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VOL. XLIII. NO. 285
GASTON I A, N. C, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, NOV. 29, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
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GEORGIA- SCMOOL TEACHER PROVES
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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
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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
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railroad telegraph wires failing.
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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""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.)
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