I
IL
OASTONIA
DAILY GAZETTE
Weather
Fair
Local Cotton
- 7-
25 Cents
VOL. XLHI. NO. 280
GA5TONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 23. 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
DEATH TOLL IN MINE EXPLOSION MA Y BE 100
ENTIRE rap OF SIX.
. fi
CHILDREN, EET DEATH
Theory
of
I That Family Did
Poison Intention
ally Given.
TO HOLD POST MORTEM
Physician Says That
Mender-
son Had Suspicions
Poison In Food.
Of !
i.an.'A!ti-:k. o., Xnv. vBy the
Associated Press) While partial .solu
tion of the mystery surrounding the snuf
ting out of tin.1 lives of the entire fam
ily of Irving Henderson fat her iiioiIkt,
and four small children was expected to
conn- through examination of tin' vital
organs of the two adults at CoHimhus
today, ofticials hen- were uasing their in
vestigation of the tragedy on the sup
position that tin; family died from th '
effects of poison intent hilly administered.
Theories that the deaths were ncci
dental were east aside while police ami
eouilty ofticials searched for the, possible
perpntrutor and a plausible motive.
Opinion that the six per.-ons whose
bodies were found in the Henderson
home yesterday,
lied from tl licet or'
n quick, acting poison, possibly taken
with their evening meal on Tuesday, w.;s
expressed by Dr. H. W. Moiidhnnk, a
local physician who attended them sev
eral days previous to their deaths and
yesterday performed an autopsy.
foremost in the minds of the inves
tigators today apparently was the uosm
siblyity that responsibility for the deaths
rented within the family. Mrs. Hender
son, according to Dr. Mimdhank, had
been ill for some time, and he laid stress
upon the, possibility that she may have
lieen mentally unbalanced bv protracted
illness. She frequently had conducted
herself strangely in his presence, Dr.
Moudliank said, 'especially during illiics.i
of several members of tlie family .which
preceded their deal Its.
Attention .still was being given the
statement of Henderson to Dr. Mon.l-'
hnnd that he believed enemies were gi v -
inir him noison and Henderson's intim.i-!
tio nin un uniuailed letter that some one
mitrht have entered his home ami placed
poison in the tanuly s
these theories had lceu
what by investigation,
given the physician the
provision, but
liscoiiuted some
Henderson had
name of a man
he suspected of bearing ill finding to
ward him bet'ause Henderson had been
employed at the I'eunsylvau.i Ivaihoal
shops, where the shopmen 's strike r1
mains unsettled, but officials believed '?
highly improbable that such a suspicion
would be substantiated.
X' date has been set for the corn
ners's iniUcst.Fttt it was expected to
follow niinouuomciit of the outcome ot"
tho analysis of the vital organs of tie"
victims.
BIG LIQUOR SMUGGLERS
IN FLORIDA ON TRIAL
Wealthy Chinese Are In
volved In Trouble Had
Fleet of Fast Motor Boats
Liquor Came From Cuba.
l'F.XASCOl.A. Fla.. .Nov. -J.!. -('. 1'.
Moore, owner of the auxiliary schooner
Success and fourteen other defindau :s
charged by the government with smug
gling in connection with the whobeaie
liquor and alien trade between this coun
try and Cuba, are scheduled to lie placed
on trial here today in the Fnited -States
district court.
Moore, government offcials say, is al
leged to have been the mainspring of
the unlawful operations said to hav
taken place on the west, coast of F'lorid i.
The indictments, against him and th"
other defendants charge that contraband
cargoes are brought from Cuba and
transferred at sea to smaller and faster
crafts and landings were effected on th"
shores of Choi taw hatchee Kiy ,iu tic
southern part of Oklaoosa County. Hy
special arrangements with members of
tlie alleged ring, aliens referred to are
said t have .been smuggled through
Apalaehicohi. where they were placed
aboar dtrains and accompanied by one of
those under indictment to Philadelphia.
Defense -eouiteil. it is sair, will ask
for severance for some of those indicted
but the government now entertains hopes
of trying all the defendants at once.
Henry Chu. Chinese lawyer, of Phila
delphia, and his client, Louis Ving., wea'
Ihy Chinese. K nf that city, .an4 said
to be here retolv for trial. Ying is said
to be jiropftetor of . the Inland (learimr
House.
