OAS ONIA l M LY GAZETTE ' Weather " I Cooler Local. Cotton 22 CenU VOL. XLIII. NO. 244 GASTON I A, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS j 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 . . .- ........it:, .,. nt tl ie n len 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." mincnc n I'lHC ii cunuc niiuuiuu IIIILII UIIUIIU I AT FAIR CLOSE CROWD I 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, 1' V V - v., " A ! (Continued on pat DEMANDS MO N5Y BACK Wilson As He ft 1VW MM.iMIHlilil1T1i' 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 - --mi 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- m'cagn irancrs. - 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 ..f T i. lira f f Th.. ill illllf.- ! V V II II I tt II ' I V. . 1 . ...... ' - ---J 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 ..'.-. r I N 4 1 !. 1 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. . .- BULL DOG TO BE WITNESS IN CASEIiK - ' I 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 - - - - - - - - , 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,