For Bailey Slock
In Bailey Brothers Case
Tell of Inducements of Salesmen
tha farm to Catawba Marty la m
4» t* |«t MM «Wl to «pend tt.
-ToaW (till oa the tana." DU
trtct Attorney Praak Ltaif mM.
Tea," waa tha n^ty. TV fchaii
atyacted to the naietiia aad Mr.
Umty taMkjMt wanted to shew
that aha hadn't had to bmmw ia order
to avand any dteidenda.
H Laahad fiaad
Wtm of farmers, tha wife of a
battling plant owner, a prohibition
toMk akWwal«iMka Jl — J
ifint aims two pflyitntna iMiinm.
Tha thine baked goad to them. hat
tor than money la the bank or bi
aaated in (ovtrnmart bond* and fat
mm eaaea they bought dock more
than once. The prohibition agent, 8.
F. Sheftoa, of Sarry county, paid
«BM for atoefc aad didn't even get a
■tack certificate doe to »nm« mix-up
hi initial* with another Shettoa who
had given note*.
Talk of thirty par cent earnid in
afactorer* of tohaeea la Wlaston
Balewi. alleged to hare been made Vy
aaleemen. who mmid to bare work
er In pair* aided hi gettlag the
doubtful to boy. Many of the por
ihanu Mid that at first they ware
aet intareatod ba» bought on later
rlaHa. i"'-.' J
It was the irovrrnment's day with
• itmni of wttnuaaa, thoae who aet
mDt bnurht stock, teatiffing and
the district attorney waa careful to
get fmm each the atatement that
stork certificates and acknowledge
ments of purchaaea were seat
throurh the mails.
One Trylag to liriit
J. E. Bushnelt, of Tvraa, who
bought stock in the i moan* of 12,000
■aid he could not remember the
namm of those who sold to him and
•aid frsakty he waa trying to forget
all about his loas. Another Man.
a merchant named Roberts, of Weav
arrille. was so in love with the pros
pact of big dividends that he went
■Wad and in rested (9,000 in stock
against the advice of the Asheville
branch of the Wachovia Bank and
Trust Company. W
Some were heavy investors, 8. A.
Mitchell, of Wilkes, bought 110,000
worth. He waa paid $10 a day by
eoaie salesmen to go around with
them he said. W. F. Robinson. Ab
ingdon. Vs., bought 17,000 worth.
°J* woman who objected to her In
vestment when the concern got wab
Wy. said she waa told by one of the
■pileya that if she could find aay
«bat that the Bailey content au
thorized the may promise* of sales
man be would pay her 91 000, the
the amount of stock aha had bought.
Bap ad Ta Be Director
Among others who tastifUd today
<0 purchases of stock were:
Mrs. O. U WMtaell, who didnt
•ven know the naaM of the salesman
Who sold H; Mrs. 1 t. I. Mcintosh,
Montgimwi y county; A. H. Connoly,
Mithnfniiltoo; t. 0. Biower, Wilkes,
ft A. Bsrr and wife. Forsyth; E. N.
Vance, Forsyth; J. T. Ingle, Try on,
J. F. Click, L. T. HirefleU. One maa
apl his wife ware induced to hay
a^pse common atock, la addition to
pteferred. on the statement that they
Would have voting strength and
'' \ «)ftrfct he made directors In the earn
far
<*rer the
•aid that the
ronroni would not mQ ow 910,000
wortk to one pmoii and didn't want
1>*7
In a way Jt waa ladies' day la i
with w«« purckaaer* testifying.
another altnw M*c Mr*. B. C
Montgomery, of Iredell county. Ska
and bar huabaad knew nothing of
■torka and *ark. aha Mid, and bought
upon recommendation of • - Mr.
TVarpe. who aaaurod them, aha Mid,
that he would guarantee them from
loaa. The money the pat in atock
araa from bar fat her'■ eetato, her
husbaad ha ring pat it hi tke hank
far kar.
She, like aoaaa other*, went to aaa
about the matter when the Bailey
concern got ahaky, and Mra. Cook
taid that one of the Baiieya. wheat
•ha took tor the "head mm" of the
concern, finally told kar tkat ska and
other* coming in that way butkarad
them and aeoaMd to be aff«nd»d, aa
•he got offended and left.
of *tock wis Mr*. J. A.
Lane, of Carthage. who bought 12,
100 worth and nid that she under
stood that tb« Wachovia Bank and
Trait company and the Page Truet
Company «|tok« well of the Bailey
concern. Her banker told her H waa
all right, she said. There was talk
from the salesmen of biff earnings
of the company. Still another wo
man testifying. was Mrs.. N. C.
Marion, of Mount Airy, who bought
<3,000 worth and ran a note for M.
000 more. But her husband became
ill and she went to Winston-Salem
nrd got back the note. Her husband
died.
