METHODISTS HOPE
ID HID BUTTLE
{EVER EOT. SMITH
Laymen Of Church Ready To De
fend Democrat In Char
lotte Today.
Charlotte News, Tuesday.
Cross-currents of purely political
| sentiment were causing eddies in
the informal discussions of the
j several hundred Methodist preachers
j! and laymen who were gathering
here today .to attend the first busi
ness session tomorrow of the de
nomination's Western North Caro
lina conference at First Methodist
church:
The prospective presentation to
morrow of the report of the board
of temperance and social service
was the center of much speculation
that' was directly connected with
the current campaign of the Repub
lican and. Democratic parties, inso
far &s the prohibition issue is con
cerned. Indications continued to
accumulate, however, that the lead
ers Jin the denomination’s affairs
will so direct the progress of the
report an temperance through the
conference's session that a vigorous
debate on the floor will be avoided.
However, the proponents of the
Democratic party’s stand on the j
prohibition question will be prepared j
to protect their party's interests j
through the presence of spokesmen j
within the ranks of the lay delegates,
it was learned in political circles
here.
X. Bell Xa Reserve.
Jan^es A. Bell,'Charlotte attorney,
prominent Methodist layman arid
delegate from North Carolina to
the ^Democratic national conven
tion afe Houston, was spoken of to
day as Jhaving been chosen by the
Democra^, oirg«nization to act as
spokesman *W the party at the con
ference, Should the occasion arise
for a discussion of the party’s posi
tion. Jitr. Bell’s policy, if he
should Become active on the floor,
will be more of the conciliatory na
ture and predicated on a wish to
preserve harmony and unity within
the membership of the churches, it
was understood. C. W. Tiilett, sr.,
Charlotte attorney and “original A1
Smith partisan,” has arranged to
take an aggressive but :perhaps only
I an indirect part in the so-called
effort to keep the Methodist de
nominatitn out of secular politics.
The hallways, auditoriums, and
numerous offices at First Methodist
church were crowded this after
noon with incoming Methodist lay
men and preachers. Housing ac
commodations in hotels and resi
dences here were being assigned as
each preacher or layman reported
' to the reception committee.
Cabinet Meeting.
In the course of the day. Rt
Rev. E. D. Mouzon, of Charlotte
bishop in charge of the Carolina:'
who will preside at the sessions of
the conference, continued to confer
with the presiding elders ot the
eleven districts who compose* hfs
cabinet. A wide variety of church
matters was discussed by the cab
inet, including the problem of mak
ing up the list of assignments of
preachers to charges. This list will
be read by Bishop Mouzon next
Monday during the closing session
of the conference.
The chief event preliminary to
the opening of the conference will
be held this evening at 7:30 o'clock
at First Methodist church, when
Dr. Paul N. Garber, of the faculty
of Duke university, will deliver an
address before the annual meeting
of the Conference Historical So
ciety. At the conclusion of that,
address. Bishop Mouzon will con
duct a sacramental service.
Bishop Mouzon w ill convene the
conference at 9 a. m. tomorrow.
Dr. Gilbert T. Rowe, of Duke uni
versity, will conduct the devotional
services and deliver a brief sermon.
Thereafter the conference will en- [
ter upon the consideration of its
business, with the anniversary of the
board of temperance and social,
service set as a special order for
noon. In the evening, at 1:30
o’clock, Dr. Frank S. Hickman, of
Duke university, will preach a ser
mon.
MOTHER OF EXTIRE
VILLAGE IS DEAD
Ferrol, Spam.—The mother of a
whole village died today. Antonia j
Fernandez Lopez died in San Jorge,
a neighboring village, at the age of 1
97. She is survived by five chil- j
dren, the youngest of which is 50;
30 grandchildren, 48 great-grand
children. fifteen grandchildren-in
law and 37 other relatives. The to- |
tal for the family is 135, or the
complete population of the village.
Over her tomb this inscription
has been placed. “Here lies the
mother of a whole village.’’
