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r FITS Weather Fair Local Cotton 25 Cents 11 iu VOL. XLIH., NO. 282 GASTONIA, N C, SATURAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 25, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS 1A SIIADOV'OF WAR IS OVER ALL EUROPE SAYS MRS. MEBANE, HOME FROM TOUR ; Prominent North Carolina Woman Back Home From Trip to Europe. YALE-HARVARD GAME, OUTSTANDING TODAY ATTRACTS 76,000 PEOPLE FATE OF WILLIAM C. FA1RES WILL BE IN HANDS OF JURY LATE THIS AFTERNOON 1 c100 COTTON MILLS UNREST IS EVERYWHERE All Europe Look to America ' At Rior RmtKr ta World. .CPBAT, X. C, Nov. 23- (By the As - soeiated Press) "The shadow of war or rather that of the peace fhlcU is not . poadc is over "all Europe"" ?v j This statemeut was" made to The As soeiated Press today by' Mrs. B. Prank Holanc, of Spray, Mho has just returned from a tour of Europe and-a seetmd visit , a J tho guest of King Ferdinand and Queen Marie, of ftouniania. . "Almost everywhere we went on the i continent," she said, "we found eoudi ! tions of unrest, cither active and seeth : ing in some countries or tho people hope lees and embittered in others. "Austria probably is the most apath eticVienna is like the' husk' ot its lot mcr brilliant self once a beautiful eity, filled with life, light and gaiety, but now i t city of gloom and depression. The I people of the upper classes are in nbso ' lnte want and tlio street are filled with I beggars. ) "Ten thousand kronen were paid for 1 a copy of a New .York novspaier and many hundred thousand for a seat at the ; opera. , ,- "And the 'end is not yet. Ail look to ' America, now a big brother to the world in distress, for help. To be an American today on the continent of .Europe, is to be regarded us the fortunate of the earth. To possess Americau money, cither greenbacks or gold, is to lie, ' be yond the dreams of avarice.' I "That order will be brought out .-of ' chaos sooner or later, one must believe, or it would be unbearable. .'.-,. " "Meanwhile, if there is a disgruntled ', American who fwls at times his native land Is no longer 'the land of tho free,' let him take a trip to disrupted, desolutc Kurope, and the troubles and fancied injustices, which loomed so black and forbidding when at home, will fold their tents like the Arabs and as silently steal awav.V 1 "One of the hest tilings aoouc goin-j abroad," she. said," is coming home again. 50,000 WILL SEE ARMY ; NAVY FOOTBALL GAME High Dignitaries In Army and Navy Service Will See Game Teams Are About Evenly Matched. PHILADEPHIA, Nov. 2.". Football warriors the the United States Naval Academy at .Annapolis anil the United States Military Academy nt West Point were up early today eager for their great battle on Franklin Field this afternoon before fifty thousand or more people,- in eluding Vice President Cooli.lge, hcere taries Weeks and Dcnby of the Army and Deuby of the Army and Navy, Gen eral Pershing and officers of high rank of both services. " Jt maked the re.turn of the battle to Franklin Field for the first time since 131 1. Tho cadets. young giants, Veterans, ., heavy, fast and milx-ntHi -faced in tli J Midshipmen a smaller, faster group, for whom more individuality was claimed; a team that did not. come up to its full power until the season was well over but who nevertheless came through with victories over aU 'opponents except the University of Pensylvnnia. First the. Army pud then the Navy had their final workout on Franklin Field yesterday. Both practices wer se cret.': Captains of both teams, Conroy, of the Navy and Breidster of the Army, indi cated that it would be the hardest sort of game imaginable. West Point lias shift play fur its backs and a high class forward passiny game. lu Smythe, quarterback, anil Wood at full back, the C-trtcia nrn m-nll rnuniiilied with the oerials. Wood also is a great runner, but not a ma non the Army team has shown tahe power of Barchet, Navy full back, at carving the ball. Sport writers analyzed the case thns: To halt Navy's rame. tli Arinr must stott Harehet. To check Army's play the Midshipmen mus bar the way to Wood. - Both Jhc famous Navy goat and the equally celebrated Army mule, mascots of the two teams, wi-re ready for their ' parts today. . " . COTTON MARKET GASTONIA COTTON Receipts Today Price 27 bales 25c cents CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET 