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fOL. XLI
MO UNI AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA,
LETTERS OF INTEREST
FROM OUR SOLDIERS
Latter from Wada I. lUldw I* Ma
father. Mr. T. U. Hauher of Mouat
Airy.
Son.ewhare in Franca ;
Deax Father:
I received your latter dated Augu«t
the 19, Friday.
Wt ura klili at thia little village do
in* practical!/ notJiiiii. Some of tha
boy» Kava a job driving ctn, but tba
majority of them ara not dome any
thing. <ti my. hut I wwh I wax up
in tha line* doing my bit, but I irueaa
that i* out of thequeation aa it would
Im hit it! for me to gat a transfer now.
Wa ure going to mova tha canteen in- ■
to tha naw hut tomorrow. Tha mad
am that ha< lieen nerving l«-m«nuda
for ua whan nha found out that wa
w_re k'oinv to move into the MW hut
xaid: "J'ai tin« aver la cantiiie i|uand
voun parti u la hul pane <|ue il nera
trop froid an la hut pour moi ra hiver"
Anyhow it ia getting about timo to go
to i'rving hoi chocolate or cocoa now •
itmtead of l»Wnn«l<> and ihe>- are to
Cnonu. American girU here ta make
t for ua. Tell Pearl >the can write
all tha French letter* nha wr.nU to 1
have no trouble at all iu reading them,
in fact I can read oruinary Fre.ioi al
moet aa fanl a* I can ret.d Kngli-h. I
would attempt to write her a letter in
French ea »oir, but I know that I
v>ould make a thounand mi
no »«»r vpMUkWK imc ibiikuuk » «»'»
not making much progrc .
Somewhere in France
My ilttr Mother:
I renteivetl your letter ilauwl Sept.
the 10th, this evening. I sure wa»
triad to get it aa it ha* been three or !
four week* itii.ee I neard from you.
1 also received The .Mount Airy News
r dated Au^utt 1st, this evi- i.ng. I
alwixy* write to yon at lea»t once a
week and sometimes oftencr. Ami I {
send you the 'Start and Stripe*' when '
1 am lucky unough to get one before ,
they are all .told. There is such a de
mand for paper* that they go like hot
cakes. Well it soem.i that we are
destined to stay here at thia village
until the end of the war. I believe
that the .»r will be over in a few.
month* anyhow in fact it was rumored
ftnttrtrar* £%£ Jtete:;
term* and that he was toin* for peace
hut there are so many rumor* truvel
ing abroad that one never know* what
* to believe. Ye», Frank Warren is
still with us. While we were on the
trip from to we pa*sed thru
the outskirts of Parw and we camp
ed within eight miles of the city |
that mtrbt. Frank was driving Cap
tain Walker'* car *o they went to
the city that night. I wander how
near you could come to guessing
where we are now. One of the "Y
men here received a letter the other j
•lay and it naid at the top of the \let-1
ter you are in . That is what 1
call good guessing. because the j
writer did not mi** it over twelve j
mile*.
Oh, how my heart yearn* to be with
the boy* up in the line* when I read
of their brave deeds. If 1 had known >
that the lOfith, would be stationed
behind the lines like thi*. when I was 1
in the state* I think that I wouid have
transferred into another branch of
the service. But Why should we wor
ry. taking it all in all we are well sit
uated and cared for. occassionally we
tret pretty home sick for the sight
of an American girl. The French
-"■Is are all right in their way, but j
they cant come up to the American I
girt in any respct.
Letter from Luther Seal now in'
France to his sister Miss Mary Seal
of Mount Airy. Koute 3.
Somewhere in England.!
' l.-t
Dear Sister:
1 am ending you a few lines to let j
vou know that ( am till living. On
September 29 our Division went intoI
action arid continued in action until
October 16th at which time I wa<(u- j
ed. 1 was lent to a honuital on the
coast of France and on tiu> -l*t wa
rut on a boat and »efit to England.1
am at a Red Cross hospital and am >
•doing nicely. I will write you at mora ,
length when mv eyes are better. The
trouble all settled in my eyes.
