The Greensboro patriot [June 5, 1922]

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lch permit yon I
at policy we hail
public confident
ires—but they :
ons of a large no
the county.
JOHX W. KING.I
rO.UMISSIONEB|
lunce my candid
il Coun-ty Oomn
o the will of l|
mocratic Primary f
If nominated aa
intinue ;o serve tl
same painstakul
past. Your su?po(
;ed.
J. A. RAXKIV
"ggXJLISHED 1821
ROBBER GIVES
UP T0_P0UGE
"William" Ferguson Surren-ders
At New Orleans
WANTS TO SEE WIFE
„,, ««TS He Robbael Bta* At B» He dUan and That He I.
Willing To "Him the
"Music**
v.w Orleans. June 4.—Police ot-fi-
iAls here were startled Sunday fic man calling himself' William
STATE NEWS BRIEFS
Overman Honored
Davidson, June 3.—Davidson col-lege
late Thursday conferred the
honorary degree of doctor ot lawa
upon United States Senator Lee 8.
Overman.
Ferg
ni.saon7giving hie heron aa.Ilan-dlenian.
N. C., walked Into police
.ssdquartere. and said that he rob-
W the People's ban* ot Randle-
$467 on May 1'6. Notlflca-he
is being bald has been
authorities at 'Randle-
Reynolds Tobacco Dividend
Wlnston-Salem, Jane 8.—Direc-tor*
of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco
company at a meeting held in its
offices here Thursday, declared quar-terly
dividends as follows:
On its preferred stock 1 3-4 per
cent.
On Its common stock, 3 per cent.
Rankin, Donnell and Proba-bly
Huffines Named
STAFFOED~jS WINNER
McKtaner Beet* Toons; For Connty
Treasurer—Spruill Named For
Solicitor, Bat Cox Carried
Gullford County
man o
tion that
sent to the
m*"j|v wife is eick. I want to sea
'and am ready to face the mn-her
Ferguson said', when he told his
sic," #„ io the police.
a ci^rge of being
He is held on
a fugitive from
^Fe'rsuson told the police how he
had planned the robhery and held
,he teller of the bank at the
Mint" of * Pistol, getting in
broad daylight with 0[ money
away
packages
Big Medical Project
Raleigh, Jane 3.—Unanimous en-dorsement
was given by the execu-tive
committee of the board of trus-tee*
of the University or North Car-olina
Thursday to the report of a
sub-committee recommending the
establishment ot a full medical
school with a four-year course, and
the erection of a .university hospital
at a cost of approximately three-quarters
ot a million dollars.
Three Killed
Lenoir, June 3.—Lynn Hughes,
aged 2 0 years; Nettie Lou Cllne,
eight years, and Jim jonnson, -20
years ot age, were killed in an auto-at
WHO two
pKftnaw i mmoubmilne tatcwciiudeeinrti DSuunaduaay; "n'ifgth»t' ■i«n
He took the money to! Avery county, near a little, town call-
Mv"hospital bills for his wife, he -J " " "*'--- " "" ~"
said He stated' that he was forced
to sell hie restaurant at Randlemaa
lasi December.
GRADY FERGUSON' NAME
OF MAN WHO IS WANTED
According to employes ot the Bank
ot Randleman. which waa robbed on
May 24. not May 16, the robber waa
Gradv Ferguson. Ferguson tpbJ them
that he needed the money tor his
wife, being treated in a hospital at
High Point for burns received while
washing clothes at her home last
January. At the hospital it was said
lie had paid the bills promptly. He
lad been running a soft drink stand
at Randleman.
SAY PHOTO OF FERGUSON
MATCHES OTHER ROBBER
ed Minneapolis. Others in the car
who were injured* were Pearl
Hughes, 14. years of age, and an-other
sister of Lynn Hughes, and
Mrs. J. S. Cllne, mother ot the little
girl.
