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TOMA DAILY Q ETTE Weather Rain Local Cotton 2Sy4 Cent VOL. XLIII. NO. 298 GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 14, 1922 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS GAS POLLARD AND WEST TO FACE COURT TODAY ON CHARGES OF MURDER Jjoy Letters From Pollard May Throw Some Light On Affair. POLLARD UNDER BOND J. Mosby West Is Being Held as Accessory and as Witney. RICHMOND. Vs.. Dec. 14. Mr. Thelma Richardson came to her death from "a bullet wound that she wan hot by. Thomas l'olhir.J in u scuffle," .was the verdict of a coroner's jury which met hero today to investigate this killing of tho pretty young stenographer at tho home of her former uiiluyr Monday evening. Pollard's bond of $10,000 given on tlie night of the kill ing, was continued. Mini liis preliminary arraignment, in police court was for Dieeinber lid. J. .1. Joes, a neighbor of Thomas Pollard, real estate and insurance man, charged with killing his former stenog rapher, Mrs. Tlielma Kicliardson, at hrs home here Monday evening, declared at the coroner's imiuest today that when he went to the Pollard home coon after the shooting Pollard exclaimed to him: "I lane shot oiiiohody . ' ' .Tones was the tirst witness to he fulled. He Has put on the stand after Coroner .1. Whitfield refused the re rtuest of Commonwealths Attorney Dave Hatterlield for a postponement of the hearing. Jones -aid he iu on his wax to his .holm: when he .saw the body of the pretty young divorcee on the Inivn between the I'ollard home and the house adjoining and that I'ollard was stand jug on the steps of his own residence. Jlo declared that it was then that he approached I'ollard and the latter told of having "shot somebody . " Jones Said ho did not see anybody eke around 8t the time nor did he notice an auto Xnobile in front of the house. Mrs. Richardson is supposed to h:ive been driven to the I'ollard home by J. Mosby West, former employe of I'ol lard and now in the real e.tate busi Hess of his own. Jones also testified that he did not ItllOW how loan the body had been on tho lawn before he arrived nor how long it remained there until it was removed to a hospital thiee blot ks away. lie couM give no information OS to the. amount of time elapsing be fore the ,rrival of the police. These are considered by the police a- salint points in the case'. IVtective .Sergeant Wayniack, the ffteeond witness, told of his arrival at the Pollard home and tinding the young realty dialer in conference with his at torney, Hiram Smith. He said Smith handed him a revolver, pointing out to hi in: " Ygii can see f.fr yourself that two chambers in the gun are empty and that it has recently been fired. "' The detective de lured he found this to be a fact. Later, Wayniack said, Hiuith instructed I'ollard to get "his own pistol.'' This took swver.il min utes, the witness continued, and the gun Was folllill to be a the pistol previoiisl diltereiit uiakt .' given him. from RICHMOND. Va .. Dec It. Thomas I'ollard, real estate and insurance mall, alid J. Mosby West will be a li a iglied here today in connection with the death of Mrs. Tlielma i.ichardson, a stenog rapher, who was shot and killed at the Pollard, home here Monday night . Pol laid is charged with minder and is now at liberty on bond of f-1 . and West is being held in bail as an accessory. Preceding the preliminary healing Coroner Whitfield will hold an inucst . Local police early today continued their work of attempting; to unravel what they termed the mystery sur rounding the shooting of Mrs. Kichard Hon after they declared last night they lid succeeded in forging another link in the chain of circumstantial evidence by which they expect to hold Pollard pil the charge of murder, . The new angle is bast-d on a discov ery by detectives of a series of amorous notes and a check -.igned in bl:;iik dur ing a search of the woman's home near this city. The check is signed ''Thomas I'ollard," and made payable to Tlielma II. liiehardsoii and is dated June -), J921. Oil June (i. detectives said in referring to the hearing of the l,i hard son divorce case. Mis. Kicbardsou went to a local hospital. Her illness at the time and an operation tigered eoiispi.