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[Identification of item], in the Gastonia Gazette Correspondence, #3867-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Gift 1968

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• Aderholt, D. A., d. 1929.
• Beal, Fred Erwin, 1896-1954.
• Gastonia (N.C.)--History--20th century.
• Gastonia gazette.
• International Labor Defense.
• Labor unions and mass media--North Carolina--History--20th century.
• Textile Workers' Strike, Gastonia, N.C., 1929.
• Textile workers--Labor unions--North Carolina.
• Textile workers--North Carolina--Economic conditions.
• Truitt, Will, fl. 1929.

Communications addressed to the editor of the Gastonia (N.C.) "Gazette," April-July 1929, concerning the drive to organize North Carolina textile workers, the strike at Manville-Jenckes mill, and murder charges against Fred Erwin Beal and others following the shooting of Police Chief D. A. Aderholt on June 7, 1929. Also included are: communication from Beal and Will Truitt, strike organizers; two letters from anonymous individuals; and two news releases from the International Labor Defense. Also included is a copy, 1939, of a printed petition addressed to Governor Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina, asking pardon for Beal, with space for signatures.