TONIA DAILY OA
Weather
Rain
LocaUCotton
2514 Cents
VOL. XLIII. NO. 300
GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 16, 1922
SINGLE COPY S CENTS
ANSAS WILL
SAY GOVERNOR ALLEN
GAS
DRIVE OUTTklaN
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Contract Let For Erection
Of New City Hospital To
Cost About $150,000
Palmer-Spivey Co., of Augusta, Ga., Lands Contract Hospital
to Stand On Highland Avenue Site, Highest In City Guion
& Withers Get Contract for South! Gastonia School at
$56,000.
A tout nu-t
to tilt' PallllC
Ga., for the
City Hospital,
requiring tlmt
was let Friday afternoon!
i-Spivy Co., of Augusta, '
construction of tlic now '
tin- teniA of tin; contract ,
work lie commenced im-
mediately after
the Christmas holidays !
and Im' completed
The contract price
within ten months,
was 1U::.iiiiii. In-
eluded in the contract were the heating, i
lui)vli Hff ami wiring Jiut none of the ,
interior euiejpmeiit or furnishings. These j
items will bring the total cost of the
hospital, when ready for occupancy, to
a figure approximating . 1 jII.IMHi . There,
was a large number of bidders on this
job. The plans were prepared by
Charles (.'. Wilson, architect, of Colum- i
Ida and Gastonia .
This building will occupy a ri i li -font
site on -North Highland street, the
highest point within the eit.v limits ne- I
cording to a recent (survey. Only a few !
blocks from the heart of the business i
district of the city, it will be isolated 1
from the noise an ddust anil other in ;
conveniences of an uptown location. ;
The site is at tiie corner of Muunoy and J
Highland streets, facing -tin feet tin
tlip latter. It will stand 70 feet back j
frjOin the street, thus allowing for a .
splendid front yard which will hr
beautified.
1 he building itsclfiviM be four
ries and basement, -X 41 feet,
will have (i- becls, more than double
number the hospital now has. Jt
sto
and
' the
will
pre
a nd
Kt' Jireproor tlirougliotit lint extra
cautions will be taken in that the
Vutor sliiift and the stairway will
be. enclosed in (i reproof eonsriiettoii
lire escapes will be provided at
both
ends of the building. It will be of
red texture brick witJi stone 1 i iiiiniings
and will be entirely modern both in
construction an decjuipineii! .
On the first Hour will be the ofli.es,
reception room, receiving room, kitchen,
il i in n room ami six private bed rooms
with bath for patients. Three other
.private rooms with l;i 1 1t will be pro
vided elsewhere in the building. The
laboratory will I ie on the fourth lloor.
There will be two operating rooms with
a sterilizing room between. At each
end of the 'building there will be
screened in porches where patients may
have , an abundance of sunlight ami
fresh air during rest ami recuperation.
Ill the winter these will be glassed in
and heated.
For the present the nur-es will be
lioii.sd in the hospital. However, when
lite demands are such that the room
thry occupy is needed for patients, a
nurses' home will lie built on the
grounds close to the main building.
No expense . w ill be omitted to make
this hospital, in point of equipment ami
accommodations,, the eipial of the best
in the country. The institution is
owned by the City Hospital Company,
of which Drs. L. N. (ilenu an, I .1. .
Sloan are the' principal stockholders.
South Gastonia School.
(itiiou & Withers, of (iastonia, were
awarded the contract yesterday after
noon for the construction of the new
South (Iastonia public school buihliug.
which is to occupy a site near the
Charles It. Armstrong Memorial church
on the 1'nion mad. The price1 was
.toH.iMHi. This building is to have, ten
class rooms and an auditorium with a
seating capacity . or" 4UO. Jt is to be
of brick, -modern both in const nut ton
and equipment, and is to be ready for
occupancy next September.
