- .-.-"' t -- -r - -- . . . ' .... ..... ..... . . , ... ... .. .. .. f HE . iMMiift' , PKISIi'- eItabiJSHED RAIL PEACE ' r .them Railway and the menVdemands OS n Are Returnlns (rtbjxirJjr 1 .ro shopmen 17 With the shop- CC;,Ke pba ihreatened by out--S.F. apparently to misunder Jranl ith the New York railway ""r-s wi:h be strikers, roade irr-. in the uammore t rpned a rapta return :-;;i:jf operation of thir shops '"ft iarsrr lines mentioned In .T,3 iritS ih memorandum of adonted by the shop ' vrV'-eral nolicy committee o! ri; - WedseJay with the object " si tte country-wide strike J' 11 separate agreements witn r,rr-j-ii roads, the Koci 1 te Ve York Central iVVsoanced a failure bad den to reach r;7ieat and conferences of . .. a m T a o t no Htriirn iWCOre sui.. - ca its 12th week. tie case of the liew York Cen- i 'tarenient was Issued, by the cnressing a willingness to ful- v cemoranaura 01 agrceuiem ivJ at iiaiiiaiuie i iuuihcuj iVs B. M. Jewell, head of the and representatives of cer- -iz ct 13 carriers, oui n was as- 7- tntis "atrempted to Interject cos not mentioned in the text lii clearly outside tne agreement 'zlrJz? .iat these matters be In-i-Jfl." Tbe road also announced 'xr:;!i coatinue to employ men -to C eiit'.ia? vacancies in its shop iras. adding that at present It had cea at work compared with i:;n:al force of 354.92. Tie saae misunderstanding re zCitl ia disturbances yesterday iSsa ttriiers began to work here htt sbops of the Northwestern nd &Ci:cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul. Ixioze cases the men were reported lire demanded that non-union Triers be dismissed and In others tiit tieir striking foremen be rein- Iziiy officials of the Northwest ei araonnced that they expected 12.83$ of tbe strikers to reVata Ap vrk tomorrow morning. This nttm tzTMozli be in addition to the non- zzici mea estimated to" number aiout CO per cent, of the normal More than 15,000 men were cx;:ed back on the Chicago, MI1 Tisiee and St. Paul. At the same tze railiray executives who have rrfued to come in under the Balti more plaa. reiterated that they are a a fair way of recruiting full shop wrtes, acd that the settlement talk lii resulted in large numbers of 53 retcraine to work independ--'J of any action taken by the xs leaders. Many of the non-set-t'5z?i: roads were said to have raagin; from 75 to 100 per coraial. These roads have -j-rzti cew organizations to sup-I-i3t the striking shop crafts. 3? the roads which have an-'-tizrzi agreements with their -:;ea independently of the union : Santa Fe. Pennsylvania, i5;3 Pacific, the Burlington, the i-m-j Central, and the Chicago pi Alton, w. G. Bierd. one of the receirers for the Alton, issued a Jent formally announcing the -sender which striking employes i been, invited to return to work, ttpressly stipulated that they ehatl - 3ra as "new employes." . f!ceIaTitaUo11 ls extended to all former shopmen -with the ex ::oa of those barred from re-emi-al b-T their own direct vlola 2 or rnles or flagrant- insubordinar r-. . 8ncl1 men as have been C1T ?f extreme violence dnring penoa of the strike The strik s!eriOIere'1 their former sta'nd '4 tvl tween themselves." That vV.V.l weref take seniority rank f7;; . Dew "en and -those who re- to join the walxout. etCCfind.lns to union leaders the ta e folwing roads will rer fin aw7Ik tomorrow: The Chi Northwestern. Chicago, ari Av? irtl St; Pa'Ql. Baltimore tie Crtl0, Ts5abard Air Line, and f Bv and Western.- rr r T'th Henry W. Miller, vlee- tv-e 6oaM,Ia rhare or operations of -s . -'"i'lnen aemanded tne 5.0TM il new men now em- i tee 3IT, ,s,ops or the company. rr.fnM to accede to that re to V?tV,,: that such questions orta e. ..ei,irinIned Iater In ac W1?-.1?:. agreement reach- -: eek. -caves and shopmen 3lrs-HTSafely On Road to Recover' V. JtV; :ozton. Sr. Pt. 17 Mfs. Hard en the rnaH tn nm. c" nir ?' lro? ber recent seri- " ;::Je t::y 1 spend the 4:1 r Period at the- ti':-o Jt Was lrl w 1 Te:4. pxpcutlve family was said t' his plan? Earlv in rresiVJ, ?:1.nrwe made.for mmmm !r r rl 1 n. ltI." year. V. aa xnA i MT- Having to lltn t? through the PUBLI3ITED EVERY MOXDAY STATE 'HEWS 'BRIEFS I J Charles y. Vance Dead AsthAv-tlfa ia - Vance. & snn rr r7v.i . 