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GASTONIA, N. C.,. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, APRIL 22, 1920
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
GASTCEIIA
COTTON - : ;
41 CENTS TODAY
ALMER GETS
OF VOTES IN GEORGIA
: - (By Tbe Associated Press.)
ATLANTA, Ga, April 22. Conrplete
-unofficial 'returns from all counties tn
Oeorgia available bera early today gave
.Attorney General Palmer 140 votes in the
jjtate Democratic eouvention, a ten Tote
jdurality over Thomas E. Watson, Lis
nearest Democratic opponent, who had
130 votes... ;
United States Senator Hoke Smith, trie
other candidate in the three-cornered race
in Tuesday's Democratic presidential
primary, had 114 votes, on these figures.
There are 386 votes in the convention.
The available returns showed Mr. Palmer
4sarried51 counties, Mr.' Watson 55
counties, , many of them with fewer 'con
vention: votes than the Palmer counties,
aud Senator Smith, 49 counties out of the
1E5 la the State. ',
; ' The unofficial figures were based on Te
;&erns that were complete in almost every
c ounty, bat It was pointed out that owing
to the closeness of the race in some coun
ties the official tabulation might awing
t hem la another column.
Backers of Palmer quoted Secretary
. Hiram Gardner,' of the Democratic State
xeentive eommitte, which arranged tie
primary, as stating that the committee
A .') fcad ruled that whatever candidate won
ftik highest convention vote would get the
state's delegation to the San Francisco
i convention.
v One county, Wilkinson, with two con
vention votes, did not hold a primary, and
onder the rules aa announced here, Its
votes would go to the candidate having
plurality of votes in the other counties.
CLOSER RELATIONS
r ARE URGED
- (By The Associated Press.)
BOSTON, April 22. An Increase of
snore than $1,000,000,000 a year in the
value of cotton to the growers la this
country and a better quality of product
for the spinners could be attained througn
closer relations between the cotton grower
and .spinner, H. M. Oottrell, of Little
Bock, Ark.7 told the National Association
4f Cotton Manufacturers, in annual meet
ing here.
Growers who produce annually cotton
valued at two billion dollars are without
information from the manufacturers, Mr.
Oottress said, concerning the grades and
staples and the quantities of eae.a requir
ed by the spinners. He urged the manu
facturers to make a survey of the cotton
growing areas in co-operation with local
specialists to determine the staples and
grades most profitable for each locality
- to raise and be best adapted for the spin
ners use,
A permanent decrease in cotton acreage
unices the movement from the farms to
the cities can be checked through making
cotton raising more attractive was fore
cast by. Mr. Cottrell. For the past five
.nif, ti m'hI. enormous Quantities of
t cotton have stood in the field until so bad-
ly UoUlttgOU IV bwmww wmw - -
less than the cost of production because
there were not enough pickers to gather
x It at the proper time.
SAYS THERE WILL NOT
BE WOMAN CONFESSORS
' (By The Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 22. Whether the
Orarch should provide women confessors
it a question with which, the Lambeth
conference of the clergy of Great Britain,
to be held in July, is threatened,
t At a meeting of the national union for
qual citizenship, Miss Edith Pieton-Tur-berville
said that letters had been received
from girls in'various parts of the coun
try pleading for women confessors in high
Anglican churches.
The Rev. Henry Bose, vicar of 8t Al
bans, a large pariah in Holborn, London,
(toes not bold out much hope for the sug
gestion, t in recent interview he said
women would not confess to women, who
are pitiless to their own sex.
" I have bad considerable experience of
public life outside the churchy" he said,
'and while we want women's help, I
Bare had evidence of this trait in their
character.
'"The church is quite clear oa this sub
jest,' be added, "for we come at ones
tip against the question of the priesthood.
No woman, ean be admitted to the priest
tood. Therefore, we can have neither
; women preachers nor women confessors.
"If there were no other, there is the
psychological objection that one woman
would not trust another woman to keep a
secret, even if told in the eonfessionaL"
CARPENTIER APPEARS. ' .