'NEW. YORK, Nov. lV.. Cotton in j ture closed stiitdv. Jan. 2-VjS; Mar. 2.".70; May. 2"7 July 2j.2j; Dec. 2Z.:2; fpOts '20.70. " The above cat is a reproduction of a trade mark for Gaston county. The drawing was made from a picture carried in The Gazette some weeks ago of one of our cotton mills with enough changes made to destroy its being recognized aa any particular building. This design, la being 'put in a high grade paper as a water mark, advertising Gaston county. The number of cotton mills will be changed from time to time so as to keep up with the stride of our county. This was made a county design for the reason that it can be used in any of the towns of the' county such as Belmont, Mt Holly, Cherryville, Bessemer City, Dallas, and even by the farmers on the rural routes, thus carrying the fame - of Gaston county to every part of the world, wherever a two-cent stamp will carry a letter. This design was gotten up by the Brumley Printing Co., of this city. The paper is now in the course of manufacture and will be in their hands in a few weeks. A small order was givn for the purpose of seeing whether or not the citizens wished to co-operate in the advertising of our county, and if the demand justifies a more boun- tiful supply can be secured. The Chamber of Commerce went on record some months ago as favoring the using of a water mark as an adver tising feature for, the county. Stuart W. Cramer To Build2000- Loom, Weave Mill at Cramerton Manufacture Finished Goods Capital Stock Will Be $1,000,000 Represents Forward Step In Gaston County Manufacturing Construction Will Begin As Soon as Possible Will Make Fancy Finished Colored Goods To Be Built Upon HARLOTTE, Nov. ,24. The May Mill, Inc., at Cramerton, will, build a weaving mill .in connection with its pros; cut, large spindlenge plant, to utilize the fancy yarns which are now being turned out and" manufacture them into goods, the contemplated east of the additions to be not less than $1,000,000. '-' r - ' The capital stock of Mays Mill, Inc., is $2,000,000. This will be increased" to $3,000,000 at once in order to take care of the eont of tho new facilities in tho way of additions to the mill. : Fir the present it is not the purpose of tho officials of the mill to add to tin 00,000 spindles iu tho -plant, but to build a Weave sited in which will bo installed eventually 2,000 glooms. The additions will be built npon the unit plan anil thi construction of the weave shed will be the rest of what is expected to be a pro gressive development program to bo un dertaken by the company. Tliis is one of the first steps beinj taken 'tmoiig Southern manufacturers, it is explained, to add further manufactur ing processes to their manufacture of yarns. For the most part Southern mills in the (iastonia section manufacturing yarns, "sell, the products to finishing plants located at vnrious Eastern centers for final processing, the finislied goods being turned over to the markets from these factories rather than from the fac tories- making the yams which entered into them. -. ' &' ' 1 The products of Mr. Cramer s mill t Cramorttin have been finding their -way into simie of the most eminent plants maintained in the eoiintry for finishing, the character of yarns lieing made in his plant lH'ing of au exceptionally fine vari ety. They have been absorbed by manu facturers of fiue fancy colored goods in the New England or other Eastern cen ters. It is the purpose now of Mr. Cramer to build a plant th'-it will take the yarns from his mill and develop it into the same -sort of fancy finished colored goods arf have been turned out by factories afar, j selling tho finished product Hmself di-1 Tins will bo o.,c of the first mills n I the tooth to undertake what is tcchui , tally known as process . manutactunng. : Mr. Cranier ud r.day that the con- st ruction ot the new loom plaut at Cra- i; sss " b.rs thep i limit in operation by next summer as the) first of what may lie gradual development of fancy cloth manufacture to be under taken by his company. Mr. Cramer, the head of Mays. Mill, Inc., has long been regarded as one of . tithe most eminent textile authorities and. manufacturers in the Lnitea ttates. . ; For 2."i years up to a few years ago he was engaged as rfiill architect and de signer and during that period cither dc-' signed or built a third of the textile man-1 ufacturing plants in the South. He was the