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PUBLISHED EVERY MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND ITRIDAY.
VOL. XL. NO. 16.
GASTONIA, N. C. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 5, 1919.
$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
Mill SUPERINTEDENTS
DISCUSS THIER PROBLEMS
FARMERS CAN STILL
GET NITRATE OF SODA
THROW RED PEPPER IN
EYES Of STRIKEBREAKERS
IH SOCIAL CIRCLES
LATEST EVENTS IN WOMAN'S WORLD
YESTERDAY'S TELEGRAPHIC
NEWS
SI A r
JKr. J. H. Separk Principal Speaker at
Banquet to Cotton Mill Superintend
ents of County Here Situation in Tex
tile Trade Reviewed Everyday Prob
lem Discussed.
.V moitt enjoyable event was the lan
quet tendered the members of the Cotton
Mill Superintendents' Association of
Gaston County lit the Aniiington Hotel
Saturday at 1:J0 ji. in. by the treasurers
of some of the local mills. Not only was
the repast provided by the hotel 'h culina
ry department up to the standard set by
thin hostelry on previous occasions of a
-similar character, but the talks and in
formal discussions of problems confront
ing the cotton mill superintendent were
illuminating and helpful.
Mr. H. F. S. Austin, president of the
association, was master of cerenionies
and tlie secretary, Mr. II. (J. WinJet, was
present and looking after the comfort
and interests of the quests.
Mr. J. II. Separk, head of the Scpurk
41ray chain of mills, was the principal
tweaker and his address was an intensely
interesting one. Just back from a busi
fins trip North where he hail an oppor
tunity to study market conditions at
4-Jose range, he told liis hearers that the
textile trade was. facing n serious situa
tion just at this time. The yarn market,
he. said, was demoralized to a considera
ble extent and the trade is in a more or
less critical condition as a result of the
transition from war to peace conditions.
"Notwithstanding these facts, however,
the speaker's addiess was optimistic in
tone and .he predicted that the present
chaotic conditions would not last long.
Mr. Separk's address was a thoughtful
.ami conservative presentation of the stilt
ws of the manufacturing business, espec
ially in the textile line, and a pica that
euperiiitcndcnts, otlicers ami operatives
nt-operate in an effort to bridge the
Jireeent hill period to the best possible
interest of all concerned.
Following Mr. Separk 's address several
f the superintendents present responded
to ealls Irv the toastmaster and talked on
the1 practical problems confronting the
mills. All stressed the point that it is
more imperative now than it ecr has
heen that each mill turn out the very
1eet article possible. Attention was also
called to the importance of urging upon
iieratives the folly of moving fnnn one
Vlare to another during times like the
lrewent.
A rising vote of thanks was tendered
th- treasurers who provided the banquet.
A committee was appointed to draft
unit-ablc resolutions of respect to the
memory of two members of the associa
tion who have recently died, Mr. John R.
Withers, who was superintendent of the
Mint Mill, ami Mr. Minor Kay. who was
ierintoiident of the McAdcn Mills.
This association includes in its mein
Iwrship most of the cotton mill superin
tendents of the county who meet for the
licnsion of practical problems anil the
interchange of ideas. The next meeting
will lie beld at Helmont on the first Fri
day in February.
I1R. C. LEE COWAN NEW
FARM DEMONSTRATOR
- Mr. C. Lee Gowan, of Stone Moiinrlijli.
tr4., has been elected county farm do
mmurtrator to succeed Mr. J. It. Steele,
who recently resigned to go into farming
ojwrations for himself. Mr. Gowan is
here and has already assumed his new du
ties. He eomes highly recommended as
vsm experienced and thoroughly competent
man in this line of work.
A REQUEST.
The committee having in charge the
completion of the Central School Honor
Boll are very desirous of having the roil
absolutely complete. If any person knows
t a name which has been omitted they
will confer a great favor upon the mem
bers of the committee by notifying the
chairman, Mrs. I). R. LaFar. at phone
2M-J.
