Trnrvrr Weather Fair turn Local Cotton 25y2 Cents 1 VOL. XLIII. NO. 285 GASTON I A, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 29, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS HERSELF A if OAS A OA LY GEORGIA- SCMOOL TEACHER PROVES he HAYNES URGES A CLOSE UNiOH BETWEEN FEDERAL AI1D LOCAL OFFICIALS Every Locality Faces Its Own Responsibility In Enforc- ing Prohibition. v KOHLOSS IS PLEASED tiaynes Declares Remarkable Success Has Attended the Efforts. . SALlSBUitY. X. C, Xo-.- a).-A j prpograin of ntoA; concerted cooperation j between federal oflieiala and local en- f orcemcut agencies Is idunned for tiio coming year, Federal Prohibition Com ' ouesioncr K. A.' Haynes advises Director It. A. Kohloss of this State. ' ' ; Action II of tlio enforcement act di- j tide the responsibility between the gov ernment and the states. Practically all of the states have euarted legislation to ' this , end and the various state agencies 2T "' I Commissioner llayues says that everj' j etate, county and city has the initial re- ) eponsibility of clearing up it own con- j ditious through locally selected officials, before the ' federal machinery should be expected to take charge. Hem, the necessity of close cooperation between the states and federal agencies. Director Kohhiss is greatly pleased with the progress that has been made in enforcement in this state; and is most optimistic in regard to the future,) in view of the spirit of eopperution, in evi-. denco practically everywhere. More an I more is the public, becoming convinced that the success, of -enforcement lies as much with the -people themselves us with tho ofnc4s who uro designated to enforce the law. Iu spit of .obstacles una many eomplcations, prohibitions is showing it- self as a means of prououuceil punnc betterment, of improved living condi tions, and healthier happier human be ings. There is evidence everywhere of marked progress in the way of enforce ment . - This is not the tinie to be impatient, nor discouraged, for the friends of tne law are tfuly in action, as bhown by re ports, which Commissioner. Haynes has received from the various states, justify ing the optimism which he entertains. ltedueiug the source of suply, through concentration, in Commissioner Haynes' opinion, will and materially m cnioree- meat and also make for economy, fr, ns he says, economy has been t lie waicu word of tho administration. Concentra tion of -bonded whiskey, in a smaller number of bonded warehouses will result in the saving .of at least $;0p,000 per j annum. A savug oi ; effected through reductions KCtured in rental of oflice imd (dorago spaec and the disposition of seized property. A furth er saving of !Hrj6,!00 annually has been effected by the readjusting of salaries. Referring to the cry that prohibit ion is a "failure," Commissioner Haynes says that in his judgment, one of the most remarkable successes .ever attained ia the enforcement of a new mid drasfu law has been recorded in the. present status of enforcement of the Nation il rrohibitiou Act. A complete reel gnnizatiuti has been of- ' fected in the last hftecn montiis. rin ono Director's offices have b.-n establish cd in each state, and Hawaii, Porto Iiico and Alaska. These complete changes in the reorganization of the work have re sulted in the elimination of duplication of work and a greater elVuieucy. Expe rienced men of undoubted integrity have been failed into servii. The Washing ton office of over COO employees, and nil the Field Forces have liecoine enthused with the greatness of the task. . Thirty tva hundred and one temporary and jier- mnn.'iit aiinoiutnieills have len liiail.bJ during this fifleeii-inonth jK?riol. A new feature of the or,anizatlon U the General Agents' Force operating independent of the Dim-tors' for.es. To date this force has reported 3, 2." I rasei, and recomiiiendcl taxes in the amount of 21.1liS,s24.G2. The Narcotic for.