/ APRI1. 1, 1926
SAYS MOB RULE IS
BANISHED IN N. C.
Raleigh Special to ttfe Gastonia
Gazette.?"The mob is dead! Long
live the law! Well might be the slogan
of North Carolina, for that state
has ended the reign of the mobmen,"
says an editorial paragraph in the
current issue of the Dearborn Independent,
based upon an article carried
in the same issue, written by
x William H. Richardson, formerly a
newspaper man in Raleigh, now in a
state position.
The article gives the details of the
swift and stern justice meted out in
Asheville and Williamston to members
of mobs which attempted to take j
the law into their own hands and |
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that "there shall not be a lynching
while I am governor, if within, my
power to prevent it." Ample evidence
is given the world that this was no
idle pledge by the account of thei
governor's actions in sending the adjutant
general to Asheville at the
time trouble threatened a few months
ago, with orders to call out as many
state troops as were needed to preserve
order, and his refusal to extend
clemency to the mob members |
after their conviction, in the face of;
petitions bearing six thousand signatures,
asking for executive mercy. ;
The article quotes Governor Mc-1
Lean's statement, made in connec-l
tion with his refusal to grant the j
petitions, that "a prisoner in the:
custody of the law is entitled to the i
same protection as is the judge on!
the bench, or the solicitor who repre- i
seats the state in the prosecution. |
. . . The governor is the instru-l
mcnt of the law just as the jail is the i
instrument of the law. They (thej
raobmcn) were given a fair and ira-!
partial trial and convicted by jurors j
chosen by their fellow men. The sen-|
tenccu imposed, it seem sto me, were)
eminently fair and just and might
cattily have been more severe. Those
who are asking for clemency for
these men should remember that the
crime committed was one of the
most serious known to our law-serioua^because
the sovereignty of all
the people of the state was trampled
under foot and insulted by the mob
wrhen it attempted to take the law
into its own hands . . . No question
of mere sentiment should enter
into a case of this kind. Sentiment
should all be on the side of the
people whose .sovereignty was insulted.
No man can calculate the damage
that may be done to the good
name and fame of North Carolina
by even one lynching and the only
way to suppress lynching is to let
those who engage in it know that
they will be punished and punished
V severely."
Commenting upnn the blow
which has been dealt; "lynch law" in!
tlie state, til6- author says: ' iiCLwerApril
1 and November 15, 1925, three
seore men were arraigned in the superior
courts of North Carolina for
alleged participation in attempted
mob rule. That they should have
been arrested at all was an innovation.
Convictions and the imposition
of prison sentences resulting from
these trials not only attracted favorable
attention abroad, but served as
a warning at home. In other words
the world now knows that North
Carolina will not, under'any circumof
the state must be respected and
stances, tolerate mob rule. The laws
those who attempt to administer
? them outside the courthouses do so
at their peril ... Of thev 60 North
Carolina offenders arraigned in court
during 1.925, many threw up their
hands. . . . Their plea was for mercy,
a virtue that they had been unwilling
to exercise while acting in
the heat of passion. This was strikingly
true in one case (that of Williamston)
.where the most unmerciful
mob ever assembled in North Carolina
took a white man from jail and
inflicted a form of punishment to
which death would be preferable to
most men. While the majority confessed,
some held out and were tried
by juries ar.d sentenced to termsI
railing from a few months on the
roads to 30 years in the state's prison.
The 30 year man, whse sentence
was equivalent to the maximum imposed
in North Carolina for second
degree murder, appealed his case to
the supreme court. He lost.. The
opinion affirming the verdict and
j judgment of the lower court was a
\ scathing denunciation of mob rule
and a declaration that it must be
forever driven from the state "
Governor McLean has expressed
gratification at the wide publicity
North Carolina's fight to to the death
against mob rule is receiving and his
fervent hope that the fallacy too
prevalent in the north that the south
is a land of "lynch law" would be
exploded for all by the Dearborn Independent
article and similar articles
and editorials in other magazines.
An editorial in a recent issue of
Collier's also makes congratulatory
mention of the stand of the state, as
expressed by Governor McLean.
" 'The only way to supress lynching
is to let those who engage in it
understand that they trill be punished
and punished severely*, is' the
statement of Angus W. McLean, governor
of North Carolina, when he refused
to pardon 15 convicted rioters
after their attempt to take a negro
from Buncombe county jail," the editorial
reads. "The governor's decision
will do much to put fear into the
hearts of the lawless element and is
an added proof of Norath Carolina's
determination to put an end to
lynching."
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TO GLOOMY ISLAND
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"La Mariniere,V^the last ccfnvict
ship afloat in this twentieth century
of the civilized world, sailed today
for French Guinea carrying 3-10 lifers
and long-term sentence men. It was
the first shipload of convicts for .the
South American station in more than
two years.
"La Marinere" was painted a weird i
combination of red, yellow, black and
white and seemed to have emerged
fr?ni the Middle Ages, until one derelict
under stress of emotion, waving
goodbye to his sweetheart across a
port, collapsed and died, bringing
beak the grim present.
No joyful welcome or fond embraces
await the shackled prisoners
on this sinister ship, for their desti
iiauuii ?> uwii a lsiana ana a living
death.
They were trotted out of St. Martin's
penitentiary between rows of
steel helmeted soldiers with rifles
and fixed bayonets, and their step
was heavy and faltering:.
