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VOL. XLIII. NO. 296
GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 12, 1922
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
OASTONIA DAILY GAZ
RICHMOND REAL ESTATE
DEALER IS CHARGED WITH
KILLING STENOGRAPHER
Thomas Pollard Arraigned
For Murder Mrs. Thelma
Richardson.
POLICE SEEK MOTIVE
Alleged That Woman Was
Infatuated With Her
Employer.
BICHMONl), Va., Inc. 1J. Willi the
formal arrangement in jxil court to
day of Thodius I'ollard, real estate man,
on a charge of murder in connect ioa
with the killing at his. home last night
of Mrs. Thelma Richardson, his ston -grapher,
the police hope o establish a
motive for the killing ami elear .up it"
tain phases of the ease, which failed o!
olution dining the investigation which
lasted throughout the night.
Early
toilav detect ives working on tin'
ease said thev
hail virtually establish"' I
tnal tlie girl was kiiioii witn a pisioi
which she carried with her on the trip In
the Pollard home ami that the shooting j
followed a brief struggle in front of lo j
house. Mrs. Richardson hail gone to I he
Pollard home, the ullicers assert, with I. j
MohIiv West, presninbly for "an under j
standing" with I'ollard. After a few
minutes conversation, the authorities
said, Pollard and the girl engaged in i ;
struggle. A shot followed and the wo-;
man crumpled to the lawn with a bullet j
iu her heart. I
Detectives investigating the ease sai l !
they have information which indicates in
iufa itia uton on the part of the girl
her employer. They aid they expect j
this aliened infatutiou to furnish the in j
tive for the killing.
Mrs. Richardson, it is said had leen
employed h.v Pollard about two weeks.
She was divon'ed about three years ago
from her hiishand, Herbert K. Kichard
HOii, who lives within a few Mocks of the
I'ollard residence.
The Kichaj'dsons formerly lived in At
lanta. Pollard has been separated
from his wife about a month. The wo
Willis father said.
Pollard refuses to discuss the ease.
He is under .fl '1,000 hail for his appear
ance today.
. West also (Inclined to make a state
melit or to answer questions concerning
the shooting aside from the sworn state
'ment which the police said he made to
them when taken to he:tliuai tors. This
Ntnteinent. while not made public was
said by oflicers to contain nothing that j
will throw any light on the case. "West j
did not no into details about the shoot
ing," sjiid l.ientennnt lliyant, who has
charge of the investigation. West was
released in toi'iO bond.
Witness who saw the killing of Mrs.
Jtiohardson could tell liltke of the af
fair. They said they" saw a struggle and
heard a shot but they could not say who
fired the shot.
Pollard was airo-tod in his home by
oflicers who were sent to investigate a re
port that a man had shot himself iu that
vicinity. A search of the house, it was
said, revealed that I'ollard V pistol was
not the weapon "which caused Mrs.
Richardson's death. The olliceis found
his pistol in a room on the second lioor
of the home and they said it had not
been fired recently.
R. G. CHERRY HEADS THE
DOXIES AS ROYAL VIZIER
Grand Chancellor Knights
Pythias Is Also Head
Suez Temple, D. O. K.
Delegates to Portland.
Of;
of,
K.i
(TIAUI.oTTK I''''. PJ.--U.
Of Gastonia, grand chancellor
Carolina Kniglrts of Pythias,
li. Cherry
of Nor' i
s the new j
, No. 7-4, i
Jioyal izior ot Suez I eni
Dramatic Or
sail, having
ler of Kmghts of Krohh is- ;
been elected at the aiinu .l i
business meeting here !at night to su,
teed Frank II. Kewiedy of I hailotte.
fc Other oflicers and representatives lo
the imperial--palace meeting to be hel l
iixt August in Portland. Orgoii. a No
were chosen as follows; the ev. I.'. B.
Owen. Charlotte, groin! emir; Oeolge L.
Lovell, Kiniis Mountain
Davis, ( hnrlotte, mala
Marshall. Jr., Charlotte,
retary; .1. Arthuh Kagh
elected treasurer; T. J.
Ijury, mi trap; W. M. 1!
ik: W. C.
