C.B. Armstrong, President of 13 Cotton Mills, Has Died, Dec. 27, 1920

Gastonia, Dec. 27—Col. C.B. Armstrong, prominent capitalist and textile manufacturer, died at his home at 1 o’clock this morning. He was president of 13 cotton mills. The funeral will take place Tuesday afternoon at 3 o’clock. (From the front page of The Hickory Daily Record, Monday evening, Dec. 27, 1920)