North Carolina Newspapers

f 11 DAILY flAZET Weather Fair - Local Cotton 25 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO. 281 GASTONIA, N. C, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 24, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS uASTONIA FEEBLE MINDED WERE KEPT IN CONFINEMENT IN STRIP COAL MINE Fourteen Inmate of Feeble Minded School Kept In Near Peonage. LEGAL BATTLE FOLLOWS i Had Been Inveigled Away From Institution and Set to Work for Nothing. OOI.UMHUS. O.. Nov. 24. (Hy the Associated rres.s) Possibility that a (legal battle in Ohio courts might prove a sequel to the spectacular "rescue" of fourteen fonner inmate of the Ohio in stitution for the feeble minded, from the huiikhouse of a strip mine near Turtld reek, I'a., early yestrrilay, was being considered here today. Declaring that (lie fourteen former in matest liad been inveigled away from the institution ami put to work at the mine for little pay ami under unsatisfactory' conditions, representatives of the Ohio Welfare Department with Pennsylvania State Pulicc, snooped down on the work iugs, bundled the young men into au tomobile anil whisked them over the Htate line into Ohio before eourt aetion to detain them might be started. While no active resistance to the coup whs offered at tin! mine, the return of the men wan followed by a statement at Pittsburg from Frank J. eutz, manager of Rentz I trot hern, the Columbus tin., which operates the workings, to the ef fect that he would icck recourse in Ohio courts. Bent 7. an mm need the former in mate had been "adjudgcr mentally and physically com,etent by reputable jdiy seicianu" and that he had retained at torneys to take legal action in the ease. One of the men taken from (lie Uiiue Mr. Bent, fleelared, had been employed here for seven years, several others for four or five years uild the remainder for seven or eight months. They all came voluntarily, he asserted and were paid regular wages for the work they did. He denied that living conditions at the operations were bad while no ennimcnt on Mr. Bentz' proposed action was avail able here today. Director MacAyoal. of the state de partment of welfare, in an announce ment last tibrht declared the incident cloned so far as he was concerned, lie would not prosecute the Kcntz company, MacAyeal said, because it was probable that if could not he proved that force was U"ed to take the young men from Columbus. Statements of the boys" whoaecording to the wol I'a re department officii! 1a range in ape from IS to 10, were to the effect that thev had been in duced to go to Turtle Oeek by promises Of high wages ami ''a good time". The return of the fourteen state wards to Columbus marks the conclusion or' month sof effort, it was said at the well fa re department. The situation was brought to light, here last August and Hinee that time negotiation with various branches of the Pennsylvania SSI ate Gov ernment have been carried on. After con ferenees with virions agencies, co-op eration of the Pennsylvania State police was assured, if was said, and the raid jdanned in order that long delays through court action might i,o avoided. Today the "boys" were back at the' institutions hen- and at Orient working on the jobs they had before they de parted. TO SUE FOR MONEY LOST IN WAR CANTONMENTS WASHINGTON, NOV, 24. A series of suits for recovery of moneys expended for construction of war cantonments has beendecided on at the next step in the governments campaign against alleged fraudn under war contracts. The number of suits to be filed has not been definitely decided but it was indicated today that a dozen or more aeperate actions were in prospect.. The initial cases are to involve construction of camps in central states. N The tirst group of four suits in which action is to Is- instituted the government seeks to recover a total of .t-l,o"0."jO0. The Camp Upton suit involving .fli.OOO, 000. the Oinip Jackson unit. $(),.)