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GASTON I A, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1922
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SHELBY DISTRICT WILL
MAKEFIIIESHOVJINGAT
(ICE
Pastor Will Carry Splendid
Report Of Work Done
During Pat Year.
FINANCES IN FULL.
Sixteen Hundred -Additions To
Membership; Four New
. Churches; 3 Parsonages.
Tweuty-eight Methodist pastors iu the
Shelby district uro winding up their
year's work preparatory to leaving the
first of uext week for Monroe to attend
tlio thirty-third annual session of the
Western North Carolina Conference of
the M. E. Church, South, which convenes
there on Wednesday morning. Presid
ium Elder 11. 11. Jordan, of Gastuuia,
who is rounding out his third year on the
district, is busily engaged iu making his
final rouud of quarterly conferences und
gathcrng up t ho looso ends, He. expects
that the reports from the twenty-eight
pastoral charge iu the district will
show the year just closing to have been
in very respect the best year the dis
trict has ever had. Financially, the dis
trict is iu splendid shape. There have
Iter n btween 1,500 and 1,600 accessions
to the membership. A largo number of
new Kp worth League chapters have been
orgaitizd. New churches have been built
at Polkvillc, TLowell, Kust. Belmont and
Chcrryvillo during the year. The Chcr
r.vville elm re h was built nt a eost of
. foO.OOO and is u handsome and modern
house of worship. Three new parson
ages have been built, at Bel wood, ; Me-
, Adeuville and Oastonia. Tho Sunday
school work bus prospered and the mem
bership has grown steadily throughout
.tho year.
. Three pastors in tho district have com
pleted their four-year pastorates and
will bo given apiHiintmeiits elsewhere.
They aro ev. A. L. Stanford, of Main
Street church, Oastonia; Be v. Mr. Moser,
of Cherry ville, and lie v. J. K. Thompson,
of Belmont, Presiding , Elder Jordan
will iu ull probability be returned for
his fourth year. .':
Bishop Collins Denny, of Kichmoiid,
Vs., will preside at this session. This is
tho lirst appearance of Bishop Denny iu
this conference- as n presiding 'officer.
There are in the conference eleven dis
tricts, etich under the direction of a pre
siding elder; ?74 pastoral charges. 919
churches .with 122.527 members.; Twenty-five
pastors have served their four
years and will be moved, to new work
this session. . One presiding elder of the
eleven lias served four years. There aro
eight lay delegates to co nference from
each district. Those from the Shelby
district are H. T. Fulton, Jl. K, Daven
port, J. A. Harmon. S. C. Lee, J. l
Haves. B. T. Morris, Mrs. Clyde K. Hoey
and Mrs S. C Comwell; '
Members of the several quadrennial
boards from this district are O. F. Ader,
C. It. Hoey, A. Sherrill. J. F. Moser,
J. K. Thompson. K. L. Kirk. .1. H. So
jark, C. M. Campbell." (J. A. Hoyle, J. L.
.Heal, C A. Jonas. A. 1. Stanford. D.
AN. Brown, J. M. Holland, J. O. F.rwin,
W. M. llobbins, W. M. Boring and V. E,
l'oovcy. ''"'.
Much 'interest locally centers m the
jastorate of Main Street church. Key.
A. L. Stanford, having completed his
four years, Main Street church will have
a new pastor. This church is one of the
leading churches of tho conference. So
far there has been very little speculation
as to who will succeed Mr,. Stanford.
POTATO KNIFE MAY
FIGURE IN CASE
XL'W BItiJNSWICK, X. J., Oct. 12.
-New. Jersey officials investigating the
murder on September 14 of tho Bev.
Edward Wheeler Hall, reetor of tho
Episcopal Church of St. John the Evan
gelist, and his choir leader, Mrs. Eleanor
Bernhardt Mills, sought today to identify
u potato knife, found some distance
from the spot where the slain bodies
were discovered, and turned over to the
local police yesterday.
Detectives considered it possible that
tho knife was tho one used iu slaslung
Mrs. Mills' throat. There were spots on
the blade whichc may have been caused
by blood. An aualysis is to be made
during the day.