Dr. Kemp Plummer Battle, former
fweaident of the University of North Car
olina and professor emeritus of history
once 1907, died at his home in Chapel
llill Tuesday afternoon, aged 87 years.
Funeral services will be condueted in
Raleigh Thursday afternoon.
WASHINGTON. Feb. .1. Evidence
that the British and French authorities
have tightened control over Constantino
ple) reached the State Department today
in a diplomatic dispatch. Thirty-five
leading rnembers of the ' ' unity and prog
ress" committee,''' which had been advis
ing the Sultan, were arrested.
NEW YORK, Feb. 3. Two transports
with 3,192 soldiers aboard arrived at
moon. Two others with 2,000 aboard are
doe. late this afternoon. Among them
are the Samarinda with a casual compa
ny of 133 from Georgia.
STOCKHOLM, Feb. 3. It is reported
that the Bolshevik Premier Lenine is
wining to surrender if the Allies will
grant amnesty to the Bolshevik!, says a
dispatch from Helsingfon today.
CONFIDENCE MEN ARE
SWINDLING MANY
( My International News Service.
CHICAGO. Feb. ". Secret service
agents are today en route to Florida to
round up what is declared to be the great
est gang of confidence men located in
years. It is believed that this gang has
beaten rich Florida tourists out of mil
lions of dollars annually hy wire tapping
the race betting system. W. F. Odlins,
one of the latest victims, whose home is
at Washington Court House, Ohio, is re
ported to have been swindled out of .$50,
000. He turned over two drafts for $2.".
000 each to confidence men at tit. Peters
burg, Fla. He gave another for $:!0,0(iO
but his niece, learning about the swindle,
stopped payment.
COUNTY FARTHERS
TRANSACT BUSINESS
At its regular monthly meeting Mon
!ay the board of county commissioners
transacted business as follows:
Ordered that a bridge be built across
Long ( reek at Hock Furnace provided
the parties interested deliver the material
!o the proposed location of the bridge.
The road committee was instructed to
look over a proposed location of a mad
and bridge in (herryiille township near
the R. A. White place.
A. T. Lindsay and T. I.. Wnie were
instructed to go over a proposed road
from Ed Ferguson's place to I'nity
church anil, it' practicable, to accept the
proposition uf the petitioners for this
road.
Alfred Harmon was given permission
to go to the county home.
The sum of l'iio additional was appro
printed for the completion of the Love
'raw ford road in Crowders Mountain
township.
Mrs. Will Weaver was given an outside
pauper allowance of t" per quarter.
The salary of the county farm demon
strator was fixed at per month.
It was ordered that the road committee
investigate a road petitioned for by John
W. Houser and others in Cherryville
township and report its findings to the
next regular meeting of the board.
Tax releases were granted as follows:
Albert Ford on $o"il erroneously (barg
ed ; R. C. llameron, poll tax erroneously
charged: J. L. Jones, .log tax, erroneously
charged: Carl Ro..elle, poll tax and
property tax on t'Jn, erroneously charg
ed ; I). V. Moss, poll tax. erroneously
charged; W. L. Walteis on lin erron
".ilisly charged.
A jury for the March teini of court
was drawn as follows:
M. I'. McArver. W. W. I.oodson. John
W. Caston. '.. T. Mailman. I. L. McLane.
H. '. Join:-' i,. K. L. Adderhnldt. A. A.
Fnrrar. Druid lluffstctler, K.ra Harris.
I), E. (i. Pas. hi. James A. Ad.lerhol.lt,
eorge S.
Jasper I.. lleinmer. D. G.
I'.uckiier. i'. 1'. Lazeuby. K. L. Hendrick.
J. Miles II.. Hard. C. C. Armstrong. David
A. Dellinger. M. C. Arrowood. Miles A.
.Shannon. Paiks lluffstctler, K. H. Kiddle.
This year will see the greatest peace in
history concluded. Keep up with the
progress of the peace conference by read
ing The Gazette three times a week.
Pay Your Pledge.