Hunter .1.
li ;
fO elected SO'--
. Charlotte, r-'-M.iupin.
Salis
iith. Salisimrv.
Kahili, and represent
itives lor the I'or;-
land meeting, Frank H. Keinie.ly, -Nat
White. L. L. Caudle and J. Arthi.r
l:ugle, with F.dgnr W. Pharr. A. I".
Jlartselt, of Concord. John F. Yorke and
James F. Kelly as alternates.
Jseveii royal prim es also were elect e l
last night, increasing the number to
The newly chosen ones tire W. ll. l'.rwin,
"W. M. Lyles, James F. Kelly, George K.
J.ovell, J. 1). Woodside, Hunter J. Mar
shall. -Jr., ami W. C. Davis.
The temple now lias a membership of
1,318 and liefore the next national meet-
Jug it is exKvted
it will contain IV"''1 i.
jncniliers.
STORM WARNINGS.
WASIIINGTON'. Dec. 12. Vorth -
west storm warnings were ordered dis -
Vlayed n the Atlantic coast this morn-j
mg
from t ape Jlaltcras to J.at pori.
Me. The Weather F.urcaii. in it
.earning, said strong northm-st winds
iiiid probablv gales wore Iiked for this
bfteinoou and tonight.
ELECTED TO OFFICE,
BUT DID NOT WANT IT
NICKERSON, Kas , Dec. 12.
Declaring she won in the recent
election because club women jokingly
wrote her name on the ballot, Miss
Clara Arnold, 19 years old, protested
yesterday when asked to qualify for
the office of justice of the peace and
police judge.
"It's a joke," she said. "I
don't want to be called Judge Ar
nold." Informed she must qualify or be
subject to prosecution, she said:
"I will qualify but I don't want
the job."
Friends declare Miss Arnold is
the youngest if not the only woman
police judge in Kansas.
THIS MAN FORD VOWS IT
IS SINGLE BLESSEDNESS
FOR HIM HENCEFORTH
Chances Are That
Will Have to
Attorney.
the
Pay
Man
MARRIED LIFE BAD
i
Women and Death Have Been
Synonymous Terms to
Him.
DF.TKOIT. Dec. 12. Ney J. Ford,
wealthy Wayne county farmer, today
faced the prospect that he would Ik1 re
quired to pay for the defense of his
wife, May B. Ford, who is charged with
an attempt to hire a gunman to kiR him.
Attorneys for Mrs. Ford planned to
enter a motion iu circuit court that Ford
; advance .fl.niin for preliminary attor-
iieys' fees and $.1,000 for the expense of
it he defense should Mrs. Ford be held for
trial at her examination Friday. Another
motion contemplated was that the Fords'
divorce hearing be held immediately.
Financial support of the defense, the
attorneys contend, is a husband's legal
obligation, regardless of the unusual sit
uation iu the present case.
Ford's ti ist public statement relating
to his domestic affairs was made public
today.
Women ami death have been synony
mous in my two marriage ventures," he
said. ''When my first wife became an
gry, she threatened to take her own life
and I was kept busy restraining her. My
second wife threatened my life. I don't
know
be a
which is worse. At any rate I'll
be a single man from now on."
Hearing in Mrs. Ford's case was ad
vanced on the court docket yesterday af
ter she elected to remain iu jail rather
than attempt to gain her freedom on a
reduced bond.
'I was safi' here, but outside I don't
know what might be plotted against
me, ' ' she was quoted.
Mrs. Ford is alleged to have attempt
ed 'to have hired a dective, posing as a
''gunman,'' to kill her husband that
she might gain possession of his estate.
Hie declares the charge is a ''frame up"
to affect the result of a pending; divorce
action.
WOMAN BELIEVED TO BE
MRS. PHILLIPS ARRESTED
Motorcycle Policemen at Cas
per, Wyo., Arrest Woman
Who Fills Description of
Mrs. Phillips.
i CASI'KI!. Wyo.. Dec. 1:
I who was said by the polii
. A woman
i' to answer
i ilea I ly e cry del 1 1 of the
jtion f Mrs. Clara Phillip:
otlieial descrip-
eoiivicted es-
leaped Los
; occupied a
! awaiting id
Angeles hammer murderess,
cir"ui the Casper jail today
1 1 1 1 -1 1 1 ltle.lt loll.
police in any
She refused to
way in solving
; assist the
the jui.z.lc
ot her ilent mention.