-es, which also oper ate under the Frohibition Unit, have also been reorganized. There has resulted sueh an increase of efliiiency that 'wiih no larger apl'roiiriation or nppp'ciabio increase in field forces, there has beer. an iiu-reme of some sixty-fiie pen-cut in the number of violations reported in th" j jeriod of one vear. and an increase of ! oe hnm red iierce.nr in tlie ennvistions eeenred. Amotion of the Chamber of Com-p'' merce oflices has In-eu called to the fact that from time to tinio endorsement of the chainWr is claimed by itinerants of . various kiuds soliciting business in j fiasteiiia. Sa h cLiiins are of courso ! baseless and those to whom they are I Tti-t.l nrn nru-fioit to rpoort Mirb be ti'h-I :.........T. ,t,.!,. v.wit. in' i , . . .. :.., .' nilfll.. Ill" ,M ,,:.. ...... B .. . ..... giren anything tatenunt to tin or fiuj od v- a WTitten ! t effe c; is giveii. Hall-Mills Murder Probe May Be Dropped, Or It May Be Pushed Along New Lines, Is The Report; Three Dead When Liquor Still Explodes PHILADELPPHIA, Nov. 29. Three men are dead and six injured ai the result of an explosion of a 100 gallon atill in a stable here la it night. One man was instantly kill ed and the other two died in hos pitals today. Two of the six in jured are reported in a serious con dition. The dead are John Kozals, Benjamin Waxman, and an uniden tified, man believed by the police to have been B. Miller, who recently rented the place. The blast rocked the neighborhood and broke window glass in many of the nearby houses. . A partially loaded motor truck was standing in the building when firemen arrived, It was a mass of flames and muffled explosions were coming from containers that held an rggregate of about 500 gallons of moonshine; The truck was dragged to the street and the flames extin guished . Government agents inves tigating the explosion expect to make arrests today. PITCHED BATTLE IN OIL : 1T1CI fl? flC IDVANCA? ' vritLUd Ul AtmAIloAO IX . Workers In Oil Fields and 200 Vigilantes Stage Regular Battle Sheriff and Posse On Way to Scene. ELDOHADO, Ark., Nov. 29. Details were lacking early today of a pitched battle reported to have taken place shortly after midnight between old field workers and a band of more than JfOO vinilantes-'' from : Eldorado aud but- rounding towns which went to the Smaekover oil field, about 12 miles north of this city, early lart night witfi the avowed purpose of "cleaning out" tu. Ij j disorderly element in a number of sma settlements in the oil fields, j Meagre reports Teeeivcd hero a fev ; moments before telephone communica tion with the oil fielld was interrupted soon after midnight, stated that, the "vigilantes" were engaged .in a battle with a banf of 23 or more field workers, who had objected to the invasion by the citizens posse. Tho firing, according to the report, was taking place in tho small Htt lonionts north of Smaekover, and added that the sheriff of Ouachita coun ty and his deputies had been sent for at Camden. The sheriff and a posso was in his way to the scone of tho trouble. The reported battle is believed to be the outeomo of an effort, made within the last few days to rid tho oil field of gamblers and other uiidesirablle persons, who nro alleged to have flocked to that section since the discovery of oil in tho field. Two murders have taken pplace In the Smackover field within the last week, and the lawless clement, it Las been re ported to the authorities, was getting beyond control. Following the slaying of an oil field , c 1 i ivorKer named rersons ennuuy ner ynmckover, a -itizens posso visited the scene, ordered the inmates of the re-1 sort in which the man whs phot to leave J the country, and then burned down the j buildings. Other objectionable resorts j m tne vicinity were visncu, nnu i--proprietors ordered to leave within 21 hoiiTs, or to take the. consequences. A number of the uiniesirablles were flog ged by the posse as a further warning, j :i it is reported. The trouble early tmTnv is believed to have resulted from an effort oil the part of -the "vigilantes" to enforee thee orders, and to drive out any nndeirable' . who might not have heeded the previom warnings. - C.i...l.-.i.w imrli- lliiu mfirii 1 h tr W'lri .llt . .' ' ' .-, 1 . j off from wire communication, eflorts to ... ., . . . , , reaeh the oil town bv telephone or over 1 ., , . . . . - ... , railroad telegraph wires failing. s ' MRS BRIMMER ENTITLED . TO THE TIERNAN DOWER MARHALLTOWN. Iowa, Nov. 29. A. 1 Hoover, counsel for Mrs. Blanche Hawn RaMi Brimmer, wife fori a day of Professor John P. Ticrnan, of ' south Bend. Ind today announced hisjn,,sse "d 1np.n. s0ttlc1 ,,aik ,0 awra't opinion that Mrs. Brimmer and not "-' jury' decision. .Mrs. .