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GASTONIA COTTON 40 CENTS TODAY READ THE WANT ADS ON PAGE S 07 TEX ASSOOIXZO FES33 VOL. XU. NO. 70. GASTONIA, N. G, MONDAY AFTERNOON, CH 22, 1920 SINCLE COPY 3 CZNTS vTT7T. A'. W W . I i REPUBLICAN LIBERALS M FORM TO FIGHT BOURDON AUTOCRACY SAYS FRANC Maryland Senator Sounds ' Call to Individual Liberty - Says Repeal of National Prohibition and Espionage Act Will Be Chief Planks' 'Ih its nairorm. (By The Associated Press.. ? V. "WASiriNGTON, March 22 Warning 'that Mrpublican liberak" might form a new political party to light "bourbon - autocracy", In an effort to restore in dividual liberty was Bounded in the sen ate today by Senator Trance, republican, AfaryJond. " " ' V .'"'.. ' '' " With repeal of national prohibition and the espionage act aa the chief planks in its tentative platform, Senator France declared that liberals need not hesitate to raise the battle ery against all the reactionary forces of antocracy and un v ' 'American bourbonimn. " The democratic party, under auto -mtie leadership," he, said, lngloriously ' . abandoned the sound doctrine of the sot I ereignty of the states, voted .without scruple huge powers to the chief executive " , who, has iii violation of the constitution and of every elierished principle on lib erty, created the moat powerful despot in t "the world.'? ; Vv. X'S;- ff '" '" A , ' Charging that republicans joined with the bourbon reactionaries and connived ' in the setting up of this autocracy. Sen ator France said both parties ."are as decadent as' the issues that : quickened ' them into-being." - "If the republican" party shall not sow become the party of liberalism and T liberty," he declared, ?then there ' smut be a new and liberal party which .; smell, express "the aspirations of the mil r Hons of Americans who now demand re " srtoratlon of their liberty and of their . Bbertiee.'' :'':;v' , ' - Along with repeal of the prohibition hxaendment, Senator France urged "re- exAmderatiam'' . of' the whole subject, . . with local option and use of "certain al .: oholie beverages. " .'Some of the planks were: Operation of railroads by represents-' tires ef capital, labor and the public, un ' der the interstate commerce commission 'vi supervision. ' V--" ; .''.- ' : Rejection of the " iniquitous" ' treaty of Versailles and immediate establish-A- zaent of peace with Germany. , ? Seduction of the high cost of living, with economy of federal expenditures and - reduced taxes, ' : S A navy second to none and a system x .af military training, but postponement . pt immediate "universal training. Other demands were: Woman suffrage, - a budget system, ,-. agricultural development, federal - em '. pJoymeat agencies, abolishment of child ! ; labor, "generous compensation" f or ser ' vice men permanently disabled,' and de . yelopment of the merchant marine. ' Senator France charged that prohi C i bitioa, ."forced through daring the war while four million American boys were in - at nice" was unconstitutional sad aa in fringement upon 'individual liberty and i States' rights. A::-'. S' "It the inpreme eonrt vphoida this : . deeisUo." Senator France continued, - 'then all men, regardless . of how they , feel upon the question of national pro- Idbitioa, should be willing to adrecate - the repeal of the eighteenth amendment, ' ' . in order that in normal times the peo- pie and their legislators should hare aa , opportunity of determining for them ,( serves, freed from all eoercios, eompul J skm and repression, his most important question. - - ' "Many of as feel that whiis nse of . eertam aleoholie liquors should be pro- - aihited by local statutes, the reoeat xueas . -a area adopted -have gone, so far. that they ' snay, wiA justiaeation, be eonsidered by eome aa undue infringement opoa per- ? aonal self-determination. ' "But whether we believe in total pro Lfbition or not, those of us .who1, are re publican liberals believe that any, such ' drastic changes should be. secured .only in aeeordanee with orderly process! and , jBahampered. discussion of tbe issvee in- - irorved. - " " ' CHESSTT1LLS BANK , HAS PHIK0aH5AL GKOWTH. ,. "Special to The Gazette. ' . CHEBBYY1LLE, March . ?i. The " Tint National Bank of Cherryrille has t bad n phenomenal growth during tbe last l year. The president's report to tbe di rectors at their -March