Investigators continued to cloak their
uctious with a secren of secrcei-y, Ap
t.areutlv the mystery was just as far
from solution today as before the arrest
of Clifford Hayes, a youtn. nei-i on i it
ANNUAL GONFERE;
btatcment by Kaynion-i toennei.ier. ",.,,., all)1 otm.r filthy containers are sub-
reporieu ine milling i hh.- ui"u"
days after the rector and Mrs. Mills dis
appeared. Schneider charges that
Hayes shot tho pair, thinking them Nich
olas Balmier and his daughter 1 earl,
both of whom are being held u jail.
Schneider also is under arrest as a ma
terial witness.
rossioility tuat l.overnor rviwar.is
may send the state s attorney geueral lo iw
New Brunswick to take charge of thojf.
1
inquiry was expressed tiwlay.
Three separate agencies have been
working the case and it was thought
by some that a central authority might
make greater harmony.
THE WEATHER
. J KNOXriLLE. TENN.. Oet. 12.
' ." ' , ... v vi i Lower freight rates on iron ami steel
Fair and cooler tonight, probably jBrticles from the' Pittsburgh territory to
light frost in extreme west; Friday fair, .Kuoxvi,0 u, j,skc1 tomorrow by
and cooler in northeast. '.'"'! Kuoxville busiuess men in a hearing
' " (held here before Examiner MeGrath,
GASTONIA COTTON. 0f- the" Interstate Commerce Comniis-
Receipts Today 60 Bales gion. The hearing will begin at 10
Price i .i 22 Cents J 0 "clock iu the Federal building.
Court By Mail, She
Arrives, They ' Marry
G0LDSB0KO, Oct. 11. H. T.
Kornegay, age 36, a wealthy Samp
son county fanner, and Miss Cathe
rine Heartlia, of Washington, D. C,
age 45, met here today for the first
time after a lengthy courtship by
advertisement of the fanner through
a matrimonial bureau. Their love
was instantaneous and they at once
proceeded to the courthouse where a
marriage license was secured and
they were married by Magistrate W.
G. Britt. They left tonight for Samp
son county, where the Washington
lady will be taught how to grow cot
ton and tobacco.
KOHLQSE SAYSViHISKY
MAKERS USE ANYTHING
TO PUT KICK IN STUFF
Blockaders Know Nothing Of
Sanitation In Their Work
Of Making Liquor.
MAKES A FULL REPORT.
Says Denatured Alcohol
Daily Taking Its Toll In
The Old North State.
WASHINGTON, Oct. . 11. Federal
Prohibition Director B, A. Kohless, of
North' Carolina, lias forwardetl to Com
missioner .' Ilayues a comprehensive re
port regarding the various kinds and
grades of moonshine whiskey und chem
ical concoctions whichc are being ped
dled by bootleggers in the state. Among
other things Director K oh loss states:
'We are not troubled with makers of
liiiuio brew and very little bonded whis
key reaches . this state, our main viola'
Hons being the making of moonshine.
This industry prospers on account of the
swampy and mountainous nature of the
country, although the operations of
uionoshicnrs have been , lessened to a
great extent by tho strict methods of co
forcemeat employed by my agcuts und
the heavy penalties imposed by, both
state and federal courts.
Chemical Preparations.
"Chemieul preparations such as hair
tonics, Jamaica ginger and several oth
ers, mo procurable to some extent, al
though the drug stores in this state are
behind tho enforcement of the law as a
geurul rule und refuse to sell any of
these preparations unless they are satis
fied that the same will not be utilized
fro beverage purposes. Those few drug
stores which continue to sell these prep
arations hi violation of the law are being
investigated and action will be taken
agaiust them as soon as the charges arc
proven. Several persons have become
dangerously ill from drinking denatured
alcohol, 'necessitating hospital treatment.
One man was sent to the Keeley insti
tute in Greensboro and after his return
to his home has become paralyzed from
drinking the poison. It has been fouud
that grocery stores and eold drink stands
are tho largest dispensers of these eon
cocetions and a great many of such mer
chcants have been convicted and severe
penalties imposed.