Letter from Alfred Towe to bin
Mother, Mra. Bell Towe, Mount Airy.
Route 1
Somewhere in K ranee.
Oct. 12. 1918.
Dear Mother:
1 will drop you a few line* to let
you all hear from me. this leaven
me well. I have no newt to tell you
all, only I got 1 Si letters the ninth of
this month that you wrote in June
and July. 1 have just got them, 1
don't «ee what u the reason you dont
hear from me I have wrote you aa
high a* si* lettern in one week. You
know that I am a long way from
hotae and 1 have not had time to write
for the laxt three weeks a* 1 have
been in a battle. You said you hoped
that 1 wa* having a good time. If
% you knew what 1 have Seen doing you
would call that a h—I of a time. I
have been loading up sheila hole* of
water to keep from getting my head
Mown off. You wanted to know if
I saw any of the boy* from home. I
do not. I have seen Henry Dean once
since I left camp Let. 1 suppose that
Lum Hawk* U wounded. Cleave
Powell t* killed or lout rfoaa hi* com
aanv. They can't And him no where
Dushut Jones ta the only one from
home that made the trip over. Well
I will close, t will tell you more i.eu
lima I writ*. Mop* you will (at tkU
latter all O. K-,
l^elter fruai VraUr KI|| la Ma ala
tar, Mra. C. E. Uaraxa of Mount
Airy.
Soraawhara in France
Oct. 20.
Dear Sinter:
I lmv« juxt received your latter and
am delighted to Bet news fr-mi home.
• • • • | am firing well r.nd ifet
plenty to eat ami have a t'xnl place
to nleep and liuvo plei ty of blanket*.
Thia ii> • womicrful country. I am in
a "mall town and the Krriuh (wople
are very kind to u» American iHjya. I
uin le.ruing a little Kreiich and I tell
you it ..ure >• noma funny language to
me. We boyi made gtw-l over nere
aa you no doubt nee by the paper*.
/Letter from Hen K. liraugha to hia
Mother Mra. Clara liraughn of Mount
llr>
Oct. 13 WIS.
Dear Mother:
I will write you a hurt letter thin
ttfuutiful Sunday morning. Thin
leaves me well. I urn enjoying the
bent of health I truly hope you all
are well. Well I just came out of
the Irene he* the other (lay. I wan »n
the trenches when I got Roby tetter,
we all ' ami out for a rent now it wai
not (to bad in the trenches. None of
our company got hurt. I saw Edd
Herrell, Curtis George and Berit<n
Seal the other day. They are fretting
on just fine. Mother I don't want
you to worry about me, for I am all
right and I don't think it will be very
much longer before I can come hi.me.
letter from theater K. Mriiet now
in Kraaee to hi* father Mr. Thomas
Mcfiee. of Mount Airy.
Somewhere in France.
Oct.3. 191*.
Dear Papa:
1 received your letter today and.
was real gta4 to tor from ymj all
nn<f to hear that you all are anil. I
am wet! and feeling all O. K We are
having ome cool weather over here
now. I wan glad to hear that you
all had a good crop and that your to
bacco was selling so good hope I can
make some next year, think 1 can ha.
I'apa you wrote iri your letter to
know what 1 was doing, I can't tell
you. all most every thing nearly a
mull ha* to do in the infantry. I am
in the automatic squad our gun shoot*
'i(K) times a minute, that is tome ain't
it. You bet it get* Jerry, too. ha. We
are where the t>ig guns and shell* are
roaring all around us now. but I
hope they won't happen to hit us.
We have a good company and the
be^t Lieuten:i:.t, his name is W. Mc-1
I.ee and I am sure proud of him.
Claud and Will Marion are with m<?
yet. Well Papa T have seen a lot of
France and a great deal of England,
a pa.-, of it is a beautiful country, but
a part of it is l:ke the old U. S. A.,
is rough and hilly, and all kinds of
people. Tins is all I can write you
al>oul the country now. Can tell you
all when I get home. Kiss little bro
thers J. and P. for me and give my
best love to all.
