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?AY, APRIL 7, 1916
NUMBER 8
TAKEN FROM
JAIL AND LYNCHED
IIELPKII HIS HON T? KESIS?
POSSE. ,
Without Resistance Jloh Takes Negr*
Prom Lenoir Connty Jail to Greene
Count; and KUIk Him Sol In State
Fen Since Sunday ? Craig in Silent.
Klnston, April 5. ? Joseph Black, 50
years old. a negro, was removed from
the Lenoir county jail here early today
l>y a mo? of armed men and lynched.
Hi* body was found several hours la
ter near Lizzie, in Greene county, a
dozen miles away.
Black was the father of 16-year old
William Black, who last Saturday was
removed from the Greens' county jail
-to Golds bo ro. and Sunday afternoon
taken by Sheriff Edwards, of Wayne
ooanty, to the State Prison at Raleigh.
It was reported that Governor Craig
requested Sheriff Bdwards to take this
action. ,
William Black is charged with hav
ing criminally assaulted a alx-yoar
oM white child in Greene county last
Saturday. After the crime was. com
mitted, the boy went to his home,
where, it was said, his father supplied
him with guns and ammunition with
which to resist the posse
He was captured by a poase after
a running fight In which one of the ot
floere and several others were slight
ly wounded. ?
Joseph Black was later attested and
charged with having assisted his son
in 'his effort to make an escape.
Jailor Offered He Beslstaace.
Jailor H. V. Allen did not offer re
sistance when nine unmasked men. at
the head of a mob of more than 100,
awakened him and demanded the pris
oner. The officer, knowing that It was
frnltlesa to attempt to resist, surren
dered the negro. The mob acted In si
lence, and, with the exception of ?v.
eral officials, no one In the city knew
of th? affair until daylght.
Black was spirited away immediate
ly after" the mob gained possesion of
him.
His body, riddled with bullets, was
fomnd In the middle of a road about
five miles from Snow Hill.
Greene Sheriff Suspected Vlelenee.
Sheriff Williams, of Greene county,
suspecting that violence was Intended,
brought Black to Klnston from Snow
Rill last night for safekeeping. It is
believed here that the mob was organ
ised In Greene county and left for
Klnston itj a body.
Governor Craig Wos't Talk.
Raleigh, April 5. ? Governor Craig
today declined to comment on the
lynching of Joseph Black, declaring
that he would remain silent until all
the facts were before him.
The Governor said that late yester
day he ordered a special term of the
Greene county Superior Court to be
held to try William Black on a charge
of' criminal assault. The court will
convene on Monday. May 15.
Health Department
The County Board of Health met in
Louisburg on last Monday to hold Its
annual meeting. Capt. T. S. Collie,
chairman called the meeting to order.
Mayor L. L. Joyner, secretary, called
the roll and all being present the
minutes of ttje last meeting were ap
proved. The County Physician made
his report for the last year In which
he stated that the town and county
had enjoyed a fairly healthy year. On
ly a few cases of dlptherla, two cr
three cases of scarlet fever, only a few
cases of small pox In the eastern part
of the county. Not a single case of
typhoid fever Jn town during 1915 aifd
not many in the county. He also re
ported that Pellagra which was very
prevalent in the county last summer
had been successfully handled aura
that people had been fully Instructed
as to the cause, cure and prevention
and at present we hear little or noth
ing of this disease. He also reported
that he had entered Into a campaign
of war against the Great White Plague
Tuberculosis in which work he was
being assisted by the Civic League of
Louisburg and th" rvinnty annual? tea
era. The plan of work Is to secure
the names and addresses of all parties
who are buffering with the disease, go
to see them, make the diagnosis ana
If they have Tuberculosis to try and
make arrangements to get them into
the Tubercular Sanltorlum at Mon
tros. The cost at this State Sanltor
lum Is one dollar per day, and the pa
tient can arrange to go we make
application for admission to the
Institution. U they cannot be accept
ed at once, while they are wailing we
go to their home and establish patient
in their home with surrounding* ? ;<
nearly like or approximating those at
the Sanltorium as possible, instruct
them and the family how to handle tne
case in a manner to cure the patient
and at the same time prevent th'-m
from, giving it to the family and at
tendant. Verbal Instruction are giv
en and literature with full plain and
sensible rules and regulations to bu
systematically and Intelligently car
ried out. The Health Officer stated
that it had been gratifying to see anil
know how many of these unfortunates
who taken In time had been Restored
to health again. He said that his
work did not Interfere with the work
and treatment of the family physician,
the health physician work being al
most entered from a hygenlc sanitary
standpoint insisting on the open air
concentrated diet idea. If we should
not be able to get them Into the State
Sanltorluip, we continue the treat
ment at their ^omes with bright hope
thft when the cases are taken' in tue
early states of the disease, it can he
cured. At any rate they can be made
more comfortable, life prolonged and
prevent the disease from spreading.