"Considerable difficulty is also ex
perienced with persons who sell alcohol
denatured by kerosene, pyridine and
wood alcohol', the addition, of which does
not. make the alcohol poisonous enough to
cause' instantaneous death, but the con
tinued drinking of which causes total
blindness, paralysis and other serious
complications.
"The various . sections of the state
have their own particular brand of
moonshine, .but any one of them is dan
gerous because of tho very insanitary
conditions surrounding its manufacture.
In praeitcally every instance ;i sediment
is left in the fermenters in which worms,
bugs, roaches and nice accumulate. I
have wen such fermenters aud barrels
which are allowed to collect swarms of
such vermin for days and then are used
over and over again without being
washed or even emptied. To produce n
'bead. or 'kick,' horse, hog, cattle and
sheep manure is nsedy a pile of manure
being invariably found wherever there is
a still. '
"Besides the lack of sanitation," a
most dangerous poison is imparted to the
moonshine by the green corrosion on
copper stills "wliich have not lieen prop
erly t-lea ned, which poison is not affected
by distillation by is transmitted to the
whiskey. In some parts of . the state
mi, f - ,; bam.iSi garbage
stituted for stills.
Officers Very Good.
"The attitude of violators toward en
forcement officers has liecome very ad
verse and iu order to preserve the lives
of my agents I always assign three men
in a squad to apprehend violators. So
far we have been very fortunate in not
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ll.l t '
- mtrea and know the character of
.ith wll0m .i..,-. arc dealing
uid the 'locality in which they operate,
j "'We have had but one instance where
'any person has attempted to impersonate
I officers and he was immediately appre-
hended. He did no damage and I be
jlievc this was his first attempt, judging
Sfroin the bungling manner in which he
! went at it."
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AT FAIR CLOSE CROWD
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Carnival Management Cuts
Out Light And All Shows
On Midway Stop.
DISAGREE ON CONTRACT.
Fair officials Say Carnival
Knew It Could Not Run
' Gambling Places.
GKEENSBOKO, Oct. 12. Angered
because they fouud on arrival ut the Ceu
trul Carolina Fair last night that udis
ugrceuient between fair officials and the
carnival management over gambling
joints had resulted iu the closing of vir
tually every allow on the midway, a
large crowd gathered around the fair
association office and demanded their
money buck.
The erowd claimed that it had been
cheated und robbed; it used profanity
freely and many members of tho crowd
made threats against officers of the as
sociation. The situation grew so serious that fair
officials sent word to Sheriff D. B. Staf
ford und the sheriff and several deputies
went to the fair grounds. By H:'M the
crowd hud become more ieaceful aud
danger of trouble appeared then over.
Earlier in the evening about 6 o'clock,
fair officials hud ordered all gambling
devices closed. The carnival manage
ment urgued against the closing. With
the fair officials standing firm, the car
nival turned out the lights of the mid
way and every show stopped.
The trouble started from a clause in
the contract signed by M. B. Golden,
general representative of the World at
Home shows, and John E. King, secre
tary of the fair, which reads us follows:
"The party of the first part (the World
at Home show) agree not to install or
permit to be played ou these grounds
any -immoral shows such as hootchy
kootchy and 49 camps, and shows of tint
churticter, or any gambling or devices
other than those permitted by the laws
of North Carolina." ' ,
When tho carnival opened and the fair
authorities saw that there were gam
bling devices which, they allege, are not
permitted by the laws of North Cu roll na,
they went around with the manager of
the shoi and told him that certain
places would have to be closed. W. C.
Boren was the representative from the
fair association and the manager of the
shows ttecompuiued him.
Although the carni
to confirm the report
claim that it was admitted by them that
the places closed were unlawful.