-vuirusia in'ma" nuui.i nv t-u- titled to the dower interest in the for- j iiier professor's estate di.-spito thi fact y'stmcor'., de-r-e f divorce ' ' Jl t,""t,-V "V... t ,:T.:'"".'. .1... ...2.1 s ,ri,v ,litt ;; that Arthur Brimmer, i r,. Hriiuiiier former husband, wojsrantcl lonaer was a figure in the luadraneVj ilie nveived the decision as she has becausci he was married at the !imo be; niarr i Mjs. Brimmer. Tl3 lotva law j I Tovi.les, Mr. Hoover man who marries without nrsr oiunnuii a divtiiVc is subjs-t to protution for i bigamy, while the woman w'ho.u he mar-j lies retains hex former status. State Failed to Make Out Its Case Before Grand Jury Yesterday. . i . TWO VILLAGES ARE AGOG Principals In Prosecution Are Holding Special Confer- ence Today. , NEW DKUNSWICK, X. J., Nov. i'l. (By the Associated I Press.) Is the investigation of the Hall-Mills murder case to be pushed along new lines or is the inquiry to be dropped, at least for the present f . This question today apparently hung on a conference which Attorney Gen eral Thomas 1'. McCran has indicated he will hold with Special Deputy At torney General Wilburn A. Mott, who yesterday failed to obtain frpin the Somerset county trraud jury in bonier villo indictment of three persons whom the state indicated it believed respon sible for the shooting of Be v. Edward Wheeler Flail, and Mrs. Eleanor. Kein hardt Mills approximately ten weeks ago. Detectives and Htate troopers indi cated this morning that they were at present without orders. Mr. Mott, after I the jury filed out, deciding to lay the matter over, expressed imself as being in a state of suspended animation. No ofliciul expression of opinion was forthcoming from Prosecutor Ueekmau, succeeded in the inquiry by Mr, Mott, after, criticism f the Somerset and Mid- iIVhcv enmities 'authorities for their carlly handliug of the investigation. Both New Brunswick and Somcrville wore agog-with tho dramatic collapse of , ? . , .- tlw state's case yesterday. Many resident of Somerville, who hare contended that the double slaying after all was not half as much the af fair of Somerset county as of Middle uv n n-hii'h tin; Nlain i) air had resided. indicated that they would 1ms conteut if tnc ease were auowea 10 yrop, lu New Brunswick, however, there was j evident a strong disinclination to per-'cording to church officials, who added init tho rase to fall into the class of un- I that the reports from tho different dc-u.,W-a .riixnu . y Ipartments will "justify the action. " i ivisnnn wish the investigation continued, jiointed hopefully to the fact "Pr aiage n .u-,- that Mr. Jane Gibbon, hailed by thJ'Kvm0'." . . . .... ., stated. At this time Drrl Maddry will state s its star w.tness, still was under iout.m, ,U )k.tfl for ntxt ycar. ' clase observation at her pig farm This, j Au l,v:ing(.lis1il., rm(orcnue ha, )(.PU Uiey specuiaie.i, m.neaieu mai y" ! qquirj" was 10 do pusiicd iuruicr. The Only expression coming from the home of Mrs. Frances Noel Hall, wido.v of the slain rector of the Episcopal church of St. John The Evangelist, was uttered by her lawyer, Timothy X. rfciffer. He was shid he sincerely hoped the authorities would continue theif search for the guilty. ' Florence North, attorney for Char lotte Mills, daughter of the slain choir singer, coutributed the cryptic remark that refusal of tho grand jury to re turn an indictment was no surprise to ! l,n !,. n.l ),.,( idn wnnlit turn i0yn tll0 ftuti,oritios important evidence in her possession. Miss North has clung to the theory that tho murdered pair were kidnap ped by hired assassins, Stilled and bud . - - - . - i out under tlic old crab apple- tree on j the 'Phillips farm. j (By Associated Press.) . SOMERVILLE, N. .1., Xov JS "For reasons which seem to them sufficient and controlling, the grand jury took no n't ion in tho Hall-Mills murder ease and Haiti the matter over. This docs not mean necessarily that the matter cannot be taken . up again . by this or a sub seqqucnt gra-nd