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GASTON I A, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 20, 1922
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ROTARY CLUB IS MJ1&FIGHT FOR COMMANDER
NURSES AND C0MUNITYOF AMERICAN LEGION IS
ivnDKCDQ nc the rniiNTV
IIU.llILItiJ Ul 1111, UUUll II
d Delightful Hallowe'en Party
Staged at Country
i Club.
COSTUMES WERE
GREAT
SA1
jfn
Prnanm Was Informal Une
Throughout and Many
Amusing Features
.'haracterused by a wealth 0f ong-
innKlv in costume aud au, lufonnuuij
of program thoroughly, iu keeping with
the Hallowe'en season, the Kotary cn
tcrtainmout Thursday c veiling, when
the nurses aad community workers were
the guest of the club, was voted a
huge success by all present. More tlian
130 IJotariaus, ladies and guest were
present in every imaginable costume
knowu to the human mind. From the
timo they were greeted at the door of
the Country Club by W. ,T. Love, cut
ton mill presideut, hideous as a butler,
and Mrs. Love, daiifty and petite as
u maid, to the goodnight song,, the
guests were kept on their toes all eve
ning. ' ., . ,.
No set progranv was prescribed, tne
evening being one of absolute infor
mality in which Oeorgo Cocker dressed
as Sam Hing, proved the chief enter
tainer. Following his amusing intro
duction of all the disguised llotariaus,
a delightful bullet luncheon was served,
after which a series of humorous reci
tations by Ed Hwitzer, solos by Miss
Urctcheu -Fiegensehuh and short talks
by Woods tiarland, Joe Sepurk, Dr.
tileiin and Dr. lieuderlite, were enjoyed.
The biggest thing' on the evening's
program was the costuming of the nt
teudauts. Everybody was masked and
some of the eostumes were thrillers.
Parks Huffstetlcr aud Luther Celcy
were there in bathing suits. Will
Hjiynci was a regular devil. Charlie
Thompson aud Chris Lcveiitis as negro
man and woman furnished a great part
of the evening's entertainment, Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Hiveus, thu former
a negro man, the latter as a prairie
lluwer, were strikingly arrayed. Ed
Adams as a Jew peddler," ami Mrs.
Adams, ns a high school girl, were
good. There were clowns and buffoons
galore mid Indian t-n.ua ws in plenty.
Mrs. Switzcr hs Maggie, of comic
sheet fame, and John Kck, us Jiggs,
brought down the house several times
with their escapades. Andy Armstrong
was Dinty Moore. Mrs. Armstrong
was dainty and demure as a school
gjrl. Joe Sepnrk,, impersonating
Woodrow Wilon, was a striking, per
sonality. II in whangdoodle-bobolink-sapsiuker
stuuts provoked much amuse
ment. Sars Stewart and Harvey Wil
liams as the Gold Dust Twins, were
good. The two country rubes,. Will
Anderson nnd Dr. Oscar Miller," kept
the crowd roaring at their antics.
English nobility was, there in the per-;
ion of Woods Garland as Lord Helpus
and Dr. DcLaney as Count Nocount.
Ed I'uukin us the ' irresponsible nnd
omnipresent cop made life miserable
for Harry Adams, the burglar -prize-lighter.
John It. Kankin'was distingue
as Uncle Ham, tlu5 greatest money
lender in the world. Hugh K. White
was better looking than ordinarily in
a handsome suit of Confederate gray.
Jle remarked that it was the best re
union he had ever nttendrd, noting that
it was the first time he had seen
George Cocker -since Bull Hun, when
George was en route to Washington.
Others -more or less notablo were the
sailor lads, Will Warren and Stacy
Bo.vce; the Scotch ' highbinder. Dr. Me
Lain ; George Smith as Father Time ;
John Deal a a jockey. Will Morris as
an Indian chief, Thomas L. Craig as
a colonel on the governor's staff, etc.,
etc. Dr. Henderlite was resplendent
in hs medals won at tecent golf meets.
Ll Switer was Little Boy Blue, i if' big
blouse anil knickerbockers.
