The Greensboro patriot [July 3, 1922]

              ESTABLISHED 1821 PLBIJSETKD EVERY MONDAY
*"*D THURSDAY
HALF MILLION
LEAVE SHOPS
Shopmen Walk Out At 10
o'Clock Saturday
STRIKE IS COMPLETE
Sdike In Southeast 100 Per Cert.
Strong—Many In State Affected
Hv (he Call—MM At Pomona
Included In the Strike
GREENSBORO, N. C, MONDAY, JULY 3,1922
Killed In Mine Explosion
Newton, July »—JMayor Sid J.
Smyer received a telegram yesterday
stating that his nephew, Cecil C.
Smyer, who was killed in a mine ex-plosion
at Strawberry Plain*, Tenn
n»»r Kaoxvllle, Tuesday, would be
Interred at that place.
Chicago, July 1.—Railroad shop-men
from the four corners of the
country quit work today in answer
to the call from their union leaders.
Although the walkout was reported
general, it was impossible early to-night
to accurately estimate the per-centage
of the 400,000 union shop
workers who laid #>wn their tools.
Xo disorder of consequence has
been reported in connection with the
strike, but in some localities extra
guard- are held in readiness to cope
with ny emergency.
Railway executives declare the
railways of the country will continue
to operate, and the public will not
(eel the effects of the strike.
No further effort will be made to
settle the strike by the railroad labor
hoard. It was saM at the board's
offices today, and it was stated at
Washington that the administration
was solidly behind the board in its
strike stand.
Defections were first reported from
the railroads in New England this
morning and by 10 o'clock, the hour
set for the walkout, the strike spread
over the south, west and east until
all of the trunk lines of the country
were affected.
None of the lines reported any in-terruption
to service and all trains
were reported running on schedule.
'Engineers and trainmen remained at
these posts but under orders of their
union chiefs to perform only their
regular duties.
Approximately 30,000 shopmen in
the southeastern territory laid down
their tools, according to figures com-piled
by the unions at noon today.
No maintenance of way men were
reported out in this territory but a
lew shop foremen and otber em-ployes
were reported out with the
shopmen.
The shop strike was called on
three questions:
(1) The $'60,000,000 wage cut
which went into effect today aloft
with a 175,000.000 cut (or other
classes recently ordered by the
board;
(2) Modification of seven rules
reducing overtime pay, also recent-ly
promulgated by the board, and
(3) The alleged illegal contract-ing
of work by some roads to out-side
firms.
B. M. Jewell, president of the rail-road
department of the American
Federation of Labor, who yesterday
refused to appear at a federal ln-ouivy
into the strike call, reiterated
that the only basis for a settlement
was for the roads, to agree not to
rut into effect wage decreases re-cently
ordered for the shopmen by
t"n- labor board.
Ren W. Hooper, chairman of the
labor board; declared in a formal
statement that the power of the gov-ernment,
coupled with public senti-ment,
will give every protection to
every railway employe who remains
on the job and to all new men who
take tho places of the strikers in
the present walkout.
Mr. Hooper asscr""? that the
strike was called against the deci-sions
of the federal tribunal over
rulings laid down after careful con-sideration
of the evidence on both
sides. The men who take the places
of the striking shonmen will render
a public service, he declared,. and
shoubd therefore be immune from
the characterization of "scab" or
"strikebreaker"
The walkout began In all sections
of the country promptly at 10 a. m.
and in many nlaces took oh the as-pect
of a holiday, the men singing
and cheering as they threw down
their tools. As reports came into
amen headquarters here during the
day. leaders asserted that the ranks
°' 'h'- strikers would number more
than three-quarters of. the «0»,000
membership before night Later Mr.
Jewell m|d that reports ttrom 12S
°f the 201 class 1 roads showed
Practically a ioo per. cent. Walkout.
He added that he hoped to be able to
Vn more accurate figures by to-morrow
night.
