kill
ing Daniel . McNeill here forty-four
years ago, has been arrested at St
Augustine, Fl., according to advices
recived here yesterday. Kemp, it ia
understood, waived requisition paper
and will return here with the sheriff
for trial. f
The killing of McNeill is said to
have taken place while the two men
were engaged in cutting down polei.
Kemp left the vicinity immediately
after the tragedy and had not been
heard from until the report of his
arrest reached here yesterday.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR
RALLY TO BE HELD AT
FIRST CHURCH OCT. 5
Biggest And Best Rally Ever
7 , Held In The County Is
. Plan Of Executive Commit-
tee In Charge. .. .
"The biggest and best rally ever
held in the county" is the plan of , the
executive committee . of the Gaston
County C. E. Union for tho next quar
ferly rally to be held in the First l'res
byterian church of this city, October
5th.
Miss Mamie Gene Cole, Junior
Superintendent of the All-Houth Ex
tension Committee of the United. Ho
ciety of Christian Endeavor, will be
tho principal speaker at the Christian
Endeavor , meeting to be held at 4:30
O'clock in the afternoon. Miss Cole's
work carries her into eleven southern
states and wherever she goes she leaves
an inspiration with the Junior Chris
tian Endenvorers and those interested
in this important department of the
church .jife. Prior to accepting the
position of Junior Christian Endeavor
Suiierinteudeut for Dixie, Miss Colo
had a wealth of experience in her work
with the Juniors in the Georgia Chris
tian Endeavor Uuioit as well as in the
Atlanta City Union and in local
churches. : She is well qualified, there
fore, to render service in the larger
field to which she has been called.
While her message will largely.be di
rected toward the J unior Endeavorers,
members of Intermediate and Senior
societies will also hear her with pleas
ure. The parents of the Juniors will
enjoy the meeting especially and all
are urged to be present. Immediate
ly after the public meeting, Miss Cole
will hold a conference with the Junior
Superintendents of the city and those
interested in the- work. At this time,
she will glady take up the problems
that , are peculiar to Junior societies
aud no Junior Superintendent can well
afford to be absent. Yotmg ... people
of all . ages from churches where .there
are no Christian Endeavor societies are
cordially invited to be' preserit. Miss
Cole's message is for youth and age
alike. ' ''i ; '
At 7 :30 p . m . the regular quarter
ly rally for all societies " comprising
young people of all ages will be held.
Miss Cole will speak at this meeting,
and it . is expected that Mr. Paul
Rawlins, the state president of Chris
tian Endeavor, will be present for an
address. '
Two beautiful banners will bo
awarded in this meeting," one each to
the societies having the largest at
tendance, and best percentage of their
membership present . These banuerg
are held at present by the Senior so
cieties of Union and West Avenue
churches .respectively. There will be
an open conference period, and reports
will be received from the societies rep
resented. '
Following the program which will
close promptly at 9:00 p. in. a social
hour will be held and refreshments
will' be served by the First church so-cietii-s
acting as hostesses. The Benior
society of the First church will present
a pageant depicting a Bible story dur
ing the course of the evening, and
this in itself promises to repay anyone
for their attendance on the rally."
- The mcmliers of the executive eom
niittee who have the program in charge
are Messrs. Roswell C. Long, C. L.
Spencer, L. E. Kincaid, Dave Hall,
Mrs, Frank L. Wilson . and Misses
Elizabeth Martiu, Melva Gullick and
Helen Ragan. .
BIRMINGHAM SCHOOL
CHILDREN ARE POISONED
BIRMINGHAM, ALA.. Sept. 28.
School and health authorities of Birm
ingham were thi morning investiga
ting the poisoning of seores of students
of the Woodlawn high sihool, which
last night was said to have resulted
from a salad served at the school
lunch room yesterday at noon.
A number of children were stricken
with ptomaine poisoning immediately
after the lunch hour, while others
were taken Bick w hile on f their way
home. - "
While a few of the. students were re
ported eriouly ill, authorities stated
that none of the cases was expected to
prove fatal.
FREIGHT CONGESTION
IS CLEARING RAPIDLY;
MANY CARS MOVING
Southern Officials Report Re
lief From Worst Tie-Up
In Years.
COAL FLOWING IN NOW.