( M),onu the Camp Sherman suit o.ono.OOi) and the Camp Kunstou suit .,000.iU)tl. Unofficial estimates place the total bum that will be sought in all of the re eovery suits contemplated at more than $".",000,(100. In tine camp costing OpO.OOO auditors were said to have found indications of an excess expenditure of $5,000,000. The decision of tahe department 'of justice to institute legal action for re covery of these sinus resulted from an investogation of more than a year by At-' torney (iem ral Dauglitery and his as sistants, reachiuing into every part of the United States, 'What minor actions may grow out of the litigation depart ment olTi.ials will rii predict -but they iuv 'indicated that- the whole scries of uits when complete would present one of the most swelling .-unl far reaching irosecntions ever to be insituted in the name of the federal government. It is revealed by the sums to lie named for recovery in the first four suits de cided on that u large iH-rcetitnge of the total spent in these instance sfor Camp construction daring the war is held by the justice department to be recoverable, la one case more than half of the whole cost of the .ramp is. declared l.y the in- vest ign tiny officer to Lave bem fraud ulently expended. ' ...? ..... The cost of C ...... . fes-.- eminent t. 370.MMI. while Camn tshermau cost 1 S. '2 17. &:. Camp Ja.-k 1 '"V"l." . l" u" P' . cai.; . - . . . ... . 1 ... fill ni-ivinc. Hi ?ll".0'Ht ami lamp t-uustoti ?ll,-' 71. ".."-(I. In all more than l"0,'Kiu separate con ( Five Victims Of Clover Kive of the victim of William O. Kuirie. who t - i muiik I; at ('lover. i..' i ,iin,r i.v.i i tiers i.rnl whose trial for til e murder of one of ! ii,. f,.,., ifi tn rii - M-iiMliii- in th- vaid of h-f home: Z) Newton Taylor, who also received a d-ulh wound. reftpoiiHihilitr tn villi, h .m- Katie's will fa. e tlrst: (3) Miss Oertrnde Tajlor. :.nc.t UK whi, was en.)Usly. but not fatally iMjiii-.-.l (t) Clan. I- Johnson, relative of the Taybu s. who was killed as he stood id tin U.Jor of the Taylor borne v.-h-i-e he roomed; (3) Kred Taylor, who ie..;ve.t ;l death wound as h- n d viih-hiI down the street to Hie sli.iotintr. The shootimr was the result or a eiiiidr. partteip: ite. I. and resulted in the . .. .. ERSKINE CHiLDERS, THE CHIEF LIEUTENANT OF DEVALERA, IS EXECUTED Put to Death for Automatic Pistol Person. Having On ENGLAND IS SURPRISED Next to De Valera Was Most Important Person In Ireland. DI'LiLIX. .Nov"' 24. (By the eiated Press.) Krskine Childers, ieutenant of Kaniou . de . Valera, sso cbief was . executed here today'. The fate of Chiders has leeu hanff infT in the balance for several days, while court actions were being fought out over his military trial, but with the adverse finding by the master of the rolls yesterday on applications for a vtay of judgment the feeling that seemed to prevail in Dublin lat eve ning was that- the next thing heard of Outliers would be the news of his execution. This belief is thought likely to have inspired heavy attacks which were made on National Army posts in Dublin throughout the night. All the attacks were abortive. He was executed at 7 o'clock this morning for having had an automatic pistol in his jmssossion, it is announced in an official bulletin given out by the National Army. The brief army reports states tb.-it Holders was tried by a miiltary court at Portobello barracks, Dublin, Xovem - tier l. charged with being in posses sion without proper authority of auto matic pistol when apprehended by Na tiona forces November 10, at Aunanioe Home, county Wicklow. The- ncctixed. the report adds, was found guilty and sentenced to death and the rinding and sentence being uly confirmed, the exe cution was carried out this morning. LOS ANGELES JUDGE HARD ON SPEEDERS Los Angeles, Nov. 24. Thirtv-one - 1.. 