inventor and developer of ; the Cramer system of air conditioning and regulation in cotton , mills, having' nM patents on this invention a few years ' l .ir,i in the l'arks-t Tamer company uerc j-ril-g SySteui is popularly regarded as tho, i jof its fort obtaining among South-, lern cotton mills at this time. Mr. Cramer-baa liwn the president of ,j,c American Cotton Manufacturers As si i:tt ion and is now looked upon as oiu (lf tIl)( lmM,t c,mKpi(.m,us, figures L thai one ' that ' organization. ll" is now auu has licea i for the inst teu ve:ir chairman of its ; legislative comuuiltte and is also ehair- Unit Plan. -... - r .. man of the National committee of the Association. 'Mr. Cramer also served two years as president of the National Council of the American Cotton Manufac turers and is now joint president of that organization which represents all the tex tile interests of the United States. Rob ert Amory, of Hostou, president of the National Association of Cotton Manufac turers is the other president of the N.i-' tioual Council. During the war Mr. Cramer served as a. member of the Federal Tax Advisor., Hoard which f mictioned to make and to interpret the regulation of all taxes un der the bureau of iutcrual revenue.' , Dur ing the past two days he has figured prominently in Washington also as chair man of the yarn section of the Consolida ted Tariff Commission in framing the tariff schedules on cotton which, have bnen , incorporated in tho Fordney-Mc- Cumber tariff act as recently passed by Congress. At Cramerton which Mr. Cramer lias devolopcd practically on his own unsup ported initiative is one of the most highly develojrt'd mills und mill villages in the whole country, according to many who have visited it from the New F.ng land States and other sections. t In addition to a plant that is modern in alt particulars, with tne latest ma ichincry designs and unique structural r,.u npi.ti f r 4S".mip l.nilf f liia nail ' ( ......roximatelv 1.000.000 a village for his operatives tho homes of each family being equipped with water, light and other modem conveniences, fuel being furnished to them at cost as well as many other essential commodities in their daily living. In the village arc thirteen driven wclLs from which a supply of pure water is furnished the operatives. A chicken farm is also maintained at the village bv Mr. Cramer and from this chickens iand eggs arc sold to the ojertives at - 1he ' rolui.1(1 of tlu go t0 th 0l.cupii'nfH t w!iat it wt u itors Man c uh investi to the rise of it, . industry, generally go to , rt (,uri K.ir rseUr,ion an,, . im ,1,i..,.u. .... w . & - I WINGS WOULD MAKE HOP TOAD GREATER ASSET. WASHINGTON, Nov." 24. If only the "hop toad" had w-ings, he would be a wonderful "bird." The lowly creature is valuable to gardneis, greenhouse owners and golf course guardians in helping to curb numbe:s of insect pests, but because he can't fly, the Bilogical , Survey of the De partment of Agriculture says he isn't of much economic importance. But, the Survey declares, the toad should not be destroyed for a certain proportion of his daily diet consists of injurious insects and other pests of growing plants. An analysis of the contents of the stomach of 500 com mon toads brings the report that whilel' the findings in regard to the toad's chofce of food are of interest, the toad is not of economic import1 ance because he can't fify- Like Knights of Old the Grid iron Warriors Meet Today Spectators Come From Ends of the World for Great Classics. . NF.W HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 25. (By the Associated. Press; Like knights of old tho football players of Harvard and of Yale, put on the armor of the gridiron today for their nunual joust with tho pigskin. To see the Crimson und -Ulue students in thei runnual match of bruis- ! lug contact and skillful evasion, a con (course of alumni and fair followers came from theeads of the country, almost of the world. 