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Every Ex-Service Man In Uniform In The Parade Armistice Day If II IL IONIA DAILY G ETTE Weather Cloudy Local Cotton 25 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 266 GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 7, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS Armistice Day Celebration Will Be One Of The Ever Staged In nnnFR rf tunni givfn tm mi m muz m FLOATS IN THE PARADE Procession Will Form On South Broad Street Be- low Franklin. ' MOTHERS IN THE LEAD. Ex-Service Men In Uniform To Feature Most Spectacu lar Parade. Plans for the biggest Armistice Day celebration ever held in Uustou county are. practically complete, according to announcement from Legion lieudqunr - ters today. If weather condition arc suitable, the biggest crowd ever assem bled' iu Gustoiiia will throng tin' streets of the fity unci the bust cu'ic parade ever formed ., will march from Broad into Main and 'tru verso tho entire length of Alain street as far as Chester street, turning there uud going to teccond ave nue, where it- will break tit Community Service Park. The big dinner to the service men will le served from the en closure on the corner of Second iiviiiue uud South street. Th dinner will be served immediately after the parade ends, which is -calculated to be about 12 o'clock. Following the dinner there will be u foot hull game at the fair grounds iit 3 o'clock between the Alt. Holly and Gustonia high school teams, boxing und wrestling inatcheii and u tug-of-war between the IJOlh and Slst divisions. At night . the rd wiLL be a graud display of fireworks. The Parade. The parade wiil consist of marching troops, bauds, civic, patriotic and frater nal floats, decorated automobiles, etc., 'Hoy (Scouts, Confederate veterans, Gold Star' mothers, Spanish.- War veterans, etc. The parade will form on South Broad street, beyond Fruiikliu avenue, in -practically the same order followed last year. Tb,e pnr.tdo will head north 'on llioad street, anil detachments forim ing oil the sido Streets leading into Broad, The Gold Star mothers and Con federate veterans will lead the parade, followed by the Pythian Band and other unist named iu the following order: Color guard. Navy. l'.x service men in uniform. llowit.er company. Kx-scrviee, men not ni uniform. One hali' of the delachnient of lioy Scouts. War Mothers and Ladies Auxiliary. One-half the detachment of Boy Scouts. - (- - '. Spanish War veterans. Fraternal and civic organizations. Xcgro troops. V All floats will form, subject to instruc tions from a mounted marshal, who will be on Second avenue, facing Broad street, on the right side of the street. This orilcr of parade, ' as mentioned ' above, is approximate and will no doubt have to be changed when the final pro gram is arranged. There is no mention of the place for Cramerton, Belmont and Uunto bands or for the ex service . men from the American Legion post from Belmont, but these will fall in with the : ex service men on Broad street," It is planned to have the parade start at exactly the time of the signing of the original armistice, 11 o'clock, and proceed down Alain street, from Broad, turning into. Chester street and thence to the Community Park grounds on Sec ond avenue for dinner at 12 o'clock.. Prizes for Floats. There- will be a total of seven prizes for" float in the parade offered. There will 1 a silver loving cup offered for the best, float, regardless of classification; An American Legion " doughboy statue" vvilLbc awarded to the best float in the following classes: The lH-st chic float. The best jiatriotic float. The best fraternal float. The lost decorated automobile. . A prize of ten dollars iu gold will be awarded the best marching .unit. A ."doughboy statue" will be awarded Us second prize for the second best iiiarcJiingi unit. Included in civic floats are such as Rotary, Kiwanis, Woman's clubs, etc. Iu the patriotic class are U. l)i C, 1). A. It., "Red Cross, Auxiliary, etc. Wood men, Aloose, Juniors, Red Men, etc., make up tho fraternal class. Anybodv who wishes may enter mi automobile. This class Is open to the world. Tlus arrangement of -prizes and classifications, etc., is much better than was last year's arrangement, and it is hoped that there will