2,000 Cars Were Standing
. A Week . Ago, And Less
Than 500 Now. ,
CJIEENSBORO, Sept. 27. The worst
freight, congestion on the Southern Rail
way since the railroads went from gov
ernment control back to private owner
ship will probably be cleared in another
week, according to local officials of the
Southern.
Figures on the Southern's records hero
show that whereas a week ugo more than
-,000 carloads were standing on tracks
on the Danvillo division there are now
less than 500 carloads.
Furtehrmore, freight is now being
hauled rapidly, the officials say. Yes
terday afternoon at 4 o'clock 528 car
loads were in Spencer -waiting to be
hauled north.' By 8 o'clock last night,
four hours later, 227 carloads had been
cleared out of Spencer and six other
trains, each carrying from "SO to 00 cars,
were scheduled to leave before daylight
this morning. During the 24 hours from
4 p. m. yesterday to 4 p. m. today the
Southern expected to haul 800 carloads
out of Spencer for the north. Additional
trains from tho south," of eourse, were
putting, cars into Speucer during that
time, and these are not counted here.
Intensive work on the Washington di
vision north of Monroe, Va.t has had a
large share in breaking up the tie-up.
Equipment on the Danville division was
never in such condition that the conges
tion locally could be attributed to it. But
in the northern part of Virginia, espo
cinlly at Potomac yards, and generally
over the country, the fongestion prent
ed the. Danville division frdm passing on
the loads it had. Two weeks ago nearly
every siding on the" division was loaded
with. cars. . . : ,. .- , :'; .
" Improvement ' in engine s service was
also cited 'by local officials' as an impor
tant factor in relieving the congestion.
The Danville division, which two weeks
ago had only 15 freight engines of tho
heavy type for duty, now ,has 25 of this
type. Furthermore, all engines are now
Imuling full tonnage. ? During the strike
they were ; not required to ' haul us big
loads ns under normal conditions because
the officials wanted to save them all pos
sible strain. Passenger engines are not
yet being required to run as fast as for
merly until the new parts installed in
recent overhaulingg have been thoroughly
tried out.
Between Greensboro and Ooldsboro the
freight situation is now declcared nor
mal, and the bad tie-up in the eastern
part of the state where the Southern gets
much freight from the f A. C. L. aud
tlirough the R. F. and P. is now cleared.
As a result of the relief now in pros
pect Southern officials said yesterday
that Greensboro persons and firms who
have been hid up on various classes of
work by failure of the railroads to de
liver the materials should b reading all
all shipments in another week or 10 days.
The statement applies in general to all
other North Carolina points served by
tho Southern., - In Creensboro,, to cite
only one instance, the Murray Construc
tion Company has been forced to stop its
concrete -and asphalt plants by inability
to get materials. Other work in Greens
boro and broadly over the stato should
receive fresh impetus by the breaking up
of the congestion.
Southern officials likewise reported
(Continued on page 5.)
GEORGIANS LYNCH NEGRO
v ON WAY TO TRIAL
'T)KRSVIt.I.K (iA . Sent. 28:
Jim Johnson, a negro charged with
au assault on a white woman, was
lynched today while being' taken to
Wrightsville for trial, according to a
report received here by Sheriff John
sou . -According to information reach
intr here .Tnhnsun confessed before be
ing-put to death. 'His body was
hanged to a tree and riddlod by more
than two hundred liulli't. There wer
about fifty men in the mob which
lynched Johnson,
WASHINGTON, Sept; 28, Culmina
tion of endeavor to bring about stand
ardization in the lumber industry1 is ex
pected by, the .National Lumber Manu
facturers' Association to be brought
nearer by a. conference next Tuesday be-
twen Secretary Hoover and a committee
on lumber standards representing the in
dustry. Formulation of a lumber standardiza
tion program as completed for considera
tion of the conference was said today by
Wilson Compton, secretary, manager of
the Lumber Manufacturers' Association,
to specify three headings.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON NEW
YORK COTTON MARKET
NEW- YORK, Sept. 28.- Cotton fu
tures closed steady at 13 points down:
January 20.41; March 20.47: May 20.48;
October 20.31 ; Decembci1 20.56; spots
GASTONIA C0TTONt
Receipts 61 hales
Price .....20 1-8 cents
GREATER PROSPECT OF FIGHTING I
BETWEEN TURKEY AND BRITAIN
NOW THAN A T ANY PREVIOUS TIME
ABDICATION OF KING
GONSTANTINE DRAMATIC
Palace Was Surrounded By
Angry Mob Of Revolution
ists Demanding His De
thronement He Sends
Message.