meeting showed the ef the bank on Hareh 15th to be over one and a half million dollars, with deposits of one and a qnartef ifnil '. lion and loans almost one millioa two ' bundred thousand doUara Oa February 2nd of this, year the eapital stock was increased to 1100,000 and the surplus to f 100,000. U. L. Manner, is president, ' fi. 8. Mauney and D, E. Bhyse, Tlee f prnideeta, M. C Mauney, cashier and A. J. lfaLj7, .assistant eashieT. ; - V WOULD SECURE STATE AID FOR COUNTY SCHOOL: Domestic Science Teachers - utumr . meet nere . to un r mm , . vk cuss Ways and Means of Si cut-ins; Parth . of Smith . Hughes Fund. A meeting of the Home Economic teach ers of the county was Leid in the office of the county superintendent Mr. F. P. Ball nt the court honne Saturday to dis cuss the Smjth-Hughes.fund which" pro vides aid -for schools that will conform to its requirements nnd just what action can be taken whereby Gaston county may receive its benefits. - No actual conclu sions were gained at this time bnt each teacher was asked to work out and briutf to the meeting next Saturday a prepared schedule of the work best suited to hex' township. These teachers will also meet,; Miss Coith, State director of the Smith Hughes fund, here April the 10th and it is hoped satisfactory adjustments may be made for Gaston county. Gaston county is fortunate in : being able to secure the very best prepared teachers, graduates from Greensboro and Winthrop doing the same work here as in theee colleges. The following ; are Gaston county teachers; Miss Hodges, Dallas; Mim Ilinshaw, Qastonla; Miss Walker Belmont; Miss Caldwell, Mt. Holly; Miss Stribling, ChqrrjviHe ; ills Tatum, Bcssemer.City. AFTER 1920 TJ. S. WILL BE ONLY : : 359,118 YEARS BEHIND IN WOKK. NEW YORK, March 21'. There are not enough figures on a typewriter to indicate what the United States pays for its annual array of holidays. In both money and time, the high cost of , loafing amounts in a year to sums too great to conceive or to rows of figures too long to read.' Statistical sharks, however, have man I aged to gather data that may come within a few million dollars of .the correct mark and may not miss the total time lost by much more than a couple of centuries. Here are some of the ' facts well-In formed mathematicians point to as prov ing their point that America would be richer by s few trillion dollars if the pubHe took fewer 'off days" -.During W20 the almanacs list just B national holidays, generally ooserred tBrniifhrtt every state, and none . of which falls oa a Saturday. In addition, there are half -holidays observed on Sat urdays in most states, they say to amount to 26 whole holidays. In all, then, there are 85 - whole holidays en wnlcn office workers, store clerks, teachers and toilers in dozen of other lines cease work. , i Take for exsmpls an office of ,100 per sona Thirty-live holidays are . granted each employee, making in all 8,500 days for the office force, not counting Satur days., This sum amounts to a little more than 11 years, 'therefore, for each office of 100 persona A , -.:;V-V . . Flacing the average weekly salary of the employes at $30, simple arithmetic win show the loss to the employer for the 11 years is $1,716,000. , To this sum must be added, wages lost by union workers whose pay is recorded on a time-basis; loss, because of no : production j; loss in manufactsring -plants where steam -must be kept up and overhead expenses go on regardless of the holiday, and: to rail roads and transportation companies whose lines are over congested by freight and passengers the following day. r., ;i The money loss throughout the United States would be somewhere around $3, 580,000,000, ceuntisa- onry the items sug gested above, while the time loss in the whole country would be about 350,000,000 working days, or 559418 working years. . If the sharks sre right and there hss been no one to step forward to challenge their- figures the total losses will prob ably nearly double the figures already presented, because they declare no consid eration whatever has been given for the 35 holidays that are faithfully observed in various states 'celebrating sectional re ligions or local historical Incidents. " SILESIAN TS00PS FIGHTING WITH SPABTACAHS. 