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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 ' ! 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;