He said that when a patient moved
from a house he went to the place,
have the room cleaned op with soap
and antiseptic and thoroughly ftfthl
gated before any one occupied it
again. This plan was also persued
If patient should die. After a full dis
cussion of the subject (Tuberculosis)
Dr. S. P. Burt made a motion that the
County Board of Health recommend
and request the Board of County Com
missioners to make a reasonable ap
propriation to aid In carrying on this
work against Tuberculosis. The mo
tion was seconded and voted on and
carried unanimously and Dr. Bnrt
was appointed a committee of one to
present the resolution to the Board of
County Commissioners at their pres
ent. . Attfic. ^ejrting the
Health Officer's report and discussing
the necessity of having a public ac
commodation for the town and general
public near the river the meeting ad
journed with thanks to Dr. Perry for
the use of his office in which to hold
our meeting.
. - Major's Ooart.
Mayor Joyner had quite an interest
ing session of City Court on Monday
morning. a _
The-flrst case called was for disor
derly conduct against Augustus Will
lams, Ed Perry, Zoille Eolden, Clyde
Williams, James Hinton, Bennle
Brown. The evidence, although most
ly circumstantial, was pretty strong
against the whole crowd for crap
shooting, and the Mayor's first action
was to hold them for Court under
bonds of $100 each, but afterwards al
lowed them to pay a One of 55 00 and
costs making a total of about $9.00
each. There was one other In the
number named Hampton wo, was ex
pected to make a State witness, but
as his evidence was so different from
the statement made to the officers he
was allowed to share witlf the crowd.
Angy Perry was called to answer to
a charge of disorderly conduct by be
ing drunk and curBlng on the streets.
She was allowed to pay a fine of
$10.00 and costs. During the devel
opment of the evidence in this case it
was proven that Pearly Perry was al
so drunk on the streets. She was
discharged by" the -payment of the
costs. ? i .
Mrs. M. E. Strickland.
The funeral services of Mrs. Martha
Elizabeth Strickland, who died Thurs
day in a hospital in Raleigh as a re
sult of a very serious operation, was
held Friday afternoon in the Rock
Spring Baptist church, seven miles
south of this place, Rev. Walter M.
GItmore, of. Loulsburg, conducting the
service.
Mrs. Strickland was a highly es
teemed lady in this county and has a
large and prominent , family connec
tion. The following children survive
h?r : ' Mrs. A. P. Strickland, Franklin
county; Mrs. Clyde Brantley, of Zeb
ulon; J. Burt Strickland, of Lexing
ton. H.y.; Bills. Strickland, of Dan
ville, V a. ; Misses Mollle and Ina
Strickland, and Mr. Seba Strickland,
of near Loulsburg. One sister, Mrs.
J. N. Harris, of Bunn, and two broth
ers, J. W. Wheless, of this city, und
8. T. Wheless, of Oklahoma, also sur
vive her.
? Quite a lot of Iron has arrived for
the new bridge and It Is expected thai
work will soon begin on the construc
tion of (he temporary bridge.