JVsiocs Moore those regarded as pri'V
cipal defendants are P,. X. Sutton and
IL Churweli, former sheriff and deputy
of OknIooNi county, Itenjaiuiii Kdmnn
miii. who oH-rates a fleet of fast motor
lmtn out of IVuascola; J. II. fiivens.
farmer-banker: Charley Suey. of Apa
laihiola. and Charley lli'mg. of Knfau'-i.
.Ma., both Chinese, and i C. Wiiliaus.
eondm-tor mi the Apahu hicola Xortherw
Itailway.
MiMire c.inie to lTorida from Macou.
fia., where Ii. ojierated a small Jet. c'ivc
agency.
North Carolina To Build 50 Per
Cent More Roads In 1 923 Than
Were Finished
Highway Commission to Give Contract for 800 to 1,000 Miles;
Road Building at Cost of Sixteen to Twenty Million Dollars j
Program Is Largest of Any State In the Union Proposed !
$15,000,000 Bond Issue to Complete the Work In 1923.
:
omrunin iincin uie
OrLCnUlU IflUOlU riflO
FEATURE BAPTIST SERVICE
Drs. Davis and Vipperman
Continue to Draw Big
Crowds at Special Meetings
at First Baptist Church
Meeting Goes
Friday.
The feature of the Iiibl
tin; First Baptist Church last night was
the splendid music rendered hy the
church orchestra and quartet.. Those in
attcdiiance felt that they were, richly
repaid in the splendid selections ren
dered if those had constituted the only
program.
Dr. Davis, in his discussion of Baptist
i church history paid a glowing tribute
(to those early Christians who emphasized
spiritual life and decried the uuspirit ual
natures of Clatholicisin, stating that the
j unswerving devotion of these eople to
the word of lod, together with their
missionary nsoal, made possible the Kef
: urination of the sixteenth century. With
iout the work which those people did Lu
ithcr would have met the fate of Hush
jand other martyrs. Dr. Davis antiei:a
ted the published prgram by discuss'inT
yesterday morning '"The Uaptist Line
I Through the Albigenses" mid taking up
!last night "The Uaptist Line Through
the Anabaptists' . " 1 he Anabfip- j
'tisfs", said the speaker, "emerged dur-
J ing the bVi'ormation when nations are
! ut peace, people are engaged iu affairs i
of this world and refuse to discuss things!
' religious. The preacher may preach with j
t roinndnus power, falling his people to j
' repentance but the people refuse to heed
Hut let war come and the people TO
j cast their spiritual thinking,
j Luther, Zivingley, Calvin and
When
others
i eiiaiiengeit rue w?ioie
took advantage of the
moment to assert the
j Xew Testament and
i greater prominence. ' '
'The Manifestation
......1.1 1... titiot :
t'l'iei .1 'I. I IJU J' " j
opportunity of tn i
whole truth of the j
thus came into j
j
of 1he Xew
Birth ,
was the subject discussed by Dr. Yipper- j
; man in his own masterful way. The
speaker stated that regeneration affect .
the regenerate person's relationship to t
Cod forever. It is beyond the possiiol-j
ity of man or od that regenerate per-
son should ever le again what he was
lofoie the new birth. "What is the red ;
significance and meaning of text, ' Who- ,
soever holievcth that Jesus is me l lirist ,
is born of (lod'J", asked the speaker.
That faith anil regeneration are ale-n-
lately required of all classes and con
ditions of men. This new birth mani-
jfests itself in spirited life. liristiani' v '
does not consist simply in the external !
, but renews the life. It manifests itself, I
too, in love for (bid. And not only in I
love for Ciod but we love (bid's peopl , '
It's manifestation is seen iu perpetual
calling upon dod.
The conference will continue through
Friday ni;ht. Tonight Dr. Davis will
; ilFctiss Xew Testament itnptisnt and
Dr. Vipperman will give " Kef lect ions on
a Xew Testament Church.
BIG COTTON MILL DEAL
AT ASHEVILLE ANNOUNCED
ASIIKVILLK. X. (?.. Xov. 2;:. Sale
of the French . P.road Manufacturing
('onipaiiy's plant at Owen by near this
city to the Martil Mills, Inc. Xew
i York, for a consideration of about
; $.".iu.000 has been completed, ofticials
'of the company here announced.
' Right other plants in South Carolina,
fioorgia and Alabama have been bought
!at the same time by the Martel Mills.
Inc., and will in the future be ojverated
under the name of the Martel Mills.