FIRE IN HOLD OF
JAPANESE STEAMER
LOS ANi;KLKS. Dec. Ili. I'ire dk
covered early today in a cargo of cotto.i
in the after hold of the Japancc t'reigat
and passenger steamer Chicago Main,
lying at a dock in the outer harbor, was
exteitiglii-hed after doing damage esti
mated at f lll.oiei. At one time the
flames were beyond control and threat
ened to destroy the vessel.
.One hundred, passengers were take'!
ashore soon after thee the was discover
ed. The ves-el arrived yesterday from
Xew Orleans.
It was believed the tire had been burn
ing several hours when it was discov
ered in hold nu'nlier four and tiie on
the Ntarboard side.
The Japanese crew ot ;!ou fought the
fiames with dilliculfy as the decks were
to hot they burned the sailors- feet. A
number' were overcome bv smoke.
The steamer is in the nro utd the
world service of the Osaka Siiosen
.vaisha line and rjiiis U't ween the. Orient
and South Africa. Its master is Captain
B. Znini.-'gn.
COTTON MARKET
GASTONIA COTTON.
Receipts today. 10
bales
cents
Price. ,
.25 1-4
CLOSING
BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK
MARKTS
XKW YOPvK. Dit. ' 1(5:. Cotton fu
tures dosed steady. January 2.1. 41;
March '"'. 66: May I'a.TM; .Inly J.".."6;
rsepteiuUr "1. .".."; ()tober it. mi; De
c-ember 'l.-i, . SpoU IWelttv
)oints up.
John B. Dons Novel
Attire For "Party
BOSTON, Dec. 15. An investi
gation by a federal grand jury ef a
report published today that whiskey
was served in nursing bottlea at the
annual dinner of the New England
Road Builders' Association in the
Hotel Somerset last night will be
asked by Prohibition Enforcement
Director Elmer C. Potter.
The repoit of the banquet which
will be made the basis of the offi
cial inquiry said that nearly 1,000
guest found beside their places at
the tables boxes containing bottles
that resembled nursing bottlea,
wrapped in tissue paper and frosted
so that the contents appeared to
be milk.
THINKS PROW FORGES
OUGHT TO BE DOUBLED
R.
A. Kohloss, Federal Prohi
bition Director For North
Carolina Could Use Much
Larger Force If He Had
Them.
SALlSlil'WY. Dec. Hi. " If the fed
leral prohibition force in North Carolina
were doubled and state and county of
ficials doubled their resolution to co-op-ieruto
with us, it would be possible to
have a real enforcement of the Volstead
;iiit.'' I. A. Kohloss, federal prohibition
! director for North Carolina declared to
day. ; Instead ot approximately oil men o- I
(rating in dirlerent sections
of the state,
mid be larjo
the enforcement brigade should
enough to place a man in cacti county,
the director said.
j '-Making raids is one of our cas -
'ie-t duties when compared with others, "
he continued. "The ditlieult job is oh-
he
ilocatiou of stills, bootleggers ami liquor
I runners. With our men on the iuinii
'most of the time, we are hundicaiu.ed in
this respect.
i "At ore-cut. we are centering our on-
orations m the western part of the state
and in many counties are receiving ex.
cellent co-operation from county and
state officials. "
Koporu here from Washington oflieiols
are to the effect that prohibition enforce
ment in North Carolina leads a number
of other states and that the year's ope
rations, will establish a record here.
"With our force doubled,' said the
director," and with every county and
state ollicial co-operating with us, we
could better our present record and sho'V
other states a real, far-reaching enforce
ment of the drv laws."
PROMINENT BANKERS
INDICTED FOR FRAUD
Former Officials of Omaha Bonding 1
Company Charged With Using Mails
to Defraud. t
OMAHA. Neb.. Dec. 16. Forty
three persons, among them prominent
I '1. ii... im (Itii'ilit. Itllvili..tf mi n in.
eluding lid well known .Nebraska bank- i
ers, were iudiete. here late yesterday
by a Feedral gra'nd jury for alleged I
misuse ut tiic mails and conspiracy to
of the mails and
Use the mails to defraud. The indict
ments came after investigations by
federal and state authorities in connec
tion with transactions which are 'alleged
to have wrecked the Lion Hooding A
Surety Company, of Omaha.
