! NIA DAILY GAZETI Weather Cloudy Local Cotton 24 Cents VOL. XLIH. NO. 261 GASTON I A, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 1, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS TV A TV 0 1115: MRS. JANE GIBSON HAS. MORE INFORMATION FOR AUTHORITIES ON MURDER Says She Heard One Of The Women Under Tree Talk ing About Letters This Information Came From Neighbors. XKW BBUN'SWJCK; X. J7., Nov. JL (By tli o Associated l'ress.) linker eye witness account of the Hall-Mills murder on (September H ' Airs. Jane Gibson, fanner, told the authorities, it was learned today, that u fe wmoinents le- fore th fatal shootiug she heard oiiu of the women under tho crab apple, tree ex claim indignantly: .' "Then explain these letters. " '-.".. i His part of .Mrs.'Uibioivn story came to light through tt conversation &lie had ' with a neighbor after waking her state ineiitg to investigators. There was : luomeut or two of heated argument: it was said, after the explanation was d liianded, then, without warning, the shooting. Xotea that wero wti dto have jiassed between the liev. Kdward Wheeler Hail and his choir lader, Mrs. Kleanor if. Mills, the murder victims, were found strewn about their bodies under the tree .Movements of the investigators today, though veiled in secrecy, appeared to b centered for the most part iu keeping under surveillance three men answering descriptions given by Mrs. Gibson. It wag reported 1 hut Siieeial Deputy Attor ney General 'Mott intended at an oppor tunc moment to bring the three befor' Mrs. Gibson. Maintaining that ' he felt confident that the eye-witness story told by Mrs. Jaue Gibson would "stand up," Special OejHity Attorney General Wilbur A . Mott continued today his efforts to ideu tity the man airs. Gibson described as being tl murderer.' , According to Mrs. Gibson witnesses have been found to corroborate her statement that u woiuati wearing a long "gray cout" was on the Phillips fan:i ou the niglt. of the murder. Two sisters of tho murdered clergy man, Mrs. Paul Homier, of New York, und Mrs. , Frank Voorhees, of Jersey City, told newspaper men that their knowledge of the circumstances made them believe implicitly in the innocence of the rector's widow." It was Mrs. Voorhees' ten yeur old daughter, Fran ces, who. was in the Hall home on the night of the murder and who says that Mrs, llufl wus at home on the uight at least until S p. m, Detective Juincs F. Mason, chief in vestigator for Mr. Mott, coincided with ' his chief's view, declaring he has "very confidence in Mrs. Gibson's story of the murder, (ind ls-lieves it will stand the strictest examination. Detective tk-hwart., of Newark, liiigei print expert ; his assistant,' Detective IK'rtveaux, ami tho official police photo grapher of Xewark were ou their way liere today to. make photographs and dia grams, of the scene of the murders and to examine clothing of the victims. A dcetctive' employed by the investi gators said today that the day after Mrs. Gobson's story was made public, she had been approached by a niau who said to her: , "Keep quiet. If you don't talk you can make more from the defense.": Mrs. Hall was expected this afternoon to receive newspapr men at the rectory and permit them to qquostion her at will. NEW UKUXSWICK. X. J., Oct. 31. ..(By the Associated Press.) "There will be an indictment - iu the Hall-Mills murder case within the net three days, declared Prosecutor Hoek mau of Komerset county late, today. He declined to amplify' his statement. Mr. Beekman's statement came at the close of a day of melodrama which gave little indication that the de nouncement was approaching in the in vestigation of the double slaying of the ;Kev. Kdward Wheeler Hall and Mrs. Kleanor Khiiiolinrdt Mills, a mem ber of his choir, ou the Phillips farm Wcptcmlier 14. Mrs. Gibson Is Iritated. Mrs. Jane Gibson, ex-circus rider, pursuer, of corn thieved' and self-styled eye witness to the murders, who has been absorbing public interest in .tho drama the: last five days, today be came irritated at the rotated efforts of reporters to interview her ' and j shooed them off her farm by