jury." With, these words Foreman Gibbs of tho Somerset county grand jury late to- : day made known the fact that no indiet Iment had been returned in 0110 of the most mvstifyin murder dramas that has , J faced the country in manv years, . For five davs Spceial Deputy Attorney . , . (reneral Molt had lecn presenting en- . ience to bolster his theory as to who killed Rev. Edwnrd Wheeler Hall and his nonce w Do.Mer n meury a, 10 choir singer. Mrs. Eleanor 11. Mills on 't),e philips farm the night of rVpteuilier ,4 To)Inya j:iy m,icte with drama -the prosecutor presented his star wit - -r- " " Outside the jury room some one elaC-' was awaiting the decision. It was Mrs. j !KraucCs Not.i. HalI tIie -tor's widow, who had rushed to the court house this imomipgin the hojK. of appearing befw t,,e trand jury aud who had not been , received all other developments in the j cite stoictiHy, ith scarcely a tia e of i emotion, ;, A blight litiug ft' the lips, .1 little tug at. her handkerchief, that was i all that .showed the stress under which j . .CContiuued oa paga ix.) OF STATE TO MEET IN THEIR ANNUAL CUE DEC. 12-14 Darwin at Wake Forest and Fraternities and Meredith to Be Discussed. HOT TIME EXPECTED Dr. E. Y. Mullins, of Louis ville, to Be One of the Speakers. KALKUill, X. C, Nov. 29. (By .Tlw Associated Tress) Darwin 's theory of evolution, fraternities at Wake 1'orest and the removal of Meredith College from its present locution in Haleigh uro to bo among the most important subjects dis cussed ut the annual North Carolina Bap tist convention at Winston-Salem, De cember 12-14, it was announced by church otlicials today. " --: '.' ' 1 ' " Those matters have' peel discussed freely in tho district associations' this fall," said Dr. Clmrles K. Maddry, secre tary of the state mission board. "They have proven to be live topics and are sure to provoke warm diseusiona should they bo. introduced nt the convention. How ever, it is not anticipated that the dis cussions, ho 'matter how animated they may become, will be of such a nature as to hinder matorially the progress of the two fine institutions of learning. "It m too soon yet to forecast the re sults of the reinforcement campaign, which will not close until next Sunday night. But it is qquitc. evident that the Baptist of North Carolina and through out the south arc rallying t othe' objects of the drive n:t ,great way. - "Many of our member. have awakened jto.the fact that tor the great loiwnr.i movement uhiel, has 'started three years J0; "own as $75,000 000 campaign, I to fad no wwoulld mean disaster to their . . ,.,. work in the future, " It is confidently expected that mora than $1,000,000 will be reported as hav ing been raised .for the objects of the cam pnign by North Ciirolina Baptists during the past year,' he saiij. , Dr. Maddry this year has projected the "greatest state mission program i'.i the history of tho denomination," ac -Hate misMOit. in all its phpase.i. will .; .irr..,ng0i to meet in Winston-Salem a day ! Slwfore the convention convenes. Kev Hemau T. Stevens, head of the depart ment will preside and Dr. M. K. Dodd, of Louisiana, will deliver two of tho prin cipal addrresses. Ho also will address the convention. Other speakers on the program arc Dr. 11 Y. Mullius, Louisville, Kentucky, who has just returned from t trip to Europe, in the interest of the Baptist .mission work in that country; Dr. L. ILJ-arbpr ouah. Fort Worth. Texas, general direc tor of the $7.),000,000 campaign; Dr. J. j F. Love, secretary of the Baptist foreign mission board at Richmond, a., ana Jr. B. D. Gray, of the home board iu Atlan ta. Dr. Mullins is president of the Houthern Baptist convention and presi dent of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. B. W. Mpillman, of Kingstou, who j - - 1 ' . - t was re-elfcted president of the conven-; tion at the session last year in Uocky j Mount, will presino and Rev. Walter M 1 krilmore, of Sanford. will continue as re- t cording secretary. Dr. Spilman has pre- j sided over the last four conventions. The convention sermon will be preached Tues day night by Dr. AV. A. Avers, of Xew Bern, or his alternate. Dr. T. H. King, of Gastouia. One of the features of the convention, will