be keen .competition for the prizes. The merchants have not lieen asked to close on that day. The only request is that they allowr their, employes who wish to take part iu the parade to get off during the hours of the parade. One of the biggest attractions of tie day will be a concert by (he massed bands taking part iu the parade, the l'ythian, Ranlo, Belmont and Cramerton bands. There will lie more thau 9; pieces in the lumd which will le under (Continued on page 6.). Biggest Events Gaston County FOUND JAR OF CORN LIQUOR IN A SHOCK OF CORN Shredders Come Across Fruit Jar Of Whiskey On Mr. E. E. Ratchford's Farm - Was Brought. From Field To Barn In Shock Of Wheat. FOUND: One half-gallon Jug com liquor in shock of com on my farm. Owner can get same by iden tifying and paying for this ad. LY K Ratchford. .".'.,..' Such was the substance of a want ad brought into town this morning by Mr. Kugene E. Ratchford, a well known farmer of Gaston county living on the New Hope road just east of the Ortho paedic Hospital. Scenting a good story for a raiuy day, the reporter questioned Mr. Ratchford for more details. Air. Ratchford is shredding corn at his homo this week. The shocks are being hauled from the field direct to the shred der at Mr. Ratchford's bam. Mr. Cliul- niyrs Klmore is iu charge of the shred der, yesterday morning about 11 o'clock the wagons came in from the field with a load of corn for tho shredder. It was pulled up alongside the machine and Mr. Elmore, who was feeding the shredder, soon emptied the 'Wagon. Back in the "hind end" of the wagon he spied a fruit '.iar. , "lley, Air. Ratchford, w hatcher doin' with this jar of water iu your wagon?" questioned Mr. Elmore. . Air. Ratchford disclaimed all knowl edge of any water in his wagon. Exam ination followed, by way. of the nose, and the discovery was made that it was a half gallon jar of pure mountain dew. "This is worse than ever," bowled Mr. Elmore. "You, 'Gene Ratchford, .1 member of Dr. Ilenderlite 'a church, caught With liquor in your cornfield!" Mr. Ratchford couldn 't explain its pres ence, other thau that it had been lifted into the wagon with one of the shocks of corn from the field just below the house and just at the edge of the road. The entire shock was lifted and placed in the wagon and the jar was lifted along with it, suffering no mishap in the transfer. His friends and neighbors car ried him high for a few minutes. It was finally concluded that some bootlegger, thinking the shock of corn a secure hid ing place, had secreted his liquor there to await a more propitious time for its delivery or consumption. At any rate, J here is a perfectly good half-gallon of corn liquor, as far as com liquor in this day und time goes, ut Mr. Ratchford's home, and the offer of the above want ad still holds eood. The Day's News At A Glance Allies declare they will stay in Con stantinople and will continue to keep order iu areas of occupation. France stands fast with Great Britain in an insistence that Turks shall curry out implicitly terms of Aluduuia conven tion. . Irish Republicans announce that Aliss Mary McSwiney has Ijeeu on hunger strike since her arrest lust Saturday. . William Hohciizollern aud his bride are driven indoors by rain which stops their walk around Doom Castle grounds, Allied reparations commission im presses upon Germany the need of mak ing more siccific. proposals for stabiliza tion of the murk. More than fifty and possibly sixty miners killed in blast at Reilly coat mine at puuglcr, I 'a., and task of removing the dead is under way. General Federation of Women's Clubs announces .plans to make marriage uud 'divorce more difficult, including bill pro viding national regulations to be intro duced iu next Congress. District of Columbia rotirt of appeals declares uiiconstitutinunl the minimum wage law effective iu Washington. Office of Texas secretary of state or ders name of Earle B. May field, demo cratic nominee for United States sena tor, placed on ballots for today's elec tion. President of Kentucky League of Women Voters makes special appeal to white women of the state to cast their ballots, ' Secretary of Treasury Mellon lose? his vote tiecnuse he faile dto register, as he explaiued, because of the jircssure of public business. IVatli at