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FREE VACCINATION! For Typhoid and Diphtheria At Jonesboro Friday and in Town H»n Here Saturday. ^VOLUME 45, Number 46. •’•'tS*SPS LEE COUNTY Inhabited Almost Entirely By Native ' Artiericans Who are Loyal, In dustrious and Progressive. - - _% . i ;AROLINA, JULY 9, 1931. FIVE CENTS TEST HISTORICAL. KNOWLEDGE LOCAL KIWANIS MEMBERS * Club Invited To Inter-Chib Meet * in*.- At Greensboro In Near Future* INDEPENDENCE DAY MEET ''’ft ■IS. J. Husketh Relates History Of , Declaration Of Inde * : pendence. ' The Kiwanis Club held its regular weekly meeting at the Carolina Ho tel last Friday night. Saturday be ing the fourth of July patriotic songs were tendered by the members of' the club with Miss Annie Laurie Overton, daughter of President J, A. Overton, of the dub, at the piano. Mr. Frank Moffett, a member of the Gi'oensboro Kiwanis Club, who was present, in vited the dub to attend an inter-club meeting of 14 dubs in' that dty. At the conclusion of supper President Overton turned the meeting , over to H. C. Renegar, chairman of the new program committee who put on the program. An interesting con test was put on to test the knowledge of the members of the dub relative to the Declaration of Independence Following were the questions and an swers; 1. The author of the Declaration of Independence was Thomas Jeffer son.. 2. This Declaration was adopted at Philadelphia on the 4th day of July, 1776. 3. The total number of signers to the Declaration of Independence was 56. 4. North Carolina had three sign ers, tt’eir names were as ' follows: Joseph Hughes^ John Penn, Thomas Hooper. j 5. The dates on the North Carolina State flags are: May 10, 1775, April 12, 1776. 6. The significance of each t date is: Mveklerifcurg Declaration; Halifax Declaration. 7. In North Carolina Saturday-was celebrated the " liattle ‘ of Guilford Court "House.: • "■ A ; ■ 7. • This battle *was fought March1 15. ' r . ’ - _ ... 4 K. J. UUSKem, a memuer ui vu.i ' program committee, made an- inter--; . eating talk on the Declaration of In- ; - dependence. ^ Among other things he ; S ^Oft the" eve of the anniversary of, ciur Nation’s-independence we da* well i to pause and think of the work of | those inspired, and 'we must say Di- i ^ theDecIaratioii of Independence, In dependent was at that time an un tried step and a new venture in gov ernment, Early in the struggle of - the Colonies it became evident that r separation and not reconciliation was ] the only satisfactory goal- for the Colonies, So, in the Continental Congress on June" 7, 1776, Richard ' Henry Lee introduced a resolution that the “Colonies are and of right | ought So be free and independent states.” Two committees were ap- 1 pointed, one to prepare a plan of con- ; federation and the other to draft a j declaration of Independence. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and R- R- [ Livingston composed the latter com mittee, though the Declaration of In- j dependence was drafted by Thomas j Jefferson, and very 'few changes were 1 made before its adoption on July 4, 1776. - I This immortal document sets forth' in. clear and convincing terms the ; situation in which ti?e Colonies find j themselves, the equality of rights of ! mankind, and the grievances against ! the King which impels the Colonies to demand separation from the mother i country. ..For despite all patience and remonstrance of the Colonies, -Says Jefferson* “They have t*-en deaf to the voice of justice and consangui nity.” - ' So the stubbornness of King George j >IH led finally to the freedom of the American Colonies, and, as has been aptly said, “taught England how-to; treat her colomes.” The great and friendly: Canadian Commonwealth to the North of us is a living example.! of this fact, being loyal to the British Crown and at -the same time enioying l about all the benefits of an inde pendent. , republic. I The meeting of the club 'will be held ' at the Carolina .Hotel Friday night at 6:30. President Overton would like i to see every member present. Upon readingvthe letter sent out last week, by Secretary ;<D. B. Teague, Poet | Laureate of the elub, we ran acress the following verse Which is too good to go to the waste basket: “Here’s to Jarvis and. Maybelle, May