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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
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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
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