The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1929-09-12

the front room where Wells, Mrs.
Franks and her daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lodge and their daughter, and
Lell and were. They lined up in
the room singing one verse of the
song Praise God From Whom All
Blessings Flow. Then they began
cursing for every od-damn-son-of-
a-bitch they could think of.
Millmen Lead.
"Then 10 of them took me up to
my room and made me pack my
clothes. Then they carried me down
to the porch. Horace Ling, overseer
of Myers mill of South Gastonia,
struck at me and said | was the
"goddamn son of a bitch" he wanted
to wait on. Superintendent Moore
head, Carl Holloway, Dewey Carver,
assistant for the Loray mill, put me
and Lell into the car. Moorehead
said he wanted to take charge of
us. They told us we would never
come back there anymore.
"They then brought us to fill
ing station at Catawba River on the
Mecklenberg side. They stopped
there for 10 minutes. | saw them
take Wells out of the car and carry
him into the filling station. I do
not know what they done to him
there.
'They then changed cars with all
of US. Dewey Carver and Carl Hol-
loway got in a car with US. They
began to threaten the union, said
they would kill every damn man
who joined the union and clean up
the South. They did not aim to
have a union in the South. They
tried to make me promise that /
would never belong to another
union in the southern states.
Get Beal."
"Then they brought US right
through Charlotte. They cussed
Paul Sheppard, Caroline Drew, Amy
Schechter, Vera Bush. They said,
God damn they would kill them if
they could find them They said
they would tear the jail down and
get Beal.
"Then they carried us miles be-
yond Concord and took us out of
the car. | began to call some of
them by their names. They began
to whisper among themselves that
he knows us. They asked how many
l knew of them. l told them 1
knew several of them.
"There were also two OddfelIows
in the crowd. / let them know l
had been member for 20 years in
good standing. They asked me
what did l think they ought to do
to me. l told them it was Just up
to them. / had no apologies to
make. They then ordered Wells to
take his pants off or they would do
it. They asked Lell and me to beat
Wells with a leather belt they
handed each of us. | put the belt
in my pocket. l have it now and
know who it belongs to, who took
it off. They also kept a pair of
my new slippers and said they could
use them.
Beat Wells.
"They then knocked Wells down
ind began to beat him with branch
cs Of trees and with leather belt.
[ know those who did the whipping
They are Carl Holloway, Dewey
Carver, besides others. They told
me if I would come back to Mecklen-
burg or Castor County they would
kill me, and begged me not to say
anything about it.
Then car came up around the
curve. They said there comes the
law, make to your car, and make
your getaway They drove off. ]
then picked up Wells pants and went
and hunted and hollered for him I'M
til l found him. He had run when
they turned him loose.
"Lell and I had to pick Wells up.
He was unconscious. We then toted
him piece of the way. We walked
to Concord s miles, and went to the
police station and told them the
story. They examined Wells and
asked US what kind of law we
had in CASTOR County. They said
it was a disgrace to the United
States. I had long talk with the
policemen. They told me that they
understood now what happened on
June z. They said the other towns