AUDITOR MAKES REI
WATER AND LIGHT COM1
T? ARRANGE FOR WATER
Report* Received^ Slaking Good 8k
lug ? Minor Business Attended to i
Routine Natnde.
The Board of Town Commission
met on Tuesday night with all
ent. After reading and appp
minutes ot the previous meetings, bO
iness waa disposed of as follows.
Report of A. W. Alston, Cleric
received." He reports collecting
rents $685.73; water rents 9331.4
total $1,017.13. Taxes collected,
eral $350.26, special light $87.51, sp
ial water $437.70? total $875.47.
_^Report of D. C. High, Chief of J
"nee for March waa received and fll<
He reports collecting costs $27.76, t
censes pool rooms $20.00, lie
pressing clubs $18.75, licenses cl|
ettes $3.75? total $70.25.
The matter of moving the
pipes now on the old bridge w
to the Water and Light Committee.
The report of Mr. J. G. Mills,
audited the town's finances was re
ceived and ordered recorded. , It Is a4]
follows: ,
LoAisburg, N. C., March 1. 191*
To ibe Board of Commissioners
of.the Town of Loulsburg,
Gentlemen:- .
1 herewith submit a report ot my in
restigation of the town books in
office of the City Clerk, bei
said investigation with May, 190f.
^ Report
1st. The final report of T. W. Wi
son, Treas. (See Book of Official
ports. Page 232) shows a balance on
hand at the time of his .succession bj*
E. S. Ford of $89.26. Mr. Watson I
mitted to your auditor a statement i
his receipts and expenditures,
panied by the proper vouchers'
showed ah errcy in f1
?miff
been. paid.
2i?d. The report of C. Holder,
collector of Light and Water rent a
for February, 1912, shows a balance
due the town of $92.43 and Mr. Holden
states that he has the amount In the
bank ready to turn oyer to the town.
3rd. There Is a decrepancy in the
amount of Light and Water rents and
Taxes reported collected and paid over
to the treasurer, E. S. Ford, by R. H.
Darts, Clerk and the amount reported
by E. S. Ford, Treasurer, as received
from R. H. Davis, Clerk as follows :
Report of R. H. Davis shows:
Taxes 1911 collected and paid
to E. S. Fofxi,. Treas $12,210.14
Light and Water rents. May
1911 to Junel, 1918. 13,613:45
$25,723.59
Amount reported by BJ. S.
Ford, Treasurer $23,874.59
, Deficit $ 1,849,00
Amount reported"by S. C. Hol
den, Collector, and not ac
counted for by E. S. Ford,
Treasurer 281.73
.Total Deficit $2,130.75
Mr. Ford presents as an offset
against this deficit paid vouchers to
the amount* of $2,067.10 which a cart
ful examination of the records show
has never been paid by the town and
for which he has not received credit?
thefce paid vouchers represent a bill
of $452.85 presented at the termina
tion of his term of office and $1,614.25
In other bills marked "paid."
4th. All the records in the office of
the town clerk were checked from
May 1st, 1909, to F*beruary 1st, 1916,
consisting of the Vouchers. Light and
Water books. Tax books. Ledgers, Re
ports. <to.
5th. It is due jrour present clerk,
A. W. Alston, to say that his accounts
from the beginning of his administra
tion are in admirable shape, every
dollar accounted for by the proper
Vouchers filed in order and immediate
ly accessible when called for; his
books properly balanced anil well
kept; and his method of handling the
to^n business efficient and accurate.
The only recamm?ftflaUOTl t h*Tn
to make in regard- to his present me
thod is the installation of a dally,
weekly or monthly balance sheet.
After allowing a number of accounts
the Board adjourned to Its next regu
lar qieeting.
Justice Commencement.
Th^ closing exercises of Justice
High School were highly creditable to
both pupils and teachers.
On Friday nlgh?, March 34th, the
exercises by the Primary pupils were
Rev. Mr. Sawyer, in his usually
happy and characteristic manner, de
livered medals, certificates and prizes
as follows: Debater's medal to W. C.
