GASTON
A DAILY GAZETTE
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VOL. XLIII. NO. 134
GASTONIA, N. C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 6, 1922
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THQMASVILLE INDIGNANT
OVER JURY'S ACQUITTAL
OF JESSE L. ARMFIELD
Px-President Of Defunct Bank,
Brought Back As Fugi
tive, Goei-Scot Free.
S NOW IN SANATORIUM
jBank Depositors and Public
Generaly Stunned By the
Court's Decision.
HIGn POINT, June 5. Jesse L.
Armfield, who was yesterday acquitted
Iby a Davidson superior court jury at
Lexington of the charge of misapplying
and abstracting the funds of the bunk of
Thomasville, of which he was president,
spent several hours here last night with
his father, W. J. Armfield. He left last
night for Richmond, Va., where he will
enter a sanatorium for treatment.
Tho father of the former bank presi
dent said today that his son had been
suffering from nervous disorder since be
ing placed in jail at Lexington follow
ing his roturn from Mexico, and that
tho 'ordeal t through Which lie passed
while on trial had caused a breakdown.
JIo will take treatment in Richmond,
and. will probably bo away for several
weeks.
Mr. Arinficld did not know what plans
bis son had made for the future.
Ho was accompanied to the Virginia
city by his brother-in-law, R. S. Pickens,
of High Point.
Mrs. Armfield, wife of the former
Thomasville banker, also is suffering
with a nervous breakdown. She is at the
borne of her father in Thomasville, re
maining contsantly under tho care of a
physician.
The verdict of the I jurymen who ac
quitted Armfield and Jiis brother-in-law,
Griffith, was a surprise to many Hig.i
point citizens, who have watched tli
trial with more than passing interest.
However, not a few High Pointers ex
pected an acquittal after it had become
known that the state had dropped the
charges of embezzlement.
THOMASVILLE STUNNED
. BY ARFIELD VERDICT
' THOMASVILLE, June 5. There
fire various opinions being expressed on
the' .streets hero in regard to the acquit
tal Of Armfield at Lexington Sunday by
the jury, which had tho advantage of
bearing the case from first to Inst and
the arguments of the lawyers on both
sides.
I Some say. that since the state failed lo
prove its charges of embezzlement or mis
application of funds there v;is nothing
left;. for the jiiry but to acquit. Others
say -Mint provision should have been
made for tho prosecution of the c;ise by
the depositors of tho defunct bank by
employing special counsel to assist the
state. Still others assert that since the
state paid a reward for the capture of
Armfield, who was regarded as a fugi
tive from justice, that therefore the
state Bhoulil have provided the means
for tho prosecution.
To say the least there is high feel
ing against the decision of the jury,
many people saying that no person with
money has ever been convicted in David
son county of a serious crime. Many
people are asking the question. "Where
is a safe bankf" The reply comes,
''There's not any." Others say,
''Where can justice be found?" Not
in tho courthouse.
No Intention Of Swindling.
The people generally here do not be
lieve that Armfield is crazy, neither do
many of them believe that it was his in
tent ion to swindle the depositors of the
bank. Hut they do not hesitate to say
that he used" freely the people's money
in his investments, expecting to realize
great dividends for his own pockets
while paying only 6 per cent to the bank
ior mo uso or me money uining
periods of the loans.
the
CHARGE KU KLUX WITH
PUTTING OUT A TICKET
Florida County Primary Devel
ops Into Veritable Battle
ground At Last Moment.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Juno ft.
Florida democrats went to the polls to-day
to nominate candidates for one seat
in the United States Senate, four in the
the House of Representatives, two jus
tices of the State Supreme Court, two
members of the State railroad commis
sion, 18 members of tho Stato Senate,
the entire lower House of the Legisla
ture, sixteen circuit judges, eight State
attorneys and a host of county offices.
Nomination in the democratic primary
is regarded as equivalent to election.
Volusia county, at the last moment,
developed into a veritable battleground
when it was openly charged that the Ku
Klux Klan had put a ticket in the field1
with candidates for various county posi
tions. The so-called Klan ticket in
cludes contestants for State Senator,
Representatives, county judge, supervi
sor of registration, democratic State
committeeman, county commissioners and
members of the county school board.