8 w United state, senior Tdwi Was roQbt irerl- and P. Cfd .!,a, TauU t0 wait the ar- rilalf v2 VaW brother of the deceased, whn to nome after a trip to Japan. . ' - . . r v u war He la amitrcu DT One hi Sit 151 lale' ot-'reensboro, whp , died -some years agcJ. - - ' . -,' - fi'i Baptized At 105 Casar. Sept. 16;l-One of the most unique baptisms that ever took place i ?f!IfCoWa8 lllat of a Casr wom an, Mrs. Suie Prue,U, -aged 105 years, who at this advanced age professed religion for the first time and, although crippred and unable to walk as the result of a fall sustain ed four months ago, was baptized, a tew days ago by her friend. Rev J F. Weathers, who is pastor of Pisgah 4nd other Baptist churches. Try Woman With Wine Fayetterille, Sept. 15. Miss Ade line Jlatley.SS yearsld, a resident of the Cumberland iMUi section of this county, faces trial at the next .erm of the United" States District court in Raleigh on a charge of -violating -the prohibition law. Sheriff's officers and prohibition agenta found 137 gallons of wine on Miss Ratley's premises, according to their testi mony before United States Commis sioner J. W. Tomllnson. Not To Disband Rural Police Charlotte, Sept. 15. That the ru-i rai ponce organization under-the di rection of the Mecklenburg -board of county-commissioners not to be dis rupted or eliminated, but may be re organized was the statement of mem bers of the board here. District Rotary Convention Durham. Sept. 16. The annual district convention ofRotarians of the 37th district comprised of East ern North Carolina and Virginia will be held March 5 and 6, in Peters burg, Va., according to a decision reached at the annual executive con vention of the district, held In this city. r - 3Iaterial Witness Returns Wilmington, Sept. 16. C. B. Hol lomdn, material witness whose ab sence caused a postponement of the trial of Herbert B .Dallas. AxlantiCL roasx :unv - asBoatsant -.yaruptaster. ttad7ithtittnin7oSonthfel locomotive engineer, .here Jn July, has returned to Wilmington.. . Killed In Electrical fHorm Albemarle, Sept. 16. In a win( and electrical storm hree the two-year-old whlld of Mr. and Mrs. John Burgess was killed. It was playing near a door, which blew against it. causing instant death. Plenty of Room for Shopmen Charlotte, Sept. 15. There will be room for. the employment of al"! the striking shopmen of the South ern and Seaboard, together with those who have been employed to take their places during the etrike, for several months in order to get the roads back to normal, in the opinion of some local officials of the companies who disclaimed Thursday the suggestion that any further dif ficulties would arise in connection with the. problem of dismissing new employee and re-employing old men. Alleged Blbrderer Captured ScotUnfl Neck. Sent. 16. Charlie Lawrence, a negro, accused of the mnfder-earlv'rast Mafeli of Lieuten ant Chappell. a veteran of the World" war u hack in lall nerei tie was captufed by two deputy sheriffs ana a posse. - GOOD TOBACCOjPRICE bdt-uai4Ty; is off Reports i-rtoxn 23 BlarkeU Show Over .lSOOOjOOO' Pouadaold In August.. m m. A A t n - Jlaleigh. Sept. 1. During the mnntti nf Anmit renorte were re- d(vo fmm 42 warehouses operat Ing" -ph 12 'mtfrWets In itfe ' state la iL'oirnties. comnared with the 21 warehouses In .three counties -oi Bladen, "Robeson, and Columbus last year during August, the Department si Agriculture announces. , Owing to the dllllcuiiy in lecurms the naxnea of warehousea operating both independently, and under the assoctaftion management, the .report does not include several that came In to late, and some others that have failed to come at all. Tbe majority, of the tobacco placed on.ale has been very light and of poor qualtty. Much of the grades offered are common, mostly tips,, first primings, and common thin lugs. These have neen selling lor a very good average however, ana the prices -bare advanced since me markets opened. Continued wet weather Is respon .kio fx fh noor. Quality this sea- Indicated poor QVJU. w quality and high o.raer concuuon yi deliveries. Best grades tn the ow b6The summary of the report shows lg.159.5S0. pounds producers tobac co sold during the month at an aver age, of .