-n ously in the proceedings. One note written on May lli and addressed to "Dearest Little Hamm'' find tdgned by "Tom,'' expies-es hoe that li, take good care of herself and 'hurry and get well, s that you can l0 with me once more, as you aie. as a rule, such sunshine to me and 1 love to to have you around." The epistle Closes with "loads of love for you." One of the undated notes carries a habitation in the first sentence of 'fiood morning, darling." and ends Villi the expression "Loads of love and take f. ire of yourself. " It was signed Jny "Thomas." The last note written on Friday but Iiad no date, is formal in tone, and contains no endearing terms. It is addressed to "Dear Miss llamm." It comments on Mrs. -l.'ichardson's "going to the l.ichard-t'iis tir May." arid (the closing sentence reads: ''When you kirl Well enough to see ine a few minute I ean do for you, please call on inc. " let me know, and if then is anything J WAMIINGTON. D.1-. 14 Cotton eoii It signed "Smrerely, Thomas Pol !,..,. during NoveniU-r amounted to Jar''- - I.-.T7 ."rtil r.t linf iin.l rr.1-'-' .,f lintcr. The poln-e have issued a statement declaring that they have )s.-n unable to rtablisii the exact manner in which ' ilrs." l.'ichardsoii was shot. V, f. who (CouiLiueJ oa page -8.) TURKEY ACCEPTS DDECISION OF NATIONAL MINORITIES LAUSANNE, Dec. 14. (By the Associated Press. ) Turkey accepts in principle the application to the national minorities in her territory of the clausea on this subject insert ed in the Austrian, Bulgarian and other peace treaties, Ismet Pasha de clared today at the near east con ference and alto the granting of amnesty to the members of these minorities. Turkey, said Ismet, likewise agreed in principle to the plan for her seeking admittance to the League of Nations. She refuses, however, the demand for the creation of a national home for the Armenians and the exemp tion of members of the minorities from military service. 0. G. THOMAS CHARLOTTE MAN, IS GRANTED NEW TRIAL BY SUPREME COURT Charlotte Man Sentenced 18 Years for Murder of A. Allen at Kannapolis. to ADAMS WRITES OPINION Justice, However, Preparing the Opinion, Deals Kindly With Judge Ray. KAl.KlG II, Dec. 1,'i. Finding serious 'error in Judge .1. His J;jy s instructions I the .jury, the supreme court today or dered a new trial in the ease of ). G. ; ( Ked ) Thomas, Charlotte automobile man, convicted in Cabarrus superior J coon in si January oi me inurucr oi -r- tlmr J. Allen, of Kannapolis, and sen- j fenced to Is years ill the state's prison. Owing to Judge Day s failure to properly instruct on the degrees of mur der, the jury was left to conjecture, and i t 'may have concluded, very reason I ably, that in the absence of such malice as is essential to make a homicide mur der in the first degree every killing of a human being is murder in the second de Igreo, " Justiet .1. Adams points out in "lit ing the court's opinion. Detail of Error, lie eoo, fully into details surround ina .ludge Kay's error, and sets forth the distinction in murder degrees while icted of second decree murder. The su- ; pieme i ouit 's opinion charges the trial judge with having so instructed the jury that, even in the face of corcumstailces that mav have caused the defendant to act in what he believed to be fense, it was unable to return a other than second degree. In his instructions to the jury llav omitted the posibility of self-de- verdict I i Judge the de- j teiidant having prehension of tired the fatal shot i"i ap- death or great bodily harm at lei, hold 1 ert the hands of Allen, Justice A I-. , and then comments: i inlv fright or terror will not I excuse Cio un necessary taking ot liuinan life when there is no reasonable ground for apprehending death or enormous bodly harm, but lli connect ion 'with other c i re u 1 1 1 st a lice's it may serve to repel tie" i inference of malice arising from the in- j teiiticmal killing with a deadly weapon, I and to mitigate or reduce hotniside from j murder in tlie second degree to man- . slaughter. When Man is Justified. "The that he mete fact that a man leiicves is in great and immediate dan life of great bodily harm does ger of 1 not of itself justify him in taking life. There must be some grounds or such be lief, or the law will not excuse him for taking the life of another. Hut if the i slayer acts from an honest belief that it 'is necessary to protect himself, and not ', from malice or revenge, even though he formed such a conclusion hastily and without due care, and when the facts did not justify it. still, under such a cose, although Mich being liclief on his part will not fully justify him, it may go into mitigation of the crime and reduce the homicide from murder to manslaughter. ' i Thomas' case attracted statewide in iterest at the time of the trial, and it has , liecn closely watihcd in supreme court. ' He was released on bond landing the ap Ipeal and since has been in the automobile ' business in Charlotte. He was driving through Kannapolis with a woman on the night of October I'."