The carnival officers' then maintained
that since the fair association had closed
ccrtahi places they (the show people)
ought to be refunded a specified amount,
froiu the sum agreed upon by both pur
ties, for the front footage. The carnival
people claimed that they had purchased
',000 feet from the fair association aud
nheu the fair officials closed certaiu
places they (the carnival people) ought
to have that amount of footage subtract
ed from the original 2.UU0 leet. They
maintained that they wer paying for
footage which the fair officials had for
bidden them to use.
Another section of the same contract
was prouuecu wnicn reau as loiiows:
"It is further agreed that the party of
the first part (The World at Home
show) is to take not less than 2,000
front feet of space for the midway aud
concessions t at a price stipulate"!
therein), having the right to purchase
more footage at the same "price if so
desired."
The fair association claimed that un
der tho contract the World at Home
show is bound to pay for the 2,000 feet
of space for which they have bargained,
and that they are not .allowed to ruu
gambling devices on any of that space.
ihe lair association claims that the car
nival people knew at the time that such
gambling devices were barred from the
contract and wheu they deliberately put
thei'n in operation they did so at their
own risk. The contract, say the fair
officials, sells the World ut Home shows
so much spaee uud makes it plain that
gambling joints will not be permitted, to
operate. The contract, goes ou the fair
association, declares that when the car
nival people operate such gambling
places they operate them ut tneir own
toss, when they are closed.
To that argumeut the carnival people
have little to say. They stick to the be
lief that when the fair association re
fuses to let them operate certain places
they ought, to 'bo relieved from the ex
pense of paying for space they caunot
se. They are perfectly willing to close
up tlie gambling joints, they say, but
they jefuse to pay for footage that the
fair association has closed.
Fair officials said hist night that they
estimated the loss incurred by the actiou
tha Wrtrl.l n t Hntiw Mllntv lit llllOllt
10.U0U. The general pubic, it was
stated, came to see the carnival and tho
fair combined, and when the tarnivuj
closed its side shows they became dis
gusted with the whole situation.
It was believed by fair officials that
the carnival people urged the mob to
gather at the office and demand their
money back. It was reported that some
violence was threaetned agaiust Garlaud
Daniel, president of the fair association,
but no confirmation of that could be
ascertained,
3y 10 o'clock last night no agreement j
.) . !.uiii nni.ipil hv till two llltrtil'S
had
and, from what the carnival erowd said,
there would be no agreement until the
fair association-consented to strike out
the cost of the frontage which they are
not allowed to use. Ou the other hand,
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DEMANDS MO N5Y BACK
Wilson As He
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Here is the latest photograph of Ex-President Woodrow Wilson,'
taken while the former executive was enjoying an afternoon tuto spin
The picture was snaDued from another rue traveling at 30 miles an hour
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ARMOUR AND WORCEY ARE!
BEFORE FEDERAL TRADE
BOARD FOR QUESTIONING
Confer With Attorneys As To
How Much They Will
Tell,
TRADERS ON THE MARKET
Denies That Armour And
Company Were Interest
ed In Deals.
CHICAGO, Oct. 12. J. Ogdeu 'Ar
mour, meat packer, and Georgo K
Marcy, president of the Armour Grain
CompHuy, conferred with attorneys to
day to determino to what extent they
would reveal details of their grain trans
actions when they appear before tho
coniiiiisnion again tomorrow. ' Declining
- -1 jusicruay 10 iiisciose me luumaie tieiaiu
m,1 . "iiof their'-speculations, Mr. Armour 'ant
val people refused Mr, Mar,y ugTCt!d ,0 te the t.omlllisljiol
i I'' ! tomorrow whether they would furnish ul
yesterday to disclose the intimate tletails
ud
SBIOU
they would furnish ull
tho dates and figures of their trades re
quested by tho federal inquiry board.
Mr. Armour characterized himself as
a "casual trader" in tho grain market.
tie denied that Armour & Co., the pack
nig bouse, was interested
n any grain
deals in which he participated, asserting
that the packing firm does not trade in
grain futures.
In his preliminary testimony, Mr. Ar
mour said some of his grain transactions
were handled by the Armour Grain Com
pany and some by other brokers, whose
names he declined to reveal. He de
clared he followed the grain market only
casually und did not receive daily re
ports from the Armour Grain Company,
with whose business he said he was not
sufficiently acquainted to aUswer some of
the questions put to him.
