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CARL TALLEY
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Longtime Fugitive Captur-ed
In Virginia : ,
WOUNDED BY COUSIN
I'oiirt f<"" His Connection With
Murder of Patrolman W.
Thomas McCulaton
Ca,l Talley, long a fugitive from
justice. "ow occupies a cell In the
/•uilforu county jail, where he was
,'laced Monday following his arrest
L sco:^burg, Va., and he will ;be
' ied in Guilford Superior court for
He connection with the murder of
patrolman W. Thomas 'McCuiston,
,j the Greensboro force, which oc-furred
in this city on May 4, l«-2a.
Xi; apprehension of Talley foi-
;0»e i .1 shooting scrape in which at
involved with his cousin,
STATE tfEIS BRIEFS
hec:i
joh. Cook. Lt is reported that
rhi he was drunk be threatened
,o Ull Cook and with a gun started
■or the home of the latter. Cook, ac-cording
to the story, met Talley at
:he door and in the ensuing quarrel
shot Talley before the young man
coald shoot, the bullet striking ihim
r. the neck, necessitating his re-moval
to Scottsburg for medical aid.
There Talley was identified and
consequent developments included
his arrest and removal to Greens-boro.
Deputy Sheriff John W. <Hatcher
ot South Boston, which is eight
miles from Scottsburg, brought Tal-ler
to Greensboro, the outlaw hav-ing
declared his willingness to come
without requisition papers. In the
county jail Talley declares his in-nocence,
asserting that Louis Ed-wards
killed Mr. 'MeCuisto-n. While
his wound is not considered espe-cially
serious, it is causing him much
pain.
In May. 1921. a Guilford county
srand jury returMCujn indictment
jgainst Carl Talleyr'charging him
nth the murder of Patrolman Hc-
Cuieton. In March, 1912, he was
indicted by a grend jury here for
retailing. When he will be tried Is
problematical, \although it appears
probable that the trial will be a de-velopment
of next month.
The murder of Patrolman Mc-
Cuiston greatly stirred the city and
:i was quickly followed by mtttd
.-pilling of flood, »d*l»g to tbe-sm-ational
character ot the case in
vhich Talley prominently figures".
The Greensboro officer was shot, to
death when he attempted to board
:n automobile, believed to contain
fhisfcy. on South Davle street. In
thai automobile, according to avail-able
information were Carl Talley.
Tom Roberson and Louie Edwards.
Shortly afterward, at the end of a
spectacular chase through parts of
Gailford ::ni Rockingham counties,
' >: was shot and killed in a
• officers. Patrolman D.
,; of this city, was tried in
Alaniai. Superior court for the
>i Kobertson and acquitted.
■ 'is was captured a short
r the slaying of Patrolman
McCui.-t >n. He was tried in Guil-up'-
i-ior ■ni^rt for the murder
officer, convicted of second
Kgi murder and sentenced to
»rre 10 years in the state prison.
Edwards ir now serving that sen-tence.
Taiiey's wife ha6 been living in
Hamtown. a Greensboro suburb, it is
ttdeistood. Officers throughout the
Wintry were notified of his escape
Stowing the killing of the Greens-wro
officer, but he succeeded In
aiding them until a few flays ago.
■ fas said that he had S6O0 with
Uffl when arrested in Virginia.
Edwards fired the shot that ended
Wolman MoCulston'e life, Talley
F'ed. Tom Robertson then
WPed on the gas," according to
P prisoner's story. He added that
" a"d K'lwards jumped from" the
JWMne and headed for the woods.
"ey said that when the officers
"Mured Edwards he was about 20
• "is away. Edwards was on the
•rant seal of the liquor car and he
"s on the
Killed In Auto Accident
72PJ**L* * *—'mm* at
Jtjrlen «Mtatae4 Monday night
ble, JHta«Nto(.«te^lrato 20 years
old waa riding a .bicycle. Oabel
Ferkner, the drrWr' ot the car
claim, that MoBride lost control of
the bicycle and ran i0 front of the
machine. Forjcner was1 taken in
custody.