Missing Husband Safe
Raleigh, June' 3.—The where-abouts
of John.R. Talbot, who seem-ingly
dropped out ot existence last
Saturday night, became known yes-terday
when a parcel ot account
books used by him In connection
-with his work with a market w
received by his wife. No letter or
other communication accompanied
the books but the handwriting of
the address was identified by Mrs.
Talbot as that of her husband, and
the package bore a Norfolk post-mark.
Two close races featured the Dem-ocratic
primary In the county Satur-day.
G. H. Garrett,'ot Julian, and
Dan R. Huffines, of Greensboro, ran
so closely tor third man tor the nom-ination
tor county commissioner that
an official count Tuesday will be
necessary to determine the winner.
Clem G. Wright, of Greensboro, and
Arthur Harrison, ot High Point,
were neck and neck for nomination
tor the legislature, Mr. Wright be-ing
the winner by a few votes.
J. A. Rankin, Route 4, Greens-boro,
and D. L. Donnell, Oak Ridge,
are renominated tor the board of
county commissioners. Mr. Rankin
received 2,633 votes; Mr. Donnell
2,111. Mr. Huffines has 1,616 and
Mr. Garrett 1,6*9. L. T. Barber, of
Gfbsonviilo, was defeated, getting
1,387.
--Three were to be nominated.
The returns from South Madison
and South Monroe have not been yet
received, hut it Is said that Mr. Huf-fines
received all seven votes cast at
South Madison. That would, run his
Avery For Corpora-tion
Commission .
JT. C. CONTESTS
ARMFIEIDAND
FREE
Bankers Are Ac-
At Lexington
"ASFD WEEP
Killed B» Oar
Richmond, June 3.—Mrs. E:
White, of Oxford, N. C, is dead
her niece, Mrs. Mary Leach, of Rich-mond,
is probably fatally, in]tired as
the result .of being struck by an au-tomobile
here late Thursday.
Named For Congress In
District—CUSS* Races
For Solicitor In Some
Districts. ., •
• Raleigh, June*.—W. T. Lee, ot
Weawvaie, has a lead ot 5,00»
vote* over A. C. Avery, for the Dem-ocratic
nomination tor member of
the state corporation commission,
OB the basis of unofficial and incom-plete
returns from BO counties.
. While the Lee forces claimed a
majority of 17,000, they were not
bragging about It, for any moment
it might be onset.
B. H. Crameer. of Southport, was
nominated Democratic candidate for
lodge ot the eighth Judicial district
over R. G. Grady.
In the 13th district contest for
Judge Stack Is claiming a lead of
300 over Judge W. E. Brock, and
Plane Hits Mountain
El Paso, Tex., June 3.—Bill Jen-kins,'
Jr., of El Paso, a lieutenant
in the reserve corps, and Sergeant
Arthur Juelelnging of the 12th ob-servation
squadron at Fort Bliss,
were burned1 to death today when
their airplane crashed against the
side of a mountain and was de-stroyed
by fire.
and MM Relatives
Deeply By Verdict—GriiTtth
Calm Daring Uproar.
Two Ballots
,„„,.,..,„ -- Don Phillips has won an undisputed
vote to 1,623, which is 14 more than victory over both t>. H. Russell and
M. W. Nash, for solicitor.
S. Porter Graves, ot Mt. Airy, has
won a renomination for solicitor in
the 11th Judicial district over J. M.
Sharp, of ReldsviHe.
John G. Carpenter, of Gastonla,
Mas nominated for solicitor in the
two other precinct, «£*■* °™ * B"^"d
^County^TrTsurer McK.nney re- J. D. Davis, tor *£*£««*
ceived more votes than any other of MMtt has jl|W»» ***"Z±
the candidates, 2.B60. He was nom- Bate* over D. M. Clark, ot Green-
Mr. Garrett has.
Prof. T. E. Whitaker, of Oak
Ridge, led the legislative ticket,
with 2,911. John W. King, Of
Greensboro, came Second, with 2,263.