Among the indicted is Joseph Trog
gatt. head of the Joseph Troggatt audi!
iiitr firm (if cw' VmV i-itv nli.l .1
-i!... i i ..i.. ..t v v...l. i
1 Mil III V 1 nil. ll'l, llll ..en i VI A, I
................. ..r i 11.....1:.... i
& Surety Company, Others indicted i
incluilu Kdwin II . Ciiirney, Freemout,
Neb., former presblent of the defunct
company; three friner vice-presidents,
the former treasurer and former assist
ant secretary.
If is . le.r.o.d tle.t those imli.-tcl I.-..! ,
misrepresented the status of the-com-
p;ill, 111. ,.IIlUtl UIIU lldUUUII'IIUI i
induced the sale, subscription and ap
proval
of stock and bonds
or tiie com-
I
pany.
All of the defendants are
accused
Offi- I
lllltier lltu VHiiuua ruuuin. uuuic iin uiu-
, .i i
cials of the company, some as friends
- ., . i i
or ine coiiinaiiv' who irave uccoinmoim-
t ion certificates (if deiKisit, and others
I
as sto-k salesmen.
Loud was fixed for
fondants at o,W0.
each of the
1
Tommy liibboiis wins referee's
Vision over Hilly Misko in 8t. 1'
contest .
de-
aul
THE WEATHER
Rain .tonight .and .Sunday; .little
change ia temperature.
THREE-CENT GASOLINE
TAX AND 15 MILLIONS
FOR ROADS ADVOCATED
Highway Legislative Commit
tee Outlines Its Program
For Coming Year.
WILL ASK POLICE POWER.
Commission Wants Further j
Power To Order Discontinu- j
ance Of Grade Crossings. j
HALLTUH, Dee. 1."). Police power ;
for state highway patrolmen whose roads J
no often arc prcteinptcd bv the agricul- j
itutist who drives his mule ami plough j
I into the ditches.. and clutters up the roads i
while machines bulk, and further power i
of the highway commission to say to rail
roads what grade crossings must
eliminated, are among the major recnm
mendations, not hitherto guessed, made
by the legislative committee of the stale
highway commission today.
Whil the commission took up inter
urbun motor buss franchise tax and a
tribute from the heavy haulers vvhi.-;i
now gu without paying unytliing on tic
roads they weight down, this was done
informally and no recommendations wei"
made as to these features. The com
mission likes the Maryland law, but "ill
not recommend it now. The committee
adopted the three cent gasoline tax an I
recommended the issuing of I."),(Miii,imi'I
bonds by the next general assembly fur
I the completion of the highway program.
Judge Lyon Retires.
Judge C. C i.yon has linished his
) Wake county cases and gone to his home
in Bladen county where he will be avail
'iible for service as an emergency judg"
but no longer as a superior court circuit
'rider.
Judge Lyon wound up his lti vcars on
the bench with the court adjourned here
I yesterday. Though one of the oldest in
I actual years lived, not cen Judge Floy!
Horton, infant jurist of the state, n
'younger in mind or body. Judge Lyon'.-,
j VI years find him in perfect health ami
in the unceasing' grind of Wake and
franklin courts the retiring jurist finds
wlothlng to show him up.
Judge Oliver Allen goes oil with Judge
j To'"" and Judge Ferguson, the oldest of
the trio, has been off several years. All
inrce win uccin.-.i .n ....