T. .7. 15,-igwelI, superintendent of the
French liroad Manufacturing Coin-'
panv's plant here said today that the!
new owners would probably take active !
control of thep lant in the near future. 1
but that for the present the plant will j
continue to operate without changes.
The French Hroad plant is engaged
in manufacturing lei .spreads. The
paid in stock i ai'l to lie about !".-
Hint. Plant which have been pureha '
l.y the .Martel Wills ompnny are; ;
ii.. !..,.... r- r:iu '..I.....I.:.. c ' .
uifi:i i , .ii, "ii -int. i,i unit 'id, .-. .
Ixington and Ked Mills. Islington. ;
S. " Middlenburg Mills. Hatesburg. S.
(' Vallev Falls Mills. Spartanburg. ;
S. C. : Ashcraft Mill-. Florence. Ala.,
and Martel Manufacturing Company
(ieorgia. ,
THOMAS NELSON PAGE
LEFT $400,000
WASHIXGTOX. Xot. L'.'J.-
Thomas Xelson Page, former ambassa
dor to Italy, and author, left an estate
valued at 4'ni.(iut, according to a je
tition filel here toalay by his exo-ntors
for the probate of his will. Included
in the estate is a 1PMmmi residence iu
; Washington, and seven VirgiuU farms
5estimate. at f::1.Mid.
Mr. Page's stocks and nther ss-uri-tie,
aceording to tln s'tition filed by
liWewell Page, a brother, of Heaver
Dam. Va and II. Kozicr Duauy, execu-
jtois, total j.vjjjOJ.
During Year '22
, - i
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! KALKKJH. X. C, Nov. 2;.. (By The
Associated Press) Advancing with its
program of highway construction, which
is said to be the largest of any iu the j
union, the North Carolina Highway Com- '.
mission next year will place under ton- '
tract from SUU to 10OU miles of road
building at an estimated cunt of $1G,U0U.- j
000 to .20,OUli,000, according to an an- i
nouncement today bv State Highway Kn ,
Through ' Ku,er Charles M. I'pham, I
i This action will follow the State's con
, I tract for 2WU miles in 1!IM,. it is stated.
Over one half of thin mileage was for ;
.hard surface asphalt or concrete and
conference it 'during the present year SI'O miles have
j been completed .
In 191'.'!, the commission expects to
finish fifty per cent more roads than dur
ing lit!.'", (.'oust ruction has been delayed '
here by nation wide strikes and bad
weather ut the begiuing of the year, said
-Mr. I'pham. The commission has recov- '
I ''red from
this delay, he added, and I
with highly oi nani.ed forces working (
on a carefully plpanned schedule" will
bo in a position to move forward at a
greater pace next year.
As an indication of tin; progress now
being made, figures were cited showing j
6(1 miles of paved roads and 120 of other
types already have been completed this i
month. !
A survey of the work shows almost '
every principal city in the State wilh a
network of improved highways, either;
completed, under construct ion or under j
contract. ' i
The WiusloH Siiloni-Churlotte-Asheville
Highway already lias many miies ot hunt
surface, -while the same is true of the
Central Highway, which runs from New
Bern to Murphy.
From Charlotte to the South Carolina
line, there is s completer paved highway,
Roads from Charlotte to Lincoln ton,
Charlotte to Concord, Charlotte to uas
tonia, Charlotte to Statesville and to
i other surrounding points have a large
mileage of hard surface and other por-
(iini iinilAr rnndtmrtiAn Th hicrrturjiv : .
waau. -v..J. v .. v... ' ... " j
irom Kaieign to uurnam to ureensDoro
and other cities also is far advanced,
with paving still underway, as are the
projects in the vicinity of Statesville,
Winston-Salem and Lenoir
The conimision according to the state
engineer, is constructing the so-called
' Progressive Types of lligliw.i.'TS. '.:':
Tiatlirt demands iletei mine the kiml of j
road linilr. The lirst is the "grading j
ami drainage type." When traffic be-'
comes too great for this kind of big')-'
way, it is surfaced with selected soil and i
maintained for t rathe as a sub-grade J
rou !. 1 lie tliireitvpo is uie naru suiiac'.' l
is tlie hard surlnc:'-!
ptned on th
roail which already has i
been jirepareil tor tins te. through pre
vious work.