Killed In Guu Fight
Charlotte, Dec. «7.—Fred Allison,
an automobile mechanic, of Char-lotte,
died early Monday from
wounds suffered in a gun iflght Sun-day
night near Lincolnton, between
three alleged liquor runners and
two deputy sheriffs, according to
Sheriff Abernethy, of Lincoln coun-ty.
Fifty gallons of liquor and an
automobile were captured, the sher-iff
added.
«klppcr Again la Trouble
Wilmington, Dec. 27.-JAno«her
chapter has been added in the case
of Captain Coleman of Message of
Peace fame. This time it is that
his newly acquired schooner, the
City ot Baltimore, purchased Just
before his trial in Raleigh, has been
seized at the Instance of John D.
and iRmmett H. Bellamy, local at-torneys,
for fees alleged to be due
them for professional services.
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Strange Explosion In Raleigh
'Raleigh, Dec. 27.—Windows were
smashed in the Royal Bakery, the
First Baptist church. (colored),
and the garage ot the Central Mo-tors,
Inc., and the entire downtown
district of the city was shaken by a
teriffic explosion of untraced origin
which took place about 7:30 Tues-day
evening in the back lot between
the bakery and the garage. A small
crater about a foot deep was torn
in the ground by the force of the
explosion, the report of which was
heard all over the city, fhe dam-age
is estimated at about $100.
Christmas Season Fatalities
New Bern, Dec. 27.;—The death'of
Calvin Smith, Cove City, white man,
on the Atlantic Coast Line traoks
here late Saturday, night, and the
death by strangulation of the two-ys**-
oi<r son err Mr. sn«. «rs. *". wT
Winstead, Elm City people who are
visiting at Vancebore, was the mor-tality
toll ot the Christmas season
here. Members of a Norfolk South-ern
reight crew on Tuesday also re-ported
the death of C. H. Brown,
white switchman, who was run over,
by the train near Snowden Sunday
morning.
IRVING LONG TAKES
HIS OWN LIFE HERE
Greensboro Business M.-n. After
Worrying Over Funded Financial
Difficulties, Shoot* Himself
Three Me^Selieved
Robbers Jailed
Damaging Ei
The apparent planning of a big
coup fft the robbery of several 'bahfcs
or stores in or near this city by a
group of criminals, said to be well
known to detectives throughout tne
United States, yesterday was trans-formed
Into a big coup for the
Greensboro police department when
three men, Joseph Bruno, Jack L.
Matthewson and Harry Mullins, were
arrested.
The (police also found much evi-dence
against the men being held in
jail here, evidence which they de-clare
to be of highly damaging na-ture.
In the room of Matthewson at
the Huffine hotel the police discov-ered
a suitcase ot burglars' tools, a
very elaborate collectloh. In the
room of Brune at the O. Henry ho-tel
they found letters written yes-terday
by Bruno to friends and con-federates
setting forth in a detailed
way many of the doings of himself
and his gang. The letters evidently
had just been written and had been
placed in envelopes ready for marl-ing.
Already Greensboro officers have
communicated with the police de-partments
of other cities with a
view to apprehension ot criminals
connected with the missives.. Other
arrests will probably be an early de-velopment.
The police believe Bruno was the
leader of the gang. He registered
at the O. Henry as H. R. Sterling,
of Richmond, Va., early yesterday
morning. It was said that Bruno
also goes under the names of Joe
Stern and Louis Isbel. Jack L.
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iff* working en the theory
Bruno was the directing genius
responsible tor «h« extensive
of s gang of professional
dope sellers, bootleggers,
and general ..come-on
several days Assistant Chief
lice John S. Current has been
ting on the case and n way
due to his efforts that the
were effected. Chief George
rntcatfleld and Assistant Chief
mt also fcave bees aided by
il other members of the de-tment.