!. 1!2I. when Allen stopped him. The defendant 's testimony was to the effect 'that he fired immediately upon lieing ae , i-osted. Iielieviii'j that the man was intent upon robbing him. Thi contention, de nied by the state, was the principal point on which the ease was fought in su ! lienor court, and constitutes the object '( the opinion in the supreme court 's de cision. LASSITER APPOINTED. WASHINGTON. iH-c. !4. The fed-j eral reserve board announced today the j appointment of Hubert Lasniter, of (liar- j lotte, N. I'., as a class C director of tho clerul hescrve HallK Ot KIclllllOIKI. .Mr. Lissit.-r sn.cee.ls Janus A. Moiietire and takes ofti.e Januar'v 1. -'I ' BIfi AMOUNT TflTTON WAS CONSUMED IN NOVEMBER. coinpincd with ."i:::l.t."( of lint and 6'. b'ti of lintcrs in O-GiIh r. this year and -"C'T.IMO of lint and "i7.2t! of linters ill NovemlxT last year, the census bureaj aunouiu - d today. j RICHBERG, THE CHICAGO ATTORNEY, SUMMED IN DAUGHERTY HEARING Was Counsel for Railroad : Workers In Last Summer Strike Proceedings. KELLER AKS FOR HIM Volstead Thinks Case Against Daugherty Will Amount to Nothing. WASHINGTON', Dec. II. Witnesses , summoned to appear today before the, house judiciary committee in its hearings on the impeachment charges against At torney General Daugherty included Don aid Kichberg, Chicago attorney, who wn-; I counsel for the railroad workers in the j strike injunction proceedings instituted by the atorncy general at Chocngo last ( summer. His appearance was requested by couuttcl for Representative Keller, re I publican, Minnesota, who brought the im I peachmeut charges, for testimony on a j third specification of the fourteen sun tnitted in the charges, alleging a perver t si on of the legal processes of the govern- j ment by Mr. Daugherrty in obtaining the the strike injunction. ( Whether the eomniittee, which devoted I yesterday to the hearing of testimony presented by counsel for both sides on the first. two of the specifications to be taken j up, would reacli ttie uiir-i .spociticauon io day,? however, apjteared uncertain. The committee heard a wide range of testi niony on the first two yesterday, and i' was during the hearing of witnesses on the necond. alleging failure by the at torney general to enforce compliance by the railroads with the safety appliance act, nt the night session, that Chairman Volstead broke in with the declaration that, judged by the character of testi mony this far offered, he did not believe jt possibloto make anything out ot the case" against .ir. i;augneri . As the final witnesses to be heard yes terday on the other specification, charg ing that Mr. Daugherty hau knowingly apponted to ofliee men who were "un trustworthy, corrupt and dangerous to the liberties of the people" ami revolv ing about the appointment of William .1. Burns took the stand in his own defense. Previously Senator Johnson, republican. Cariforniii, had been called by Paul How land, personal attorney for Mr. Daugh-efty,-n a-hntuotcr witness for the in ycstigatioti bureHii director. Mr. Hums Itnlde a sweeping denial of any impropriety m his coinm t as a i government agent in connection 'Oregon bind fraud trials in l.'i' it n lie h'.s a I lezed activities with the ilri'.e.; oi a .1,.. ii..t ,.t- vvi:ii...i v .ii.ra-- jury lor ic in the fraud caes having ' e."i the pun cipal subject of evidence pr vi nisb" - no mitted. (ieorge W. Wickersh-im, win Uis attorney general during Hie I'm ft d- ministration, iui-1 reeoiirm nucd t: lease of .Tones because of the al' -g. I ac ra- itivities by Mr. Herns, lid S a: rl 'I i an r t ll.lt I Bui o pers, president of the Aiiieii (tlon of Labor, win tesiineii I vised Mr. Daugherty against ie .p- poiimtient (W 'be same reas ceded him on the s'.-. 