" The ladies' disguises and costumes
were beautiful. It is impossible to
mention all of them for there were
more than 100, including all the nurses
from the three hospitals in the city.
community workers, public licalth -and
industrial nurses.
DR. GEORGE R. STUART TO
GIVE LECTURE HERE DEC. 1!
Nationally Known and Loved
. . t
Entertainer .to Appear Un
der AusDices of Philatnea
Class of Main Street Meth
odist Church.
Kev. Dr. George I!. StujHf. pastor
of the First McthodUr Lpiscopal
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vnurrn .-ouio mmnngnam. .......
one of the best known Mipular Uh- i
I ui its in lui- i uuni riaic- " in in - j
tore in Gastonia on the nicht uf I
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.,;. Ae ii.,. iM,ii..i.., i,.. f M,i
tStreet Methodist church. ' (iastoiiia is
exceedingly fortunate in securing Dr. ;Mrague precipi a ea tne issue several
Stuart for this lecture as he is in vcrv j 'ks ago by a bitter attack on Sawyer,
great demand ud is consequently hard'!'" pleaded today with the convention
-ii-nro to trivc Dr. fcawyer "a chance" ou the
'Lop sided Folks" is one of George i
Ktuarts best known hmnorous lectures !
and 1ms been heard bv thousands in
-verv section of the coiintrv with great J
delight. As a flyceura and" chautaunua
kf-tiirer be is greatly sought niter and
has, been n-cogiiized as an entertainer j
of the first class wherever he has twen
beard.
GASTONIA COTTON.
Todays Receipts
Price
. . 85 Bales
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rTnmnnm tut
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h Texas and New-York Men Are
Leading In, Race for Na
tional Commander.
IS HOTTEST RACE EVER
Owsley, of Texas, Claims Solid
Support of South and
Westv '
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 20. Alvin
M. Owsley, Texas, was elected national
commander of the American Legion at
the close of the fourth annual conven
tion here. The vote was overwhelming.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 20. The
fourth annual convention of the, Ameri
can Legion will conclude its sessions
hero today followiag tho liearmg of re
ports of several committees and the elec
tion of the next commander in cuier
and other officers.
Early today indications were that the
race for leadership of the legioli would
be the hottest the organization has seen
in its four years of existence. Many
caucuses were held last night, both state
aud sectional, but few of them were
reported to have ended iu any agree
ment. Both the Southern and Western
gatherings are said to have broken up
hopelessly disagreed on a choice nnd
even state delegations were reported iu
many eass to have been widely split.
It was believed by many of tho dele
gates that of. the many candidates
whose names have been mentioned in
coifucctioii with Hanford MacNider's
successor the right has simmered dowu
to a race between : milium, i , .Deegan,
lo u rucu ui:itjvii . milium a , ,
of New York, who has been an avowed ,
candidate since the convention opened;
James It. McQuigg, former adjutant
general of Ohio, aud Alvin M. Owsley,
of Texas, '
Joseph H. Thompson, of Pennsyl
vania, who in a previous statement de
nied he was a candidate for. the office,
was last night said to have thrown his
hat in the ring. His supporters claim
he is the second choice of the Dccgau
jieople, but this is stoutly denied by
them. ,
Owsley supporters cluim the solid
southern and western cote, but this
claim is confronted by -thef act that
California was reported to be with Dee-
gan following a stato caucus yesterday.
The legion women of the American
Legion Auxiliary will conclude their
sessions today after listening to reports
of committees and the nomination and
election of officers for the ensuing year.
Out of the names of candidates for
the national eommandership, Willam F.
Deegan, of New iork, nnd Alvin M.
Wwsley, of Denton, Texas, stood forth
most prominently, if the gossip of the
lobbies and -committee rooms was nny
indication.
