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VOL. XLIH. NO. 289,
GASTONIA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 4. 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
CRITICA
T 'OF- LAU
E CONFERENCE. ARRIVES
fv A V
NAPA
H'r' ' "r " "
; M01EN
Size Of Federal Budget Will
Depend on Amount of Federal
Aid Given Outside Activities
Government Outlay for 1924
Is Placed at More Than
i ' Three Billion.
t
HALF MILLION CUT
President Transmits
, Federal Budget
i Fiscal Year,
Annual
for
WASHINGTON, Dec 4. President
Harding, in trunsmitiug the annual Fed
eral budget for the. next fiscal year,
frankly told Congress today that whoth-
or there was to be any material roduetiou
iu government expenditure and in taxes
in future years would depend largely on
whether there was to be a curtailment of
, expansion of Federal aid in lines of re
search, improvement and development.
Blueing the estimated government out
lay in 192-1 at $a,l0,s43,23-l, a decrease
of about $500,0011,000 as compared witii
estimates for this fiscal year, Mr. Hard
ing called attention that two thirds of
this total was on account of practically
fixed charges, such as the public debt,
national -defense, pensions, world war
allowances and Federal aid. There was
left, he said, only about one billion dol
lars iu charges subject to administrative
control and against which, he added, the
"retrenchment policy of the government
liad been directed.
While expressing the opinion that some
further reduction undoubtedly would re
sult from a reorganization ot govern
ment establishments on a more scientific
basis, the President said this alone would
not affeut such. a material cut in operat
ing costs as would justify the expression
of hope for a : considerable lessening of
expenditures in ihe years to come. .
Taking up the question of Federal aid,
the executive dec la red that this was u
rapidly broadening field of expenditure
and that there was a question as to how
far tho government should participate in
it. lie added that this did uut pertain to
the normal functions or operations of tlu
business of government.
"These 'extraneous activities," tie
continued, "have flowed from laws en
acted pursuant to popular demand, and
I take this occasion to refer to them for
the purpose of showing that the taxation
'which necessarily results in providng
funds to meet this is a necessary incident
to the fulfillment of the popular demand.
"In the efforts which have been di
rected to reducing public expenditures,
I have been much concerned in apparent
increasing state, county and municipal iu
debtedess, and J urn fearful least this
condition may be iu part attributable to
the expenditures made by the government
pursuant to the "Federal-aid laws, as
many of these state laws require stale
contributions as a prerequisite to the ex
tension of the Federal aid.''
The summary of the budget for li-4
Os given to Congress shows an estimated
excess of receipts over expenditures 'next
year of $lS0,!Jtitl,123 as compared with
an estimated deficit of $273,!::s,71 2 fo.
this fiscal year. Tho President said,
however, that he was hopeful that the
estimated deficit for 'could be re
duced in tho remaining se(eii months
and that the close of the year next June
30 would show a ba laced account.
' Estimated expenditures of f :i,lS0,S4:.!,
2.14 for 1SJ4, which are exclusive of tin
Postal service, compare with estimated
appropriation of :!,u78,940,:s;Sl for the 1
same period. Mr. Harding explained J
that the expenditures would represent ac-!
tual cash withdrawals from the Treasury,
including some on account ot appropria
tions in previous years.
Another deficit in postal operations
was forecast for this year, but Mr. Hard
ing s;iid it was estimated that through
jwojht readjustments there would be -a
surplus of postal revenues over expend)
tures in 1924 amounting to $i','jl,,4:;i. For
this year postal costs were placed a
f5i)!,t!'o(Ul, or an estimated deficiency
ot $31,ri0L',."i70, ns compared with an ac
tual deficiency in the last fiscal year- of
'. $64,:i4fi.2:l4. Thc 1021 costs are give.i
at 5MJ,H.M,1.1.'.