1 FOR HOSPITAL SHOE AND BRACE FUND ! Oasis Temple in session at Charlotte December 8, contributed 7."D to the special shoe ami brace fund of the I North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital. ; Tliis shoe and brace fund is a special lone to provide shoes and braces for crimded. defon 1 children who IVC !the hospital practically H" ier cent corrected, but need a pair ot special shoes and good braces to be worn the first few months after leaving. Many of these children are too poor to pro vide themselves with shoes and braces. Shoes and braces cost considerably, for the institution during, one year. ln November, 1HLM, to October. 1 months shoe repairing cost 7".()."i, j shoei 1,490.70, braces total l,!:i7.10. Ten more beds will be ad institution next year. Tin tures along this line will be possibly .'J.oOO. If anyone reading this article would like to help this fund and do something really constructive, mail a check to the institution marked "brace and shoe fund." DISTURBANCES CLEARED UP AT BAPTIST CONVENTION WINiSOX-SALKM. Dee. 11. Mes sengers to the Haptist State convention are happy this morning because of the clearing up of the disturbances which were threatening the successful work of the denomination. Yesterday afternoon the settlinnt of the location of McrodiCt college in a vote of conlidenee given the board of trustees who had -secured op tions on land near Italeigh at Method and again last night when President Wil liam Louis Poteat in an address strik ingly clear, forceful and spiritual took a firm stand on the principles of Chrisji anity, peaec reigns in the convention. Those 'who know Dr. Poteat, ami his life teaching had no complaint to offer and it wa hard to understand just whv so much discussion had conic to pass. Reverend J. F. Love, corresponding . i i .!;!.., nt t.Vl i.rrsniw ...n.l nill rarrr :i llav- isecreiarx ui ine lorcigii iiussiun ihwiu -t j tll(, utirn Buptist convention ad- dressed the convention last night, stress-jH iing the need of more intensive work in i..,t. TOKIO. Pw.lH. (Hv the Asco -i eiuted Press, .) Prince Kegi-nt Hirohito, , who has been seriously ill with measles, i was reported at noon today to Ik im- , " proving. . liis touiiieraturc, winch yes terday was around -ion, has dropied tot slightly more than H'l and his pulst, j which had been between 1U ami 110, -is i 'now 86. Cheerful Prisoner i A broad smlls was on the face, of Abraham Becker, Bronx Of. T.) taxlcab driver, when the grand jury indict ed him for wife murder of the most horrible kind. According to testimony, the woman's body was burled in a lime-pit while she was still alive. mynr"""' The Day's News At A Glance Irish laborites against expense of vigorously protest installing new guv- ernor general of viceregal lodge. Free State in former American Ambassador Child urges I-.met I'asha to make just concessions for protection of Armenians, Greeks and other minorities in Turkey. Hiikeiihead tells Miitlsh lords are limits to humiliations which wise to inrtiit upon Germany. Flight of pool house of of Ilritish coal wage i excites l uminous . millers iucause sympathy of President of I'riiguay an I Dr. l.ouis Ilefrera, fonnei- legation secretary at Washington, light pistol duel without serious results. New to llipe central of ten York theatrical producers unite out ticket agencies and approve office to sell seats at premium cents. Three comets swing through first time in years, Harvard tor.v reports. kics for observa Heal Japanese invasion threatens United States in form of Japanese bee tle, federal horticultural expert de clares. Senate judiciary sub committee recom mends confirmation of Pierce Butler's nomination as justice of United States Supreme Court . Chairman Volstead, of house judi ciary committee, declares he has failed to be impressed by testimony against ! Attorney General Daugherty in im- peaehineiit proceedings . Parker, of Louisiana, at conference of governors at White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., sponsors enactment of law for registration of all members in secret organizations. Iei.il Council of Churches 111 s,.S. slon it 1 inliana nolis emnhasizes nmiuin sibilit Unite, ot J'rotestant churches States. in I William ,1. p. urns a hearimr on I I huigherty impeachment charges s;l vs I . Samuel dumpers has hounded him ever since arrest of