tho sim- j pie exedieut of firing- a charges of liirdshot over their heads. " Thereafter interviews were conducted "by telephone, whenever Mrs. Gibson could be in duced to answer the bell."' "You reporters come here destroy ing my pence all the time," said the woman of action," who explained her presence near the scene of the murder by stating that ou that night she was riding her mule Jenny V bareback in quest of com robbers. "You. are liable to get into a lot of trouble if you jn-rsist and the papers are liable to suit for things they are printing ttbout me "I have told the truth as I saw it and my past has nothing to ' do with it." ' - Mrs. Gibson insisted that William Kaston. New Brunswick mechanic, who has been appearing at her farm where she lives with her son, Willie, was not her husband, put "wily a relative." ' Easton Is Her Husband. Detective Totten, who lias been checking up her story of the shooting in which the claimed to have identified the slayer and his companion, said this afternoon, however, that Easton was her husband and that the -couple were in Trenton, N. J., runiug a furniture nusiucss, until .Mrs. oioson pulled up Kt.'ikes and turned farmer.- Knstnu tm Alasto.i hag occasionally reappeared at Uie farm.' j Mrs. Gibson declared that Kustuii ; waft - merely a relative. Her - husband, she said, died 17 years ago from pneumonia. .She. declined to say where he. had died, after having previously ponied uiat it was in Jv.entucky, Peabody College Girls . Are Playing Football NASHVILLE. TENN- Nov. 1 Flying tackles, long end runs, line bucks and forward passe no longer belong solely to male football heroes, for women, now have entsied the gridiron to claim conquests. In a hair raising football battle here yesterday, the "Vikings' and "Danes" twenty two girls re cruited from the George Peabody College for Teachers give specta tors all the thrill found at big games between men. The "Vik ings" triumphed when Miss1 Vir ginia. Berger crosi'd the goal" line, dragging several tacklers with her, after getting . away for a twenty two yard run. 1 ha two games at Peabody are to be a weekly occurence, played under official football rules with the exception that dimensions of the field have been reduced a few yards and a round ball used. Claims to the football champion ship of the Universe among the fair sex already have been made by the Peabody girls. REPUBLICAN LEADERS PREDICT MAJORITY OF 44 IN NEXT CONGRESS Expect Democrats To Gain 64 Seats In Election Missouri Strongly Conceded Party. Which Is Now Republican I s To Opposing WA8HINGTON, Oct. .10. The in sido l'cpublicaii estimate of the next house 'is 2,'llt Hepublicans to 105 Demo crats. Tho present house stands "94 Republicans to 131 ' Democrats. The exjieeted majority of 44 will bo better for all ' practical purposes than the present unwieldly preponderance. . In the following table which shows the majority of 44 there is a certain amount of guess work, especially is this true of Missouri, which is now 14 Republicans and two Democrats, and which is estimated as six Itepliblicans and 10 Democrats in tho next Con gress. : I'olitieal confusion in Missouri m .so great that no one knows what will happen thero but the Democrats are given the .benefit of the doubt ; The new house will stand, if tho .Re, publican inside estimate is correct, as follows State f Hep. Dem. Alabama . ...i.. 0 10 Arkansas ........... .v.... .-. 0 7 Arizona .......... .. 0 1 California ..9 2 Colorado .. . . 2 - . 2 Conuectieut 3 2 Delaware 0 1 Florida 0 4 Georgia 0 12 Idaho . 2 0 Illinois 21 6 Indiana ' 9 4 Iowa . . . . v 11 0 Kansas 7 1 j Kentucky1 ;t 8 Louisiana 0 . 8 Maine "........ 4 0 Maryland ' 2 4 Massachusetts '.'..,.1.1 3 Michigan .' It '2 Minnesota 8 2 Mississippi ...... 0 8 Missouri 6 10 Montana 1 1 Xebraska 4 2 Nevada ...... .'. ... , . ..... 0 1 New Hampshire ' 2 0 New Jersey 8 4 New Mexico '.'... 1 0 New York ; 2(5 16 North Carolina ........ 0 10 North Dakota .1 0 Ohio . . . . ..14 8 Oklahoma 2 '; 6 Oregon - :t 0 reiisylvnuia ... , 29 7 Rhode" Island .'! 0 South Carolina 0 7 South Dakota . .1 0 Tennessee ........ ......... T 3 7 Texas ...... 0 18 Utah . ........ 2 0 Vermont . , 2,0 Virginia ..... . '. 030 VVrashingtoji ........ ....... 5 1 West V i rginia : .'". ... 3 1 Wisconsin .. . . . . . . .' .11 0 Wyoming ............... . V 1 0 Totals ........ .......... 2U9 1 95 In addition there will be a. Socialist member from New York. " In the senate the Kcpublicans cam paign .managers here feel that they have a elKince to lose the following seats, those of France in Maryland; Frelinghuyseii m New Jersey und Mc- M-au in louneeticnt. They have a chance to win seats held by the Demo crats as follows: Tho.se of - Keed in Misouri; Myers in Montana; Hitch cock in Xebraska; Jones iu New Mexi co; amman iu -evala; 1'onierene mi uiuo; ucrry in Hhotle Island; King in Utah and Kedrick in AVyoiuine. The prospects of gaining iu Montana N'ew Mexieo, Rhode Island, Utah and Wyoming are good. The expectation is that the next senate will have from two to four more Republican members than the present one. WEATHER DISTURBANCE. WASHINGTON-. Nov. J. A disturb a nee of considerable intensity has devel oped over the lower Missouri valley and ha bei'n attended by genral rains in the gulf states, the Mississippi valley and Oklahoma, the weather bureau announced j today. The disturbance is nioviiii; north inward, ' . , THE WEATHER Partly cloudy and somewhat warmer tonight; Thursday cloudy and waim- ti, probably ram u irtsL, Persistence HA.; J c4 i Twenty years ajto, Jerome TJhl poted painter and opera singer; tn'arrled .Elizabeth Norris of Philadelphia- They were divorced la 1914, remarried in 1917. ard di vorced aaln In-1919. ."Now Uhl la sailing for Europe to marry hfci Conner wife for the third time. DOUBLE MURDER IN - MONTANA IS UNEXPLAINED Mr, And Mrs. Joseph Pyle Take; Body Of Daughter, Mrs. Carleton To Helena , For Second Funeral Many Details Are ' Mysteri ous, v HAVRE, MONT., Nov. 1. Unex plained details of the double killing of RcvJ: Leonard Jacob Chrisler, outstand ing churchman and orator, and Mrs. Margaret Carleton, n memb6r of his congregation, still puzzled authorities here today. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pyle, of Butte, Mont., today took the body of Mrs. CaHeton, their daughter, to Helena,- Montana, where a .second funeral service will follow that held here last night.. Mrs. I'ylo before leaving said she did not have sufficient evidece to demand that tho ease be re opened, but said either she or Mr. Pyle would return hero tomorrow to continue their investigation. When a, coroner's jury .Saturday night returned a verditf, to the effect that Mrs. Carleton did the shooting while under the iiillueucc of an over dose of sleeping powders, tho matter appeared closed, but Mrs. Pyle was ot satisfied and started a further in vestigation. Within the past 24 hours it was shown that, the bullet which killed Mrs. Carleton - had been fired downward, not directly in or upward, as had been testified at the coroner's inquest. The husband of the dead woman, former district judge Frank K. Carle ton, issued in Califormnia, a statement aserting that Mrs. Carleton had con fessed . to liim her love for Kev. Mr. Christler. and had intimated that her love' was returned. Mr. Carleton con demned what ho characterized as an "attempt to whitewash" Mr. Christ ler 's character. Ownership of the pistol used in the Killing is a not nor mystery. Jt was not Mr. Carleton 's as far as is known. Investigation thus far ' has failed to disclose that it was the property of the Christler. Mrs. Pyle aNo has claimed that diamond rings which Mrs. Carleton was sen wearing Thursday evening have iiot Iwcn found and has suggested that if the rings were taken from Mrs. Carleton 's hand after the shooting, the revolver might have been placed in the open -palm at the same time. j The only story of the shooting told so far was that of Mrs. Christler, said to have been the only other person in the Christler house at the time. She had her back toward Mr. Christler and Mrs. Carleton when she heard two shots and turcd to usee Mrs. Carleton fall, she told the coroner's jury. BODY OF MRS. CARLETON IS EXAMINED BY TWO DOCTORS HAVRE, MONT., Oct. 31. (By The Associated Press.) The course of the bullet which killed Mrs. Mnr- jgaret Carleton in the tragedy in which 1th liev.