The President told Congress that an
appropriation of $i:C,rr,7 recom
mended for the army would provide for
a regular force of .12,000 officers and
325,0(HI enlisted men, exclusive of the
l'liilippiiie scouts, -which is tho- .strength
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v air M-rvice 12.71..-.uo is
23.3.iO less'than appro-ria-
r! Mr. Harding said tl.is
rn.it the w.rvice to ,rate
,,. will, nistin,-
proposed, or $
ted this year,
sum would iwrmit
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Fo'r the X.-.vy 2il.Sn.w:; in asked . j
This amount, the I resident asserte.t.
the President asserted.
. ... 1UI ,m. r"; ,V1' .'corri-sMindent at'K-doniki. on ti. D.irilc- i
Of ?h.lMKI men: IlUlllltam ail uresrilT
ships ill comniissinn ami make provision j
for continuing all new ship const ruction r
'
in privaaely owned yards, except for re -
dui tlmi in v'cd of construction on three
light cruisers. .
Provision is made 111 the budget for j -f
fSXt.ftOO.'M'O in iiensions. M'WM.oJH in:.,,";', mT Mr "V1";. j
world war allonw.in.-es, and jO,:;x),;m ! "
in retirement a.v. Other items include
J41.7i; J.5."0 fnr.rfiTM nod b.rh"rs-,
SO.II'iO fur oo.l roads- -").7is. !' f"i
t 1 '
nOSOliai eon rwriopii hum i.oi'ui'.n 1. 1
; mm f,.r ,,i'r,.i i,,,'
(Coatinued on pasrs six.)
MR. G. VV. RAGANTO GUILD
NEW COTTON MILL; WILL
BE NO. 103 FOR COUNTY
Ten
Thousand Spindle Fine
Combed Yarn Plant
Planned.
RAGAN SPINNING CO.
Prominent
enters
Textile
Business
Man Re
After .Lapse of Years.
Announcement of Gaston ' county 8
103rd cotton mill was made today.
Mr. U. W. Kagnn and associates will
build u 10,000 spindle mill to be known
as tlit? Kngau apinning loin puny, it
will manufacture lini' conilieil yarns.
Tlie authorized capital stock will be
$500,000. The organization will be
perfected and a charter secured this
week, it was uniiouuccd today by Mr.
Lagan from his Main street office.
Those signing the application for a
charter ore Messrs. G. W. Itugan, E.
IL. and 8. P. Stowe, of Belmont, A. G.
! Myers n Caldwell Ragaii. The
Mes-rs. Stowe are two of the foremost
cotton' mill men in
Myers is president
National Bank and
Myers cotton mill.
. a
the South. Mr.
of the Citizens
president of the
As soon as all
preliminary -.arrangements' are com
pleted, work on the plant will' begin.
It is.-proposed to have it' in ojieration
by -September '1, 1923.
The reentry of Mr. Kagnn into the
textile businesW is hailed as a :igniri
cant step iu the history of Gaston
county textiles. Bince the disposal of
bis Arlington interests in 191- he has
cknoted most of his time to his
large realty nnd: investments holdings
iu Gastonia. Mr. Hagan was a stock
holder in' the old Gastoaia Cotton
Manufacturing 'Co., the first citton
mill built in Gastonia. In lH9:t, he
helped, together with the late Messrs.
G. A. Gray, T. C. lVgrnm and Mr.
L. Ij. Jenkins to buihl the Tn'iitou
mill, another old and successful cotton
mill. TI.O fir.'A real attention drawn
to Gnstnii county textiles wa-i occa
sioned by the ..Trent oil's payment of a
;:o jier cent dividend one ye.ir. .Uis-
linguished financial experts declared it
: liii'.st, impossible. .
In jftoo Mr. Ragan orgnnixed thj
Arlington mill and continued at its
bead as president and treasurer for 12.
vear Many of the original Trenton
(stockholders came with Mr. IJagan to man of God that he was called on to
the Arlington. After a most successful i officiate at the funeral of nearly every
period, Mr. Rag'an disposed of his man of prominence who died in Gas
Arliugton interests to the present own-;tohia, irrespective of denomination,
ers. 1 during the past fifteen years.