1 - (jvikuus, including' one woman, were ;n i: . . less driving, hrimrincr nn trw ?; thn is jnii ivvii v iiii m hi i nir jtnfi rorir. total to receive such sentences in the!,ho,M1 w a 1,;",,,st- 1 ,H' Los Angeles nolieo ennet thu WMt ! taries teach the same thin Fifty alleged offenders were noti- Hiodlam on Homans. Red to appear for pleading tday. The subjects of Baptism. Only "If we cannot get all of the speed-; 1 in ,ll' Ninv Testament are com ers in the courtroom we will adiourn 1 "landed to be baptized who repent as to a vacant lot," announced Police ' 'i Peter's sermon on the day of Pente--Judge Joseph l Chambers. cost or those w ho lielieve. an in Matt. " I am sending speed maniacs to.j2S:1 to 2., ami Mark J:l. There is jail because that is where they be-1 no instance in the No w Testament of long." . Jany-. baptism except to those who r- A report' was current today that I pent and lielieve. the campaign to end speeding had 3. The Purpose of Baptism. This is resulted in the offenders hiring prox-i three fold : ies to servetheir sentences. ' (1). Bv the immersion in waler the I have heard some speeders are Idlers in Pershing Square to go to jail for them." said a deputy city oro.seeutor. "The pay is said to be $5 a day." 'I shall call the court's attention to this and if the report is true, I shall ask that drastic action be taken." Son Francisco, JCov. 24. The Cali ; fornia state automobile - association has appointed 200 members in San . Francisco to co-operate with the San ! Francisco police department in re- porting traffic law violations by au- . - , , , , - ls- .r'l" lt1""11 "' wa. . . I rices wem to he among the many j things niaile of rulder. When they Lit ithe bottcji tLey Oouulu If " ' r - M vn:. II -SK llujll II V2- -f- &Z "A " P - ' ' - SI--.-" ' V '' -n-itt ht Hip victims arc: (1) Lela Taylor, noar extoriiunnti.ei ni i lie iuviir uinii. . .i... 'i'. ,..1.... r.....;i.- Univ. Of Washington Girl Wore Trunks SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 23. Miss iulia Durrent, sophomore at the niversity of Washington, is out of athletics at that institution for the rest of this quarter, it is unofficially reported, because a newspaper print ed a photograph of her wearing run ning trunks like those worn by male track athletes. Miss Julian Boone, Miss Velda Cundiff and Miss Katherine Bailey were called before a faculty com mittee with Miss Durrant, all having appeared in the same photograph and Miss Boone having been dressed just like Miss Durrant, It is said that all except Miss Durrant ex pressed contrition and that she de clared she was in a movement to broaden athletics for girls at the University and that she would fight it out to the end. According to Miss Mary Gross, head of the University department of physical education for women, a jumper bloomer suit of serge is the limit for girl athletes. BAPTIST BIBLE MEETING COMES TO CLOSE TONIGHT The Bible conference at the tist church will close tonight, will sneak tonight on "New First l!ap l)r. Davis Testament Communion" and Dr. Vipperman vvii speak on ''The Perpetuity of .New Testa ment Churches". The conference has been a splendid success. It is the tirst of its kind in -this section and was, there fore, an experiment to home extent. The lectures have been both profound and instructive and highly enjoyed bv all 1 v''10 have heard them. l'1'- Davis' subject last ! " New Testament Baptism night and he was aid in part: "If a man does not wish to learn ,the truth of the Lord from the Holy .Scripture, he dins not wish to learn it j at all. "To the law and to testimony: 'if they Kjieak not according to this word, lit is because there is no light in them, j The subject will be treated under live 'points: I. The meaning ot the words " bap - tize ' ' and ' ' baptism . eoaraid.ers, both of . All great lesi - assieal dreek and i of the New Testament, give the meaning as dip, immerse, submerge, or their equiv - lelent. See Thayer. Lid Kolniisn and IVinegan, rent Columell as Sandy and person is taught to see in his previous condition a state of moral uncleanliness. deTilement. and the only way to be cleansed is by the washing in the blood i of Christ through His death which is thus figured in the baptism. s (-) It is to commemorate the death, burial and resurrection of our Lorl ' Jesus ' Christ, and to symbolize the be-! 