Mrs. D. G. Washburn Remains
About Same Yt Shelby Hos
pital—Personals.
'Special to The Star.)
Mrs. D. G. Washburn still re
mains about the same at the Shelby
hospital. We Hope she will soon re
cover.
Mr and Mrs. T. D. Phiibeck vis
ited relatives in Forest City Sunday.
Robert and Newland Laitimore
returned to Greenwood academy aft
cr. spending a few days at home
Misses Leila. Maude and Daisy
Crowder spent Sunday with Mr.
and. Mrs. Den* Harris in the Union
community.
Little Miss Mildred Washburn re
turned to. her home in Shelby Sun
day. after, spending a week with her
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. T, J.
Greene.
Misses Blanche Grisrg and Eve
lyn Daves and Miss Helen Jones
and Mr. Paul Weathers visited Miss
Ray Greene Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Bridget visited
in the community Sunday.
Misses Mabel and Maude Phii
beck and Mr. Thamar Beam motor
ed to Morganton last Sunday and
spent the day.
Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Greene visit
ed relatives in New House Sunday.
Our Sunday school and B. Y P. U.
are doing some fine work. We are
always glad to have visitors with
us.
GREENSBORO CHINAMAN
FEARFUL OF TONG WAR
Greensboro.—News of warfare
among rival Chinese factions in Chi
cago reaching Greensboro appeared
to excite at least one men'her of
the race in this city, naaiely Der
Yuen, proprietor of a laundry. Der
Yuen appealed to the police depart
ment for protection.
At the police department no local
trouble was. anticipated, . although
Der Yuen seemed to fear that soriie
ol' the tong chiefs might extend
their operations as far south as this
city. He was apprehensive that some
damage might be done to ha place,
not by local Chinese but by some
of those in the strife zone in Chi
cago. Police are on the alert, but
evidently they are not expecting
trouble here.
Jackie Lee Gantt
Dies At Age Of 3
j —.—_
( Little Jackie Lee Gantt. time
year ojKJ son of Mr. and Mn jasper
' Gantt who live near Patterson
, Springs, died at the heme of his
grandfather. Mr. J F. Cnuu; Satur
day. following an illness of bitty
' two days. His passing was very sad
1 and a great shock Jo his parents
and friends. He was a very bright
and cheerful fellow. loved by all
who knew him. Everything that
, medical .skill crnild do was hr.- th.i
intb play to sane his life, but ail
no avail. He lea\es to mourn fas
passing, his parents, his saddm/d
grandparents, one brother, one i
ter and a host ot friends. Emier.d
services were conducted by Rev. La
J ones of Marion and Rc\ Rt h
Padgett and H. E. Waldrop
iitle mound in Zoar ceniete-y
covered with beautiful flower...
Death Of Good Citizen'.
General M. Holland, a good u
zed of the New House /sects m
at the Rutheriorddton hospr, 1
Monday October S, 1928, when he
• had been, a patient a week with
k>»vy and brights disease. He v£
6-t years of age. a good man and io -
ed by an who knew him. The Min
eral sen-ices was conducted Tuest:
afternoon at Sandy Plains Baptt-:;
church by Rev. G. P. Abend
and Z. D. Harnll. A la-rye crowd
.attended, the funeral, which, whs a
testimony of the- .high esteem in
which he was held. All was. done
for Mr. Holland that loving hands
could do to restore his health but
to no avail. 'God called him.to in.-, .e
this earthly home to a home in
Heaven.