The only display of force reported
owing the day was at Beardstown.
"iittols. where several hundred'shop-men,
after failing to persuade fonr
companions to Join them In the
***•«. picked them up bodily and
carried them out. "We sent them
Berne," the leader was ' quoted all
saying, "to avoid, trouble." In Chi-cago,
the hub of the walkont, where
" >s estimated 100,000 men are af-
"*»«, no disturbances of any kind
""e reported, and all of the roads
palmed that both passenger and
"eight trains were being handled
.}£*}, interruptions of any kind.
riam operations are Just as usual
ihl WP are carrying crowds, even on
1".***** sections that have been at-w
»- - f0r the bollday pilgrims,"
fw . word from the general of-
..* °> ">e Northwestern lines.
tevrt. not ex uen- wj Pect the strike to in- tn traln m0Tenjent9," said
os "'V"Uon- president of tha Chi-
-ara Great Western railroad, and
t „ma.'Lot 'he western rail execu-
Licease Dance'Halls
Ashevllle, July 1.—-Public dance
halls will be licensed, and public
dances authorized under strict police
and sanitary supervision, under the
terms of a new ordinance passed up-on
first reading- by the city commis-sioners
Thursday. ••' The measure is
to repeal the present ordinance
which prohibits the operation of pub-lic
dance halls in the city.
Oppose Whisky On Boats
Wilmington, July 1.—Opposition
to allowing liquor, on government
owned boats was registered and the
extension of the three mile limit
urged In resolutions adopted by the
Wilmington district conference of
the Methodist church. The resolu-tion
was offered by the temperance
committee and was signed by L. E.
Sawyer, A. J. Oakes and A. J. Lee.
Firmer Leave* $10,000 In Cash
Monroe, July 1.—'It has develop-ed
that W. Wallace Laney, who died
at his home near Mineral Springs
on Tuesday, May 9, left one of the
biggest cash estates ever known in
Union county. Mr, Laney left Sl»,-
000 in cash, besides considerable
personal property and real estate.
It is reliably reported that he had
lent the county board of education
15,000.
% —
J. A. Goode President
Winston-Salem. July 1.—The 43rd
annual convention of the North
Carolina Pharmaceutical, association
came to a close Thursday afternoon
with the election of officers. J. A.
Ooode, of Ashevllle, . being chosen
president, succeeding I. W. Rose, of
Rocky Mount.
WITH $850,110 CAPIT
CONCERN IS F0
PSHte„:
HERE
Central Carolina Warehous-ing
Corporation
NAME KING PRESIDENT
Other Officers Elected At Meeting^
Here Friday—Work In Close
Harmony With Other Co-op-erative
Agencies
Woodmen Meet
Hendesonville, July 1.—-The state
camp. Woodmen of the World, of
North Carolina,-convened in tha City
hall this morning at 9:30 in extraor-dinary
session, at which time officers
and district managers made reports
of their activities in the field which
showed that the order waa In splen-did
financial condition, and a sub-stantial
increase In membership
throughout the state over, last year's
figures was noted.. ,v -,'■..■■>- r-
Banker Convicted
Hertford, July 1.—H. C. Sullivan,
former cashier of a local bank, on
trial here this week charged in four
counts for abstracting bonds, for
misapplying bonds, tor conversion of
bonds and for misapplying bonds
with intent to Injure, was found
guilty by a jury In Superior court
late this afternoon and sentenced by
Judge M. W. Bond to serve four
years In the state prison.
Banjo Aids Six To Escape
M or trail I on. July 1.—Using a ban-jo
as their weapon to overcome Jailer
T. S. Bright, six prisoners made their
escape from the Burke county jail
last night. Tonight only one had
been recaptured. Mr. Bright is of-fering
a reward of $25 each for the
return of the others. .
Cartoonist Killed
Charlotte, July 1.—Thomas Cyril
Long, widely known among newspa-per
men of the south and east as
"Cy" Long, creator of a new comic
strip in' which southern negroes are
the figures, was killed by lightning
late today at Newton, his home
town, while participating In an ama-teur
baseball game.