1 . (By The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, -April, 22 Georges Car
pentier, champion Eurepean heavyweight
boxer, win make his first appearanee ia
zing togs in America on May 2, when
lie will bos four exhibition rounds hers
iih one of his sparring ' partners, It
' was announced today The exhibition
Via be held in the 71st regiment armory
for tke benefit of a war veterans building
4a this city. ' ' - ' ' '-' '
PLURALITY
v
OVERALL CLUBS
PARADE SATURDAY
Ten Thousand ". Will Join In
Parade Protesting Against
High Cost of Clothes In New
York.
'(Hy The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, April 22 Ten thous
and persons at least,' will parade here on
Saturday in overalls, according to esti
mates today by the Cheese Club, whichJ
M fostering the drive against high prices
of clothing. It will be an "all over
all" parade, from the' police who will
head the procession, to the bands and
marchers. No advertisements of firms
selling overalls will be permitted to be
carried in the procession. i
The original plan to hold the parade
on lower Fifth avenue was abandoned as
it interfered with a recent city ordin
ance prohibiting processions of thickly
eongefted highways, unless on special oc
casions. Mayor Hylan suggested Broad
way M a line of march and this was ac
cepted . The mayor said he would like
to head the procession, but would be out
of the city Saturday.
-The price cutting movement by depart
ment stores, which started in Brooklyn,
spread to Manhattan today with the an
nouncement by A. W. Riley, head of the
department flying squadron of profiteer
ing hunters, that two big stores have vol
unteered to cut clothing and shoe prices.
He said one was a large Fifth avenue
department store.
Mr. Riley said his, agents, had collect
ed evidence against several New York
stores, indicating profiteering and that
arrests would follow soon, unless there
were voluntary price cuts.
MAROONED FOR 30 HOURS
ON TOP OF STONE PIER
E. C. Pertain, of Anderson,
Escapes Death By Climbing
to Top of Stone Pier Can
Not Be Released Until Flood
Recedes.
ANDERSON. S. C.. April 22. Maroon
ed already for :t0 hours, without food or,
water, on top of a pier of Gregg shoals
hydro-electric plant, on Savannah river,
K. C. l'artain will probably have to spend
the remainder of today on his perch,
where he has been since a bateau in which
lie and W. L. Conwell were crossing the
st rearm, was swept over the dam Wed
nesday morning at 7 o 'clock, dashing the
Utter to death on the rocks below.
First reports stated that Partatn also
went over the dam wih his companion, tu:
it has been learned that he leaped jnat
the bsteau plunged over The preetplce
and clung to a pier which stands aDove
the dam. Clambering to the top of the
st ne pier, he spent the day and night
there, while would-be rescuers made he
roic efforts to rescue him. Efforts to get
a cable across the stream have failed,
while attempts to get to the man with a
boat from above or below the dam have
been out of the question. The only hope
now of rescuing him la. to wait for the
flood waters to recede sufficiently to allow
persons to walk along the crest of the
dam and take him off the pier.
CANADIAN WOMAN CONVICTED
OF FIENDISH CRIME
(By The Associated Press.)
QUEBEC, April S2Mrs. Marie
Anne Houde Gagnoa was found guilty
yesterday of torturing and murdering ker
10-year old stepdaughter Aurora Gagnon,
and was sentenced to be kaaged October
1. The girl, after being beaten, burn
ed with a red hot poker, and made to
walk barefooted in the snow, was forced
to drink poison, the evidence disclosed.
The post mortem examination of the
body revealed 54 wounds.
The defense pleaded insanity.
STEAMER O'BRIEN WENT DOWN
WITH ALL ON BOARD.
(By The Associated Press.)
BOSTON, April 22. The eoast guard
cutter Acushnet, which has been searching
for the disabled steamer William O 'Brien,
reported early today by wireless that she
had found the sea .covered with fuel oil
aud a name board of the steamer drifting
in latitude . 39.50, . longitude 04.56, or
about 300 miles east of New York. An
empty lifeboat from the William O'Brien
was picked up Tuesday la the same lo
cality. -V ' .- -- -
It is feared that the steamer went down
not long after she had asked for assist
ance during va gale 8undayf saying that
her hatch, covers were gone and that she
was taking la water rapidly. ;i She left
New Xork for Rotterdam with eoal April
15th. - :j. V-:;;;: .r.