their i oys ever swell, * May their years be filled with fun, As the journey of life they run, Fun not in the frivolous But the fun of living life intunse, The fun of joy and health and beauty, 1 The fun of friends and pleasure and • duty.” i Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were then I spending their honeymoon in Old Virginia. - —' $51,000 DUE LEE FROM 1930 TAXES -- ' . | Of the $233,000 tax levy for 1930, in tee county, $182,000 of 77.6 per cent has been collected, according to ■■ a statement issued recently by E. A. Griffin, county tax collector. A total of $51,000 remains yet to be collect ed, states Mr. Griffin, who adds that of this amount, $10,000 will- prohably be, collected' betw^een now and ’when the property is advertised for sale. The percentage of collections will bo' greatly enhanced, the Collector stated, when cuiiectlon of $16,000, the amjount due the county by the Sea h' 1 V " T/Vv .T?Hilwav„ is mad-' The 5' remainder, $26j000 is due thw county ' from about 600 people most of whom j are small taxpayers. 1 | :L ..-.1 - • PRISONERS HELD AT BAY BY WIFE OF SHERIFF AS THEY MAKE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM LEE COUNTY JAIL Some times we hear it said. that a woman wifi not show the courage of a man when it comes to facing great dan ger. We are not here to argue this question, but if it is true there are certainly exceptions i to the rule, as was demonstra- ' ‘ted here-in Lee county last Monday night. Sheriff Arthur Rives acts as jailer as well as sheriff and the-front part of the building is occupied by the sheriff and his family as living quarters. Last Monday | night about 6 o’clock mem bers of the family discovered that the prisoners were out of < their cells and that there was danger of their making their escape. Supper was ready and after ringing the bell Mrs. Rives sent1 some one to lock the back door to the hall on the lower floor as she expect ed that they would come down and try to escape at that door Visitors often enter the jail at this door so -as to not pass through the living quarters of the sheriff’s family and the prisoners - knew" this. Mrs* • Rives keeps an automatic pis tol which carries 9 cartridges, and she knows how to use it. Her 17 year old son,. Jack Rives, armed himself with his hither’s shot gran and loaded it with five shells. Mrs. Rives with her automatic Colt, join ed him and when four des perate negrro prisoners came down from the upper floor and attempted to escape from the front' door of the hall they suddenly found themselves looking down the barrels of the pistol and shot gun in the hands of Mrs. Rives and her brave boy. They saw in their faces that they meant busi ness. The leader of the gang throwing up his hands said, “Don’t do it, don’t do it-”. . Mrs. Rives ordered them back to their cells and they seem ed glad t o go back. In giving the facts of this attempted jail delivery Mrs. Rives stated to The Express man' that she had to back up her son, who was determined in the absence of his faither that these prisoners should - not escape. Mrs. Rives thinks they picked the.lock tothe cell door after filing in two a small piece of iron that had been put over the lock. They concealed the file as it could not be found. , WHHAT CROP SAID TO BE FINEST MADE IN COUNTY “LIVE-AT-HOME” IDEA PRACTICED OLD TIME THUESHING DAY Writer Pictures Wheat Thresh " ing Season .Of LoAg, Long Ago. For the next two or three weeks the threshers will be busy threshing the wheat crop in this section. The wheat crop in Lee and adjoining counties is decid edly the best crop the farmers have raised in years. They are carrying' out the “live-at-home”: idea in a way that means much bo them in the future. Many farmers have raised sufficient wheat to feed their families more than 12 months. ~~ The wheat threshing and corn shucking seasons used to be the chief events in the experience of the small farm boy’s, life. Improved machinery, which takes the place, to a large ex tent, has almost eliminated shacking by hand. While farmers who own threshing machines, still drive to the homes of the farmers in the commun ity and thresh their wheat, they fin ish the work in much shorter time and move on to the next farm. Bock half century ago threshing machines