Mr. Holland- is survived .by his
wife arid.the following children. :Os
car, Sam, Boyce, Paul. Mis. Perry
MeSwaih. Mrs. Sheridan \\ h: ;.ki r
Mrs. John Humphries. Misses Corine
and Moliie Holland, three brothers,
Perry Holland, Mat Holland,, and
James Holland, two sisters Mrs B:
T. Brooks and Mrs. Bud Dixon. W
extend to the bereaved ones, bur
sympathy and may the Lord com
fort and sustain them ami whdn
the summons shall come may we all
be prepared to meet our friends and,
loved ones where no farewell tears
are shed and where parting us no
more. We shall meet- again where
tears Will, never flow in that Eter
nal Land each others face to know
—the dear one that have gone—;
Cotton Market
B' John I-. ("ark A < o.l
ripot. colon \vm. quoted m Shelby
today at ,19c.
New York i utures at noon;
October 19 65: Decombe- in 10.
Yesterday's close: October 10.75'
December 19 55,
New York. Oct. Y-D For ., ' hiirj
ail tot.on >lutes. j
M.cderi to busirnr . in' Worth;
sweet. Prices linn. No Memphis
cotton review :n Journal of Com
merce this;’-morning
Uar.ndc ami Fossick winning fi-a
um’s expected this ino.nin Stiles
southern-'Got kc.- -r..cut)
calcs against .jO.tvCH) last year. ' The j
trade absorbed .qilito a Jarc? cm an-I
u:y of hedges tend pro. grnnmit -U
a- .i , .
vv-cs bn •’ it pet l>a cci -. a t i
. lity ,i. Inpher . levels .maw balk
.• hedge sealing is out ©ft. he way.
•C i .EVENBURG
b .ore Encouragement
Over Mrs.. Wasl^purn
Members■ of site immediate {can
dy and hoci. of friends of. -Mi s'. Dr
G Washburij uiio ‘ a . been cntieal
h ill at the r-ae’by ho.-p.ml for .the
p-ssV wee .ver ten cays \ with her,1
life- hanging by a slender- thread.
are nits-e eiicoitro goo- arid hopejui i
i " Her r a t ei in c he-;
what imprbyedf 'She seams-frightt* j
and is able to man. fast air ..interest
4*; home Mind; family. The many
fiends Of Rev. D. G. W..shbi;:'n .(rc :
hoping that hits companion might j
be spared . j
Negro Spiritual At
Casar School Sat.
A riegm spiritual.. entertainment j
will be. given m the Ca or high I
liOOi Saturday evening C. tob.;
2T. beginning, at 7 o'clock' at which
to or 18 singer.: vriil take part, ac
cording to. Mr. Cullen Mirth A
Snxa.ll admission., charge v ili be
made, proceeds 5,0 .to for ;he.bone -
fit of the school library. He prom
fees a yeed laugh; for an'- hour and
a half. ■ ■_
we will meet .them dyer there. Our
joy' will be complete.,. King will
be there.
tadv,)
A FRIEND
nujGFu n:t:i» crops
11! I I* STOC K GROW KUS
.lie. re a d production otf iced crops
tlus year and consequent lower costs
of feed, will act as. a stimulus lu r.i
< • i ,i Cvi production hogs. cattle
and dair arum. I :n the belief of;
the bun.iui ot agricultural econo
mic- of the United Strifes depart-;!
merit of agriculture
Livestock 'produ-vrs. ' Including!'
dairymen, cattlemen lieu -'.rid sheep
rai.-ers says the bun .tu are in rel#- •
lively good shape \\jth the prob-'
ability that livestock prices end the
prospective feed situation may stim
uli-, e increased production at ani
mals.
Cattlemen already are beginning
to enlarge their herds the bureau
reports but soldo time will be re
quired to produce and ram steers
raid to get heifer calves grown into
milk cows. Meantime there is more
or less widespread complaint among
consumers over the increased prices I
t>! meat, particularly beet and vea*
Card Of Thanks.
Wt> wish to thank our kind
neighbors for tlieir many kind deeds
and sympathetic things they did
for u.s during the sickness and
deatii of our dear little boy. We
a ant to thank the faithful doctors.
Dr. D. F. Moore and H B Mat
Ihews for their services. May God's
richest, blessings fall upon each and
every ope.
Ml- and Mrs. .faster Gantt and
Grandparents.