In following this plan the state does
not expend any of its bond funds except
for permanent construction, it was as
erted. North Carolina's program is !'
ing promoted on a recent $."o,iioil,Otiti
bond is-ue, federal and county funds. A
Io.IMiO.OOO bond issue to continue the
j work will be placed before the genera'
jass'einbly in January for consideration,
jit has been stated in official circles.
CLEMENCEAU GLAD HE
HAS STARTED SOME TALK
OX HO AHD Cl.KMKXCRAI' S PHI
VATK CAK, Kn Route to Huston. Xov.
2.1. (Hy the Associated Press.) Ju
bilant that he had at last set America
talking about France and French rela
tions, Georges Clemeneeiiu worked today
on a new apeal and a new broadside
j0f
,j
friendly criticism to be launched
his Hoston siieeeh.
i The aged ex premier of France was
, keenly interested in news of how his
(remark were lieing received, especially
!in official Washington. He told Colonel
i Stephen Honsal, his tour conductor, that
(some of
ithe need
Iters was
: ralized,"
the comment indicated that
for information in some quar
"even greater than he had
Hut all the discussion was more than
'Welcome, he declared.
"That's what I came for." he said.
I don't think for a moment that I
am the
though I
whole
know
repository
1 have a
of
great
truth,
deal."
REPLIES
FROM ACROSS
OCEAN IN THREE MINUTES
NEW A'OKK. Nov.
thn - e minutes after the
i.'t. IiCss than
query "How's
the weather?" hail
lieen fla.shel across
the Atlantic by
wireless, replies were
recidved from London, Paris,
and Kergcn, Norway.
IWiii'to
"Raining, mild.
:wer reciived in 4
. T . I . . :
seconds. X'orwav s '
ESTATE reply came ten seconds later. France
.Tl. 1o.'was third and Germany hist, two miu-
iutes anai orry
seconds after the que- liod within. 1.1s the thunderbolts of Di
Iviiie wrath apoiiist Miiiicr. That isn't it.
: tion.
1 The conversations were a part of a
discission of wireless by Ilavid SarimtT,
jvio presidt nt of the Radio Corporation
of America. last night at a meeting if
the Xew York Llectrical Society.
THE WEATHER
.
tonight and Friday; slightly
tonight.
Fair
j warmer
Victor
I
i, ,,
' V 'vl lTVmm''t6i6.
i ii1iiwiiii Mt mmtmtmtum&
: - Bonar Law Indulged In an tin
conservative smile when the elec
I tion returns showed the Conserva
tives winning in the English elec
tion. ' Here he is nhov, n addressing
voters from a coach window on his
journey to Leeds.
TO PREACH TONIGHT ON
"THE REVIVAL OF SIN"
Dr. J. E. Thacker Thinks
Church Needs a Revival of
Sin Large Crowds Con -
tinue In Attendance at
Presbyterian Church.
The largest congregation yet iu at
tendance at the morning services in
progress at the First l'resbyterion church
heard Dr. Thacker Wednesday morning.
The singing wns eiceptioiialiy good n.t
both the morning and the nigal services.
Di Thacker selected his moruing text
from .lames 4 : 17, " To him that knoweth
to do good and doetli it not, to him it
. )
, , ,, , . . ... ,,,, .
ami handled his suh.pvt "()mis-
.spin
iu a convictin gaud coin incing I
j manner sayig that sins of omission are
committed against ourselves, our fellow
' men tunl our God.
: Dr. Thacker will preach tonight and
have for his subject, ' A Revival of Sin ' '
'.Dr. Thacker says "we have heard hi
tmiich concerning the church's need of
! revivals of righteousness that he his
i iiiiie to the conclusion and conviction
that what the church really needs is a
"a revival oi sin All are coruialiy
urged to hear this sermon.
U night
the text was taken from
He t hat In lievet h not is
i i .. ...n
. . .
ilreadv. because he hath
TQI
Udiejvd in the name of the only be
ten Son of ( ;od. ' '
1. The first reus, in is that ho one is
ever lost siiiipllv because he's a sinner.
If that were true, all of us would
lost beyond all hope of recovery.
c ,
"all have siiuu
and come short of the
If your soul is lost
i glory of io l ' '.