- lieonard J. Christler also was killed hist Friday - morning ranged downward st an angle ot forty-five de grees with the line of body ami slight ly from left to right, according to Dr. W. F. Hamilton and Dr. W' K. Williams, of amination of Havre, w ho made an ex tlie body this afternoon. irs.- varicion was lert haudcil, ac cording t to acquaintances. Mrs. 'Joseph lyle, of Hutte, Mont., mother of Mrs. Carleton, who, with i the Rev. 'Leonard J. Christler, shot to death in the Christler,, early Friday, went today to Kuhr, prosecuting attorney, with . was j u home Max four questions, she announced. The questions are: ' "What motive have you established for the double killing, if it was done as was decided by the verdict of the coroner's jury, by my daughter? "What effort has betn made to re cover two diamond rings observed at 9 p. in. the evening of the tragedy, on Mrs. Carleton 's bauds! . "If . the rings ero removed from i iher fingers, is it -Hot also possible that J'o this revolver which was not her own, for her own, was in her bag ' at her room, was placed in her. ojen "puliu (Continued ea page ux.) Winston-Salem Women' To Honor Forsyth Soldiers WINSTON-SALEM, N. C, Nov. 1. The woman's club of this city, is having crepe myrtli an.! sugar maple trees p'snted on the highway between Winston-Salem and High Point, the same to be used , in developing the memorial decoration in honor of thi soldiers who went from Forsyth county in to the world war. Not only for the heroes who gave their lives in the struggle to be memorialized but every man who responded to the call is to be remembered and his memory perpetuated with an ever green tree along this highway. At the junction of the High Point and Greensboro roads, a granite marker, designating the memorial to the world war' soldiers will also be erected by the civic department of the woman's club. . v KIWANIS TO HAVE FLOAT V IN ARMISTICE DAY PARADE At Meeting Yesterday Local Kiwanians Gave Hearty Sup port To American Legion For A Big Celebration Interesting Program By! Ministers. Tuesday's meeting of the Ciiistonu Kiwanis Club was featured by an enthu siastic endorsement: of the efforts of the local post of the American Legion to puJI off a big celebration of Armistice Day, and by a program of most inter esting talks. It was preachers' day, with Hev. .1. V. Cantey Johnson, recto of Wt. Mark's Episcopal church, presid ing. The other clerical members of the club, however, were absent from the city. Present as a guest was Kev. Dr. James llenderlite, pastor of the First Presby terian church, who made a most interest ing 'talk on the relation of the ministry to the community. Preceding the regular program. Ki wanian It. Orady Rankin, who was elect ed one of the lieutenant governors of the Carolinas district at the annual district eon vet ion iu Aslicville, was culled upon to make a report of the Asheville meet ing.' He 'made it clear that while the number of liastouia Kiwanians attend ing the Asheville meeting was not large, that Castonia took a prominent place, lie urged all Kiwaniuns to make it a rule to attend the .district Conventions when possible. The suggestion was made that when the internaitonal convention is held iu Atlanta next, fall Uustonia Kiwanians should make, arrangements to attend' iu large numbers, to get the In spirational benefit of this immense gath ering of Kiwanians from Canada the United States. ' nnd Two lay "members, J. Young Todd and Van Covington, made splendid talks ou the work of the ministry as viewed by laymen. The club voted unanimously to have a float iu the Armistice Duv parade, ami this matter will Ik) handled-by a com mittee to be appointed by President D. M. J ones. v CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL OFF TO PLAY PEABODY HIGH CHAKLKSTOX, S. , Nov. I. -Carrying two barrels of city water, two physicians an daccompauied by a dele gation of rooters, the Charleston high school football team today left for Pea body, Mass., where