Tell Ernest Lawson hellow for me
and that he may have to go to Camp
but don't think he will have to romc
over for I think we will be enough for
the Hermans, they are getting tired
'of this war and you know we are go
ing to make them still tirder before
we quit them.
Ultrr from HmJ. H. O'Neal now in
training at Camp Hancock.
Mr. J. K. Johnson,
Editor Mt. lAry News.
Deur Sir:
1 will writ* a few linex to your pa
per, and let the people back in old
Surry know how everthing is down in
Georgia.
We are having Mime lieautiful wea
ther now. 1 am well and enjoy.ng the
best of health.
Now I want to aay a few word* in
regard to the campaign that is on
from November the 11th to 18. among
the Y M. V. A.. the Y. W. C. A and
the Srlvation Army to raiae $170000,
MOO. 1 want to nay to you all that it
in your patriotic duty to give every
rent pop-ible. The Y. M. < . A. is div
ing more for the boya in the camp
and in France tl an ary one organiza
tion in the world. Tnr.v are always
ready and willing to nerve you in any
way possible. T am Mire if you fa
ther* and mothers could only see
what they a-* doirg fir us bov*.
vou wruld contribute to them a* far
aa po.aible.
Some will argue of course that the
war will noon he over and th-tt they
.lon't need that money. Of course
the war will noon be over wituout a
doubt. But now atop and rtgure a
little, do you not know that it will
take froai lii to eight months to
get the hoys hack out of the cam pa
even in the United State* and dur
ing Una time they are going to need
the service of the Y. M. C. A. wo rue
than ever. They will not drill a*
much as they do now and therefore
t' ey will need somewhere to upend
the leiaure time. Rut how about the
boya over in France? It will take
rom eighteen months to three years
before they ran all get back. Are
you going to neglect them now be
cause the war will soon lie over? I
hop* not. New If tWi M MX ladf
hack in Harry or any wh*r« up th«r*
that waau to writ* mm I will nn bo
rl»d to hear from yon. Horo U ay
addre** Pvt. RonJ. H. O'Hool.
7lnh <>»., 6 (irou|>, M. T. D.
Camp Hancock, Ga.
UlWr fr»« G. E. W«M to Mo
father. Mr. C. C. Woldl ml Ml Airy.
RomwImn In Franco,
Oct. 20th.
Doaroat Dad:
I havon't hoard from yam lim th*
laat t*mo I wrote you but n*v«rthel**»
1 will try Ui write you again, I am
wall and getting along it 1 right. I al
ways try to keep a lot tor on Um way
all tho llmo mi that you won't b* un
rmy about mm, mo if you fail U got
thrm you raa't nay that I did.i't write
oft«n, for I write to you or Mother
on* at least three time* a week.
Thin is on* of thooe rainy Orto
Iter Sunilay'n and I mu«t «ay that I
have kindly got the blues, but a man
u*t Kimply can't help but feel a little
flue on »uch days when l-e ha* noth
ing to occupy ..i time. Sunday in the
only day that I ilon't have a bunch of
work to do. We go to church in the
morning and in tlie after..oon I mint
ulway* -pend that in writing letter*
hi me and to my friendi. Now * • I
have >fdcn said before, if I waa ju«t
at home with you I could tell you no
much more than I can write, hut *t»ce
that can't lie I will tell you all I can.
We (All the A. K. ?•. hoy*) were
tickled to death with Wil'.on* replv U>
Germany and I fully heliuvc that they
will come to hi* term* sooner or later
and if they <!-m't come to them I Hay
run them to Berlin, and I gu •»» that *
the way the people !<uck home feel
from the way the paper* look. I can't
help but Uunk that the war U al
most ov*r and it sorely • th« liei'in
ntng of til* end. Wilson is sure the
"Man of the hoar" and I am *ure if it
W11 left to tie boy* in France they
would put him in the White Hou*« fo'
a life term and from all I can *ee and
hear ! think every Frenchman in
France want* to go to America to »ee
t' at great man tl:ey call Wilson.