One man stood out among: the
spineless, dejected multitude, stolid,
erect, with fierce mustaches ruffled j
by the northwesterly wind, lie at
traeted the attention of all. i
"He is Gabriel Mourey," a guard
armed to the teeth responded to a
query. "He is the man who robbed
the American banker, Shattueker."
Mourney heard the comment and!
smiled confidently as he recognized |
the Associated Press correspondent
who attended his trial.
"Tell them," he said, "that I will
be the butler for some high class society
people in New York city inside
of two years."
Most of the convicts were tattooed
in an elaborate manner with all
sorts of weird designs and blasphemous
and revolutionary mottoes. One
lifer, who escaped the guillotine by
presidential commutation, had a blueblack
mark running clear around bis
neck about the width of a linen collar.
Above the lines were tatooed
the words: "Executioner, when cutting,
follow the dotted line."
Hard to please lady, ir. shoe store
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Disgusted clerk?"Yes, madam, all
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Cr.! loused
Angry Mother?"My boy :jays you
smacked his face and I demand an
explanation!"
Teacher?"Well,. I tried smacking*
him every other place but nothing
seemed to hurt him.
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THE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?
The Guilford County Farmers*
Union intends to put out a special
quiz for candidates for county office,
this to be supplementary to the questionnaire
adopted at a joint meeting
of the executive committee of the
North Carolina Farmers* Union and
the State Federation of Labor. The
farmers will aiso demand support of
a bill that would provide for publication
in local newspapers of all
legislation sought of the general assembly,
this to be published ten Hnvs
iii advance of offering of such legislation
for enactment- The farmers
say this would prevent "sneak" Legislation.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE RESALE
By virtue of the power of sale con- j
taincd in a certain mortgage deed executed
to the undersigned mortgagee
as trustee of R. P. Robinson to secure
the mini of $1500.00, and default
having been made in the payment
of said sum and the land described
in the said mortgage deed
having been sold or. the 1st day of
March 102G, for the sum of $925.00
to A. D. Wilson, a raised bid having
been made on said property of five
per cent, I will Oil Wednesday March
,11, 1926, at the court house door of
Watauga County between the hours
of 10 a, m. and 2 p. m. sell to the
highest bidder for cash the following
described real estate to wit:
The J. S. Stanbury land at or near
Zionvillc, North Carolina, and for the
complete calls se<* deed executed
from T. W. Romingcr and Eliza Rominger,
registered in Book number 7
on page 299, da ted June 18, 1908.
The bidding will start at $971.25,
plus the balance oil the mortgage to
the Smith County Trust Company of
Marion, Virginia, of $1500 subject
to a credit of $1000.
This the 13th day of March 1926.
A. A. PERRY" Mortgagee
Trustee for R. P. Robinson
NOTICE
North Carolina, Watauga County
J. C. Smith, et al
vs.
Lillie McBridc, et al
The defendants Lillie Me Bride and
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Bride, Mattie G. Laine, B. J. Smith!
and wife Martha Smith and the heirs
at law, as the lineal descendants of
Ebcn Smith, deceased, will take notice
that an action entitled as above
has been commenced in the Superior
Court of Watauga County, N. C., to
sell a certain piece or parcel of land
on Brushy Fork of Cove Creek, in
Boone Township, Watauga County,
N. C., being the land of Mary. Smith,
deceased, adjoining the lands of J. C.
Smith, J. H. Brinkiey, the old Wm.
Horton land, G. W. Whittington and
others, for partition. And the said
defendants will further take notice
that they are required to appear at
the office of the Clerk of the Superior
Court of said county in the court
house in Boone, N. C., on the 30th
day of March 1026, and answer or
demur to the complaint or petition
in said action or the plaintiffs will
apply to the court for the relief demanded
n said complaint or petition.
This 19th day of February 1926.
A. W. SMITH,
Clerk Superior Court
2-25-4p
EXECUTORS NOTICE
Having qualified as executor of the
last will and testament of G. W.
Norris, deceased, all persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to present them on or before
the 16th day of February 1927,
or this notice will be plead in bar
of their recovery. All persons indebted
to said estate will please come
forward and make settlement
This the 16th day of February 1926. j
J. B. NOKKI8
ma). >v -r\ e? in r< K
Ex. of will of G. W. Norris, deceased
NOTICE OF REAL ESTATE SALE
FOR TAXES
North Carolina
Watauga County
Town cf Blowing Rock
For the purpose of collecting the
taxes for the town of Blowing Rock
I will sell the following real estate
at the court house door at Boone,
North Carolina on Monday April 5,
1926, between the hours of 10 a. m.
and 4 p. m.
S. S. Bowden, one town lot for
taxes 1924, amount $8.25
Geo. F. Blair, two town lots, taxes
1924, amount $18.87.
J. M. Foster, two town lots, taxes
1924, amount 14.75
J. R. Foster, two town lots, taxes
1924, amount $16.90.
C. G. Ward, one town lot, taxes for
1924, balance, amount $5.46.
Mack Hartley one town lot, taxes
1921 to 1924 amount $15.00
This March 4, 1926.
D. W. WOOTEN,
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evening of April 13 to which many]
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been invited.
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presidential candidate, Governor i
oyra. 01 Virginia, Governor Ritchie, j
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Chairman Oldfield of the Dem-j
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