Hartford. Conn., of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley, president of the Aetna Life Insurance Company and former l.'nited states senator. . Mrs. Oscar Haniniersteiii, widow of impresario,-, reported missing at New York police headquarters and a general alarm scut out for her. Marriage Bill To Be Offered To Congress WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. Prepa ration of a bill establishing .national marriage and divorce regulations for introduction in the next Congress was announced today by the general Fed ration of Women's Clubs, which hai authorized Mrs. Edward Franklin White, . deputy attorney general of Indiana, to draft the bill and a resolution-amending the constitution of the United States if such a course is necessary to make possible a federal marital law. Provisions of the bill would make marriage more difficult, the an nouncement stated, and would allow divorce on one of only five grounds, enumerated as follows: Infidelity, incurable insanity, abandonment for one year, cruel and inhuman treat ment, or conviction of an infamous crime. Once granted, such a divorce would be valid in every state, but either party to a divorce would be. permitted to rsmarry until one year after the interlocutory decree was granted. The bill would provide also that applications for marriage licenses be posted two. weeks prior to the ceremony. ' I GENERAL ALARM FOR MRS. OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN NEW YORK, Nov. 7. A general alarm for Airs. Oscar Hamiucrstciu, wide, wof the impresario,-has been sent out by the police at the request of Airs. Julia Farley, a friend, who has befriend ed Airs. Ilaminerstein since she was Toon. I a few weeks ago penniless and ill on a bench in Central Park. Airs. Farley told police that Airs. Hamiiicrstein, ac companied by her collie Teddy, left her home yesterday morning. A note left by Airs. Hammerstein for Ala x Rubin, a student at, Columbia Univemily, who had planned a benefit for her at Carnegie Hall next Monday flight, read: ELECTIONS TODAY OVER COUNTR Y HOLD BOARDS Unsettled Weather Conditions Vote Will Be Light Most Of Home To Vote Reports From Several States. .' , WA8HINGTOX, Nov. 7. Elections over the country today had their reflex in Washington. In every government department Hieie were mauy vacant places several members of the cabinet and ninny officials and employes hav ing gone home to vote. I he exodus this year, however, was not as great as usual a an increasing number voted by mail. Having registered his choices in this manner, President Harding was ut his office at the usual hour with a full day .1 11., I, ...I .,11 II... lt..u f,.r,....j.jf jof his party lieutenants and as the day .. ...... ! - ::.,i . .,..:.... .,." n Uli; tilling ivnitivi 01111,11111 ivjiuna from the urtual balloting. Tonight he was to get the returns in his study as rapidly as they could . be received at !the executive offices over an Associated I Press-wire and relayed to him over the telephone by Secretary Christian. Four members of the cabinet remained in Washington. These, Secretaries Hughes, Weeks and Wallace voted by mail, At torney General Duugherty also voted by mail, but spent the day iu Baltimore with Mrs. Daugherty, wfio is recuiier ating there after an operation. Three members of the Cabinet will not vote. Secretary Alellon, it was stated, was prevented from registering by pressure of publie business; Secre tary Hoover, now on his way west to a meeting of the Colorado River Commission-ut Santa Fe, N. Al., is unable to reach his home state of California iu time for the election, while Secre tary Davis is still in the far west, where he has been campaigning. While there was no accurate informa tion as to just how many votes were ens ttodav by resilient of "Voteless" Washington, leaders of the two princi pal parties estimate that there arc up wards of 50,000 potential voters in the District of Columbia, the number having been swelled since the enactment of "4 states of laws permitting legal residents absent to vote by mail. Both of the major parties maintain organizations here to get out the votes of these of the 400,000-odd residents who have that right. Of the estimated 30,000 potential voters it is figured that about 'JO per cent do not "bother" to cast ballots and that an equal number go to their homes. The work of get ting the others to vote by mail wherever possible is the task that occupies the local political organizations. Party officers charged with this work declare that women take far more in terest in sending their vote homo by niail than do the men. They offer no explanation, but they do do go so far us to say that. the women show far more intelligence iu preparing their balJots and picking their candidates. Since the voting by mail laws of each state having such a statute are vastly different in terms, mail voting presents a itunewhat complex subject. No person in the District of Columbia who has not had actual legal residence in a state or whose parents had not bad or had lost such legal residence is not entitled to vote. The absentee voter law of South Da kota requires that the voter mark his ballot in a- booth or -room, similar to booths in polling places, where there are no witnesses. Kansas furnishes In special ballot blank, known as the Fed eral state (or country ballot). Alary land does not allow any one not an Out of a Job if V Av lei t When Turk Nationalists denosed me Huitan, another member of. royalty was added to the large lisH of regal job hunters. This picture of tho formeV crown prince of Tur. key. Abd ul-Medjid, was takei at his residence in Scutari. i Prevail In Most Sections And Official Washington Has Gone actual resident to vide by mail. The voting by mail idea is said to have originated in Kentucky. At any rate this wits the first state to permit ;it, but now the Supreme Court of that State lias held tho law to be in con flict with the State' constitution so that Keutuckians away from home who de sired to vote today had to return there in order to do so. NORTH CAROLINA. CHARLOTTE, N. C, '.Nov. 7.--Cloudy skies, with scattered showers, overhung the western part of North Carolina as the voters went to tlie i . tod,,-v. ,,ut tards the coast the i weather wits reported fair. t The fact that it is mi "off year" not unily for national and state execu tive' elections but even for United States senatorsbip, so far as this state is concerned, was. expected to keep down the ' vote except in doubtful districts or where local issues were closely drawn, but vigorous campaigns were waged b.w democrats especially headed by Governor Morrison aud former Lt. Governor Gardner. Cloudy weather and indications for a normal vote was the report from Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Afhe ville. had nu overcast sky mid it was estimated by political leaders there that 75 per cent of the 21.000 register ed vote of Buncombe county would be east. In Charlotte the clouds were lowering and misty rain fell early in the day but the sun seemed trying to force its viay through. Published charges that an' unofficial mixed ballot had been distributed in Mecklenburg county mldod to the local interest.' The ballot was rtiid to contain the names of republican nominees for the legisla ture and some democratic candidates for county offices. North Carolina will elect all ten congressmen today, will choose memliors of the legislature, an associate justice of the supreme court, a member of the corporation commission, eleven superior court judges and all county officer. A proposed constitutional amendment to increase salaries and mileage allotments of legislators also is to lie voted upon. The polls are open from sun up to sun-down . SOUTH CAROLINA. 'COLUMBIA, S. CM, Nov. 7. Throughout most of South'- Carolina voters today paid little attention to the I general election, only euniigh going to the polls to insure the ratification of the result of the democratic primary held laxf August. The Democratic state 'ticket has m mrwit if,,, fiti.l f.tnr t f t the seven Congressmen have no one on. the ticket against them, generally was fair. The weather PENNSYLVANIA. PIIILADKLPHIA, Nov. 7. With fair weather generally predicted for the state. Pennsylvania's voters 'today ere ready to-'select a Governor, Lieute nant Governor, two United Htates Semi tors. Secretary of Internal Affair, and judge of the sujH'rior court. In addi tion they bad before them a selection of hdf of the dch-Katbm to the state Senate and entire House of Representa tives and Congressmen in