The chief bMievea the
tension and arrest ot the three
the moat important Jobi aceom-led
by the police in many
possibly m many years,
rieers referred .to «#'- sef of
tools as the meat -complete
"the hind seen here la year*.
I aajlection included wrenches
bf«e»?-ati«t gtaleu, a jimmy, tf
—-'^asVaral.:**» ■Sifik/ift oil
I! electric flUeUr**t. sev-alsa
several pairs of
designed to prevent ietst-
" i*e eri»lnals by aagsrprtiit
has the rfrnmrng* ot U-l
p*ti&r and Chfsf Cratch-u-
ss the man was "aiiittj-'
with murder in Lynchuiiif.
or Joe Stern had bee« de-
-as "the worst crook in New
' Assistant Chief Current said.
rrasts were made by the -as-let.
•wf^int'
, warm has homes _.
J9>H* f*mii*aa. Jaenb 6«1«- **** <* +m.--mm. «#
houses, OSL Tuesday wa«
te4he Toajhs tor SO days
«ab».^ ^
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Vkttoi nt IW Uqior
DOBtOn, Dee. 27.—One man Is
dead and more than SO person*' arc
in hospitals as a result af drWrJn*
liquor sold during the "
holidays. William
in an unednsclous miaHJin front
his home in the *e«h bnd, died In
a hospital. Efforts tn trace the
source of supply of liquor are- being
mads by the police.
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UF.
RETIRING SOLICITOR
PRAISED BY LAWYERS
Resolutions Paying Tribute to J. C.
Bower Presented By Guilford Bar
and Made Part of Court Record
limed.
rear, the prisoner
P°lice Census Shows
25,375 In Greensboro
hs (•'''"" ils Present corporate lim-
25 57- Bsbor° hae a popuUtion of
n». according to the police ceh-lV!
W taken :here- Tnl8 te £
cent , '" '5 or more tnan 28 Der
Iciai „ C01"l)areQ with the 1920 of-
•a |,Be"S"s fi6ures, l'9,-80a. There
Mciaai " no ^tension of the mu-
I Chief' ,?","a dwing that period.
"Mrt he,, olice George P. Crutch-
I tin lu',vp'i 'hat additional names
>bou make the t lbu g,
population Hgures
Accord", fea,er thai--25'375-
>' the to the figures obtained
IS.490 l'°,-'.''v department, there are
the cit, Ates and 8'43'3 negro6" ln
N»w tin
and M3'3 negroes in
percentages being ap-
67 and 33. Chief
'"presses the conviction
.'tininiv "surps are as accurate as
*ni> Possible.
i*1 'he
Qer^b!for,i s«'«-ure So.OOO
th« I Dec. 27.—Two men erf-of
the Sprang Bak-
!?er hM~t Saturday .' night and
^h irii1 ling tnre« employes
?' ot ,:'> revolvers robbed the
S*« mL K The la*«er portion
^«brLney »■*• «n bills. Two of
•» in\ n,en in the office were
*ithr„a,rear room and cover-
**r«. e!'olvors by one ot the
m" A third nfTl#A
Irviifg C. Long, a department
manager of the Cone Export and
Commission company and well
known young business man of
Greensboro, "shot himself in the
head in a bathroom at the home of
Mrs. Ceasar Cone, his aunt, on Sum-mit
avenue, last Thursday after-noon,
death resulting instantly.
Friends and relatives of the young
man, who was to have been mar-ried
in January, were wholly un-prepared
for such a tragic act. On
Thursday morning he had worked
at his office as usual. At lunch
time he went to Mr. Cone's home,
where he had been living. There he
told members of the family that he
had a headache and did not care for
lunoh. For .some 'time he lay upon
a couch, it is believed. Then he
went Into an adjoining bathroom.
Later Ben Cone, a first cousin of
Mr. LK>ng, found the body in the
bathroom, a pistol lying near. No
shot had been heard.