on Saturday thy will play the Pen body high school team on Saturday, The Uelegation of rooters in cludes among its numbers Mayor John j ce. of Charleston, and K. li. Jack- P. Crace son, of Wagner, t. C, unopposed Demo cratic candidate for lieutenant governor. Last year' the .Peabody high school journeyed to Charleston and was defeat ed IS -to G. The Charleston team has beeu defeated oiily once in two years, Duval high school of Jacksonville beat ing them last year. ; The Hantains plan to stop in Boston, N'ew York, ami Washington en route home. They will call at the vyhitc House next -Tuesday. BONES OF A DINOSAUR THOUGHT TO BE FOUND . CHAKLOTTK, X. C, Oct. 31. ! What are thought to Ik? the bones of a dinosaur or other prehistoric, ovinia! have Ih-cii uncovered by workmen ex cavating at Kntield in the western por tion of North Cnroliua, President Iix- ton of the engineering firm of Tuck er and lixton, announce.! l!?re-to1ay. Mr. Laxton who i somewhat verged itu geology, sai'l he thought enough of jt he diwovcry to write the state geolo-! 'gical department of the University of j j North Carolia asking if the department I desired to investigate the matter and offering the use of his force of work- t men. ! The find was made it a depth cf j twenty-five feet, Mr. Laxtoit said, and was encrusted with what -'appe.-irel to be the remains of sea ihelis. He pointed out that scientists believe the Atlantic ocean at one time covered the coastal plain of North Carolina and other seaboard states. r. KINCi, BAfiKER OF ! LEAKSVILLE, IS DEAD 1 1'gion headquarters today. Other or I.KAKisVll.LE, N. i'., Nov. 1. ganiitinns have promi'sed to fnll iu line. While arrangements were being made to-j Indications are that the parade will be ilay to close all bHsiue.s boiiM'S hero injc the funeral tomorrow of D. Frank- .' liu King, banker and business man. b. T. Neal, father of Mrs. D. K rank I'm King. .Jr.. died at his home 'at I'eidsville, at ;tl age of sixty-six. f ' Mr. King, whose death came at his j home here late ycstenlay. was born in ; Henry county Va. in 14: and after serving in tin.- Confederate army moved Leaksvillc fifty ycais ego and started the tobacco business, lie later turned j to manufacturing and banking. He ! leaves a wid wand six ehildren, 1). jFrauklia King, Jr, being thcyouugest Younger Generation In Italy Overthrows Tens Of Thousands Of Young, Vigorous Fascist! On Way Home Today After Thrilling Day In Rome Flush Of Victory Gives Way To Drab Business Of Toil. Not To Shave Until They Win A Game BATON ROGUE, LA Nov. 1. Members of the Louisiana State University football team appealed on State field today wit n a three days beard in accotcarce with a written promise signed by all var sity members not t) shave until they won a game. The Tigers made desperate by their ill-success, are determined to make the fight of their lives to be able to take a shave either this or next week, their leaders announced. LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS PROBABLE JURY VERDICT In Case Of Elliott Padrick, Young Georgia Minister On Trial For Double Mur der. BTAT KbllOKO, t,i., Sow I. The fate of Klliott Padrick, former inlnistei, who confessed the slaying of his -girl-wife and uiother-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Lou Dixon, now rests with a superior .vuun jury. Indications this morning were that a verdict would be reached during the day. That lite attorney for Padrick expect. and ask nothing mure htau a verdict ot' guilty with recommendation, was made clear by their closing arguments before teh jury last, night. The attorneys, plainly told the jury that they would bo content with a ver diet which provides for life imprison inent, but plena with the twelve men not to "hang a crazy man." Padrick bus been on trial for the, al leged murder of Mrs. Dixon for the past two days and closed his defense with a that he shot his wife because of her in discretions. His text was bit sd on the commandment "Thou shalt not ..eoiiiiuii adultery. ' ' After opening with prayer, the forme.'' minister declared the temptations of modem woman made it difficult