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CO I I me COURIER &6e COURIER Advertising: Columns Bring Results. Leads in Both News and ! Circulation. I mm Issued Weekly. PRINCIPLES, NOT MEN. - $1.00 Per Tear. VOL XXXI. - " ASHEBORO, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9. 1906. No ? LAWLESS MOB LYNCHED THREE MURDERERS Heedlessly Heard Court Officers Appeal for Law and Order. WORK OF FRENZIED MOB AT SALISBUSY MONDAY NIGHT. Croud ol Over Two Thousand Men At tacked Itnwan'H Jail, Duriiiir t lie Progress ul'thc Trial of the l.yerlj Murder. Against Vt limn True Kill Had Heen Keturncd liv the ;rand Jur. and Aeiure the Murder liy Putting Tliree to leath. .ludg Iintf. !herilf Juljan, Senator Over anil. Solicitor Hammer, anil Many Prominent Citizens Hold the Crow atlHav I mil Near Midnight. One Arrest Made Tuotlay. North Carolina was again inunili ated Moiulay night when a mob of lawless men attacked the Rowan county jail at Salisbury and de;p'te the tftorts 01 Juage Long, Jiayoi Boyder, Sheriff Julian and Solicitor Hammer in the interest or order took four persons from their cells and lynched three or theui. Ueo, Erviu, the fourth, was returned to his cell after being closely 'puestion- ed by the leaders of the mob. The victims of the mob w re the alleged perpetrator of the horrible Lyerly family murder at Umber's Junction July lath. The three negroes lynched were Nease and John Gillespie and Jack Dillingham. Delia Dillingham, being a woman but against whom the graud jury r turned a true bill, and Henry Lee, who is believed innocent, were left in their celU . . . The trial at a special term b-gan Monday morning attended bv large and threatening crowd, but as the day wore away, and Judge Long delivered his charge to the graud jury in which he referred strongly to the auti-lynch law, the crowd became calmer when court adiourred. J3ut there was a strong undercurrent of determination visible in the crowd as the night grew dark er. The iail was heavily guarded and the court officers wen- busy ad dressing the ever increasing crowd At 9 o'clock it seemed that the mob wonld overpower the guards, three of their leaders being taken bv tue officers, but it became iuiet when they were released. About this time the Rowan Killes arrived on the scene by orders of Judge Long and this again infurated the mob who faced the hie or th mil itia with clenched teeth, pressing hard toward the iail. . At K 0 clock the Rifles, having no authority to fire to kill retreated, leaving the jail and prisoners at the mercy of the mob. The' leaders entered the jail and soon returned with their victims. ' So soon as the procession marched into Main street and turned toward the country, the town took on a calm er aspect. Many men, sick at heart went to their homes and their beds. The officers did all they could except shoot to death the members of the mob. Just at midnight the mob halted beneath a large oak tree at Hender son baseball ground near the home of the Hon. John S. Henderson. In stead of killing the men at ouce the leaders tried to make the prisoners confess to the murder. One of the lynchers, had climbed a big tree auu was sitting on a limb smoking a cigarette, waiting for a rope. The negroes were obstinate. Each negro's feet were tied to his head and he was drawn up to the timber and riddled with bullets. Salisbury, August t, 2 a. m. Two military companies infantry and artillery, both from Charlotte are guarding the jail and preserv ing order; but according to appear ances throughout the night their presence is not needed. Acting upon orders from Govern or Glenn, telegraphed from Raleigh, Judge Long today began an investi gation of the lynching Monday night. Although there were not less than two. thousand people in the mob, and although a consider able number of men broke into the I jail aud had a hand in taking the prisoners out, there has been but one person identified. George Hall was arrested today as the alleged leader of the lynching party and was confined in jail. Hall has a bad record. He has served a term in the penitentiary. The court will investigate thorough ly his connection with the lynching and will make every effort withir the limits of the law to learn what other persons took part 111 the lynching and place tne criminal responsibility upon them. While it is generally believed that the nio'o spirit was appeased by hanging the three negroes Monday night it was deemed prudent to re move the other three who were in dicted for the Lyerly murder to a place of safety. Accordingly they were taken to Charlotte, where they are now cnhucd 111 Mecklenburg jail. When thev will be brought back f"r trial is not known, but it will proli.iMy :e at the next regular term of me Supenor court. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Met hi Monthly essioii at the Court li'i:ie Mniid.iy. lie I ! ! 1 I 1 i;i :;t v . I'limiisMoiiers luei i,i ri'iri!;ir ;.i ' . v ses.-ion .it the cout'tln Monday loan: H 1 The e... 11. T i'mv ill- 1.T...1 the T. -II. bills ..aid. For ouwi'l If.. V. Ili:li. I. K n. i.m.U., A. X. Fuller, ! in 1 r M Fiord, ivpaii l.ri-lue all and Sum. e-. lumlier ii 10 Farlow Brothers lumber W. N. KMer, exaa ining bridges 1 I'.tU 11.4:1 1 ;.oi 1 fc. A:. en, work on lindges H T Cave;. ess, examining dridge J . A It'oii'ii, mdse. WilKer-..n A I' 11. lei wool, mdse. 1'. 1'. Jones, hed; ;ii.;' .".0 I.TOO i.'i.oo IS (HI l.'i (10 Kl.L'O it '.in H. U. Kennedy, Mi.!. road lon e N". C. (.'i milord, a-st sunt. K. B. Hiil. Board J C. Farlow " W 1.. CKrai.e " A. C. Jackson " M. Keddhm, luudier; road force .")S 4 Tlioa. Xixon corn 17.00 H.'itrlt'Atiietij, lieiVo etc. Ashelioro Uulh-r Mill, mdse. I'l l-'.s:! x.s.MT :il.:;:i 1.2") J'l.Oil 5.00 id no Mcl'rarv l.'e ling II lu I'n. Ill .frvl'o.. nid-e. iluher fur public Vslielior-. . E. ('. II ..ir. B ', i David Tioin lwliame H. I.. M.ii-r W. .1. Miller ' er tor puLlie road ".u .;. 10 I. oil X. F.r. .-a 1. F. Jarivil W. F. M.-Crr Mi-.- . M. Bulla, supt. healtl .lulv l-.liza Siiiiih, i:iin,irt I'.OI.I l .-,0 i Hamnek, I. M Wav, tw davs seuini ill, lierilV ('. t'r:i!i!ord, court erier .(HI VI 00 :S5 00 1 (Hi I. T. R'-tiek, 'lUl taker I'.HH-. I.ilin K'ieli, i-leariiie; eourth.io-,e V. T Aii.lresvs, ."i .lavs oMieer Kr ind jury ,V. H. t;:... iiiveynij.' nisi.uer to iail K. S. lirav, shi'oiidini; lKiuper l. Ilii-h. deuotv at .lulv term VI (HI Asliel or.i Klei- rie C) , lights in inil W. -I Miii-r. mk f-.r jail W. (' !i.n..ia Hid, i-e-irdi:. i:iror- .lulv term .1 10 Clerk of Court, stalitmerv .' 15 ntMi 4 5(1 J. M. Luther, depiitv at .lulv term J. M. Lewa'len, work on own house M. Lewidleii, janitor ll. Lucas venires as deputy, .lulv term li 00 .J. Finch, suumions jury Iri ('( Oliver Bowden and wife, support L' 00 Register of deeds, ishuiru' orders 14 o . Miller, conveying prisoner to tail i 00 V. B. )uen, oonvevincprisoner to jail 3 00 H. ti. Lai-siier. commission and mileage 3 SO A. X. Bulla coiiiinission and mileane isO 11. T. Cavenesrt. eoioniinsion 2 00 f. P. Boroucha. clerk to board 2 00 An order was issued bv the board that Mrs. Frances Dees be admitted to the county home. Preparing tor the Reunion The ladies of Asheboro have begun preparation for be Confederate Re union to be neld .i--iv September 1st A meeting of 'th"se eligible to mem bership in the piDjMiseU chapter of Daughters of Confederacy are re luested to meet at the home of Mrs. C. McAIister tomorrow (tridav) afternoon at 5 o'clock. Matters of importance to the reunion will be presented. Democratic Primary. The Democratic Prin Asheboro township wili ry for e held Saturday, August 11th at 5 p.'m. at the courthouse. Democratic voters are urged to attend and vote for their preference for candidate for the county officers. Arthur Ross Chm. Township Com. 1 TRIP TO BOSTON. Things of Interest to Visitors The Hub" TOUR OF MEMBERS OF PRESS ASSOCIATION. THE A Day and two MjjlitM mi laiiiil and Sea Landed the Party on HMorie Soil Luncheon, Driven, Theatre'' I'artleK. etc.. Arid to the Pleasure of Visitors, As related in an article in The Cockier of twp weeks ago The Virginia and North Carolina Press Association met in joint session at the iMeckleuburg Hotel, Chase Citv, Va., July 1314. Of the pleasure and protit deiive.l from the meeting of these two great bodies of editors, a faint idea has already been given the Cockier leaders, hence this Article shall be devoted waolly to the sights and pleasures enjoyed by those who were brave enough to face the dan gers of "the mighty deep," and take the trip to Boton and other historic points in Massachusetts. There were T'j ladies and gentle men wearing the blue ribbon badges of the Press Association, who left" (.'li.,.-,. city July Itith mi n e i ii i;u- tor Xorr'olK, w uciv they Loarded "The Howard," one of the largest and handsomest ships of the Mer chants itnd Miners Transportation Co. and were safely landed at Provi eienee, It. I., about 4 o'clock Wednesday morning; aft..