Car Drain Woman
Mount Airy, Jnly 1.—tMlss Ida Bet
nix fell from a moving auto Satur-day
night, when.'the car door came
open, and was dragged about 20 feet
before the car could be stopped. She
was badly bruised but no bones
broken. The accident occurred on
Main street below the postofflce.
Definitely executing the plans
agreed upon at their conference here
Tuesday morning, as announced in
a news article, published only In The
Patriot last Thursday, the incorpor-ators
of the Central Carolina Ware-housing
corporation In session at the
Gullford courthouse Friday after-noon
ratified the organization of this
concern, which enters agricultural
and business world with an author-ized
capital og $850,110.
John W. King, of Greensboro, was
unanimously elected president.
Without a dissenting voice H. W.
Lambeth, of Brown Summit, was
chosen vice-president, and S. E. Col-trane,
of Gullford College, was the
unanimous choice for the office of
secretary-treasurer of tbe newly
formed corporation. President King
and Vice-Presldent Lambeth are ex*
officio members of the executive
committee of the corporation, while
the other member of that commit-tee,
elected at Friday's meeting here,
is John M. Gallaway, of this city,
who also Is a director of the Tri-
State Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
association.
The corporation directors, who
also are the incorporators, are John
W. King, Greensboro; H. W. Lam-beth,
Brown Summit; S. E. Coltrane,
Gullford Collage; John M. Galla-way,
Greensboro; J. A. Grooms,
''oute 1, Greensboro; W. D. Lam-beth,
Brown Summit; W. M. Clark,
Route 1, Greensboro; R. O. Gamble,
Snmmerfield, and J. Y. Short, Route
1, Greensboro. All of the directors
were present, with the exception of
Mr. Gallaway. who attended a meet-ing
of the executive committee of
the Tri-State Tobacco Growers' Co-operative
association In Richmond.
Va., Friday. Mr. King held Mr,
Gallaway's proxy at Friday's meet-ing.
Form Huge Corporation • • I
Details of the permanent organi-zation
Friday were handled by Care
K. Burgess, of Raleigh, of the legal
staff of the growers' oragnizattens.
Working unaaT--ihe direction >s«t*
NEWS OF TBE NATION
PICNIC
LIVELY TOPIC
Feature Farm Bureau Con-ference
Here
TO - BRING BASKETS
Expect Thousands From Gullford,
Randolph, Rocfclngham and Css-well
to Attend Great Farmers'
Rally—Ms R. Doggett Resigns
Discussion of plans for the great
four-county picnic to be ,neld at
Gullford Battleground on Saturday.
July 15, featured the meeting of
the executive committee of the Gull-ford
County Farm bureau Saturday
afternoon. It was agreed that the
occasion should prove one of the
moat successful and enjoyable gath-erings
of farmers In the history of
North Carolina.
Many of the details of the picnic,
which la to be an all-day affair, will
be perfected by special committees,
all working under the general direc-tion
of the central arrangements
committee of which John W. King,
of Greensboro, Is chairman.
The executive committeemen of
the bureau also endorsed the plan
of the Central Carolina Warehousing
corporation which was definitely or-ganized
at the courthouse here Fri-day
afternoon by representative to-bacco
growers of this section. It
was agreed that the plans for the
picnic would be developed by the
bureau and the official co-operative
tobacco marketing agencies. In
other words, the plans are being
perfected by the Farm bureau and
District No. 11 of the North Caro-lina
Co-operative Tobacco Growers'
association.
John A. Young, who lives a short
distance east of Greensboro, presi-dent
of the Gullford County Farm
bureau, presided at Saturday's meet-ing.
Others taking an active part
In the discussion were H. W. Lam-beth,
of Brown Summit; J. A.
Groome, of Route 3, Greensboro,
and County Farm Demonstrator E.