1 lievers death to the old life and his spir : itual resurrect ion to u new life in (.lirist. ISeo Koman (!:1 and following. (:;). T declare the jK-nitent iieiiever s acceptance of the terms of salvivtion. io much emphivsisi was laid on this purpose in the New Testament that when a man wan baptized he was regarded a the.i .'nid there and by that act as having ac cepted Christ. See Gal. .'!-27. 4. . If one has received an invalid (Co&UilUi'i ua. l'ii3 .) i Tragedy S. '., in SeptemSei-, killina them liejjiiiK in urk. S. C. four thin who w.n mortally 'wounded Willi" ouairei to wiiicn ill" inner people CLEMENCEA'U SECOND FORMAL ADDRESS WILL BE IN TREMONT TEMPLE Tiger of France t, I Thor oughly Enjoying Com motion Raised. PLEASED WITH REPORTS Has Been Invited to See Two Football Games On Saturday. BOSTON, Nov. L'4. (By the Associa ted Press 1. George Cleiicuceuu, war premier of France , was up a dawn to day putting the finishing touehrs on the isecond formal address, of his American tour which he will deliver at 1 o'clock 'his afternoon in Tremont Tfcmple. .Seated before his inevitable pot of riiS with his batter skull cap on 'it angle, he worked for more than , an hour on his notes at a small table in the home of F. 1.. Higginson, Jr. .What be doe-, with the notes after he i has prepared them no oneknows. j lief reshed by his night 's sleep the ! Tiger apiwared oven more jubilant to day ythau he was yesterday over tin' .enthusiastic, respetion given him by Bos ton and the other cities between here and New V'trk. ; He declared that even if his "mis sion'' of winning American hearts for France failed which lie was confident it. would not he would treasure the memories of the welcome he had had on this last mission of his life". There is nothing on the Tiger's pro gram for today excyd the speech. But -what he would do no one in hi party : could say. Yesterday he declared he had Wanted to see Bunker Hill ever since his visit to America ;"7 years ago and it was not improbable that he wou!d summon Colonel Stephen Bonsai, tour ' condin tor. and demand to be taken ther--! immediately. Faneuil Hall, the " cradl" i of liberty", was another point he hoped 1 1 visit. I Be has been invited to twof ootball i ;,ines on .Siturday the Brown-Dart mouth "ame at Cambridge, and the Yale- i llnrvard uame at New- Haven. He wants 11 and iScott.lto see both but it is uncertain whether not oee . of I he will be able to attend either. The Tiger's interest in American uni versities, keen fro nit he start was great ly auguineuted yesterday when he saw an dheard cheerii g -is-tion from Yale and Brown in action as he passed through New Haven and rrovmence. 'It makes me think of the old dayt when 'I "was a school boy.'' he said. FORMER CHAPMAN NOW ' ACTING AS EXECUTIONER Fort" Madison, Iowa, Nov. 24. Sher iff W. E. Robb, war chaplain of the 1 168th infantry, and until recently ! pastor a Ics Moines church, sprang the trap at the hanging f ! Orrie Cross, at the state penitentiary here today. The parson-sheriff also snrang the trap at the execution of Eugene Weeks, on September 15, convicted with Cross of the murder of George A. Fosdick, a Des Moines grocer. The Iowa law places the dpty r.f uctinir as executioner upon the sheriff of the county in which the crime was committed. Sheriff Robb left Fort Madison im 'mediately after the execution for Dubuque, where he will deliver a lec ture tonight.' THE WEATHER and Saturday, .colder, j Fair tonight I fiost tonight. STATE REFUSES TO ACCEPT VERDICT OF GUILTY WITH RECOMMENDATION OF LIFE SENTENCE FOR BILL FARIES Shot At Burglar But Hit Engineer Lumbcrton, Nov. 22. H. P. Ritner, an A. C. L. engineer, was . shot and probably fatally wounded while sitting in the cab of an en gine at Elrod, Robeson, county, at 12: IS o'clock last night.. The bul let struck the engineer near the heart and he only has a slim chance of recovering. R. H. Peele, Elrod merchant, was placed under a (10,000 bond today as a result of the shooting. He ad mits tiring three shots at somebody who he thought was trying to break into his store.. Peele, who is 70 years old, sleeps in rear of his store near the railroad track, he was awak ened, he says, by somebody trying to break into the front door.. He rush ed to the front of the store and fired three shots, the train was standing on the main line and was ready to pull out when the engineer was shot. Ritner wai taken to a hospital in Fayettevillc. The Day's News At A Glance Death mier of illg the of Baron Honnino, twice Italy and foreign minister last war. lire dur- Hugo St i inns announces ministry should receive tlm every German. Tublin blieves King ieorge's speech indicates that Anglo-Irish treaty will be ratilied without important changes. Lady Astor clashes with laborites in British House of Commons and a I - though a good conservative, warns that she will vote against government, if' proper hoaxing proposals ure defeated. Inns asserts that plain are under i wny for reunion of Asquithinn and: Lloyd (ieorgo liberals. I Friends are. concerned for welfare ', o Annie MaisSwiney, who has kept vigil outside of Mount Joy prison in Dublin, where her sister Mary is still fasting. Fate of Krskine Childers, de Vah ra's lieutenant, who hasi been denied a writ of habeas corpus, apparently rests with Richard Mulcnhy, minister of defense. ' National Grange in session at Wichita. Kas.. unanimously tmnoses sales tax in any form. Pennsylvania troopers agents remove fourteen help Ohio weak-iujnded youth from strip mine near Pittsburgh and "boys' are back in old ipiartcrs in Ohio institutions. Mayor llylnn from French Lick Springs. I ml..- telegraph Police Coin mitinioner Kn right to "drive Ku Klux Klan out of New York before it gc.i foothold. " Kthcl llarrymore will vie with Cowl in portrayal of "Juliet" in YoYrk theaters. Jane New lioston gives Clenienceau a great re ception and journey -from NNew York is a triumph for noted visitor. Organizer of machinir-t.s arrested at New Haven and railroad charge plot to cripple. Yale Harvard football trains. ANNUAL PARISH SUPPER A DECIDED SUCCESS Rev. George Floyd Rogers Principal Speaker st Delightful Meeting of Episcopal Laymen Here Last Night. The aiuiual parish supper Mark's Kpisi-ojial church was In parish house last i -veiling, tbc Ix'ing taxed to its full seating of M. Id in th building eaiacitv. A delicious supper of turkey, rice, pens, delicate pastry, cheese and code was ser ved by the Woman's Guild, assisted by the Young People's League. Mr. A. G. Manguin was toast master and grace vva aid by the Key. J. JSanders (idiiard. Jiunug the tirKt course a cordial groel- f j,IJf ruu, t)lC hiymeu of Oiarlotte was given happily by president of the 1 drew. This was Mr. D. K I-aidgTen. rothcrhooil of t. An followeil dnrin"' the .second course bv an .'iddrehs by Mr. ilui nard. The l!ev. ieorc troduced by T!ev. Kb -yd JJoyers was in j. v. v. joimsou as ttie li-u- Pm'l nr ot Kf 1'nti.rs u-lw.ss w.a-i. ble service in Virginia was Jtnown jht-Wednesday morning, lro.M the .lid sonallv to the rector of; t. Mark '. Mr. eha.t. r of bVvcl.-,t , ..,,( 4;i vrrne. Roger's address, tilled with keen and si- :"T1hci Hast a IV w Names Lven in tir ..; , i., ...,f :.. dis Which Have Not Defiled Their Gar- spires and the appeal to the heart, full of pathos iu the telling r-d of conviction for the 1..V.