I'nite.l War Work Fund subscribers
who have not yet paid on their pledges
are urged to do so at once as County
Chairman A. K. Woltz has received a re
quest from state headquarters in Dur
ham that a list be sent in of all delin
ouents on the loth of the month, a week
from Saturday. The county organization
desires that the list sent in be as short as
possible and urges tbt payment be made
at once. The pledge cards arc still at the
offices of the Chamber of Commerce and
payment may be made there.
PARIS, Feb. .'t. Another unique hon
or was paid President Wilson today
when he was publicly received on the
floor of the Chamber of Deputies. It is
70 years since a similar honor was paid
to a visitor to France.
COPENHAGEN", Feb. .1 The Bo!
sheviki have captured Kiev, the capital
of Ukrainia, says a Moscow dispatch to
day. Many prisoners were taken. Swe
dish volunteers are reported to have
landed at Libau, on the Baltic coast.
LAWRENCE, MASS., Feb. 3. Twen
ty thousand textile workers struck to
day. Several thousand others refused to
strike. There was no violence.
PATTERSON. N. J., Feb. 3 Several
thousand silk workers were locked ont
today.
PROVIDENCE, R. I.. Feb. 3. Opera
tives numbering over 50,000 in the textile
mills of Rhode Island will walk out at
the end of eight hours today, according
to union leaders. The real test comes to
morrow when they report again for eight
hours work.
This year will see the greatest peace in
history concluded. Keep up with the
progress of the peace conference hy read
ing The Gazette three times week.
(By International News Service, i
WASHINGTON, Feb. 5. The time
for filing application for uitiate of s ida
by farmers was today extended to Feb.
l.lth. It costs the farmers ifsl per ton
plus the freight, which is cost to the government.
T LOCAL ITEMS
---.Mr. I. C. Warren is able to be out
again after a week's illness.
- Mrs. M. M. Katchford is confined to
her home on .South Chester street by ill
ness.
Mr. E. W. Scott has accepted a posi
tion as saiesninn with W. II. Wrav the
automobile dealer.
Mrs. T. J. Sproiise is spending some
time in Lexington on a visit to her sister,
Mrs. W. K. Sheppard.
Rev. W. J. Roach, pastor of the Lo
ray Presbyterian hurch, is confined to
1. is. home by a mild attack of influenza.
His friends will regret to learn that
Mr. A. E. Wolt. is ill at the City Hos
pital, suffering from an attack of rheu
matism. -Miss Lavinia Hunter returned IWtmc
Mnndai after spending several .lavs in
Rock Hill, S. ('.. visiting Mrs. Ralph
Armstrong.
- Friends of Mrs. A. J. Kirby. who
has been ill for the last two weeks, will
be glad t know that she is considerably
better today.
Mrs. Carl E. Carpenter left Monday
for Baltimore where she will undergo
treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
She was accompanied by Mr. Carpenter.
-Mr. O. F. Mason, who has been con
lined to his home by illness for the pas
two weeks, is able f. sit up. His many
friends hope to see him out again soon
The Mount Olivet local of the Farm
ers I'ui.ni will hold a meeting at the Mt.
Olivet school In. use on Saturday after
noon of this week, February Mh, begin
ning at t o'clock. The subject for dis-
ussion at this meeting will be '"Better
1 .i estock. All members are rc'iuestud
' i be present.
- - Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Anthoh and j
daughter. Mrs. Barbara (ioforth. .it' Slid j
by. and Miss Oallie Harmon, of Kings
M.iuataiu, spent Tuesday in the city us '
the guests of Mr. and Mrs. U. II. I'lyler. j
They were en route home from Rather j
ford College, whevc they isited Mr. Paul :
nthony.
At ti e mid week praver son ice at
Main Stieet Methodist church tonight at I
7::;o o'clock the pastor. Rev. A. L. Stan
t'..id. v 'II .Idi.er the tirst of a series ,.f
lalk-. i, 'lie I ray." Life" which will '
I'lirnis i the topic for the prayer meeting
serv' es dining tie month of Fehruan.