Details of preparing a new home
and kindred matters appear to have
worried 'Mr. Long. Intimate friends
said that All his worries had been
related to small matters and fancied
financial difficulties. He . was ln
strong financial position and his
friends believe there was no real
cause for worry on his part. Thqse
friends attributed the suicide to
mental aberration resulting from
depression. There appears to be no
doubt of the depth of mutual affec-tion
between the young man and his
fiancee, sustained to the last. ,
Irving C. Long, the son of Mr.
■and Mrs. 'M. D. Long, who now live
in Ashevllle, was born in Marshall-town,
Iowa, on December 29, Ii884,
and was therefore 38 years old. For
20 years he had been identified
with the Cone Export and Commis-sion
company here and had made an
enviable record in business. He had
many friends.
In addition to his parenti Ml
Leng leaves two sisters, Mrs. Gustav
Lichtenfeis, of Anheville, and Mrs.
Sidney Berney, of -Baltimore. Prior
to her marriage his mother was
Mies Carrie Cone, a sister of Julius
W Cone, Clarence Cone and Bern-ard
iM. Cone, all of Greensboro.
The funeral-service was conduct-ed
at 3:30- Friday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Ceasar Cone by Sidney
iStern and Uhe body was placed in
the family vault pi the Cones on a
greeb, hiU nw.ofle of their .mills.
The pall bearers were Sidney Blum.
Hill Hunter, J. « Young, W. O.
White, • W. O. VSarton, W. B.
... Whartoo. W. B.
Shortly before adjournment of
the December term of Superior
court here last Thursday afternoon
resolutions paying high tribute to
Ohe retiring solicitor, J. C. Bower,
of (Lexington, were adopted by the
GuHford county bar, signed by
jBhMtpi JrY r. Harding, ot Onartotee,
presiding, and made a part of the
permanent record of the court.
Judge Harding added his own
commendation, declaring he had al-ways
found iMr. Bower "to be hon-est,
truthful and a gentleman. These
are three big things that go to make
a good lawyer—intelligence, hon-esty
and truthfulness, and being a
gentleman. All these qualities Mr.
Bower has. It is a great privilege
for me to pay this respect to -him."
Since 1913 Mr. Bower has served
continuously as solicitor of the 12t>h
judicial district which is composed
of Guilford, Stokes end David-son
counties. Originally he was ap-pointed
by Governor Lock? Cralg
and he has twice been re-elected.
This year he was not a candidate
for office. . He lia^ made an en-viable,
record la office and has an
unusmlly large circle of admiring
friends.
The following resolutions, pre-pared
by a special committee com-posed
of Sidney S. Alderman, A. 1
Brooks, Spencer B. Adams and
Thomas J. Gold, were enthusiast-ically
adopted by the bar:
"Whereas, at the said term a mo-tion
was made and duly seconded by
members of the Guilford county
bar, and was carried that his honor,
W. F. 'Harding, judge, appoint a.J
committee of the said bar to pre-pare
formal resolutions expressive
of sentiment of respect and admira-tion
held by the said bar toward J.
C. Bower, retiring solicitor for the
12-th judicial district, and that the
resolutions so prepared be enrolled
upon the minutes of this court, and,
Whereas, pursuant (o said motion,
his honor, the said judge, appoint-ed
as members of said • committee,
the undersigned;
"And whereas, it is the universal
sentiment of vthe bar of Guilford
county 'that from the time of his
appointment in 1913, throughout
nil the terms of his office to which
be has subsequently been elected,
and until his voluntary retirement
this year, the honorable John C.
Bower has performed the duties ot
his office of solicitor of the 12th
judiciil district with conspicuous
ability, zeal, faithfulness and fair-ness;
that he has been always fear-less
in the discharge of his duty;
that he has administered the crim-inal
law without favor; that he has
performed the arduous duties of Tits
office in such fashion as greatly to
contribute to the maintenance of
law and order and to the decent re-spect
for law in the said district
and in Guilford county; and that
while accomplishing these high ends
he has acted with uniform courtesy
and has by his genial personality en-deared
himself to the members of
the Guilford county bar and will
ever be cherished by them as a good
man, a good lawyer and a good
friend; ' .-"^X;-'.