They think he u the g et.te«t man
that ever live«l, and I guess Oiey are
right.
1 don't gue*» you would know me
now -f you were to »ee me. I '*a*e a
full grown mu.'tache and I weight
about 2f> pound* more than I did when
I left the Stater. I would have a pic
ture made am! send you one if 1 could
but O'er* are no pi utogr; pi to be had
r. France or at l«ast I have never
•en anv place to have them made.
But t t'-.ink I will be home before very
iuog and we isa. mm each otkar is
pe—on.
T haven't received my Mwent Airy
New* o. any of the pape-i for a Ions
time and I wich they would CUM in
on time for I like to see the new*
from N. C., jvan if it is old. Walter
ud he- had the Creen«boro p. per sent
*o me but I have never gotten it so
far.
Well I gu««s I have told you r.bout
all ti e new* that I know so I will
•lose now and go to -upper.
I^-ttrr from Jim Crttz to hia moth
er, Mr*. M. E. C'riU.
Motor Truck Co.
A. E. K. France.
Dear Mother:
It look* like I never will hear from
hume again and I suppose you think
the same thing about me but if thing*
kt-ep up like they are going now, we
will all be coming home before long.
There »ure wut none excitement to
night when the papers came out tell
ing about the Germans accepting the
allien terms. Guess you all know more
about what they art. lining though we
hut I guatui what we hvar it nearer
fact* than what you near.
1 certainly am lucky to be in the
<|uarter» that 1 am, arid we have the
very best to eat anC clothes to wear.
It i* no wonder they come down on
the people back home for M get the
bert of everything. The worst thing
is nut getting anv n>n~.l. I would give
anything for a letter from you ami
a Mount Airy or Greensboro paper.
You want to *r.ve up on the new*
though and tell it all to me when 1
come home. I certainly will have a
lit of experience to relate. I think I
will be able to sit around home a lit
tle better when 1 get back, for I am
retting more accustomed to staying
m and not running around like 1 used
I to.
I have not had a pa** *ince I went
to Camp Johnston at Jacksonville, but
1 don't feel any the worse from it,
and there are a lot of other things
you get uwd to in this army that will
do us all good.
You would hurt yourself laughing
if you could hear some of the remark*
that the boy* make about what the
German* will have 'f> do and what
they are going to do after they get
home. Everyone ha* something dif
ferent to say, but I think most of
them will be satisfied with ju*t get
ting back.
People say thin i» a beautiful coun
try, which it in, but the old Unitud
State* and North Carolina is good
enough for me. Ami the people, you
get tired talking to any one when you
can't understand each other. I almost
, wore my hands out trying to make
j signs no they can understand me
I You ran buy a? much with a small bill
I a* you can with a smaller one, for
' they don't believe in giving change.
' It would do you good t > « the truck
; farm* and garden*. Even now. the
gardens are pretty and green and you
| see cart* of fresh vegetables on every
j corner.
i Now mother, you want to take rare
' of yourself this winter and don't
worry about me. for 1 never felt bet
ter in my life and it looka like we will
all be home in a short while and I
will never regret giving up every
thing to he in this great conflict.
Give my love to all the folk* and
tell them that it took me to settle
things over here. Write to me of
ten. I.ots of love to you and Nannie.
WINSTON-SALEM MOB
PLAYS HAVOC SUNDAY
City mi Wi—«— S«Ui ha.
Faax/ul IM.n..r. Witla
GtmI Mob Amd Da.truct.on
I of Property mmd Lmm of LHo
U GtmL
Th« folowing itom of tha unfortu
nata affair ia taken from tha Winston
nantmal, < la lad Nov am bar Id.
Mr. and Mr>. J. K. Childraaa war*
a>»aultad and robbad on tha Invamaaa
Mill road firturday evening between
■•van and eight o'elock. An unknwwn
otgro in rhargad with tha rruna, and
an a ranult oi njuriaa Mr. Chiidraaa ia
In a critical condition at tha City
Hoapital. A flar nkooling him iha na
gro roritinuad hi» aoaault on Mr*.
rhil«Ira*», (acurinc from her about
m money.
