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Oastonia ' Da GASTONIA ' COTTON . 38 CENTS TODAY ETTE LAST EDITION MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PSISS VOL. XIX NO. 34. GASTONIA, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 9, 1920 SINGLE COPY 3 CENTS urn FOUR PERSONS KILLED WHEN MOB ATTEMPTS TO LYNCH NEGRO Many Others Injured When Police and State . Troops Fire Upon Mob After William Lockett, Murderer of Ten-Year-Old White Gjrl -While Excitement Is Going On Jury Convicts Nejro of First Degree Murder - Will Be Electrocuted March 11. (Hv The Associated Pre?0 LEXINGTON, KY., Feb. 9. Four persons were killed and several injured here today when a mob, intent upon lynch ing William Lockett, a negro, who con fessed to tbo murder of 10 year old Geneva Hardman, harged the courthouse daring Lockett 's trial and was fired on by police and state troops. The crowd, intent upon lynching the negro, retreated when the soldiers fired a volley. The ring leaders carried a rope. While the excitement was going on in front of the courthouse, a jury in the courtroom convicted Lockett of first de gree murder and the negro was sentenced to fee electrocuted March 11. STREETS PACKED WITH PEOPLE. LEXINGTON, KY., Feb. 9. While hundreds of farmers from this and neigh boring counties looked sullenly on, 300 armed militiamen from Latonia, Ky., ear ly today escorded William Lockett, a negro, from the railroad station to the Fayette county courthouse, where he was placed on trial for the murder of ten year old Geneva Hardman, a school girl. iockett was brought here on a special train from the state penitentiary, at Frankfort, where he was rushed on Feb ruary 4, shortly after be made an alleged confession. Lexington's streets were packed with onlookers when the negro surrounded by the troops, marched to the courthouse. Heavy wires and ropes bad been stretch ed on either side of each street through which Lockett passed and troops were under orders to "shoot to kill" if an at tempt was made to reach the prisoner. Fifty extra police and a sheriff 's posse patrolled the streets to keep the crowds behind the ropes. Long before the hour set for the open ing of the trial, the courthouse was filled. No one was permitted to enter without first being searched for weapons. The crime for which Lockett As being tried, occurred near the Hardman home. The child, on her way to school, was at tacked and beaten to death with a large rock. Neighbors of the Hardmans quick ly gathered. Spiriting away of the negro, who had been captured by officers, to the penitentiary followed. The same neigh bors were seen in the crowds here this morning. ORGANIZED LABOR MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT ITS ENTRY I (By The Associated Press) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. Organized labor's pronunciation of its entry into politics, a call to "all lovers of freedom o marshal their forces in defense of their right and ideals", and to all trade , unionists arid their friends to unite in ' defeating those seeking .office who fate hostile or indifferent to the right 'of labor, today was being sent broadcast over the country. . The declaration, issued officially by the American Federation of Labor, after re .siting what it termed vain efforts to se cure remedial and Constructive legisla tion for the interest and welfare of the toilers, denounced congress for its "hil ars to do its duty" and its "repression si labor.' "Scorned by congress, ridiculed, and misrepresented by many members of both ' booses," the announcement said, "The American labor movement finds it neees sary to vigorously apply its long and well established non-partisan political policy. The 'American Federation of Labor an Bownees its determination to apply every legitimate means and all of the power at its command to accomplish the defeat of labor's enemies who aspire for public office, whether they be candidates for pres ident,, for congress, for state legislatures or any other office.. The appointment of a national non-part iaan political' committee, which will mobi lise the trade unionist movement was an nounced, and thecampaign will be started immediately. The-work will begin in the primaries and will be carried through to the general elections. Each aspirant -for effiee, the announcement said, will have NTO ATTITUDE OF GERMAN GOVERNMENT UNCHANGED BERLIN, Feb. 9 The committee on foreign affairs of the national assem bly will meet today to consider the ex tradition question. It seems improb able that a reply to