Both assert confidence that their cam
paigns will be successful. '
Neither man had anything further to
add early tonight .to his prouunciainen-
tocs, already; made public, as to his
stand on legibn politics. Owsley, in his
report as head of the legion s American
ization commission, had laid stress up
on what he termed the necessity for
JIKI per cent Americanism", total ex-
elusion of immigrants from this country
forau indcfiiiTte neriod. and correction of
alleged -deficiencies in text books dealing
with the war in such manner that the
German have been given too favorable
a report. "
Deegan has chosen as his ' principal
policy continuation of the bonus fight.
Both endorse the policy ana the recora
of Hanford McNider, the present com
mander.
Matthew Murphy, of Birniinghanv,
Ala., whose nanir was suggested several i
lavs ago bv Milton J; Foreman, of ;
Chicago, as a promising candidate,' had
practically withdrawn from the rhco to
night. '
Another name which continues to be
discussed is that of Joseph Thompson,
Wilkesbarre, Pa., a former state com
mander of the legion in that state.
It was hinted tonight that a resolu
tion calling for definite action iu behalf
of universal peace might In- introduced
tomorrow by legionnaires who also arc
! members of the inter-ullied veterans
federation.
Although the iuter-ullied veterans for
mally concluded their convention Mon-
lay. an executive committee of the or-
i L-i ui7:if tt.it uiinmu-nrwt liv the pnnvpit-
iLm to take what action it deemd ex-
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jicuieui lowani rurwurniiig mum jrem-i.
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ias lieen in sessiou nere an uay ronay, t
Hid is expected to make a statement
shortly coveriiu. its position.
, Demand Sawyer' Removal
The resolution attacking-and demand
ing the removal of Brigadier General
Sawyer, President Harding's personal
physician, from the post of chie co o,--
idinator of the federal hospitalization
waS adopted by the convention oy
J
Major A. A. Spragoc, of Cliicago,
! mentioned as candidate for the posi-
men of national commander vainly tried
to stem the tide against Dr. Sawyer.
later recent promise of co-oieratio.i
with the legions rehabilitation com-
imttee. . ,
The suggestion by Delegate Bettman, j
of Ohio, that a repudiation of Dr. ow-1
yer would hurt the enuse of the disabled
veterans und make 1 resident Harding ;
j" sore ' was greeted with hoots
I jeers, mingled with applause.
and
; It's the persistent sOYertiter thai
vins. Keep your ad In Th Gasetes all
the time ni vatch the results
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MAGISTRATE BLACKENS
EYES OF WIFE BEATER
WILKES BARRE, Pa., Oct. 18.
A man charged with wife beating
had both eyes blackened today by
the magistrate, who ended the inci
dent by imposing a $10 fine.
The magistrate, Alderman Edward
Burke, of PitUton, had heard only
part of the wife's testimony when
he shouted, "I am going to see how
be likes it," and jumping over his
desk, ordered Anthony Azakas, the
defendant, to stand up. As Azakas
did the magistrate hit him a sharp
blow over the left eye. The de
fendant fell, but was , ordered up
again and received another judicial
punc.h over the other eye which once
more sent him to the floor.
Azakas promised never to strike
his wife again.
OMAHA CHAIN MAN
GETS LIFE SENTENCE
Fred Brown, Who Had Ter
" rorizd Parts of Nebraska,
Is Convicted In Court After
Long Chase.
OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. I'll. Fred
Brown, Omaha "chaiu man," today
fm....l a sentence of life imprisonment
for kidnapping with intent to assault-
Mrs. Jean Jenkins, 21 years oiu.
Tn retiiriiimr a verdict of "guilty as
charged" late yesterday after 44 hours
deliberation, and recommenuing me im-.
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priisonmeut. the jury ended one of e-
urasaa s most Bjn.-cim.uun .......
cases. -f ,
Brown's ability to elude apprehen
sion when apparently inescapably cor-;
uered attracted wide attention, in ins
pursuit, Nebraska officers employed
every available method of travel and
his capture was effected only after he
had been dangerously wounded.
In striking contrast to the terror
caused Nebraska citizens by the enry
ing reports of Brown's success Li his
efforts to cet away' from the state.
stood the almost dwarfed stature of the
man and his mild demeanor throughout
the trial.