-r oreakfast was served on the boHt the train was taken for Boston, arriving there at 10:30 o'clock. Right here words fail in an at tempt to describe the genuine hear ty greeting extended e.toh member of our party by Mtssrs. George C. rairbauks, President of the Mas sachusetts Press Association; Thom as Lavitt and Albeit Vittum. The very clasp of the hand seemed to bespeak the warmest welcome in deed we soon felt that Bos:on and all Massachusetts soil was ours After being pleasantly locate I at the United States Hotel wii.-re they certainly know how to foke e or editors we started ou 'o see jsoston ana ner suburban c:ti'-s. First, we viewed the beauties oi' tue public gardens and the famous Boston Common, the latter beiii' a gift to the city and coveri.ig 4 acres. Ibese were fitting introduc tions to Boston's atti actions. Then an hour was profitably speat within tne Historic walls of the magnificent State House, built at the cost of s'i(- OdO.Ouu. I he building oecupies the site of John Hancock's cow pasture, which the town bought and gave to the fetate. lhe corner stone was laid by Paul Itevere in :Jo. Here there were many things to interest us, such as handsonu paintings, the tatteml flags which once waved in the wars of our country, and the original "log of tne Mayflower. In tae afterno in, after a lurried lunch, we weir taken in e.irri.-iges drive through eutno ut the beautiful parks, and to many points of interest throughout the city, stopping to view the Art Museum, the public library which was found ed in 1852 and is the largest free library in America, having over 550,000 volumes aud 350,0011 pam phlets. Stops were also made at the Christian Science Temple, Trinity Church, Mrs. Jack Gard ners' palace and many other places of interest "hich might be mention ed if space permitted. We returue 1 to the Hotel about 7:30 o'clock aud aftei snpper were given a theatre party by the American Type Found ers Company, chaperoned by Messrs. Thompson aud Hill, the clever local representatives of the company. They were ably assisted by Mr. K. C. Pelouze, manager of the Richmond-branch. Thus ended the first day in Bos ton! a day that shal) ever be mark ed with a bright spot in the calen dar of memory. On Thursday morning the party was taken in special cars for a trip over the "lloute of the Minute Men", of which you shall hear in next weeks issue. M. L. D. Announcement. I hereby announce myself a can didate for the office of County Treasurer of Randolph cunty, subject to the action of the Demo cratic County Convention, August i5tn,itt). B. r. Newbv. MR. CORWITH IS SECRETARY. I.lnled to Position by (ireater Charlotte C luliWIII Travel the We.t. Mr. W. T. Corwith, well known in Asheboro, has been elected to the position of Secretary of the Greater Charlotte Club. Mr. Corwith was recently a guest "t" Messrs. Will A. Coffin and :'. V. ;.i''-o in Asheboro and iijMii in. utiuo to Charlotte last week ne entered upon his duties. He will leave within a few days for the Middle West and the West, where he will spend three or foil' weeks 8tudyingthe methods used by the Industrial clubs of the cities in that sectionTof!the country. Mr. Corwith formerly lived at sheboro and has many strong t rieuds in the county who "are glad io learn of his appointment. His t- r, energy and integrity guarantee Jil.s S'.lCCSSS. $25,000 FIRE. I'liriiiture ( oiiiiauy u TIioiiki. i i 1 It- Destroyed I'riday. iv morning tire was discover-"I..- factory of the Cramer uriirui 'i.iiii. 'Hij.auy at lhoinasville, t ;-i,oOu divided as ! "1,1.(10 chairs, estimated at ;'2H, """: bud i-i. r'o.iion, making a '.'t.il of ;'-.'.". i i lot-s. '1'lie insur ance was SS..V The !iie oi i.r i'ed from an tin known cinise m M;e finishing de partment. Will ll 'l.l train. K. Mollitt, Seer-t.try of the Ran dolph county E.ec:itie Committee, has been officially notnied that both tne Sjuthtru and the A. &A. rail roads will arrange a special schedule of trains on Saturday, August 15th, for the convenience of delegates at tending the Conntv Democratic Convention. The train scheduled to leave at 4:30 over the Southern for High l'oiul win ue neiii until o::jn p. m. Mondfy Mr. Motiitt received ! letter from J. It. Page, Superintend ent of the Aberdeen and Asneboro railroad, in which he aunouneed that he would hold tile local train going South on that date utitil 5:30 o'clock. The executive committee thoroughly appreciates these eourte sies. Vt heat at U hy Nut. the Courier