be the visit to the Baptist hospital now nearing completion here. The only invitation for the next convention ex tended to date is that of North Wilkes boro. Winston-Salem entertained the convention in 1901 and 1911, these being the only such sessions of the church held there. . MAYOR COUZENS, OF DETROIT, TO SUCCEED NEWBERRY J , . ' JiA.Nsi.Mi, .Mien., .nov. ss." .ajr James Couzcns. of Detroit, today was ajipointed by Governor Alex'J. Oroes Iwck as United Hfates senator from Michigan to fill the unexpired term of former Senator Trnnian H. Xewberry. who resigned recently. Mayor Couzens has accepted the appointment, the gov- ' ernor announced. The notification of his 'appointment has le'ii forwarded to Mr. 4 ouzens at the Hotel JVlmoiit in New Turk City The " JXJSt, '"7 -.' " The governor announi-el Mi-. Con zetis. vho has gained nation-wide prom inence through ins municipal rauwa.v v.'utur-i here, would take his scat in the st to as vion ns hi Detroit sfi'a'ri" t-mild Ik- arranged . Illinois loiigressvvomun Ims four chil- jdreu so should pick np thiugs quickly fi BAPTISTS the House. - . William C. Faries Taken to Death House Today YORK, S. C, Nov. 29. William C. Faries waa taken to the state penitentiary in Columbia this morn ing. He was carried on an early train by Sheriff Fred Quinn. Accordnig to Deputy Sheriff Tom Quinn, who has been his keeper all the while here, he ate a big supper last night. He did not eleep much after midnight. He 'is reported to have told a prisoner who slept wita him last night that the only thing he dreaded about the penitentiary was having to occupy a cell in the death house instead of a previous cell be had there. "Good bye, Tom," he told Dep uty Sheriff Quinn this morning. Then with his old black slouch hat in hi; hand he started for the death house, apparently cool, calm and un perturbed. THUCKER MEETING TO GOME ; TO A CLOSE THIS EVENING Two Weeks Series of Services : to Close Tonight Have Been Many Conversions. Dr. J. Krncut Thucker preached two splendid sermons at ihe First l'resby toriuu church Tuesday morning and eve ning. ... -, . : In the afternoon Mrs. May "Dixon X hacker delivered her address on "Und'j Creation and Christian Science," to an especially large week day congregation which filled the largo auditorium anil galleries. This address juts pained for it's' author a national reputation and has drawn most ftivorable comment from press and jieojilo 'of tho Southland. Mrs. Thacker'd Uastonia audience was 1 unit in voicing 'appreciation and coin niondntion of the address. Breaching to Christians Tuesday morning from a text selected from John 's . ijospet, fourth chapter, 13 and 11th verses, his subject was "The Xevcr Failing fountain. 'tr - ; Tho following, is n nyuopsis of the pennon. .' I. First ho tells her that that water will not satisfy her deepest thirst. . He doesn't condemn U, or its pro;epr use. So he tells us that the best and the most necesary things of this world will not satisfy us. "Whosoever drinku'.h of this water Khali thirst again." (J) This is true of the education, the leurn big, the science of earth.. Whoever wbiild tear down onr great educatioti'.it institutions would push bak ivili.f.a tibn a thousand years, but thrift, educa tion, science, culture didn't save (Jer mafly and cannot save us. 'A 'skeptical scientist came to Lord Kelvin, one of tin greatest of modern scientists, and nsfte-l him which was the greatest of all the discoveries that he had ever made: Lord Kelvin answered: "Of all the discov eries thaUI have ever made, the greatest was when I discovered the Lord JesiH Christ to lx my Savior." (2) 'Neither will money satisfy. Wo have a saying that "poverty is no disgrace," but much of tlio poverty is a 'disgrace. fVIl poverty that comes from lark of thrift, energy, perseverance is an absolute dis grace, if we no our level bent, uinl uro i still poor, then poverty is certainly no disgrace, and all the money on vnrUi wouldn't satisfy our hearts or save our souls. Ood said to Simon .Magnus: "Thy money perish with thee, because tlimi thoughtest to purchase the salvation of God." OFFICERS CAPTURE ANOTHER STILL IN UPPER GASTON ni . r- 1 n Liquor Plant Found On Prem-1 ' ises of Albert Mauney Be-1 tureen Dallas anrl Crntic t iween uauai ana trouse- , ad Been In Recent Opera-' tion V- . ',::-',s r'duc ln5 an vansehcul' series of , Late Monday afternoon Oiliccs Will tTrlVrVlTtftuJ Ik " llnS Cole, Adam Hord and W. A. Dameron , "u ret on. to Gistoui i Tues ' captured a .'lO gallon Mill on the prem.