Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-12-08

ana captain Napier OF FayoCLoV1lIo.
Mr.. R. H. Gwaltney, Wilmington, N. C.
Captain Napier, Fayetteville, N. c..
Gentlemen: Enclosed find copy of
letters from Mr.. Gattis, of Raleigh,
with my approval, and unless you can
see your way clear to come in on this
we will be forced to
form a four-c1ub circuit, as neither of
US are willing to reorganize to old
circuit. Neither of us will be repre-
sented at the Rocky Mount meeting,
but will meet you at any time, if you
decide to accept this proposition, 9TH
erwise there can be no results from
another meeting.
Kindly let me hear from you.
Yours truly,
H. E. KING.
Next morning Captain Napier called
me up over phone, and said he would
talk the matter over with his associ-
ates, and let me hear from him, and
asked that meeting not be called be-
fore December 1. On November 26 I
received the following letter from Mr..
Gwa1tney, of Wilmington.
Cape Fear Club, Wilmington, N. C.
Mr.. Horace King, Goldsboro, N. C.
Dear Sir: Have sold out half inter-
est here, giving Hottie control He
will represent US at meeting. Have
explained things to him and he says
h0 wi t0 0Sf
drawing town, using last year as ba-
sis. Have written Gattis, Washington
and Eagles. So have Tom call the
meeting at once and for Heavens
sake get together.
Yours,
BOB GWALTNEY.
wrote him this reply same date:
Goldsboro, N c., Nov. 26, 1909.
Mr.. r. II. Gwaltney, Wilmington, N. c.
Dear Bob: Yours received It is
impossible to get meeting here tonight.
Washington and Eagles are out OF
town, and Napier said he could not
come here tonight, and I do not want
to attend another meeting until it is
the positive agreement of all to form
a circuit composed Of Wilmington
Raleigh, Goldsboro, Durham, Wilson
| and Fayetteville, and until I have this
assurance, 1 shall not try to get an
other meeting, nor attend one.
| It is my idea to let the meeting al
Rocky Mount fall through, and call
meeting at Goldsboro Wednesday, De-
cember 1, provided we have reached
agreement at that time, so we car
form circuit, without any further dis
cussion.
| Awaiting your reply, and with kind
est personal regards, I am,
Yours very truly,
H. E. KING.
I then received this telegram froir
him:
Wilmington, N. c., Nov. 26.
| Horace King, Goldsboro, N. c.:
Have meeting Goldsboro Monday
without fail Wilmington votes fol
you and Durham
BOB GWALTNEY.
Mr.. Gwaltney called me up over the
phone Sunday night, November %, anG
asked that I request President Wash.
ington to call meeting in Goldsbore
Monday, November 20. 1 wrote hilr
on Monday, the 29th, this letter:
Goldsboro, N. c., Nov. 2S,1909.
Mr.. r. H. Gwaltney, Wilmington, N. G
Dear Bob: After phone conversa-
ton with you last night, it was i'm.
possible for me to get in communica
ton with President Washington, bu
called him up this morning, and he in
formed me that the legality of holding
meeting before date set to meet a.
Rocky Mount had been questioned
Therefore he had notified Rocky
Mount that he had been informed by
enough Representatives of teams, t,
break quorum that they would not b.
in attendance at Rocky Mount, there
fore meeting would be called off, ans
that he would call meeting in Colds
boro Wednesday afternoon, Decembe
1, at three o'clock. This was the bes
I could do.
i With best wishes, am,
i Yours truly,
H. e. KING.
When he arrived in Goldsboro De
cember to attend meeting, in conl
pany with two representatives frol
Rocky Mount, was surprised to learl
from him that he had again changes
his position. I met Mr.. Gattis on hi
arrival here, and he was very mucl
disappointed to learn of Mr.. Gwalt
ney's change of base, which he sal;
was the second agreement Mr.. Gwalr
ney had made on this subject, anl
each time when meeting was called
he refused to live up to it.
| Mr.. Gattis, in the presence of Mr.
DeButts, of Raleigh, expressed him
self forcibly that If Gwaltney would
not stand with US, that we, Raleigh
Wilson, Durham and Goldsboro, would
stand together, and break up the
league, and form another one He
left me to see Mr.. Gwaltney, and later
told me he could not do anything with
him. When Mr.. Eagles arrived we