"'And whereas Jww upo4, hfsvie-..
tirement from office-the me"m bens-of
the bar of Guilford county wish to
pay to him the tribute of making
■public expression ot that sentiment
and of placing that expression in
enduring memorial upon the rolls of
this court; ._>
"(Now therefore be it resolv
ARE HOSTS
7ALJBANQUET
'«•»■» Visitors, Hervia*
m 9mm aM Hearing , '
for JMSectlve Work
v<o4£non—and, possibly, some
~ finite vocational attach-t
two hundred strong,
led by ambitious appetites,
of tB* Oreensbore fire
sNFli
was the annual banquet of the de-partment,
an event invariably antici-pated
with keen pleasure, hnd the
1922 banquet completely justified
that anticipation.
Both as firefighters and entertain-ers
the hosts on that festive occa-sion
were warmly praised by a num-ber
of speakers pressed into service
by Chief Fred X. Taylor, who served
as toastmaster. Mayor Claude
Riser proudly recalled that Greens-boio's
fire loss this year, up to De-cember
1, totaled only 113/000, a
fact which he cited as Incontrovert-ible
evidence of the department's
efficiency. The speakers commend-ed
the firemen for their heroic, ef-fective
service and lauded them for
their unforgetabie hospitality.
The speakers were Rev. R. Mur-phy
Williams, pastor of the Pres-byterian
Church of the Covenant;
rormer, Mayor Thomas J. Murphy,
Charles W. Gold, life insurance wii.
ard; Rev. G. T. Bond.-> pastor of
Spring Garden Street Methodist
church; City Councilman Julian
Price, J. IB. Latham, cotton mag-nate;
Rev. H. A. Fesperman, pastor
of the iFirst Reformed church; Ben
Ginsberg, traveling salesman and
entertainer; H. R. Bush, fire insur-ance
captain of industry; Dr. J. H.
Barnhardt, .pastor of West Market
Street Methodist church; T. A.
Lyon, traveling salesman extra-ordinary;
L. H. Hole, public service
official; Mayor Pro, Tern Frank- A.
Brooks, Norman A! Boren, lawyer;
County Commissioner W. C. Jones, 1
of High Point; Jos. J. Stone, head
of a big printing establishment, and
Mason W. Gantt, clerk of Guilford
•Superior cpurt.
The supper was a thing of attrac-tive
character and satisfying propor-tions—
vast quantities of barbecued
meats, fried oysters, pickles, cheese,
fried chicken, crackers, Ughtbread,
pimento sandwiches, cranberry
sauce, coffee, punch, fruit apd, as
the advertisement writers say," other
items too numerous to mention here.
Instrumental music by the fire-men's
own galaxy of melodists prov-ed
a pleasing feature oT the big
party. Following the banquet and
speech-making many of the mem-bers
of the congenial company re-mained
for a protracted program of
dancing and other - amusements.
Hosts and guests alike agreed that
it was a great occasion.
y Stale* BUI Recovered
. Baltinwra; Dee. 27.—Discovery
has been made here of one of the
fiv» hundred dollar bins stolen by
armed .bandits in, the raid of the
"cutted States federal reserve truesr
atWnver. Colo., Monday, police ot-
*BW» daelaro hare. VThs ttfi was
paiasdat a downtown restaarant
Mbaday al^pt. It, la aid.
. W«^Kjled|nfcp.oMo-
Ene. Pa., Dae. K.—The body of
Mike, Raytosh, a mttnawr of the ere*
«t the missing tag Qpfnell, ot 0aW
!a«^^*f, bewtffM into pert here
•tola. fWWW *T tfc» tug Q. A- Gll-moreo
1$» *aee was scalded and
"***&* Jifc;--**w■'**• Co™*" wa«t
to tk« bwttoJR. carrying tfhs seven
member, of the crew, iMtr die
axphaton.
