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GOLXXSBORO. N. C. THUESDAY, AUGUST 28 1902.
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CONFESSED JH1S GRIME.
TIJK ASSAILANT OF MKS. J.
M. S II ET II WAS LYXC HE D
VESTEUOAY N 13 Alt
S13V13N SPIN as.
A HORRIBLE SCENE TO VIEW
The lilaek lirute Was Caujriit
Near Outlaw's Bridge Asked
Permission to Itep at the
Lord's Prayer The
Jury's "Wrtlict.
A FEARFUL. CRIME.
(Special to the Argus.)
Seven Springs, Aug. 23. On the
evening of the 22nd abour 0 o'clock,
a negro who goes by the name of
Tom Jones, committed an outrage
on the wife OIr. J. M. Smith, who
lives about three miles from this
place.
The poor woman was dragged
from her house by the burly brute
to the woods, near by, and left in
such a condition. that she was scarce
ly able to return to the house. Dr.
Walter Jones was called to her ami
rendered medical, aid.
Sheriff Seo.it .arrived about mid
night and the neighborhood is being
searched for the scoundrel, who, it is
thought, made .his escape towards
Mt. Olive.
Latku:- Mrs. Smith is in a criti
cal condition. IIer:face is badly beat
en and swollen, her throat black
where he choked ,her; and her phys- !
ical and uienial.oadition is mo.vt de
plorable.
Not since the Worley murder in
which the nameless crime was com
mitted and Mrs. Worley and her
husband murdered, .has Wayne
county had such a -.crime committed
-within her borders .as ithe outrage
mpon Mrs. Smith, .near Seven
;Springs, reported in these columns
on Saturday. Lynching did.not over
take the Worley murderers because
,of .the uncertainty of the identity of
the criminals until a legal investi
gation was had and ikey mere with
in the strong arm of the law, and
.speedily were they triad ;and duly
executed. Hence Wayne .eountj'- had
!no lynching then, and since then has
,had no occasion for such .condign
jmnishnaent until the crime upon
JOLrs. Smith was committed, Friday
evening, in Indian Springs towifc
Jaip. The outrage perpetrated upon Mrs.
J. M. Smith in Indian Springs town
ship last Friday has been avenged
and the soul of the black brute who
assaulted her has been ushered into
eternity.
After eluding his pursuers for
nearly three nights and two days
the negro was captured near Outlaw's
Bridge in Duplm county Monday
morning about 1 o'clock. The crowd
of citizens,who had not relaxed their
efforts to bring the negro to justice,
tracked him to the spot where he
was captured. He was making his
way Sunday night along the public
road to Kenansville. A little before
1 o'clock he left the road to go into a
field to get a watermelon to eat. His
pursuers came upon the tspot and
waited for him to return to the road,
which he did in a few moments.
Marshall Holmes gave the command
to "halt," and Mr. Biche said
"throw up your hands." The negro
complied and Mr. Riche bound the
negro hand and foot with a rope. It
had been agreed that a pistol should
be fired as a signal when the negro
: was caught. This was . done and
simultaneously the farm bells began
to toll from one plantation to anoth
er, which also told the story of t he
capture. Besides Mr. Riche and
Marshall Holmes there was also in
the crowd who captured the negro
the following: Anderson Strickland,
Frank Bennett, Henry Grady, Al
bert Blizzard and Bob Taylor. Mr.
Ric he put the negro in his buggy
over the protest of the gathering
crowd, who wished to dispatch him
at once. He came on to his home
some eight miles distant, intending
to bring the criminal to Goldsboro
and deliver him to the sheriff.
When he reached home he placed
the negro in a barn, while he went in
to get breakfast before leaving for
town. Just at this time a crowd of
people disguised as negroes came up
and demanded the negro, which
was refused by Mr. Riche, who turn
ed the prisoner over to Deputy Sher- !
iff Walker. The crowd went to the
barn and marched him off in the di
rection of the swamp. On the way
to the swamp several shots were fired.
The negro confessed his crime to Mr.
Riche and it is said that he also con
fessed it before he was killed and
asked permission to say the .Lord's
prayer, which was granted.