'Indcd, it is believed that in these youth
i "1 jurists now Hired the state will tin.
j the Holtitioii to the great congestion c
...Ill 1... ....11... I ....... .. -.. i.-j
plained ot in every county tiirougnom in
I state, two excepted. I here is
distin t
l a version to creating any more jm
nlnpH und solicitorships, and it it
can o-'
show that there is any chain
to clear
j the dockets with the
I hand, the legislator.
machinery now in
will buck the pro-
iposal. 1 lie
I pie in past
the limit in
Ition of new
lawmakers hae
legislatures to
new offices and
led
hcti
in
the
iee
the
peo
that crea
been ilaried positions has
j reached.
i Judge Lyon was appointed solicitor bv
(Jovernor Aycoek ami when he left tin!
otlice to become judge. Neil A. Sinclair
I succeeded him. Homer Lyon, a son. mi. -
, ceeded Mr. Sinclair. When Judge Lyon
announced his retirement. Mr. Sinclair
offered for the nomination and received
jit. Judge Sinclair will take the bencli
the first of the year.
The Day's News
At A Glance
Paris deputies, by
give I'oincarc vote
substantial margin,
of confidence .
(ireek chore I
npiM'al to Christian
hoping to prevent de-
peoples of world
P"r1ation of )
rtople .
itriarch from Constauti
Charlie White wins technical knock
out over Kichie Mitchell in tenth round
of Madison Square Garden bout.
New York prohibition agents are
reefed to jail violators of dry law
to stop issuing niimmonc.
di
i ml
Former Justice Clark
of I'nited
will head na
States -Supreme Court
. ,
tional orgam--itioii
seeking to bring
iW ' u try into
I.cague of Nations.
; Mrs. Kachel T. Disston, mother of
Mrs. John Wananiaker. Jr.. miietly
jweds James McVicker, of Xew York.
. United States
"ted States crops
this year are
(worth slightly more
half billion dollars,
rieulturo estimates.
than seven ami a
I Vpartinciit of Ag-
Administration officials say they be
lieve that American influence can le
inscd to helo solve (romiau reparations
I . , , . . ,. -
nroldem but void Teveauiig spis-in.
i1, '
iibiiis.
i German
ambassador leaves Washing
ton for Xew York, apparently in con
nection with prosaI for loan to (u-r-manv
bv '.I'nited States bankers.
'ouse ' of representatives removes
Harrison, demo-rat. seveuth Yirgirtia
district, a nfl s-at Paul, republican op
i Puetit. on ground
of irreuularitie" in i
l!20 election.
j Death in Chicago t f Mr?, Morris L.
(Rothschild, sister of lri Xelson Morris,
ViutevI States ambassador to Sweden.
After Dad
"lb?" L
! X 'X. '
Willie Hoppe, Jr., though only
four years old, figures on being the
world's next billiard champion.
That is, when Dad Is ready to lay
down his crown. Henc "Dad"
Hoppe la spending his spare time
I In teaching the young; Idea how to
shoot ,
FOUR FATALITIES IN
"MOONSHINE WAR"
Three Federal Officers and
One Moonshiner Dead In
Clash Other Outlaws Now
In Jail.
LKXINiiTOX. Ky.. Dec. Ui.-Meni-fei''
coiinly "s ' moonsliiiie war" was lit
Jan end today, alter a eek of campaign
ing in the hill country. Feredal prohi
bition enforcement olliccis emerged
victorious, but not until three ngents hail
been slain in clashes with the outlaw..
To balance their losses , the federal
ollicc is today counted Kolicrt Hall.ird, I
ii'iuited lea.ler of the moonshiners, dead;
his brother, Charles, wounded ami a fu -
gitie in the hills, and Jeff 1'a lla id, and j
Albert Dullard, brother, of the slaia j
leaders, together with Joseph Clem, Wil- I
liain Ferguson, and Henry Unfit, prison-
ers in jail here. j
The Menifee county outbreak ended ,
yesterday in the same fashion it started
a week ago a spectacular gun battle.