I it will Ik1 bivriusi
i Jesus, tin sinner-'
you let use to tru-it I
trieiul an 1 1 1 In sin
'tier's Saviour to save yon. That's
.what Jesus s.ivs in John ." : t ' "Ye'
'will not come to me that ye might have i
life."
j '2. The second reason is because (iil
that'll opened up a plan of salvation, fell
laud free, for every man and woman, boy '
'ind girl here tonight if you will only:
'accept it. Jesus ays I am come that i
'they might have life more abundantly".'
'It the last day that great day of the)
feast Jesus stadd and said, if any man
; whoever he man ! "if any m.iii !
thirst let him
; I n t he las; p
come unto me and drink".
:i&;e of the Bible Cod says'
' Whosoever will
j wafer of life freely,
! vvhii will trust Hun
et
hint take the
Jesus assures all
an evert:
Hasting
sal-
i vat ion int hese w ord.s '
'unto m", I will in no
'Him t hat conn
wise cast out.
i (iod puts ii
of your con" ng t
hindrance in the way !
Jesus and being saved I
even now. tins very hour 11 you will, i persoiutd charge December 1. these are
lie opens up before us a way of life in 'both well known business men of Char
his' own Idoo.l and saith. "This i the 'lotto. Mr. Goodwin has. for some time
way. walk ye in it." "1 am the true been manager of the printing depart
aiul ti e living Way. nr man comet h to 'Inept of Pound Moore and has bt-cn
I bo Father but by ine ". Then he warns ! largely re-pop Ible for iie rapid growth
ns against the broad way of unUdief, j of the printing end of that firm's biisi
jaud tells us that it "hadeth to ilesfrue- lioss.' Mr. Martin is a practical printer
tion. and many there be that go in there jand has also liecn with Pound Moore.
Int." Then he saith to each one 'Prior to his connection with that tinn
'Choose von Hps day whom ve will he managed printing plants in several
serve." Ve make our own choice . other localities, having been at one time
i We are resi,o,.ii.I,. f,.r our own .teslinv.
i 4. Finally
(,.hI puts active agem-irs
work to save us if we will only letV
I Him. He withholds the thunderbolts of
, ..-..it. . I... !... ...... 4l...
sinner may have another opportunity this
night to turn to Jesus if you only vviil.
Don't misunderstand I didn't say that
t i .v. t loves the sinner: and God loves ev
ciy .inner. And Hod so loved every sin-
l'.er that he gave his only begotten Sou
that whatsoever -inner lx-licvcth in Hi 11
-lion'. I not' perish but have everlasting
life. H',t Cud hubs the sin tout d.tm'is
he -inner's so-il. ;uid lie is withholl
111 his wrjith aga"i.-t the si i that t'i'
.sinner may turn :;ifay from Ids' sin
, night and turn unco Jesus aud be
ltd.
tin- 1
sav-le.1
FARMER IS LUCKY THIS
win m qwap nnn ARQ
Infill IU UllU
UULLil0
SAYS N. C. DEPARTMENT
Fortunate for the World That
He Is Used to Discour
agements. HAS BEEN HARD YEAR!
Big Crops That Feed World!
Were Produced at Loss
By Farmers.
. K.M.KIi.ll, X. (.'., Nov. It has
: been fortunate for the world that farm
ers are accustomed to discouragemeut
'and privations. They are encountering
their third year, amt'lin-kv is the farmer
! who swaps his dollars this year. The
crops niai r.re leeuing u.s cheaply were
.produced at a loss by the average far-
mer. ' '
' This statement was issued by officials
: of the Tinted States and Xorth Carolina
'Departments of Agriculture and Agricul
tural KconomicM today in a discussion of
the "Agricultural Situation.''
; 'Practically till crop;, are harvested,
; with vi iy little cotton, jiotatoes and coin
I not housed. Fall grains are short of tin;
! usual in acreage, the dry soil in this Mate
j hindering seeding. With the pasturage
ended, the livestock feeding season be
gins.
"The luoiicy crops cotton, tobacco,
.potatoes, applies and others are pleat F
j ful. Transportation is not fully satis
factory, but quite essential. Labor has
had its shortage felt in many localities,
j' " Compi titive wages ofl'erei! by urban
industries have been felt. Improved city
conditions warrant paying for labor. Tho
1 rural
ind urban wages, as with prices.
are out of lw lance. The effects of Hales
of cotton and tobacco are quite noticea
ble, in urban business. l'otatoes an
bringing absurdly low prices, with no
market at all in many state. Apples
are going to waste in many areas, es
pecially where spraying was not done.