S tailings, High - School 'Scholarship
medal to Lucile Wheless, Declamation
medal to Bernard Stalling*;. Interme
diate Scholarship medal to Luttie
Boone, Speller's medal to Kay Bow
den, Prize for best attendance to Ber
nard Stalllngs, Music Medal to Ernest
Wheless, Bible to Noel Bunn for sec
ond best average mark in High
School work, Seventh Grade Certifi
cates to Lucile WJieless, Gladys Sledge
Monnie Stallings, Pauline Bowden. Vi
vian Wheless, Mabel "Va ugh an, and
Clara Hayes.
The dinner hour arrived, a sumptur
ous feast was spread, of which all par
took heartily and happily.
In the afternoon a match game of
baseball was played by the Wilder
and Spring Hope teams. The score
was four to nothing in favor of Wil
der 's.
At night a large and appreciative
audience assembled to hear the play,
"The Thread of Destiny." The twen
ty-five different characters acted their.
several parts admirably. Frequently
the actors were greeted with cheers
from the audience. All pronounced
the play a great success, and the Cur
tain of Time felt on the best session
of Justice. School.
.
fry enjoyable. and showed careful J
AUHng by he .teachers, Misses Belle
faght and On^a White.
Bev. G. M. Duke came on Sunday
lght, he 26th, and delighted the au- 1
(fence with one of his very best ser
aons. He chose Ss his subject;. "Jo
IU Christ, a Son, a Shield and a Re
fearder." The sermon was a. rare gem
l thought, and was clothed in beau
jtal. language.
? On Monday night, the 24th, the ex
rcisee by the pupils of the Interme
iate grades were very much enjoy
tf. The program bore evidence of
nuch faithful work o,n the part of the
ffuher. MIbb Clara Long.
The public debate oa laeeday
the 28th, was a rare treat- The
"Resolved. That we Should
bare Woman Suffrage In the United
ktatea,". was well discussed. The af
ItnnadTe side was ably upheld by W.
B. Stalllngs and Mattle Bowden, and
pa negative by OUle Harris and Eli
Wbeleso. The judges rendered
decision in faror of the nega
Mr J. F. Wheless, a former atn
t, but oow a student at liars Hill,
a medal for the best speech on
.The judges decided that W
Stalllngs was the winner of this
>J
Wednesday, the 24th, was Corn
it Day. The songB and piano
ns showed excellent taste and
on the part of Mrs. T. H.
i, the gifted and accomplished
teacher.
id Sledge and Bernard Stai
contssted for a declalmer's med
Both acquitted themselves well.
/Judges rendered their decision in
o t Bernard Stalllngs. 1*
'. O. W. S%wyer, of Spring Hope,
Choice and appropriate words,
; the speaker of the occa*
-J. Pt~ Mull, Principal cf
Graded School^ Tl>e
as . his subject,
Hghtfui manner he discussed the phy
sical, znoral and cultural sides of his
subject. His address was masterful
and forceful and greatly pleased his
hearers.
Stop! Look! Read!
U you want to miss the most enjoy
able occasion of the year, stay away
from MaplevlUe Academy, Friday
night, April 14th. If yon want '/>
have an evening of real pleasure, be
at Maplevllle Academy by eight
o'clock Friday night, April 14th.
"tfhe Fiddlers' Convention at Maple
vllle has always been a success and
the one this year promises to be the
best of all. The fiddlers are all prao
flofiig for the contest and several are
expecting to walk away with the two
dollar prize. The banjo contest *111
also be very lively.
Refreshments will be served after
the music, so bear In mind that It is
well to be on time. Admission, 25c
and 16c.
_ SprlggOpenlng.
The spring openlDg at I. J. Deltz
Co.. on Thursday, Friday ami 'Satur
day of last week was well attended
and a success. The many pretty fa
brics were arranged in most tasty de
signs and presented spring In all Its
gaiety.
CEDAR ROCK ROAD
ELECTION RETURNS
Al'POlKT TAX LIST TAKKH.N KOR
OOPKTY AN1) SCHOOLS.