Rosy Predictions
Mrs. K. B.- Tucker, of Guilford
county bought 11,800 worth of stock;
Miss T. B. Anthony, of Catawba
county bought $4,000 worth and her
mother bought 9200 worth. Sales
men made several visits to sell the
stork to them and she waa the one
who was told the dividends would be
such that she would have to leave
the farm in order to get to a place
to spend so much money, she testi
fied
"My father told me that big flah
sat up the little fish." she said aha
told the salesman, but waa assured,
no, no, that would not be the case
with the Bailey concern.
Mrs. L. J. Shemwell, whose hua
hand formerly was in charge of the
Forsyth county home, told of pur
chasing 92.000 worth, of hearing of
the alleged MM,000 In the hank to
g-tarantee dividends and of 10 psr
Physicians were solicited by
men. too. Dr. O. TV Patterson, of
Fayetteville, and Dr. J. T. Smith, of
Westfleld. Surry canity, purchasing
•1.000 worth and tM°° worth. Dr.
cmith"bought $1JOt to start with and
*400 at a second time. S. F. Shclton
prohibition agent la Surry, waa the
•nan who paid |KM rash and a note
for 9*00, the tetter being paid later,
and through seme mix-up failed to
■ret his etee1
I
vahss than city
c«m rut
Ex-Sheriff J.
nearly he ran to
he «m saving for oM age b the]
Bailoy nam, how he i
ed ever a neto to Dm iii—i for Il2r 1
SM. th> note rspreesnting mammy ho \
*»'
in M
al on*. and ho had to be i
for* trad* (tack.
Wot* Alexander and
1M1. ho
of the stock
hat ho tali
terested. However, ho waa ftrtn to
understand. he Mid, that the stock
would pay a guaranteed dlrldaad a4
•even per cent annually,
ly or quarterly, jmt a* the
might alert and K waa tax free. Bo
waa getting only six per eaat and
about two of that wmtt for taxee, ha
■aid. and H looked like a good pro
position to Mai. Ha had throe aoteo
that r« pnoentsd money ha had loan
ed, ooa for |1 UN, the othor for ft,
900 and $1,000, a total of *15.100,
and the «al»«nn agreed ta take thaoo
ho said, hot ho wanted to Investigate
and they asked hiss to coase to Win
it on-Salem and Investigate. Ha want
down and aaw Tom G. Taylor, in
charge of stoek sale* and the esr
tiflcate did not guarantee dividends.
Then It was ha got cold feet and de
cided not to take the stock. Ho was
taken, he said hy Mr. Taylor to the
Bailey plant and there mot M. 1
Bailey, Jr., who showed him soase
thing of the plant and told him how
tobacco could he sold !n*the manufac
tured state at about the same prire
it waa purchased In leaf, hy the addi
tion of matter costing only three
cents a pound hut making three
pounds from one, according to Mr.
j Johnson. However, after he went
j home he derided that he did not want
tc huv the stock he said and his note
of 112,500 was returned at hia re
Sslesmen named in today's testi
*n ny as having sold to the witnesses
were E. A. Ewlng, J. C. Pass, J. H.
Twyn, A. H. Hoggins, J. G. Wln
Hsh, P. J. Laaaltor, C. E. Humphries,
H. Underwood. Webb Alexander.
| C. W Rawlings.
for 1922-73 Craps
forty day* by pay.
at (Mr IMS to
Tk» takicn Ciuwn Catfmtin
A—ofUtion Win kt the first of the
big Hnrinn (iwf«i»Uw to Make
foil wftl—wto with its mmbm on
the IMS crop of taWto. aa in tha
caae af ita wmttra hi Eaateni Caro
lina thia weak ami In Sooth Carolina
next month. Tha tri-atata
tioa af tohowB faimais ah
having now aoM alt hot
I4.MO.OOO pounds of tho S43.000.000
pooads of tolMees iiialiW ihvtnt ita
Tha largest deliveries of tha entire
ssasow rtarhid tha eoopatatfao ware
hooaee during tha week ending Jan
24. whan tho aaaoriated
and a half
pounds'of tha wssd In Virginia and
North Carolina.
Salary and Allowincai
(From Tha Dearborn Independent)
The aalary of tha keeper of tha
Tower of London daring tho reign
of Qoeen Elisabeth «u about 1500 a
year. He alao received all the Gov
ernment allowance* made to offend
er* of hitrh rank who were too proud
to accept it. An rattle that dipped
off London Bridge, all cart* that feH
into tha moat, all flotaam and Jet
sam in tW Tha men. two flagons of
wine from every venae! arriving Yrom
Bordeaux, and many other things
were Included in hi* feea.