A rresteil wit hin two blocks 'of the rail-
jioad station, where she had entered a
jtaxit'ali immediately after getting off a
i train that had just arrived from Killings,
Mont., she betrayed no surprise at bc
j iug taken into custody, according to the
i arresting o eers. She asked few ques
tions concerning her arrest and answered
none. She was held for investigation,
j A man who accompanied her from the
train entered another taxicab which fol
lowed a dilTerent route from that taken
; by the woman's car. He had not liccu
'bieated early today.
! When the woman was taken to the po
i lice station, the police were unable lo
find 'anything by which to identify her.ithat he devised a scheme to defraud and
They could not find any portion of her '. mailed letters in furtherance of his plan,
railroad tiidji't to learn where she had j W. A. Godwin, president of the Nor
hoarded the train. folk National Bank and president of the
Among the few requests made by the j1ering House Assciation, and J. K.
woman alter her arrest were that she '
be put in a dark cell and that no one lie
permitted to visit her. Sdie was put in j
one of the strongest celts. i
Th
arrest was made by tnt
policemen who had Ix'cn
i motor-j
detailed
to meet trains from Killings every night j through Mr. Godwin s efforts and de
sliice Mrs. I'hillii.s was reported to have i ma tided ..'ioil in cash when the writer
(been soon in Idaho Falls. Idaho, rei-ently. ; called. It warned Mr. Godwin to be con
j They said they noticed her resemblance i stant ly prepared.
'to Mrs." Phillips' description, and their! A leter o Mr. Moss on December 7 de-
Uuspictions were further aroused by the ;
I fact she pulled down the taxicab cur- j
tains as soon as one entered. They fol- :
lowe.l t he ca r ami a rt csieit tier t wo iu.h ks i
from the railroad station.
At. tt Mt: . i . ! ..
sMi'H. i ttimt i "M'.i H i, in urrh ns
low of her
bv saw ing bars
sill.
GASTONIA INVITES THE
STATE DAPTISTS TO HOLD
NEXT CONVENTION HERE
Delegation to Winston-Salem
Carries Many Offers
From City.
BACKED BY CHURCHES
Evolution at Wake Forest
Promises to Be Big Sub
ject Discussed.
Armed with invitations from Oas
tonia ministers, Rotary, Kiwauis, and
Civitan clubs, Chamber of commerce
backed by the united support of al
churches, delegates from this city t
aul
the
the
State llaptist Convention iu Winstou-
isalein, will invite that body to held its I
next meeting iu Gastonia. The new j
I Baptist church will have been completed
by that time. This session of the stale
convention promises to be one bf the
most interest iny; held in several yea. v.
The question of evolution looms up as
one of the big questions to be considered
by the convention. Dr. William Louis
Poteat, president of Wake Forest col
lege, has been the center around whom
the agitation in certain liaptist asso
ciatious has revolved. Delegates op
posed to evolution are expected to take
the
convention floor and insist that the
teaching of evolution be
from Wake Forest collegi
al institution under the
forever barred
t hi' educat ion
control of the
State convention.
However, it is not expected that op
ponents of evolution will, go so far as
to initiate a movement for the ousting
of Dr. Pot eat.
Fraternities at Wake Forest are
also expected to come in for a share of
'discussion, following; the action of the
college trustees in re instating them after
I a ban of several years.
The quest ion of removal of Meredith
college, llaptist woman's college from
Raleigh, will also be considered, it ij
said.