The Ragan Spinning' Co. will repre-( Dr. Galloway is survived by his wife,
"iit the last word in cotton mill design ! who was Miss Blanche Mclxeiny, of
and architecture. The plans as being '. Monmouth, Va. His first wife was
i.rawn call for one of the best equip ed ! Miss Josie Brice, of Hopcwvil, IS. C.
mills in the South. The
authorized'
capacity is 10,0nj spindles. t
Announcement of this nciy r.,V. along
with the Groves mil; No. 2 a few days
fpo, the Cramer weave mill at Cramer
ton and presorts of one or two niorr
in the near future mark a renaissance
n the textile business in Gaston county
A. P. MAN AND WIFE
VISIT GASTONIA
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Hayes, of
Charlotte, Spend Sunday
Afternoon In City Visit
Orthopaedic Hospital Mr.
Hayes Was War Corre
spondent In Europe for
London Times.
Mr. YY. E. Hive, night editor of the
, . i i l
Associated l'reisa, Charlotte bureau, re-
. ... .'. , '
cently established, and Mrs. Hayes
N1! fc"'j''.v n"' ti. r,ty with
Atkll.W "f, Tb palette, Ass.ciate,
' rt' lfmUr f"r " r .,d
i,rS" . ""-V ' ''re . "l,"tI M-
l'.rosA ith Gastolna and e..(yial!y with
"ix'ut Sunday afternoon in the citv with
the .North tarohna ( Irthnpaedic bospila
jij -
" 1,1 u' hour inspecting the
'-."b i.o p.n n-i.is.
i)tairinK the wiir"ir. Haves was war !
j i'm. rui g uic war i r. iiaycs was war
j correspondent :t t ' tvi !on iki, on the Dnrde-
Indies, for The London Times and Tiio
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1 V'!,..,.; v 1! . !
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1 ", -
:,:ii-v cxeriem-es as a :"!
if orr.-.,p"n.lent. Jle bas worKcl on
lias worKO't tin
Sin Fraiici.Hco, At-
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1 l.inta ami oilier large cities. .Mrs. Haves,
" -'-ti"' -".
iiewspaT woman, having" lioen ron-
iiecici lor som iiuu- wiui 1 ne anverus-
ing department of The Age Herald at
' b.i i'ingli:jin,
1 s'i-i;o. tltev
Ala.
Nrwcoincrs to t'iij,,!iPi oa (n Apnl. I 7, h si -ent .
' i;o. tue.v are in
t favoral-'y im-jfor
of cntcriirise nnd
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r-vi.-Mis.fwi ouu ju lae iieynion-
touairy.
Daddy Wanted Hpr a Boy
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Fredcrlcao Sarno of Nen-ir't J . v.-9 "o dU ippointed when Angelina,
ehown here, was brm u cii I and not a boy that, he left his wile ana
went back to July, Mrs. Sai no charges in suing him for a divorce.
'Dr. J. C. Galloway, Veteran
Pastor Of Local A. R. P.
Church, Passed Away Today
Oldest and Most Beloved Pastor In Gastonia Passes Away
After Long Illness Had Preached Here Nearly 30 Years
Was Beloved of All Denominations President of .Minis
terial Association.
Dr. J. C. Galloway, for 29 years
pa.'-tor of the First A. H. I', church
of this city, died at his home here this
afternoon at 1:10 oVIock after an ill
ness extending over the past six
months. For the . past twt or three
weeks he has been iu a critical condi
tion, and death was not unexiiccted.
Iate Sunday he nuffered a relapse and
gradually sank into a coma from which
ho never recovered.
Dr. Galloway was the J.de t and most
beloved minister in Gastonia. For
nearly 30 years be had labored among
the people here. Men and women of
every denomination, every class ami
creed, loved nml respected hiui. He
was the dean of ministers iu the city..
He bad seen dozens come and go.
It is a notable tribute to this saintly
Two daughters, Misses Mary and Annie
iiaiioway, or Washington, D. ., sur
vive. One brother,. Mr. K. S. Gallo-
way, of Due West, S. C, and a sister,
who lives in Newnan, Ga., als) survive.