were moved from farm to farm and operated entirely by horse power. As the three wagons carrying the thresh er, which led the way, the “horse power,'’ and other equipments ap a aujl hi ixuuit) ut\. mail uiif mg the front 'wagon would sound )iis bugle to let the farmer's wife know that it was time for hrer to begin pre paring a meal for the hungry force of men accompanying the thresher. They seldom threshed the crop of wheat without eating a meal with the farmer and often remained for the night. They sat down to large quanti ties of such things as vegetables, hams, chickens, chicken dumplings, preserves, pickles, biscuits, coffee, milk, butter and other things found on a well-to-do farmer’s table. * Old Time Threshers. Upon the arrival of the thresher able bodied men would lift the “horse-power” from a wagon and se curely fasten it down with long wood en pins driven in the ground. After the thresher was placed in position horses were hitched to long leavers on the “horae-po'wer.” The driver mounted a platform in the center and with a long whip in hand soon had the horses in motion,- circling the ma r hir.e. Iron shafting connecting the “horse-power” with the thresher put the latter in motion. A man standing on the wagon in front of the thresher with knife in hand cut the bands on the bundles of wheat as some one threw the wheat in front of him. As the wheat was fed into the rapidly re volving machinery a dust was created that made the feeder’s task a very disagreeable o*-— T* one of] the dust kicked up on some of'our highways by automMriles. The man moving the straw and chaff from the rear end of the thresher also found little time to rest. A man stood on the ground at the side pf the threw*-v ar.d sackvid the wheat with a half bushel measure as It. came out of the machine. Farmers who.raised large ropn of wheat often kept the thresher bdsy. for a day or two. TV; men working with the thresher would take (Please turn to Page Eight.) V ' ; .. ■ - ] HAIL BELL HOPS INTO LEE COURT Man Given Four Months Seat Aggravated Charged with the violation of the prommuon laws, Shorty Hatcher, j uuus Keed, Sill Hill, Peyton Mixon, J. K. Mchean and J. A. Alston, color ed hull hops at a local hotel, against whom Ian -“undercover" man wonted up cases, were hailed into Judge Tom luci'nersons court Tuesday. All were given long terms on roaas which vd~re suspendeu on payment of fines and costs with exception of Reed in whose case the State took a nol pros. The boys wore positively identified by the piunibiton agent wno stated he pur chased liquor from them. Bud Rice, colored, was tried on a chaxge oj. aggravated trespass, it hav ing been alleged that fee tried to bleak uuougn a sqsgen door into the home oi R. C; W Rush. Rice, a colored transient, stated that he 'was on ms way to huxburo from Kockiug ham. According -to the ver sion he nau taKen a nap m a pine tnicket and when caught was trying to find water to quenen his thirst. He was' given four months on the roads, winyton woods, oi i-'vann Citation, was charged with the possession of home brew. He was allowed to pay costs and prayer for judgment • was continued. Woods fell into the tois Of the law Saturday night when of ficers arrested him for Having a half gallon .of home brew. Woods and' several others were at Morris’ Pond, a i’esort near Swann Station, and the jug was ‘being passed around in the ' party. Sheriff A. R. Rives and De puty Sheriff J. M. Thomas came in at the time and aa Woods sided them he set the jar down and' “lit out." me officers being fleet of feet overtook Will Dowdy, colored, Shallow Well fanner, was convicted of the theft or 270 pounds of nitrate of soda from Sam Matthews, a neighboring fanner, and given three months on the roads, his sentence, however, not to begin until November 1, by which time he is to have his crop havested. He is out under a bond of $200. Dowdy was convicted on track evicLnce, witnesses scaling Chat uaeks made by a mule from the place of the theft to Dowdy’s bam corresponded with the tracks of .Dowdy's mule. James McCarton was given three months on the roads for carrying a concealed weapon. . ■> , A number of cases of behavior were reported, everyone, according to Judge McPherson, proved that they were of good behavior and leading