'They formed an audieuco jfar more numerous than those - which i thronged the tilting yards of other days iand quite as colorful j Outstanding among th 76,000 odd J who were suro of scats, was the war-timo ! premier of .France,-Georges Clemenccau. I The prohpect of seeing in action at the ; sport thaAt is new to him tho teams of tho two American colleges most widely know nto the world was too much for tho Tiger to miss. ; With no weather problem present for the day was one to bring out the best of play anil the highest . lights of the variegated spectator massestalk turned to tho teamu that would line up for the modern passage at arms. ' Tho overnight anonunecment of Coach Tad Jones tlu4 Yale would include in its backfield Cliarlio O'Hoarn, its greatest offensive threat, who had been consid ered out of 'tho contest because of in juries brought new factors into the prob able trend of Blue atatcgy, and devel oped anew the question what surprise Harvard would spring. . 'The use of Hammond, a sophmorc, who has yet to win his first footbal spurs in place of Chapiu, a lettered veteran, was a possible minor surprise, somewhat dis counted. :i ' The position of Captain Bucll, crack quarterback, still little more than con valescent, contained another ' possibility - of surprise with his appearance at tho start nnounced probable. Whether Kos coe Fitts, 'backfiold btar of two prcuouj seasons, this year sidetracked in the un successful process of converting ljlm in to an end, would get into the gnmo at all with his passing an dtackling abilities as another quest io nf interest.- Line for lino, Yale was almost gener ally agreed to be stronger on the scrim mngo frontier. Yet the difference was not overwhelming. It was in the buck fields,, with men available on each team for special ability to support a scheme of surprise slatcgy, that the oissue lay. Buell, at qtiaYterback would be the crat iest field general in cither comp, it was conceded. i f Neidlinger, Yale's- opening choice. would have to make up much in rush ing ability to meet Ituell-s inspirational nud tactical value. Hut the Blue expect ed to lie able to go out nnd grain ground by 'scheer force, adding to it in the pinch plays provided for special situa tions. Harvard, on the ether hand, it was known, spent most of tho week in preparing a defense for the Yale at tack in which deceptive offense built' around Owen L'irgely , hoped to outscore Yale. Owen, throughout this season, has been in little more than nn hour of actual play, and he told friends that on thin, his last appearance . pn the col lege gridiron, he was going 'out to maki np for lost time. , WANTS PEOPLE TO QUIT MAKING FUN OF CONGRESS PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25. Tenden cy to make humor at the expense of Congress wes decried today at th con vention of the National Municipal League by Congressman .Siemon D. Fess, who is also ivmator-eleet from Ohio. He said much of. the criticism of Congress was made by persons unfamiliar with the workings of that bndy. Ho believed it to I' the duty of Congressmen to be controlled by their own convictions In legislative maters rather than by in structions from the "people back home" nis address was a feature of the con vention's theme for discussion, "What's the Matter with Congress?" In a criticism of Congressional pro cedure Edward Kcatng, formerly Con gressman from Colorado, declared the President and tLe judiciary usurped the powers of CongTcss. His address in the main was a defense of the lower hou.se. All oilicers of the league were re-elected. TRAIN LOAD OF TURKEYS FOR NE WYORK AND BOSTON CINCINNATI, O., Nov. 24. A train load of turkeys worth close to .jOO.yOO in the retail market will leave Cincin nati tonight over the Dig Four railroad for No wYork and Hoston. The Gob bler. 60,000 in number " and dressed, will le housed in refrigerator car. The train will be made up from ship ments received here durin gthe past two days from the biggest producing sections of Kentucky and Teiiiie,ee. The wholesale price of turkeys in Hos tou yesterday was ft:! cents a pound. The rctil price of turkeys in Cincinnati to day was from .j.) cents to G'l cents a pound. P.OSTOV. Nov. 2.". (Icorges Clemen-i ccau. rested' by a good night sloe i) I after his address at Treniout Tempi-',' bite jecterday left today to see the Yale- J Harvard football game at New Havejs. EDISON STANDS FIRST WITH YOUNG CHURCH PEOPLPE. CHICAGO, Nov. 25. Thomas Edi son stands first in the estimation of the young people of the Methodist Episcopal Church, according to a bal lot taken by The Epworth Herald, official organ for the 750,000 organ ized college-age people of Methodism. Seventy-four names of the great and near great were included in the ballot, and voting was done on a scale of ten above and ten below zero, with zero 'indicating indifference