Balttao*^ Dae; « ~Ju4jg» John
C. Jtoae, tat «•«-}/-13 yaats jadae
ot the United B**t*s District court
here, was inducted into <m»^
day as a member of th*-:
United States judicial «i
prising the stats* of -
South Carolina, Maryland,! *=r«s»* - . 7 T~ "7- ~~
and West Virginia: The oath of «-' J^.JSJ^Jfct
flee was administered br William ft,BM*J' M,*T
'SS
ea oft-practically every honor- r.HoWaTd W^#N«*%.'<nj
United States Supreme court. ' *
at the mercy of wind and heavy
seas the members of the crew ot the
New Foundland schooner, Gordon
Fudge, are now safe in port here.
The men were brought here by the
British freighter iMenominee by
which they were picked up 1,000
miles off the United States coast.
Capt. E. O. Fudge was owner as
well as skipper of the schooner.
ACCIDENTAL SHOT IS
FOLLOWED BY DEATH
Ml*. M. L. Brady, of Revolution,
Dies of Injuries Sustained When
Husband's Pistol Discharged
BaAyop. La,.;jDca. *i.-^The
arrest injeounsetion wtth the-made"
late Tuesday when Dr. U.
iM. McKoip, until a few months ago,
mayor of iMer Konge, waa When in
custody at Bmstimpravk* the request
of Governor. Parker, who- charged
him ' with »«§!£.., The physician
«W taMnr#PK^,f*u"uate/ conn* -
at Jonas HflgfeUs, .
Trie foiigr mayor is expected to
dep»ty sh^, T. J.
now befog held ou
w^fi^ot^^*"
Wilfe J»tfiawnr>n, beiag made.
a detachment of National guard was
wKMwStterfUff alone Lrte Ln
F*uV»r» !««* avideasa, to lead a* the
arrcat cf dyha-mHeM rctpanafbie for
M!«ftt to hate ,bas« tortured and
mwdeced by jamafcad apd robed
aTtaw'uka ****''*** '9*'***+
Tha" company 'ilab waa to act a*
a body-guard fW Che dheriff, who
■ras.to mafcp .arrest! la tbe event his
su»4eipn« luctafisd them.
tilaamfec^on gnsrd tftMfr at the
jail her* and eacamBed in the heart
^"EJaBMa.1 »haw* the. situation
dean not
to to
populacs
are armed. •«—-.•.*
The miMtary also was,-at the dis-posal
cf the civil authorities to take
■ cniiody many "merabcrs ot'iba
to
dividuals. do hereby make public ex-pression
.of the sentiments herein
contained; do express collectively
and individually their high esteem
for the Honorable- John C. Bower
and appreciation of his conduct of
his office; and do eapress their re-gret
at the severance of. the. rela-tldha-
with him which have been so
pleasantly maintained in the crim-inal
courts ot this county;
/'And be it further resolved that,
in- order, that the-' expression made
by-.thfee- resolutions be made perma-nent,
the.same be delivered to the
clerk of the Superior court.ot this
t-ottuty; by him to be .-spread' upon
the minutes of this term of court,
and preserved upon the rolls of this
court.
the city of Greensboro,
Mrs. M. L. Brady died at 3 o'clock
Monday afternoon at Wesley Long
Hospital as a result of wounds sus-tained^
when s^ie -'was accidentally
shot by her husband at their home,
43 Church street. Revolution, short-ly
after noon Monday, marking
Greensboro's only reported Christ-mas
tragedy.
Mr. iBrady with ibis pistol had
been engaged in target practice on a
vacant lot near their home. Upon
his return to the house he was
cleaning the revolver when in some
way the weapon was discharged.
The bullet struck Mrs. Brady, who
was a few feet distant, in the left
side of the abdomen. She was rush-ed
to the hospital, but all that
surgery and medicine could do prov-ed
unavailing."