Clem Wright has.' 1,8.84 and Arthur
Harrison 1,798. The three highest
nominated. Returns from the
will hardly
Grady Ferguson, Randlemaa man
vho robbed the Bank of Randleman
io broad daylight on May 24. and
the man who robbed the Bank of
Summerneld last Monday are the
same person, according to Howard
Simpson, cashier of the Bank of
Summerfleld. and B. H. Hoaklns, a
director ot the bank.
The two men declared Thursday
afternoon,, wh.«n.. _sbx»wn_a_nfeOj4p»j}
graph of Ferguson, that it is the"
likeness of the bold bandit who held
tbem up at the bank and vanished
1 in a patch of woods near Summer-fleld.
People at Randleman believe that
Ferguson is crazy, and that he is
hiding in the woods of 'Randolph and
Gullford counties. They fear that
he may decide to rob another bank
at any time. It is further cause for
anxiety that, if he is crazy, iroine
around with a big pistol, and gets
in the habit of hoiding up bank em-ployes
in broad dwylieht he may
Vill some one or eet killed.
Sheriff D. B. Stafford secured a
phciozraph of Ferguson from Ran-dleman
?nd Mr. Hoskins, who was in
Orefcnsbr>ro. was asked to look it
over. He did so and at once tfeclar-ed
it was a picture of the man who
poked a eun at him In the Summer-field
hank and sot away with $1,500.
The photograph was tuen sent to
Mr. Simpson at Summerfleld, who
likewise stated that it was the
photograph of the Summerfleld rob-
Nurses at the Guilford' hospitat,
at High Point, where Ferguson's
wife is a patient, being treated for
burns received last January, think
that Ferguson tried to see his wite
one night late last week. They saw
a man lurking on the grounds and
called the police, but me man got
away before the policemen arrived.
Ferguson told Claude NeWlin, teller
of the Randleman bank, when he
bell him up and got $'536. that he
had to have the money for his wlte.
-Meanwhile, Gus Matthews, young
white man of High Point, is being
held in jail here upon the suspicion
•b.u he may have been implicated in
the robbery ot the Bank of Summer-ed-.
Matthews, it is thought, may
man who stayed In an automo-
Hnrt In Anto Accident
Charlotte, June 3.—'Miss Leila
King, of Concord, Is In a local hos-pital
with a crushed side andt an in-
Jury^to her head «a a result of an
automobile accident between King's
Mountain and Shelby Thursday.
Women Candidates
Newport News, Va., June 3.—
Newport News has two women can-didates
tor the city council in the
election to be held here June 13.
They are Mrs. May Patton andi Mrs.
Emily L. Phillips; the first woman
ever to offer tor public office in this
city. ^ /
inated over W. B. Young, of Green- *iije. ^ ^ ^^ ^^ ft
was a nip and tuck race tor solici-tor
between E. L. Stewart and W. L.
he
bile near Summerfleld while another
Wan went through the woods. Just
beforo the robbery, toward the vil-lage.
The theory has been advanced
'hat the man who stayed' in the car
wter drove into Summerfleld to pick
"P the robber, but the two missed
connection in some way. Matthews
stoutly denies that he had anything
to do »ith the robbery. He was in
S'l nmerneld at the time, he said, to
trade cars. He is a son ot Whit Mat-thews,
of Kernersville.
Decrease In Wages
Ralsigh. June 3.—There has been
an average decrease in the wagesof
labor, sallied and anaklllad 1* Worth
Carolina during the past year of 16
per cent., according to figures com-piled
by Commissioner of Labor M.
L. Shlpman. The figures on which
the average is made were obtained
from the six employment offices In
the state and show the wages paid
in April and May of 1921 as com-pared
with the wages paid in the
same lines during the same months
of 1922#
Alligator Causes Drowning
Wilmington. June 3.—Gus Mor-ris
ot Fair Bluff, was drowned in
Lumber river, when an allieator up-set
the rov-'boat from which he was
flshins. according to reports receiv-ed
here today. Dynamite was used
to bring the body to the surface.