Newspapers opposing candidadtes who
they declare were put forward by the
Uan have pointed out that within the
.last week W. J. (Simmons, of Atlanta,
imperial wizard of the Klan, and an of
ficial E3an organizer hlvs visited - the j There isn't going' to be any "Colum
eounty. ih orgiauer deleting TrsJbua, we're here!" at Genoa.. Brekta,
addresses, - . . . Times, . :
Case Of Gowan, County Agent
Comes Before Commissioners
North Carolina Extension Division Of State Department Of
Agriculture Notifies Board
They Will Withdraw Appropriation For County Agent
1 a n I T- 1- WT A At MJ...'. i!
J Unc OV Hoard lOOK HO
Monday's meeting of the board of
county commissioners was one of the
busiest held this year. In addition
to the mass of routine matter com
ing up at the Juno .meeting, there
were many delegations before the
board with requests for roads. Fur
thermore the board bad many road
problems to solve. The county is
gradually doing away with mules
and substituting therefor tractors
for hauling and grading on the coun
ty roads. Much of the work on the
county roads bag been delayed be
cause of the"inability of tho county
forces to "back up" the asphalt
roads recently laid, the backing up
process consisting of throwing in
dirt on the side roads next to the
asphalt and maintaining the two
roads at the same level.
The most important matter be
fore the board was the consideration
of tho county agent proposition.
For mouths thero has been a deter
mined tight waged against Mr. C.
Lee Gowan, the incumbent. More
than one section of the county have
presented signed petitions to tho
commissioners requesting his Te
inovil. E. S. Millsaps, J. M. Cray
and other officials of tho State De
partment of Agriculture, have made
trips to tho county on riiore than one
occasion to inquire into the trouble
and to try to adjust it. District
agent J. M. Gray was hero a few
weeks ago and on April 21, the coun
ty commissioners were notified that
the "memorandum existing between
the North Carolina Extension De
partment and C. Lee Gowan, county
agent, would cease on June 30."
Following the receipt of that letter,
Mr. Gowan also receiving a copy,
friends of Mr. Gowan got busy and
aHcmpted to stay the hand of tho
Raleigh authorities. Much, pressure
was brought to bear upon the State
Department by Mr. Gowan 's friends
and nothing more was heard of tho
affair until a few days ago when an
other communication from E. 8. Mill
saps similar to the first was re
ceived, stating that tho former mem
orandum referred to was still in
force and that the State's share of
Mr, Gowan 's salary would cease on
June .'(0. This letter was read and
discussed by the commissioners in
executive session Monday and noth
ing of what they said or did was
disclosed to the public. Another
meeting this week will be held, at
which time it is expected that tho
matter will finally lie disposed of.
Asked as to what was done in the
executive session concerning tho
Gowan matter, the answer "noth
ing" was all that was given to the
newspaper man.
It is generally understood that
tho board is divided in its allegiance
to Mr. Gowan. Three of the mem
bers are said to be in favor of dis
missing him, in order to keep down
dissensions and differences among
the farmers of tho county, while tho
other three, backed by their con
stituency are in favor of retaining
his services. It is this division
among the board which has kept tho
matter under consideration for so
long. It is alleged also that Mr.
Gowan has made a strong fight to
retain his position, even going so
far, it is said, as to threaten to bring
suit against the county in the event
his services are discontinued.
In the letter from Mr. Millsaps
received Monday, Mr. Millsaps says
"this action is taken following tho
mass of complaint that has come
from the county respecting Mr.
Gowan 's work."
The position of the county com
missioners throughout the discussion
that has been in progress for the
past year is that they did not hire
Mr. Gowan. They claim that he is
employed by the State Depart
ment of Agriculture, and that they
are only co-operating by paying
part of his salary. The first ac
tion must come from them, say tho
commissioners. This action has
been taken now, say the opponents of
Mr. Gowan, and unless the county
continues to pay Mr. Gowan 's salary,
the connection between him and the
countv has ceased.
COTTON MARKET
CLOSING BIDS ON THE
NEW YORK MARKET
(By The Associated Press.)
NEW YORK, June 6. Cotton fu
tures closed quiet.
July 20.40; October 20.:5; Decembei
20.24;' January 20.06; March 19.95
Spots 20.90.
TODAY'S COTTON MARKET
Strict to Good Middling 20c
Cotton Seed 494c
THE WEATHER
North Carolina, generally fair and
continued warm tonight and Wednesday.
Of County Commissioners That
ACUVB n. inuuuajr mccwug.