all districts. Au amcudihcnt -to the constitujioii, which its proKnents do-lure is designed to afford greater latitude in home rule (Continued on page six.) i TOTAL OF 95 OF 112 MINERS WHO WERE ENTOMBED IN MINE DISASTER HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR TODAY Henny Stevens, Brother of Mrs. Hall, Discontented At Delays, Wants Bring Matters To Head Is Thinking Of Going On Long: Tour Of World To Hasten In vestigations His Wife Receives Newspaper Men And Serves Them Sandwiches Has Set Of Signals To Com municate With Him At Hunting Lodge. LA YALLETTE, X. J., Xov. 7. Hen ry Stevens, brother of Mrs. Kram-es bl'." vens Hall, willow of the Rev. Eilward Wheeler Hall, who was murdered with Airs. Kleanor Reiuharilt Mills, near New Brunswick, on SetemlK-r U, last, is dis contented ut the delay iu the official in quiry and contemplates bringing matters (to an issue by leaving town, Airs. Ethel bteveiiK, hi wite, said iu an intervicv here today. "We think that it is about time that we pull up our belongings and gu away from here, just to force nu issue with the authorities who are investigating the murder," she said. itevens has told the investigators that he was fishing near ILavatettu on the night of the murder ami has furnished the names of several persons who, he says, saw him. Airs. Jane Gibson, farm- er, has told the authorities that a in'',i commiueil tne murders ami that he was accompanied by a woman in a gray coat. Airs. Stevens received the newspaper inon in her home with cordiality ami served them with sandwiches. She ex plained that her husband was across the bay at a gunning point but that he could be reached by a system of signals she had arranged with him. " We were ready to go on a world tour when this thing happened," said Mis. Stevens, "but we gave it up because we thought it would be better for Henry to stay here and face whatever was in store for him. Now, however, we think the authorities have hail time enough to act and we think that the best way to force them to do something will be f r us to leave town and start our hip. "The question has often lieen asked why didn't Henry give his sister awry in marriage. When Mr. Hall and Mr;. Ball were-married Henry was in New England. There was nothing in common between Henry and Air. Hall ami for that reason he made no special effort to attend the wedding. It is untrue that he refused to call on the Halls since the wedding.' There is an entry in his diary for June 2.'l. It says 'Edward and Frances here.' Which means that they spent the afternoon here. "I believe the solution of this crime has not even been hinted ut yet. lias any one thought of looking up other men who might have figured iu Mrs. AlitU' life? "We are ready to help the authorities in any way. We thought they might want Henry iu a hurry some time, so we arranged a complicated set of signals NEW COTTON MILL TO BE' BUILT AT GREAT FALLS , f One Thousand Loom Textile Plant To Be Erected Greatest Project In Chester County's Textile History. ' CHBSTKR. K C. Nov. ti. The great- est item of construction news onu tex- tile lines ever announced in Chester county was that given out tonight -that a new 1.000-looiu textile ...anufacturing , . , ,, ,. plant will be built at Gnat falls, Chcs- ter county, shortly. The machinery has ! been bought and const ruction work will Iks hiuuched immediately. This Rill give (ireut Fulls its' third textile manufacturing industry. At present it has two plants,, known as the Republic Cotton Alills, 0eratng ,"4.Sl3 spindles an du battery of l,.12(j DraiH-r looms. The new plant , will be a monumental affair and will be one of the most mod -ernly equipped textile plants in the na tion. It has Ix-en rumored for over a year htat a new null would be erecieii ami news that it third plant was to be buiit has been 'expected for some time. James 15. Duke is greatlv interested H,,lu,'li: Cotton Mills and man..