$21.0, compared with li tiA'ino nnndft in the three south ern 'counties last year at J13.56 per hund7e The; total reported by g threcountlejtdurtn year wae'spld-at .."l-SS w 12V0.45 or X6.8 per nuuuic- GREENSBORO, N. q, MONDA SEPTEMBER IS. 22 NOW" M DESOLATE Charred Bodies of Countless Victims Found BRUTALITY C1-?ftJSepUlchre of Ashes With - 222 S.,me8JIn Rtans Dead nd Dying Found Every where thfSSf: S.ePL.17.--.Smyrna, which aS. rks have called the eye of t ii a KTE8t 8eP"lchre of shes. ?ni7Jhe ha"ed walls of 25,000 homes and the charred bodies of ?tIefSTlcil,M remaIn to ten the liJZ dfatn and destruction un exampled In modern history. The ruins are still smoldering like a K?.7h,Ch haa aPent 8 fury, xvo effort has been made by the Turks to remove the dead and dying. The streets are full of the bodies of those who sought, to eecape, for the most part women and children. tEvery building in the Armenian quarter has been burnid. -with tH dead lying about. The bay, .which covers an area of 50 acres, still car ries on its surface the poor remnants of those who were massacred or sought, to escape the ruthleseness of tne nre. One water front holds thousands of survivors who fear death at the hands of soldiery: there are no boats to take them off. -One ship captain declined to take afcy of-the wretched sufferers, but in contrast to hte indifference Captain Walters of the American steamer WInono rescued 1,800 and took them to Piraeus. , 'American sailors of the destroyer Litchfield snatched 450 or phaned boya from the pier and car ried them 8a4ely to Constantinople. The, jack tars slept on the iron decks or under torpedo tubee while the youngsters occupied their bunks. In all the acts of gallantry by the was, Americans at Smyrna there none more Inspiring than this. While the orphans were beln loaded on the Litchfield, H. C. Ja- qutth, director of near east relief., who came here .recently from Con stantinople, diverted the attention of Turkish guards, giving them cig arettes and talking to them In theii native tongue. These guards are un der strictest orders not to permit the escape of any of the Creek or Ar menian refugees, and on several oc casions: have shot to death fugitives endeavoring to reach outlying ves sels, by swimming. Oat. of v3 00,0 00 Christians crcrwd- In fh m nit V nlA'frt'tka t it am An "evacuated, j The Kemalist dfffcla have informed the American relie! workers that the return of th Christians 'to the interior meant ce tain death. The director of the Armenian or phanage established by the Ameri can committee for relief in the near east, committed suicide by drowning in the presence of Mr. Jaqulth, who is a director of that organization. Scores ,of -others followed his ex ample. Dr. McLaughlin, president of the American college, was severely beat en by Turkish Irregulars and hi clothes and'moneyeeized. He limped by the aid of a crutch from the sub urb of Paradise, seat of the college, and was taken aboard the British dreadnaught Iron Duke. He attr4b uted his escape from death to the fact that he can speak Turkish and worked a ruse on the Turks. E. M. Fisher and E. O. Jacob, di rector of the Y. M. C. A., were held up and robbed by Turkish soldiers, and when attempting to escape were fired upon. The shots, however, "went wild and they reached a place of safety. A temporary American Con sulate In charge of VIceJonsul May nard B. Barnes' has been established in a quay at the end of the town The Stars and Stripes is the only foreign flag ashore; It is an Inspiring: sight amidst the ruins and desola tion.. The