- of inai.Kind, was H call to the highest service for the forward work of the Master Kingdom Jind crealed in hi.. hKuvN n lf,r,.or V.,..l..l.. ,.f flu. field of service to which, as loyal church- j in 'ti they would consecrate themselves, j It was an intensely interesting addre nd everyone enjoyed the privilege o : I heamg biui. STORM WARNINGS. AVashincton. Nov. 21. Storm warn 'ing.s remained displayed today on thej Atlantic coast at and north of Cape! Jllatteras, , Clover Man On Trial For Life In York Court; Testimony Will Not Be Completed Before Saturday "mm si .5 Several States Represented Amons the Many Visitors at Thursday Luncheon Trinity College Glee Club Pleases Rotarians. Featured b. the addition of a large number lit' v isitnrs, including the mem-' j hers of the Trinity college ilee Club, the! : presence of several Charlotte Kotarian-i, 'and visiting ministers in (iastonia, the! 'local Rotary Club had a most ciijoynh'c meeting Thursday at noon at the Conn- try Club. There were exactly one hun- drcd present. Included among the nuai i her wen: .at piesiddits of two North Carolina Rotary clubs. Will Lambeth, i f I I Hiuh l'oint and I'erin Ouarles, of Char I lottc past The club , besides Ab Myers and Joe tepari, presidents of the lastimi.i club, present president of the liarlotte Norman I 'cane was also a guest. that Cuno! Other guests from Charlotc were Brent support of ll'rane and (luy Myers who came In lias tonia for the specilic purpose of attend- ing the local luncheon, they having misl ed tin: regular (liarlote meeting 'Tuesday. The Charlotte club is in a membership contest with the Troy, N. V Club and every member is inakin,; a desperate eirort. to keep his membership record per fect. Another feature of the meeting was a talk on China by Mr. K. W. Mathenson, of Reidsville, with the Brit ili Aiaei ii an Tobacco Company for mmie time as agent in China. loo epatii v.as m charge ot tile tiro cram tor the iiuy, windi consisted prin cipally of short talks from several of the visitors, including lr. ,1. K. Thacker, of Norfolk, 'a., Mr. Tims. B. Roddy, of Clmttaiiooga, Teun., and Br. IJ. C. Uavn, of Albemarle and selections by the Trin ity college glee Hub. .Mr. Mathcvsoii talked very interest- . ingly or i nitie.e (Ustoins ami naiiiis ami i 'tave H..:ne impn-sinn of Cliinn as l e j gained them from a resilience union;; 'the Chinese. I'rs. Kavis and Thuc'.t.'r delighted the Rotarian-, with a few hum ;oroiM stories. Mr. Freeijan Twaddei!, sixteen year old Trinity college Modem, ' and capable niano performer gave the club some tine selections It wax announced that tftere would be j no meeting next, regular meeting yivin I lay. week on account of the j dav falling on Thanks- j THACKERS TO HOLD TWO GREAT MEETINGS SUNDAY j Dr. Thacker to Address Menj and Boys Mrs. Thacker toj Talk to Women and Girls i at Main Street Methodist Church. i IV. held i May I dress especially great lie i iastonia next Jsuu i'xoii Thacki r will on The Human T I'llll-s ay v.! diver null will be cu Mrs. her :id to wo M. K. unl Dr. I nreach men oiilv in tie am tt rovi liurcli, Nonth. Krnest Tha.-ki to nun only in i church, h: V' ig it :.;o o'clock r. evangelist, v i I Hie hirst Pres l vTi'ri:in for his subject What (constitutes a I'ooi", this ! held :it II .-OO o 'rlo -i. in i Tin ., B. i.'oddy may lead meet ill ti irder that Mr. j t he si n gi u g it j Ijotli Inert inus. i A representative congregation of c I en re 1 1 i.-eii and women heard I'r. I ha-.-k-cr at the I 're d.yt eria li church Wednes day ii! "in'mg. Whiie the morning con grvj.-a'ion during this series of wrvices ba".e been above the average in attend ance s(i! there ha- been a. feeling. T i-e.ssildv a ,-ii.tu::i peculiar to tiastoni.t. that peo:i!e do nor i-ni'H numbers in the morniu out in as lai.'" as do in ti.-.. I -a f ti.ruooli, when hoiiseii mid cares and Usually brushed business worries r jasiiie and nicii and women eel I hey have (the time at their disposal. The many Christians who do make efforts to ;i' iton.l are alivavs rewarded with -a splru- 'lid alio l.iid and iioiifting sen.'.on. Choosing a s 1,r-. 1 ha.-ker s.