Involution, if discussed iu convention,
will come up iu connection with consid
eration of Wake Forest college, Wed
nesday evening. It has been suggested
that in revising the program the discus
sion of educational matters ie advanced
to Tuesday evening. This. However, has
J Hot been determined upon as yet.
j it is believed that Wake Forest sup
'porters iu the convention are in the ma
j.jority, these defending both the college
'mid Dr. Poteat with the .statement that
(during the llll or Hi years of his eon
jliection with the institution it has turned
out more ministers of the (iospel than
and other Baptist institution, ami ortho
doxy of these graduates from Wake
Forest has never been questioned at the
theological seminaries or iu their minis
trv following.
i It is expected that several delegates
will come with resolutions, presenting
the question in its various phases. What
'ever happens, it m'ciiis likely the matter
j will resolve itself into a declaration bv
i the convention on the matter of cvolu
tion, and that Dr. Poteat s career as
(Continued on paste dx.)
COLD WAVE HEADED
TOWARD THE SOUTH
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. The
cold wave that has gripped the north
west, moved to the middle west to
day and within the next 24 hours
will make it "appearance in the
Ohio valley, Tennessee, the east
gulf states, and the greater portion
of the Atlantic states from north
ern Georgia and southern South
Carolina northward, the weather bu
reau announced this morning.
In the northwest the lowest tem
perature reported this morning was
34 degress below zero at Havre,
Montana. Throughout the cold wave
section reports indicate a high wind
intensified by cold.
Weather in Illinois today general
ly forecast as receding to zero, was
expected to play an inportant part
in the voting on a proposed new con
stitution for the state.
Duluth, Minn., reported zero tem
peratures and a blizzard with a 68
mile wind driving on Lake Superior.
NORFORK POLICEMAN GOT
MONEY FROM BANKER
NOUFOLK. Va., Dec. 12. Charles W.
Krowiie. 4."i. former Norfolk Policeman,
is in jail here tmray on a federal charge
growing out of an alleged attempt to
demand money by threatening letters
from two of this city's leading bankers.
The technical charge against him is
.Moss, president or tne rvaooaru .anonai
Bank, were the two subjects ot th
al- '
leged letter-writ iug attempts,
A letter to Mr. Godwin on September
27 declared that the writer had been
prosecuted and sentenced years ago
manded that, he leave -2.',0lil s, ,is
home to U- delivered to a boy calling lor .
package. It said his house would 1"
ouriic.i it tnc iieioaou nas him i "in'i i u .
jnith. I loth letters bore a rid dagger'
i . ;...,., ., ' 1
,:ui(i a ni eiiinaiuiv.
The letter to Mr! Moss furnished the I
I,!,... v
cbio which led to Prow ne 'a arrest-
"Yes" by Radio
Miss Vella Fave,
just arrived in
Xew York on the
Adriatic, received
a wireless pro
posal from her
sweetheart when
the ship was
miles outside of
JCew Tork. And
then the sweet
heart was made
happy and the
first radio
romance complet
ed when Mill
rave's Tea"
was flashed back,
The Day's News
At A Glance
Iiritish oflicial circles are optimistic
over apparent collapse of Allied repa
rations conference in London.
Irish insurgents capture and bum
free state barracks in Tipperary town.
Allied powers look to United States
as last hope of averting actual break
in the entente over German repara
tions. Russia clings to hope of convincing
Lausanne conference that her stat'd
on the closing of the Dardanelles is
right.
Serious riots with los of life mark
inauguration of new president of
Poland.
Lloyd George reporting to be chin Id
ling at failure of Honar Law to bring
the French into line on reparations
settlement.
Colonel Huston, of New York Yan
kees, is negotiating for the sale of his
half interest in baseball club.
Frank Chance
club for iiay.
signs contract to
Negro held for reported attack on
young woman shot and killed by mob
at Strestman, Texas.
Governor Russell, of Mississippi,
wins verdict in $100,0(10 damage suit
brought by young woman stenogra
pher. Johanna Ghadski abandons attempt
to sing in Los Angeles because of
charges of Pro-German activities
during war.
Arrest of woman police believe to
he Clara Phillips, of Ixs Angeles, is
reported at Casper, Wyo.
George Walsh, motion picture actor
is granted divorce at Los Angeles
from Seeno Owen, film actress.
Two midshipmen ordered dismissed
from United States Navel Academy,
President Harding approved court
martial sentences in hazing cases.