8TUTTGABT,' March 22. Troops from Silesia are officially 'reported to bars arrived is the Bohr district, and f girting with the Spsxtacan army, there is expected tomorrow. Exaggerated ru mors as to the sice of the red forces there are current in this city. Some re ports place the number at 70,000. ' nc:.!'.::GE cf ee1 il . ESTATE Kl GASTKilA Sale of Prooertr Reyeals In ' tefesting- History In Connec- ; tion With Gastonia Real Es- V.tate Property First Sol for Une Dollar Per Fi Foot OrlffTnauv Beloi ayis. ' ' Sines the sale of the corner at South snd Wain streets 8a to the Third National Bank ie enormous price or fj50,ooo, .000 per front foot, much s been going on among the in the city and fancy prices that eountry cone real estate is' bringing in Gastonia. Coupled with ese are comparisons be- tween present prices and the prices of twenty and thirty years ago. ; . The property which sold Saturday for 150,000 was originally bought for $50, sold within 7. years for $000 and within anotlier S years for $7.15. For 28 years it remained in the hands of the $735 buy ers, the Messrs. Morris, when it was sold by them . for $40,000. The history 'of this, piece of property is extremely in teresting. It reads like a tale of Alad din 's lamnr A communication from Mr ilson tells about it thus: " Gastonia, N. C, March 22, l2i Editor Daily Gazette: Dear Sir: Will you allow a little space for to give you a history .of the Mo: eorner lot, which was sold last Sarurda' for the sum of $150,000,001 When tbe Southern railroad was beinw- duiii ana uie iowb or uastoma was first laid out. Mr. O. W. .Davis, who owned quite a lot Of the surrounding lands, had a lot of it laid off into town lots and bad an auction sale one Sat urday evening the auctioneer at said sale' being Capt. F. Dilling, now of Kings Mountain, N. G. This sale was in April, 1876. At this sale, my father, the - late Thomas Wilaon, bought the eorner lot in question for the price of $50.00, or $1 per front foot. .The next week we went to work cutting sawiogs and built a store room on the lot, planked up snd down, depot fashion and papered inside. At this time Mr. Eli Smyre had a small stock of goods in a little school house just about where Main Street Methodist church now stands : Mr. Smyre, by the way, f was a nephew of jour townsman, Mr. A. m. Smyre. When this store building was completed Mr. Smyre rent ed it from my father and moved his stock of goods into it. This was the beginning of the merehantile business in Gastonia. When I drove the first load of lumber on the lot for the store building, my rather eut the little oak saplings be tween this lot and the present post of fice building to make room to turn our team. My father held this property until September 8th, 1883, when he sold it to Mr. A. M. Smyre for the sum of $600. On the 4th of May 18S8, it passed inap the hands of Morris Brothers for the sum of $735. They sold it a few years ago to the Long Brothers for $40,000. The Long Bros, as you know, sold it on last Saturday to the Third National Bank of this city for the price of 150,000.00. v I give you this bit of history of this piece of property simply to . show the enormous enhancement in value of Real Estate here since the town was laid out la 1876. , :..f- Yours, . . E. LEE WILSON COLUMBIA, S. C; SHOWS POPULATION. Of 37,524. WASHINGTOK. March 22."--Fopuia-tion statistics for .1920 announced today by the census bureau included: Columbia, & C,v 37,524, an increase of 1105, or 42.6 per cent over 1910. Alton, Ilia; 24,714, an increase of 7,186 or 41 per cent over ' 1910. Keokuk, Iowa, 14,423, increase 415, or 8 per ceaty , i . . Columbia, Missouri, 10,6si, increase 1,019, or 10J per efflfc;-;;-!;' ( Columbia ranked as second tty in South Carolina, thirty second city of the south and 209th city of the country in point of population in 1910 with 26,319 people.' In the decade from 1900 to 1910 it shewed an 'increase of 5,211 or 24.7 per cent; while in the previous two de cades, 1890 to 1900; and 1880 to 1890, Its increase was 37.5 per cent and 53- per cent. s ' ....!vO:;"v:.;'-i' . - Cities of the ' eountry ranking - near Columbia in 1910 which have reported their 1920 population are: Blooming ton;"' Ills, 216th rank, 28,038, aa 11.1 per cent increase; Lewiston, Me, 211th rank, 31,707 and 20.8 per cent increase; Danville, Ills, 201st rank, 33,730, and 21.1 ' per cent increase; Snrevwport, La, 43374 and 56.6 per cent increase. ' '-- Increase in southern cities