The extended engagement between the
goc ruiiicnt olluers and the members ot
the ' Mallard gang'' was initiated li
Saturday when agent H. L. Duff, was j
shot down while leading a raiding party
o' half a docu men in ,ni advance on a I
cave, used by the outlaws as a still site. I
The following moniin;; a large posse!
picked up the trail of the out laws and
moved into the hills in pursuit. Shortly i
after the man hunt got under way,
David Treadwa.v, deputized by the fed- I
era! ant horit ie-, was shot dead by a hid- j
den fileiiian. I
With the sla.wug of Treadway, lead
ers of the chase disbanded the posse and ;
to all intents the pursuit was called off. .
Yesterday it was learned . however,
that the Dallaid's emboldened by the
apparent absence of pursuit, had return- i
ed to their cabin, bicnted within half a !
mile of the scene of the lirs! encounter. I
A force of twenty picked men sur
rounded the cabin. In an attempt to
rush the building. Agent Ouy Cole wt
kilicl, b'ob. rt Callard was hilled by ,
return vollev from the agents' ri tiles.
diaries, wounded in an arm and leg,
dashed from the building and escaped
into t!ie neighboring woods.
'Mallard's father and brother and the
other prisoners, all living in the vicinity
of the cabin, thin were rounded up. Jeff
and Albert It.ill.nd were held in connec
tion with the -death o,! Agent Duff and
the other prisoners were charged wiMi
having been accessories to the crime.
FAMOUS FILM ACTOR
SUFFERS NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
LOS ANCKI.KS. He,-. Pi. Wallace
Reid, film actor, is "lighting for his
,life' iu a small Holly -wood sanatorium,
according to a story the Los Angeles
Times published today, ipioting his wife,
. known . professionally a Horothy Dav
enport, and his mother in law, Mrs.
'Alice Ilavciiporl .
Reid suffered a breakdown nearly
two mouths ago after his health hail
lieen failing for three years, they said,
and for several weeks he has been under
the care of two physicians ami two
I male nurses.
1 They said they ' believed "the big
struggle was over"' and that plans for
the immediate future included nothing
'more than to "nurse him back to
health ami bis place iu the motion
' picture world . "
Sonic time ago it was announced the
! actor 's eves were tronhlintr . him and
later that he had gone into the liiouti-1
(tains for a rest. If was about a week
jafter his return from the mountains
that his condition necessitated his going ;
inn the sauitaruui, it was said. !
President Harding invites governors
at West Virginia conference to go to
j White. House Monday to Im- his lunch-
jCou guests probably for prohibition
eussioo. (
(GOVERRORS TO BE GUESTS
OF PRESIDENT HARDING
MONDAY AT WHITE HOUSE
No
Intimation as to
to Be Discussed
Executives.
Topics
By
MORRISON NOT GOING
Allen's Address Feature
Closing Session This
Morning.
of
W1IITK Sl l.l'lirU SI'HINOS. W.
a., I lee. 111. I he chief cxoclitnes
1") states attending the fourteenth an I
una) conference of governors here v. ere
preparing to leave for Washington after
the final session today for a luiicheo'i
i
j contereiice with President Harding at the
, White House Monday, presuinbly on the
j subject of prohibition enforcement.
; (inventor Sproul, of I'eniis.v Ivaui.i,
i and 1'reus, of Minnesota, through whom
I the President personally extended his
; invitation for the conference to the other
governors over the telephone last night,
,said Mr. Harding had not indicated to
1 l in-Ill the finest ion to be discussed. As I
; the chief executive, however, had pre
viously aiinoniicd hi intention of calling
the governor to Washington to discus
i the lifiuof oiieslioii next month, the
flldnioll SCflliei! to orcfiil ,.i,.i.i,.r il...... I
mere today that either the date of tint
conference had ben advanced or the
i
i meeting Monday had been called as
j possibly preliminary to the January nc--;
sioli.
' (ioveruor Preus who was due in Wash
iiugton today to have luncheon with the
i President, was expected to take wi'li
j him a list of the governors who will lol
low him from While Snlpher Springs.