Secretary of Labor Davis declares
for expansion of Federal government's
conciliation machinery to enable the
handling of natotiwide labor disputes.
EXENDINE WILL NOT
RETURN TO GEORGETOWN
WASHINGTON. Dec. li1. Albert Fx
eudilie, head football coach at George
town university for the last seven years,
has declined an offer of the university
to continue as football director. Kxen
dine said he was unable to accept be
cause of the recent faciiltv decision that
all athletic coaches shall be engaged on
iau all year basis and shall be members
'of the faculty. lie was invited to join
i the law faciiltv iu combination, but said
i , " ...
niisiiiess interests prevented his accept
ance on an all year basis.
Kxeiidiue, who has been considered a
successful coach at Georgetown, has been
iu communication with both Columbia
university, New York, and the I'niversitv
j of Alabama, ami is expected to -coadi
I next fall at one of the two.
I CENTRE COLLEGE BOOKS
! BOTH SEWANEE AND AUBurtN
i DAN VILLK, Ky., Dec. U. The Cen
Itie college foolliall team will play
Sewanee at Memphis, iu PIJ.'!, ami also
will meet Georgia, the latter game prob
ably at Athens. Thanksgiving Day, ac
cording to an announcement by athletic
oflicials here. Both southern teams will
.come here in l!'2t.
Requests for games 'xt year have
j received during the past week from
j Michigan college, Alabama. Georgia
; Tech and Georgia. All requests that
j Centre played away from home, row
icvor. i A ganie with Auburn at Kiriiiingliaiil
' is practically assured. One game to be
i played in the east next year, with I'ni
: verity of. Pennsylvania. Penii Hate,
uents, probabtaoc .'. . guimuicnil wypptoat
Army or Colgate, a possible opponents.
' probably at the Polo Grounds. Ne
York, is being considered by the Centre
oflicials.
SOUTHERN SURGEONS MEET.
M KM PHIS,' Ten ., ' Dee. 12. Dis
ciission of surgical problems will le
tlie principal business today, the first
of h three day session of the Southern
Surgical Association.-
THE WEATHER
North Carolina: Generally fair and
much colder
tonight
and
Wedesday;
cold wave ia
extreme
west,
TO SOUND THE ATTITUDE
OF UNITED STATES TOWARD
HER EUROPEAN DEBTORS
So
Says Diplomatic Expert
of the London Daily 4
Telegraph.
SITUATION IS DELICATE
Conference Adjourned to Pre
vent Franco-British
Rupture.
LONDON
ed Press.)
ain intends
government '
Pec 12. I.P.V the Assoeiaf
The belief that Great Jirit
to sound out the American
willingness to take some
action in reference to allied debts as the
possible cancellation of the French debt,
is asserted by the Daily telegraphs;
i
'diplomatic expert.
J The French delegation to the adjourn-j
;ed premiers' conference was represented!
last night as holding that the British '
might approach the I'nited Hates be- J
I 'o'
the .la Hilary 2 meeting ot the pre-
liners to ascertain whether America ;
would be willing to consider either can ;
collation of the French debt or pnrtici- ;
pat ion iu a conference for consideration j
of sui h a step.
Iu this connection the . Telegraph 's
correspondent says : I
It is the intention of the British
government, pending resumption of the j
inter allied conversation, to make discreet ;
inquiries iu Washington, either through
Ambassador Harvey or Ambassador ;
Goddes, respecting . the attitude which I
the American treasury would be inclined
to take towards its Kuropenn debtors j
other than ourselves, if an after (ireat
Britain had a dchnitclv decided to remit
the French and It: lion debts flu
this
country.
The writer, however, quotes
French
sources as indicating the unlikbhood or
unuli L.tiini :i nil re ters to the fact that
Premier Poincare, in stressing the words
"Kuroiiean debts" ill his communique
last evceniiig, implied that Kuropean
in
tended to settle her own debts
without
soliciting aid from the other
MP, title
side of the
vv.ii, ti v.coiion of this isolated
statement, the London newspapers this I
lnorninsr as if bv common consent, re I
trained from any comment and specula
t ions covering the possibility of Ameri
ea 's becoming a participator in the set
ii, mi. .ni of Fiiionc 's inonstiiry troubles
Comment on the adjournment of
.inference is rather doubtful. While
the
the
..iu numcrs trv to build hope on the fa
ct
that tlie conversations arc to be resum
ed, they do not conceal a fear that the
impossibility of harmonizing the allied
views will again lie manifested n Pars.