American ,destroyers JUaw rence .Edsall and Simpson are still here: the officers and. crews . have been nractlcally without ; sleep fo -five. days andLare doing gallant work. The only American property whicn escaped destruction was the Stand ard Oil plant and two tobacco ware houses In the outskirts of the city. The following Americans are now remaining in Smyrna: Major Clar lin Davis; "Dr. W. E. Post;G. B wniaa: Chester Griswold; Cass Read t?v Tl .Moreman. C. J. Lawrence, S. L. Caldwell nd E. O. Jacob. The following have left for Con stantlnople: H. C. Jaqulth, Constan tin a urown. Irving Thomas, Mark Prpntiee. E. M. Fisher, E. M. Yates. if-r Crawe and vJo4in, Mies E. A -ewtn Mlii S. Corning and Miss -4 9 WM Way. " ' Would Extend City Limits uio-Vi Pnint. SeDt. 15. Survey of k nmnoied extension of the High trtitit ritv limits has been completed a maD and description of the rDroposed limits will be delivered to the city council next i uuj t woo announced DV UOCIOT urcu p.rnrk. city attorney, this morn inr Tn survey was anthorlzed by the council ast spring following the srant of the state legislature of per mission to call an election to extend the city limits Mistrial In Kidnaping Cse fitrhoro. Sept. 17. The kidnrin Uase which has consumed nearly a: the week or tagecojine oun---ourtt result-id In a mistrial. Th -ase reached te jury at 3:45 p t ...atordv and the iurv. ar"r siav 1 tou! 'asre ihe jury si T tocauit all but two 6! until 8 o'-v" n!?ht: re eree. "it tood 1 to;2 to acquit all but two 61 tne de SMYRNA BIGICROWBS SCHOOLS Have; Greatest Enrollment '-: ; In History, :"" FACILITIES Special Provision Made To Take Care of Greatly Increased Attend-. " ance Many New High School Pupils The most noticeable feature of the opening of a number of Guilford county pchools last week was the greatly enlarged attendance, all pre vious enrollment records being broken. Greatest congestion prevails at Bessemer school, according- to Thom as R. Fouat, county superintendent of education. An additional teacher was provided at Bessemer. Crowd ed conditions also obtain at Bummer field, where certain rearrangement of the work to cope with the great enrollment was found necessary. At Springfield a teacher was added be cause of the heavy enrollment. There are now seven teachers at Springfield, where six were employ ed last year. Yhe seating capacity is being enlarged at a - number of schools in order to take care ,of the greatly increased attendance. Osceola. iMonticello and Alamance schools opened this morning and Pleasant' Garden will open next Wednesday..- Increase in the number of high school students ia especially hotici , able, reports show, this being especially-true at Gibspnville. Construc tion work is in progress at a number of schools, notably Gibsonville and Pleasant'Carden, but the new build ings will not be ready until early in 1923, H is believed. On the whole a highly successful year in the various county schools is anticipated. Many shorter term schools will open about the first of October. The flyst teachers' meeting of the new yea-will be held on Saturday morning, October 14, In the teachers assembly room, county courthouse, Superintendent Fouaannounces. FIND BODY OF RECTOR AND WIFE OF SEXTON Victims Bullet Wounds Located tinder Apple Tree In Lonely ( Lane. " Searton Talks Freely Nfi, Bf unswick. N. J.. Sect. 17 Revs' dmrdr "W; Hall,- rector Jot the 3oln'tb, Evangelist, and Mrs: James Mills, wife of the sexton of the church, were found dead from bul- et woxmds Saturday under an apple tree in a secluded lane In Somerville ownship. The two had been missing rom their homes' since last Thurs day night Coroner R. M. Long, of Somerset county, declared it a case of double murder. He said the two had been dead at least 36 hours before the bodies were discovered, and was em phatic in stating that he believed that the shooting did not occur in the rustic- lane. .No weapon was found near the bodies, which were ying about a foot apart. Near the woman