The Acushnet wil 1 remain la the rfcln
ity looking , f or wpossikls surrfvors Ja
small boats. - .
MX. W. H. FARLEY. WHO WILL
LECTURE TONIGHT AT THE COURT
HOUSE.
LECTURE TONIGHT ON
TROUBLES OF A MERCHANT
Mr. W. H. Farley Will De
liver Illustrated Lecture on
Troubles of a Merchant and
How to Stop Them" at Court
House Tonight.
Merchants, clerks and tusiness men
generally are expected to crowd the
court house tonight at 8 o 'clock when W.
H. Farley, of Dayton O., will deliver an
illustrated address oa "The Troubles of a
Merchant and How to Stop Them." A
moving picture film will be shown on
merchandising also. The meeting will
open at 8 o'clock and is under the aus
pices of the - Department' of 'Mercantile
Affairs of the Gastonia Chamber of Com
merce. All who are interctsed are invited
to be present.
A.rangement for securing the address
were made by the Chiimber of Commerce
with the National Cash Register Com
pany of Dayton.
The lecture covers: Retail failures,
their causes; store organization; news
paper advertising; window display;
clerks' efficiency; selling methods; credit
business; and system in retail business.
All of these subjects should be of great
interest to the merchants and clerks, and
the one in particular which shrfuld re
ceive favorable consideration from the
biminew man is the value of newspaper
advertising, judiciously and constantly
usea. The lecturer will give some nsei
ful hints along these lines, as well
other efficiency ideas that will be heliul
to the merchant and clerk.
There will also be run humorous car
toons, illustrated songs, and altogether
the program promises to be one or the
most pleasing entertainments ever ''of
fered locnl business men .
BODIES OF THREE
MORE VICTIMS FOUND
(By The Associated Press.)
ANDERSON. 8. C. April 22
Bodies of Mrs. Lester Waters, Miss
Alice Meschine and Robert Manning,
members of a party of ten who were
drowned at Harper's Ferry, on Savan
nah rivet, -April 4, when a ferryboat
ternoon at Cades Ferry, twenty miles
capsized, were found late Wednesday af
below the scene of the tragedy. Bodies
of three other persons, believed to be
members of the saine party, were seen
floating down the swollen stream. On
account of high water, efforts to recover
these corpses were fruitless. The re
covery of two bodies several days ago
leaves five corpses as yet unaccounted
for. The flooded condition of Savan
nah river, it Is believed, will wash up the
missing bodies and efforts of search
ing parties have, been renewed .
FIRE DAMAGES COCKER
MACHINE AND FOUNDRY PLANT
Blaze st Plant at 11:30 Wednesday
Night Caused Considerable Loss.
Fire which was discovered about 11 :30
last night at the. plant of the Cocker Ma
chine and Foundry Company on East
Franklin avenue did 1,000 to $1,500
worth of damage before it' was ex
tinguished. The fire originated in the
engine room and was burning fiercely
when discovered. It had spread to the
roof of the main building when the fire
men arrived. For a few minutes it look
ed as if .their efforts were to be ia vain
on account of insufficient pressure to
force a good stream of water. The
pump was finally put to work and the
fire was extinguished.
Messrs. Geo. B, Cocker and J. Rob
ert Craig, officials of the firm, announce
today that the plant will resume opera
tions in a few days.
TO COLLECT BALLOTS
' IN FORD-NEWBERRY tONTEST
DETROIT, April 22-InlUaJ steps in
the collection of ballots cast ia ths Ford
Newberry senatorial contest of 1918, in
which a recount his been ordered by tke
senate, were taken here today by David
S. Barry, eergeaat-st-sras af t&e senate.
BUYS UOUOT PROPERTY
FOR RESORT DEVELOPMENT
Mr. John O. Plonk Burs uThm
Pinnacle" on Kings Moun
tain For Purposes of Devel-
' r . .
oping tvecreauonai and
raent Resort His
owe Sringrs to Lis ht Other
oimiiar projects contempiat
eo.