GREENVILLE TOURISTS
GiVEN BIG WELCOME IN
SQUTH'S TEXTILE CENTER
125 Boosters From South Caro
lina City Spend Three
Hours Here. ,
V
SING GASTONIA'S PRAISE
Pay Tribute To Manufactur
ing Supremacy Of Gastona
and Gaston County.
The Greenvillo tourists took Gastonia
by storm yesterday. Seldom has such a
delightful compnay of men visited Gas
tonia, and rarely have Gastonia business
men enjoyed furnishing ontertainmeut
for such a crowd. It was a fine day
from the timo the Greenville train roll
ed in at 11:45 until it pulled out at j
o 'clock, tho passengers joining in the
singing of "Auld Lang Syne."
Immediately upon arrival tho guests
wcro placed in cars, furnished by the
members of the Chamber of Commerce,
F. M. Francum, chairman of the com
mittee in chargo and were given a whirl
over the city and suburbs, visiting the
Loray and South Gastonia sections and
the N. O. Orthopaedic Hospital. Back
in tho city at 1 o'clock tho visitors were
entertained at lunch in tho Baptist An
nex. A committee from tho Chamber,
headed by D. II. Williams, had charge of
the luncheon. More than 21)0 were prcs
ent at the luncheon. Sam A. Robinson,
president of tho Gastonia Chamber of
Commerce, presided at the luncheon and
briefly welcomed the visitors.
Dr. D. A. Garrison welcomed tho visi
tors on behalf of the city, representing
tho city council. P. W. Garland spoke
for the Rotary dub, W. T. Rankin for
the Kiwanis, and Dr. 0. Highsmith for
tho Civitan club. Responding for Green
ville were John A. Russell, president of
tho Greenville Chamber of Commerce;
Maj. W. V. Robertson, Dr. D. M. Ram
say, president of Greenvillo Woman's
College, and Congressman S. J. Mc
Swain, of the fourth South Carolina con.
gressional district.
"North and South Carolina are twin
sisters," said Dr. Garrison. "We arc
near neighbors and have much in com
mon. It is good for us to get together
in this manner once in a while." Mr.
W. T. Rankin spoke of tint number of
good men Gnstoui.-i had loaned to Green,
ville in the past and spoke of the great
similarity and community of interests of
the two cities.
After the felicitations from Gastonia
had been said, the meeting was turned
over to the Greenville folks. In the per
son of Major W. F. Robertson, mastet
of ceremonies, the (ireenvillo delegation
possesses a prize. He kept the audience
in an uproar with his jokes and humor
ous thrusts at the Greenville bunch. Ho
compared York, Rock Hill, Blacksburg,
Chester and Gastonia, five Piedmont
Carolina towns, which 15 years ago,
were almost on a parity respecting siz
and influence, capital and business.
"Geographically and topographically,"
said Major Roliortson, "you were equal,
but what is it that has caused us to givs
Gastonia the honor of the first . stop on
our tour. Because
you had the
man i
Iower to go ahead. We came hero t&
catch part of your inspiration. Twenty
five years ago, the five cities named were
about equal. Look at them now."
Following Major Kobcrtson, President
Russell of the Chamber of Commerce,
spoke.
"The purpose of this trip," said Mr.
Russell, is not to boost Greenville, but to
get acquainted with our neighbors and
to bo in a position to better cooperate
in the industrial future that awaits tho
piedmont south, the section of country
extending from Greensboro to Gaines
ville, Ga. The eyes of the nation are up
on us. The industrial development or
the south hag just begun. The piedmont
section of the Carolinas is the heart ot
the industrial south."
The provincialism of the Carolinas
must be swept aside, the speaker said,
stating that the two decades past have
impressed upon the minds of the peopl
of the east the importance of thin sec
tion, to which tho people of that sec
tion are now casting their eyes. The re
sources of the Carolinas must not be en
dangered, but eonserved and used, not
exploited, Mr. Russell said, adding that
as public men the people have been too
negligent of their duties as citizens an.
must realize their responsibility, if they
would bring life and their states to the
highest fruition.
"The day of the demagogue is past,"
concluded Mr. Russell.