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IIIS S!IIIM'M MMIlMl Will I 'I OIKOH'I J
We Pra.v .' Immediately after prayer j
;nee i' g t! e I ma id of stewards will b.d.l ,
.ts reg'.ilai inonthB meeting. j
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Detwiler. of Ale- j
do. Ills., are the guests of Mr. and Mrs.
John L. Beal at their home on North Ma
rietta street, having arrived Monday
from Charleston, S. ('., where they visited
relatives. Mr. Detwiler is a brother of
the late Rei. Dr. O. 11. Detwiler, for
many years a prominent member of the
Western North Carolina Conference and
at one time the beloved pastor of Main
Street Methodist church here.
DEATHS
BENJAMIN S. HAMILTON.
Following a long illness Mr. Benjamin
Steele Hamilton died at his home on Pop
lar street Wednesday, January 20, aged
21 years. Funeral services were conduct
ed Thursday afternoon at .'t o'clock at
the Wesleyan Methodist church on East
Franklin avenue by Rev. C. A. Hendrix,
of Long Shoals, and the body was laid to
rest in Hollywood cemetery. Deceased
was a son of Mrs. J. J. Hamilton, with
whom he made his home. The bereaved
family have the sympathy of many
friends. Beside his mother, the deceased
is survived by one brother, Mr. 0. O.
Hamilton, of West Oastonia, and four sis
ters, Mrs. A. .1. Beaeham and Miss Stella
Hamilton, of Dallas, and Misses Jennie
and Ethel Hamilton, of Gastonia.
MISS ADDIE WALLACE.
Miss Addie Wallace, a well-known
maiden lady of Bethel, died suddenly
Monday of apoplexy at the home of her
niece, Mrs. Eunice Cole, whom she was
visiting, in Columbia, 8. C. The rxxly
was brought to Bethel for burial and fun
eral services were held at Bethel Presby
terian church at noon yesterday. Rev.
Mr. Nickel, the pastor, conducting the
services.
Deceased was a woman of splendid
Christian character and was held in the
highest esteem by all who knew her. She
was an aunt of Lieut. Hugh A. Query,
now in France.
SHOR
(By International News Service.)
LAWRENCE. MASS.. Feb. Wo
men strike sympathizers this morning
threw red pepper into the eyes of work
ers reporting at the Arlington Mills. Sev
eral girls were among the pepper victims.
There were several numerous small disor
ders in the vicinity of the Arlington Mills
this morning.
WITH GASTON'S SOLDIERS
Mr. W. V. Warren has just received a
card from Lieut. Ben E. Douglas, of Co.
A. Moth Machine dun Battalion, in
which he says: "(ireetings from Italy.
Am in Nice on leave. Expect to be home
soon. ' '
A telegram was received by relatives
here yesterday stating that Zeb Pearson,
of H. A. S. Co.. doth Reg. C. A. ('., had
landed in New York form France. It is
expected that he will come home at an
earlv .late.
Mr. W. D. Anthony received a tele
gram yesierday from his ,suii. Private
Luther Anthony, of the lith Company, 2d
Serxi. e Regiment, stating that he landed
in New York Monday and was at ( amp
Mills. Private Anthony hypes to obtain
his discharge I1..111 the service within a
short time.
Mount. Holly Matters.
Correspondent c of The Oazctte.
MT. HOLLY. Feb. 4. Sergeant Hen
ry Lineherger, after spending a ten days
furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. B. Lineberger, has rejoined his
company.
Miss Mabel Bacon, teacher in the grad
ed school, has gone to her home in New
ton to recuperate after 1111 extended ill
uess wi'h influenza and pneumonia.
Miss Durham, of Dallas, spent the
week 1 ml here as the guest of Miss Mary
Lent.
M-. I.onnie Rawlings. who has just re
turned from France and received his .lis
charge from the military service. has
been spei.diug a few .lavs with friends
h-ie. He will resume his former work
.lith headquarters in Charlotte. Mr.