Testimony offered in the trial was
to the effect that Brown "picked up",
Mrs. Jenkins and her friend, Kathcryn
McManaman, offering them a ride to
an outlying amusement park, but forced1
the women to accompany him to his
shack on the outskirts of Omaha. There
he was said to have forced them into
a pit beneath the floor, chained them
and attacked them. Testimony further
showed that Harry Boyd, a neighbor,
endeavored to release the women, and
also was chain by Brown and threat
ened the life of the would-be rescuer.
. Brown is said to have stolen the cur
of Boyd with which to make a get
away, c was Recused of having stolen
other cars in Lincoln and Omaha, Neb.,
and Rawlins, Wyo., near which town la
wns captured.
On the stand Brown caused laughter
by his description, of the scare he had
euut'cd 'officers who sought to arrest
,,,;, tie.l im a sheriff nnd his
,( tv j,, CUMtl.rn Wyoming and declared
!.,
j,a,.e(j ,;, under arrest at the point
of ft sl10tgun, allowed him to go when
jjrowu merely asked it.
Following his conviction Brown de-
..Tj.red himself surnrised at the verdict
.,, reiterated his defense that the
women nail aceompanieu nun io ins
home willingly, that they had been
there scverfil times prior to the 'chain
in it episode ami that their threat to
inform the authorities concerning his
possession of alleged stolen jewelry un
less lui divided with them was the cause
of the chaining. '
DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES
TO TOUR .THE COUNTY
Campaign In the County
Opens at McAdenville Next
Monday Evening ftuns for
Two Weeks Over County.
Beginning Monday evening, October
Hm . Tl.utiiM.riiHf j.fiiuliittitf'M in li'ia-
... ...
ton county, win start on appeasing
lour or iuc cou..u . . t-ycry run.uuaio
I for, a Gaston county office will be in
the party that will tour the county ac
cording to the schedule as published.
Chairman Ernest K. Warren will pre
side at the meetings.
Below is the itinerary of -the candi
dates. All shakings will take place
at 7:30 p. m. Where two places are
designated the candidates will be
divided.
The seliedule is as follows:
Monday, October 1'3 McAdenville.
Tuesday, October 24 Lowell a-ud
Pan Handle school house.
Wednesday, October 2.") Bessemer
City and Mountain View Mills.
Thursday, October 26 Cherryville.
Friday, V
Glenn's.
October 27 Mt. Holly and
Saturday, CK-tolnT 28 -Xucia.
Mondav, October SO Stanley
Belmont'. '
Tuesday, OHoher 31 Dallas
Ral,i0 g-imol house.
Wednesday,
November 1 Landers :
Chapel. -
Thursday, November
C'rainerton :
j'Snd South Point.
tnday, November u Union
school j
house
Saturday, Ovtober i Alexia.
GueSs Who
, Who's this trim old gentleman
in neut business suit beading tor.
tils office, with a brief -case undtji-j
his arm? Why. It's Marshal Ferdi
nand Foch, commander-in-chief of ,
the allied armies in the World War
and the world's greatest miliUry
Stiatcgistr ," 5
HAD QUARRELED .LAST
SUMMER AT CIIURBH CAMP
Detectives Believe They Are
Now On Right Track
to Solution.
THE TWO UNFRIENDLY
Since Vacation Time There
Had Been Feeling Be
tween the Two.
SEW BRUNSWICK, X. J., Oct.
20. (By the Associated Press.)
Search for an automobile of old model
which B. K. Sopcr, retired businc.-s
man of Highland Park, declared he saw
iu the DeBussy's Lane near where the
bodies of the slain rector of the Church
of St. John the Evangelist, aud his
choir lender, were found September It,
was instituted today by all forces seeking-'
solution of the crime.
Super asserts that he' can identify tho
car on sight, '
He declared, he was : returning by
motor from a visit to Somerville, the
night of the murders aud that the car
attracted his attention bccntiM! of its
model and the fact that-it was coming
from a section seldom followed by mo
torists in the middle of the. night.
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NEW BRUNSWICK. X. J., Oct.