whose popu lations have been reported are 1 Kaox ville, 114.1 per cent; Beaumont, v Tex, Charlotte - 36.2 ; . Chattanooga 29.8 ' and Macon 29.2. - 1 , - - Mr. and Mrs. Plato Durham have re turned from s two weeks bridal trip spent in New Orleans and Jackson, Miss, and are at home with Mrs. 2arham 's parents, OoL and Mrs. d B. Armstrong, . os South York street. rtmt wgea r 2 ' J- LtODOf ifirday TOW tl or MA J. discussionAa lld-timsra Irninsfthe Inosf . ' e e . f!ASS!.'IEn::MUESDAT : yf T0Vc:3tJUSS ubhary : ;' The mass meeting which ' was scheduled for Friday night, March 12, postponed on account of the downpour ef rain that sight, will be held tomorrow night at the ' county courthouse, - beginning at 8 o'clock. At this meeting several committees recently appointed will ' make reports, and there will be several short speeches by certain men and '. women . of : Gastonia. '. There will be on exhibition plans and specifications of the proposed library building for Gastonia It is earnestly desired that the Gas tonia public attend this meeting. Some interesting developments are ' anticipated. The meeting will be short, snappy and interesting. tr ess a I. ROBERT W.GRAY DIED SATI NIGHT Prominent Citizen of Gastonia Passei AfteLono; Illness Was Asrfated With Late Geo. AjSray In Cotton Mill Industrv . In daiiAni Leaves Large Family of Children. ngering illness of several months duration, Mr. Itobert William Gray, one of Gaston county 's oldest and most highly respected citizens, died at his homo on North Highland street Sat urday night at 12:30 o'clock. Mr. Oray had been in failing health from a compli cation of heart and kidney trouble for the past 18 months, but it was not un til last January that he was forced to take his bed. For the past several weeks his condition hss been rather criti cal and death was . not entirely unex pected. ' - ' ' In the passing of Mr. Gray, there is removed another one of the cotton mill pioneers of Gaston county. In connec tion with his brother, the late Gee. A. Gray, who died in 1912, Mr. Gray helped organize and build the Gastonia Manu facturing Company, one of the first eot ton mills in Gaston county. For a num ber of years he was superintendent of this mill. Upon the organization of the Gray Manufacturing Company, Mr.1 Gray .went to this mill and was actively associated there until forced by. failing health -to relinquish his duties. Mr. Gray aas a native of Mecklenburg coun ty, having been born and reared in . the Paw Creek section. His first cotton mill experience was obtained in Charlotte as superintendent of the . old. Victor Mills, near the present site of the. Southern sta tion. Jn 1889 he came to Gastonia whore, tuo family has resided ever since. ! .'- During' the Civil War Mr. Gray served with Company ,"B'', 71st. North Caro lina Begiment, under the late Capt. J. Q. Holland, of Gastonia. . , . . Surviving Mr.' Gray are his wife, two sisters, Mrs. J. . Laban Smith, snd Miss Narcissas Gray and the following chil dren'; Mrs. C. Judson Huss, Mrs. A. K. Winget, Mrs. Chaa U Coble; Mrs. Dean Bawlings, Miss Annie Gray and Messra Frank and Bobert Grsy.: f j1 . 4? Mrrprsy was's life-Ion member of the Presbyterian' church and ever held dear the tenets and doctrines of his ehnrcu. He was a 'faithful attendant upon the ser vices. Sf - the sanctuary. . :.t'4 4 I Funeral Tservices were conducted from the residence this morning at 11 o'clock by Dr. J. H. HenderEte, psstor of the First Presbyterian, church. 7 .Interment was in Oakwood cemetery- The paQ bear ers were the . following six nephews of . as vie. oeceasea: . jseesra j. under an Geo. A. Gray and George, Pat, Stame; and Giles Smith I J. A." WLLjf? ;" V ( Mr. J. A. Hill, for many years a dent of West Gastonia and an em; ef the Loray Mills, died ' Sunday morn ing at six o'clock following only a brief illness, aged nearly 67 years. , Mr. Hill had been unwell since Thursday, but be came suddenly worse on Saturday, death following at 6 o'clock Sunday mornsng. Deceased is survived by his wife and the following children: Messrs.' ATex E. HU1, William Hill, Pink HOT, John Hill and Mra Latta Wadrop. Funeral services were conducted at two o'clock this af ternoon st tbe Loray Wesleyaa eaurch by the pastor, Bev. J. V. Frederick, assisted by "Bev, J. A. Clement, pastor of tbe First Wesley an Methodist church, and In terment took place