Teggman To Pen
Raleigh, June 3.—John Martin,
alias Bennie Davis, alias "Iowa
Slim." known to all postal inspec-tors
and secret service men or tne
United States as a veteran yeggman.
Tnttraday was sentenced by Judge
Connor in Federal court to serve
five years In the Atlanta prlspn for
fhe robbery in May. 1921. othe
postoffke at Magnolia, Snow Hill and
Kenansville.
Taken On Drug Charge
Charlotte. June 3.-L. C. Knl?h-ton
aged 25, advertising solicitor
for the Charlotte Observer, was ar-rested
tonight by A. B. Menzles.
n^cotlc officer of tne western dis-trict
of North Carolina, charged
with violation of the Harrison anti-narcotic
act. __
Woman Tears Vp Ballots
Goldeboro, June 3-Miss Gertrude
Wei? former president of the League
of Women Voters, enlivened the pri-mary
here today when she ■••purified
£me politics" near the Wayne coun-
?y"oVrtnouse by seizing 100 or more
marked ballots **d tearing: <hem
hito scraps. The man marking the
baUots was dumbfounded' and said
me to Miss Well except £ chal-lenge
her to bring a man Into the
courthouse to do her fighting. Miss
Well paid no attention but continued
to look for marked ballots.
boro, who got 607.
Sheriff D. B. Stafford defeated G.
F. Neelley, of Pleasant Garden.
Sheriff Stafford receiving 3.&65 »»«
Mr. Neelley 1.037.
J. F. Spruill, ot Lexington, waa
nominated for 13th district solicitor.
O. C. Cox led the candidates tor «o-llciter
In Gullford eounty, receiving
2,045 votes. Mr. Spruill got •«;
J. AHen Austin, of High Point. •641;
T. W- Alberison. ot High Point. l»Ii
Spruill won the nomination, how*
Want to Raise Rates
Atlanta, Ga., June 3.—Furthei
proposals of Southern carriers foi
Increased freight rates from Ohio
river crossing to Carolina points
were presented today at the South-ern
rates investigation being con-ducted
by the Interstate Commerce
commission here today by Brooks G.
Brown, assistant general freight
agent of the Southern railway.
Pass Army Biil
Washington. June 3.—Carrying an
appropriation of $341,750,000, the
annual army appropriation bill waa
passed Friday by the senate. It
fixes {he slse ot the army tor the
next year at an average ot 12,630
officers and 133.000 men.
•v.r. bx tus. heavy.vote ^ «*» ***
Davidson county, ana a majority nr
Stokes. He got 2.300 of the t.IOO
votes cast In Davidson, and a ma-jority
of something over 600 in
Stokes.
For member of the state corpora-tion
commission W. T. Lee received
1,839 and A. C. Avery 1,162.
H. S. Patterson was nominated
for constable of Morehead township
over J. Floyd Brown and H. E. Ed-mondson.
There were no other contests.
Cumble Killing Case Is
Continued To June 9th
Small.
More complete returns yesterday
brought the lead ot CJawson Wil-liams
over W. D. Slier in the fourth
district to 2.600 tor solicitor.
L. P. MoLendon. deaplte a tremen-dous
majority in his own. county,
iiiaOflad lbs nomination to S. M.
U i_|L'ai"Js1|iilli|'P T' La <he loamm^g^Sgjg
tor Congress lattienirdflStrictt
over Allen, WilUanw, Robinson,
Hobbs, Carr and Whltfield.
Practically complete returns from
the tour counties of the ninth Ju-dicial
district make certain the
nomination of N. A. Sinclair, of
Fayettevltle, for Judge of the Su-perior
court over H. L. Cook, also
of this city.
W. F. Evans and John Hinsdale go
into the second primary for solicitor
of the seventh district.
Bishop Kilgo Better
Memphis, June 3.—The condition
ot Bishop John C. Kilgo. of the
Methodist Bplscopal church, south,
showed marked Improvement this
afternoon and he is believed! to be
out of danger, it waa stated at the
hospital where the bishop has been
111- for several days.