It was generally agreed that the
shooting was accidental. Mr. Brady-thought
he had emptied the cham-bers
of the revolver, he said, but he
had overlooked one cartridge.
Mrs. Brady, who was 24 years oi
age, leaves, in addition to her hus-band,
three small children. The
Bradys bid lived at Revolution 11
years.
The funeral was held at noon
Wednesday at ' Pleasant Grove
church, Rev. G. C. Crutch-field offi-ciating,
and interment followed in
the church cemetery. .
the event the identities of the dyna-miters
are established. Federal
agents declare they have the name
of the ring-leader and his arrest is •
imminent.
Attorney General Coco arried at
New Orleans todajf. The report
of the coroner's Jury that- con-ducted
the inquest per the head-lees
bodies of Watt Daniels and
Thomas Richards will be discussed
at a conference late this week.
It is recalled here that four mur-ders
have been charged to hooded
men sinp'e last May along the Arkan-sas-
Louisiana border.
Borah Urges Conference.
Washington, Dec. 27.—Express-ing
confidence that "more mature
reflection" would Serve to diminish
opposition to his proposal that the
President call a conference of world
powers for discussion of economic
questions and further reduction of
land and sea armaments, •Ssnator
Borah, Republican, Idaho, in a for-mal
statement Sunday night, declar-ed
that "we have reached a point
where we are to lose all advantage
gained" at 'the Washington arms
conference "unless a solution of the
reparations problem is found."
PROHIBITION ACTIVITY
CENTERS AT HIGH POINT
High iPoint, Dec. 27.—On Janu-ary
1 prohibition enforcement head-quarters
ot the fifth district, com-posed
of 'North Carolina and all of
Virginia except 10 counties consti-tuting
part of the northern tier, will
be moved to High Point from Nor-folk,
Va., according to official in-formation
received here. Two of-fice
rooms and a file, room in the
local postoffice building will be used
by '(he- prohibition' forces.
WALTER C. MITOHBLl. IS
.-. CHARGED WITH LARCENY
: Walter C. Mitchell, a non-com-missioned
officer of the Greensboro
unit of.the North Carolina 'National
JH-ard, will ba eiffn a hearing in
Mvn^eipal' court i.«*t Saturday in
arswer to the charge of larceny He
was arrested last Thursday night
end trial of the case postponed.
Mitchell-is aHeged to _ hnjre taken
Ccorge II. Rights Dead
Wirston-Salem, Dec. 27—The
death of George Hanes Rights, well
known newspaper man, occurred
last Friday afternoon at his home in
this city, resulting from pneumonia-
Mr. Rights wad 64 years of age. He
leaves his wife, two sons, Clyde S.
Rights, of Tampa, Fla., and Rev.
Douglas 'Rights, of this city, and a
daughter, Mrs. L. J. Bflrd, ot Tam-pa,
Fla. For some years Mr. Rights
had been local editor of the Union
'Republican, published here.
Two Years For Negro
Upon Assault Charge
C. V. Jones, a negro man, In Mu-nicipal
court last Thursday was sen-tenced
to serve two years) on the
county roads, following his convic-tion
on the charge of an assault on
a female. He gave notice of appeal
and in default of the prescribed.
bond ot $2,000 was placed in jail
to await the action ot a Superior
court grand jury. '
The defendant is alleged to have
approached two students ot .North
Carolina College for Women on
West (Market street, catching one ef
them by the arm and • afhing,
"Where are you going?" Tho :.irl
immediately screamed and ran.
Later the negro wae found lying on
the ground on McTver street, evi-dently
drunk. He also Is supposed
to be the negro who was seer, peep-ing
into nouses in the neighbor-hood.,
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Two Men Burned to Death
Gastonis, Dec. 27.—John D.
Hough and his stepson, Mack Hop-per,
were burned to death Tuesday
as a result of a Are which destroy-ed
the Underwood boarding house
and several other building* at Rea-lty,
according