. The governors definitely accepting t he
invitation were Kilby, Alabama; Camp
jliell, Arizona; Dcnhcy, Dolovvarc; Davis,
Idaho; McCray, lndina; Allen, Kansas;
I Cox, Massachusetts ; Uitchie, Maryland;
j Preus, Minnesota; Hyde, Missouri; Mc
! Kelvie, Nebraska; Oleott, Orcgou ;
! Sproul, Pennsylvania; Hartness, Yer
in out , and Trinkle, of Yirginia.
j (Ioveruor Parker, of Louisiana, nlm
injected the prohibition question into tic
I conference by asking his conferees to
consider the enforcement question at this
-opportunity instead of waiting im'il
January, when the meeting of state le
lislaturcs might prevent many from hav
ing their states, expressed pleasure at re
iceipt of the Presidents invitation, hi::
! stated that pressing problems would emu- 1
pel his return to Louisiana. ,
(ioveruor Morrison, of North Carolina, I
who during the conference took sharp ex-
cop! inn to the statement of Mr. Parker,
that prohibition hail proved a farce i
throughout the country, also said he !
would be unable to attend, as did (lover i
nor Hardee, of Florida, ami .Morgan,!
of West Yiiginia.
The oflicial program fin the coinlu l
j ling session today inclinb d only one no
il ross, that ot (inventor Allen, ot Kansas,
on the Kit Klux Klan. Alter its .1
livery, the governors were prepared to 4:. ,
into executive session for the election if
a chairman and other formal confereiiie
business, with the meeting being then I
thrown open for disciissio before final
adjournment. 1
THIRTEEN COLLEGES LEAVE
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
'Shining Lights" In Southern
Sports Withdraw To Enter
New Organization New
Rules..
(il( KNXVILLK. S. C. IV. hi.- Ann
losing thirteen members considered as
being the ''shining lights'' of ,-oul Ic'i.i
college sports, and mollifying the one
year rule permitting freshmen to play
football by mutual consent, the Southern
Intercollegiate Athletic A s aicia t ion an
liual convention in session here was
brought to a close late las) niyht.
.1. AW I'loviuc, Mississippi rnllr;.',
w a s
cited pn
si. lent ; Ii. T. Iloltnes, of
Marnesville, (in., was reflected secretarv.
and Atlanta, was chosen as the place ef
.meeting for the next annual coiivetitioii.
The new fiistriet vice presidents are:
j First. Henry H. Kaines, Tiie Cita.h i:
I second. J. Clay Walker, Merver; third.
l. M. Key. Millsap College, and fourln,
IL T. Ililisfoii, lieorgetown college,
j (ieoigc Teeii. ( lemsoii t oliege. the
, Fniversit y of Florida, I'niversiry ei'
South Carolina. I'divcrslty of Alaoanii,
and Louisiana Mate ('niversity forini llv
:withilrew fri'iu the assmint inn. At the
same time it was announced that Aubiir '.
(o'orgia, Kentucky.' Mississippi A. A. M..
' Tennessee, Tulane. and Yalidefbilt v.i:l
! withdraw, but not having rejircsciitativi s
here at yestenlav's session the actual
withdrawal procedure was deferred.
These colleges will owe their allegiaii-e
from now mi the the comparatively new
Southern Intercollegiate conference.
The mollification of the one year rule,
which will be iu effect for two years. ;:l
lows lite ptavtng of freshmen livtlie nni
1 ual
consent of the opposing team. -V'-
jot her rule Was adopted prohibiting
plaviug of graduate students, wlm
the ;
are
taking post graduates courses, with the
exception of those mi- in school.
Football schedule for freshmen teams i
were limited to four games a year.
j The association was scheduled to hold
ja two dav sessiou. but all busiues; il
dis-lwas aiiiiounced was completed during -
ycterdays meeting.
Would Expell Ku Klux
By Refusing To Grant
Organization A Charter
Extracts His Own
Molars; He's Dead
LANCASTER, Pa , Dec. 15.