Funeral servic-s will he held here
Tuesday afternoon at-3:.'i0 o 'clock at
the First A. R. P. church.. It is ex
pected that the largest gathering of
eopie who ever attended a funeral in
Gastonia will be present. Drs. II. (I.
Miller, W. W. Orr and (i. Jt. White,
of Charlotte, will be in charge of the
funeral services.
Born in the stormy days just pre-
ceding the :it Between .the 'States, '
he like thousands of other yonng South
erners struggle dlhroiigh t lie still
stormier days of the sixties and the
bitter years of the Reconstruction with
that heroic manliness and determination
to overcome all difficulties that marked
them as men of genuine and. real worth.
He was horn. July 7, l!sol, in Ncwlierry
county, South Carolina, the son of Rev.
Jonathan Galloway
His Father was. one
and M;wy .Speer. i
of tho founders of !
Due West College, established
'30 and for a long period
in
the !
one of 1
the most prominent ministers of the 'As
sociate Keformed Presbyterian church.
He spent several years of his boyhood
on a farm in. that county and received
his preparatory training in the Due
Wet Female College. He was gnidu-'
atcd in 1S71 from Frskine .CoMejre, at
DiifjWcst, and in August of the same
ear wns rcceiveil as a stii-tent of
mooiogy oy ine cocomi i resiiyiery in
session at Kings Creek! S. C. lie
,u,,i'J r"r ,h(l r"i"istrv at Erskine ,
lu'oiogicai oeminary ami was iicei.sea j
to lircm-li hv tlll SpchikI l'rp-.vtrv in
"C!M,'on t GencrosU-e, S. C." in the
'all of 173. He was ordained in the
Thompson Street church. Ncwlerrv, in -'useiiiblics of the ' lrebyterian cuiirches
April 1876, and immeiliateiy tr-.k worklof the t'uited States met in Atiaula,
a of KI-nt-.-r and Flemings- Ga., this being- a high tribute to hi,
oui - g rUurcla-s 111. Kentucky. 1 11c fof-;
lowing year he tM.k a post graduate
(course at t.r.-kine Seminary ami for at
ilort lH.r0,i af(er r(,metiiiS it was
. ,.rfor at Lndiuio;.. S. '.. ud L..- -
a. few months to Louisville, Kv.,
to cet together the remnants of a
cnurcn ;uere. Jus next work was in
Kieorgia, where, iln lbiS, be took charge
4.
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St."
of tho Bethel and Louisville churches,
remaining there for eight years. Ju
October, 18S4, ho was placed in.chargo
of the mission at Charlotte, in which
pastorate he remained for a year. From
Charlotte he went to York county.
I South Carolina, where he was pastor of
j i irzah aiid lorkville tor nine years.
I From there he came, iu December,
1S94, to Gastonia and for the twenty
five years ince has been constantly iu
charge of the work here. Until Jan
uary, 1901., the pastorate included
Pisgah church, six miles west of Gas
toaia. The work at both places became
so heavy, however, that the Gastonia
church demanded' all of his tinie.
About two years ago his congregation
here erected a handsome new house of
worship at a cost of $30,000.
Dr.. Galloway wa twice married.
His first wife was Miss Josie Brice,
a daughter of Hew It. W. Brice, of
Hopewell. S. C. They were married
on the 23rd of January, JS79. She
died July 23, 1H87, leaving three chil
dren. His second wife, who is living,
w:ls Mig Blanche McKemy, of Mon
mouth, a.; to whom 'he was married
June 6, J ss'.t .
Dr. Galloway has served his denomi
nation with conspicuous ability in nu
merous responsible capacities. He was
chosen editor-in-chief of the "Centen
nial History of the Associate Reformed
Presbyterian Church," which was issued
in J90j under direction of the Synod.
It is a volume of t"0 pages and con
tains biographical r ketches of the lead
ing ministers and missionaries of the
denomination an, I historical sketches of
many of the leading congregations. It
was -prepared with great care ami is
a valuable contribution to the 'religious
historv of the South. IIe'.al( com-
' piled the "Life and Letters of Mrs.