"Cotton gainings arc not showing up
j as high
is expected and prices have gone
to above "5 cents. J he rapid and mis
tained advances ill our dry goods mar
ket, increase in exports of cotton and an
active demand for sunt cotton have con-
j tributed to the advance in price- This
! year 's consumption probably will run
I eonsiderablo ahead of the production . r-
uuciiig materially ine surplus oi comm.
,r. "... 'r r .i
thereby.
i "Trend of livestock prices are up
jwar.l, Ttest beef steers reached .tlM.'i)
'in (ctober, while the average of beef
j steers was .10.7n per H'O pounds. D.
j mauds for feeder cattle have lx-cn good.
Hogs have gone lower, top prices in Chi
f cago Ix'ing tl.".' late in October, or
j less than on October 2.
"Oniy cotton and tobacco have fair
'exchange values, and these are below par
i ii purchasing find and some other com
I modifies. Other crops ill this respect
! look like the scum of the earth, A
tinirtiitn ,.f c.irii oii1:ilfies
j pork buys less than
! as it would iu 1! l.'i.
half n much fuel
Of all commodities
buy lis penent a"!
combined, corn will
much; wheat 7"i; hay tit; potatoes, !. ;
cattle I'.O- hi.L's 7l! : ei?". and butter
: per cent of the quantity they woiim pur
diase before the war period. All farm
products have a relative purchasing pow
er of I't
percent, which is continued
line of
the exchange values." it was
stated.
CHARLOTTE MEN BUY
. LOCAL PRINT SHOP
Messrs. Goodwin and Martin,
of Pound & Moore's, Pur
chase Controlling Interest
In Carolina Printing Co.'s
Business Assume Personal
Charge December 1.
i A deal ha just been consummated
; whereby W. A. Goodwin and Hal C.
Martin, of Charlotte, have obtained the
controlling interest in the Carolina
printing Company. Thev will assume
owner ami manager or me M iioir .vs.
'or l"" "a"
manager of the
Co., of Copper
these men have
their respective
T " ","'
"'"'' . "" "
w'l wo- r p-i lence jii
lines. They state that thev propose toiilar work
give (lastonia a printing plant -second
to none in any town of etual size in !
the State.
I Mr. W. L Walters, -while retaining
Ian interest in the business will devote
OatiJ Allira ( nxn ll 1 ...
..'.-. , ,,',,. i i. i k eiioj,-i t III Ills
office supply and stationery business.
I'ntil the arrival of the new owners,
however, he is managing the business.
In this deal Messrs. '. C. Alsriiethy
and W. H. Patrick sold their interests
HI 11114 OUSliiesd.
I The Carolina Priutiuir Co. i .V new!..
corporation, havimr becu r.s-. nt v form. ,
1 . .1 , . . ,
to take over the l.UMiiess of the
jBruiuic-y-Walters rrintins Couiiiaiy.
475 Miners Are
explosion Uccurs In Uolomite
Mine Of Woodward Iron Co.
Force of the Explosion Was Felt In Birmingham, Nine Miles
Away Many Scenes of Heroism and Pathos as Miners
Are Bought to Surface 83 Bodies Have Been Taken From
Mine Many Negroes Are Among Those Injured State
Militia Is On the Scene.
l:li;.ii.(,li.M.
of removing the
mite mine number
jarl Iron company
Ala.. .Nov. j:;. Wor!;
lead from Dolomite
three of the Wood-
in which 47.1 men
J Were t rapped
j was renewed
by an explosion yesterday,
villi vigor by rescue crews
I aided by uildeitaker 'm assistants
after uaylight. Company onVia
tod iy
est i
I mated that the list of ded miht be iu-
1 creased from S.i. CheckiiiL' of the in-
jurde indicated that the li-t of sixty was
approximately correct. Of the unknown
ded ''' were v.hite ineu while about
per cent of tho in jured are negroes.
Approximately liu men were reported
, to have been injured
d bv t!
blast.
ami
(the other men to have escaped unharmed,
j Seems of pathos about the mine
mouth ilimng the night ami early morn
ing hours continued as relatives an!
families of miners known to have been
iu the mine when the- blass occurred wait
ed expectantly for news of their loved
ones. Many of these men, it was be
lied, had reached the surface in safety
through the runway connecting the mine
with mine number two, and had reen
tered the workings lo help in rescue worn
without communicating with company of
ticials or n latives.