They had *U»rtad to thair grocer to
purrhane wnt good* whan tney wera
intarreptad at the railroad bruin* ju*t
off Liberty atraat naar Piedmont bark
Tha M-raama of Mr*. Children*
lirought aaaitanre and tha rtagro flat I.
Offlcara ware nummoned anil a
-earrh for tha criminal tx.-gan. While
going along tlie railroad .Sheriff Klynt
halted a r.egro for investigation, but
(.-•for* tha oAcar* reached him h*
: • j»ened fire. Shariff Flynt received a
painful wound on hi* hai.d ami a rtexh
wound on hin nark. The *each ron
tinuad into tiw, night, but without
ftucces*.
-nr». * r»u«ir»* r ii»- k>>c" ® iMKrip*
| tion of the negro and the ofllc.rs ex
poet to yet locate him.
The probable result of the wounds
, received by Mr. ''hildresa coukl not be
yiven hy medical atten<!nnt. t) u af
ternoon.
Winston-Salem is patrolled by sol
diers today following a futile attempt
of a mob of several hundred men and
boy*, the majority in the twenties and
»arou raged by a few older per cons to
take from th-j city prison a colored
man held on the charge of carry in* a
I jncealed weapon. T' e attempt was
the result of an investigation fiy oA
I cars of the highway robbery Saturday
! n«bt when Mr. J. E. Ch:ldreu» end
wire were assaulted while en route to
the store of their grocer r.bout seven
o'clock.
The crowd began to gather early
Sunday afternoon and about Ave o -
| clock they forceu their way ib*o the
mumi ipal building, bursting the door
of the city jail and would rave taken
th« prisoner from the coll ml it not
baaa fat Um ^ linorii I UAcar
Oliver andTamkoy Brawn whnwitn
the assistant— of Attorneys Parrish
and Borkerdite. turned .lie crcwd for
the moment from what appeared to
lie t'-.eir intention. The crowd was
held at bay until police :.nd city offi
cials could gather.
The Home Guard was called out im
mediately and placed in (-Large of the
municipal building whirii it Held all
night, until relieved this morning by
-oldiers sent here by Gov. Bickett
from Charlotte and Raleigh.
Hrforr Municipal Building.
The greatest disorder occurred
about seven o'clock when members of
the crowd having been forced from
the municipal building, began r.toning
the building and the militia stationed
about it. Gunx were also brought into
play and city officials, fearing that
unless the crowd, which had rrown to
several thousand people, coula be dis
persed serious trouble would occur,
took drastic action. The Are compan
ies were callcd out and a stream of
water was played on the crowd, forc
ing it back from the building, and re
ducing it to only a few hundred who
continued on the streets for several
hours.
r our Are Killed.
This morning the casualty lint, so
far ar known, consisted of four names
three white peritorui and one colored.
Mr. Robert You nr. who wa.< at one
i of the noxzle* while the crowd was
being dispersed wan shot thru the
heart, death following with n a few
| nomjftU after he received the wound.
Mi.** Kachael Levi, a young Jewish
ifirl whose mother conducts a store in
the munic •P»l building on Main street
was • hct while standing in th: door
of the store watching the crowd death
i folowlng in a few minutes.
Mr. Charle- White, cm. uction
i foreman for the Southern Public Util
, ities Co. and Mr. Kuge.ie Church were
j returning from Kast Winston where
they had repai.ed a lijbt. in Mr.
| Wli.tc's car. when they wer.- held up
I by several, negroes. When ti:e auto
was stopped two or raor: it the <-o|.
('>red men jumped on J e unn'nt
j board arid ai.ked Messrs. White and
Church if they had pistol". The i. ■Id
up men proceeded to search the two
whiv« men and took a pistol fr >m Mr.
White's pock-.t und then shot hun in
the left side, inflicting a fat.-.l w< und.