The sheriff and coroner, together
with an Argus reporter and. a num
ber of citizens,arrived upon the scene
of the lynching about 5 o'clock in
the afternoon. Leading out from
Mr. J. M. Riche's home is a tram
railway which enters .a dense juni
per swamp a mile or so away. -Just
before entering the swamp there is
an old field grown up with short
leaf pines. Here was found a number
of vehicles with horses tied to the
pine trees. Following the .tram road
into the swamp our crowd came up
on a crowd of men who had gathered
around the remains of the negro,
who had been tied to a log and shot
to death. It was a ghastly and grue
some scene. The corGner ordered
the remains brought uj into the old
field where Dr. Williams Spicer per
formed the postmortem examination
in the presence of the jury- The cor
oner called up three witnesses who
testified as to the crime and .the, cap
ture of the negro and also told .about
the crowd taking the negro .from
Mr. Riche's barn. The jury then re
tired a pace and signed the follow
ing verdict, which ivas drawn .up by
Mr..Jno. H. Hill:
"We, the undersigned, enapannel
ed.as.a jury to inquire the eause .of
the .death of Tom Jones, find that lie
came to his death by gunshot
wounds inflicted by parties unknown
to the Jury, obviously by an outraged
public .acting in defense of their
homes, wives, daughters and .chil
dren. iEn view of the enormity of
the crime committed by saM Tom
Jones, alias Frank Hill, we think
they would have been-- recreant to
their duty .as good citizens had they
acted otherwise.
"(Signed)
"FiRANK BROADHURST,
JOK3f H. HlL,Ii,
R. H. Edwards,
R. Lu Thompson,
C. E. Stanley,
J. M. Grantham."
X certify that the above is the ver
dict of the jury, in the justness of
which, and the sentiments expressed,
I fully concur.
Thos. Hill, M. D.,
Coroner of Wayne County.
After the formality of the inquest
was over Sheriff Scott offered to give
$5.00 to have the negro buried and
two men went across the old field
and secured a hog trough in which
they placed the remains and placed
then in a shallow hole that was
quickly dug under the soughing
boughs of a pine tree, almost within
sight of the place where the negro
committed the crime.
The report in yesterday's Argus
as to Raif Loftin turned out to be a
wild rumor without foundation in
fact. '
The Murphy Democrat says: Gov
ernor Aycock is accused of having
issued more pardons than any Gov
ernor since Vance. We trust he
will keep up the parallel. In the
light of history and common sense,
Vance Is not esteemed any less for
, the pardoning he did.
SMALLPOX ON THE CAR
Disease on a Brooklyn Trolley
Turned It Into a Prison.
P00T0S- DETECTED ITS PRESENCE.
All tie fkssensFri Were Iftxule Pris
oners 1 - Dr. 1:3. D. Johnson, AVho
Stod Willi His Back to the Door
and Would Allow None to Leave.
Vaccinated tt t Stables.
"Ladies cr 1 gentlemen," said a tall,
brown b- .rell dressed and dls-
tirc-i' ig man backing up to
" -ioor "f ourt street car in Brook
Vj (!e other day, "there is a case of
smallpox on this car. The person who
has the disease will please say so."
The car w as filled with men and wo
men, who looked up in amazement at
the extraordinary announcement, says
the New York Journal One smart citi
zen made a facetious response.
"No," said the man .t the door quiet
ly, "I am neither a drunken man nor a
crank. I am a physician who has had
a great deal of experience with small
pox, and I recognize the odor that is
inseparable from the disease at a cer
tain stage. There is no possibility of
a mistake, and again I call on whoe r
has the disease to make it known."
Two men and a woman made a rush
for the front door of the car. They
found it locked. Against the other
door was the broad back of the doctor.
There was no exit.
"Nobody may leave the car," said the
calm man of medicine, "until the case
of smallpox is located. If the person
who has It does not reveal himself, I
will be obliged to examine everybody
on the car."
He waited several mimites, but there
was no response. The passengers
glanced at each other fearfully, and
each tried to shrink from his neighbor.
Nobody doubted now. Meanwhile the
car went on.
"Very well." said the doctor, "I will
have to examine everybody in the car.
Let me have your pulse, sir."
The doctor had gone the whole length
of the car without finding anything and
stood opposite a stout negresa whose
veil was down.
"R::i::e j our veil, madam.
"I won't." .