the entente demand for the surrender of the Germans whose names are continued on the? list recent ly will be sent until a response is re ceived by the German government to its note of January 25. In this note Ger many asked the allies to renounce the ex ecution of the extradition article of the peace treaty, affirming that it would in evitably cause political and economic troubles, the alternative proposed being a trial of the persons involved to be held in Germany with the participation of al lied representatives." The newspapers declare unanimously that the attitude of the German govern ment toward the extradition question is unchanged. The Association of German Regular Soldier cariied out a big demonstration here yesterday against acceptance of the extradition demand. Similar demonstra tions were held in the provinces. BERLIN, Feb. 9. Decision as to whether the German national assembly will be called to consider Germany 's ans wer to the allied demands for the extra dition of Germans accused of violations of the laws of war is expected soon. The cabinet met yesterday and considered the list of men whose surrender is desired and the allied covering note, which were delivered to Premier . Bauer, ( Saturday night, by M de Marcilly, charge d'affaires but nothing was made public as to the conclusions reached. In addition to the persons of Germans on the extradition list, the allied powers demand access to archives and possession of all German documentary evidence, so that prosecution may be facilitated. The covering note is understood to declare the allies do not purpose to grant amnesty to men not named in the list, but will re serve the right to prosecute them, should they be apprehended on entente soil. his record "analysed" and those regard ed as favorable to labor will be supported regardless of party affiliations while those antagonistic, to the labor movement will te opposed. The labor organization's declaration was adopted at the conference or trade union representatives here in December. 3!he. conference was authorised .at the last convention of the American Federation of Labor BABE IUTH WARTS PAST OF PURCHASE PUCE. BOSTON, Feb. 9. " Babe ' Buth to day announced he would attempt to ob tain $15,000 of the 1125,000 which the Boston Americana are said to have receiv ed for his release to the New York Amer icans. Returning here from the Pacific coast, Buth said he had no intention of making trouble, that he would sign with the Yankees at the salary agreed on, re ported to be $18,000 a year, but that he would endeavor to get a part of his pur chase price from the Boston club. EFFORTS TO FLOAT PRINCESS ANNE. (By Th Associated Press.) NEW YORK, Feb. 9. Further efforts to float the steamship Princess Anne, which went aground on Rockaway Point in a, heavy snowstorm Tuesday night, while bound from Norfolk to this port, were mads today by tugs. The ship, from which thirty two passengers and 28 members of the crew were removed Satur day, had a strong list to starboard. Forty-four of the crew remained on board. POLITICAL ARENA SACRIFICED HUGE FORTUNE TO HELP PROHIBITION !: f" TEST rVif Jlli F. N. Charrington, Supt. of the Tower Hamlets Mission of England, and one of the foremost temperance work ers in that country, is known as the man who sacrificed a o,000.000 brewery to help the dry cause. clAliERicMiecl PLANNING BIG CAMPAIGN Plans of the Chamber of Commerce for the coming year provide for stressing Gas tonia and Canton county's industrial supremacy, especially in the production of fine yarns and combed yarns generally. Already well known in the yarn markets, it is desired to make Oastonia and Gas ton as familiar to the people of the coun try generally as the manufacturing cen ter of the best yarns as Grand Rapids is as a furniture center, Akron as a tire city and Detroit as an automobile city. In the opinion of the officers of the Cham ber of Commerce this will had to much greater things for Gastonia in the future. Plans for the campaign will be map ped out by the publicity committee, ac cording to a decision made at the last directors meeting. This committee, as announced by President Fred L. Smyre, and approved by the board, is to consist of A. E. Woltz, elected by the member ship as director of the publicity depart ment, James W. Atkins, W. B. Morris, W. B. Roddey, Dr. D. A. Garrison, W. H. Adams, Ed C. Adams, Walter Kluttz, Chris Leventis and F. A. Slate. NEWBERRY TRIAL ENTERS THIRD WEEK (By The Associated Press) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 9. Newberry election