. By the terml of n den consumated
recently Mr. Joty O. Wonk, of Kings
Mountain, has come into possession of
that portion' of Kines Mountain known
as ' ' The Pinnacle, the highest peak
visible in thia secton, together with 155
acres, immediately surrounding the moun
tain. It is tV purpose of Mr. Plonk
to develop. this property for recreational
and resort purposes. It is rumored that
large Chicago financial interests are back
of the scheme
The nnnacle" is distant from the
wn or Kings Mountain about two
miles. Those who are familiar with the
property say that it is capable of the
highest development as a summer resort
and home building site. Mountain
scenery, good water and convenience of
location to the main line of the Southern
Railway are among the most attractive
features of the property. Located abois
seveu miles in a southernly direction Is
t he scene of the battle of Kings Mountain
und the monument erected there several
years ago .
The Pinnacle is some three or four
miles south of Crowders Mountain and
is a part of the same range of moun
tains. It is the purpose of Mr. Plonk to be
giu at once the construction of a good
road from Kings Mountain town to the
property and to begin the work of ex
ploiting the property. In close prox
imity to the property is the once fam
ous Sparrow Springs. All Healing
Springs at Crowders Mountain is also
only a short distance away.
Those who have interested themselves
in this proposition say that there ia
nothing to prevent this section of fine
mountain scenery and good mineral
water from becoming' as well and favor
ably known as some of the popular, re
sorts of Western North Carolina.
The Chimney Rock and Stony Point
developments are pointed out as examples
of what eventually will be developed in
the vicinity of Kings and Crowders
Mountains. It is specially planned to
attract people of. moderate means who
wish to spend the summer at a modern
inexpensive lUHlu brand who are unable
to .ffefjuent for uny lcnath of time the
e exiiensive mountain resort
HIGH HONOR COMES
T
6LENN !
Gastonia Physi
Is Elected
to Position ol
'State
Board of
Medical Examiners.
1 Lt N! Glenn, of Gastonia, was sig
nally honored at tne mt-euug of the North
Carolina Medical Society yesterday in
Charlotte by being elected to a place on
the State Hoard of Examiners. This Is a
unique honor and one that has not been
heretofore enjoyed by a Gaston county
physician. His many friends in Gastonia
are congratulating Dr. Glenn on the hon
or. The Observer of today says:
The state board of medical examiners,
balloted on yesterday morning, was an
nounced yesterday afternoon, Dr. Cyrus
Thompson, of Jacksonville, announcing
that the society had done an unusual
tiling in electing the entire board of seven
men, to serve for six years, balloting on
the 18 nominated in one vote.
The board is composed of Doctors L. A.
Crowell, Lincoln ton L. N. Glean, Gas
tonia; J. G. Murphy, Wilmington; C. A.
Shore, Raleigh; W. M. Jones, Greensboro;
W. I'. Holt, Duke, and K. P. B. Bonner.
Morehoad City. Dr. B. J. Witherspoon.
' Charlotte, was the next highest man
iu the number of votes, having received
154 of the 334 ballots cast.
In recognition of his skill and train
ing in surgery Dr. Glenn was given the
special branch of surgery for exami
nation. WILL SEND AID
TO STRICKEN SECTIONS
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. April 22. Ia
response to an apeal by Governor Kilby
many communities throughout the state
were preparing today to send aid to the
districts swept by the tornado Tuesday.
More than 100 te..ts, rots, bed sack and
other supplies were dispatched to Hamil
ton, and Phil Campbell. Ala., this morn
ing by Major Lucien Brown, in charge
of the United States army depot here,
and additional necessities wil be requisi
tioned from the war department for the
relief of hundreds of families made home
less by the disaster.
Red Cross chapters and Salvation Army
posts with many other organisations had
formed expeditions today sad physicians
of Birmingham joined - vita those ta
other cities ia offering thetr services to
the victims. vf '
Complete reports of the tornado's toQ
hare sot yet been receved but oassrrs
Uvs estimates -place the dead st 155, with
several hundrd injured and live stock sad
property damage of 12,000,000.