The engagement rinr b worn by
Germans and Scandinavians on the
third finger of the left band daring
the engagement, and on the right
hand after i
More Than 20,000 In Herrin
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At Funeral of Glenn Young
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Service* Held ia Three Churches for Slain Raider and
Great Throng Follows Body to Final Resting Place
iii i hi. in.. Jan. n.—TM nmeral
of S. Glenn Yomf, Klan liquor raid
er, «lain with Deputy Sheriff Or*
Thofaa* and two other* hi WlUiam
*on county'a laat outbreak Saturday
nlyht, wan held here today. Tonight
hit body He* In It* final reatinf place,
a little hill In on* earner of the Her
rin city uw tory.
| Cloae behind the
It aurvod to the
cavalcade at automobile* that hare
followed him In hia tripe
county night and day for
■mail portion of thl* nam be
able to |«t in the lino pualng the
caakot and Many did not attempt l£
Delegationa attended the Amor*]
from Kentucky. Indiana and Waaoorl.
The pr»t*aalon from the church to
th* ptw waa many block* lonf.
Erery available inch of space la
the char eh waa occupied lonf hefma
the nr wan lea atartod. Two other
churchea were thrown open for aor
vicea aad the Maachic TVaapla acrnaa
the street froaa the church w»m the
body by waa packed.
The caahat waa framed with a
Immediately behind tfc*
hleh waa *armaqM by robed pall-, *ceen of floral
bearer* came Ma wife, hia brother* floral decoration
and hia children In Toon*** bullet the front wall* and the
•carrad car. Around the pulpit aad
The crtjwd of 18.0M to IMN at- placed relatlvea of the
Arrive m
Wkk Anti-Toxin
Mid equipment dH«r(onto
ba repaired, whirh hmu
»Hnrt inUnoptloua to
tor*; t
tanrlod op it tkr
m thi. win
linn oat at mt >lw ontfl
The next tiw the
trkm in th* Wk star*'
workiac ta torm ai»
Art tnaMm of no little
tn order that you may itt at
or Immm. enjoying all
tad foaurioa of electrir mi »k«. A ad,
■MMbar. whan the CBiiwt
th* pout company'* nvrniw otopa,
it the onrkead |Mf on and on."
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Ntrtmiritk. V». Jan. 28.—Explosion
of ■ 50 gallon gasoline tank her* this
morning meant a tragic end to Win
R. Stnltx and Daniel Hairston. both
n»gro**. The two men were blown
to pieces by the force of the terri
fic hlaat, which nhook that lection of
the town. Stuhx. who own* the City
Preminr elah and Hair*too his em
ploye. were removing the tank from
the old handing, preparatory to tak
ing it to a new plant, which had Jnat
Seen completed. The tank was pre
sumed to h« about empty. The bUs
I Tard had caused a coating of lee on
' the tank. The two men procured
some hot water for the purpose of
melting the In and with this task
completed were engaged In washing
out the Interior of the tank. The tank
is thought to have had more gaso
line In It than aappooed by the ne
groes. The hot water evidently va
porised the fluid and created an In
ternal pre name which the tank could
advanced generally and no Inquiry by
officer* was held.
At the moment of the explosion
which soon drew a large crowd to,
the aeane, the hsdles of the two m
were hurled high In the air.
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Motor Cars Kill II la J
New
*
Col.
to Norn* WW 120 l-t
an hoar -far the
♦nda give* ITT 14
t"*in tm«M fron
this woo Id bt mm
The bnt nm of tkr M* mUm
rHM to Shannon who Md» I
rirwt W bHw from Nomim to To
van* hi <4 hoar* with the
W fcfrwi Mow tare. Jim
and Ma does tail ted tt the next 89
mile* to Hot Sprhura.
n* IIW LM
TWre was practically na time loat
hrtwrfn relays, the United Sto tea *
(nvrrnmt, with the telegiaph qrt
•<-n> operated in Alaska v the 1%
nal rorpa, having broadcast a fall far
men Jinrt dogs to f"«» to the trad.
This call went out instantly nlwa
Som» flashed word of ita ptight to
the world ww week ago. TV anti
toxin left Anchorage a few hours af
ter the call muM there, rem i wilt
ing all of the diptheris serum in I ha
rlaer \
I>r. Welsh went ahead fighting tha
• pidemic with anti-toxin so old that
it was believed to have no no war.
Put today he was able to report tha
nidemic under control and to orediet
that with 1J00,600 units that left
Seattle Saturday, and which la ex
pected here in perbapa 19 days, be
would be able to stay the disease in
Nome
Hashers participating In tha rasi
from Nenana to Noase were Toai
Green. John Folger and Titus Nleo
lai. Green with a torn of wolvaa
from tha Kuakowin valley hi ao«th
weat Alaska, took the Ufa saving
nackage whan Kalland palled Mo
Tolovana after slowing up to haap
fro* -orching tha hot tonga of Ma
does Wedneaday night.
The anti-toxin aiilsad at Mkg,
about half way down tha Kokaa Hvar
fpoto Msnana to Kaltag, Thursday
night.
From Nenana to Kaltag the alada
traveled over the lea af tha Tahsa
rir^ and fi oas Kaltag they eat across
overlmd and aa tha ice of Norton
>nund for the laat Mt milea into
Noige. Tha sens* left KaHag FH