Seattle'; wash., jfdne^ $.—-Capt.
Roald Amundsen's exploration ship
Maud, crammed to the last inch of
her cargo holds with equipment and
supplies, sailed' today on the first
lap of the long voyage through the
ice floes about the north pole. •
The case against States Gamble,
of Danville. Va., charged with the
killing of Max Spry, of Salisbury,
was continued when It came up in
Municipal court here Friday morning
until June 9. The request for con-tinuance
was made by the city prose_-
cutor, E. D. Kuykendall.
Gamble shot Spry last Monday aft-ernoon
on Buchanan street here, next
to the Hufflne hotel.
Decorate Graves Overseas
Indianapolis. Ind, June 2.—While
the home-folks this week were hon-oring
the soldier dead who rest in
the soil of their country, the Ameri-can
legion overseas was visiting ana
decorating more than 32,000 graves
of Americans who fell and are buried
on foreign soil. Of these graves.
31,400 are located- in live cemeteries
In France, 488 are In England, HO
in Scotland, 40 in Ireland' and one
in Spain.
Co-operatives Secure
Houses At Three Points
Raleigh. June 3.—Auction ware-houses
in Kinston, Rocky Mount and
Farmville have been taken over by
the Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
association, according to an an>
nouncement from association bead-quarters
here. Association officials
point out that this leaves Wi son the
only stronghold of the auction sys-tem
in Eastern North Carolina since
the growers have already a«Jul":d
the largest warehouse In **»%**
and are represented* on all the other
important markets. ^^^
Larger Tobacco Crop
Oxford. June 3.—Present indica-tions
are tor a somewhat larger crop
of tobacco in Granvllle this year
than was harvested In 1"«- ™5!
are some who predict that the crop
this year will perhaps be theJargest
ever made In the county The acre-age
will be less If reliable reports
from various sections are accurate.
Ignorant of Liquor Law
Petersburg, W. Va., June 3.^—"I'Ve
been making whisky for nigh on 40
years and this is the first trme I
knew there was any law agin'' it,"
said Henry Hours, a venerable of
the Smoke Hole district, located in
Orant and Pendleton counties, when
he was visited by state police and
arrested today.
Life For Burning Trestle
Cordele. Ga., June 3.—O. C. Fair-fleld,
charged with burning a trestle
of the Atlanta, Birmingham and At-lantic
railway of which he was for-merly
an employe, was found guilty
with recommendation for mercy
which means life Imprisonment.
HINES CHAPEL CONGREGATION OBJECTS
TO GIRLS ATTENDING CLAD IN BLOOMERS
AND DOES NOT LIKE DANCING IN CHAPEL
Sentence Woman In
Georgia To Gallows
Atlanta. Ga., June 3.—What is be-
"eved to he the second death penalty
*»« imposed on a white woman in
Georgia was returned here tonight
'"n a jury found Mrs. Cora Lou
Vin
d»
<on Kuilty of murder in the first
r*e for the slaying of her hn»-
bana, Dr. w. D. Vinson, March 31.
*a recommendation for mercy was
contained) In the Jury's verdict, the
absence of which under Georgia law
automatically compels infliction of
*e death penalty.
-'Irs. Vinson was formerly sen-iTe1
by Judge Humphries to hang
•Hjiy 28. Her attorneys are expeot-court
* aD appeml to the SnpTeme
Pone Dies of Injuries
Rnleigh Jnne 4.—John T. Pope, de?utV collator of •»"«*££
nUe who was Injured at LMgne
nVrk in this city Friday when a rail
broke throwing him to the ground.
Cm For many years he was a to-rlage
was Miss Ada Taylor, of La-
Grange, Lenolr county.
Fear Civil War
- Dublin, June 3.—Most Bar. John
war in Ireland it may. be upon u»
this week or the next.