.".0. Authorities investigating the Hall
Mills uiurder mystery today were check
ing up details of new Information
which, they said, dovetails with facts
previously obtained and points to a defi
nite solution of the ease which has
baffted officials and detectives of Mid
dlesex and Somerset counties for more
than a mouth.
They were said to be" weighing care
fully a story to the effect that Mrs..
Frances X. Hall, widow of, the itev.
Kdwurd Wheeler Hall, rector of the
hpiscopal Church of St. John the
Lvangehst, and Mrs. Eleanor Rem -
hardt Mills, choir singer, who was mur -
dered with the clergyman, uarreled
shortly before the Halls left New
Brunswick for a vacation last summer,-
and that the .1 feeln.g was pronounced
,1J ! "
out by Miss Florence North,- woman at
torney for Charlotte Mills, daughter of
the slain choir leader. Miss North told
reporters that a scene had taken place
between Mrs. Mills and the rector's
wife at a camp maintained by the
church at Point I'leasant, on the Jersey
coast, last summer. Reference was
made -to the quarrel in a letter written
by Dr. Hall, to Mrs. Mills, she said.
The alleged trouble arose at the time
the camp was breaking up, according
to Miss North. Mrs. Hall, who had
not remained at the camp, drove to
Point Pleasant to get her husband. As
she and tho rector started to drive off,
Mrs. Mills ran after the ear and de
manded of Dr. Hall if he intended 'to
take her with them. He invited her
to get into the car and she rode to
New Brunswick with him. This inci
dent was the prelude to a more or less
ojk-11 rupture between the two women,
it was said. After Mrs. Hall "returned
from hervacation in New England she
and Mrs. Mills spoke to each other
IK-rfunctorily but it was ei blent there
was no friendship U'tween them. Miss
North stated. Charlotte had informed
her. Miss North said, that the two were
decidedly cold toward each other udring
the ten days immediately preceding the
murder.
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XKW BRUNSWICK, N. J.. Oct.
1Q Tli. l.iiiwt itti-iiwtifT'itijin into tliP
I l,..,KI J.iv'.o ,,f 41. i 1.-W Vikvrir.i
and; Wheeler Hall and Kleanor II. Mills,
jchoir singer, which tho authorities have
audibeeu guarding with such secrecy that
' llmv Kuvp iiiiMiili.rat it fs4ntin to re-
move
their official neadquartcrs to
i Bound Brook. N. J., leads directly
into the home of "one of the leading
families of New Brunswick," a county
official said touightV
This official" declined to permit his
(Continued on pags six.)
ANDREW BONAR LAW IS BUSY AT TASK
SELECTING CONSERVATIVE CABINET
TO SUCCEED DEPOSED COALITIONISTS
London Press Comment Almost
All Favorable To New Regime
Political Writers - On London Newspapers Have Already
Started Speculations Believe Cabinet Will Be Completed
Within & Week Rumored That Lloyd George Will Form
a New Party.
LONDON, Oct. 20. (By The As
sociated Press.) The conservative
party organizers were busy today ar
ranging the meeting at which a leader
will lie elected to succeed Austen Cham
berlain. It is understood that the Carl
ton Club, which yesterday saw the de
position of th old leader, will be the
scene of the choice of his successor,
The election of Andrew Bonar Law
a foregone conclusion and as soon as the
paryt's vote has been registered will be
in a position to begin formation of a
cabinet to succeed t lie resigned Lloyd
Oeorgo ministry.
Humor will be overworked in the next
few days, fillilug the various cabinet,
posts. Koine of the political writers in
the morning newspapers have already
started speculations, and a number giv
iiijl greater prominence to the. name of
Lord Salisbury than might belexpected
in vew of his political activities.
It is believed in conservative quar
ters that the cabnet will be completed
before the end of next week. This
prediction ignores dark hints from some
conlipon sources of the dilticulties which
Bonar Law mar perhaps encounter.
Prominence is given to a story that
Lloyd George proposes to form a center
partv with 'Mr.; Chamberlain and . the
leading coalition unionists, it being in
sinuated that this connotes important
opposition to theregular conservatives.