B. Garret*.
DM Not Sell Property
Danville, Va., July 1.—J.
returning yesterday from A*
N. C, denied that he hadL so
property her* to the TobaJrco grow-ers'
Co-operative -Marketing associa-tion.
Six months ago he agreed to
sell a lot on Loyal street for $50,-
000 cash, but he said the offer was
not taken up.
Flog and Tar Man
Orlando, Pla., July 1.—J. H.
Wendler, publisher of the- Florida
Post, a Republican newspaper at
Winter Park, a few miles from here,
was taken from his home at that
place last night by a band of un-masked
men, flogged, tarred and
feathered and advised to leave town
within a week.
Masons To Erect Memorial
Alexandria, Va., July 1.—With the
turning of the first sod on a beau-tiful
spot on the outskirts of Alex-andria
overlooking the national cap-ital,
work has began on a memorial
to George Washington which will be
a fitting companion piece to the Lin-coln
memorial at Washington.
Two Seaboard Districts
Norfolk, Va., July 1.—The Sea-board
Air Line railway will be di-vided
today into two general dis-tricts
known as the northern and
southern general districts under or-ders
issued today by M. <H. Cahlll.
vice-president and general manager. 1
K. K. K. Kleagle Indicted
Atlanta, July 1.—Frank L. Dobbs,
of Atlanta, was Indicted by tbe Ful-ton
county grand jury here yester-day
on charges of having embez-zled
approximately $830 Ku Klux
klan funds while he was a kleagle
of the klan at Orlando, FJa.
Liquor and Eggs Broken
Danville, Va., July 1.—A traffic
accident on North Main street Thurs-day
night in which the wheel of a
motor truck belonging to Charles
Lynn was broken off, resulted In of-ficers
finding five gallons of liquor
concealed in a crate of eggs.
th>s "The experience of the Union Pacii or tne union
otk». ' th.e Southern Pacific, and
Storm At Wilmington
Wilmington, July 1.—Wilmington
Was Thursday afternoon swept by
a terrific electrical storm accom-panied
by a wind of hurricane pro-portions
that nprooted hundreds of
trees in all sections of the city and
did conalderable damage to houses,
store fronts and exposed automo-biles.
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Recommend Postmaster
For Guilford College
Durham. July I.—Recommenda-tions
for postmaster at Gullford Col-lege.
Spray, and other points, and
acting postmaster at Wane Forest
have been made by the Republican
state executive committee. It is an-nounced'
from the office of Repub-lican
state chairman, W. G. Bram-ham
here.
j. G. Frazler, Jr., has been rec-ommended
for postmaster at Gull-ford
College. Gullford county;
Hardie F. Hutchens, for postmaster
at Spray, Rockingham county; C. L.
Fox for postmaster at Mortimer.
Caldwell county; Arthur Fisher for
postmaster at Bock, Graham coun-ty;
and Joseph P. Loughlln for post-master
at Southport.
Rural mail carriers have been
follows: Col fax,
other roads that have had extensive
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Aaron Saplro, general counsel tar
tbe growers, Mr. Burgess and his
law partner, William Joyner, have
been handling practically all of the
detail work of the Tri-State associa-tion.
In so far as the legal phases are
concerned.
Within a period of three hours
Friday afternoon in the farmers' as-sembly
room at the courthouse here
a vast amount of tremendously im-portant
business was transacted.
First the incorporators formally ap-proved
the formation of the cor-poration,
which is one of five sub-sidiaries
of the Tri-State Tobacco
Growers' Co-operative association.
They voted for ac< eptance of the
charter issued Thursday by J. Bryan
Grimes, secretary of state for North
Carolina, adopted the by-laws of the
organization, and formally elects*
directors, the nine incorporators
named in a preceding paragraph con-stituting
the directorate as contem-plated
in the uniform plan of or-ganization.