for n younjr man to enter the ministry. The I women of today, he continued, me enus- !ing the "downfall of men, enitcing them by their daily dress and ldayinir to them through sex appeal" Defense attorneys introduced evidence tending to prov that Padrick not only was insane at the time of the double kill a but has been of unsound mind nios of his life, in completing his charge to the jury late last night. Judge J. H. I'ark gave instructions that if there was any doubt of l'adrick's sanity at tlu time he committed the crime he nhoiihl be acquitted, but if there was no doubt a guilty verdict, with or without a 're commendation for mercy, sohuld be re turned. , I'adriik sho'. his wife and mother in la wwhile the fhree were in an automo bile near here, on June 1!. II has not yet stood trial on the indictinut charging murdr of his wife, who declared in a let tor to a friend that she hut left her hus band because she found she "had niar- .' , " rri,'v man." Guion And Build Withers Will ! New Schoolhouse j ' ! r. . , i i .... 1 Ouion and Withers, local, contractors, j i . . t ,-, . secured the contract for the erection t of the new graded school building in the Arlington section at a meeling of the building committee Tuesday after noon. Their bid was ti3,2."12. The now building will bo erected n a plot of five acres donated by the (iray-Hepark chain of mills. It will contain .15 class rooms an I vn audi torium and will be equipped with all modem conveniences. Work Will be gin nt ail early date. ARMISTICE DA Y FAST ROUNDING INTO SHAPE " County-Wide Co-operation Is Asked By American Legion Local Civic And Fraternal Organizations Are Lining Up Floats For Big Parade Fireworks In Evening Promise To Be One Of Biggest Attractions. Enthusiastic co-operation from Ki wanis. Ilotarv and (Hvitan clubs, to gether with the Moose. Woodmen, Wom an's Clubs and other civic organizations, alrcadv oledued. noint to mi elaborate disnlar of floats in the Armistice Pav ! parade, according to information from dur-Jone of the most siiectaeular of the most sjiectaeular held j here. I Jn ml.niiuii to the floats from all ovrr I the county, the Gaston Howitzers will 'are already billed for this evnt. Sine? form a big unit in the parade. The Lin-j there has licen no demonstration of fire coluton troop of cavalry has lieen invited -works in Canton county, for several ytars to take part, and they will doubtless ac-j interest in this feature of the day's pro cept. Invitations have also Ih'cii ex j gram is keen. tende.Mo all American Legion posts in J It is the desire, of the American la this vicinity to Ih present and take ginn that the affair he made a couniy- jpart in the day's festivities.-- roliowmg the paraue there win lie a dinner served the service men by the War Mothers and Auxiliary. It is likely seated. - . . Older Politicians ; P.OMK. Xov. 1. (By The Asso ;ciated Press.) - Italy was ou the road bark to normalcy today after a most exhilarating week that saw the younger generation rise to ower and in a great triumph overthrow ' the older i politicians. ! Tens of thousands of the young vig orous fast-isti and their enthusiastic admirers who accompanied them here i from till over the land wero on the i way, back to their homes today. Yes jterday theirs was tho thrill of a real Roman triumph in which a million eo ple made the streets Ting with plaudits :for King and country after Dr. Heuito Mussolini and his new fascist! ministry hail takeu their oaths before, tho (sovereign. As soon as this formal I ceremony hail ended, the blackshirted boys and men who brought about the riso of Mussolini, marched us victors through the ancient streets of the city, croMdcd with a vast concourse that for the day doubled the populatio of itome. Toduy the Hush of triumph gave way to the, drab business of toil, in dividual and national.. Dr. Muoliui was on tho' job early, and he said ho was going to sec to it that everybody else engaged in the business of the nation followed suit. He made.it plain he was going to rule vith an iron hnud that Italy might the sooner be restored to a Itotter economic basis, ami a