exemplary DAIRYMEN FAIL TO REACH AGREEMENT . The cooperative milk -distributing agency, which last week seemed to be within the grasp of Lee county dairy 1 men, has not yet materialized, and there is not now, it is said by those who are familiar with the project any immediate prospect of an understand- 1 ,mg among those who were behind the I scheme. . ' • • The proposal, if it had materialized, I as outlined, would have brought about a consolidation of the dairy inter ests of Lee, and a central ag&ncy through which deliveries of milk would have been mado, was one of “ plans toward which the , dairymen had been working. • V, Among those who were working for the advancement of the organi sation were O. P. Makepeace, Dr. C L. Scott, C? S. Reynolds, rail Yar borough and A. E. Bridges, all prom ment Lee dairymt®. formal ®sning LEE HOSPITAL TO BE HE$1> JULY 15 Personnel Of - %p Doties It Is 4 pital To Take That Date, i Ounced. building no# complete Patients, Howe Received I The. Lee Cpunty’a f125,000 plete and the according to a ment of the take place on Jj sonnel of the ported, will on July 15 prel reception of on August 1 takel the1 opening i Currie Golden, chosen as business new institution this week looking fug and getting formal opening, derstood, take here between now Most of the here and much the formal . the actual openin; Will bj taken up i and installation The P< As announced The Express sevei number of thou sonnel of the ne ready been select tendvsnt, Mrs. N. rive here someti ing and will be oi the placing of mui Mrs- Prevatte, w] ant superintehde County Hospital, S. C., was chosen her of applicants, and the first-hand hospital trustees entering' largely In one time she want nurses at the She received her berland Gene; Highsmith ’ H and is considi qualified w< . Will Not Be Jre August 1st. jlgnificent new ^is now com nal opening, ent announce jgement, will 115- The per ietal, it is re i their duties Snary to the prst patients of was recently anager of the i the city early the new build in line for the will, it is un fctive residence July 15. "lent is already time between July 15th and fa August 1st he arrangement is equipment. Intel. columns of _ weeks ago, a ing up the per Bspita! have al i. Tlie superin revutte, will ar efor- the open ing to. supervise the equipment as been assist the Marlbort E nnettsville a large num long experienci iowledge of th< -r past service! jter selection. A Iperintendent o 1 Hospital here ling at the Cum pital, now thi pof Fayetteville of the highes sr profession.! Tobacco Manufacturing Wa One of Sanford’s Pioneer Industries. Perhaps very few people w'io nov live in Sanford know that in the earl' history of the place a tobacco nianu facturing concern was operated here The Expiv.'.s is informed thai thi. concern was operated under th name of the Buffalo Tobacco Com ■pany. Tlic planjJJ-aa installed building in wlufl isNaow the^coTorec section of Sanford. The-btfHding was first used as I a machine repair shop The Buffalo Tobacco Company boughi the building aftar the. machine shops had suspended operations. The ma chinery was installed, and put in operation by the company and for a few years the concern manufactured smoking tobacco. It was put up ami shipped in small packages. The Ex press has failed'to learn why it sus pended operations and quit business. The late Henry Bland, whose old home is sfill standing on Chatham street, was connected with this com panp. Mr. Bland was the father of ■Mrs. T. E. White, who formerly liv ed in this place but who for the past few years has made her home in Ra leigh. As was stated in The Express she visited Sanford a few ‘weeks ago. Had the Buffalo Tobacco Company continued to operate and pushed. busi ness till this good day, as did the Dukes, Sanford would probably have become one of the great tobacco manufacturing centra UK uumam. The Duke tobacco plantj of Durham, was at that time in its infancy. Soon after this concern went out of busi ness a tobacco warehouse was built at Jonesboro, and for a few years to bacco raised in the surrounding coun try was sold there on a piwtty large scale Some of the old tobacco harns are still standing on farms in a few miles of Jonesboro. The tobacco in dustry is comine back in this section by leaps and