As directors those gentlemen
unanimously adopted the various
written Instruments which consti-tute
the legal machinery of tbe sub-sidiary
corporation. Those Instru-ments
included the charter, by-laws,
standard agreements or contracts
signed by grower-members of the
co-operative marketing association,
warehouse contracts and stock cer-tificate
plans.
Fonr Other Subsidiaries
The organization definitely effect-ed
here Friday Is one of five sub-sidiary
corporations of the Tri-State
association. Last Thursday a simi-lar
concern was formed in Florence.
S. C, Jtnown as the South Carolina
Warehousing corporation, and on the
same day a similar organization, de-signed
as the Eastern Carolina Ware-bousing
corporation, was brought
into existence at Raleigh. Two sim-ilar
corporations are being formed
In, Virginia, one at Danville and one
at Richmond.
While in the.eyes of the law tbe
subsidiary corporation and the par-ent
organisation, the Tri-State as-sociation,
are entirely separate and
distinct bodies, they will In fact
work together In close harmony-
The affairs of the corporation will
be conducted under the direction of
the association known as the Tri-
State.
John W. King, who presided at
Friday's meeting, will serve as chair-man
of the board of directors of the
Central Carolina Warehousing cor-poration,
the territory of which em-braces
the following 27 counties:
Alamance, Alexander, Caldwell.
Caswell, Chatham, Davidson, Davie
Durham, Forsyth, Franklin, Gra»-
vllle, Guilford, Iredell, Lee, Mont-gomery.
Moore, Orange, Person, Ran-dolph,
Richmond, Kocxlnghani.
Stokes, Surry, Vance, Warren, Yad-kln
and Wilkes.
The financial plan agreed upo°
here Friday provides for the Issuanc
of &6.000 shares of preferred stoct
ot the value of $10 each. Ot con'
-Brown Summit, a. secretary 6? Ti^J^n^BilleTTtheSfo.trlct
Dismiss 98*0,000 Suit
Washington, Jnly 1.—The salt of
Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll, of Philadel-phia,
against the alien property
custodian for return of about $200,-
000 worth of property seized as be-longing
to her son. Grpver C. Berg-doll.
U^dna**evades, was dlsmUsed
Guilford county, Albert R./Tucker; mon stock in this corporation the-
Cumnock Lee county, J. W. John- are 11 shares, each of the value "
son; Burnsvllle, Yancey county, i
George A. Brown.
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Continued On Page Eight
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off Brown
the Farm bureau, to be effective
July 15, was announced. Mr. Dog-gett
has accepted a position with
the co-operative tobacco marketing
forces in tbe grading division. His
duties will necessitate bis absence
from home during the major portion
of the time for a period of some
months, so that he will be unable
to find time for the secretaryship of
the bureau. It is expected that a
successor to Mr. Doesett as secre-tary
will be elected within the next
two weeks.
Discussion of plans for the mam-moth
picnic-at the Battleground dis-posed
the fact that leaders of the
enterprise believe at least 5,000 per-sons
should be In attendance. All
farmers In the counties of Gullford.
Randolph.- Rockingham and Caswell
are Invited to be present.
It is to be a basket dinner nicnic
and the fact that it is desired that
baskets be brousht by everybody Is
being emphasized. The picnic din-ner
is expected to prove one of the
most enjoyable events of tbe occa-sion.
While the plane are yet only In
the formative stage. It Is under-stood
that a number of widely
known and able sneakers will be
heard and an exceptionally interest-ing
round of events Is in prospect.
Incidentally, it is learned that
many new signatures to the contracts
of the co-operative tobacco market-ing
organization have been receiv-ed
recently.
As the time for the opening of
the tobacco marketing season In
this section draws nearer popular
interest in tbe ooenlng is becoming
keen. Communications are being
sent to members ot the association,
asking them to send replies convey-ing
Information as to where they
sold tobacco last year and where
they wish to sell tobacco this year.