Despite the serious wound Mr. White
ran nis car to I.ibcrty street, in front
of Wallace's clothing stoi**, where he
stopped and informed friends hat he
hihl been st.oi. The ma'-.i was
taken in chartfc and the wounded man
was rushed to his home on Green
street, where hi died at 3:S« this
morning. He remained conscious un
til a few m.iiuU-. before .he end came.
T*.e attendinp physician r. irounced
that death was caused by nterrial
bleeding. Mr. White told the facts as
related above regarding the hold-up
and shooting. He stated that he did
not know any of the n?groes who held
up his car.
One colored man, George Johnson,
was killed.
Several Woundrd
Several members of the Home
Guard and of the police fore* were
wounded by pistol and shotgun Are
during the melee.
Mr. Archie Gray Trulove. member
of the Home Guard, received a (hot
in the foot while standing guard at
the comer <4 Fourth ana Main
rtraata, at the Wngfct ahaa •tar*.
Mr. K. P. Rawlay, alao m—bar at
the Cuarda. received a wound IB
tha ana Mill oa r»ard nafairia Um
mmUmI buiMtnc.
Mr. Frank O'Brien, a '•uardxmaa,
'•ff»rtxl a hadl* wrafuhad hack whan
ha waa knocked down tha (tape of the
municipal bulMiiif while a datach
mant of tha guard* waa a laanng Um
building of nwinUr< of tha crowd.
KhuIi of Mlwrnt Ada.
Tha lieplocabLe incident waa tha ra
filt of iruliacraat acta of a crowd of
probably 400 people. who rafuaad la
i-tail to raaaon or tha pleading* of
Mr*. ChiMraaa, who darHrad that aha
could not identify tha rrnfra being
h#l<i w tha one who committed tha
aaaault on har and Mr. (Jhildreaa
Saturday evening.
Arreal of (oWrd Man.
Tha negro'n ritna la given a* Bua
«l High, and ha wax a r raa tad early
Sunday afternoon by Patrolman
Hatcher and Wall on I>epot "treat,
charged with carrying > concealed
weapon. An automatic pi.tol waa
taken from him and he wan locked
up. later in the afternoon ha wax
carried to Mr«. Children* by officer -
to itaa if he could be the one who com -
•inti«i the aaaault. She utaUai that
he waa about the aiza of the negro,
hut that it waa not he voice of he :•*•
pro. and neither waa the pt*UA taken
from him the on* with which her I
huil.and wa« *hot. The priaoner waa
| eturned to the city jail to await trial
I on the charge of carrying a concealed 1
! weapon.
r.i«|{K<-r4iro iwporu.
The news of the investigation made
I )>y the officers «u exaggerated at
ttm«* pa* -cd and .1 crown l>egan to
:'»»ht*r early 'in the afternoon about
the municipal building. Threat -
tarted thru the crowd agtinst
the negro in *pite of th« statement*
mailt by the more conr-ervative citi
zen h who assembled. that there wax
nothing against the prisoner except
carrying a concealed weapon. Final
ly member* of the rmwil pushed their
■vay into the building and demanded
that the prisoner be delivered to them
They were held until Mayor Gorreil.
Alderman Hane* and La-at«r arrived
and they urged the mob to be quiet
and await the arrest of the negro who
committed pie crime it had in mind
and the action of the court*.
It wan then suggested that Mr*.
' hildre- lie brought down to the sta
tion to look at the prisoner again and
"ay to the crowd if she could, that «he
could not identify the prisoner as the j
on# asa^uOmg- tifttt SaUuriap even- |
Mr*. Childress on Scene.
The Home Guard had been called
out by this time and thev formed be
tween the crow/1 and the prison «ec
tion of the building. Mrs. Children -
made her -tatemer' to the crowd and 1
urged that they disperse; that today
any connection of the prisoner »ith
the crime could be determined; that
it could not be laat night.
Forced From Building.
Thm had a <|uietingveffert for a mo
ment. but the crowd remained and
more threat* suggested another dem
onstration. At fti» time Col. J. C.