toward or ignorance of, the person concerned. On the final average Thomas Edi son stood first, with a score of 8.S0, while Theodore Roosevelt was second by a very small fraction, his score being : 8.78. Next in order were Shakespeare, Longfellow, Tennyson, Herbert Hoover, Dickens, General Pershing, Lloyd George and Volstead. SOUTHERN POWER COMPANY 'TO CURTAIL CURRENT Drought Conditions Are Af fecting Power Plants Gaston County Folks Asked . to Shut Down Wednesday. CHARLOTTE, Nov. 24. Drought con ditions over tho area supplying rainfall for tho rivers along which are tho hydro electrical plants of tho Southern Power Company have, become, so acute that, lw ginning next Monday, company ofliciaU httve given notice to subscribers that a curtailment program will be introduced, official orders from heudquarters issued Friday afternoon declares. A full day's consumption varied sub scribers have been asked to conserve iu five zones that have been established. . All subscribers and users of eloctrk' power north and cast of Salisbury are asked to discontinue service from fi a. m. to 6 p. m. Monday, . , All 'in - ltowan, Stanley, -Cabarrus, Mecklenburg and Union counties, and York county in outh Carolina a ro re quested by tho company to discoutiuo use of power during the slime twelve hours Tuesday, All the subscribers in Oaston county are asked to discontinue service botween tho same hours Wednesday. Those iii JlutliQrford, Cleveland, Lin coln, CaUwba, Iredell and liurke and Cherokee alnl Spartanburg in South Car olina are asked to observe tho same rules j Thursday. , .' v. ' t Lancaster, , Chester, ' Newberry, Green wood, Anderson, Greenville, Pickens anil OcimeO counties in South Carolina are requested to discontinue power Friday. "We are asking all consumers to dis continue the use-of power for the period above outlined except such power as is necessary for Htrictly public use, or for j the handling of perishable products or for fire protnetioti," the ctlieial notice of the company tn subscribers reads. "Hy your compliance) with this re quest, wo expet to be able to get through until tho condition is relieved by rain and we sincerely ask for the liberal co operation of all consumers to the end that it may not be necessary to make far more drastic curtailments." This notice went out over the signature of Charles I. Dnrkholder, vice president of the Southern Power Company. Commenting on the situation which confronts the company Mr. . liurkholdcr said that the action was taken now rath er than compel the company to face the j prospect of a more ncrious situation later unless the problem is vanished by more I copious rainfalls than have fallen during j the autumn. j He said that the limited coal supply! which tho company procured during, the coal strike and whichembarrassed the op- j eration of tho four steam plants, which are used as auxiliary power houses coup-, led with tho continued 'drought, have pro- j duecd'a limitation which will become sc- ' rioiw unless curtailment steps are, taken j now. ' . "We have to draw so heavily on our ; water reservoir that the heads have been pulled down to tuch a point that our generating capacity is reduced," said Mr. DurkbolMer, "and the curtailment is asked for in order to prevent the draw nir of the heads to such a point as to, put the water plants out of commission entirely." . .This i a continuation of the problem which nrirc during tho coal strike, Mr. liurkholdcr said, when notices were sent 'out to industrial subserUM of power to j the effect that it might then become I J no ueiense. in requesting a.1jo;irn-necessan- at anv time to order a curtail-1 n'0"' ,),,;,.v "n ,lour earlier thau usual, ment. The company had so little -oal anuouneo.t tlmt tomorrow not more than at its steam plants that it feared it would tw" ',tn1wlfs Wou,J ,,d on the be unable to ocrate these auxiliaries 1 there was a possibility, coun- coutinuously. dav and night, to K-.ck up!-'1.1" laries admitted that no new the slowlv reducing volume of current I evidence would be tsken. Approxi fro,u the hvdro-electrical plants. Ati",aU'l' .wo hounrw.il be allowed for 4i.... .1.- ,i,.,.,i,. .-. -,,-h 1 examination by attorneys on cacb side, to make it imperative to keep the steam ' . ' V v. ?; " . ' ' 1" . t0 hl hou!. wI'" heard some plant at continuous operation nd Mr. J, .,1 ?o're Uurkholder says that the company has , " , ' ..irt - 1 n 1,110 danger.' I (jn'i know w been continuously utilising thele plants LTLt.ZJfJ il: TLen hoard a shot, and fortheimst two months, but the lack of! '.;."