- j Z 'Ifternom! Tms ; ses of Albert Mauney, who lives in the iuLi ,..! " hi. r.m.b'' :.,;' ,. .. 1 northern part-of the county lK-ween Dal-1 th-, h oul t 1 b.S and Crouse. There were all indica- i J ' from Hie r li t ZZ i tiong that the Kf ill bad lMe in rentl" , , : j ojK-rauon. inrec nuiiure.i gallons oitl)t, Rotariins. ucer ia Marries was jounu in me same '"'n ";,s JU,,mj " l,le "ideclarl were the Itotariaus' love and ke-honse in which the .till was lo- 1ir their f ri(,,1H,.5 i ,L The slop from the latest "ru";fr p;l,u oUl ,, nkinrl in Iieen thrown ,n a ditch nearby and !:ul(1 ,;,. rtriti jow:tr,, eflid,ncjr iu ! pa.1 ....11. faiwh Amt " r.. ........ .. .... 1 I Sinok cateiL had covered with fresh dirt. Maunev was not 1 at home at the time the oflieers reached the house, although they ore of the opinion that he had len there just a short t.mc before. Two M.iall girls wcr-.j the only member of the family a home The still, which was a well-eon- strueted W-made affair with copr worm und nil necossarv apjurtenauces, nropeu in .1 ie gi.ursi . TUC UCJITUCD I II L II L H I II t li Fair .and warmer tonight and Triii-! Twelve Children Are Missing As Result Of Fire In Georgia Rural Community Schoolhouse Five Masked Men Shoot Up One Albert Evans WAYNESBORO, Miss., Nov. 29. Sheriff Crosby and his entire force of deputies are investigating the shooting and attempted kidnapping of Albert Evans, whose condition is now regarded as critical after his experience with five masked men, who came to his home near Boyce last night. According to Evans, the men call ed him from his home shortly after 10 o'clock and throwing a flashlight on him ordered him to accompany them. He went a little distance and then jerked himself away. As he did one of the party fired two shots which struck him in the side and bieast. 6AST0NIA MAN MAY BE HEIR TO BAKER MILLIONS Arch Fox, Mill Worker of Gastonta, Finds Evidence That Entitles Him to Part of Big Baker Estate, He Thinks. ' TAYLOUSVILLE, Xov. 29.Arcli Fox, of f!ast Gastouia, :i native of Alexander county and formerly a resi dent of Taylorsville, was hero this week making an investigation of tho register of deed's offices at the courthouse in tiia interest of discovering his father's an- eestnil . relationship, Mr. Fux "-securing " 1 11' J.,'!!!.'ia "'aulenyurins to recliee'k the injuwd list in il0Mumi iu proiiauii laiuwii an heir to part of the imge Baker estate in Los Angeles. Cal which is valued at t l.'I.l.OOO.OOO. ., ; ... . . Fox, who is employed in a mill at Gastouia, has an attorney of feparlan burg, 8. C, engaged to reprcsmit him and his near relatives. He states that his' father, William Fo, was married to Miss Susanno Baker, a sinter of Josepii and Andrew Baker, who first purchased the California estate during the "gold 1 rush" in ISIS. Since dcvtdomnir the estate, ami following up this vast amount of wealth, these two men tooa passed to' their reward, letiving 110 im mediate relatives, ; aK they had never married. Daniel Hefuer, of Catawba county, also niarried Barbara Baker, ul sister of Mr. Fox's father's vife. Tho. 1 relatives of these two. 'families ar mak ing every effort in their rewahch to ascertain positive identity of the family tree, which has not been kept. Records nf marriage llieemo which was issued to their parents, it is feared, has been lost, ns they were '.married' almost 0 years ago, and since their marriage, the territory in which Uilliam Fox lived at i that time has been divided into various j counties, and whether records of this marriage can 10 foun.l in likes. Alex- under or Catawba counties remains to bo found in "checking over obi deeds of each county seat, filed lwick to that time, Mr. Arch Fox has five brothers in this county, and . also one sister, Mrs. Hu- : sarnie MeAlpin-, who lives in Gastouia. i j ! J DR. THACKER SPEAKS AT j I CHARLOTTE ROTARY LUNCHEON ! ., , . ' The following from The. Charlu'tc I - Observer givin-a partial account of Dr. lluiciter's -appearance before tlt vTiar- ! 