McNamara brothers in dynamiting plots. TURKEY WILL JOIN , Lh. AGUE OF NATIONS LAUSANNE, Dec. 14. (By the As- sociated Prers.) Turkey will join th (league of nations as soon as peace is signed at Lausanne, Ismet Pasha an - nouncea at the Near East conference to- ,"" a m me pro.,, leaning .., , day. As the league exercises general .u- j 's publications as to throw res. s, pervision over minority populations Is-I1, '''"' ,'"r "'" "" '-dwar,s- met. announcement, was internreted asU""1 Hroughton company. In explaining meaning that Turkey will accept the league's ,upervision over the Christian people of Turkey. ..Irmet said Turkey was readv to ac cord the same treatment to minorities as provided in the treaties exchanged be tween the various European countries. This. I?met declared, was not because of the menacine words of Lord Curzon. j the British foreign secretary, as voiced I to t he yerterday. but because the Turkish na-expendi- ; tional pact required it. The Turkish delegate said Turkey ac cepted the granting of general amnesty to policical prisoners. She woulXd de- jcline, however, to establish a national ;home for the Armenians. j NELSON COTTON MILL TO BE BUILT NEAR WHITNEL New Concern Will Have Payroll of Ap ! proximately $15,000 Per Week. Lenoir, Dee. i:;. A meeting of the i subscribers of the capital stock of the j Nelson Cotton Mill company, the new 'mill to be built at Whitnel, was h hi thi ; I morning. .1. L. Nelson, C. F. Harper. A. M. Kistb r. .1. H. H.sitl. J C S-agle (were elected directors, with .? L. Nelson. president, and .1. L. Nelson, Jr., secretary and assistant treasurer The new mill t jhas an !int!:nri.ed capital stock of .t"mi,- Mtuil w ith (iu,0tn) paid in. J J Work on this new mill is to be pushed ;as rapidly as posible. The mill have j iti.ddii spindles and will manufacture ply card yarn. The mill will furnish employment to i - - i-- -- l1""11 ' approximately I.'.immi kt week, will require about i i or .".0 cottages to houye the increased population that i will be brought about by the new null. I lie employes, xx it li their families will make up an increase in the population of Go village soineA her.' about 4W persons. , T7T" 1 - T U C WEATHER ' - North Friday. init Carolina: Rain tonight warmer tonight and in east! 'Friday. Dr. Poteat Vindicates Himself Before The Baptist Convention1 President of Wake Forest Stands Before Church Convention and Demonstrates His Adherence to the Teachings of the Scriptures Vindication of Session Meredith College GEORGIA CITIZENS WANT TO END KLAN TERRORISM Winder One Man Says He Will Kill Next Masked Per - son Who Stops In Front of His House. ATlIKN'Js, (in.. D r. I I.- Another at tempt to put an end to terrorism said to be the work ot members of the Ku Ixlux Klaii will be made bv Dai row only citi.elis at a mass meeting to lie heh Winder, Gr., tomoirow, according to in an announcement received here today. Citions who are at the head of tin i mass meting unmiiiit said today that an i elloit will also lie iini'le to ailopt a I es olutiou, vvliii h met with a defeat at a I mass meeting held in Winder several days ago. ' 1 los resolution ' eoiuleimis the prac tice of niht llding by bodies of masked men or women and the crime that at tend or are cloaked under such plac tice. " 'That we call," the resolution con tinues, "upon all officers of the law who have order bourn taken any obligation in a secret or otherwise, by which they arc to protect or connive at infrac any obligation tions of the law by of the constitution any one i violation lid laws of the state and the United States, to either draw from sii.-h older or to resign with f loin office. ' ' ! An appeal for protection from the state of eGnrgia was made by K. D. ; Woodruff, Winder merchant, few days ago. Mr. Woodruff was foreman of the Marrow county grand jury which recent- lv indicted some alleged klansnien. He declared in an appeal to Governor Thomas W. llardwick that demonstra tions have been made in front of the home and that he ex ts no protectio.l from local authorities. In his letter to the governor he added ill order to protect his life and property he "intended to kill the first masked man who will stop in front of his home." CLARK AND THE PRINTERS HAVE A MISUNDERSTANDING WAI.F.K.II. Dec 1 il.-' ' 1 nvest ia may range all the wav into whether the slate ' .