Both Mr. Armour and Mr. Marcy de
fended tho board of trade as a necessary
medium through which the farmer finds
a sure and coustuut market for his grain.
"The farmer has a idace to sell his
grain every day in the year, " Mr. Ar
mour said. "Ile may not at times get
the price he is entitled to, but 1 think
it has stabilized conditions. .- Generally
speaking he is 'better off, I would say,
than without a speculative future mar
ket, because no '.man in the grain busi
ness would buy wheat until- he had sold
it, and you know that sometimes you
have to carry wheat a long time before
you can sell."'
Pressed for answers to questions rel
ative to his .operations on the board of
in wlic.-it futures ' w:i lifted Julv 1."). '
1920, Mr. Armour said that he. could not
see that his answer woulld lieof! import
ance to the inquiry. At any ratea he
said he woulld have to make estimates of
his grain transactions if he replied to re
quests for' details. . .
John R..Manff,-.secretary of the Chica
go Hoard of Trade, told the commission
that the Capper-Tineher ' act. which the
board plans to attack before the United
States supreme Court, is driving trading
in futures to Winnipeg and Liverpool.
Witnesses summoned to apjar nt the
inqqniry today .and tomorrow include:
Ii. F. Gates, Lowely Hoyt, J. O. tx-reiner,
K. F. Rosenbanm, Arthur Cut ten. H. J.
Blum, Frank Crosby, J. W. MeCulloh, T.
Winters. Howard Jackson - J. F. Barrett,
and T. C. Sullivan, most of them pronu-
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rnFPmfDATir VFTFRANS FIGHT
CONFEDERATE VETERANS TlMl
TO KEEP MONUMENT IN PLACE
GBKKNVILLE. S. C, Oct. 12.
Greenville's Confederate monument to
day was partly on the original pedestal
and partly in front of the county court
house, as a result of a fight made by
veterans t oprevent it from being moved
out from the middle of a busy section
of main street. .Work of moving the
I monument was stopped by a temporary
injunction secured by ' veterans from
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tion set Mondav. Oi'toVr In". -as the date
for hearing. - '
Rockefeller has books showing every
penny he ever earned. But there are
still other reasons for the paper short-j
age, . . ; '
Looks Today
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LLOYD GEORGE MAY BE
ASKED TO RESIGN BEFORE
CNRISTMAS, IT IS SAIB
Odds Of Two To One That
Election Will Be Called
Soon.
LLOYD GEORGE ON TRIAL.
His Friends Insist
Will Not Quit
v Fire.
That He
Under
LONDON, Oct. 12.r-(By the Asso
ciated -Tress.) Odds of nearly 2 to 1
against an election before the end of
tho year are being accepted in the Lou
don insurance -market notwithstanding
tho positive assertions in the press and
political circles tlmt an appeal to the
country before Christmas is inevitable.
The discrepancy thus "manifested is sig
nificant of the complete uncertainty sur
rounding the political situation for tho
momeut.
The morning newspapers again give
over their eluef columns to discussions.
predictions and supposed revelations.
' I'rime Miuisetr Lloyd (ieorge's friends
continue to insist that lie will not re
sign, while others assert with equal con
fidence that eh has determined to ask tho
country for a vote of 'confidence at the
polls art dt hat his speech at Manchester
ou Saturday will be the first gun fired iu
the great electoral' campaign.
There is general concurrence on one
point, namely, that the crisis has been
brought about by the restiveness of the
rank and fib; of the conservatives, who
are tired ailke of the coalition govern
ment and Lloyd (ieorge's leadership and
are eager'to get back to party lines. It
is stated iu sevral quqarters, however,
that the conservative leaders in the coali
tion cabinet continue loyal to the pre
mier, and that the situation m that re
spect is practically identical with the
position when Lloyd George previously
threatened to resign unless the conserva
tives gave greater support to his lead
ership. It is 'said that this loyalty on the part
of his conservative colleagues is having
it great influence on the premier's atti
tude, and according to some versions he
is relying upon it to secure the country 's
support and wreck in advance the con
servative convention scheduled for the
middle of November,. which; if held,
might attempt to compel the conserva
tive leaders to resign their coalition
posts.