Interspersed throughout the luncheon.
which was characterized by tho best of j
spirit, were selections from tho Green- j
vine i Cliamber of Commerce quartet and
theGastoma Kiwanis quartet, an organi-
xation which goe to Toronto within a
week or two to take part in the interna
tional Kiwanians convention. The two
organizations were pitted against each
other in a singing contest, in which both
were adjudged winners. The Grtwi!!
qiartt composed of Messrs. Smite., Tim
Up and Over
' i
WtM
JtL, -
r-" ;
r - n ,
A. O. Norrls of California cleared
:he bar at 12 feet 9 Inches and v.-on
;he pole vault event of tho inter
collegiate Championship at Harvard
Rtadium.' . J
COMMUNITY SERVICE
PARK OPENS TONIGHT
Corner South Street and Sec
ond Avenue Pythian Band
To Give Concert.
V
. The inauguration of one of tho great
est things Gastonia Community JServieo
has ever done for the citizens of this
city will take place-this evening at
;I0 o'clock when Community Service
Park is formally opened to the public.
The park is located at the. corner of
South and Second Streets, in the north
west portion of the intersection of the
avenues. It is to bo acknowledged that
tho officers of the local organization
could not have picked a more suitable
place for a public park and playground.
The latter located almost as centrally
as the Central schools one block east, is
convenient to all Gastonia children.
Tho grounds have all new modern
equipment suitable for both young and
okl. The nature of the lot upon which
the park is built furnishes something
in the order of an amphitheater. This
will prove very useful in the presentation
of community sings; plays, etc., which
the directors are planning to give during
tho summer mouths. Hand concerts,
child plays, pageants, and numerous
other public entertainments will be
given free of cost to the citizens; of Gas
tonia. 'This feature alone should at
tract the attention of all parties inter
ested. The park will be open daily in order
that the city's children may reap the
benefits afforded by outdoor exercises j
and recreation. Miss Katherine McLean !
has offered her services as director for j
me ciiiiuren and she will bo at.
munity Service Park each dnv to
end
the children in different games and at
the same timo to keep anyone of tlie
little tots froin becoming injured or
harmed in anyway.
"The cry of a place for them to
play" has at last been answered. The
opening of such a public ground by an
organization whose purpose is to make
Gastonia a 'more congenial idace to live!
in will be realized tonicht. The theme
in Van Dyke's great child poem entitled.
"Give Them a Place to Plav" which has!
1,M'" 'P'oted hundreds of times to Gas-!
tonia audiences when the orient ion of a
need for public parks is about to be-
come realized. The coming of ;atonia
Community Service to the aid of tho
children, tho citizens of future Gaston, is
here at our front oors. P.ofore Tues
day evening has passed away, it shall id
known whether or not Gastonia takes to
the movement.
The local band, under the directorship
of Prof. F. C. Todd, -will render the fol
lowing concert numbers at Community
Service Park, corner of South and
Second Streets, tonight at ' :-W o'clock.
1. Overture Spick and Span, Jewell.
2. A Passing Fancy (Trombone
Solo), Jewell.
o. Waltz Garden of Rnse. Brooks.
4. Intermezzo From "Cavalieria Rus
ticana, Maseagni.
5. Overture; Scarlet King. Jewell.
C. Sabbath Morn Organ Voluntary,
Jewell.
7. Waltz Alpine Sunset, King.
8. The Stars and Stripes Forever,
Sousa.
!. The Star Spangled Banner.
Gastonia Community Service has en
gaged the local band to give similar con
certs throughout the summer months at
the park. The public is invited to at
tend these concerts. There is no cost
and the music furnished will be made
up of well known selections, both classi
cal and national.
Hr0H POINT, X ('.. June 6
xhrpo wgTOfin arregt(!( as susppct, jn
roUnection with an attempted attack on
an lSyear'old white girl near here late
yesterday, were removed to the Guilford
county jail early this morning for safe
keeping. An armed posse of several hundred
men with bloodhounds today continued
to search for another negro. The posse
was headed toward VieWr-"":" when
last Xirst ,
ANOTHER BIG WAGE CUT
OF 560,000, 000 ORDERED
BY U. S. LABOR BOARD
Shop Mechanics Cut Seven
Cents An Hour and Freight
Men Nine Cents.
400,000 MEN AFFECTED
Cut Is Made Over the Protest
Of Labor Representa
tives On Board.
CHICAGO, June C. Over tho strong
protest of the threo labor representa
tives on tho United States Railroad La
bor Board, a new wage cut of seven
cents an hour for railway shon mec-
chanics and nino cents for freight car
men, cutting 400,000 shopmen approxi
mately sou.uoo.000 a year was ordered'
by tho board today.