TM.irv GallowaV C.iffen
.
mi sister ami
the first missionary of
tne . i .
church to a foreign
a loieign. couniry. inis
volum
which contains many interesting
letters from foreign lands, was issued
in iS2, the year following Mrs. Gif
fen's death. She died amlis buried
at Cairo, Kgypt. Mrs. Giffeii whs 'a
ver' gifted woman and did a wonderful
work as a missionary. Other books
and booklets 'written by Dr. Galloway
are "Two Days mid Nights in the
Mammoth Cave." "Historical Sketch of
the Woman's College at Due West,"
Historical Sketch of the Adminlstra-
1 ion
and Presidency of DrD. W. M.
jGrier, President of Erskine 'College,
j Dr.' Galloway served as moderator of
j the Synod of the South at its meeting
iu Chester, S. '. He was cho-teil dele
gate to represetit the general Synod
! of the Church to the United Presby
iterian General Assembly which met in
i Philadelphia. He served for ts years
i as chairman of the board of trustees of
the I'rskiiie Theological Seminary. For
! more than twenty years he has been
chairman of the board of home missions j
,r tne A mte ueiormea I'resoyienan
l,,,r..l, II u -.u .l.v,.tr..l ..huirnmn nf
'the commission of forty to represent
tire Synod of the South when the four
abibtv and character as a man of broad
news and constructive
statesmanship.
THE WEATHER
Ncrth Carolina, ra:n tonight and Tues-
day, warmer tonight; colder in extreme
(west
Tii.cHav llornAAn' i-rtmor
QUESTION OF OPENING STRAITS
OF DARDNELLES IS BIG ITEM
THE FARMER IS THE MAN
WHO ENJOYS LIFE TO THE
FULLEST SAYS PARKER
Agricultural Statistician
Praises of Rural
Man.
Sings
NOTHING IS ARTIFICIAL
Dr. Van Dyke's Lecture
. Makes Parker Homesick .
for Country.
RALEIGH, Dec. 4. "The average
spotless city persou depends upon arti
fical life for entertainment, but this is
uo life at 'all w hen compared with that
of the farmer, who lives closu, to nature,
cannot be hired to sit up until tea
o'clock at night but is up at the crack
of dawn drink in tie real beauty of
a new day."
Frank Parker, agricultural st.it is
ticau of the Forth Carolina and United
States departments of agriculture, wa3
speaking. He was homesick today he
said he was and had been sick since
he heard Dr. Henry Van Dyke llast week
declared 'There's No poetry without
God." and described nature's beauty..
Parker is "from the couutry. " Some
how lie could not get interested in tho
great mass of statistics on tho desk iu
his Usual manlier. Finally he showed
aside the papers and "warmed up" to
his subject.
"Now for this city person's entertain
ment,' he said" today it is an expensive,
dinner party, followed by tho theater.
Tomorrow, it is an automobile ride over
smooth roads, ili liner at tho plaza; then
motion-pictures; a party to be attended,
some visits to be made,' hoping no one
wilt bo at home. "
"Tho specialty doctor makes his
$2."0 by an hour's operation; the con
sulting attorney $lu,oii for an innvesti
gatiou the total capital of equipment
being tools, hooks, fuurniture and so
forth, amounting to $1,000 or more.
"What about the samo class of conn-
try menf" he asked after a 111111'.
'One of them has his $."ill,000 equipinc!!'
ami by working from dawn 'till dark
makes enough to pay up his debts. Then
he discovers that winter repairs -will ea':
up the rest. His college education helps
him produce better stuff than his neigh
bor; but his additional equipment and
the increased valuation of his proicrtics
seems to be liablith's. He got the farm
only by inheritance.
"Let me. draw-' u true picture.