Ladies Petition United Allowing them
T? Beautify and Hake Sanitary
Court Square Other BanlaesH at
Routine Mature.
The Board of County Commissioners
met in regular session on Monday
with all members present. After
reading and approving the minutes of
the previous meetings business was
disposed ot as follows.
Jennie Cooke wan stricken from
outside pauper lit ? sbs being at coun
ty home.
D. B. May was relieved of poll tax
in Franklin ton township for 1*15.
Tom Moore was allowed the neces
sary piping to put on road from Frank
1 in ton township line near Bios bridge
to Vanoe County line. ?
Mrs. Mollis Farrant was relieved of
Graded School tax in Franklinton
township ? not being in district.
The returns from the Road Bond
Election of Cedar Rock township was
ordered received and recorded. The
Chairman was ordered to call a mas1!
meeting of the electors of said town
ship to meet at the polling place on
April 16th at 2/ o'clock to select a
Board ot Road Trustees, consisting ot
five, to hare charge of the road work.
Daniel Harris was placed on outside
pauper list at $2 per month.
The Sheriff was allowed credit for
Bank Stock listed by Corporation Com
mission against Mrs. Faille ? not beirg
in the county. S
R. H. Strickland was relieved of tnx
on bank stock, having "none, and re
ported by Corporation Commission.
The valuation ot the lot ot C. M.
'Gattia in Louisburg was reduced lo
i4ln? KM >)??'? toft' i pi urn ml
Report of Dr. J. E. If alone, Health
Officer was received and filed.
Berry Perry, Jr., was relieved of
poll tax until further notice ? account
of infirmity.
The, following list-takers were ap
pointed for the School DistrWte:
Bunn ? B. M. C. Mullen.
Pilot ? Gus Pearce.
Pine Ridge ? A. C. Perry's So*.
Mountain Grove ? Jack Peroell.
Moulton ? J. B. Smith.
Ingleside ? G. W. Brown.
LaureF? J. R. Parrish.
Cedar Rock ? Eugene Fulgh*?.
White Level ? W. N. Dick emu.
Wilder? J. T. Wilder
Justice ? W. H. Delbridge.
Seven Paths? J. M. Sykes.
Mapleville ? A. W. Perry.
Hayes ? H. J. Hayes.
. The following were appointed list
lakers for Franklin County for 191 C:
Dunns ? J. M. Stallings.
Harris ? M. L. Fowler.
? Youngsville ? Geo. N. Stell.
Franklinton ? J. D. Speed. %
Hayesville ? A. A. Medlln.
Sandy Creek ? Grover Parrish.
Gold Mine ? Tiros. J. Ricks.
Cedar Rock H. S. Boone.
Cypress Creek ? R. B. Harris.
Louisburg ? J. E. Williams.
Mrs. M. W. Timberlake was reliev
ed of Graded School taxes on 61 acres
of land in Franklinton township ? not
being in said district. $
Bond of J. W. Griffin. Standard
Keeper; was received and ordered re
corded. ~
H. F. Mitchell, of Hayesville town
I ship was allowed 24 feet of piping for
road.
A resolution relative to the sale of
I the road bonds of Cedar Rock town
ship was passed.
Through their president, Mrs. J. X.
Turner, and secretary. Mr?. W. E.
Uzzell, the Louisburg Civic League
made a request of the County that they
be allowed to beautify and make more
sanitary the court house square. The
petition was granted.
The board with the 8herig proceed
ed to draw thft JU'ryfor the May term
of court which wlil be found In anoth
er column.
and the board adjourned to meet again
on Tuesday.
In accordance with the adjourn
ment the Board met on Tuesday with
all present
The report of E. N. Williams, Sup
erintendent of County Home was re
ceived and filed. He reports 8 white
and 15 colored inmates. ^
It was ordered that the aatQBl(&il6
license tax paid over- te the- County
Treasurer be prorated between the
townships having duly qoastltuted
road officers in proportion to the
amount of licenses paid by each totbi
ship.
Jim Henry was placed on outside
pauper list at $2 per month.