I he new wago reduction brought an
estitnuted added saving of $5!).i4i!l ,;J47
annually to the railroads, following on
i no heels of a .jO,000.000 cut in the
wages of maintenance of wav laborers
last week. The tshoperafts decision be.
omes effective July J, tho same date as
last week's order.
The minority report of tho labor
members pointedly stated that tho major,
ity decision was made "with no con
sideration of human needs" and charges
that it fails to carry out tho function
of the board to set a "just and reason
able ' ' wage.
"Tho tendency of this decision is to
vindicate tho propaganda of tho rail
roads and- consequently condemn such
statements as the employes have been
a mo to bring to public attention," the
Supervisory forces of tho railroad
shops were not decreased. After due
consideratio-i the decision said, it was
felt that the duties and responsibili
ties of such forces warranted mainte
nance of the present rates
The reduction for the mechanics aver
age a little more than eight per cent, all
machinists, boilermakers, blacksmiths,
sheet metal workers, electrical workers,
carmen (except freight carmen), mould
ers, cupola tenders, and eoremakors ami
the regular and helper apprentices re
ceiving a cut of seven cents an hour.
Freight carmen, commonly known as
"car knockers," and the object of some
of the heaviest assaults by tho roads in
their battle for lower wages, were cut
nine cents.
Tho larger cut was ordered for tho
"car knockers" becauso tho board said
it believed that their work did not re.
quiro the same same, skilled service as
other branches of carmen's work. This
heavier reduction for the freight cur
men came under especially severe criti
cism in tho minority rejiort, the labor
mourners declaring there was no justifica
tion for discrimination car work.
Car cleaners, who now receive an aver
age of if.'l.lS a day, were cut five cents an
hour, (tr 40 cents a day.
The mechanic, whoso daily rate now
averages from $15.11 for electrical work
er to .fi.-S for blacksmiths, will lose oo'
cents a day under tho new decision,
bringing their daily wage to approxi
mately if-."). 70.
The board's latest decision, which !s
to be followed shortly bv reductions fof
r;iil";l' ch'rks, telegraphers, and all other
classes or rainiway employes except tlm
j train worviee men, was brief and offered
ino explanation of how the. new rates
nciL- airneu aia. i ins ommission
brought more fire from tin- dissenters,
who declared the majority decision did
not consider "human needs," ignored
the picas of the employes for a "living
wage" and made "no attempt to show
mechanics are not entitled to such a
standard. ' '
Suggestion for "some recognized
standard" to be worked out by the
board and use.) as a basis for futur,
wage adjustments was contained in thrt
minority report. The labor members
felt, they said, that the board "should
initiate a Htudy which .shall determine the
amount necessary to meet some recogni
zed standard and that it must use its re
sults as a basi, for its decisions and that
it must, through those decisions, trans
mit this information to the ublic."
WESTINGHOUSE RADIO
PROGRAM FOR TODAY
8:00. Baseball scores.
"Hints to Children Leaving School to
bnter Vocations." bv Ir. C. II. Gar-
wood, Associate Superintendent of the j
Pittsburgh Public Schools. i
"The Tale of Benjamin Buuuvi" a !
bedtime Morv for tn.- children.
Uncle "Wiggk s ifdtime story. One of
Lncle Wigj-il 's stories appears each
day in the Pittsburgh Sun.
8:"0. Address by Hr. Allen D. Al
bert,' 1'ast President of the International!
Association of Kntary Clubs, to lie deliv- j
ered at the Seven'ci nth Commencement !
Exercises of the Wi'tinghouse Techni
cal Jwght Shoo! .-it tne Lmou School
Auditorium. Turtle Creek.
9:15. Musi..
10:00. Baseball scores.
10:55. Arlington time signals.
Music Program,
Robert L. Toe, bass soloist.
Miss ElizaiKth Sanderson, accom
panist. Berg's String Entertainers, C J.
Berg, Mgr.
Selections.
1. a. Satiny Tennessee, h. Tucky
Home, Berg's String Entertainers.
2. Till the Sands ot the Desert Grow
Cold, Ball. KoU-rt L. Tiee.
3. a. Pick Me Up and Lay Me Down.
6. Medley (Rebecca, Kalua, Gin-Gin-Ginaey).
Berg's String Entertainers.
4l. Two Grenadiers, Scnmnaun.