ATH EXS, Sept . 28 ( By The
Associated Press) . . King .Constan
tino 's abdication came after dramatic
scenes, with the palace surrounded by
an angry mob of revolutionists de
manding his dethronement.
It was not until the mob threaten
ed to seize the person of the -sovereign
that an emissary .appeared at a
window of the palace and nunouneed
the abdication. . '
General Pnpoulas had previously
been eent to treat with the revolution
ists, but, finding his entreaties unavail
ing, joined their cause himself'. The
government then Bent a second envoy,
but the mob was-obdurate, declaring:
"We ore resolved to dethrone tho
author og Greece's misery"
Constantino': addressed the ; follow
ing message to the' Greek people:
"Yielding to the solemnly expressed
will of the Greek people I returned to
Greece in ; December, ,192(1, and; tea q
sinned iuy 'royal duties. I declared
then, and took a solemn oath that I
would .respectfully observe the articles
of the constitution;
I "This declaration corresponded both
...Itl. .1....; . i .i . .
nii.u my jinvaie uesire aim mat or
the Greek people, is well as the inter
national interests of our ''-country.
Witliin the limits of the constitution I
id everything humauly possible for
flie defense of tho interests of the na
tion. "Today regrettable misfortunes
have led our country into a critical
situation . But Greece, as in so many
other iustances in , the course of hor
centuries long history, will again over
come her dti'icultios and will continue
on her glorious and brilliant pa tli, pro
vided she faces tho dungcr with a
united front and is assisted by her
powerful friends. -
"Notwishing to leave in' the ; mind
of anybody the slightest suspicion that
by remaining on the throne I have pre
vented td however a slight degree the
sacred unity of the Greeks and the as
sistance of some friends, I have ab
dicated tho royal power.
"From this moment, my oldest son,
Prince George, is your king. I am
wire the entire nation will rally around
him, will asiat him with all its forces,
and at the cost of all sacrifices, in his
difficult work.
"As for myself, 1 am happy that
another opportunity has been given me
to sacrifice myself once . mora'' . for
Greece, and I shall be still happier
when I see my people, whom I have
so niu(;h loved, surround their new king
with perfect concord and lead the
fatherland - to fresh , glory and fresh
greatness.
''My sacrifice is slight. I am pre
pared, to Ight at the head of the army
in the interests of the, country if the
Greek government und people should
consider such service useful to ; tho
fatherland.'
ENTIRE GARRISON
KILLED BY EXPLOSION
SPEZIA, Sent. ,23. (By The As
sociated Press.') The entire naval
garrison at Falconara fort, near here
on the Gulf of Gonoa, is believed to
have, been killed in an explosion,
caused by lightning which destroyed
everything within a radius , of ten
miles. ' There are many hundreds of
wounded.
Seventy bodies have already been re
covered from the debris. Fifteen hun
dred tons of explosives were stored in
the deep tunnels of the fort. The en
tire top of the ,lfill on which it is lo
cated was completely blown away.
The work of recovering additional
dead is proceeding. No-estimate has
as yet been made of their number.
The wounded are being rushed to the
hospitals here, all of which are al
ready filled. Military forces have
been assigned to the work of reeuc.
All fascisti of the province of Genoa
have been mobilized by their chiefs to
asist the soldiers.
The explosion occurred in a violent
storm which damaged the crops and
proerty of, the inhabitants for large
areas aloug the gulf. Half crazed
with terror from fire and storm the
despairing population is being reliev
ed through governmental eare. '
VETERANS RODE IN BIG
PARADE IN ASHEVVILLE
. ASHEVILLF, N. C, Sept. 2S.
For the first time iu North Carolina
state Confederate reunions, the , annual
parade was held without a veteran
marching afoot. There were plenty
Who wanted to. including ninety-two
year old Chris Miller of Asheville, but
their commanding officers overruled
them. i
Despite the onslaught of time since
the Sixties the veterans, some 500 in
number cheered loudly and sat erect
as trucks aud automobiles carried them
through the streets, where hundreds of
8ieetators kept up a continuous roar
of clirers. World war veterans. Na
tional ' Guard detachments and auxili
ary bodies of the State United Con
federate Veterans formed the ( marches.