"TL, n I'll have to raise it for you."
The dortor laid his hand on the veil.
The womnn grabbed it. There was a
brief -struxle, and the veil was torn
off. It did not take an expert to tell
where the disease was then. Iler taee
was covered with the dread pustules.
"I ain't got no smallpox. Thaf
only a rash." protested the wosoaaa.
There was a stampede to the Other
end of .the car and almost a pank., tmt
the vindicated doctor quieted the pas
sengers. He told them, however, tit&t
the car would go to the car stables
without rstop.
The mam who had detected the dis
ease was iDr. E. D. Johnson of Wil
liamsburg, who was with the army to
Cuba and Who Is an authority on yei
;low fever, smallpox and other conta
;gious diseases. He had detected the
rtelltale odor as soon as he got on the
ear and had notified the conductor that
&e had smallpox aboard and must let
nobody on or off the car. He also told
iiim he must be sallowed to examine the
passengers. The .conductor at first de
murred, but the idoctor had his way.
The gripman was directed to go right
to the car barns and to keep the door
at ibis end of the ear shut. These in
structions were ali carried out, and the
identity of the sufferer was discovered,
as told.
From the car rtaoles the board of
bealth as notified, nd a vaccinator
was sent there, and the health authori
ties took charge of matters. The col
ored woman was taken to North Broth
er island. The people were not allow
ed to leave the car until all had been
fumigated, and the car was disinfected
and withdrawn from traffic.
AH submitid with a good grace ex
cept the gripman, who said a vaccina
tion might prevent him working his
car and that he could not afford to lay
off. ' He was told no exception could
be made, and he was scratched with
the rest.
Then the passengers began to thank
Dr. Johnson, who had bared his scalpel
and taken part in the general vaccina
tion. They wanted to pay him for his
services, to raise a purse for him and
that sort of thing, but he would not
have it and, as usual, had his way.
Blerelo Bobsled.
Happer, a young man of
O., attracts great attention
newfangled bicycle, says the
ti Enquirer. In place of a
leel he has arranged a sled
nd around the tire of the rear
has a number of spiked strips
:h in the snow and ice and
hold. He goes it great speed
ew steed.
WHITE HOUSECHILDREN
Facts About Mrs. Roosevelt and
Her Little Ones.
GIVES THEM PEESONAL ATTEHTIOH
First Woman ot the Land Did Tf1
Hesitate to Scrub Necks of Two
Who Did 'A ot Suit Not Above Darn,
ins Stoclcjass of the Yotinggters,
Children Fnll of High Spirits.
Already Mrs. Roosevelt is an objeel
of the most earnest attention, writet
the Washington correspondent of th
New York Tress. It is agreed she has
self poise and a gracious adaptation to
her surroundings, and she is meeting
the demands of her exalted station
with a gentle suavity and the peculiar
ly graceful consideration afforded by a
woman of tact and breeding.
An intimate friend says Mrs. Roose
velt would ?.elight the good old Dutch
housewives of New Amsterdam.
Homely tasks and maternal dutiet
which would revolt the modern soci
ety woman are as natural to her as the
quiet manner of greeting a guest or
disposing of a duty.
She is said to look after the ward
robes of the members of her family,
finds time to superintend the educa
tion of her children and withal nevei
omits a social obligation, although she
does not seek pre-eminence as a soci
ety woman. It is said she is not abov '
darning the stockings of the young
sters, and, with a healthy and boister
ous family of little ones such as hers,
this would be no infrequent task.
The Roosevelt children are full ot
life and high spirits. No prank Is too
daring and no youthful game or exer
else beneath their dignity. Their
mother is with them as much as possi
ble, and therefore she is often called
upon to repair damages to clothing or
else to incur abnormal bills for their
youthful apparel. '
The same friend says that to speak ot
Mrs. Roosevelt is to tell about her chil
dren. There are five of them Theo
dore junior, fourteen, a sturdy lad, as
much like his father as a little elephant
resembles a big one. He has the same
manners, a like taste for outdoor exer- ,
cises and sports and looks the world
In the face from an equally healthy and
florid countenance. He wears glasses,
like his father, and he sails in the same
ready, frank way. Theodore junior ac
companied his mother to Washington
on the present Journey. The other chil
dren were left under the care of their
uncle, James Roosevelt, In Oyster Bay. i
When Mrs. Roosevelt and her family
came to Washington last March to at
tend the lnaugur-al ceremonies, there
was not room in the Cowles home to
accommodate Vice President Roosevelt,
his wife, five children and their nurses. ;
.Consequently friends took some of the .