-; 1 1 tons which j from an inquiry '"'pa mucin oi i labor and printing is ad more the functions of 's biases as union laborer, on I miiust rat nig ultice than it ! down to whether Chief der, .'iniiotator, gisl.itoi. look : start here this Justice Clark i editor and su i soinec. hat pi. ;tfterinjon. proofde: i prcme I i tlllesipie i The ' j the "investigation begins ivitli nun l,l;ii"' (,t' ',"' Ld wards ami Itroughton 1 "'"pany, printing a portion of the state's business, that the department of ll',,",r !'ri""";: ,l;, M" 11 :l 1"' invest igat ion that position the printing company sai the Oiliflice which nas been reading the company's proofs makes it exceeding diflicult for the Kdwards and Hi ought mi shoo to make a state contract profitable ! because of the needless exactions laid m, it. The company runs on the open simp. In these ramiticatioiis Chief Justice ('lark comes in. It had been the understand ing of the printing company that he i. nroofreader. " The sii-nii ion astounds jthe chief justice. lie has I n editing (and annotating, but proofreading, not ton anybody's tin type. (Juite incidental ito these unhappy exchanges is the tact (that his h ir for editing and anno- takiitg, draws a steady stipend. 1 lie printing company says thW wage ha I ii charged up to the printing bill and 'he state pays it. Dates Back to Strike. I Fir-t formal complaint of diss.,t if o tion with relations between the printing (company and the state was made by the Icompaiiy in a letter to the printing com Imisison written NovoiiiIht -i. At that jtime, according to the complain!, the 'assistant commissioner 'f labor and printing. Laurence F. XL-hols, had r. fused to proofread to prootrea't a reprint ot voi.ime i::'. North Carolina reports, and had directed that the same be not submitted tn Chief. .lust ice Chirk for proofreading. " Prior to Ma v. l'Ul . wlilcli was tlie date of the walkout of union printers in three Italeigh shops, including that of Kdwards and Hroughton. the last b tter says. " Xo question of the kind pro seated bv this letter ever arose, nor. wr may say. until tlie viowpoiiu oi ine j sistant commissioner of labor and prim ing, Mr. .Nichols, with resvts to the program of state printing. loiame a par! and parcel of the policy of this depart ment. "JSince that time," the leter continues, "such work us has been allotted to us has been small in amount and allote! der such conditions as to make it un proritable, vexatious and embarrassing. Vrii'r tu lhe s,lik' ''n"u'rs '" i-1. it iiir.erirs from t icexv .iaiig" oi cor ! respoiidetice ami the complaint made to !tln- nriiitiii" conimissioii. volume 1'.- vva allotted to Ldwaids aud Hroughton f in I. .rint. School Head Feature of Day's to Be Moved to Method. t P. v W . T. lijinldi-.s. i WI.WI'ON s.U.b.M, Dec. 1.1. Standing erect before fail :iu-tieuce of a thousand people tonight Dr. William Louis I'oleat completely vanquished all opposit ion, ii:d in language that could ; Have oecii oust rated nndi'i'st 1 bv anv child, detn lis adle rence to the faith of I"'1' l5;'l',,ilt "'V 'V"'1' I nigs ot tlie si-ript ores. I hose who have attacked I'r. Poteat and his po-itimi I1':'"' ""! ,'1"""'1 "r"i""i ,ut '"" . clsin. Il was a moiiiitaiii peak in con volition history wln-n in closig Dr. j I'oteat called mi tin' liaptisl host to iconic on and follow the cross. This vindication of Wakt get her with the settlement ' llith College .site roll' rover-1 Forest, to the Mere- this after the great in North uiioii, feat me. I tin- as one , est days I ( 'aroliua . 1 There 'seated I i Upon I In I'.aptist historv in North hep e--ting Fveiv could u a tciiseuess a ippres loll, elilie of i ouveiit ion expectant. I ouight . vet im one b Kill I'vplain exactly their I'.xpectation tly (le aguing Something v.is agoing to happen, and everybody felt it, but "hut Was it.' I 'Dr. Poteat Speaks, i The hour struck when the ilisciissiiei of W.'lke Forest College was to llegii" . I There had lieeii in in-li talk of theorie; i.uiKii. nun ii .-en- ii.nii.iiv io ine iii v I.. ..!.'.. I . .1.. I t lief of tin- Uapti-t people. Memorials I had gone Cm ward to tnistees and to ot hers ! bring f lid what uould tie- discussion i lli .' asked members of the eon ! Ventioll . I The time came and imitable way Kev i roKpondiug secretary i j educat ion. stood befor ! and asked that h'.