Bloomers as Sunday-go-to-meet-ing
clothes are too much for the
Hines Chapel congregailpn and, after
protest, officials ot the Greensboro
Camp'and Playground association
have told a committee composed oi
P. W. Iseley, E. W. Carter and A.
E. Anderson, representing the con-gregation,
th?J no girls who may go
to Camp Hlcone this summer *'»
attend services in bloomers.
The congregation is glad to b»v°
visitors, it Is stated, but when they
come in bloomers little or no atten-tion
is paid' to the Sermon.
Trouble started last summer when
one Sunday several girls went to tne
chapel services attired In camp cos-tume,
middy blouse and a p*•"bo°aTt
the quarterly meeting »»*"«*■
when the commitete complained to
the association directorsland was as
sured there would be no more do
ings of that nature But the con
gregation still complains.
aVwaraftsFffi community go there instead of
Public Debt Reduced
Washington, June 3.—Reduction
of $51,000,000 in the public debt
during May waa announced' today by
the treasury. The total public debt
stood at $23,138,836,607 on May
31 as compared with $23,190,201,-
356 on April 30.
Killed By Wife
Columbia, S. C June 3.—B. F.
King, a farmer of the upper part pf
Rlchland county, was killed by his
wife yesterday. It is said King used
improper language toward his wife.
She shot him in the back of the
head, using a shotgun.
Wage Redaction Talk
Cincinnati, June 3.—Whether or
not the four transportation brother-hoods
would attend the conference
and Join the 12 other railroad organ-.
tsettona in action on wage reduc-tions
was the question uppermost in
the minds of railroad men today,
fuliowing announcement, that such
a conference would be held here
next Tuesday to take up matters
vital to the welfare ot all rail
. workers.
bloomers. Nothing was done ab°<« £ "? "" _t tha' Mmc time been
It at the time. A few weeka lat"V men have at in Ae
however, one ot the officials of the awfc«™«« » £e
tge association a*y
church, passing it one night at aho* The offlchU - •***$£
9 o'clock, heard Jazz tunes' com10*
from the organ. Shocked, he peer-ed
in the chapel and' -aaw. he saia
later, dancers cavorting up and d°?°
the aisles. When he spread "*"
news the next day it caused a greM
deal Ot discussion. ...
Still no action was taken anas
camp ^r^SmwmgL^SSrZ
ed, bot that ■«*»ggjL When
.that there are no jMtmmmi ■■
tnrea, they e»y.
To Continue Work On Dam
Washington, June 3.—The senate
late yesterday voted to continue con-traction
work on dam No. 2 of the
Muscle Shoals federal power project
and attached to the army appropria-tion
bin an amendment appropriat-ing
$T 500,000 for the purpose. As
■he amendment has not been agreed
to by the house, it must go to con-ference
for adjustment and if ac-cepted
by the house work will be
begun within 30 days.
err MILLION CHIW-HB IS S™ mm PROVLNCB STARVING
Shantung, China, June »-—fte
million people, out of a population
of 27,000,000 in the prsvtaee of Hu-nan
are starving and hundreds of
thousands are certain to die before
mid-sJimmer, according to estimatea
of mission workera there.
Lexington, June i.—l. L.
•field, former president, and
Griffith, former cashier of the Bank
of Thomaaville, until It failed In.
August, 1»21, ware acquitted in Su-perior
court here today ot charges
ot abstraction and misapplication of
the funds of the bank. The verdict
wan returned at 12:30 p. m., con-cluding
a trial began Tuesday. -
Armneld and his relatives warn
overcome when the Jury brought fen
its verdict. Armneld wept and col-lapsed.
A alater, Mra. R. S. Pickens,
of High Point, and the wife of hia
brother, Frank Armfleld. rushed to
him, screaming and kissing hint, and
were so unaettUed' that they had to
be led from the courtroom. His
wife waa ill In bed. dne to worry-over
the trial. Armneld himself ap-peared
in a dase, aa if unable to
comprehend what had happened.