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Scientists Find Way to Send Four Messages
in Each Direction Simultaneously
Through Magic Thread of Copper
to link Europe and America.
^ demands bnsiaesa-—
l tad tralnjehedules across the con
^MtatMUffip# shortened, supplemen
tary airplane Jumpj are Inserted In
the root* at strategic points, and
hears, or even days are saved,
-1 ♦Taster!’*, comes -he Imperative
(demand, and Intrepid pioneers risk
pvqp apd fortunes to blaze an air
pralt across the seas. - -
“Speed, and more speed!" re
rands the cry, as man presses
ipon the very heels of Father
i himself, In the effort to pro
hls person, h!s goods and his,
i through space in less time
was required yesterday.
Probably In no other field has
this demand tor more speed been
W«t more effectively than by the
trans-Atlantic cables. Within the
specs of tour years science has
waved Its magic wand over these
small threads of copper and has
increased cable efficiency foui
ft>ld! And recently a great cable
■hip started from Bay Roberts,
Newfoundland for the Azores,
•. trailing behind It a black strand
much smaller than a man’s wrist,
through which four separate mes
sages can be sent simultaneously
in each direction—eight messages
in all—over the single copper core
of which Is wrapped a special alloy
wire originated In ths laboratories
of the Western Electric Company.
Another European Tis
The explanation of how eight
messages may move over one wire
at the same time Is puzzling to
the layman. But world business
is less interested in the method
than in the accomplishn ent Busi
ness wanted speed. The scientist
and the cable engineer provided it
And because business continues to
compress more and more of;
achievement into a minute, an
other bond has been created be
tween America and Europe wtilcb
will have a direct and immediate
effect upon commerce, upon social
/relationship and upon International
amity. '
Since Cyrus W. Field first span
ned the Atlantic with a cable, lu
there has centered around
cable communication a world of i
romantic ir st that not even the .
marvel o. • adlo has dimmed.
Cables have improved, equipment 1
has progressed in amazing fashion. 1
tha bed of tbe ocean baa become 1
■S open book for all to read. Bur i
%
th* laying of cables Is still at
tended by high adventure and hu
man and financial hazard which
Cable Steamer "Dominla,” laroeat vessel of her type, which laid the wm-i*-. „
tsrzJtt.’ssi
■ummi, « tin M.nm.n, tanit!*1 t« ei^&JSfjpgWSjgSg iff'^SaSi.T
will never be entirely removed.
The world’s newest and fastest
duplex cable, Just laid by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company be
tween Newfoundland and the
Azores for connection with other
cables to Germany, Italy, Spain
and Africa, represents an invest-!
meat of $1,SOO.OOO for the cable j
alone, exclusive of the enormous
expenditures which Will be neces
sary tor the operating equipment
especially designed for it. Made
at a time when radio is very much
in the public eye. It is entirely
natural that questions should be
asked about the necessity for such
an expenditure. The surprising
answer is that cable traffic has j
more than doubled since the World ’
War, and that over the cables of
the Western Union alone, 92.375,
BOO words were transmitted In
1027, as compared with only 37,
072,000 words In 1913!
Another Sea Epie
When the cable ship Dominia
iauded this new cable at Horta,
m the Island of Fayai in the 1
izores group recently, another
spic chapter was written In the
listory of those who go down to <
he sea In ships. For just as cable I ■
ayine in the days of ('yrns ,
vas the wildest kind of a gu.iiule, •;
fraught with danger at every mile,
and schedules' something not to
be thought of, the Dominia’s task
was one that moved fike clock
work. The ocean path had been
charted by the ship en route from
the Azores to Newfoundland, so
that on the return trip skilled
navigators knew constantly the
contours of the sea floor beneath
them. The Dominia started from
Newfoundland on an exact sched
ule, steamed in an almost direct
ime for the Azores for seven days
with the cable roiling overboard
behind it, landed the shore end at
Horta, and communication was es
tablished almost immediately!