Tlie lione ft iM-iif rally expressed that the
utmost will don during the inteiva
to
prevent a I'omplte collapse or
teiite. All commentators make
Unit whatever happens, (ireat
the I'll
it clear
Britain
will have no share in occupying
the Ruhr.
NO
NEWS OF SUCH HAS
REACHED WASHINGTON
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. (By the
Associated Press.) No proposal for
American participation in the reputa
tions discussion by the allied premiers
has reached the Washington govern
ment. On the contrary, even routine
reports of an otlieial character as to
yesterday 's developments
in i.omion
have been delayed
nut the government ;
still is dependent
upon press .oivices
for its 'information as to the present
status of the discussions.
Pending examination of the sugges
tion that the I'nited Stales cancel the
Fr h war. debt to this government as
part of a general Kuropean settlement,
officials are not inclViied to make an
comment. It is recalli'H. however, that
authorized spokesmen for the 1'iiitou
States government have held that the
whole question of allied war debts to
the I'nited States has passed out of
fhe hands of the executive brunch of
the government. Congress having ehaig
ed the debt funding commission with
the negotiation of all refunding agree
ments. This commission, moreover, is
specifically described in the act creating
it as a refunding commission, which in
the opinion of some oflicials precludes
it from considering any iiesqtiuu of
' cancellation
j It has been said on the highest au
thority, therefore, that the president
I has no power to negotiate cancellation
agreements even if that wer his desire.
UNDECIDED AS TO APPEAL
I
FOR MISS FRANCES BIRKHEAD
j OXFOllD. Miss., Die. 12. Counsel
! f or Miss Frances ('. Kirkhead were
I undecided early today whether an ap
leal would be taken in her suit for
j it llHl,(HHl against Lee M. Pussell, gov
ernor of Mississippi. A jury in the
federal district court here late yester
day returned a verdict in favor of the
defendant after onlv 2S minutes of
'deliberation .
. M. McNeel, chief counsel for Miss
j Kirkhead. would make no statement as
jto future action.
Miss Itirkhead. former stenographer
for Governor Kussoll, sought damage-,
$.'iO,onO each on two counts on the
grounds of seduction and the other im
pairmcnt of health as the result of an
alleged ois'ialiou which she declared
the governor had connived at.
Thirty four witnesses were examined
during the seven days trial of the ease.
I llocausc of his failure to respond to
'summons by counsel for the plaintiff,
ia citation has In'en issued for Then V..
, I li II . former governor, and it is ex
j iectcd he will lie reoiiircd to apjH-ar
i In-fore -Judge K. U. Holme, who pre-.
sided
April
over the
term .
case just closed, at the
Novel Scheme Used
to Liberate Hubby
STEUBEN VI LLE, Ohio, Dec, 11.
Mrs. John Borram, of Tiltonville,
Ohio, obtained the release of her
husband from jail on a bootlegging
charge in a unique manrer.
Saturday she appealed to Sheriff
Edward Lucas for her busbad's re
lease, declaring she needed his help
in supporting her five children.
When Sheriff Lucas refused to re
lease the man, Mrs. Boram left her
five children in his care and disap
peared. County officials announced today
that Borram would be released to
morrow and sent home to care for
the five youngsters. Mrs. Borram
has not yet been found.
OF GASTONIA'S NATIVE
POPULATION, 11,198 BORN
IN NORTH CAROLINA!:
Figures Show .That There Are
1,141 South Carolinians Liv
ing Here Virginia Comes
Next With 171 and Ten
nessee Third With 92.