"In traveling into every county of
the state, this farm stands one as one
of the semt 1 have seen. Kver.v mem
ber of the family of seven was educated
in colleges. I have a lawyer, a doctor
and a farmer in mind- the farmer hav
ing the best natural ability. "The pro
fessional brothers live sumptuously. The
farmer barely makes 'more than enough
to make ends meet, biit when asked hoc
town life would appeal to him, he re
plied. " 'The country for me. Out at tho
crack of a day anl ydu feel lit tor any
job,' while if you sleep until seven, yo.i
are almost lueless. At oreaKlasr tunc,
everything tastes good. You know we
it three meals a day. After breaktas',
there is work until noon: then a big din
ner; more hard work ami dirty wors
until late, when another big meal awaits
destruction.
'Several chores around the house
,,
barn follow,' then comes a peeK at the
paper just before ma s;ns 'Better get to
bed, Henrv. ' Insomnia is foreign to us.
j (rillk t,. titllf,s
the water that my
i-oiildn 't. hire hie to
ii'clock at night; for
help.
jjr(,l0rg ,o.
You
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1 "This is the life, perfe.-t heaTHT-hn I .
contentment. Kven though the farmers j
many privations, vexations, poor finan- j
ciai remumeraiioii iiijs is ine iuu uuu
living. I
"This is as good as we should live', 1
for bv the sweat of our brow we arre j
kent healthe and by heavy toil and scai
'eiiiunerutii.il we appreciate what o ir
dollars buy, leaving us full opportunity
to think of our neihobirs' problems and
friendships, as well as enjoy the full 1
fruits of our toil. Lvery day, despite
its problems, is one great, sweet soil!? j
filled with nature's poetry' and art,"
said the statistician.' v
"M.-ivIk' his picture of farm life is all ;
of the bright. Ride. There is always a I
dark side. P.Ot. anyway I would like to
try this farm life for "a while." And;
with this loint remark, a couple of news-
I tin Tier met! who had been lisfenmir am
bled away to grind out cony and to plan
n week-end trip to the country. ,
t-k-x.cirtT criTr -j-11-ncnc i
?il.l.lt.OWI.l ,11 rtl Ui llj.1V IIIjU.) j
COLLEGE IS BURNED
Vinona, Minn., Dec. 4 Fire yes-!
terdav destroyd the main building of
the Winona State teachers' collets j
here, and damaged the library build-:
ing and central heating plant. The j
loss is estimated at S500.000. j
The eaupo cf the fire ha? rot boen '
learned. Fcveral fmall explosions fol-!
1 j j: . f v. n . i
school officials believed thev were th
'.Tfuu It of the fire and not the muse of 5
:. '
Is of Vital Importance to All Nations Including United States
Russian Delegates to Make Their First Appearance at
Conference This Session Feeling Runs High Between
Moslem and Greek Delegations.
GRAY-SEPARK MILLS HEAD
Other Mills and Business
Houses Make Good Sub
scriptions P. T. & T. Co.
Registers ICO Per Cent.
The Gray-S-epark group of mills, the
executives and employes head the list of
subscriptions to the Salvation Army
Fund, giving 20 per cent of the total
sum of ifl,4ii0 turned iu up to Saturday
night. F.very mill iu the group made a
subscript ion and the total sum given by
employes has not yet been turned in. This
splendid report has brought congratula
tions to the personnel and management
of this organ.ntion from various sources.
Added to this report was the spleudi.l
shouing made by the employes of Avon
Mills ami the Piedmont Spinning Com
pany. The highest average fur euiploes made
by any establishment up town was the
Citizens National Bank. Theirs was ail
unusually good reoprt. The liankin
Ariustroug Company employes turned iu
$.-0 being .another high average. The
(Vast mi Iron Works, the Robinson Shoe
Co., Le vent is & Co., D. M. Jones & Co.,
Saunders Dry Cleaning Company, Ideal
Roller Shop, Spurrier & Co., Gazette
Publishing Co., and Piedmont Telephone
& Telegraph Company also made good re
ports, the latter registering Kill per cent,
and making tin unusually fine report.
The employes of the Southern Railway
office also made splendid showing.