The anxious relatives, however kept
their watch about the mine mouth all
..:.-t. i .
ltlgl!t long, reiusilig in quo. Ilicir posi
I until they learned definitely of hus
j bauds, fathers, brothers or loved ones.
Throughout the night, joyous reunions
'occasionally relieved the sorrowful scenes
j One small r;orl gave a cry of delight as
.a grimy miner (merged, his face smoke
blackened and Ims clothing bearing mute
signs of his sf niggle to reach the surfa'a'
I in safely. As the man came out the lit
I tie girl threw herself into his a tins find
Ithe pair hnvried -off before the
:the man could be learned.
name of
j Another age.) woman is sai
j collapsed as she ereeted two
I to have
sons ;'-
Iter several hours of waiting at the eil
itr.Mic, fearing that both had lost their
lives,
mine
'I'ttit I i.-ti iinit in, viuiiiiuru in tlvil
s thev were making their way out
and learning that the workings were sate j
again ' from poisonous gases, had in-j
slant ly turned back to aid in the sear.h
for other men, thus keeping their motle r
in suspense until they reached the sur- j
face exhausted. j
Stories of herpisin, coiamim in coal
pure ilisastcrs, began to lricKle lo tlie
outside vvorlld early this morning as be
giiiiune.I rescuers came to the surface af
ter long hours of work in the mine.
One rescuer tol l of an unindentilii d
mine foKin.i'i who as"iMoi about him
wheat orlthirv ivuiars and son natter the blast
i took place. (Ti ered all to remain with
hiiu and work on lixing up brattice with
stones and canvas to shut off the drcad-
,1 uner ilamp gas that he lelt suri' was
GOOD MEETING YESTERDAY
Were Guests of
Gillespie at
Armstrong
House Hear
Woman Speak.
Rev. G. R.
Clara-Dunn-Community
Rock Hill
Caston ('ouiity Coeimunily WorkiTs
were delighted with tlie .November mer.
ing which convened at the Clara, Arm
strong and Dunn cnmiiiuuty Iioiim" Thurs
day afternoon' and feel gitatly indebted
to Misses Vaughty Murray and Ciretchen
Fiegeuselmh, who were responsible 'or
the aftevnoon jirogram, in s-'eiiring Miss
Mary 11 I'ni'T, of Rock Hill, to speiK
before the workers, al this tiv.10. .Mi--Fravser
is nt present iu charge of the
Women's club work :.t Aragon, ldiiMrial
and Arcole Mills, of Rock Hid. and
Baldwin Mill, at (liest.-r. S. ('., discuss
ing at length the subject with which hi r
vv hole life is inspired and along lines of
greatest interest to t'i'.s bony, thai et
building mill eonimuiiities and better
ing milt employees, both for the sake ol
tin- worker and the own. r.
Miss Frai r is a graduate of C'oluiu
bia Fuiver.-ity and has srvcihiu wrsl
capacities in connection with the child
laoor bureau 111 Virginia, her mm
ta'e, as supervisor of state work m j
North Carolina ai d for live years in sim- ;
in (ieorgia. noseiiig thorough i
mi l rich experience, iu - thus j
iamn ledge
dealing d
ity ' with human nature. A !
,pirit ot optimism pcrim-atc-t the enure'
address lending riicour.i::e:iieiit h site
spoke ."t length ;' the big pnibleius of j
il. ui.rt mi. I ihe l..i-' t...r r-w results i
'in makin-: mor? efficient (.Hratives and j
U'tter l itiwns. comparing for ex-iu,, ie '
;tw.. mill villages iu Uork Hill mid after ;
i ten long years faithful work fbe wt- J
iiutn s club luS'I trrown rroiu .1 or o lm-iu
'!,.. - , ,,.
transforming
- :! ...1 . 1 -v... . '
viilMge aud taking the major port
, . . .. .. .. .. . n
ll- young people recroiiiou huh mire
,
ii-youiij people's recreation and luter-
CCciUnued cn pae S.J
Trapped When
to follow the explosion. While this work
was goin-r on, according to the rescue
worker, one miner objected to remaining
with the
rest of the men. He argued
i ivith the foreman, and finally savimr that
I he was deti'i-ml ed to try for the en-
i trance l.y hiaiself. began to fight his
! way outward. The rest staved behind
with the foreman and completed tho brat
tice of stones and canvas, when, the fans
! living started up agoiu, the air cleared
sufi'cioiitly to indicate that it was safe
I to tear dow n the tt mvnrary wall, the
foreman led his men out, the body of
Ithe man who refused to stick with the
I rent was found only a fewr feet away
"from the temporary brattice. He had
j become a victim of the gas.
j Tales of numerous single miners who
I hurriedly bui it. walls across niches and
l.oitovva in tin) workings, stopping the
hi'.iks with parts of their own clothing
ind thus saving their lives from tho
'gases, were numerous s rescue squads
J reached the surface.