s side, however, the exploded shell of a .32 caliber bullet was found. The woman had been" shot betweer the eyes. Marks of clinched nngere bruised the left arm. The body or the rector bore three bullet Wounds. One was over the left eye nd two In the neck. " Scattered In the great est profusion about the man's body were . cards . and. letters ta&en irom his pockets. ' " - . (Mills-was questioned by the au thorities and gave an account of hie wife's movements up " 36 ' the time aha left her home on Thursday night Heisrnotbeing:heId. (Police tonight werre stationed about the Han home. permitting no -one except officers-of the law to enter or leave tne nouse. Officials said the guard was main,: tainea "to see that no one molested Mrs. .Hall." who. they added,- vwas nroatrated. ; u 'Mills said that on mursaay msai, shortly after 7 o'clock, his wife re cefved a telephone call, which1 she told him came from "Henry's," the neighborhood grocery storer '.Turn ing from the phone -Mrs.' Mills, he said, jvent tipstalrs,wwhere he -heard hen' moving about in her-room .for nearly half an hour. When she ap peared again she was wearingjone of her newest street, dresses and her newest hat. . .., v- Naturally; I asked "her tfhere she was going," Mills is reported to have said, "and she told me that if 1 really wanted tov know, I could 'fol low her and flndbuf." Playing Tjn the front steps as she went out was (Mrs. .Mills' 16-year old daughter, Charlotte. In answer. to a question from the girl, the mother Is said tp have replied she was Vgo ing outxfor a little while." Saturday Raymond Snyder and pearl Bahmer went to stroll in Rus sey lane, a quaint Way, known by young swains of the countryside as Lover's lane. The apple tree midway down the lane wis the objective of their stroll. And there -they found the bodies of the rector and the Keexton s wife. Robbers Secure Safe High Point, Sept. 15. Unknowr -obbers broke Into a gasoline flllln-Uation-here -last night and madr iway with a small iron safe, carrier u about five miles out in the Win ton-Salem road, broke it open anr. -emoved $155 in cash, leaving tnt r(,Iri of the afe and, its otbe-contnts-by the side of the road, ., Na arrests have been made. It is better ed that the safe was carri?d awaj by truck. IT - SUBSCRIPTION $1.50 PER YEAR v IN ADVANCE Increased Cotton Consnmption Washington, Sept. 16 Cotton consumption during August amount ed to 527,040 bales of lint and 60,- o-s oaies or lraters, compared with 453,059 of lint and 55,424 of lintere in July of .this yer and 467,059 of lint and 5ZM06 of Hnters in August last year, the . census bureau an nounces. 'Booze and Gold On Boat New York, Sept. 16. The two- mas'ted schooner H. M. Gardner.was brought into port Thursday by the Dry lvravy" tooat Taylor and 100 cases of liquor and $56,000 in gold was taken to the custom house. The Gardner was seized -last night off Scotland light. Pray Over Muscle Shoals Washington, Sept. 14. Acting Chairman McKenzie, Of the house military committee, put into the Con gressional Record today the text of a prayer signed by 220,000 citizens of the 'Southern states uTging Con gress to act speedily on Henry Ford's offer for lease of the Muscle Shoals nitrate plant. Narrow Escape In Explosion Birmingham, Sept. 15 The lives of William Gv Brabazdn, assistant foreman of the planing mlH of the Louisville and Nashville shops at Boyles, a suburb: John -Brabazon, Miss Margaret Brabazon and (Mrs. Mary .Mann were endangered last night when a stick of dynamite was thrown on the front porch of their residence. The explosion wrecked the front entrance of the house, but all members of the family escaped injury. Missing Girl Returns Atlanta, Ga.,Sept. 16. Miss Nina Parrish, 16, has been returned to her parents after a disappearance of five weeks, during which time she stated she lived in disguise at inter vals within a block of her home. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E F.vParrlsh, of 204 Haynes street. Store Barns Third Time . Sandersville. Ga., Sept. 15. Loss estimated at $60,000 resulted from a fire here early this morning wQich destroyed the dry gooss store of Sam Goodrich. The origin is unknown This is the third time this .store has burned, but was not occupied by Goodrich in previous fires. ""A small amount., of insurance wscarried. Raflroaders f&szn Peace Pact I altinojre, iSWl'6 peace pact generally Known as tne- uaramore plan, was signed here Friday, aft ernoon' by Charles W. " Galloway, vice-president of the -Baltimore and Ohio railroad and representatives of the striking shopmen employed1 On the Baltimore and Ohio. Practical ly all of the striking Baltimore and Ohio shopmen are expected back tc work within 10 'days. Would Probe Veteran's Bureau Washington, Sept. 16. Congres sional investigation of the cnoduet o the veterans' bureau was propose; in a resolution introduced Friday b Representative Bulwinkle, Democrat, of North Carolina, who served as an officer with me American forces overseas during the World war. Hear Injunction Plea Chicago, Sept. 16. The govern ment completed its plea for an Jhi j unction against the rail strikers Friday and rested its case. Judge Wilkerson adjourned court until Monday, when attorneys foir'B. M Jewell and John'Scott, president and secretary-treasurer, respectively, of the railway employes department; American Federation of Labor, will open the defense. Kilauea In Eruption 7 Honolulu, Sept. 16. Kilauea vol cano today burst oult in great ac tivity with the lava lake fountain lng. flame and reflected a brilliant glow above the crater. Messages tell ing of the volcano's activity were received here from HIlo. HENRY FORD STRIKES AGAINST COAL PRICE? Approximately 73,000 of His Work ers Out 01 iods or inaennite Period Others Follow Suit Detroit, Septf 15. 'Henry Ford's industrial strike against what he charges are excessive coal prices was in full swing tonight and ap- proximately 73,000 of his -workers in the Detroit district were-out 01 jod? Lfor an indefinite period. Thousands of others in assemDiing plants throughout the country also " were r ordered to lay down their tools. In addition, a score or more of sxnnii industrial concerns here dependent the Ford Motor company for orders were preparing to close. Ttiese employ upwards of 300,000 men. The Highland Park and River Rouge plants of the Ford Motor company, employing about 60.000 men, were deserted tonight save fo a comparatively small force that will be retained to keep the cok ovens warm. . Although many of them we smiling, the majority of the Ford vorkers who pa sped through -thf gates of the Highland Park plan after turning in their tools toda pxnressed concern over the shu down. Their foreman had handec down to them advice from Mr. Forf - . - - to buy as little coai as possioie ant to cut their living ertpenies to r minimum. Many of the worker were met by wives a-1" children eager to learn how long the head of the families would be unem ployed HEWS OF THE HaXJOH ' VOL. 10I:i :NO. -75 COUPLE HELD. UrWROAD Men Be Ku Kline AND SalC Glven J?ane4rMaiv 3h Ph; -Later As ebb Man Said; V V . I Be Jenkins v ' Ji -v?v ' - The ty - of -the s woman, who with a man companion, said ehe was -held up on the highway in the cor porate limits of Taylorsville last Thursday nibt, and subjected to in dignltiesY.by masked men who told her they were , members of( the Ku Klux Kian, has not -yet'; been de termined, : nor has that of -the man whTJ was alleged " to have been spirited away by the- mysterious -band. In Greensboro Saturday he worn- an said sne was Mrs. Charles E. Webb and that the man who was kidnaped was a Mr. Jenkinsrbf Win thorities at Taylorsville, according to information from that town, she gave her name as (Miss Margaret Smith, said that she was then or -had been a clerk in Meyer's Depart- ment store, Greensboro, and that the man who was with her and who was kidnaped was a Mr. eJnkins, of Winston-Salem. At iMeyer's it was said no woman of that name had been employed here. For