conspiracy trial enter ed its third week today with presentation of the case far behind the speed schedule outlined by attorneys for the prosecution who had expected to dispose of at least 20 witnesses each day. During the first week of introduction of testimony only fifty witnesses were called and there were predictions that the trial might' last ten weeks in view of the fact that approxi mately 800 are expected to be called to the stand by both sides. Duration of the trial, however, was ex pected to depend largely on the time con sumed by the prosecution, for defense at torneys have indicated that their time will be devoted chiefly to character witnesses, of whom theeourt has ruled two may be called for each of the 135 defendants.1' The defense has indicated also that a number of government witnesses will be recalled. PEACE TREATYJOL. . . THE FORE A6AIS WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 With the situation just what it was November 19, when ratification efforts reached a dead lock and attempts at compromise were abandoned as hopeless, the German peace treaty today, again fas to (he fore in the senate. The pact itself was not actually before the body, but it indi rectly came up with the beginning of ef forts by leaders ia the controversy to untangle the parliamentary web that must be -removed before the treaty can be considered. The first move after formally calling up the treaty was to get rid of the clo ture rule under which debate was conduct ed in November. Just what course this would follow had not been fuQy determ ined when the senate convened, but it was believed that the technicalities could not be cleared away under any plan be fore tomorrow or Wednesday. When debate does begin a long and bitter contest was forecast by leaders and while some senators on both sides were hopeful of ratification finally, others be lieved the deadlock would not be broken and the whole question would be taken into the coming presidential election. ANOTHER MIIMI DOL-' -. 1 LAR COTTON MILL Priscilla - Spinning Company Applies For Charter -Plant to be Located at - Ranlo -Will Make Fine Combed Yarns. ' , Million dollar mills are becoming com, mon in Gaston county. Still another one is announced today, this latest being the Priscilla Spinning Company, Tie charter for which has been applied for. The in corporators are J. II. Mayes, of Char lotte, head of the Rex Spinning Company; Charles D. Gray, W. M. Boyce and J. B. Boyd, all of Gastonia. It is expected that the charter will.be received within the next few days and upon its receipt a permanent organization will be per fected. It was stated this morning by one of the incorporators that-practically all of the stock has Already been sub scribed. Macihnery for thin plant was bought some time ago. It will have 15,000 spindles and will manfacture fine combed yarns, Nos. 40 's to 60 's. . Work on the buildings will be commenced this sum mer and the plant will be in operation sometime in the early part of 1921. The site of this plant is at Ranlo, Cast of the city on the P. & N., where are located the-Rex Spinning Company's plant, the Ranlo Mills and the Smyre Manufactur ing Company 's plant. The site consists of 76 acres of land adjacent to the prop erty of the Rex and Ranlo Mills. The mill construction will be on the order of that used by the Rex Mill, which iss all steel with splendid lighting ar rangements f J. L. PRICE IS BROUGHT BACK TO GASTONIA Through Warrants Issued by T. J. Redmond For False Pretense and Embezzlement, Price Is Arrested in Spar - tanburg and Lodged i n County Jail Hearing To morrow. Mr. J. L. Price, who has been involved in a number of real estate transactions in Gaston county for the past year or more is lodged in the Gaston county jail where he was placed Saturday night fol lowing his arrival here from Spartanburg in company With Policeman C. L. Hord. Mr. Price was arrested upon warrants sworn out by T. J. Redmond on charges of false pretenses, embezzlement, etc. There are five or six cases, and his bond in each cae is $2,000. A hearing will be held tomorrow morn ing MANAGERS SAY FREAK BALLS MUST GO (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Feb. 9 Baseball men from all parts of the country here to attend what they said probably would be the "biggest baseball meeting of all times" expected today to see the major leagues rules committee eliminate all freak deliveries. The spit, shine, emery and licorice balls all must go, it was indicated, along with all other unnatural ly deceptive pitching. That the "spit ters," stand by of a number of the game's most famous moundsmen, would be dealt with lieniently was the concen sus of opinion, however. It was in dicated as an informal meeting of the rules committee yesterday that it would be given a two months' lease on life, possibly a full year, while its oponents adopt a more conservative style. Legislation regarding the pitching seemed to be the only changes decided pn before the committee met formally this morning; Proposed abolishment of the foul 'tf out met decided opposition yesterday and the committee apparently was unable to agree on a rule to stop intentional 'passing of dangerous bat ters. Formal schedule meetings of th major leagues will be held tomorrow and th big joint session at which a man may be chosen to head the national commis sion Wednesday. On Thursday, provided the majors have completed their business, majors, and minors will meet to discuss the advis ability of forming a new agreement be tween the two bodies. FOREIGN PAPERS WITH BOOZS ADS MAY COME IN (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 Although the national prohibition enforcement act prevents the publication of liquor ad vertisements in newspapers published in this country, Postmaster General. Bur leson called the attention of postmasters today to the exemption from the pro visions of tlje law of. all newspapers pub lished in foreign countries. Notice was directed at the same time to the fact that the act referred specifically to u newspapers ,r only and not to-"publications" or "magazines." RICHARD FISHER SHOT THROUGH BY EFFIE In Quarrel Beyond Arlington-Gray Settlement Young Man Comes to Death at Hands of Wo man - Thorough Investigation and Clean-Up to Be Made 'Squire Morris Remands Wo man to Jail. ELEVEN I. W. W. ON TRIAL AT MONTESANO Are Charged With Murder of Warren O. Grimm at Cen tralia, Washn., on Armistice Day. (By The Associated I'ress.) MONTESANO, Washn., Feb. Montesano was crowded today with wit nesses and visitors who came bere for the opening of state's evidence against eleven alleged Industrial Workers of the World, charged with murder in connec tion with the killing of Warren O. Grimm, at Centralis, Washn., on arm istice" day. This little lumber town al ready was packed with persons attracted by the almost two weeks' effort to ob tain a jury for the trial. The prosecu tion's opening statement was made Sat urday. The trial was brought here from Lewis county, in which the killing occurred, on a change of venue. INTER-CHURCH PLANS SET OUT IN PLATFORM Three - Day Conference of Christian Workers Results in Formation of Definite Pro gram. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. Feb. 9 Formula tion of a platform embodying the prin cipal aims and conclusions agreed upon during three-days sessions, marked the final day of the national conference of women of the Inter-Church World Move ment here today in which representatives of twenty-eight denominations and faiths participated . A message, containing the constructive plans outlined by the con ference, will be sent to church women throughout the country. Besides Dr. John R. Mott, general chairman of the Inter-Church World Movement, the program of speakers for the morning session included Daniel A. Poling and Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe. At the post-conference luncheon at which Mrs. Radcliffe presided, wives of most of the cabinet officers and wives of many members of the diplomatic corps were present. Tha pronounced purpose of the con ference was defined by speakers as an ef fort to call all classes of women to def inite christian service to bring to wo men everywhere a sense of personal res ponsibility for the furtherance of chrisr tianity and to spread the program of the Inter-Church movement for concert ed action in missionary work at h-m and abroad. DIO NOT APPROVE 6ERMAIL0UCIES (By The Associated Press.) BERLIN, Sunday, Feb. & Miss Elsa Scheiner, the only woman whose name appeared on the list of Germans demand ed by the allies, is a daughter of a prominent professor at Berlin University and had charge of the women 'a concen tration camp at Valenciennes during the war. The Nieuwe Rottedramsche Courant, a copy of which has been received here, prints a letter from a contributor who says he worked with Professor Scheiner at the astro-physical observatory at Pots dam and asserts that Miss Scheiner in curred the enmity of allied women spies who were imprisoned at her camp. Be declares, however, that letters to Profes sor Scheiner showed . the daughter had many friends among the prisoners and that she did not approve of German poli cies. EXHIBITION GAMES. ST. LOUIS, Feb. 9 The Philadel phia Americans -will play the St. Louis Nationals 16 exhibition games on their spring training trip, it was announced here today.