bounds and in a few years we expect to sloe Sanford one of the leading tihacco markets of the State. It is predicted that tobacco manufacturing plants Will eventuallv be built and operated in Sanford, and that this town will beeome one of the great tobacco manufacturing centers of the State. e „ , Soon after the Buffalo _ Tobacco Company suspended operations Mof fitt Bros., bought the building and opended machine repair shops. They built a foundry and for a number of years made and sold many kinds of mouldings. As was recently stated in The Express the style name of Moffitt, Bros , was changed to Mof fitt Iron Works and the plant moved from its original location to the East ern section of the tc*wn to a brick building const niclvcLfor. the business. For the past few years this concern has engaged in the manufacture of saw mills. ;w: , THIRD ANNEAL HOME COMING The third n"iw..d htsiij* coming will be held a Shallow Well Christian :hunch next Sunday, July 12. The program will start promptly at 10 a. m. with Dan Grayhanj and his •boir in charge of the music. Several rood sneakers will be on the program. 4. male qua_tette will sing at both Homing and evening ‘services..- AU members, former mvtnebra end friends vf tHe church are invited to com*. D,<rw>r'W’’i he served on the grounds, line, bring baskets, - and enjoy a rood day, .-.«t i. W WOMAN IS FOUND SLAIN AUXILIARY POWER PLANT SHOW PLACE Editor Chatham 'Record Visits Site and Writes Interest ing Comment. Soon after the big auxiliary power plant was built by the Carolina Pc>»ver and Light Company on the Cape Fear River a few miles below Moncure, The Express man visited the plant and wrote a sketch of it for this pa-1 per. As many people have moved to Sanford and this section since that time and know very little about -that plant, we are quoting below an ar ticle written by the editor of the Chat ham Record describing it: Mr. L. D. Wolfvs and the editor of the Chatham Record had the privilege last week of being shown over the great steam auxiliary plant of the Carolina Power and Light Company by the clever superintendent, Mr. W. , C. Matthews. The writer nad been on the grounds on one former occa sion, but had not begun to realize the immensity of the plant, and thr^re : are thousands of people, doubtless, in Chatham county who do not realize what there is writhin sight of them, for the great smokestack, possibly thvi highest in the state, tc'vers into view of a goodly part of the county. : Of course, many are aware that the Carolina Power and Light Com pany p'ays about a fifth of me taxes collected by Qhatham county, but to give them an idea of tho magnitude of the thing when in operation let us state that the inflow of water from the Cape Fear river whvn the plant is in operation is (id,000 gallons a minute. •This flow’ of wat?r, hardly conceiv able, cools and condenses the steam which is conveyed to the rear of the 1 great drive wneel, thus creating a vacuum which, through destrucuor of the resistance of the air, saves, Mr 1 Matthis Estimates, or/e-third of the 1 fuel that would otherwise be necessary ; But don’t think that the amount 03 : coal is thereby reduced to a neglig ■ ible quantity, for it takes 300 tons i ■ day to produce the steam necessary • to drive the great engines. Unfortu > nately, the plant cannot u&e Chathan : county coal, as the fusing point o ! thv* Deep River coal is only 1800 de jfjees, "while* the heat ofthe furnac * XjuecessaYy for production of the p Htea.’m - Ths r I'C the jDeep ItfrerWosa rhehSfm^m ; a thousand degrees below the requii ed furnace temperature and adhere > to the boiler plates. , Ti.'j company has developed a beau 1 tiful residence community '.vith clui house and other rest and amusemen features. The lawns are at this sea son particularly beautiful. However Vi‘? development of water power sinct t'i>' building of the plant has been s< ; gi\ :it, with the conse quent infrequent of the operation of the auxiliary ‘ 7'lant. that only a skeleton crew b Xmainiained ol'ithe grounds for a goon part » i the year. Mr. Matthews, Mr. Broadnax, Mr. Wats, n, and others are there watch ing over the monstrous machines and keeping them in readiness for instant use. it’ any great waitr power dam should break, it would be only a few