Bes.scnt, commanding the Home
Guard, ordered the building cleared |
of all persons not connected with the I
militia, city officials or other lawful i
business. At the point of the bayonet
'he crowd was gradually forced from
the building.
It was then that the crowd became
more desperate. The streets in front
of the building and on all sides bank
ing up on the court grass, were
throned with people. A detachment I
of the Home Guard was stationed at ,
entrance where probably five hundred |
people, half of whoiw assumed a law
Imm attitude, jcrred in their faces and
threatened violence.
Stray Shot Hit Mis* Levi.
Stone were hurleo at the entrance
in which the guards were stationed,
and they were compelled to withdraw !
and tak up their guard behind the j
heavy doors which closed the stair- .
way. This continued for several min
utes and the howls of the crowd were
puncuated with the pistol shots. This
was when a stray shot caused the
dnith of Mian Levi. Many windows i
were shot out and rock, were hurled :
from all sidfcs of the building. j
Fire Hour 1x4
At this point the city officials de
termined that th« crowd must be
retired and to avoid bloodshed it
was decided to call out the fire com
panics and play water in front of
•he building. One company «h sta
tioned at the city hall and another
at the northwest corner of the square.
The crowd rave back, all the while
hurling stones at the men who man
ned the noxile* and the members of
'he Home Guard who surrounded
them. Scattered shooting occurred,
one shot killing Mr. Young, assisting
with one stream of water.
With the crowd pushed hack from
'he building guards were stationed
about it, and it was kept clear prac
tically during the remainder of the
I night, litis was about seven-thirty
I o'clock.
' The lawless element scattered over
the business district, breaking into
several hardware stores and pawn
shops, carrying away many pistols,
runs, rifles and ammunition They
also carried away numbers of knives
and raiors from the store* entered.
Efforts of proprietors and runnls to
keept the crowd* from breaking into
the storee were of no a»ail, except at
the hardware store of Mr. F. M. Rob
erts. who challenged the would-be ri
oters and held them off at the point
of a rifle.
Bet lira la Sews re.
Securing heavy arm* mm mem
ber* of the mob returned to the ri
I cinity of the municipal build big The
rum w«ra mi tha hamla of man
»r< from ahc«.t Aftaaa yaarv op.
flrtuc than baiaaa gaearai. but ran
tarad Ut wwi "HiiH iixj Prf'h NrwU
•i.d InOmji Maui Dm it '"hurrh
■Uwt in lha tana at tha «u
terfc. and in tkia Mrtfon bumlrada of
•hot* flrad in igawltii.
TiIm Fna BaiMiac
Th» fart thai Um ituturtenra m
not r-mlmd by aa organuari lynch
mati, out by an utu-ontroilail rrowd of
young a>«n, aaaaMngiy rmnng littla
for anything aava um pr'ialaroM
•k-ritinjt of arm* cnra thay »arur«d
tham. 1> >u(luMd in th« fart mat
th» '.flW-am w»'« at>la m taka th* pri»
anar from »h« building to a pi ar. of
■ »f*ty wfcUr 'ha froaii outnada 'ha
building -aamwl to ha mo»t threatas
in*.
About tan o'clork ih* yoyng rintar*
had ikiivb) ra t of Fourth 'tract Ui
f'hurrh ami < haatnut <traat«. and
• hot* wara •'inuauuua. Many wara
«(),-»ra<i liy *h>rf a<-m» ■li»tan<-a from
tha hooting, -howi>ig that murh of
lha rtrinir «m in tn» air. '"hiaf
Th..ma< nrilr-ad hi* man to praraad
to thr nrana ami rbaarm ail par»on» on
the -U' *t». They want 'wit haavily
:irr .<-.l ami g»th«*r»d in many weapons
of varied <1*m-nptiona '>af'"-» »h« ar
rival of 'he militia, which hail been
<iri!«r«*l h«ri' by <iov. Kxkatt at tha
rnjiie-' of Mayor (Sorrel! early in tha
evaning.