-. Udieve that he ultimately plans to make Great Falls the textile ceuter of Amer ica. The lb-public Cotton Alills were estab lished in ltlti. A second plant was erected in ISHfi. -Robert S. Meliane is ( found more than the usual cursory -ex-pre?.ident; II. 15. Alcbaue, vice president, i amiuatioii of baggage ami automobiles and iM-cver Little, superintendent. Thejvvhi-it they returned. Afebane brothers are natives of Alebaii. N. C. John A. Howard is secretary of the company. The construction of this third mill will furnish labor to many people. Cowing right at the time when much of the agri cultural activities of the country aro temporarily stopped, due to the cotton crop being out of the way, this constru;' tion work will be of immense help fiuaii ciirily to many people. while he is away. Ifight nowr he is at the gunning point about twelve miles across the bay and with the good tele scope we have upstairs, on a decent day I i-an see him. He has arranged to hang out a flag while he is there. If the flag ; it is really nothing but a large hand kerchief is hanging out I know he is there. If it isn't, he is coming iu. That's the way we expect to communi cate until this either blows over or we leave town. "Stale troopers were sent down here to watch Henry, They paraded up and down along the boardwalk in front of the house all day long but Henry had gone to the gunning point at '.' a. in. So there they, were walking back and forth watching the house while the man they were supposed to be shadowing was twelve miles away. If they had only told us all about it we would have in vited them in and made them comfort- able. " Mrs. Stevens said she felt certain that neither Mrs. Halt nor her two brothers, Henry - and Willie Stevens, knew any thing about them. REPORT PLOT TO OBSTRUCT JUSTICE IN MURDER CASE 'NEW BHUNSWICK, XV J., Nov. 7. Investigation of reports of a plot to obstruct justice in the' Hull-Mills murder case n nd protect the murderers was un der way here today. Speilal Deputy At torney General Wilbur A.'Alott, who ex pects to seek the indictment of tho "ivoninu iu gray" the latter part of the week on the strength of the eye-witness story of Airs, .lane Gibson, isjsaid to feel that the inquiry bus been hampered by the refusal of sortie of the witnesses to tejl all they knew. Others, it is said, hav placed obstacles iu the way of the investigators and Air. Mott intends to prosecute them oii charges of being ac cessories after the fact, in the event he finds evidence supporting the report. Definite action was promised by Air. Mott before the week cuds and this was taken to mean that the case would be presented to the grand jury Thursday or I'ridny. There was talk of social and political influence hampering tin investigation some weeks ago just before Mr. Molt took charge of the inquiry on behalf of the state. At that time Timothy N. Pfciffer. counsel for Mrs. Hall, wrote Governor Edwards charging county au thorities with "bungling stupidity" and asking that the state take over the inves tigation. RAINY WEATHER GENERAL OVER SOUTHERN STATES ATLANTA, OA.. Nov. 7. Rainy or cloudy weather over a majority of the Southern Htates, togetlier with u general lack of interest due to the fact ,that nominations in state primaries j ,.,, t. election practically certain, was expected to bring out a light vote in the general elections today in this sec tion of the country Only nly in Ten ties- ee and those districts 0M heri ; jiiin,csbor and iu Johns-Alabama.-North Carolina mid ir-; t(lrt (l vere UTlU.retl t0 for the ! in i uiuia. when: the reiiuhlicans were oner- ling real opposition to the democratic j nominees was interest keen ami a heavy ; vote predicted . I'nited States Senators were ling voted on in Tennessee, Georgia, Honda, 's;ss.ppi, , wiiiie i.nvrnor, were iKing voted on in rt-iirgia. Alabama, South aro:n;l ;1(j Teinies'ee. Principal interest in several states was shown in proposed constitutional a ineudiiients. Alabama was voting oil an extension of credit of the state fur the development nf MoCbile ns a port: Florida was balloting on a reapportion ment "f the state in accordance with population, while tieorgia voted on the creation of a new county and a new state Senatorial district. CANADIAN OFFICERS TAKE DOZEN AUTOMOBILES N I A O A ti A FA l.LS. Nov. More .. o,,i.,...l.;i..a ,,,,.t i.r able merchandise are held by Canadian customs officers todav .is the result of a close scared of machines nu-t l-e-les-i trians crossing the bridge here yester day ad last night A large 'number of persons .took ad vantage of Thanksgiving Day in Cana da yesterday to cross the Ixinlers. Those who did chopping on the American side The action of the customs officials was said to lie iu response to complaints of .Canadian merchants that their busi ness was leing hurt by competition with "oiiiggle-l goods. THE WEATHER . . Partly-cloudy and cooler tonight and Wednesday, ' RESCUE WORKERS ARE HOPEFUL THAT A FEW OF MiSSING ARE ALIVE More Than 50 Are Known To Have Perished In Coal Mine Explosion. BRAVERY OF RESCUERS. Families Of Entombed Men Stand By All Night In Rain. HPAXULEK, Pa., Nov. 7. (By the Associated Press.)