Others scout f Lis as wholly groundless,
declaring Mr. dmmberlnin and his fol- i
lowers virtll make no attempt to obstruct !
Mr. Bonar Ijiw in his work.
The political expert of the Westmin
ster Gazette, anti-Lloyd George news
paper, hints nt the possibility of tho re
tiring prime minister taking a course
j which will compel an immediate elec
tion. i
"Much will' deneml," he writes, "on
Mr. Lloyd George's speech nt Leeds., 1'
this is a ehallnge to the conservative
party in its new independent c, tin at-
Legless British Veteran of The
Battle of Ypres Pleads With
Legion For Help To End Wars
Lays Before1 the Legion the Eight Points Upon Which Inter-
. . Bo: . c.:.u tf r-j: Wo... l.,;nnn;r
u leu reaeraiion nm rami -"-,,"b & -
Deeply Stirred as Major Cohen Makes His Speech.
Xi:W OKLKTANS. Oct. I'O- (Bv
The Associated Press,) i Representa
tives of the veterans f the world war in
eight of the nations' associated in war
against the central powers, men who
have given health, eyesight and limbs in
a war which'; they believed was to end
wars, today made their plea to the
American legion to help them make
that promise and that hope come true.
Their spokesman was J. JJ. U. ohen.
of ('.rent Britain, one time major in a
' torritorij. 1 regiment. At Ypres Major
jCoJlpn ,, ,,, ,
. ,....,,.,, !,,. -front of the
,.,,f()rm of , ,.Uv(.ti hall in a
. , . aft(.r ,mJ boon iHtr1.
, , N(1,s(lll j.,,ksotli ,. ))f tui.
A,m.ri(.;,n ,,,.,,.. , IC ......ventinn of
the Inter-A.lied Veterans Federation,
i... , , K.i-i.liiur Iicrn tor -l
wek, in n convention, and ill session ol
its executive committee.
As Cohen wheeled forward in 'lis
chair there was a hush ia the great hall.
Hhere was a man wo ad given every
thing that active men hold dear, Isvause
his country called on him.
He was a man of the old "Hundred
Thousand" of England's little army of
conteniptibles of the untrained, tatter
ed, lean, staggering mad heroes w'io
fought until they dropped and then got
up again and goueht some more.
There was hardly a dry eye in t
house. .
Men cried and laughed and were en
eirely unashamed of their emotion.
Then Cohen spoke.
He laid before the legion the "eight
points" upon which the wounded veter
ans of the Inter-A Hied Federation pin
their faith of ending wars.
The principal points of the pr.i
nouneement as presented wen-:
. 1" That all international agree-,
monts anion? uovcrnmchts atrcrtin tli"
entire i-ople shall 1 open and aboic Ill.ll1f..turi.rs aIi business men of
board, with full publicity. ""Forest City and surrounding towns are
"2 That treaties make the law U'
tween the nations and they must be exe
cuted in good faith.
To oppose the territorial aggran-
diiement .
4 To vigorously suppress within
our boundaries all jK'rsons and propa
ganda seking to overthrow by force,
government existing by will of the eo
j That the financial policies m
Allied "ovcrnments must have as their j
aim the stability of exchange and the re-
sumption of international commerce, audi
we mommend the suspension of tra.te j
nitric inaiutaiuiuS !
armies orgauuej for aggressive pur-i
poses,
tempt to sow more dissension in that
party dissolution will probably follow."
The liberals are waiting to hear" from
former Premier Asquith, who has been
discreetly silent during ihe hurly-burly
of the last lew days. Mrs. Asquith, in
terviewed last night, described the de
feat of the coalition as " very amus
ing." She adds that her husljni.il "was
in the country" and that she did not
know when he would next speak i it pub
lic. The Daily Mail says: ''It is inter
esting to note that Mr. Lloyd Oeorgo
and Sir. Asquith will in the future be
seated side by side on the front opposi
tion bench iu the Commons, aud tliu
just as Mr. Lloyd George supplanted
Mr. Asquith i ntho premiership, the lat
ter now supplants Mr, Lloyd George in
the leadership of the opposition." '
The majority of London's morning"
newspapers being anti-coalition, the fall
of the Lloyd George ministry is mostly
welcomed by tliem today as ridding tho
country of a guvernment whose policies
they have so long condemned and open
ing the way . for what they hope will
prove a sane? administration.