Around this revolt in the Tory rank
aud tile numerous conjectures, specula
tions and predictions are framed.
Austen Chaiiiberlain 'a speech at Kirm
ingham tomorrow is expected by some
observers to be mainly a strong plea for
a continuance of the coalition as a
means of averting the advent of a labor
government. ' j
Amidst the many uncertainties one
thing is certaiu that the next tew days
will supply the public with more excite
ment concerning domestic politics . than
it has enjoyed since the outbreak of the
world war.
One of the interesting features ttheii
an election is declartd "ill be the num-1
bi'r of women seeking the limelight -of 1
parliamentary life. The two present ;
women iiiemiiers. Lady Astor and Mrs. i
Margaret Wintringham, are uuderstotl
to desire re-election, and nearly a s'ore i
of others are already announced candi-
dates, the great, majority lieing for lib-i
eral and labor constituencies.
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BULL DOG TO BE
WITNESS IN CASEIiK
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Oct- 11. A bull do,T ;
YORK, S. CV.Oct. 11. A bull do,Ti
will be a witness in a murder case to i
come up in tne ors circuit court iu,n,,re reipnred to proluce iiurnett s
iA'i-euiber, according to attorneys le- death.
fending Alma lltnsjiis. a negro woman i
i-ti:iffr.f with kiflimF li,-r 1iilsii;ini H:ir-I
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per u imams.
The woman claimed she killed her hus
band because he often came home drunk
land caused the .dog to attack her. On
(the night of the killing the dog bit her
several times and in order to itop it she
shot Williams, she claims.
More Than 7,000 Visited Big
Gaston County Fair Wednesday
Elephant Tires Of
Wilmington; Leaves
WILMINGTON, Oct. 11. Topsy,
the four-ton elephant, which made
its escape, from a circus here Tues
day, caught, escaped again and
captured, is again free. This time
she is believed to be making her way
west along the Seaboard Air Line
railroad.
Where Topsy wants to go or
whether she is looking for her com
panions is a mystery. Some say she
is tired of Wilmington and is making
her way to Charlotte.
The elephant left the outfit Tues
day morning and roaming about the
city created much, disturbance.-and
damaged property to the extent of
several thousand, dollars .; Eleven
suits have been filed seeking dam
ages, one being for $5,000 by the
Eureka Dye Works. '
MRS. DEB0UCHEL MAKES PUBLIC
LETTER WRITTEN TO CANDLER
Henry Gamble, Attorney for New Or
leans , Beauty, Publishes Letetr In
Which Mrs. Debouchel Takes Candler
to Task for Believing Tales.
ATLANTA, Oct. 12. Mrs. Ouezima
peBoucbel made public today copy of a
letetr she said she had written to Asa
(!. Cluidler, bt., AAtlantu capitalist, be
fore slio came here, demanding to know
the names of the persons she, said ho told
her had reflected on her and which
cuused termination of their engagement,
ine letter was muuo public Through
uenry uumoie, attorney ror Airs, vu
liouchel, nt the same time ho announced
he had changed his original plan to ac
company bis client to New Orleans to
lii ir lit . He said he would remain here for
at least n day longer ou the case. ,
The letter ulneli Airs. DeiJowliel said
was her final olie to Mr. Candler and
was dated September i!S, called on Mr.
Candler to divulge the names of the men
who, he said, cast reflections ou her char
acter. "Do you expect mo to let this
hideous slander go unpunished?" she
continued. "T will publish it to - tho
whole world and wo will see if tho 'world
is us credulous a you seem to be, and
as you expect me to be. If there are
such men, und I certainly do not believe
there ure, who make such statements,
they have been paid to do it, and they
slialCgo to the penitentiary' along with
those who hired tl;em.