-v. T in his own in T. :i i: Il , cor f the board of ' tin invention . .1 . Tailor lead j tin- convention in prayer. Dr. Taylor re ponded, pleading toiichiugly with i Cod that 111-, soirit lead the discussion and dictate otioii ill the ciinveu brielly mentioned the t ion . Dr. Vanu then birth Po veais age a farm near Wak institution for the in a buggy shed on Forest of the first, higher education of v..on.r i...... ;.. v.. .in i' i;.. ci men who brought the child school into the world did most of their work on their knees, I,,- said They did not Un to see the child grow 1-irg". They are How in heaven, lot lied in while, but tonight they look dmvii and can so, t In glorious full grown institution. Wake Forest . "Now. as we discuss Wake Forest." sai Dr. inn, "I know you expect to hear i man s-a)(, and I present a loan inn want to hear, not because he is the president of Wake Forest, but because he is our fellow laborer, bears in his body the works of V hi) toe Lord .1. Slls 1 present President P teat." The house was packed, but one could easily have heard a pin' drop as Presi dent I'oteat stood before the enliven tiou. lb- held in his hand a testa ment and said 'Hiiet.ly. "I want to read vou a little passage from a little I k. I coinnieiid this lit tie book to you. It has been the j.i.v and light of mv life. 1 love th a ut hority It is our von hear is little book it our only pract ice . If ever book, call for our faith and dearest possession any body Haunt this to cur little company .'It Wake Forest to come to your aid. Mankind In Making ' ' Ma iikind especially in is til. forever young. ' ill the ' said making. Dr. Po io much teat . about t Then. amiot tell old ." 1 1 ievv ing ola ditimis the , vv orhl. Dr . 1 'oteat said : "We aie going to have either an uivhv or Christ. He is the physician of our soul. 1 make m, apology to anv body anv where f,,r (in, ling in Christ the salvation of the individual. The woil. I will never get beyond 'lt i i 1. 'hiist has never mm. ken one word which has been disconn'ed by si-ieut itie progress. The trs is the central fact in the world's history. The world ueed t new pic. and in w people come oniv through i hrist. Out of the glory of the cross ,,f Calvaiy Christ calls to (.vou and im , Follow Me. ' The world feeds to be good and tn be intelligent. j Christian education unites goodness and intelligence. Science cannot discredit i faith. Si n in .- cannot, explain per-oii 'abt.v. There are t u o forms of infi delity . One is t. fear lest the truth be bad the fear that the spirit of ruth will not guide us-. i.ef us w.. ' 1 1 ut b Truth is soveieign. Truth is from l, inl and bears His message. I ruth' av - in tin- beginning Moid ere at. to III. II! av (.. I.'iehty set )'i p in Id image Truth comes I Hi: , igh her ! Il igo Wr, iml . lai. ult are. has in bai la mis gioli. tlie ; li'llce. g I. bio art. ela: a ml si,. Applall- h, 'i "Thele deilty, the travail of sat isfie.i . Don't vou I' .'1 e.-nlld lorni of iiili fear that God the soul and t tod 's d ream is see the kings i shall see t In- diall not be coming true."3 '" ear'li com U-. the coll iug to saitm.;T I meat him.' We .-an ha i.im i.y stoppn our pid l!ii g. our piddling We -luiuld look to l, !OHe We od and stop looking at one another, thinks this and one thinks that, are in the nod! t.f a Campaign tu a world. I.et us follow when He i. oof and out, follow Him to vie . s.iv e l leads. 'tor.v.- Opposed to "Railroading." I.'ev. W. C . Itarrett, of (Jastoitia. barged those vv Io were in favor of the' remov.-il of Meredith college to the (.Method site with, making an effort to j' i-ailro.id ' te pi-oooMtiou through .tie ; ruin, ut ion. j, "Lrrro pposed f, railrojuiitig auv I thing through the convention.'' said Dr. CCjitinued oa page 8. ADDITIONAL CREDIT TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES IS URGED BY GOVERNORS , Nebraska Governor Would for Increase Demand Farm Products. HELP THE FARMERS Agricultural Prosperity Checked By High Prices of Commodities. AVIUTK V.I.. De.. SI'JJ'HKi: M'lUNGS. W. 1 C-- Granting t,f additional the 1'iiited tate to foreign having stable forms of eoveru- ,1-ledil I. , count rie. ment, with reeoiiiiiiende cvltain rest,;.,'.ii$is, WaB today by Nun U, McKrl- vie, governor of Nebraska, speaking l fore the annual governors' confereuct. as means of increasini the ilrmun.l t'nr American