more pwerful place in interna tinal affairs. For the moment at least, commuu isiirhas no part in the, life of Italy? The onslaught of the Fascist! has ren dered nil radicalism a paralysing blow. Carrying their battle into the ' labor j temples mid I antagonists. the meeting places of their the militant nationalists have seized the records and rosters and j burned them. Politically the chief topic, today is what the fortune of in Italy the new cabinet will be when it goes before the chamber of deputies. Ouu thing is certain. ' If Alussolini's government does not receivo a majority in tho chamber, he will have parliament dis solved and then the Fascist! will take their cause to the country. Mussolini 1 made this clear last Monday when he t built a new cabinet at the request of ! the King. KIDNAPPED SWIMMING GIRL FOUND AT FARMHOUSE M l'i?K K(iON", Mich., Nov. 1. -Rosalie Hhiinty, II years old. kidnapped tiuuday as she came from church, was found wan dering in the woods near Dublin, Manis tee' county, late last night, according to a telegram receive dtoday from the chief of police ut Wellstou, Mich. According, to the police the message intimated that the girl had been aban doned b- her Hlnluetor und had wnn- " """u " ,u Mm " cd a farmhouse, where she was given .1 I . 1 i ! a t. '. I .Ti . I. . 1. shelter. Muskegon officers have left for j z - Wellstou, where the girl was removed early today. A posse is searching the woods near Dublin for trace of a man who is said b two boys here to have enticed the girl into an automobile Sunday. Rosalie wou considerable recognition I here last summer for her swimming and diving stunts at the municipal hathiug beai h. LUTHERANS CELEBRATE REFORMATION UJ I Reformation pay services were held at the Lutheran, church Tuesday evening, attended bv a t-nuuregation of 400 or more people. The pnstor, Hev. J. Diets, was in charge of the progrilm. " . , , ' .Short talks were made bv John lu Cut- ' ' " ... . iiienier on l. inner, iroi. o. . i. j Sawyer , mat ion ' on t he " Kesults if the Uefor-j and liy Kismarck L apps . on " Some Impressions of the Convention in liuffalo."' Mr. ( 'a ops has returned from Intending the sessions of the convention jof the 'Cnited Lutheran Church in Buf jfalo. . ; Following the exercises a social hour iu the isuiulay school room was enjoyed. J Ire cream ami cake were served. f PROGRAM IS (that the stores will lie closed during tho 1 i.n.ir ... th ,.:.r.-..li. flint .-.II pniidiives I may take i.art iu the .parade, it thev gn wish. In the afternoon there will Vn- athletic events of a .varied nature, including .1 high school football game' and other stunts. A tug of war between the serv ice loin of the Siifh and Nlst livisious will be one of the big attract ioun of tho afternoon. There will also Ik? boxinjj and wrest ling 'matches. In the evening there will In-a gorgeous display -of 'five works. S?oiuo of the new- est . and most spectacular pyrotechnics fwide event. Full participation is s.ske.J trom every town una eonimuiuiy. r.veiy i rltib and organization is urged to take j part to the end that all sections and ia-1 jterest in ..the county will be fully rttf-1 GOVERNOR MORRISON EXPLAINS STATE SHIP PLAN IN WELOON SPEECU Denies That It Would Neces sitate The Burden Of An Ad Valorem Tax Pleads With People To Rally To His Support And Strike Off The Commercial Hand cuffs. WFLPOX, Oct. 31. Speaking before tho Wcldon Chamber of Commerce and the Woman 's flub at a banquet here to night, (roveruor Morrison briefly outlined his proposal for state-owned steamship lines. He took ocensiou to deny two or three, report of recent origin that had sought to affect the project adveresly, and asked the people to withhold any ad verse judgment until they could have more complete information on the sub ject. Announcing that he is opposed to the sale of the state's stock iu the North Carolina and North Carolina and At lantic. 'railroads, he .leuiert that he pro pused trading this stock for western sup port of the steamship project. Ho alio disassociated it with the port develop ment bill that is being projw-ted, and ridiculed a report that the establishment I of the linen umiM necessit.