correspondent at Wliy Xotil.tS Collected tue following figures, showing the wheat yield wiihiii a radius of a mile of Whv Xot: W. L. Stutts, 134 bushels; Peter Bean, 3 J; J. M. Yow, 21: It. J. Lawrence, 22s 1-2; Martin Mi Xeil,52 1-2; K. E. McNeil, 37; I. F. Ciaven, 7o: W. T. Macon, 5s; W. It. Graves, 1(J7 1-2; J. A. Auman, llli 1-2; A. L. King, 17n J. A. King, 231 1-2; M. A. Cagle, s7; C. E Stuart, To; J. B. Slack, 3!H) 1.2; J. A. .Monroe, 173; T. W. Lawrence, I'd'.'; J. S. Hancock, 12s: Kelly La tham, 4ti; Henry Yow, 140 1-2; Fred Luck, 47 1-5; .Mrs. Hannah Macon, 3s. Total, 2ii7o. I.HWH Party Near Trinity. Last Saturdry uight, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Briles, near Trinity, a delightful lawn party was given complimentary to their SOn, Lee A. Briles, of St. Catherine, Ha, who spent last week with relatives in Randolph. About a hundred and tifty from every part of the county attended, and the event was eujoyed Oy all. Mr. Briles aud his mother spent Monday in Asheboro, he leaving for flondaiuthe afteruoou and Mrs. Briles returning to Tiinity. There has been placed in the Hall of History a bolt of heavy sheeting with quite a history. It was made in 18H4 at the Rockhsh Cotton Mills, uear Fayetteville, and in lS'io, upon the approach of the fetleral troops, was hidden under one of the fk'ors in the Devereux mansion there and was found when the building was demolished early in thj present year. The cloth is perfectly preserved. It was a divi dend from the mill iu and there is also a bale of yam from the same nvll. Announcement. I take this method of announcing that 1 am a candidate for the office of surveyor of Randolph county sub ject to the Democratic primary. H. A. Albright, Moffitt, N. C. MAMMOTH SATE. Hundreds (,i People Visit the Crushed Reduction Sale at Ashclioro As announced on the second page tne Morris-ocarooro-iuorhtt Co. be. gan a mammoth reduction sale yes teruay at 9 o clock. The store was closed Monday and Tuesday while the clerks were busy rearranging the stocK ana slaughter ing prices. At 9 o'clock a surging mass of bargainihunters invaded the store and when thev left were carrying away armfullsof merchandise bought at bargain prices indeed. The crowd never numbered less than 2i0 during the day. Metropolitan stores of laiger cities cannot boast of more successful special sale opening than that experienced by this enterprising tirm vesterdav. I lie sale continues for 10 uay and on the last day a handsome buggy will be given a wav bv the tirm. I t o ii k I i ii ille News. The pulpitat the M. K. Chun is :Uled Mindav morning and at night bv Rev. C. A. Wood, who preached two of his best sermons. u . O. Kussell atteuded a meeting of the public road supervisors at Cedar halls Saturday. Hugh Parks, Sr. and Hugh Park Jr. spent Sunday with Mr. Tom Parks near Parks A Roads. Prof. J. M. Weatherlv, of James town, visited Prof. I). M . Weatherly ounuav. G. U. Trogdon has purchased the Luther farm near the eastern limits of the city where he will move his family in the near future and will engage in farming and stock raising on an extensive scale. Miss F'lorence Tippett spent Sat srdav night and Sunday with Flosie Allred near Giays Chapel. Preparations are being made to construct a sidewalk along Greens' boro avenue leading from the It R. near the cottoti house of Frank- liu'-ille Mfg. Company to the M, E, Church J. C. Maner'has been em ployed as overseer and work will be gin as soon as a sufficient force of workmen can be secured. The fall term of Frauklinvi'le High School will open Monday August ma. M. G. Huie has sold his residence on Depot street to Mr. J. C. Kivett. Mr. Joseph Buie has resigned his position as overseer of the boiling lepartment of the i rankhnville Manufacturing Company and has iieen succeeded uv Will Maroble. Mr. Buir- will enter the Frauklin- ville High school. 1. II. slack tor Commi'.sioucr. Cedar Falls, X. C, August 4th liiOfi. Editor Cockier: There is but little being said in this part of the county about the Board of County Commissioners, my experience enables me to know we should have good and competent men for Commissioners, our present Board has been conservative, render ing ns good service and have given satisfaction in this section so far as I know, and I would be willing to support the entire Board for another term, but 1 am informed one of them will not be a candidate for re-election, and a new man will have to be put on the ticket. 