igriciiltural products, thereby st riMigt heiii i in the tanning industry, lecoinmendatiou tiov- In making that ernor Mchelue said In; did list favor cancellation of foreign debts by tin' ' I'nited Mates nor did lie believe it uould be wise for this country to make further loans without power to restrict the use of such grants of credits. I'.efore granting additional credits to a foreign nation, the governor said, tho liiited States first .should ascertain whether the applicant had reduced its . i lied force to a sound peace basis, 'lie ui 'id payment of obligations. imini tho .... . . . . ml,., .Stntes in-. turns maintaining military organizations jeopardizing world ! j .("ice. j Agricultural prosperity, he said, is beiiie- checked by abnormally high priee j levels of commodities and labor. A re I adjust ment to a basis ill harmony with l.'ig.iciiltuial need., and conditions would ido more to cure the industry ' ills than no si of the legislation passed recently, he said, ;i, too much dependence could in f be placed upon it. i Continued orderly development of tin ; nation industrially and governmetitallv denands the formation of nil industrial code aimed at the peaceful ict lenient of disputes betwen capital and labor. Gov cr ior .lames llartuess, of Vermont, said ;ln an address prepared for delivery 'it t,.. conference. Governor llartuess is a la pe employer of ,1a bur, itperiiting a ma lcl, ne tool plant at Springfield, Vt. Lie said that conditions seemed to war ia it "some central equalizing board htat -will function in the interest of luboi,. n,iital and the public." He asserted th it government regulation had not been sa isfactory because it had run contrary to national law and had been of a ro ' strid ivc nature and that uifair practice .'i ll existed which if not eliminated ns mrch as posible by orderly methods WOul 1 re ult in further political and social tin- let. GREATEST MOVE FOR FARMER EVER INAUGURATED So Its Sponsors Claim for Na tional Council of Farmers' Co-operative Marketing As sociations. WAMIINGTON, Dec. J l - What its so .ioi s c ha l ac er i .e as 'he was, im portant movement tor fa.-tm'c, ever in- au th, ;iirated was assembling la linclU'i of the li In:"'" today v.itb. t nati ual eoun-:t.- unrketiiiK rcpre..mi tho in fery JV.;jor ell ol tanners ,-u "Ji ! .is-ociat ions. Deiega a -social ions interest ed product, from cotton of the south t.j to v,";,s!ii)igtna to day con ferine, d a ci;n;pl re tn.it ket in ' nmc- i abtorma fruit, came take part in the three The program im-bidi view of th co-operat i vi in. nt in of ot. pr.bii t genera I America, featuring tl, handling i, toko-en, fruit, grain, dairy Hid other f.uai products. Other opi, s of discussion were operative 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 J :illd rural cr.'Cilt ' leg islation; common problem fif i"i-o;i"a-tive marketing associations and 1:W to handle th in: problems of each coniutodit v group, and en op, :ativc edin-ation l" tho fa rmors and t he public. The jii-ogiaiii arranged for today's session wa; devoted largely to hearing addresses ! n , -rotary Wallace, ISecre t.ii v II. .over. Dr. .lulius Klsin, director of r.iiie.i: illli'li e. : Iti .at i, ( ' Foreign and Douiestie Hid representatives of farm n, meetings of representatives Of . associations hatidliil the sann lit it -s will feature tomorrow V .lie es.ior. There will include a meeting of the A n, ricaii cotton growers exchange; a in s '.'eg of th tobacco group, which if. is estimated will sell collectvely aboUS two ! iids of the entire crop this year, and meetings of grain co-operative, dairy,- perishables, wood growers and other groups. . Publicity men. including;' editors of farm papers and their representatives. Held- service .tn4 organization, wen, agri cultural collow men and extension ex perts, vviil meet in a forum to discuss educational features tomorrow night. COTTON MARKET GASTONIA COITON. Receipt) today .38 bale Price. .25 1-4 eeaU . CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKTS V()l;K. Dec. 1 1. v-Vttvii f'J- tores Jan., Jii'v, closed sternly fit L'l) p.Mlttt Hp. L:..s; March. '23.SI ; May, 55.J; -" ('3; Dv.,- 2,."3 .Spin -".t j.
Gastonia Daily Gazette (Gastonia, N.C.)
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Dec. 14, 1922, edition 1
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