Of the
t i ve bo i n
liC'O, the
linn was
IJ.siil officially reporti
population of (iastoai,
numbei' hi 1 1 n ill North
1 I, IPs. compared with
according to estimates
The l.azctte, following
the I'nited Slates Mure,
1 Mil-
ai o
."i.lHls. just
of
III
ma
l!lo,
e for
a me
bv
the Census
'States of
ot its fiua
Birth of the
bulletin on
Native Popu-
lation .
Of mil ives
of other states living in
: (iastonia those of
South Carolina led
(with 1,1 II.
I i he estimates
j
follow
1!U0.
9
nun.
4
1
new tnglana
Maine
I Massachusetts
: Connect icut
Middle Atlantic
j New York
I New ,1 ersey
I Peniisvlvania
V
15
ft
1
H
9
33
J4
17
20
I E. N. Central
Ohio i
Indiana "
Illinois 1
Michigan -
Wiscdii-in -
W. N. Central 9
r o
Iowa
Missouri
Nebraska -
Kansas -
South Atlantic 12,571
Delawale -
Ma I. via ml !
District of ( 'oluinbia ... -
1
4
1
1
1
1
5,618
1
4
1
7H
n
.".tins
5U7
17
60
li
.4-'
Virginia
171
I West Virginia
j North 'arolina II
j South Carolina 1
(ieorgia
Ill
HI
j Florida
i E. S
CeaSral
131
i:;
in
1 1
18
4
! Kent ucky
i Tennessee
I Alabama
Mississippi
i W. S.
Central
! Arkansas
I Louisiana
.'Oklahoma
! Texas
i Mountain
Colorado '-'
Pacific 4
Washington -
California -
All others 4
Not reported
TOtal native pop 12,804
Not i These detailed figures o
states are intimates based on the
1
1
2
2
5,726
' the
ofti
cia
of
ly reporti
the cit .
d total native population
Hl-Y CLUB PLANS CITY
WIDE GATHERING OF EGYS
Will Entertain Former Hi-Y
Boys During Christmas Hol
idays Plan Father-and-Son
Banquet.
I'racti
tub wa
tenii .
ally every nu-mber of the
s present at the weekly
Much interest was muni
Hi
me'
ing Monday night
over the get toge
when the present
invite last vear's
at th
icr
Hi-Y
Hi Y
' home i.i ...
hlistma.s week.
members will
mcmlMis to a
big feed . The id
is to cement the 1
radeship of these
school .students, and
college students as
a of this meeting
ellovvship and coin
ollcge and high
to hear from these
to what the Ili-Y'
Club has meant to them. l!y a unani
mous vote, the club decided to invito
the fathers. Therefore, the get together
will In- a fathi r and son affair. The
committee in i ha.rgo is determined to
make thi. a gieal- mvetiiig.
At the suggestion of .1. Y. Todd, it
was .divided to have a city-wide boys'
meeting sometime in January when
every boy in (iastonia over 12 years
of age nop. I be invited. Speakers of
rational .reputation wilt be secured, and
every detail of the meeting will be
carefully worked out. ' " . ,
Five new members will, be receive.)
into the membership of the Hi Y 4 T nt ;
at lis next ineel tig .
! The members enjoyed delightful JV- :
! freshmen ts -served by Mrs. Glenn. A
(hearty vote of thanks for the splendid j
1 meeting was voted JJiU tilcu.
JOHN WANAMAKER, FAMOUS
MERCHANT PRINCE, DIED
TODAY AT AGE OF 84 YEARS
Was Organizer of Depart
ment Store System In
United States.
WAS POSTMASTER-GEN'L
Was Teacher of Largest Sun
day School Class In
World.
1'iirr. aim'.i.i'iua,
Wauamakcr died at his
i a. in.
Die. 12. John
home here at t
i'he world f
I .Minus
merchant and former
passed away at h'n
ist master ;
wii home, :
yvnera
L'".;j Walnut street.
HeTlmd
I been confine
j vember, will
1 his countdy
: .leukiuiow u.
!oid.
d
there since early in Xi
heavy cold contractod it
state, ' I.yiidenhurst " at
:ir here. He was S4 years'
Mr. Wa'iamaker was active in his
business affairs wp to the time he was
I stricken. lie spent minh of last winter
! in Florida, and was iu this city all sum
mer hard at work with the exception of
asional si
ollico for
i ase from the eduties of
day at the seashore. Ilti
w as a I w a v i a u en rl v
riser a tut was usuai-
Iv in. his mercautil
establishiitetit be-
lure its doors wen
ipened.