"Tis is a clumsy conspiracy that im
poses on nobody but- you. Why did it
come bp in Atlanta, right at the time, in
fact -Just iu time, to stop your coming to
Reno for our wedding tm the 20th? Why
does it come up in Atlanta at nit except
that it is distant from my home and
friends and where it will lie harder for
me to meet?"
Asserting her attorney told her Mr.
Candler hail said the person was a travel
ing salesman, Mrs. ixBouchecl said she
would call on the traveling salesmen of
the south to protect her, "an innocent,
defenseless woman." '
"You must divulge tho name of this
person," the letter continued. "Unless
you do I'll go on the assumption' that
there is no nucIi person and that you
have Ik'cu too willing to be imposed
upon. ,
"Besides, you are a Christian geutie
man. An a Cliristiau gentleman, as a
man of honor, can you treat a helpless
woman this wavf You know I have noi
a single male relative in the world. I
am not appealing to you as my promised
husband an. I natural protector, but just
us a man, are you willing to see me
treated this way in your city, in your
home, where you are ull powerful? Oh.
How can you think for a minute that I
ought to accept this insult in-silence and
humbly steal away into sonio remote
place to hide the shame of a woman cast
aside because she is not supposed to be
a irood woman f I'll never do it.
T iMitre.'it 'vim bv our friendship, in
vou by our trienusiiip,
tho name of the feelings of affction that
have existed between us to go more
deeply in this matter.. - You will find it
false. It is a wicked, vicious attempt to
destrov au innocent woman. If you will
nnt ciiinidv with this request I will come j
to Vtlanta nt the risk of public ; miseon-
st meet ion and ngainst mv every iiicliuu-
tion for T cannot and will not nil ow my- (
self to be placed in tins position.
"All I ask is plain justice,
"OXEZIMA DKiJOUCHKL."
Mrs. DeBouchel had announced pre-
viotis to giving out the letter that she
would leave for New Orleans bite today
to rest at her obi home near there :i'l
to visit friends.
No statement came from Mr. Candler j
today
WOMEN ASSAULTED WATCHES
ELECTROCUTION OF NEGRO
wwn fOMMITTED DEED !
wnu vumiMii
Mclver Burnett Pays Death Penalty
For Crime Nine Women Witnessed
Electrocution One Of hem Fainted.
, " '
KALIJIOH, N. C, Oct. 12. With
the woman he attacked looking on Mc-
liver Burnett, negro was electrocuted at
jtlie State prison here at -10:30 clock
I this morning. "Tell theui I am
Iu-uilfv" hcsaid as he was being strap-
- d icto.th chair.
Nine
cution.
other women witnessed the exe-
fiitinn. one of whom faiuted.
Three shocks of one minute each
Burnett had stoutly maintained that
he was not guilty of tlio capital ocense
until this morniug. but admitted that
he had attacked tho woman. As be
was led into, the death chamber he was
mumbling something.
"What is he saving!" askt-.t the
woman who Burnett was charged wiUi
attacking! ; ...
Bethlehem, Of Cleveland
County Wins First In
Community Fairs. ,
SUNNYSIDE IN GASTON,
Pisgah Wins First Place Iq
Farm Booths In Gas-,
ton County.
. Community fair awards at the
Gaston county fair were made aa
1 follows:
, GASTON COUNTY.
' j av y "VVMtay -
view; third, Mount Beulah.
CLEVELAND COUNTY.
First, Bethlehem; second, Patter-
son Springs; third, Union.
SWEEPSTAKES.
Bethlehem;
Community booth awards are as
follows:
First, Pisgah; second, Stanley;
third, Crowdera Creek.
Woman's Club booth awards are
as follows: '
First, Civic 95; second, Health
92; . third. Educational 88;
fourth, candy and coffee 82; fifth,
tie, Home Economics and Doll Booth
80 each. Other booths scoring
high were the relics and fancy work
booths of the Woman's Club.
In the contest between the worn-
an's clubs of the county Bessemer
Citv won first with a score af OQ
i while Belmont was
a close second
--
I with a score of 85.
