The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-03-31
(By s. II.

Chapel Hill, March 29-An out
break of mobilize spirit, c~rystallzed
ty the parties implicated in the CAMP
ling raid and their student sympathiz-
ers, was the reception which net the
news story in Sunday mornings News
and Observer, exploding the nefarione
gambling operations charged AS talk
ing place at Chapel Hill. Floyd Book
Ell. whose name was, included in the
list of professional gamblers ana
whom the town has recognized under
the bono of SIS for his appearance
at court, melted his cohorts charged
with gambling to make a personal
attack on the writer Of the article.
Floyd Booker Alleged Leader.
Booker, whom the town authorities
say has persistently engaged in gamb-
ling since last October; J. D. Kerno-
die. a member of the freshman class.
and Ralph Andrews, a member Of the
freshman class, gathered at the post
office events showing this to be to do
violence to the person of h writer.
Booker was overheard to say Il AM
going to peat II out of him. and
the other members of the party jus.
mentioned, stationed themselves just
outside the postofice door. All the
events go to show that they had their
traps for the author of the news story,
waiting his departure from the post
office.
Friends advised your correspondent
not to leave the postoffice lobby other
than the back door, that the would
be thugs had threatened that they
would beat him into a jelly fish. The
dire threatenings of Booker and his
adherents were met with a hearty re-
ception by a few d Sympathizers
These particular students, a great
many of whom there have been strong
suspicious that they are veteran gam
hIarC hoyo So for n01I1o6 tho CfrnnG
arm of the law. They, too, it is re
ported had sworn allegiance to mem.
bers of their clan and kind.
j. ID. KernOdlc Attacks Winters.
In the meantime J. d. Kernodle, o
Graham, a member of Cardinals foot
ball squad. has eased his way into tn
postoffice lobby and bounced the writ
er of the article. why in the H
did you write the article was IN
question. Immediately the crow
gathered in the lobby intercepted
and no further ticks were passed. i
the interim some students went l
search of a policeman, anticipatin
where Booker had gathere his clar
charged with being midnight gamt
iers and sy~mpathizers.
Artists Absorbing Topic.
All day long where groups hay
the single topic of CONVEX
sation has been the arrest of the pal
ties alleged to be professional gam'
lers and the anticipation of the GU
come The great body of student sci
tment has been crystalliZed into
real fighting force to rid the comm
nifty OF the crap" and poker dens
which gambling a gone on. III
fight is one Of proportions, since OF
we'll competent to speak on the su
Ject estimates hat one hundred mer
Der Of the student body countenanc
gambling. A speaker at the jun
banquet some weeks ago felt co
strained to venture the estimate tn
zoo members of the student body e
gage in or countenance gambling
some form.
Student Council ON h Trail.
only a fortnight & the stude
council called to task a big bunch
students around whom strong susI
cion rested that they had been nigh
visitors around the poker table. III
were dismissed on lack of concluS
evidence, each member of the GRO
swearing to protect his fellow, a
yet a member of the council v
heard to express himself uncomm
tingly to the view hat he felt dc
sure that of that number many