Griffith. Annoeld'a brother-in-law,
received the verdict wttnont
emotion.
The caaa went to the Jury Into
Saturday night. Two ballots worn
necessary. On the first taken thin
morning the vote stood 11 to 1 <0r
acquittal, ths second unanimous for
acquittal.
Saturday the state announced that
it would withdraw charges of em-bezzlement,
leaving only charges ot
misapplication and , abstraction of
funds. The defense offered no evi-dence.
Thera^waa no evidence ot
false entries- J
The state rested its caaa/ate Fri-day
afternoon.
T. F. Harria, who had been a di-rector
tor 17 or 18 years, said the
bank had been run rather looeel* ••
far aa any oversight by the direc-tors
waa concerned In 1920, no direc-tor's
meeting waa held, he said, and
only at Infrequent Intervals for sev-eral
years previous. Griffith told
him. the witness said, in July of
last year, that he waa entirely ont
ot debt. Prevloua evlaenee showed
Griffith Indebted! to the bank over
$5,000 when it closed its doors.
Charles F. Lambeth aald that
three weeks before the failure* ha
I was Informed by Griffith that the
bank waa "never in better shape."
and that Armfleld owed only about
$40,000, all hat a few thousand wall
secured. Mr. Harris had testified ho
was given similar assurance by Mr.
Griffith. Mr. Lambeth said that aft-er
these things were told him that
he placed for his company $14,000
on deposit and that it was caught in.
the collapse.
Receiver T. J. Finch was on the
stand at the opening of the session
Friday and reviewed many of the
things found! upon examination of
the bank's affairs. ' The witness said
that the report of the auditor showed
liabilities of approximately $565,-
000 and he gave 't as his present es-timate
that the assets would pay out
$225,000 to $3.".0,O00.
It was brought out In the proceed-ings
Thursday that, according to the
testimony of F. E. Moser, of Raleigh,
who audited the books of the bank •
after It failed', Armfleld, through hia.
various former business enterprlaea.
Is indebted to the bank for about
$162,000. It Is estimated that about
$60,000 ot that will be recovered, al-lowing
depositors in the bank to get
back about 25 per cent, ot what la
owing to them. They have bean
paid 10 per cent, of that by the re-ceiver,
T. J. Finch. _**
The atate came off victor In
brushes with the defense over thn
admiasibility of certain evidence.
The defense fought against the In-troduction
of a ledger purporting to
show overdrafts of Armfleld, bnt
Judge B. F. Long, presiding, ruled
that It be admitted. It war brought
out that there were nunjerous other
overdrafts, on the part of directors
and customers of the bank.
The state tried to show intent to
defraud' on the .part of Armfleld by
means of three notes deposited by
him in the Atlantic'R.nk and Trust
company, of this city, two for $2,000
each signed by the Dion Lumber
company, a third for $1,000 by the
Shaw Lumber company, and endors-ed
by Armfleld. J. W. Simpson,
casbler ot the Atlantic Bank ana
Trust company, testified that this
was deposited to the credit of the
Bank of Thomasvllle. with the un-derstanding
that It would not he
withdrawn. Then W. C. Harrison,
a/sistaht cashier of tne Bank of
Thomasvllle, testified that Armfleld
telephone** him to place $2,000 to
the credit ot the Dion Lumber com-pany
and $3,000 to the credit ot J-L.
Armfleld, and to charge the
amounts to the Atlantic Bank and
Trust company. The defense fought
hard to prevent the Introduction of
this testimony, bnt waa unsuccessful. \ '
Oak Ridge Picnic Will
Be Held On 15th of June
The annual Oak Ridge picnic and
the annual meeting ot the stockhold-ers
will be heM on Thursday, Junn
15. It la expected that a big crowd
of people will attend. The niensc,
an all-day affair, with dinner, alwayat
attracts a grsat number ot person*.
former students and friends ot the
Institution, many ot them coming;
from long dlstaaces.
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