-ii.. n nt-.tn u.l I valerom tax. "Thin proposition has nothing to do with the port bill Ijeiug projected, and has nothing whatever' to do with Mr. Bowie's railroad propositions from the west. It will bo presented to the state upon its merits, and uion carefully ascertained facts. I um opposed to thd sale of tho North Carolina stock in either one of the railroads, and have fre quently so declared. I will fight to the limit any proposition to swap or trada them." . Explains Steamship Plan. - His remarks concerning the steamship proposal rnii ns follows: "I cannot at this time present to tho slate the iirgimieut iu favor of the ship corporation which I have proposed. In ilue time I expect to present tho situu- , Ition Xf the people of the state and to the general assembly. 1 do hope tlto people will withhold an yadverse judg ment until they are made acquainted with the exact eoiiditiou which coufronts the state. "There need bo vo alarm about a great amount of money being expended. Ships nro being sold by the Cnited titates government at prices never Ixore heard of. I notice some gentleman suggesting that it would take five millions of dol lars. Wo would be unable to use live millions of dollars worth of shins and othe irqiiipmeiit at present prices. I am satisfied the corporation can b organ- i i.ea ami put m operution with an in-, creased interest charge on the state of .not iu excess of. '$70,000 ' n.' year. The ships, can 'bo operated not only at a profit., but at a great profit if the people will only patronize them. I am satisfied when the iioople krnnV th facts and how ! vital to the future growth and prosperity I, . ,i- ..,.......... i.:..: 1 ".; i", una oi.nu out it ntiiJ'i'i"K vuiiii'Ufiy lpping company is, 'they will give tin necessary patron age. ' . ' "It cannot fail, if they will do so. If we went into it, and tho people wouljj not patrouie it, and it had to go down or be run nt a lo, we eould quit with out much loss. We expect to organize the people of tlw statu not only to con struct and operato the company, but to pat run i.e it sufficiently to innko it a success, and, if they will, it will aave the people of the state more money and be worth more to the lysines nt thp &tatt) I annually thuu the came tax pant tor purpose of state government. "The great ch:iin of inland watcr way in eastern North Carolina consti tutes the finest body of inland water ways in Arcricn. Under the present law, ns interpreted by the Interstate ; Commerce Commission, they are of llttlo value to ns as freight rate basie points beet use they are not used for shipping purposes, Will Benefit Whole State. "There will lie direct and immediate lioiu fit to at least W of the 100 counties of the state, and incidentally,' benefit will be radiated to iiU the other fount k-s. Kreij-ht rntea are based . on rates to a fiw base points plus the local raU-s from such points to the destination of tho freight. Our prisnt freight rates are largeli- based nn V'irginiii cities rate plus the local and thereby we 'are com mercial iMiiuisnieu to them. AS'e want basie points in North Carolina, and from iem we want ti radiate the freight over the sti'.e. It i-ertniiilv eannot hurt Jany part of North Oiroltna. and I am j sure it will help the whole state by iinmct idiately and almost magically rerolu ' (ionizing the commetco of the fastt-ru ! section of our state. ' : " In due time the whole nutter will be ' put efore the state, and the jieopie : called upon to get behind it and strike the commercial handcuffs by which North CaroKna has been mauiu-led so f""g- ' "fir course, demagogues are slrcadf spreading it oicr the state that this will result in great increase in taxes nn th value of property in the state. Thi is. ridiculous Is-eaiw we will lierer has any more taxes ou the value of property for any purpose If I can help it." , . COTTON MARKET, GASTONIA COTTON. Receipts 60 ,.,.2H Today Price. Bales Cents CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET. XL'W YORK. No. 1. turea closed re:i1. January 24.0: March Co' tun fu 2-i.oaj