youngsters as guests. On the morning .
iof March 4, when all were marshaled
to attend the official proceedings at the j
eapitol, a mishap delayed the arrival of i
twio of the children. The carriages
were iheld at the Cowles residence for
several minutes awaiting their appear
&aae. U&cm their arrival Mrs. Roosevelt
took tbe precaution to look them over
aad was not satisfied with the work of
their temporary nurses. She made a
sign to their regular nurse, who shortly
appeared with a well soaped towel.
Mrs. Roosevelt herself took this and,
already having opened their collars,
gave ea?h a good scrubbing and ad
justed their neckwear again in a very
few minutes.
Observers say the little fellows did
not appreciate this programme more
kindly than children are wont, and
they sputtered and made faces at the
ordeal, but stood up to it like little men
and did not betray the slightest inclina
tion to cry or resist. Their behavior
was old fashioned in its docility to ma
ternal discipline. When her rapid la
bors were completed, Mrs. Roosevelt
quietly gave her orders for the dispo
sition of the family and resumed her
position as the guest of honor in the
party as calmly as If babies and hoi
den boys were no part of her cares In
this world.
This little Incident is characteristic
of Mrs. Roosevelt. When necessary,
she brings the youthful statesman to
order withcat fuss or bother and does
not ruffle herself or her guests. The
Roosevelt children were vivacious and
far from being curled darlings or little
Lord Fauntleroys. Only one nurse and
a governess are provided for them.
Their mother, however, is a host is
herself as a maternal manager, and
Jer commands are never disputed.
It Is said that before meeting Mr.
Roosevelt this home loving woman was
rather Inclined to shun courtly atten
tions, but her conduct and example as
a wife and mother are the admiration
of bar friends.
DR. THEO. L. GINN,
Physician and Surgeon.
Office over Glnn A Beet's Store,
GOLDSBOKO. N.C. i
WOMAN AND FASHION
A Stylish Blonse.
The illustration shows a very stylish
blouse of mauve louisine tucked
lengthwise and adorned with plain
bands of the silk joined by narrow
openwork Insertion. For further garni
ture there are applications of cream
SOMETHING BMAET.
lace at the neck, waist and on the
sleeves. The tucked sleeves are wide at
the wrists and finished with wrist
bands composed of the Insertion and
plain bands of silk. The collar band
matches the wristbands. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Walking Skirts.
The fashion of short walking skirts
Is a boon, but does not seem to have
met with popular favor enough to have
been adopted for the smarter cloth
gowns. These are still long enough to
trail considerably. The sheathlike
skirt Is much modified, and the gored
skirt with circular side and a little full
ness Just at the back Is much more of
a favorite. There are skirts with one,
two or three flounces, but the plain
skirts with tremendous flare and trim
med with the flat trimmings are made
In the handsomest materials. Velvet
bands trim many gowns, while stitched !
bands of silk or satin s.till remain In
fashion and are used on the handsom
est of velvet gowns for the street and
on the embroidered lace gowns for
evening wear. Eoth rough and smooth
cloths are used, the rough, shaggy
ones for morning and made short, the i
smooth cloths for afternoon and rath- 1
er smarter wear made long. Harper's
Bazar.
Sleeve Galore.
Sleeves on some of the bodices and
fancy waists are considerably larger, j
Skirts of street costumes are to be '
somewhat shorter, and those for re
ceptions, dinners or any sort of house
wear are to be lengthened, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. i
For "full dress functions" for the
winter season are to be worn some
lovely white lace dresses made up over
two thicknesses of white mousseline
brilliant or chiffon, the coqullles of ,
lace and chirron rorming the trimming
being daintily Intermixed with loops
and ends of Irregular lengths of the
narrowest black velvet ribbon. There
Is nothing novel of course about the
use of black velvet ribbon. It was sup
posed that the summer season would
practically end its marked vogue, but
this Is not the case. Its use will be
manifest in the season before us.