Rtiwlings speaks of his experiences in
sin h a way as to b ale the impression
that he had a pretty thiilliug time of it.
He was in the push wi n h put the Cer
mans beyond the Rhine.
Messrs. A. P. Rhyne and John V. II..
land hale returned fi.iu. a week's lisi;
t'. the Northern maikets. Thei ih not
think the vara market will have an up
i:ir. tendency for some ti'i". bo :t is
Hoiiig to come.
Ml. R. B. Ik !: s I,. ,, .. R.
!.. Jenkins, the F. id age :,a Fold 1,111a
I' 'if iiith wire wheels.
Mrs. R. W. Jenkins, who has been, as
ue sa. under the weather'- l.u a ou
pie of weeks, is able to le out again.
Mr. Luther Long i- building a neat
si room bungalow in the south eastern
part of town. This is the part of town
developed some yeais ago bv Mi. R. (i.
Rhyne.
Two business changes were made dui
ing the past month. The lirm of Rhyne
i: Lineberger is succeeded by R. (i. Rhyne
A: Sen, dealers in heavy and fancy gro
ceries. Mr. Carl Detter has purchased
an interest with Mr. R. L. Jenkins in
the Mount Holly Oarage. Mr. Detter
brings a big stock of business experience
to the new firm.
The many friends of Mr. J. W. Cole
regret that he met with so serious a cas
ualty in the discharge of his duties. It
is to lie hoped that he will recover soon
and that the party who shot him will be
caught and dealt with as the case de
serves. I often wonder if the laws bear
ing 011 the punishment of the lawless are
strict enough. Fines should not lie laid
on. Establish the whipping post, whip
and then slap the culprit 011 the chain
gang for 'steen years. Iet the county
get the lienefit by improving the roads.
DOROTHY GISH'S "THE HOPE
CHEST" SUPERB PICTURE.
Story Brings to Light Many Big Prob
lems for Young Married Folk.
Suppose you were just married. Sup
jiose you were looked uon as one with
high social standing, and you had prom
ised to love honor and provide for one of
your father's working girls, without his
knowledge. Suppose your father found
it out and forced you to separate from
your wife. Suppose your cousin, who
is in love with you. tells you that your
wife has lieen seen at 12 o'clock at night
saying goodbye to one of the most widely
known rogues of the city. Suppose yon
later found your wife in his arms. What
would you dot
These are the problems that confront
ed Tom Ballantyne, in "The Hope
Chest." Dorothy Gish 's second Para
mount picture which will be shown at
the Gastonian Theatre tomorrow.
Miss Annie Galloway has accepted a
jwisition as clerk in the local offices of
the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Subscribe to The Gazette,
BETTERMENT TO MEET
FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
The regular meeting of the Betterment
Ass h iatit.n will lie held in the auditorium
of the (entral school building Friday,
Feb. 7. at ot.'iO. We are fortunate in
Inning a number of good things for this
nice. ing and hope t'n eve y uiemlier will
make a special effort to be present and
to bring some one with them. '
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, State Commis
sioner of Illiteracy, will be one of the
principal speakers. Miss Kelly is a
splendid talker and will have something
worth while to say. Miss Maude Bar
nard, of Raleigh, a well known "Story
Teller," has agreed to tell some stories.
Mr. W. A. Thomas, a special "bug"
man from the Department of Agricul
ture, will tell some interesting facts a
bout the life and habits of the bugs and
insects that destroy our gardens and
yards and hew to get rid of them.
BIRTHDAY DINNER
FOR MRS. J. Q. HOLLAND.
On Saturday evening, February 1st.
Mis. S. N. Boyce gave a li o'clock din
ner tor her mothei;, Mrs. J. Q. Holland,
in honor of her seventv -second birth. lav.
She had as her guests Mrs. Holland's
children, grandchildren, and great grand
children, the latter numbering five.
The dining room was attractively .Ice
orated with violets and primroses, the
munlier 72. wrought in violets, being a
spi. i s part of the centerpiece. The
dace cards were hand painted in viole's.