IT wn * not arc,rapil-r«<! novrvtr,
without iniiiry to the officer*. F*-»Jiem
■" Hrvan. who was badly rttt
while protarting a pawn »hop frum
the rioters early in the evening, ra
«i»«l a wrriM wound frr/m a »hot
run, practically the entire load tak
ing effect, but without icrirHM injury.
Serif. f.V.fer, of the police department,
*x standing near and recei.ed a part
of the 'oad rn hi* left hflid. The <ito
rem had stepped out in the light when
the shot wa- fired directly a' thorn.
Patrolmen Dulton and W ,oten also
received "light wound* in performing
their duty under order- to dt -arm the
city.
The officers were a , ted during
the remainder of the ruirh t by a de
tail from the Greensboro police de
pa rtm-.t and a detchmenf of homa
guard from Mount Airy, who arrived
!atf in the evening. Patrolman
Bojles, of Grawboro sustained dight
wound* from a stray shot.
Handling of Situation ( om mended.
Those who abecrvad the develop
ments thruout the evening and r.ignt
commend the handling of the situa
tion last night. Early in the after
noon grave team ware entertained
ret! addressed the crawd. reiterating
the declaration of Mr*. <_>ildre*» to
the »fti er« earlier in the evening, and
warned them that any ■ loience to the
prisoner in 'he city jail would be vio
lence to what appeared then to be an
innocent man. Hi* remark* were fu
tile. a . the crowd surged and contin
ued its threats. Other prominent cit
izctu.. including M«>sr.». P. H. Manes, *
Sr.,W. M. Hendren. Dr. H. A. Brown,
Rev. W L. Hutcheni. H. G. Oiathajn.
Kred M. Parrish. W. L O'Brien, and
memi*r> of the board of aJ derma."
plead with the crowd, but it would
not hear.
Mayor Gorrell then determined to
appeal to Gov. Bickett for assistance,
feanng police department and home
guard might not be able to handle
Ute -ituauon. Greensboro and Mouat
Airy were also asked to render any
assistance possible.
The local officer* and militia, with
emm determination, stood against the
rioter* until they scattered, and too
much praise cannot be given the offi
cers and member* of the home guard
for their determined Aland in front of
the building when ordered to scatter
the crowd. There wu no excitement.
The men stood at their post*. work
ing only under instructions from their
officers, who headed their men, keep
ing them under strict discipline even
after they were forced to open fire on
the crowd to hold it in check.
Arm) Troop* Arrive.
At 4 15 this morning a 5p«c 1*1
train l>e«iriiig regular array troops
from Camp Greene at Charlotte ar
rived at the Children's Home station
where the two companies, comprising
J.">0 men and officer# and commanded
by Major Wilcox, immediately i>egan
their two mile march to the city, ar
riving on the "double quick." By this
time the city had resumed a peaceful
attitude of themen were immediate
ly stationed at the armory and court
house. Squads were dispatched to
Kast Winston to make sure that quiet
prevailed and acting on instruction
from their officers the men searched
every man. white or colored, who sat
on the street at that hour. These with
guns or ammunition were escorted to
police headquarters W"T,ere their pro
perty was confiscated.
Task Corps From Kaleigh.
At 6 o'clock a special tram arrived
at the union station with 26© men and
officers of the tank corps at Raleigh,
under command of Major Gill. These
comprised Cos B and C and head
quarter*, company and were accom
pany by a baby tank«,*hich wits
placed on the public square with ita
wicked guns ready for action. The
men were di*patclwd in squads to all
parts of the city for patrol duty, sear
ching citizens for concealed weapons
and doing everything ui Iheir power
to prevent a repetition of last night's
trouble.
Aldermen Meet.
At It o'clock • special meeting ti
the board of aldermen was called far
a conference with the military of
ficials regarding the situ&Uea.
With a Gutting gun at the earner
of Fourth and lfaii "tree's, the tank
on the courthouse square and h»
hundred soldier, ready for iastant
action the city was waiter fall eeatrot
of the suthoriUee a£er iayhreak ihia
morning.
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