Cabinet Was Convened This Morning To Hear Mesage From
General Harrington, Commanding Allied Forces In Con
stantinople - Turks Will Not Tolerate Fortifications Of
Certain Points. '
CONSTANTINOPLE, Sept. 28.
(By the Associated Press.) For
, mer . King Constantine, of Greece,
who abdicated yesterday, is reported
to have been imprisoned by the revo
lutionaries in Athens.
LONDON, Sept. 28. (By the As
sociated Press.) British circlet to
day, took a grave view of the situa
tion in the Dardanelles, which was
regarded as so critical as to over
shadow the revolutionary develop
ments in Greece.. The opinion was
expressed that there is a greater
prospect of fighting between the
British and Turkish nationalists
than t any previous time.
The ' cabinet was convened this
morning to consider a message from
Brigadier General Sir Charles Har
ington, commanding 'allied forces in
Constantinople, summarizing Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha's reply to Gen
eral Harington's , warning against
' violation of the neutral zone along
the straits. The reply was consid
' ered to be evasive and ambiguous.
Two vjewa may be taken of Mus
tapha Kemal' s intentions, it is stat
ed. One is that under the cover of
his cavalry he may be bringing up
artillery and material, and doing all
he can to compel the British to fire
the first shot. The lets serious view
is that be is truthful in his statement
that he does not know where the
neutral xone extenda.
It is pointed out that General
Harington is laboring under tremen
dous responsibility. He has been
told to do all possible to svoid war
but to use his own judgment regard
ing the necessity 0 f fighting to main
tain the British edicts. It is under
stood he has the full backing of the
government, which will support any
action he tskes.
In hia reply Mustapha Kemal says
the Angora government does not"
recognize any neutral cone. He
complains about the Greek war
ships which have been anchored
near Constantinople and also about '
the action of the British troops
in . the region around Chanak on
the southern shore of the straits.
Thousands From Gaston County
Visit Carolinas Exposition
Co-Operation And Good Fellowship Between Two Cities
Mark Speeches Visitors From Gastonia Are Given
Warm Welcome Cherry, Separk And Bulwinkle Make
Speeches. ' ,
(Charlotte Observer.)
Gaston 's thousands came to Made-in-Caroliuas
exposition yesterday
came "by. a fleet of automobiles, by
interurbatt and by train, to attend
upon the ceremonies incident to "Gas
ton County Day,'' proud , of their
great county as set forth hi exhibit
and in address,' smiling in expansive
humor, matchiug Mecklenburg hospi
tality and welcome with Gustou cor
diality aud lieighborliucss, each wear
ing the red tag of Gaston, heralding
the. fact that they were from the tex
tile center of the south and glad of it.
They filled the exposition auditorium,
Heard u welcome that was- a .'welcome
from'Col. T. L Kirkpatrick; heard
Mayor K. U. Cherry, of Gastonia
respond; heard J. H., Separk, of Gas
tonia seak of the evolution of Gas
ton, and heard Congressman A. L.
Bulwinkle of Gastoii and of the .ninth
district, approve Governor Morrison 's
idea of a department of commerce,
and adding an idea of his own, advo
cate a great textile school for North
Carolina .
The official parties were snapped by
the' movie man as they greeted each
other at the building, thi to ap
tiear in the Made-iu-Carolina film
which is to be howu throughout the.
Carolinas. There followed au excel
lent concert by the Gastonia Pythian
band, then a lot of line addresses,
with numbers by the Russian Sym
phony orchestra, a group of English
songs by Miss Helena Marsh. -and a
number by the Good Fellows' Club
octet.
Address of Welcome.
Chairmau H. M. McAden of Gas
ton und of Mecklenburg, presided,
presentiug Colonel Kirkpatrick, who
said: '
"The soul of North Carolina ia be
ing stirred today with the breath of a
new life. The light of a grander day j
is falling fair on her fare. She is
thrilling with the coneiousitcs4 of her
growing power aud prosperity. She
stands upright, full staturedl aud etia,
among the states of the union aud the
lieoples of the earth. Through the in
and towu agiust-town prejudices, and
Mecklenburg assures Catoii that fcbe j
scrutable wisdom of God aud an hott
est ' purpose, and with a dauntless
spirit, she is arrying on.