at Hollywood cemetery. CASPSNTISS GITS BIG . WELCOME IN NSW YORK. NEW 1 YORK, ' March 22. - Boxing promoters and enthusiasts assembled in New York today to welcome Georre Car pen tier, tbe French pugilist, who with his bride, was a passenger on the steamship La Savoie, which arrived off this port early today. Carpentier wiH remain here five days and then will depart for the Pacific coast. During his stay in the United States it is expected he wQl siga a contract to meet Jack Demsser. e BEWSON WAS THE MAN lirnn nun (nnniiT i v nu DAW THE BRITISH POLL THE VOOL OVER YOUR EVES" . sssssss-awa-s. . Admiral Sims Say That the Remark Wai Made Just After He Had Received His Final Instruc tions From Secretary Daniels Preparatory to Leaving For England - Was Purely Informal Conversation. ER OF LORD MAYOR PRODUCES SENSATION LONDON, March 22 Despatches from Ireland show the murder of Thomas MacCurtain, lord mayor of Cork, to have produced aa intense, if subdued sensa tion, throughout Ireland. This tragedy, says the London Times correspondent in Dublin, closed one of the blackest weeks since the rebellion of 1916.. He gives long lint of outrages in various parts of the island, including five murders of policemen and others and an attempt to kill Professor Stockier, of Cork. The motive of the murder of the lord mayor continues ss mysterious as ever. No arrests have been reported, nor, so far as known, have any clues to the perpe trators been obtained. Among the theories advanced is one that MacCur tain was murdered ss a warning to others because he recently had the sourage to publicly deprecate an at tempt to murder a policeman in Cork. London newspapers, while unreserved ly condemning the crime, maintain its does not differ from those which have long terrorized the island. It is de clared that Ireland,' for the moment, is largely under the domination of secret murder societies, the members of which are sworn to kill those -whom they be lieve to stand in their way, but who the conspirators are is puzzling the police as much as the public. It is remarked as a phenomenon that where murder societies exist, mcmU.ia ftf ln a while begin to be suspected of murdering" each other. Existence of these supposed societies is declared pos sible owing to the "moral eowadiee of the Irish public." The crimes the so cieties commit are repugnant to the bet ter sort of Sinn Feiners, who, 'however, keep silent, fearing the consequence if they condemn assassinations, the papers say. ' . -i-- Even newspapers which support' home rule, while condemning what they regard as the present evil system of Irish gov ernment, also condemn Irishmen them selves for coudoniiig methods, which, they say, are fast establishing a condition of anarchy and terrorism, under which their own leaders may soon be powerless to de liver them. The anti-home rule Morn ing Post again attacks the government today and ' denounces 'Field Marshal French and James Ian 'MacPherson, say ing: "They are bringing about the hideous ' necessity of reconquering " Ire land by force of arms,1' snd "civil war is within sight.': GEOISMATTHE; PABIS, Manii 21! Germans are pre paring a formidable world propaganda in favor of a refision of the Versailles treaty andMheJ holding ,0 fa new inter national conjsence at which vanquished nations might be represented for the ob ject of changing or eliminating many clauses of the present treaty between the allied nations and Germany, according to Genevaitapateh v A book entitled the est Crime of Humanity' has been prepared and 10,000,000 copies printed for free distribution, especially ia Ameri ca, England and France, and it is said that "millions of other pamphlets along the same line will follow, - . . ' ' . The reactionary revolt in Berlin on March 13 put a temporary rtop to the. v It was said, however, that either Sen movement, it is said. :, ator Pittmaa' or Senator Trammell, dem- Captain Andre Tardieu, one of the'oerat of Florida would attempt to ob Freneh delegates to the peace conference,! tain-from the officer the name of the of-. baa written an article, which appeared in last week's edition of L 'Illustration, in which he declared himself as being op posed to any revision of the treaty - . "Let ns first help our allies, V he wrote "and we will find this to be better than to dream of a movement in favor of benevolence to our vanquished