Among the others showing up high
averages on the subscription books ares
Oueil & Co., Kfird Company, Boshatner
4c Co,,. Newburger .Rankin At Co., (la stun
Loa ' n& Trust Company, and First Naj
fional Bank. It was stated that a mini-
be rof firms lire yel to turn in their col-
lections and blanks to Mr. Love, th-
chairman, or Mr. Caldwell of-t lie First
National Bank who is treasurer.
KR; R. L. STOWE ELECTED
CHAIRMAN COUNTY BOARD
I South Point Commissioner
Heads Board of County
Commissioners, Succeeding
R. K. Davenport John L.
Deal Vice-Chairman.
Mr. K. L. Stowe, of Belmont, was
elected chairman of the Gaston county
board of commissioners this morning at
the regular December meeting, to suc
ceed Mr. H. K. Davenport, who has
resigned on uccount of ill health.
M
tubers of the board tru-d to persuade
Mr. Davenport to continue ns-chairman
1 in the hope that a few months' vaca
tion would ,restore him to health. He
refused 'to consider this, and is leaving
with his family Tuesday for Florida
where he expects to spend the
High tribute was paid Mr.
port by members of the board,
served .since ll'O;;, succeeding
winter.
has
to the
chairmanship iiome four or ftve
vears
1 ago when
Dr. O, t. rails resignei.
. Beal, of Gastonia, was sworn
commissioner from Gastonia
succeeding It. G.' Balikiil.
elected vi e chairman of the
J John L
in as the
township,
ne was
board. ,
ONLY $1,400 RAISED
OF $5,000 ASKED FOR
Salvation
Army Quota Is Far
From Being v Subscribed
Local Post Has Had to Bor
row Money. J
In 'a. ' Statement given the Oiuctt?
this morning Captain Max Ha'lblay,
of the local corps of the Salvation Army,
exposed regret -that only about $1, )"''
ci.5 mix I Hlil tili'itiros had been raised
,,)nii.h. ti... r..itin. vr T,i j I
he said was ill hi-fa f 'f heavy tiemanuS j
lea.ie by people of Gastonia who, jerforc j
of l iri anistaiiccs. arc unable to narchuse !
.,..! in;,.,... ..i. ...- L.. tr:iv.. ns 1
the "reason f.r the condition of those in
ulxi ...lit im.in liliii Tin i'.niit.-iiii
..vi.i.inA.i !. if l.r. ,.,,1,1,1 ... -lr.. 1.11b
' ' ' ' . - !
one instance of charity work lie dot Cvit-
, '".,; ...w..i.Li I
lliruav UV "ouciK'i i" ,,, ...
the Army work
. 1
in
this city for the en
Miing year.
Il stated tha the .''ad ls'cn coiujh lied
to lmrrinv money iiuriug ti.e )'.isr six (
ilays an l was now heavily in debt for j
son. e coal and some clto'iiug for children i
who were needing help' to get in .school. !
Boxes for deKit of dou: t':ons are to j
be distributed throiigbuvit the city iu va-i
to m:ito' ;i ihuiatioH fti his Christina
work which consists in eiving a goo.)
Christmas dinner to the poor in Gastnoia
WliO
mi,
;ht not enjoy tl,tf hulidays other-
wise.
LA US AN NK, Dee. 4. (By the Asso
iated Press.) All delegates to tha
Near Last conference approached to
ady's session with the conviction thui
the critical moment of the disc ussioiu
was at hand. .
Tho great problem of today that of
the Dardennelles 'is vitally interesting
to all tho powers including the. United
States. The Russian delegates were to
make their first appearance at the cou
furence at this session. Foreign Minis
ter Tchitcheiiii ; and M. Rakvosky havo
been iu close consultation with the Turks
for the last two days and there is evi
dence of great uneasiness among the
other delegations as to what may coma
out of today's session as a concrete re
mit of the confabulations between tb-
lepreseutatives of these two countries
who have come to Lausanne iu the guiso
of allies.