Jordan Perry was placed on outside
pauper list at $1.50 per month.
It was ordered that the Coanty bor
row of the First National Bank and
of the Farmers and Merchant* Buk
$1,000.00 each at 6 per cent interest
for sixty days, and that said sums fee
deposited in said banks and draw*
ont as nearly equally as possible tn
meet the current expenses of the con
struction of the new bridge, to saAse
until the money can be secured ft?
the saje of the bonds.
The road from J. G. Buna to Ike
town of Bunn was declared a pttbHc.
road.
The report oi P. B. Griflin, Treas
urer, was received and ordered re
corded. #
R. K. Ball was relieved ot tax on
land listed by R. H. Bobbltt.
The Board adjourned to its next reg
ular meeting.
Debate Between Loulsbnrg and Bon.
On Friday night of March the.jfib'
ty-flrst there was quite an interest
ing debate between Loulsbnrg and..
Buim given in the Graded School an
ditofium. The query for discussion
was resolved that; "We Should
Adopt a Policy for Greatly Enlarging
Our Navy." The subject was defended
on the affirmative side by Messrs.
Massenburg and Harris, of Loulsbnrg,
and the negative by Messrs. Weathers
and Moses of Bunn.
Quite a large crowd assembled to
hear the debates. First on the pro
gram was an interesting declamation
by Miss Marion Hoi lings worth. Then
the debators were listened to. The
subject was first discussed by Mr.
Clyde Harris. Jr., of tie affirmative
side, after he had delivered us an ele
He in turn gave us a One speech.
Next came Mr. James Massenburg.
He showed us very forcibly why we
should greatly enlarge our navy bo :s
to. be prepared for any enemy that
might attack us. Last but not least
Mr. Moses very strongly defended tho
negative side. The rejoinders were
equally as good as the debates. Tfce
climax of the occasion then came wtf&n
the judges retired to render their de
cision. They admitted that the de
fenders sf the negative side had given
very interesting debates and had many
good points but that the affirmative
side won, there being a tie between
Harris and Massenburg for the best
debate. After the debate Hon. T. W.
Bickett made a very short but inter
esting talk. The congregation was
then dismissed after a most enjoyable
evening. ? 1
The members of the Junior, and
Senior classes of the Louisburg High
School were then escorted to Miss
Louise Vandergrlft's where they were
delightfully entertained until about
eleven forty-five when all left for their
respective homos declaring Miss Van
dergrift a most charming lioBtess.
Those present were as follows.
Misses Una Mae Hayes. Lillfe Mae
Aycock, Beulah Cyrus, Sallie Lou Ma
con, Mattle Allen, Susie Meadows,
Beulah Edens, Sallie Taylor, Jennie
Southland, Ruth Parrish, Marlon
Holllngsworth, Frances Barrow, Gen
evieve Macon, Bertha Fulghum, Annie
Waddell/ Mildred Scott, Louise Vaa
dergrift, Florence Boone, Pattie G.
Hill. Messrs. Clyde Harris, Jameu
Massenburg, Will Ruffln, Edward Wil
liams, Hunter Harris, Marshall Hud
son, Maurey Cralle, William Whits,
Robert Smith wick, and Profs. Beam,
Loy and Mills'. __ ? - ?
Dr. Pendleton Lectured.
Dr. Arthur S. Pendleton, Patholo
gist to the State Hospital at Raleigh,
delivered In the Graded School Audi
torium last Saturday evening a very
Interesting and instructive ad drew,
lie -ia vUlting various polntsta ? the
State, with the object of giving the
people a better understanding of men
tal hygiene; he gives parents son*
plain practical advice about training
their children that insanity may be
avoided. He places very great im
portance on the management of chil
dren until they are seventeen years Af
age; If no mental disease la concern
ed. He Is decidedly of the opinion
that we should speak of the institu
tion with which lie is connected as a
State Hospital, not as an Insane Asy
lum, and that we should not consider
being a patient there as a reflection.
And will Mexico never end.