1 n 1 . ..... . . lto Kotary rlub ..t its Tuesday meeting lf . ",t,rwti. . , "i- nv. humorous mi ,.f.i,,r,.f,!iof, i,it...ti I I r 1 I1 rnrI. I li'i.iL'iiii . , 1 ti n In, n 1 ;'. " the past wheuev -r He l as .... v , v.,'tt , ""UMl ,-"!,n"' a m-emingly . Uior-1 ' oughlv y . appreciate! .bv his hearers. He nave some nunc reasons wnv ne iiKe-i I Chief among thee he mind, bodv and soul. rleaking rapidly.' for he snid he had u 6NMlf ,,.,, t ..,. :., ., , i ; intn,w ,0 (1,.liver hUllM. of ag mu,h S roisiMlV j,r. Jhaeker enthralled the iHotaruins with a .Bight of oratory that ! :TattaPll Simn hutuorwt an(l ,,5thv' storic, , (( : I0 rea,m ff 8U,. religion,- j fVTyor j .inJ otllor gUu nf -j,Hrlotte mt,,Mi or.-ini.:ni.n were priwin ; ro iiitro'iucea at tne nnitiieoii. - Fire ilestroved a furtiiinre !imt in Bethlehem. Pa., and all wo hot, is is MRS. GRANT, TKE TEACHER BY HER PRESENCE OF MIND SAVES CHILDREN'S LIVES Teacher Lowered 37 Bodies From Window to the ' Ground. FLAMES ENGULFED HER Funeral Party Parsing School Discovered House In Flames. , COVINGTON, Ga., Nov. 23. (By the Associated rrcss.) N-archiug par ties continued ti. comb among the de bris of the binned High Toint communi ty school house, located near here, early today for the bodies of 12 reported mis sing childnu following a fire yesterday afternoon which destroyed the building j and cost, according to school official, ithu lives of three children, burned 15 seriouslly and painfully injured 3S. One teacher was also seriously burned, prob ably fatally. Tho threo bodies already recovered from the ruins have, not. been positiely identified. Two of the bodies are be lieved to havo been tho sons; of J. J. Steele, and CLarlc Bachellor. The name of tho third child is unknown, the body iieing burned to a crisp. Ki'linol ft ill hfirit ina irttf Inilnv - irt j uopo 0f learning tho missing num bers. Tho names on the missing list early today stood: ' W. H. Johnson, two daughters and a son. ' , s Jhn Meadows, daughter. . Klwood- L;ixsiter, three boys. ' diaries Nick, two boys. fc'am Lloyd, three g'r's. 1'ractically all of the children, it was sjiid, most seriously burned, are under 10 years of age. Two of these who are ficliyod to huve lost ' their' lives were eight years of aae There were VZi pupils enrolled iu the s-.-hool. Yesterday la of them were presnt. "Oh! Look at the pretty white dust," exclaimed one of the children in the 100m of Mrs. Oscar Grant, school teach er, located on the second floor of the building. The "dust" was smoke. It came from the direction of the door, the single egress from the room. Mrs. Grant ran to the door and opened it. A burst of smoke drove her back. The hallway was in flames. The stairs t13 already cmmplled. In'3e the room was forty children, " ul i"m uiu tuuuja m hhh ""11 judgment. Mrs. Grant locked the ioor, and calmly walked to the window j830" told the children to line op..' They became panicky but she soon got them ; under controll.. The ground waa about 2 teet below. Tu crop meant aiK wost certain injury, but to stay meant death to them all. The teacher pushed her own. child, Mary PearL back from the window and fhBn rB w,.:,,,, s. fW iMr.n 0ll9 tw three focr until 30 ormore" Aav, littU f.irm. Knii dronMd "asoug nine luimii aaa uceni uiupjk-i 1 10 the ground teio. The fumts ea. Uered the room.. Tbey licked, rapidly. jpidlyy . - - toward the window. . fHer mother threw her bodily out of the M 1 r Uat rl f;r- .Bnr, , tr.etni limb, and i .i v. chiid.s narae on the injured list. Mls" reached hack. 8 gt3S tte U form f Minni' Sue Meadows. Like Mary Pearl, the little sch9kr " hurId 9ut oi thf! """"low. Three mote chilldrcn remained in line. They beUtVed t0 the 80M Mr. Stele and Mr. Bachelor and the unknown child. There was a sag in the floor; flames ""s -- "gU Hfd Je. " CBt , "" for their bodies. The .teacher'. .cloth. 2t as she grapplled m the (Coiitinuel on t,age six.) v" GASTONIA COTTON Today., Rccc.'pts .,66 bale. Price 23J-i cents . mTTniM M A RK'fT CU 1 UN MAKivL I t ' NEW MARKET- NEW. YOntC." Nor. 2!.Cidfii f.i- 1 tore c!,is'-l y-.iii't, iinfh'iii-il. J,.n, -; U.t.