In this connection leading growers
of this section point to the desir-ability
of selecting Greensboro asthe
place for marketing tohaeco. They
hope that the growers throughout
this part of the state will designate
Greensboro as the place where they
wish to market their, tobacco. The
faet that under the eo-operatlve
system prices In Greensboro are to
be as high as those prevailing at any
other market In the district is em-phasized.
- .
Further details of the plans for
the farmers' rally will be announced
from time to time. _
New Postmaster Given
Position At Ashborc
Ashbero. July 1.—After eight
years serving the people of Ashborc
as postmaster. R. R. Ross turned
over his phice today to V. C. Rich-ardson,
who was this week notified
of his temporary apnointment. tne
examination for the place being call-ed
for July 1*. Mr. Ross is one o_
the older residents of the town, and
has a wide circle of friends and
acquaintances throughout the town
and county whom he has served to
the best of his ability during the
eight year term.
of Columbia Supreme court.
Dies From Oat-Fish Sting
■St. Petersburg, Fla., July I.—
Alonso M. Haire, 40, life-long resi-dent,
died here as the result of be-ing
stung by a cat-fish 28 years ago
Haire was taken to the hospital
several days ago for an amputation
of his leg but his condition grev-worse
and the operation was not at
tempted.
Kills Step-Mother
Jackson, Miss., July 1.—Ellif
Qulnn, nine years old, told a cor-oner's
Jury Thursday that he shot
and killed his step-mother, Mrs
Peter Quinn, at McColl, when she
threatened to "cut his throat," if bi
did not finish the family washin-before
ahe returned from the spring
with a pail of water.
McConnlck To Sue
Chicago. Jnly 1.—Harold F. Mc-
Connlck, head of the executive com-mittee
ot the International Harvester
company, announced his Intention
to sue for libel every newspaper
which published the report that he
purchased a gland of another mar.
to be grafted Into his own body.
Paal Llndley Heads Nurserymen
Paul Llndley, of this city, has
been elected -president of the Ameri-can
Association of Nurserymen. The
1923 convention will be held In Chi-cago.
Mr. Llndley is one of tbe best
known nurserymen in the south. He
is president of the J. Van Llndley
Nursery compafiy, of this city.
COLON LANGLEY HELD
FOR SHOOTING SCRAPE
Colon Langley Shoots Charlie New-man
Near Red Hill Schoolhonse.
Claims Self•Defense
Colon Langley was placed In the
county Jail Thursday afternoon
charged with using a deadly weapon
with intent to kill, tbe warrant re-sulting
from the shooting and
wounding ot Charlie Newman about
five miles north of this city Wed-nesday
afternoon. Newman is be-ing
held on a charge of entering In-to
an affray, while Mainey White to-being
held as an eye-witness to the.
fight. ■ , •
Langley, about H years of age.
declares that he fired in self-defense.
alleging that Newman attacked him
with a club and then tried to use s
knife. One bullet from a 22-callber
revolver entered Newman's tigh'
shoulder and a second lodged In hi
abdomen. His condition Is not re
zarded as dangerous.
The shooting occurred at the
house of Notre Layton, a white worn
an of the Red Hill school common
Ity, and Langley stated that he an<
Newman had a fist fight earlier I:
the day.
Langley Is the son of John W
Langley, now living In this city
Newman is well known to Gullford
officers.
Y ACQUITS
STACTGAMBLE
Decision Readied After 16
Hours
PLEADS SELF-DEFENSE
*g*"M II of IS Months For
C^rrylnsT Concealea Weapon.
To Be Held At Angnst Term
o* Superior Court
Stacy Gamble was yesterday ac-
Qoltted of the charge of murder for
the killing of M. C. Spry here on
May 29. The Jury got the case,
which was begun Thursday after-noon,
late Saturday afternoon and
deliberated for about 16 hours be-fore
coming to a deiliton. The ver-dict
was returned at 9:4« o'clock
yesterday morning. Gamble is un-der
sentence of ia months for car-
Ting a concealed weapon. Imposed
by Judge D. H. Collins In Municipal*
conrt. This was appealed and will
be heard at the August term of Su-
Parlor conrt. Gamble having given
bond of VB00 for his appearance at
that time.