Tuikey wants tho struits open to Tur
kish warships alone, but Furo) and
America desire the waterway free to tha
naval craft of .the entire world. Tho
treaty of Sevres, for which Lausauno
iuu.it find a substitute, open the straits
to the merchantmen and warships of alt
the powers in peaco and war but no
blockade iu time of war is pcrmissablle
unless authorized by the league of na
tions. The treaty also provides for au
international coiumissiou of control.
A hot controversy is being waged as
to whether the Greeks in Asia Minor
have been ordered out by the Turks anl
whether it is really nccesa'ry that they
leave Turkish soil. Ismet l'asha con
tends that the Angora government never '
ordered the Greeks to leave and dial!
leuges tho production of official proof
that such orders were ever issued. M.
Venizelos and his associates on tho
Greek delegation usserte it is impossible
for the Greeks to live in Asia Minor,
saying the Christian population is fore-
led by circumstances t uleave regardless
j of whether official orders are issued, in
is much ns there, is tie placo or shelter
for the Grceko if they depart,
j Rear Admiral Mark L. Bristol, oue oi
the American observer,' at the coufer-
lence, and American High commissioner
at Constantinople, together with many
j oilier foreign officials in Turkey, has en-'
j deavored to dischourago a helter-skelter
j emigration of the ;!0,000 Greek refugees
j who are now gathered at Samson ami .
1 other Black sea ports clamoring for ships
j to carry them to Greesce. Greek officials
j apparently want these nationals to leave
ami rrnijoi Hansen lias askeu America
to convoy the Greek ships which will Oo
sent to' them. This request has not lieeu
complied with by the United States.'
I .-reeling runs so high between the Mos
lem and the Greek delegates that it i'i
difficult to -accept the, statements of
either side without lilerall allowances,
because of the bitterness of the charges
and counter charges. The Turks insist
that the (ireek are unnecessarily panicky
while the latter, retort that wholesalo
massacres and persecution make llifc ab
solutely insupportable to Christiana in
Moslem territories. "
Six hiindre thousand Greeks have al
ready fled to their native shores from
Asia Minor ami Nansen estimates that
there are at least as many more in Tur-
I kish territory. Ismet Pa slut regards this
I estimate as too high. Nausea is persuad
ed, alter extensive investigation ot con
ditions i Turkey that the Greeks caanot
remain there.
"life is so diflicuult for the Greeks In
Asia Minor that it docs nto take any
official mandate to move them; they
simply couuot stay." Nanscu told tho
Associated' Press.
The Tuiks on their part, charge that
Mosllems in Greek territory and life in
supportable. They have apparently
agreed to plans which Nansen is work
ing out - for the exchange of 430.00J '
Moslems in Greece for 000,000 Greeks in
Aia Minor.
More than lOo.ot'O Greeks are Turks
are also held as prisouers of war or
hostages; thus there are well over 1,
omyxMi persons whom Hanseu is striv
ing to trauspplant in the interests of
peace 'in Ihe Near Last. These figures
do not include lietweeu 31)0,000 and 40(1,
Greeks in Constantinople whom the
Turks want to expel. Many Greeks in
Moslem territory are hundreds of miles
inland and for the railways.
The Turks are anxious that all ex
change lie made at once so that trail- .
pollution will not bo hampered indefi
nitely by a disorganized movement
v. liii h t hey i usi-t wouhl iniike recoastrum
tton work diflicult 111 Asia Minor.
The anger of great hardships tlirougli
a food shortage exists if the exchange I
population
lire not put 'on. the new Iambi
bv February in time for the planting.
Meantime there is no money available
n-ti'T mii great lass, nnu ine iiausir ui
- - .! . . L 1. .... 1 .1 . .1
ropmri
of the negotiations at Lau
sanne tlircateus executions or mc emir
Fcheaie. .
COTTON MARKET
GASTONIA
nen-'jds today
I lice
closing pips orr
COITON.
bales
cents
..25
THK
YORK MARKETS.
. t. Coffoii fiitufi'S
NF.W VOIIK. IV
jcosiil ouict 1
poi'its doa; Jail. L' .!'.' ;
M:.V -i.-s; July .'.!.;
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M;m li U !7
w'l.