about three weeks the woman had been living in a room at the' home of Rev. H. O. Nash, 202 South Ashe street, this city. Mrs. Webb had come to the Nash home, the Nashes said, she asked for a room for herself and husband and obtain- -ed it. It was presumed that the man was on the road most of the time, although several times he had come to the Nash residence to see his wife. The woman, giving her name as Mrs. Webb paid the room rent, it was stated. She said that her husband traveled for the Baker Thompson Lumber company, of Ral eigh, but investigation showed that no man by that name had been connected with the, company. On the other hand, inquiry at Winston-Salem disclosed that a man named S. L. Jenkins lives there, be-., ing connected with "the Trade Street Bargain house. Winston-Salem po licemen said that Jenkins left the city-some time Thursday and return ed Friday or Saturday. The story of the alleged kidnaping of theman and temporary abduction of . herself -as related by Mrs. Webb or Miss Smith, Is substantially as follows: - ' Mr. and Mrs. Webb left Greens boro early Thursday afternoon. They. . ate suppein Statesville and left for Taylorsville, intending to spend the night at Lenoir. When they went through Taylorsville they were fol lowed by some men in an automo bile, which had no rights and no license number. Suddenly six or seven men jumped from the dark car, surrounded 'the other machine, and pointed pistols in the faces of Mr. .and Mrs. Webb, ordering that the lights be -extinguished. One of the men grabbed Mrs. Webb and dragged her from the car; a cloth was tied over her eyes and another cloth was placed over her mouth. She thought Mr. Webb was blindfolded and gagged. She was placed in the other cap-. "Drive like hell," one of the men said,, and with Mrs. Webb in the car the party proceeded along the highway. Three men were with hershej3aid, two of them masked, and they used profan ity freely. The men; todl her that her husband would be punished. Mrs., Webb told the men she . was a Mason's daughter .and exhibited a. Masonic pin, which seemed to Im press the men. Finally the men told her to go nack on the first train to Greensboro, "and if you tell any- . body you'll be killed." , They drove her; bajck to Taylorsville, where early the next morning she boarded a train and returned to Greensboro..7 -.She had no idea, she said, as to what be came of her husband or his car. Subsequently the woman said, .she was advised by -telephone, by a law yer i n WinstonSaleni that her lius band was safe and wouldsoon re- " turn. . r " The woman appears to have left the city. : " . ' , " . Klansmen On Parade Here Thursday Night Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, , numbering 200, paraded through the streets on Thursday night shortly after 8 o'clock. The members of the organization appeared in robes and hoods, their identity being conceal ed. Two horsemen, one of whom bore the' cross of nre, headed the procession. The; parade was staged Jithont' advance ; notice. . With the exception of one closed machcine, all the automobiles were numberiet, so far as tne crown was concernea, tne license numbers Mbeing covered with paper. ! Among tbe emblems displayed oy the klansmen was a large American, flags- Numerous placards were car ried and they included the following inscriptions: "Greensbdro Must Be Clean," "He Who' Is Innocent Need Have fo Fear," "100 Per Cent. Americans," "Separation of Church and State," "Protection " For Pur Womanhood,': ""Keep the Bible in the Schools." Big Bank Merger Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 16. Merger of the Central Bank, and Trust cor poration and its two subsidiary lo- cal banks with' the Citizens and Southern bank was announced herer tete todays - o O , . r 1 -: f . H I if 44 1 5 -it -if I! ii 141 1 'J I ill t ! lit 1 1 in 1 1 a- 1 if hi -;4 -4: - 4 ' i 'it r .V.! 1 '-1 1 fe li 4 i i r ii a I t I 'v 1 1 V i f -.5 K ?? fendants, and z 10 iu ip coaviti thah the 1921'price.; : X -