With the last course ;i beautiful basket,
tied with tulle and violets and tilled with
appropiia'e gifts, was brought in by two
of her great grandchildren, Anna Boyce
Rankin and Peter Woods (iarland. This
was a great surprise to the guest of hou
or and was presented by the little folks
with many good wishes for her birthday.
An elaborate dinner was served and the
guests spent a most delightful evening.
T.owell Locals.
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'01 . espondence of The Oaette.
LOWELL. Feb. .,. Mr. S. M. Robin
sen returned Monday from Philadelphia,
wleie he spent seier.il .lavs 011 business.
Mr. A. B, Tit man left last week for
Hickoiy. where lie Hill work in the future.
Mrs. Titinan and . hihlreu will follow la
ter. Mrs. .1. II. Ifamseur spent last week in
New London, where she visited her ninth
er, Mrs. lvey.
Mr. W. II. Holmes left Sunday for
Washington, D. '.. where he will repre
sent tins diifiiet ot the order of railway
telegraphers.
Miss 1 'hin. lie Kak.M left last week for
I 'loirlot 'e, where si utered the Presbv-
tiian In spitar lo take training to be
lie .1 'I'll .
L.. .; I- Ml ... . 'lie. is I. a ' ou
at lli.korv I.' ue. ' the week end
vl It ll hull efolk
lorpo ..I ;. -inett ' " ..f ': 111 1 . Jack
s.,l. pass.-. f-r ,,gl :.t "eck. II- had
been yii. , a i.i'h !! to to Soei iv to
I . Ip 'i,;' t l''c tin ) id." 11 . 'orp. I ,x is
a registeri.l pharmacist and while on a
i'liileiigh will be back .01 his old job at
tin Kendall D'tig Co.
Mrs. J. R. Titinan e.itei t. lined Mo. "lav
evening at a I'inchei.n. Those present had
quite an enjoyable time. The invited
guests ...re Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Ram
sent. Misses Lottie lvey and Elsie Wil
s in and Mr. Joe Patrick and Lieut. Cas
ton.
I)n Fii.lny evening. Juineiiv .'.I. Mis.
Fred Ford delightfully entertained in
honor of the graded school faeulti a
her home near McAdenville. Many games
were played after which the guests enjoy
ed many dainty viands which had Isnn
exquisitely prepared by the hostess.
Lieut. Ha Hey B. Giiston arrived hoijit
last week. He spent the latter part of
his stay in Frame in a hospital, having
received injuries last July during the big
battle of Chateau Thierry. But he is all
right now and looks equal to any occa
sion. Lieut. Gaston had charge of the
opening exercises of the graded school
Friday morning and also addressed quite
a large crowd Sunday morning at the
Methodist church, lioth times he gave
graphic accounts of things that happened
at the front and pictures of vivid descrip
tion of the many things he saw and in
every instance made clear the pluck of
which an American soldier was made. We
welcome him ba-k in our midst and feel
proud to know we have with us one of the
braves who helped put the Huns to flight.
- -Miss Kate Padgett left this morpfng
for Spartanburg, S. C, to spend f f ew
days. She will return next week to Lau
rens, S. C., to resume her position as mil
liner. Jack Bridges and Randolph Ste
phens, the two white men wanted for
shooting Deputy Sheriff J. W. Cole and
for whom the county is offering a reward
of 500, are still at large but the officers
believe they will eventualy be caught.
Wide publicity of the reward is being
given by Sheriff Carroll throughout the
whole western part of the State. Solici
tor Wilson requested Governor Bickett to
add another $500 to the county's reward
but so far has gotten no satisfaction from
that source.
(By Intel nati uial News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. ,4. The Bolsheriki
government in Russia is calling all clash
es betv.een the ages of "0 and 45 to tb
colors. They are preparing for war on
all fronts, says a dispatch from Heliing
fors today. The Bolshevik i are aiming;
to bring about a geaeral revolution.