The Times believes tho effect will
everywhere be beneficicnt. It declares
the country wants "to return to the nor
mal ways of life and to feel that its
welfare is in the hands of men of
sound sense, less anxious to shine as in
dividuals than to merit confidence' as
faithful wardens of the public good."
The Morning Post regards yesterday's
events as n considerable victory, won in
the interests of the country not less than
in the interests of the conservative
party.
"The coalition is deinl and gone, un
wept and unsung," says the Daily
News. "Tho .first feeling of tins men
of almost all parties will be one of re
lief. Whatever government succeeds
the coalition it could not but lie an
improvement . " '
"0H view of the distorted politi
cal reports tending to unbalance the tm
lie mind, we recommend that there shall
be established by the Fidas a news dis
seminating bureau with representatives
in every memlwr country; that this
agency shall receive tho oflicial wtuction
of the governments of the respective
countries; that it shall collect and is
sue news designed to offset destructive
and intlainmatory propaganda, piirtico-
Marly the propaganda put out by the pro
ponent or ooisnevisiii wmi im uin-m n
chanifc other forms of government.
:7.Th;'t.1,, .V'""1. t,w0" ""I
established to outlaw war
S To proceed as rapidly as con lv
tious prmit and when the decrees
such court liecnme operative (-except ' for
machinery necessary to .maintain them
aud the minimum police forces) to en
tirely, disarm and disband our land, sea
and air forces and destroy the implJ
ments of warfare."
VISITED HAGGARD TENT
iirrTltin I ICT IMPUf
illttl IrlU LAOl nlUlll
1
. . ' - t ,
visitors from Gastonia and
Many
the Haggard tent
of the Transgressor Is . j
arge night cong egat on 1 r 1
res,.oded to the invitation after a fer-,
' .. ... ,i I.., c n.t )i.,.r,l i
bv Kvangelist 'Haggard.
cufc a 'itfli
The Gosicl campaigu in Forest City is
iltracting immense throngs of people
from 1'aroleen. Alexander. ClifTside,
territory'. The large tent was filled to ;
... -.!. .i i
Siundale, Henrietta and other adjacent
..-,, . . a.. .i... 1
taking an active interest in the meet- I
Suit and several' of the most prominent
ones were noticed doing personal work j
iu the tent Thursday night, as a result i
of which one of the hardest characters
iu the mountain district was nuiulTcd '
among the sixteen converts. Due lain- j
dr.sl and fiftv mrmWrs of the Gastonia .
; Haggard Club will motor to Forest,
! City" Saturday afternoon and return
"'si lu i
at work in their own churches Sunday, i
-TTI '
I H h 1 1 T A I H I K
HlH
I
j North Carolina, lair tonignt ana iat -
lurday; little change in temperatui
North Carolina, fair tonight and Sat-I
l.allney atteii-ieu io ., , - -Hicer. Mr. Ponuv stated the obi
nuet.ng in r orest ( ity 1 hursday n.ght ,f m, niP,,till tI)0 Mraf i
and were repaid for the.r trip by hear- t .
ing a splolid sermon an The O1, extend W()rd(( l)f w,(nM to (mr
MARQUIS CURZON AND
EARL OF DERBY ARE BOTH
READY TO AID ANYWHERE
Law's Secretary Declares Ho
Is In Good Shape and i
Ready. ,
THE SITUATION IS ACUTE
Will Find Plenty of Timber
Among the Younger
Men.
LONDON'. Oct. 20. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Andrew Bonar Law ap
jieared to be making rapid progress to
day in forming a cabinet to replace
thef alien coalition government.