1 want to present the name of Mr. B. Slack, of Why Xot, as a suitable aud competent mail to fill the vacancy. He will make a good Commisssioner; he is a Union town ship man. but lives at Why Xot for the benefit of the school there; he is a good man, and everything con sidered has bten successful. Put him on the ticket. Union aud Richland townships will endorse the action of tbeCounty Convention, by increased Democratic majorities for the entire ticket in the coming election. Very Respectfully, O. It. Cox. farmer's Mutual. At a meeting of the executive committee and policy holders' of the Farmers Mutual Fire Associa tion of Randolph county, here last lhursday, a number of subjects of interest to the association were informally discussed. The associa tion was found to be in good condi tion and an easy way was provided for former members to be reinstated to membership by applying to the agents of the association, provided such application is made before Jan. 1st 1097. SOLDIERS RE-UNION. Confederate Veterans to Be Enter tained September 1. RE-UNION AND PICNIC AT ASH BORO. (amp tin- Randolph to He Organized. Everybody is Invited to Attend and lo Honor to Those Who u tiered for the Cause of the Mouth. Announcement was made a few weeks ago in these columns that a re-union ot Uonteilerate veterans would be held this summer at Ashe boro, for the purpose of organiz ing camps of veterans and their sens and a chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy. We have been reo nested to make the following aunoiiiifeiiient: The Confederate soldiers of Ran lolph county and their friends (which embraces everybody) are J in vited to a re-union and picnic, in Asheboro, on Saturday, September 1st. at which time and place camps )i l niteu couieiierate eterans aud Sons of Confederate Veterans and a chapter of Daughters of Confederate eterans, will be organized. Every family represented is requested to furnish a basket of provisions for dinner so that no oue will go away hungry. In preparing the baskets don't forget that substantial will be acceptable as well as cakes, pies, fruits, etc. It is desirable that everybody r resent shall have a good dinner. The sons and daughters of Confederate soldiers without waiting to be individually addressed, are re- luested to solicit of their respective neighbors, contributions of edibles. and take charge of getting up and serving the dinner. lowns having brass oands are re vested to furnish music for the oc casion. Xanies of speakers aud program will be published next week. Federal soldiers present will be entertained as guests of the Confed eracy. Everybody take a holiday aud ioiu in honoring and making happy the few remaining Randolph soldiers of oi-o. A. C. McAi.istek, I'. H. Morris, W. P. Wood, Jxo. W. Jolly, A. J. WOODELL, Committee. Asheboro, X. C. Aug. 7, lfxhi. CORLETO ITEMS. Hen's cm l-'ouiid with .US llirtr-lit- ial Meeting. Mr. A. J. Trotter found a hens nestoue day last week with 50 eggs iu it. He does not know whether one hen laid all of the eggs are not but rather thinks so. Mr. Milton Lackey is all smiles- it is a little bov. Miss Kffic Xance is visiting in this community. Miss Kate Xance, of Farmer, isited at her grandparents last Sat urday night. The big meeting began at Mount Tabor the tifth Sunday in July. A series of meetings will begin tt Pleasant Union the first Sunday in August. M. E. R. Fair View Items. Mr. Author Ingram is all smile it's another l.iii Kn Mrs. Sarah litlpler has- returned to Fair iew after a week's visit tu Mrs. Annie ind others it High Point. .Mr. Lei' luvig, of Asheiioro; was a wel- me visitor lat Sunday night. The little s.m of Mrs. Annite lacrani is t?ry sick TvitU malaria lever. Misses ltetta lilair and Miss Artie (.'ran- lord were guests .f Mrs. C'has. se of High unt one .t:iv last wee.. Little Mavui Blair Mortal, of Tliomasville, visiting his grand paiPiils. Miss Kletli Lldi'i- and sister, Mrs. Mamie Eider -iut a few days at .laekson Sprinpg t week. Mis Artie Cratdord i spending the week Fanner, Mr. and Mrs. Julm-on of MiNSOttri are "itii g their relatives an 1 friettdg in thi llOICi'.litV Silver Medilimr. Rev. and Mrs. X. R. Richardson ill be at home to friends Friday, August 17th, in houor of the 25th anniversary of their marriage. Xo ards will be issued, however. Mr. Richardson is pastor of the M. E. church, of Asheboro, and at Worth- ville and Central Falls. Th;v have many friends whom The Courier joins in offering coneratu'at;ons in advance.