Gamble took tbe aland for about
45 minutes In hi. own defense and
declared that he shot only when he
thought his own lite In danger. On
direct examination he declared that
he did not know nnUl a short time
before the shooting that Spry was
in the city. He met him near ttu
Huffine hotel. Spry threatened him,
he said, and he went Into tbe Hut-fine
hotel barber shop to evade Spry.
But Spry followed him. Finally
Spry left the barber shop and In a
few minutes Gamble also left. He
met Spry, according to his testimony,
a few steps from the harbef shop
door where the shooting took place.
He did not know how many times
he shot. He thought, he said, that
he ahot tour times, but officers told
him the gun weajflred five times.
On crose-examjvatlon Gamble ad-mitted
that he served a term on the
roads in Pittsylvanla county, Vir-ginia,
for oarryinn a concealed
weapon. He admitted that he had
struck Dick Jones, of Ksnnapolls, in
the head with a beer bottle, and
that In a fight in Charlotte several
years ago he hit a man with a black-jack.
He denied that he was a pro-fessional
gambles.
Mrs,. M. C. g»fy. widow. of the
dead man, -wad the first witness
placed on the stand for the state.
She stated that she waa In tbe sta-tion
waiting room when the shoot-ing
took place and that ehe had tried
to keep her husband In tne waiting
room, but that he left anyway. She
fild she was almost eertain that her
asband had no gun when he left
her.
Ruffin Carter, of the Hanes Funer-al
home, who reached the scene of
the shooting a few minutes after the
occurrence and who took Spry to
the hospital where his clothes were
searched, stated that there was no
weapon on his peraon. Mr. Carter
said the only thlnes found in the
dead man's clothing were a safefy
razor, a pocket knife and some
money. Mr. Carter described the
wounde suffered by Spry. One bul-let
entered the left abdomen, one
pierced the chin, one entered the
back ot tbe left sboulder. and two
struck Spry about the middle ot the
back.
J. M. Simpson, local traveling
man, who saw the shooting, said he
did not see Spry reach-bis hand In
his pocket. He tesUueenlhat he went
to Gamble after Snry. had fallen and
that Gamble declared, that be hated
'to do a thing like that but that he
was forced to do so.
W. A. Reece, barber at the Huf-fine
shop, told of the quarrel In the
barber shop when Gamble entered
followed by Spry, and of Gamble's
efforts to get away from Spry, who,
Mr. Reece testified, wee cursing
Gamble. Roy Spry and G. C. Cr«n-ford,
also entered the shop, but left
together with M. C. Spry when E.
C. Spoon, one of the barbers, called
the Officers to quiet the men. Gam-hie
took bis gun from the drawer
where X» had placed It when he
/ouad officers were enronte to the
sbop, and left. ' In a few minutes
the shots were heard.
Roy Spry, brother of the dead
man, stated that his brother had his
hands out of his pockets when Gam-ble
fired, and that his brother had
no gun.
-Bennett Henry, yonng man In the
employ of the Southern railroad, de-clared
that he saw the shooting snd
that Spry'a handa were out of hla
pocketa.
School Board Will
,., Meet Here Thursday
At 10:30 next Thursday morning
a meeting. of the Gullford county
board of education will be beld in
the courthouse. County Superin-tendent
Thomas R. Foust annonnees,
one of tbe prime purposes of the
seaslon being to effect the annual
financial settlement. -*
Selection of committeemen for
the various school districts In the
county also will be an Important
Item ot buslnees at Thursday's meet-ing.
It appears likely that a large
part of the day will be consumed in
the transaction ot business.
Last Saturday a brief session of
the county board Of education was
held In Superintendent Poust's of-fice.
Matters of routine nature were
considered.
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