(By the Associated Press.) Ex
tracting his own teeth, when they
proved troublesome, caused the death
today of Frank Laudenberger, of
Columbia. He suffered an infection
of the lower jaw and was advised to
consult a dentist. Instead he ex
tracted the teeth with pliers. His
death resulted from blood poisoning.
BEN DOUGLAS HEADS
LEGION FOR NEXT YEAR
American Legion Post Elects
Officers for 1923 To Fit
Out Club Rooms In Building
Over Gaston Times Negro
Post to Be Organized.
At an enthusiastic meeting of (iaston
Post No. L';t, American Legion, I'riday
evi'tiing, iteii K. Ilouglas was elected
post commander for the'vear lll'j;!.
I'M vv in Hutchison, of Ml. I lolly
was
elected v ice commander. Miles .1, liudi
sill.
ol.jutaiit, b'alph If. St owe, ti nance
officer, II.
Ii. er, V .
Ifev. T. (i
II. Williams, war risk of
(i. daston, historian, and
Tate, pastor of Olncv Pies
l.vti
riau church, thaplaiu. The meet
Was well attended and marked by
keenest interest of all the numbers,
new post commander has been all
log
the
Tin
I enthusiast if
Legionnaire since the or-
gaiw.at ion of
t J 1 1' has al w a v
: ill II the a lla l
been one of
the Legion in (iastouia
takeu an active interest
is
of the Legion, and has
the most indefatigable
workers in t he local post .
j Jt was also divided to rent club
J rooms in the Fruuciim building on
I Franklin avenue over the rooms oecu
I pied by the (iaston Tillies. The
I rooms will be opened up after Hie
of the year.
F. II. Cunningham wss named .
.man of a cotuinittee to pioceed
I the organization of a Legion
club
first
liair
with post
I moll;
tin
colon
ex serv lee men .
PVTHIANS TO INSTALL
OFFICERS PUBLICLY
Fifteen Life Membership Jew
els to Be Presented at Meet-
ing January 8 Gastonia's
Largest Lodge In State.
(hist
ma Lodge No. ii.;
will install ih. p ,
who arc to -.'in'
months, on M
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ROAD CONTRACT IN NEW
BERN FOR FIRE SUFFERERS
R.YLF.M.If. X
I a rolin.i 1 urited
ing conditions
when the state
C. Dec 1'..-North
'.aiiMiihi toward r'-liev-iu
Xew liern tfMl.-ty
high wax" commission
awarded the - nn, tract for a tell utile
stretch of hard sutf.-o-cd road from
Folt Pilaswel! t" Jasper, ihf en. I of
the brick.' road Je;, ling westward out
of Xi vv Het u .
The pio.ioct was approved on the
I'ecoltitneiidatioii of (. oliililis inner John
K". Cameron, of Kinston, Whose district
includes Xew Pern. A majority of
the commission, here to confer about
the Jegislalive pi ogram." unanimously
appW'Ved the- award!
Mr. Cameron s,ii, h" did tot know
how luai.y tin li wi l Ik' put. to Work by
the award, but he thought probably
two or three hundred., lie said con
struction will get under war imme
diately. ,
!
'
KANSAS CHIEF EXECUTIVE
DENOUNCES SECSETORDER
AT GOVERNORS MEET
Brings Chaos, Hatred and
Menace to All Law
Abiding Citizens.
DISMEMBERS FAMILIES
Its Appeal to Religious Creeds
and Racial Differences
Very Dangerous. .
wiUTi; sn.piU K spiaxci.s, w.
a., Hoc. 1(1. Kansas will not drive
the Ku Klux Klan from the slate by
tone but will expel it by refusing to
lennit it to do busiuess within the
. fate 's boundaries. I ioveruor Henry J .
Allen declared in all address prepared
for delivery today before the governors'
conference.
A writ being sought in tho Kans.-m
! supreme couit, he said, would m.'tko dis
appear --Tin) iiiazing cross unit the pas
ture parties, where tin: men mask them
selves and put on a fantastic crri-moiiy'
in the open field and terrorize au entire
i eighborhood .