hours before the Cape Fear steam plant would be bulging a terrific flow of Mectric energy through the wide spreading cables of the C. P. & L. Company’s territory. Also, vuci c.ie rivers run lc/w, as they did last year, the great auxiliary is -eady to supply the shortage; of electric energy. ■ If you haven’t been shown through this plant, you may count upon Mr. Matthews taking pleasure, especially during the idle period, in showing you some of the marvels of the mon ster. • j COLORED MAN FOUND DEAD Simon Blue, a respected colored farmer, was found dead Friday after noon lying beside the road a short | distance from his home. Dr. J. F. Foster, county coroner, setated the negro’s body gave no evi dence of foul play and his verdict was death from natural causes. I Clean Up Day will be observed at i the Lemon Springs Methodist church 1 on Wednesday, July 15. Those inter ested in the church and cemetery are asked to be present. SETTLEMENT WITH BONDING i COMPANY SOUGHT BY BANK Hearing In Which Defunct People’s Bank Seeks To Determine The Liability Of Fidelity And Deposit Company, of Baltimore, Under Surety Bond of $25,000 Began Wednesday Morning; Most of Evidence Will Be Heard Todayi That all evidence in the hearing in which the People’s Rank, which clos ed its doors over a year ago, seeks to determine the extent of the liabil ity of the Fidelity and Deposit Com ! panp, of Baltimore, under the surety bona of $25,000 which thv bank held j for H. C. Newbold, cashier, would be 'heard today,'was said to be likely by j those who are connected with the ‘.hearing. I Yesterday morning special Master ■John J. Lingle, of Winston-Salem, I’who was appointed by Johnson J. ’ Hayes, judge of the United States District Court, began the hearing here in" ‘h^c '>-.r The bonding company contends that *it is not liable for full amount of the bond, as part of New bold's defalcations occurred before IL’j policy was issued, when the surety bond was in another company. The People’s Bank, for many years regarded as a sound. cons°rv .tive Leaking institu' >u closed its d. ors about fifteen months ago upon the sensational revelation of its chashier, H. C. Newbold4 that he had defalcated $44,000 of the bank’s funds. Newbold. who is serving a five-year term in the State penitentiary, was here yesterday as a witness in the case and will remain here until the hearing is closed. W. S. Courtney, public accountant, who conducted the audit of the bank following its close in April, 1030, is also a 'witness in the cas^. The testimony thus far has been relative to various entries on the books of the bank over a period «)f years.. — The defunct banking institution is represented in the action by A. A. F. Seawell, Clawson L. Williams, and K. R. Hoyle, of this city, and the Fidelity and Deposit Company by Brooks, Parker and Smith, of Greens boro; Mr. Wright, of Greensboro; and J. C. Pittman of the local bar. BODY OF SALLY GOSS, YOUNG COLORED WOMAN,DISCOVERED IN PATCH WOODS NEAR HERE ( ASSAULT CASES UP FOR TRIAL AT | NEXT TERM COURT - I Judge E. H. Cranmer To Pre side Over Mixed Term July j Superior Court. DE GRAFFENREID CASE Two Negroes, Each Charged With Criminal Assault, Face Trial. Leon De Graffemvid, young Jones boro negro, who is charged with hav ing attempted the crime of rape upon the person of Mrs. Steve Hancock, young married woman of this city, ! last May will be tried at the July term of Lee Superior Court, which convenes Monday week, July 20th. This and a number of other criminal * and civil cases make tip thd docket for the mixed term over which Judge E. H. Cranmer, of Southport, is slated to preside. Solicitor Clawson L. Williams 'will prosecute thv criminal docket. Given Hearing. DeGraffenreid, who was given a preliminary hearing by Mayor War rent R. Williams in municipal court following his arrest, according to the testimony of the witnesses, were cloth ing believed to answner to the descrip tion of those worn by Mrs. Hancock’s assailant when last sevn at he ran from the scene of the assault. He ' was not, however, positively -.lenfified as the assailant. .1 Sam Robeson, young Colon negro, • is to be tried on a charge oi having ; committed criminal asault upon Ruth ’ .Black. 15-year-old daughter of Bax te* mack, colon ^ Kobfson^t 'i^t ~ this place . 