Mr. Wa ua maker is surv ived by his son.
Rodman, a resilient of New York city,
ami two daughters, Mary It., wife of
Pal-day II. Wa rburt mi, and Klizalteth,
wife of Norma u MacLeod, both of Phila- .
delphia.
John Wananiaker led in the creation
of the depart ment store as an institu-.
tion in American life. At the out
break of the Civil War in 1801 when
he began business for himself in a
humble way in Philadelphia, retai
nu-rchanilisir;' in this country waa in
a disorganized state, and, in the opin
ion .of the far-sighted young mer
chant, it wos suffering a rapid de
cline through practices that were then
general. Aside from his a'nbition to
make money, "my paramount pur
pose," said .Mr. YVanamaker, "was to
help save the mercantile profession
from lowering its (lag before other
professions and occupations." Triert
was in those days no fixed selling;
price for goods. Business then de
manded a thirteon-hour day front all
its employes. Customers spent hottts
price-haggling with salesmen. Mr.
Wanaker was impressed with this
waste of time and to eliminate it h'i
became a pioneer in fixing a selling
price for goods. It was one of tho be
ginnings of mercantile reforms which
today itie so generally followed that
the present gemmation can scarcely
find anywhere a trace of the old prac
tices. Mr. Wanumaker was 24 years old
I (Continued on page 6.)
SOLDIERS LOOKING FOR -
STOLEN-AUTOMOBILES,
dfclILL, Ok In., Dec. 12. An Okla-
home National Guard detachment com
prising two ofliceis and ten enlisted
men went on duty here today with in
structions lo afford- protection to a
group of at ate officers who have been
investigating the discovery of inoro
than ;i score of htolen automobiles ia
Marshall county.
The guardsmen were ordered to Ma
'diil from Ardmore by Adjutant Gen
I oral Charles l Panett last night, after
R. K. Lee, assistant attorney general,
one of the state investigators, had ad
j vised H.rrett. that threats had been
'made against the officers seeking to
'recover stolen motorcars.
Sheriff John Glenn, of. Marshall
county, declared today it was ridieu
, Ions to bring troops into the case as his
force was well able to cope' with. 'any
;.. situation thai might arise. Ho said
i t here was no grounds for the fear of
'the state investigators,
j The as i slant attorney general report
ed to Oklahoma City yesterday that he
was not obtaining proper co-operatio.
from county authorities". ,
i No charges have been . tiled here in
j conned ion wiih the finding if tho
' stolon i a i s .
I One man is 'accrued by the state
officials, of having sol. I a nuiiilH-r of
stolen ens in Madilt, according to'
sheritt' Gh mi. He declared the, pr-
' sons now in possession the cars were
dealing with the state authorities ill a
lawful maimer.
iThe state investigators declared evi
dence uncovered .indicated Madill bus
been the base ,if u gang of automobile
'hhvos operating in Oklahoma and.
ni. i t hern Texas.
Asheville After Dr. Poteat
Asin; n.i.i;, d. e.
(.. Poteat, president
college, has lieeu caile
tiolis adopted by the
1 I. Dr. William
of Yake Forest
I upon in resolu
15,iptist Ministers
Associ.itiou to explain to the l?tae
llaptist convention at Winstoii Salem
position on 'the theory "f evolution. Th
1 I'SI
war
lutioiis :
led to h
,1,
pted last week were fji-
COTTON MARKET,
GASTONIA COTTOX.
Receipts today ..?7
bales
Price
. -S cents
"William lloheii7.ol!ern, in securing the
suppression of
at least do'
iag'- H"t;"u
a play al
stuiict hie
Ti.insi-ri
aut
fct'llS'
Jem
Ue
i pe
' W: ;.f ;!! y
e vi.wr wile
for
Christ ri'n.s .' I'f
iiad vi rirJ'-.X v""
i,;nt a hiif of