Styles In Monmlns Costumes.
Some mourning costumes this season
are made of crape, with tbe skirts
finished with circular flounces, with
folds for heading, belt and yoke. Oth
ers less elaborate are made entirely
of crape cloth, eudora, dull taffeta, fine
camel's hair, etc., with only the folds,
belt and collar of the crape, the crape
being cut straight to make the inden
tations run bias and bias if they are
preferred straight as a trimming.
Glossy broadcloth Is not worn In deep
mourning. Dull finished cloths are.
Ladles' Home Journal.
Eczema
How it reddens the skin, Itches, oocs,
dries and scales !
Some people call it tetter, milk cruat or
salt rheum.
The suffering from it is sometimes in
tense; local applications are resorted to
they mitigate, but cannot cure.
It proceeds from humors inherited or ac
quired and persists until these have been
removed.
Hood's Sar sap ar ilia
positively removes them, has radically
and permanently cared the worst eases, and
is without an equal for all cutaneous
eruptions.
Uoos's Pills are the best cathartic. Price 25 cent
GEO. E. HOOD,
D. J. THURSTON.
HOOD & THURSTON.
Atto rn e y-at- Law.
Practice In Ufcune and Adjoining Counties.
Wo represent The Union Surety Sl Guaran
tee Co., of New York City. Will go on yor
band, June f ti
M lis
FIGHTING SNAKE
Hair liaising Scene at an Animal
Show. ' '
Boston, Mass., Au . 21 . The spec
tators at lievere Beach, at the ani
mal show, were thrown into a state
bordering on panic last night at the
sight of a child snake-charmer in the
power of a monster phython with
which an exhibitionwas being given
in the arena. The woman who us
ually does the act has been sick for a
few days and her place was taken by
Victorine, girl of about 12 years.The
child had no trouble in managing
the huge reptiles until yesterday
a new-comer was added to the collec
tion, a snake 14 feet long, which wa9
active and full of fight.
When the snakes were brought in,
the new reptile rushed at Victorine
the instant the box was opened and
fastened its fangs into her hand. The
child fought the snake bravely and
succeeded in releasing its hold, but
before she could escape from the cage
the reptile seized her by the leg.The
manager beat off the reptile with a
club, and catching up the!childmade
his escape from the cage, but not be
fore the python had fastened its
teeth for an instant into his hand.
Other attendants pinioned the snake
to the floor and with long iron iorka
got it back into sthe box before any
further ddamage was done.
LIST OF LETTELKS
Itemniiiirif; in Postoifice, Golds
boro, Wayne County, N. C,
Augr. 23, 1002. , ; .
MEN'S LIST.
B Charley Baty.
C Wesley Cliner, George Collier, C
II Cromartie.
D J ADorch.
F George Fisher, Clifford Frazier.
G John O Green, J II Griffin.
II Fonnedy Hatcli, T G llyman.
B A J Lee, Kev. T II Lomax.
P W W Pickard, II P Pucket.
S Willie Steeffen.
W Dennis Whitfield, John D
Whitmire.
LADIES LIST.
C-LD Cogdell.
D Anna L Davis.
E J D Edwards.
FSallie fields.
J Fannie Jackson.
K Bettie Kennedy.
L Lesee Luas.
M Stella Miller, C H McDoogald,
Lousa MeSwean.
N Hazel Newton.
II E V Rhodes.
S F M Sanders, LucySpark, Clay
Spencer.
T Mollie A Thurston.
Persons caNing for above letters
will please nay advertised. Rules and
regulations require tLat one cent be
paid for each letter -.ivef tised.
J. F. TVBSON, P. M,
FOR SHERIFF.
At the urgent solicitation of my
many friends throughout the county,
I have decided to announce myself a
candidate for Sheriff of Wayne
county, subject to the action of the
Democratic county convention.
Duty shall be my watchword, ii
elected, and that duty shall be so
performed to the best of my ability,
as to secure the commendation of all
the good people of this county.
Respectfully,
JOHN R. SMITH.
Mount Olive, N. C.
NOTICE!
I respectfully announce myself a
candidate for nomination of Tax Col
lector of Indian Springs township,
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary and convention.
B.B.RAIFORD.
August 4th, 1902.
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