(MR. LN.
cian
i
SENATOR CUMMINS CONDEMNS
WILSON AND
NEGRO CONFESSES TO
REVOLTING CRIME
(By The Associated Press.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., April 22
William Kay, a 19year old negro, ar
rested laHt night in connection with the
murder last Monday of Martha Huff,
aged 14, made a written confession of
the crime early today, according to a
statement at police headquarters. The
alleged confession was witnessed by four
policemen .
In the statement Kay, according to the
police, traced his movements from the
time he is said to have enticed the girl from
koine by promising her new clothes until
after he had thrown her body, stripped of
clothing into Eagle creew, at the western
end of the city.
Bay denied that he assaulted the girl,
the police said, but admitted he had stab
bed her in the neck with a pocket knife
when she fought off his attempt to em
brace her and screamed. A knife with
a bloody blade was found in his posses
sion. The alleged confession was writ
ten after a step sister of the slain girl
had identified Ray as the person with
whom the HnfT irirl had left hnm
Ray came to Indianapolis from Chi- I
cago three weeks ago.
PICKETERS AND MINERS
CLASH IN MONTANA
(By The Associated Press.)
.TROOPS SENT TO BUTTE.
SAN FRANCIHCO, April 22. -Announcement
that he had complied with the
request of Governor Stewart of Montana,
that troops be ent to Jlutte as the result
of mine strike disturbances there, was
made here today by Lieutenant General
Hunter Liggett, commanding the western
department of the army. The size of the
ilotachment was left to Major General
John . Morrison, comnnding Camp
Lew is, he said.
liL'TTK. Mont., April 22. ?ity and
county authorities today investigated a
eland late yesterdny near the Nevoswea;
mine here In whirh fourteen men wcrr
shot . Mose of the wounded were said to
be pickets placed about mine fololwing
tlie calling of a strike Sunday by the
nietul mine workers union to enforce de
mands including a wage of $7 for a Mix
hour day and release f "All political
;iriniiiers. ' '
The ahuoting Ix'gan, according to
(Sheriff John K. O'Knurke, while lie und
a force of deputies were trying to disperse
a crowd at the gates of the stockade about
the mine.
The first shot, the sheriff said was fired
from a window of a nearby boarding
house and narrowly missed a deputy
sheriff. Immediately afterward, he said,
"shots were fired in all directions."
Itoth police offipers and the deputy
sheriffs said they fired no shots.
Immediately after the shooting an extra
edition of a newspaper calling upon all
workers in the county to ' ' lay down their
tools and stop the wheels of industry,"
as a protest against the shooting of pick
ets, appeared. Speakers at a mass meet
ing last night were quoted as urging their
hearers to "arm yoursalve Tn self-defense."
A large number of spocinl deputies
were sworn in during the night by the
nhoriff.
USGE FARMERS TO REVISE
WHEAT PLANTING PLANS
(By Tie Associated Press.) h
WASHINGTON, AprU 22 Reports
from the spring wheat regions of a plan
for -reduced acreage this year caused
the department' of agriculture to issue
a statement today urging farmers to re
vise their planting plans. Weather con
ditions and a shortage of farm labor have
affected the planting but statistics pre
sented by the department advised in
creased" production because of the poor
condition of the winter crop And the con
tinuing world demand for wheat.
TO TAX STOCK EXCHANGE
TRANSACTIONS FOR BONUS
(By Tbe Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, April 23 A tax on
all stock exchange transactions equal to
the brokers commission has been agreed
pa tentatively by republican members of
the house ways and mesas committee
ss one of the new levies for raising money
for tbe soldier bonus legislation.
Three other levies for raising the
money similarly hare been adopted by
the republicans . These are a one per
cent levy oa ths final sales ts consumers,
a aew levy sn incomes, probably ia ex
cess sf 93,000 and aa increase sf ap
prsximatery 15 per cent sf txistiag taxes
oa tobnees-and cigars.
'
NEW ORLEANS, April 22l! The cot
ton market opened steady. May 39.42;
July 38.05; October 34.69; December
33.63; January 32.80 bid. r
PEACE TREATY
(By The Associated Press) '
DES MOINES, Iowa, AprU 22 Pres-
idont Wilson and the peace treaty i
condemned and the railroad law
mended by Senator Cummins, president
pro tempore of the senate, in an addiuw
here today to the lows republican eon- ,
vention.