....' 1'. ...j . "l" T' . jumpea up nud pitched face forem. rainfall the List part of the season has j v,k Hlis .,.,, , ,l.?n mS ,w . ; slrcet;. . ... . . . crrate.1 a condition which demands a cur- - i.-:.. . wi. ' ' nv ranes witn a single to on having uo power at all, un! s the natural obtieles arc overtime iu the meantime. THE WEATHER air and cooler tonight; fair Sunday ..v.. - - - - 1 ll.i.ll 1 . r H n.-K I I I- ,11 Ml H I IMKIK Hill. I i Former Governor Blease Asks That Few Re ; maining Years Be Spared Old Man Solicitor Spears Declares Too Many Murders Been Committed In York County McDow Pleads ; for Verdict of Manslaughter. YORK, S, C, Nov. 25. 2. P. M. The case against William C. Faries charge d with the murder of New ton Taylor, was given to the jury at 1:38 this afternoon, Judge Peorifoy delivering a brief charge immediate' ly following the close of arguments at 12:55. Each of the five atotrneys qquoted the Bible freely. Tbos. McDow, chief counsel for the de fence, pleaded for a verdict of manslaughter. Former Governor Blease only asked that the few remaining years of life of the de fendant be spared. Solicitor Spears made the statement in his argument that more murders had been commit ted in York County this year than in any other South Carolina Coan ty. Mr. Blease objected to the statement, raying "Faries, and not York County, was on trial". YORK, S. C, Nov. 25. The fate of "Fighting JJill" Faries, charged with the murder of Newton Taylor, thirteen-year-old boy, at Clover on September 6,; is expected to be in the hands of a jury of his peers at four o'clock this afternon. Final testimony in the case was concluded this morning at 9:30 after two witnesses had been examined. Mrs. Fannie Bracket, told about the quarrel between Mrs. James M. Taylor, and Mrs. William C. Faries, about a week before the quadruple homicide in which each threatened to shoot the other. . John ,' Ardy Jackson, Clover police hief, testi fied that about a week before the killing the Taylor father had of fered his hand to Faries suggesting they forget past quarrels and be friends. Policeman Jackson was not asked whether or not Faries accepted the overtures. Faries, on the stand in his own behalf, yesterday afternoon admit ted killing four and wounding two others. He said he shot them be cause all of them were armed and he believed his life was in, danger. He was infuriated, he said, be cause Newton Taylor had mistreat ed his little son, Johnny Faires. There was no suggestion of in sanity made in the testimony. Faries was tool and collected, an swering! all questions in a straight forward manner. He appeared very Indifferent about it all, however, giving the impression that he cared not wat was done with him. Again this morning three of his elder sons and seven of his smaller children sat beside Faries. The crowd was smaller this morning than yesterday. John G. Carpen ter, of Gaston La, made the first argument for the state. He was f olowed by Thos. F. McDow, of the defense, who in turn was fol lowed by Solicitor Monroe Spears. Former Governor Cole Blease made the closing argument for Faries and concluding argument was made by John Hart, for the state. It was not thought probable that Judge Peurif oy would deliver his charge before the three o'clock session. Sheriff's deputies kept their gaze intent on James M. Taylor, father of the four persona killed in the Clover horror. Taylor sat near the defendant, William C. Faries, and constantly gazed at Faries. His hands constantly moved toward his hip pockets, first toward one pocket and then the other. No person in the court room has been searched during the trial, but tho deputies wre instructed in view of Taylor's demeanor this morning to keep mighty close tab on him. YORK, S. C. Nov. 24. Kun-rise fol lowed surprise with unforeseen regu larity here today in tho trial of 'Wil liam O. lanes, tXl-yenr-old textile wrker, charged., with the murder of Newton Taylor, 13 year-old son of lames M. Taylor, and one of four mem- bers of the Taylor household whom . Faries confessed on the stauJ .he shot '.down in front of their home at Clover September 6, nud all with the result j that the case should reach the jury just before or immediately after the-dinner recess tomorrow. called behalf, Farns to tetif in his Faries Admits Murders. own Farlos,. hviiu-lat -puis from his Bcar(T twa ntoufhd in the tnt. lvuiteutiary, i but to nil outwnr.l s!u v ciim and nn- j perturlM'd. admiiit-u tli.it L- liaj. killed . Newton Taylor, for Cloj mur lnr he is 41... 