Three hundred were massacred by the
Bolsheviki at Kharkov, Ukrainia, follow
ing the taking over of control by tb
Reds at Kharkov.
CHICAGO, Feb. 4. Blinards which
are sweeping the northwest are scheduled
to overspread the Central States this Af
ternoon with snow and cold.
PARIS, Feb. 4. Representatives of
the big five powers are today considering
the Balkan problems in vol veil in Xh4
claims of Greece, following the hearing;
of Greek Premier Ycnizelos yesterday.
Piesident Wilson is satisfied with the
progress being made toward the forma
tion of a league of Nations. There must
be complete agreement upon the constitu
tion however, before any public announce
ment is possible. This is expected by. the
end of the week.
Bl DDEFORD, MAINE. Feb. 4. Ser
eral thousand textile workers here and
at Saco were locked out this morning.
I. WHENCE. MASS., Feb. 4. It Ur
reported that ""i.diKi operative are idle
today on account of the textile strike.
Two minor disturbances took place this
morning, but none wns seriously hurt.
LONDON. Feb. 4. President IVvale
ra. Sinn Feiner of Ireland, has escaped
from prison, according to an unconfirm
ed report this morning. Hp wan first
sentenced to denth for participation i
the Dublin uprising but later hU sen
tence was commuted.
MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. 4.--H is seven
below zero here with two inches of snow.
PARIS. Feb. 4. - It is ii.despensable
that a commission of control should be
immediately sent to the Texchen coal
fields in Austrian Silesia to prevent any
conflict between the Czechs and Poles, ac
cording to signatories to an agreement in
the form of a truce until the peace con
ference settles the rival claims. The sig
natories are Wilson, Lloyd George, Clem
enieau, Orlando and the Polish delegate.
Military guards will lie distributed along
the Texchen railway for the civil admin
istration. WASHINGTON. Feb. A. -Tin w
reveiiiie bill levying six billion dollars
will be reported to the House late today
and will probably be culled tip Friday,
following an agreement of the conferees
upon all points in dispute. It is under
stood that the Senate reduced the House
oo...sa!s f,,r i'ii and In per cent luxury
taes. completely removing the tax on
men's suits. The Senate gave up the
amendment t . wcniid-clnss postage rates,
which means that the present zone law re
mains eiTeitive.
LONDON. Feb. I. General Haunner
stcni has succeeded General Winterfieldt,
who resigned the presidency of the Ger
man armis'i.e commission on account of
the new armistice terms imposed by Gen
eral Foch.
PARIS. Feb. 4. If Greek territorial
daims are granted by the fieaee confer
ence it will nearly double the Greek pop
ulation, giving them eight million. Veni
zelos asked for the internationalization of
the Dardanelles and that Constantinople
be made n free citv.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4. Thirty-one
awards of congressional medals of honor
for 29 enlisted men and two officers were
announced by the War Department to
day. Among them are Sergeants Rich
mond Hilton, of Wastville; Carey Fosto,
of Inman ; First Lieut. James Bozier, of
Rock Hill, and Corp. James Tlerritt, de
ceased (medal to his mother) of Provi
dence, all in South Cnrolina. There were
no other southerners.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4. A propagan
da invasion of the United States by the
Bolsheviki is in full swing and is making
great headway. Senator Kellogg eaid
that the Americans will be given a real
way to understand what Bolshevism
means. The Senate adopted a resolution
enlarging the powers of the Senate pro
paganda investigation committee to au
thorize a prcAV of alleged Bolsheviki pro
paganda, who hacks it and where the
monev comes from.
HARTFORD. (X)NN., Feb. 4-43on-nectieut
is the first State to refuse to rat
ify the federal prohibition amendment.
The Senate this afternoon refused to
pass the resolution by a vote of 20 to 14.
His hosts of friends over the county
will he delighted to know that Depsty
Sheriff J. W. Cole, who was shot and ne--riouslv
injured last Thursday night by
Jack Bridges, is getting along nicer - at
the City Hospital His recovery now
seems assured.