" ' ' ' 'I
More thatv, 7,UUU people attended the
liaston county fair Wednesday, accord
ing to estimates by President T. L. Craig
uud Secretary Allen Thursday morning.
Wednesday, was Uaston county day- and
everybody in the county was there, it
seemed. School-children from two or
three ndjaceut counties helped swell the"
crowd. Today's crowds were augmented
by ft great number of visitors from Chur
lotte and Mecklenburg. The visitors
came over in u body, arriving at the fair
grounds about 2:30 this, , afternoon,
Clarence O." Keuster, secretary of tho
Charlotte Chn in ber of Commerce, lei
tho caravan. , '
In tho community fair exhibits the
Bethlehem-'- exhibit from ' Cleveland
county won first prize, both among those
from Cleveland and the sweepstakes
prize. SunnysWo wou first prize in Gas
ton couuty. In tho community booths,
l'isgah wnn first, Stanley second and
Crowders Creek third. O. 1$. Khyne won
first prize in the individual farm booths.
The booth of the civics depart meat of
the Womiui's Club won first prize in tho
woman's, building, it represented a city
playground. All the booths were excep
tionally good and coaipetitioa was keeu.
The Bessemer City Woman's Club won
first prize iu the club booths out of town,.
Belmuut being a rlose second. Individ
ual exhibits by the Belmont women took
-iU first prizes, 20 seconds and eight third
places. i
The f onietition between tho' cattle
from Catawba nnd Mecklenburg counties-
is unusually keeu. Dr. Kuffner, one of"
the judges from the N. C. State College,
who was one of the cnttlo judges at the
Virginia State Fair last week, said that("
the exhibition of cattle here was far
above tho -'display of cattle there. The
livestock exhibit nt the Gaston fair is
easily one of the outstanding features
of the fair. tmtA
The fancy work in charge of Mrs. W.
F. Michael, is auother fine exhibit. The
judges, two ladies from Kock Hill, Ms
dames Barrett and Roucli, said they had
never witnessed such uu excellent display
of line sewing,
STEAMER HONOLULU IS
AFIRE IN THE PACIFIC
SAX FKANCISCO, Oct. 12. (By
The Associated Tress.) The passcn-
ccr steamer Honolulu, carrying din) or
(more tourists, returning from the Ha-
waiiau islands, was afire today iu tho
j I'ai-itie ocean and her passengers wera
being lowered into life boats.
Lifeboats were ueing lowered at 8:47
o clock this morning by tnu passenger
(steamer Citv of Honolulu, which was
!afire iu the"acific ocean, according to a
. Rireins:)
message received today. The
message as received . hre was addrssed
! to tne steauir Intrpnse, which was in
i latitude 32.17 north-', and- longitudo
I:sti.l2 west. The message said tha
Honolulu " was lowering bouts now,'
and asked the Eenterpriso "if sue was
coming. "
Thirteen minutes before the passen
gers began to leave the burning vessel,
the boats wetr Iowerd, the Federal Tcle-
graph's message stated. The Federal
Company did not expect to receive fur
ther messages unless the radio operators
remained ou the vessel. :
The Honolulu sent two 8. O. S.
calls before 8:o0 this morning, which
were picked np by the Mat son ' lino
steamer Enterprise, which put about
in the hojie of reaching thq steamer in
four or we hours.
A 3 o'clock th Federal Telegraph
Coinany received a wireless messange
saying that passengers were leaving the
ship. A message relayed to th Mat
sou ocices at the same time by the
steamer Enterprise gave the llaiiolulu's
position as " 1,106 miles ea4 of Honolulu.-
Twelve minntes before the Honolulu
sent word that sho was lowering boats,
she put out her scomi H. O. H. a!J,
This ni!!S.Tg Teiieutrd tho prvvioiK posi-
limn or uie ourmn n-mr us utuni.t
(3 1.0" north and IonkituJ 131.40 we-t.
! i addioiou to the 8. U; K. ea!) ft.
Honolulu said a "Very bad vr n
raging" en the vel nd inuwl.ut
jasaistauco was aaseu,