-r-The bodies of fifty miners who lost their lives in the Reilly mine explosiou bore yesterday lay in the temporary morgue at 9 o'clock this morning.. Thirteen inoro were in sight in the mine, rescue -workers said, and oJ injured were in tho miners' hospital. Leaders of the rescuers summarized the situation ut that hour: Alen iu the mine when tho explosion occurred, not more than 112. " iiodic recovered. 50. Hodies located in mine, 13. Injured In hospital, 3'-. Total accounted for, Oil. There was still some uncertainty as to the number of men who went to work yesterdnyVit it was pointed out that if tho total was 112 us some authorities believed, the-missing 17 miners would probably be found iu the eighth heading w here the water bad risen so rapidly that exploration, this morning had been impossible. Kveh if these meu hud gone into the mine, it was asserted, they had probably perished. If that proved true, the leaders said, the number of ded would reach 80. ,' Efforts were being made to repair the pumps, damaged by the explosions, whilo a force of workers .were cutting a pas sageway through the coal between kthe eighth and ninth ben-lings. With this work complete, they hoped to reach tho last of the, unexplored galleries by nooa today. The gas-choked channels of the lteilly mine were giving up their dead today. Forty victims of the explosion were brought to the surface early today as rescue workers searched through tho water-soaked passages forthe remainiug 'M to L'5 believed to have perished when the blast entombed more tlian DO men soon after they reported for work yester day morning. Officials of the Reilly Coal Company, owners of the mine, were not certain of the nuijiber of workers in the pit wheu the disaster occurred. They expressed (he belief that the death toll would bo, between fifty and sixty. Thirty-three men rescued are in a hos pital here and physicians said they would recover. The grim task of removing the dead started about '' o'clock this morniii? after widows and children of the missing meu had been induced to return home. They stood in tho misty rain all through yesterday. Kescue ihiets believed that the mine would be cleared of bodies soon if ter daybreak. !?ix state troopers patrolled the area about the mine' mouth aud kept the huu- Ireds of curious persons away. Miners Hall, a little structure here. w.i, ttif ti-mnoru rv n n-v-m TTiiilt-rt.-ik- -b ad men. Karly today some uudertak er were washing ' and emUtlming the mire soaked bo-lies iu the hall here. F.very delivery truck and wagon in pnughr as pressed into service as a morgue wagon. l.'ed (Vox and Salvation Amir work ers from Pittsburgh,-Altwma and Johns town were on hand distributing coffee aud sandwiches to the rescue mpiads as they came to the surface with their bur den of death or t replenish their oxy gen tanks for a new exploration of the nimbly pits. When rescue workers entered the mine soon after noon yesterday they encoun tered bodies in the mainway only 100 feet from fresh air. They halted only lon enough to make sure there was no spark of life and then hurried on into the gassy chambers to search for possible survivor". Their hopes w-ro high when they tame upon a rudely constructed brattice ou nhtclt was t.cniwle-1: ' "There me L'!) miners behind this." Ilut tho rescuers pushed on decer into the mine for 'men who had not fortified themselves. The gas svas strong at this (Continued on page six.) COTTON MARKET GASTONIA COTTON. I Today's Receipu. ...33 .23. Bakt Cents Price Profe-wor Doesn't it wake you sad jtl M.V women wearing feathers of tl-e !poor little birds on their bats. Married JImb It Isn't th lesHiers that make me sad it's their bills! North winds will oo-i go syuth Uia wiuter,
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