I It will probably be late today before
, a complete, official check of the dead and
injured will be available, according Ut
i company officials, who remained at tho
mine all night in an effort to relieve tho
minds of anxious relatives.
Many of iit. more seriously injured
may succumb, if r.as said at tho hospital
in Hessemer, where they were taken after
I hey were brought from tho mine last
night.
It was after ni ul night before the state
militia, at thet scene of the
able to clear the district abont the mme
entrance of tho hundred of curious who
l ine to watch the rescue work.
Fourteen men were working within
the mine nbout one mile from tho en-
! trance when f he explosion took placo.
All felt the force of tho blast, entered
a pocket in the wait so Ithe mine and
were rescue duninjured ut 7:20 o'clock
last night.
Shortly before midnight the work f
identification of dend men halted, aa-
j ""'j otlieiuls turning all of their
attention to curing for tho injured..
The jam of automobiles about the mine
during tho late hours last night caused
several colli;. inns, no one being badly
injured, but property damage was heary.
; i ue arrival or naie xroops nnany re
llieved this traiiie jam. j '
! The fiitce of the explosion was felt
i in Hirmiugham, nine) miles distant, tin)
! concnssiioii ls-ing 'distinctly heard in the
J South Highland.! residence district. '
I The list of identified white dead:
Hugh Cornell; Percy Waldrop; Oail
' Piiirehtiehl ; 1). A. Busby; Kugene Ro!
rtson; liobart Justice; Ed Brill; Tom
j Warnick; llerehal Warnick; Same Iluey;
;.lini Scott; Herbert Knight; James Sum
i merlin ; Orady Crovvder, Hubert Early;
I Will Anthony; Lige Stanford.
I
HAS BROKEN BACK BONE
! OF ILLICIT WHISKEY BUSINESS
ASHF.VILLK. X. C, Nov. 23. Fed
jeral off.cials hero today delared that
;the s'ssion of Fnited States district
court now drawing to a e.lose has
"broken the backbone" of illicit whi
key manufacturing and selling in west
ern Xorth Carolina.
Following a concerted drive by pro
hibition officers, Deputy marshals and
sheriffs fjr.-es the past six months
about pno defendants were arrested.
Judge R. Yates Webb disposed of
l.'in cases during this- term of which
nine were senteni d to federal prison,
s-t to jail terms and fines aggregating
.!,,-:M imposed. Only one defendant
was a quitted. Duriug the court sos-'
sion it developed that the "Cut's
Head" section of Henderson county
had vie! led nine stills within an area
of about two quare miles. This was
pronounced the worst, hot-bed of distill
ing in the section. Five men wora con
victed rfom this section, one Wing sent
to prison an I four to jail. Ono woman
was convicted of celling a stilt anil was
fined $500.
Dr. Henry V. (Icon, returne.1 this
mo ruing from Hilton Hid. Ss. C, where
1. 1 nas spent the pa' week on a bunting
trip. Dr. Glenn bagged two fine deer,
one i:f them said to be the largest ever
Hlled at the huiitii' lodge. Other Gns
to:iiaiis vho ar enjiected to return to
night are S. S. Sluiford. Drs. ParkT
.1 McConnell ,nd IT. M Van Sleen.
j From tinie to time through the hunting
season parties of Gasioui?na will go to
1... ton Head.
COTTON MARKET
GAST0XIA COITON
Today's receipts 56 bain
"rice ....
- ..
CLOSING
25c cents
BIDS ON THE
NEW TORIC
MARKET
NKAV YOr.K,
.Xov. f?. Tottiw fit
ly at ' " joints no:
tiir-" e!os d Ste
Deeetn'r J.,.ot: Juuua-y
'.ul'i
r,.n-
. ,-. i .. .', ,
March Jo.4s: May L'j.34; Ju'y
ItXtober 2:s.24; bp-t;