(0?s?iKi 3 paja ?-l
Threatened Lynching At High
Point Is Averted; All Is Quiet
After A Night Of Excitement
TO HONOR MEMORY
OF COL. F. W. GALBRAITH
CINCINNATI, O., June 6. The
American flag will be at half mast on
July 9 on every American Legion
clubhouse in memory of CoL Fred W.
Galbraith, who died on that date one
yr ago, according to notice which
has been sent out to every American
Legion post in the country by Lem
anuel Bolles, national adjutant of the
legion upon suggestion of the mem
bers of Robert . Bent ley post, of
Cincinnati, of which CoL Galbraith
was a member.
Galbraith was killed in an auto
mobile accident at Indianapolis while
attending a conference of Legion of
ficials. "He died in active ser
vice," said Adjutant Bolles, "and
was cut off in the midst of literally
untiring efforts for the nation and
the Legion. In Past Commander Gal
braith the Legion honors one of the
truest and finest leaders of America
he was untiring. He died too
soon."
GOODFELLOWS ORCHESTRA
TO GIVE CONCERT HERE
Famous Octet Will Also Be On
Program Musical Organ
ization Is One Of Best In
South No Admission Price.
Members of the Gastonia Chamber of
Commerce and their ladles will be given
a real musical treat 'Monday night at tho
high school auditorium when a concert
will bo given by the orchestra and the
octet of tho Goodfellows Club ttf Char
lotte, under tho auspices of tho. Chainlioi
of Commerce. An invitation has also
been extended by the Chamber of Com
merce to the itastonia Woman 'ft (.Tub and
tho Gastonia Music Tub to attend and
enjoy tho concert. Thero will bo no ad
mission charged.
David Ovens, president of the famous
Goodfellows Clu'b, one of tho livest lun
cheon organizations in the tjoiitheru
states, with a committee came over vo
Gastonia to perfect final arrangements
and as a result the concert will be given
Monday night at 8:30 o'clock. The or
ganization has also very kindly consent
ed to give a concert at tho Orthopedic
Hospital at 6 o'clock for the little
folks.
Tho orchestra consists of thirtv-fivo
pieces and ranks with professional or
ganizations in excellence. The octet is
composed of some of the best, voices in
Charlotte. The hour and a half program
will be a real musical treat and it is ex
pected that tho high school auditorium
will be packed.
Tho doors will open at S o'clock and
the concert will begin at 8:30.
ECHOES OF THE TOUR
(Cart.
Latimer in the Greenville Pied
mont . )
Gastonia is a city of beautiful girls.
Their eyes ... of such size, la! la!
Of such luowniiesH, la! la ! . . . and,
ooh.
la! !
. of such brilliance.
Their voice is light, free, like a bird's.
This bevy of beauty was a refreshing
ami impressive feature of the reception
commit lee that met us at the train.
Inspired by the presence of the Gas
tonia girls, A. II. Donaldson, ono of
the beau brummels aboard, asked the
-peakers' committee; to let him deliver
an utterance on the subject: "A wife'
is what a man stands for; a flapper is!
what he falls for. "
A. D. L. Barksdale, known in North'
i
Carolina as " Dooley " as well as in
Greenvillo, was deliering a passionate I
speech to a mixed group in Gastonia. !
He was telling 'cm about Furmau's
Purple Hurricane, the Greenville South j
Atlantic League baseball team, about i
the S oodsi
skyicraper, Itccdy river, !
in tact, tie was talking aliout every
thing under the sun. He had suffered
badly at the hands of one heckler, but
at last his chance tame.
"Von think you're smart, don't
you.'" sneered the heckler. "Well, tell
us how many toes has a pig got f '
"Take your shoes off and couutt"
was the lightning reply.
The world is full of what William II.
Keith "Colonel Bill," president of the
(ireenvillo Kiwanis Club calls "tocond
guessers. " These fellows can tell you
"hat plan should have been attempted
after another goes wrong. We will not
ite too nar-.ii on mem. it s numan
nature to overlook our own mistakes of
judgment and criticize those of the
other fellow. We reckon way down in
our hearts most of us will have to own
up that some time or other we have
been guilty of qualifying for member
ship in the lodge of "sccoud guessers."
But the way the tourists were enter
tained at Gastonia today we cannot help
but believe that the sojourn here was
all too brief. Even the Gastonia people
admitted as much and insisted that wo
spend the inght. Fred M. Allen, execu
tive secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, wept copiously as we left. He
kidnaped the engineer and wouldn't re
lease him uutil Secretary Tiinnions of
the Greenville Chamber of Commerce
promised him that Gastonia would be
included in the itinerary next year, and
for a longr period of time.