-,id. I here wen.. hm-Matts even m Mru:s, wiih-it i ,,':"1 ,"' spasc-t and sins, who; ; '"" -t'l rior to ciiviortuneut. w--h . ,,':"',, l"- Kir,t: T":it ' is might i-r than his ciruunfta rices. The' pirif 'f S;rdis is abnxid in the laud U l.iy. Tei-iptaiiotis in busiucsj, in socie ty, in our own nearis. . couunuai war of tlesh against the spirit and God rs : .i ts us to ris- .s.i'ietior to our circum ! staia-e-i. It was only after Militou vias S blinded rvnl .loiin r.uu.'.an ia iri::m t L;. 1 j ,l-;,.a.J l.ot ri'grim " . i'n me to t.iess toe -. tyrvwi: j tciitptatton is uo excuse lor xatiuxv. (CctuiUL'd ca pass 8.. uLlUniL.1l olUNu (It WORRY OR UNEASINESS Sheriff's Deputies Keep Close Watch On All the Spectators. , HARD TO GET JURY Scores of Women Relatives of Both Sides Are In Attendance. ( YORK, S. C, Nov. 24. The jury to try William Faires was obtained shortly before one o'clock today after 44 talesmen had beea exam ined. Hamilton Witherspoon, the twelfth jiiror, was accepted despite his statement that he thought if reports were true Faries should be "hung." William H. Dunlap, a farmer, i3 foreman and there are nine farmers and three carpenters on the jury. Mrs. James M. Tay lor, mother of the dead boy, New ton Taylor, was the first witness to testify for the State. She stated that Fades killed her four children because of a children's s quarrel, saying, "This row might" well le settled now." Then he started shooting, striking Newton Taylor, Cland Johnson, Lela Taylor, Polly Taylor, Gertie Taylor and Fred Taylor in the order named. Cross examination of Mrs. Tayor was begun at three o'clock. YORK. S. C, Nov. 24.Charged with the murder of Newton Taylor, twelve years old, at Clover Septem ber 6, William C.s Faries went on trial tor his life at 9:30 this morn ing, hundreds of spectators trying to get standing room in the court room. The prisoner, dressed in a new dark grey suit, his old black slouch tat in his hand, was brought inio court half an hour before the trial opened. Several friends greet ed hiru and he returned the greet ings with a curt nod, no smile break ing the prison pallor of his counte nance. Six juisrs had been secured at eleven o'clock, eight of the talis men having been refused for various causes, most of them because they admited they had formed an opinion based on newspaper reports. Three of Faries sons sat beside him. Numerous other relatives of his were just outside the rail The Taylor clan headed by James M. Taylor and wife, parents of the slain youth, occupied seats across the aisle from tfc? Faries kindred. Spectators were not searched for concealed weapons but sherifi'a dep uties kept a careful watch on all. Faries' air of calm demeanor which has characteriied him since the quadruple killing was with him still. There was not the slightest sign of nervousners or worry in his carriage and ronduct. It wai not considered bkely that the jury will be completed before before dinenr recess at 1:30. Testi mony will not be completed before tomoirow. Defense counsel . last night offered to submit to verdict of guilty with recommendation to mercy which would carry sentence of life imprisonment, but this the state refused.. Scores of women rel atives of irttercsted parties were amor.; spectators present this morn ing. York. F. C, Nov. 23 The trial of William C 1 at'es, 60-year-old textile worker, for the murder of Newton Taylor, one of the nleged four victims of Fa i ies' rpmpage at Clover, Septem ber 6, w ill begin at 9:30 o'clock in the morning, Judge James E. Peurifoy this afternewin refusing n change of venue, then for a continuance of the case to the A pi il .term of court. Both rhuuons were based crt the ground that the inflamed state of pub- (Continued on p?ge 8.) COTTON MARKET, GASTONIA COTTON ! Receipts today U rice .. . ....... . .32 bale 2Jc cent CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORX MARKET " x V YOIiK Nov -1 ofon futJre ; Mar. iduil gtcidy, 23 j tint up. 1Vl.0J.,,,ol. jau Mar, io, f 23.5 'l'3.C7; bioi 2j.U, July - -17j Oct,