This was evidenced by the announce
ment that Marquis Curzoli and the Earl
of Derby, both of influence aud experi
enced cabinet ministers, have agreed to
serv under hi in In nny capacity; Bonar
Law cannot officially announce the for
mation of his ministry until he is elect
ed head of the unionist party to suc
ceed Austen Chamberlain, but it is gen
erally conceded that this election will
be only af onnnlityi
Although the split in the 'unionist
ranks has deprived him of such cabinet
material ns Mr. Chamberlain, Lord Bir
kenhead, the La i-1 of Balfour, and soino .
lesser lights, - political cxierts believe
Mr. Bonar Law will find plenty of
timlier among the younger men of the
party who have shown promise in th
political field and tire marked for ad-
vancement at a favorable moment.
The preniier-desiguate was bu.-y-seeking
out eligibles nt an early hour today!
His secretary declared he is in good
health again and ready to "buckle to"
the work which lays before him. Cer
tainly hit is giving every evidence of
his old inteuso energy, though whether .:
he is strong enough to stand the long .
hard strain of office. Is problematical.
WASHINGTON", Oct. 20. Develop
ments in the British political situation
following the fall of the Lloyd George
government continued to hold close at
tention in both governmental aud diplo
matic circlces here today. Outside of
the immediate effect already felt in
Washington of the postponement of tho
coming to this cohnrry of the British
debt commission, however, the possibil
ity of any further results concerning the
relations of the two governments, it
was aid, was to be gauged only iu the
light of developments und the success
of Premier Designate Bonar Law's ef
forts to form a new cabinet.
Although it. appeared doubtful ! to ot-
"'ajs today when the robtical situation
in London would bo sufficiently elari-
! lied to permit the sending of a British ,
I commission to this country to discuss
the problem of refunding that country's
l war debt to the I'nited States, for
which the commission named by the .
Lloyd George government was to liave
sailed a woek ugo, there was little
doubt that then egotiations ultimately
would be carried out practically on tliq
basis already mapped out.
MEN'S LEAGUE BANQUET
WAS A DECIDED SUCCESS
Ladies' Night at the Baptist
Annex Was Delightful Oc
casion Mrs. Highsmith
Scores Bachelor Members.
(Reported for the Onset te)
j Ladies' night at the banquet of tho
Men's league of the "-First Baptist
church, held in the Annex on Thursday
i night of this week, was a brilliant sue-
f,'v' ln' Wi'8 b"utitully decorat-
jed with dog-wood cuttings, black cat's.
j ha Howe 'en lanterns, etc., making a most'
pdeasiiig effect to Itehold. Mr. Knier.V ln
I Denny was never more at his best than
, . . n,.t:n . u
;ffm,r
Denny stated the object
no
t
ladies which he did in choice words rery
1t,(iHillj; Tjw or,.bebtr3t ,0ll W Mrs. J
ff Uf
dered a itYmilxr of selections that would
lie hard to Ie.-if ; nny where in the Hate.
Two splendid selections wre rendered
by male quarttette composed of Messrs.
I JJyers Highsmith, Thorpe and Denny.
Mr. Arthur Thorpe sang a lienutiful solo.
II was at his best and the members of
tli Loitcuo mA tlit'ir imioU cuiori thia
j'""'" beyond words of evpression. A
I humorous reading was rendered by Mrs.
i.r. V. tlighsimtti, With evoked laughter
all the way through, file took the scalp
off a few of our bachelor members,
The ' l.aitquet was prepared and served
by the Lidien' Aid Society of the First
Baptist church. .. ,
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HARTLEYS ARE TAKEN OUT
AND SHOT TO DEATH
NWSIIVILLK. Tenn., Oit. 20. Kl
tianiev ami nis sou. vteorge iisniey.j
rm.tv fvt?eJ of niuu-iaiihier i.i
conn-t-tton with the kilbiiar of tmmm
.Harth - y' Kd Hartley 's nephew, tn Jn-n- ,
. Um Kmmty p,-t February, were take
! front the jail at l'mic at mdiiiiaH
iauu sr.ot io ceam
j yards from the juil.
and shot to death -in vacua lot t