Such a statement that a cable
-an be laid on a schedule as exact
is that of a trans-Atlantic steamer
would suggest that all the glamour
if high adventure has gone out of
he business. Nothingcould hearth
;r from the facts. Back of that
narvellously maintained schedule
ie months of planning and engi
leering and millions in investment
md research.
Pioneering Route Selected
In the case of the world’s newest
able, a route was selected which
i-as a complete departure from all
'« lVi,ius cable routes. It was tin j
ionvn bottom, comparatively rh
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Landing tna cable—one of the most dramatic moments in the lob of estahPshinn ram.
communication between continents. Thi* scene is duplicated at bo'h ends °0f? tn!
operation first when the shore end is landed at the Wainmn8, and iSam when the
task is successfully completed. 8 *
first step, then was to chart this
new route. It was the Dbminta’s
job not only to lay the cable but
to survey the route, as well. This
newest and largest cable ship in
the world was et) tipped by tier
builders. With every latest device'
lor her task, one of tfifc most in
irijjuJng instruments aboard being
'ho echo depth finder. Sometimes
»1 to as the “sonic depth
finder,” this device determines the
depth of the rjoeeaa beneath the
Ship by measuring the time requir
ed for sound to travel from the
ship to sea floor and back again.
This echo depth tinder radiates
into the water a sound which is
produced by an eieotro-mecbauic
ally driven diaphragm. This sound
travels to the bo: torn of the ocean
under the ship aed... rebounds * in
".I””'" Haa»=a over mi stern or
lev. »?*T. hia' ■ '* ®an,e t0 r'»t on the hills and val
mHeaVh**nd CS!lSf*an depths, where at three
miles the pressure is 10,000 pounds to the square Inch.
;the fur:# of ;in eci!0_ A hydro
i phone .!. the echo and e!ec
tricadiy conducts it to the navi
gators bridge, where measurement
of the interval between the sound
and the echo are recorded in terms
of fathoms on the indicator. Thus
tho ship is enabled to take con
| tinuous soundings while travelling
»t fall #4»eed.
Arrlvwg at Newfoundland, after
surveying the route, the l)o n in la
Spliced on to the “shore end,”
which had been laid out to deep
wnter by a smnliarf'vessel, the. Cy
rus field. From then until Horta
This central
carr.es the
r«nt.
copper
electric
wire
cur
llll b.Teaks' ,he*« flexible
> fPoer tapes carry the
current around the gap
Fhis is the ‘'mumetal’
wue wrapping, whose
wonderful magnetic qual-'
ities keep the telegraph
s 9nals from fumbling.
A thick covering of gut
ta-percha holds the cur.
rents to their path.
A wrapping of Jute
serves as a cushion
against the pressure ol
three miles of sea water
Eighteen steel armor
wires protect the cable
from injury.
Last of all comes a wrap
ping of tarred hemp
GOras, and tjien the soft
ooze of ocean a floor.
Chart—Mite atier rriile the, cable gllpo
overheard as ic is uncoiled from th j
ship's tanks, to rest finally on the be ..
tom many miles behind the ship.
was reached it was a matter f
steady steaming at a speed of i*
or seven knots, of precise navi
gating in order to keep on the ex
act course that had been surveyed,
and of vigilance arid watchfulness
that could not lag for one instant
of the seven days of the voyage.
Several miles behind the ship the
cable settles to th- ottoin, often
three miles below the keel of the
vessel. Therefore, the portion of
cable which has just slid overboard
will not touch the ocean floor until
the cable ship has steamed a con
siderable distance.
The final ingredient of cable-lay
ing success is the human element
—intrepid seamen, officers and en
gineers whose lives have been de
voted to the task Most of them
are the fair-skinned, big-boned,
keen-eyed type that raauned the
Viking ships—men to whom fear
of the ;t\a is a thing unknown, and
whose prized reward Is a port
safely made,' a perfect cable per
fectly laid.
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