Reluctant to leave Gastonia, yes, but
the tourists are nevertheless imbued
with the pleasant expectancy of reach
ing Charlotte where another automobile
ride and a banquet will be features of
b ?tc?taiBmt5S program ths fi?r-
CHIEF THINKS NONE OF
THE 3NEGRIJESARFIESTE0
IS GUILTY OF THE CRIME
Mob Of 1,500 Surrounds Jail
At High Point, But Chief
Dissuades Them. t
WHITE GIRL ATTACKED
Negro Is Rushed To Guilford
County Jail For Safei
keeping. t
HIGH POINT, X. C, Junci-G. -t
Everything was quiet here early ; today
following a night of intense excite
ment during which a mob estimated 'o
number 1,'tilO men armed with rifles, re
volvers and pitchforks surrounded the
High Point city jail bent on lynching a
negro arrested for attempted assoult on,
a It year white girl six miles west of
this city Into yesterday. More than
thirty citizens aided the police in guard
ing the jail throughout the night.
Tho attack on the young womalj was
made by a negro as she was walking a
long a road on her way to her home. The
girl told officers that the negro sp?ko to
her as she passed him, then turned, 'grab
bed her by tho throat and dragged her
into tho woods and set her down ftesido
a tree. Shi; dropped her parasol and tho
negro started to get it. warning hr if
she gave an outcryhe would kill her. An
automolule containing four white men
passud alstut this time, tho girl scream
ed and the negro disappeared into tha
woods. The ccupants of tho car car
ried thegirl to her home about a milo a
way and gave the alarm.
la less than an hour hundreds of
farmers ambit hers began to gather at
the scene of the attempted attack and
open threats were made that the negr
would be lynched if captnred. Mean
time, Chief of Police Blackwclder, of
High l'oint, had arrested a negro at
Thomasville, who answered in many to
spects tho description of tho one sdught.
Ho started for tho home of the young
woman for the purposo of identification.
but changed his course when he learned
of the mob and brought tho negjo to
Uig Point. . , i
Tho news of tho negro 's arrest 'spread1
rapidly. Hundreds came here' and coK
looted around the jail. Chief BlackweU
dor addressed the mob, urging them not
to resort to violence, and assuring the
crowd that he was not certain ho had!
the right man. Cooler heads among tho
mob assumed tho leadership and the
crowd slowly dispersed. Tho' liegro wa
immediately rushed to Greeusboro, where
he is being held in Guilford county jail
for safe keeping.
Besides the man held in Greensboro,
officers have arrested two other negroes
who arc in tho jail here. Blackwelder
(Continued on page 2.)
MISS BEAL COMMENDED
FOA HER GOOD SHOOTING
Woman Who Shot Frank W.
Anderson Is On Road To
Recovery Father Says Son
"Was No "Gay Lothario."
KANSAS CITY. MO.. Juno 6. -
'Let.
ters of sympathy and praise for
courage and good markmanship" havo
been received by Miss Peggie B al, ad
she lay on a hospital bed fighting a bat-
tlo for life against a wound sustained
when sho attempted to take her own life
Saturday after she had shot and killed
Frank Warren Anderson, department
store welfare director, in a local hotel.
"Our sympathy is yours," read one ot
tho letters.
"The world needs mor girls who hava
the courage and ability to shoot straight.
We regret, however, that you shot your
self. There is plenty to live for. The
stars are up there yet and the flowers
bloom tho same as ever.''
Miss Beal was on the road to recovery
hospital attendants said. Fby ieiau j
were watching closely over her tedsido
today, allowing no one to converse wita
her,
WAS METHODICAL. '
COLLIXGSWOOD, N. J., June 6. -
Denial that Frank Warren Anderson
I who was shot and killed in a Kansaa
City hotel last Saturday night, by Peggy
Beal, was a gay lothario or a "perfect
lover," was male today by F. II. inder
son, bis father.
"The boy was no doubt romantif, like
thousands of other boys," said Mr.
Anderson-. "But be never did a mean,
thing in his life, was never cruel to m
living thing. I wish io state empaatio-'
ally that the list of 51 names dots not
represent love affairs. The list eoi.tains
names and addresses of school -nateij'
back to the ages of 14 and 15. No men
tion has been made of the male tames
found in the list. He was & meti,:dical
boy and from the time be went to echoej