1 .. T. . itltlT it IMiri rAilUJIUatlt'U Ui Ull till" I Twln.l spun I.ti V ? i... 1 now on trial; confessed that he had also killed Le la Taylor, Claude Johnson and Fred Taylor, and wounded Ger trude Taylor and Dolly Taylor, offering mly tho excuse that he had boen in flamed by an nllcged attack on one of his children by one of tho Taylors. The defense, it appears, has aban doned any plan for the introduction of expert witnesses in support of an in sanity plea, und the only evidence of fered to . support such a contention was the statemeut of Faries, as his own "expert," that after firing the 'first shot ho did not think he was in full possession of all his faculties. Faries aim contended . on direct ex animation that ho did not remember exactly what occurred after firing the first shot, and then, under cross exam ination, proceeded to recount the stor of the four killings in detail and in reverse order in response to the ques tioning of Holicitor J. Monroe Spears. The high water mark of the prose cution s case was reached in the testi mony of Mrs. James M. Taylor, mother of th fJain Newton Taylor. Mrs. Tay lor was the first witness to take the stand for the state, and there was an aimotf strange calmness, something of surprising courage in the telling of her story. There were signs of tears in Kt eys and fomctiines in efforts to answer particularly trying questions her voice broke. ., "Are you tho mother of Ne1on Taylorf" Solicitor Spears, who was conducting the examination, nuked her. ."Yes,'' sho answered, and the court asked that she speak louder that the jury might hear. , , 41 Is he living or dead 1" came the question. " Ho is dead.' ' ' Them was a sob nnd her voice' wavered. " "Who killed -him!" 'William C, Faries." The answer wa clear and at roue. ' "-- Furies, watching from his seat be side his attorneys, glanced at his ac-' c user, but showed no sign that he heard. Story of the Killing. Mrs. Taylor was in the backroom of her home, just aoross the street from Furies' home in Clover, when, she testi fied, one of her 10 year-old girls came into thus tooui crying and told her that John, one of Furies' ejbldren, bad hit little Newton on tho heull with a rock. Mrs. Taylor then went out into the front yard, and there beard Faries, who was in his yard across the street, re mark. "This has to be settled, and I might as well settl jt now." t While she was trying to persuade .Newton to follow Tier into the hoase Farley, Mr. Taylor said, appeared on his porch and opened fire. Newton, th- 13-year-old. boy, stum bled and fell, shot, and a few minutes Inter she heard another shot, and Claude Johnson exclaimed. "Oh," and stum bled into the house to fall mortally wounded. Some time later she heard . another shot, and then she went into the house to her children, and could remember no more. ' Johnson, Mrs. Taylor taid, had made no remark that she heard before Faries opened fire. VERDICT GF GUILTY IN THE FARIES CASE YORK, S. C, Nov. 25. Verdict of guilty without recommendation to mercy was returned in the case of William C. Faries at 3:19 this after noon. The jury announced six min utes earlier that it aws ready to re turn a verdict but some little delay on account of absence of counsel. Immediately following the reading; of the verdict a notice of motion for new trial was made. It was stated motion would be made later on in afternoon. Bill Faries was unmoved by verdict. There was no deir.onstration.' Judge Peurifoy i having warned against. Hhe denied all knowledge of the alleged fact that on the morning of the tragedy the question of his shooting ha I been discussed in a barn used jointly by the two family Perry Takes the Stand. Thomas Perry, star eye witness of the killing, and admitted erony o Faries, followed Mrs. Taylor, telling how ho had been with Faries on the afternoon of the tragedy when one of runes' children had coma to them and one Wno he )t r- i.l not see the actual firing of the !.ot. The noi.e, be admitted, came from tii direct ioa "f Paries. - ,;,' ..i.-,,.:',' ' .i. .n4..,-, , alio t a iiu-eiinq; wher r'arii'S had mi. . (Ccntinue- t: h m s.u ! :