- All will be played in March and with the exception of one game ia Oklahoma all will be played in Trxaa.t THE HEART ROBINSON Richard Fisher a young white man, of the Gray-Arlington settlement, was shot through the heart and instantly killed Saturday afternoon at 5 o'clock by ElBer Robinson, a woman of questionable char-- . acter. The affair happened outside the city limits beyond the Arlington Mills , on the Bessemer City road. The tragedy was the usual culmination of drunken .men, mean whiskey and bad women. It seems that there had been bad feel ing between Kinley, Wallace and others for some months, as the result of a quar rel some time last fall. Fisher, Bud Wallace and a third man whose name is unknown, came to the store Saturday afternoon about 3 o'clock and according to reports, attempted to pick a quarrel with Kinley, who ordered them off the premises. It is said that he fired one shot from a pistol into the ground to hasten their departure. A few minutes, later the men returned and resumed the quarrel. Kinley picked up a chuir and attempted to drive Fisher away. They grappled and fell to the ground. Fisher drawing his knife in the meantime and cutting Kinley about the , face and neck. Wallace, who was stand ing near by, took a hand in the fracas at this juncture and jumped on the two struggling men on the ground. feeing that her man was getting the worst of it, Effie Robinson seised the pis tol from a counter in the store, it is said, and warned Wallace to get off Kinley or she would shoot him. The warning wae unheeded and she fired, but hit Fisher, shooting him through the heart, the bul let passing out his back. He died in stantly. Wallace escaped, but was later appre hended. Chief of Police Orr was soon . !on the scene and the woman was brought to town and lodged in jail. Solicitor Wil son also visited the scene of the crime within an hour after the tragedy. The store where the tragedy occurred has long been known as a a "bad joint" and the management of the Gray-Arlington group of mills has for a long time been endeavoring to oust the owners of this property. At a preliminary hearing held ' this morning before 'Squire 8. S. Morris, the woman, Effie Robinson, was remanded to jail. John Kinley was released under a $1000 bond for his appearance at the next, term of court. According to testimony introduced at ' the trial by one Mrs. Lanier, who fives near the scene of the crime, the man. Bud Wallace, mentioned above was aot involved in the scuffle as was stated abas. Quite an interesting tilt between attor neys J. G. aud C E. Carpenter for the defense and Solicitor Wilson for the State enlivened the hearing before the magistrate. 'Squire Morris had-at first fixed the bond of Kinley at $500. Solici tor Wilson held that be should be held se one, aiding and abetting in the murder and that his bond ought to be sufficient -to justify his presence at court. Quito-a heated argument between the legal lights ensued before 'Squire Morris compromised ,' the difficulty by placing Kinley under a $1000 bond. Nothing but the mere surface of the testimony and information apparently possessed by both sides was offered at the . preliminary hearing. Both stats and 4s- Vnse in the course of their arguments h'nted vaguely of the "real facta ia the rase ' ' and ' ' getting at the bottom of the affair. ' ' Neither Kinley nor the Bobinsee woman were introduced by the defe JUGO-SLAVIA WIL ACCEPT COMPROMISE. (By The Associated Press.) PARIS, Feb. 9 Jugo-Siavia will soon accept the proposed compromise for a settlement of questions arising out of the Adriatic sea, according to a Belgrade despatch to the Echo do Paris. TROOPS GOT BIG BOOTY. (By The Associated Press.) LONDON, Feb. 9 Enormous bosey was taken by Russian soviet troops wheat they occupied Odessa, according to a wireless message from Moscow received here. A British and a Russian cruiser are reported to be bombarding the msV from the harbor. TO REPRESENT AMERICA IN OLYMPIC GAMES ' SAN" FRANCISCO, Feb. 8Wiffiaaa M, Johnston, of San Francisco, nation al singles tennis champion, an no nosed today that hehad accepted the invitation of, the United States Lawn Tennis As sociation ' to represent thin conutry ev the-courts at the Olympic games. -
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