enemies, which instead of inspiring gratitude, fos ters arrogance. ", ; ., ' 9000 HAVE BEEN KILLED. . PASIS, March 22. Eight thou sands persons have been killed since the German revolt broke out on March 13, aceordbg to advices received here. Of this number, 650 were killed in Berlin alone. . '.:,.' T LET , ; (By Ths Associated Presa) WASHINGTON, March 22 Rear Ad miral S. Benson, the chief sf naval op erations, was the official whs told Sear Admiral Sims 4ot to let ths British pull ths wool over your eyes; we would a soon fight them ss ths Germans," Ad miral Sims testified today before the ' senate committee investigating the navy's condoct of ths war. - V " Admiral Sims said .the remark' was ' mads just after he received bis final in structions from Secretary Daniels prep aratory to his departure for England aa ths ere of the entry of ths United States into the war . Hs added,, however, that it was not mads in the coarse ef formal instructions, but during a conversation la the office of Rear Admiral Palmer, chief sf the bureau of navigation, v ; ,; The witness told the committee that Admiral Benson repeated his admonition during a conversation the following day and that he made the same remark six months later in London. Admiral Sims said he did not pay par ticular attention to the statement at that time, because be believed Admiral Ben son was intensely anti-British. Hs added that this belief was entered generally throughout the service. . - i An ,aide recently colled his attention called his attention to the remark, the admiral said, snd 'Admiral Palmer alas told him that he remembered hearing Ad miral Benson makethe statement. : The witness was reluctant to give the name of tbe officer, but Chairman Hale insisted.-':'' .,..-.'-..';. .. "Then I will tell you the whole story," said Admiral Sims. "Early in AnriL 1917, I was ordered from my poet at Newport to Washington.' When I arrived I reported to the navy department by telephone and was told not to come to the department, but to get in touch with the chief of the bureau of navigation, ,; Bear Admiral Leigh C. Palmer. Every- -thing was very secret, the way they liked it, I could not get in touch with the chief of navigation then and so I , reported to him later at the department . and then-1 had an interview with the' secretary of the navy ia his office. No) one else waa present, as I remember it. ; The interview was very brief. I was4 told that Z was going abroad to confer with the allied kdmiralties sad that Am- ' bassador ' Pegs had requested than an f officer of high rank be seat there for that, purpose. . After leaving Secretary Dea v ids' office, or just before going there, Z don t remember which, I went to, the, bureau of navigation. The admiral was ' there and it. was at that time that' the -remark' that the chairman has asked sas about was made. ' ' - . ' "Whom do yon refer ss the mirsl'f" asked Ch, Hale.1 . ad-- Admiral Sims said he did not wish to indulge ia personalities, but when pressed - by Chairman Hale, hs said as referred to Admiral Benson, ; WASHINGTON, March 22-enator . Pittman, democrat, Nevada, was pre- pared to defend the navy department's' conduct of ths war when the senate sub- eommittes investigating that subject re- sumed its sessions today. He had pre-', pared a long list of questions to ask. Bear Admiral William 8. Sims, based en the admiral's direct testimony before the ' committee last week.v , ,' '; iu -, , ' 8enator Pittman declined f to say, whether he would ask Admiral Sims what official ia the navy department told him ' the course of his final secret instructions before leaving for London VNot to let the British pull the wool over your eyes; J we would aa sooa fight them as the Ger- ficial the name of the official alleged to have made the statement. v -' y - Cross examination of Admiral Sims was expected to take two days.. The committee had a long list of naval of ficers, headed by Captain HoraeeLsnning, to be called to testify afterward ; Sec retary Daniels and officers who were res ponsible for the administration of the navy department during the war, will appear last. Admiral William 8. Ben son, head of naval operations dorin; ts war and recently nominated, to be a rr ber of the shipping board, was erv" to testify st length in jus::. "-if policies adopted by bis 1 whkh most of Admiral I were direeted..