'A new era of industrial growth
Allegations are made, that the Brit- -ish
have destroyed Turkish roads '
and Turkish homes.
Mustapha Kemal also claims the
right to cross the so-called neutral
zone and to enter eastern Thrace,
where he claims the Greeks are kill-;''
ing the Turkish inhabitants. He
concludes by saying he hopes to '.
avoid any conflict with the British,
TURKS WILL NOT ALLOW
FORTIFICATION OF DARDANELLES
X)NSTAXTIXOPLE, 6ept. 28. (By
the Associated PreNS.) Tlie Turkish na
tiona.li.Hts have notified the allied high
command that they will not tolerate the
fortification of certain points in the so
culled neutral zones along the Dard;t
nelles. Continuance of the work of forti
fication will be looked upon by tho Ke
malists as warranting militaryy action',
thoir representative, Hamid Hey, in
forms the allied commander Brigadier
General Harington. ;
. The Turkish troop movements continue
and yesterday for the fifth time they vio
lated the neutral zones, taking positions
in the regions of Dumbrck, Lanipsaki,
Vaghjilar and Sangakeli. - -
Cavalry is advuneing on Asmali-Tepej
apparently with tho object of isolating
the British advance posts nt Keppez and
and has 'been sent to the latter.
Despite thene movements a communica
tion front the Kemalists yesterday de
clared they would respect the neutrality
of the straits pending an armistice con
ference, and Cenerul Harington has sent
a message to Mustapha Kemal Pasha at
Smyrna urging an early meeting of the
British and Kemalist generals at Muda
nisor Ismid. ' 1 ''
The Greek battleship Averoff, the eretf
of which mutinied yesterday, is steaming
for Piraeus through the Dardanelles nod
Is i ndanger of bombardment by the
Kemalist artillery, concealed in the hills
on the Asiatic ' sidiv The allied naval -authorities
here are hopeful she will
escape unscathed as she is leaving Turk
ish waters at their request. The sul
tan's cabinet,' the military governor of
Constantinople and the responsible law
officers are taking all measures to pre
(Continued on page 8.)
and intellectual development is break
ing like the glory of the morning up
on -is Tho reviving south is listen
ing with unutterable rapture to the
great industrial song of the nation,
and North Carolina being enamored of
her work,' leads the van. ,
"North 'Carolina challenges the
spinners of Massachusetts and the iron
markers of. Pennsylvania, but if it
were not for Gaston county -we could
not issue such challenge. , There is in
vested in' North Carolina textile plants
J:ilS,:i6S,0iiO, and Oastott leads the
hand in North Carolina, yet Gaston's
greatest asset is her women and her
men, whom we honor for their great
accomplishment. We honor them for
their textile supremacy, their great
banking resources, their fine road sys
tem Gaston county commissioners
g:ivefmore aid and sympathy in tha
battle for good roads iu the state than
any other county commissioners; and
for their splendid educational struc
ture which after all is the most im
portant undertaking they have started;
and we love them as neighbors. The
time has come in North Carolina to
lay aside petty county-against-county
(In joi 'uojitflo-oa jkoiuju u(
will march houhler to shoulder with
building of North Carolina."
Colonel Kirkpatrick also acknow
ledged indebtedness to Gaston for the
cotiKresHiuuti' of the ninth district aud
the mayor of Gastonia, whom he hild
up as two tine soldiers and citizens,
amid prolonged applause.
Mayor Cherry Responds.
Mayor Cherry in hi response ft
preswed sincere appreciation on behalf
of Gaston j-eoplo for the arm wel
come littered and in evidence throujh
out Charlotte and at the two state ex
tKisifioit. His fellow citizens, he said.
gladly took advantage of the oppor
tunity to leud themselves to the great
constructive influence which radiated
from the exiKiitioti, which he declar
ed au index, a symbol, of tlie progress
and prv-perity of the Carolinas.
There may have bit'0 a titnrt
when a few experience! some bitti r
ncss as between the two countici f
Slecklenburg and Gustou, hr ot?wrv-.i(
but he dfchuvd that day in gun. .
"Small town -stuff," he. railed if.
Gahtou and Gastonia lmve gotten a ?
from it. TLry have i-: t'Hi inn. 1 ,
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