Predicting republican success next
November, Senator Cummins said a re
publican president should be chosen,
'.'because it is high time that the pres
ident should be a right-minded man."
"For surely," he continued, "eigfct
vears of mystery, of uncertainty, of in
consistency, of sbnormaltr. of ineoneeiv-
. - -
I able twisting and turning ia the office
oi ine eiiier executive are pnnisnmest
enough for sll the sins snd blunders w ,
may have committed, and we have earned
our emancipation. ", : -
Senator Cummins declared ths repobli
eans were responsible for tb lav letura
ing the railroads to private ownership,
which he characterized as a "great for
ward step in progressive and construc
tive legislation," containing " a rods
for protection of railroad workers. '
Reiterating slvocaey of an ti -strike leg
islation, Mr. Cummins said the raibraxl
labor board is "a tribunal which will
render to railroad wage workers a SJter
and higher justice than they rsiy ever
"hope to secure through a strike."' .
With such a tribunal, he said ths nnV
lic, in its need for uninterrupted trans
portation, was entitled to 'declare unlasr- '
ful conspiracies of railroad workers ts
' ' coerce employers by inflicting upon am
innocent public the infinite cruelties
which spring from general cessation af
transportation."
The treaty of Versailles will be a cam
paign issue, said Mr,. Cummins, who as
serted that it contained ' ' un constitution-'
al and treasonable provisions.'"
"The treaty failed of ratification,"
he continued, "for just one reason.
Wood row Wilson, in his revengeful prided
in his resentment against the senate be-
cause it dared to exercise its consti
tutional functions, coerced enough demo
cratic senators who wanted to Vote, for
ratification int the coursa wbiche he
cominauded, and they followed him in
stead of their own consciences."
The greatest problem now facing
America, Mr. Cummins said, is "ts
readjust the disordered, relation which
has inevitably appeared between wages
nnd compensation for personal service,
and the price om commodities. "' In
creased production, he added, was the
remedy.
TAR HEEL DELEGATES
TO STICK TO SIMMONS
UNTIL HE PLAYS OUT
Efforts of Some to Twist North Csro
lins Envoys Away From Him is Rapped
Good and Hsrd. v.
WASHINGTON, April 21 North Car
olinians here resent the efforts of one or
more of the Democratic candidates for
the presidency to "twist" the delegates
from the State to the San Francisco con
vention away from Senator Simmons.
They assert that such s practice Is mot
very pretty to say the least. Senator
bimmons is to be supported by the Tar
Heels until it is seen he has no show.
North Carolina has been sllotted 4
seats for delegates and 24 for alternates
at the national convention. The haH Is
much smaller than the one promised.
Instead of seating 1,800 it would cars for
but 1,000.
In some of tbe North Carolina districts '
more than four delegates and alternates
were selected. . The extra members may
ijavc a hard time eettimr in. National
Committeeman McLean had that matter
up with the committee today, and may be
ble to squeeze in a few morr.
R. R. OFFICIALS REJECT
STRIKERS OFFER TO RETURN
(By The Associated Press.)
SKVT YORK. April 22. Proposals of
striking . enginemen and firemen , in the
Hcbokm' yards of the Erie railroad that
tliey return to work in a body aud be
guaranteed their seniority rights was re
; ;eted by the railroad officials today. .
A delegation beaded by John J". Reffiy,
representing the men who ars still on
strike, conferred with Erie officials hero,
nnd made the proposal. ' ;
Railroad officials insisted each1 striker
should stand oa his own record, and let It
be known that some of the men now out
would not be taken back. '
WISHES NEWS .OF CRIME '
AN D ARRESTS SUPPRESSED
(By Ths Associated Frets.) ' ' -
EL CENTRO, Calif l April M-O. E.
Ohmstede, El Centre's sew mayor, has
instructed Chief of Police Oliver to sop
press all news of arrests and crimes, it
became knokn today, - . -; :
"PubHsatioas of sensational aews sf
crimes does aof ia ay manner fca t
ths purpose,' declared ths crysr, "ail
Sa many ways tends to lower Us c ri
tons of ths community." '