"In Kansas we are seeking to expel
the Klan from the state,'' Governor
Allen Mihl. "T note by the press of.
the country that some misapprehension
exists as to just what we mean by
spelling the order, and the thought
has been expressed it is the intention
if the state to drive out of the stato
tiie members of the Klan.
j "This is not. at all what the action
j before the supremo- court presiipjwse.
; i!i fore the law of Kansas, every orgah
jialiou doing business within the statu
, must be chartered. Tho Ku Klux Kino
jhas a (barter under the laws of Ueor
lia and the action now (lending iu tho
i supreme court of the dtato is for the
'purpose of securing a writ forbidding
i tin- Klan to do business hereafter iu
; ICansns.
! "The essence of our oppositiou to
I'ltis organization is rint in the fact that
( t tights the Catholic vliurch, or ft-ore-ses
its niilipailiy to' the Jew or to'
1 1 lie negro, but iu the, fact tlmt it does
; t his under the
protection of a mask
process of terrorism
i '
nd itirougli the
.' sit.. ,
ud violence. .
! "It is incredible that this country
i 'nail. I have passed through Its baptism
, of heroic devotion which was called into
ni'tioii t'olll' ve'irs Htrii mi iv tit miiip Htiflt-
' "ow "'is most lanmutahlu species
or disorder.
'".Much human life has been sacrificed
to the cause of Christian civilization,
as America interprets it. I could take
you to a place I know iu Frauce, where
the crosses ri-e row on row, ami after
a while we would stand before a cross
Ii i-Ii marks the resting dace of James'
I'ltsiiiimoiis. The record is that he
jwas the lirsf member of the American
expeditionary forces to give his life in
J tin- combat area of Tool. If I had
the power to reincarnate him, I could
say, '.lames Fitzsimnions, you think you
'are a one hundred per cent American,'
and I imagine he would look lit' nie
with sumo surprise anil say, I. never
thought much about that; I was bom
in Ainer'na and when they told me this
war was for the defense of our ideals
and our civilization I didn't wait for
the selective draft. ' t hurried ou to
offer lnv life for the ilefeiee of the
principles which America, had adopted
as her ow 11. '
"If I should say, 'You are not a.
one hum rod' per cent American, there
is an emperor of an invisible jjovera
' c e'.t at Atlanta, tin ., who declares ym
cannot be one hundred Jr cent Ameri
can because you are a Catholic,' I d.sro
s-ay he' would say to inc. 'They never
tol l ine anything Jike that when I stood
ia line with tn v gun. waiting to go oer
the top. ' "
Si-aking of the apeiil made by or
ganizers of the Klan a'oiig lines of'
what thf-v c.ill one hundred ir ceut
Ann liiauisin, vaid:
"'In many places the nppeal fo envd
has brought into the orgaiiixntion some
excellent miii who ltelievo that they ore
addressing' theiusi Ives to n real problem
when they draw lines of religious
prejudice . "
sketching the progrfs of the Klan,
he continued:
"It arrow very rapb'.V when it
strikes a community and if require
about a year of experience f convince
it best liiemN'i-s that the nrganiwition
has tin real pho-e of i:sef ul.a-ss '.n.
'America. It arfittseS the liiteli-st bit
, lerurss.
;. "Iu jimif. ,oiiiiniiiitt!ei, where T ti
acipiainted with its activities, friend
of a lifetime have ltecoiue fsTMQvrfl.
families hare Is-cn diviibsl, men have
'become- misious of their neiglitmrs,
bigotry und iiitohrsnce havo tbrivifl,
istisourd js'ns and wrtn".: toujiiC'' ir
lieen busy- -preaTiii( A-andnla. V.'oiucU
and children have been taught to be
,lieve thai their mighors e( tt ib ffcr-iit
religious Xaitii sre plotinjr tfu-ir d
l st ruction .
i "TI"' old AmcriciiU spirit of tuUr-