1 ^committed the companion, it . . ~ a freight train and joined 3 girl and her sister, who w= ring from the Borden Brie' Company, where they ha } carry dinner to their fat! ’ son accomplishing his pu grabbing Ruth Black and t some distance from the railn ad track at the point of a pistol. It'was stat ed at the preliminary hearing that D.. Lynn Mclver, who examined the girl, said she showed signs of having b?en criminally assaulted, l Seymour Ca&?. pe d < ' Black d Tile Robe after ng her Another case slated for trial at the July term is that of Don Seymour, Jr., who is alleged to have looted the Bobby Bums Service Station and the Bobby Bums Cafe of merchandise and several dollars in cash some time ago. An investigation following the j robbery disclosed that an unsuccess I fill attempt had been made to break into the safe in w_hich the filling sta tion’s funds and records were kept. Margaret Massey, who was given a hearing in Recorder’s Court last week on a charge of fornication and adul tery, but who was allowed her free dom on a recognizance bond of $1,000, is to appear as a State’s witness in the Seymour case as.is also her com panion of E. H. Pace, who is held in fault of $1,000 bail as a material wit ’ ness. | - A TRIP TO HAWAII On Friday night, July 10th, at 8 P. M., the Sanford Chapter of the Eastern Star will present a trip to Hawaii to Sanford ^entertainment lovers at the High School Auditorium. This program is made possible through special arrangement with the Hawaii Lecture Bureau. Beautiful motion pictures and colored scenics will be shown and many native prizes will be given to the audience during the pro gram. The school building will be I cool the night of the program. HUSBAND IS HELD FOR CONNECTION IN BRUTAL CRIME George Goss Is Believed To Have Cut Throat Of Wife Wednesday Mora. IS HELD WITHOUT BOND The slain body of Sally Goss, young colored woman, was found in a patch of woods off the Colon road at 1:30 p. m. yesterday. The throat of the young negress had been slashed from ear to ear and there were deep flesh cuts in the palm of her right hand showing that she had made an intense straggle to wrest the murderous weapon from her assailant. The body was found by a young man by the name of Matthews. Pointed Evidence George Goss, husband oi the dead woman, around whom a network of incriminating evidence has been un covered is held in the Lee county jail, without bond, awaiting trial at thd July term of Superior c-ourt. The verdict of the coroner’s jury, held this morning, was: “That Sallie Gosh came to her death as a result of her throat boing cut by George Goss anti we recommend that he be. held, with out bond, for trial at the next. term of court.” Carrie Steadman, aged negress of thv; Bluefield section, at whose homo Goss and his wife were roomers', testified that there had been a quarrel be\),veen thv; two the night before the murder and that she had gone into their room to-stop them. The two, she said, had quarreled often. On the day of the murder, she related, the deceased arose and left at about seven tta* homfc oLJrtr. ,and Garland Perry for whom she was cook. Her husband left a. few moments Blood In Car. Damaging evidence to the defend ant was offered by Fred H. McBride, local taxi dri\hr, who stated that Goss rented a taxi from him at about 7:25. When he returned with it a half hour later there was blood on the seat, said McBryde. (loss, the taxi driver stat ed/explained how the blood got there but it was decided not to ii *ar this testimony at the inquest. He said the colored man seemed to be wry nervous and asked him to drive him to JVIcIver Park where he is employ ed. When he left the car there and reached into his pockat for money t<> pay for the hire of the car he drew aside saying, “I have something hero 1 don't want anyone to s \.” Several other witnesses were placed on the stand one of whom, a colored man, told of seeing George G-oss p^ul the taxi up to the curb on Mtlver Street alongside of 'where his wife, was walking, as she was on her way to Mrs. Perry’s home, and of her gel ting in the car beside George. The; testimony was corroborated by Mrs. Carl Sawyer who also told of seeing a colored woman getting into a taxi with a color'd man. Several witnes ses who live in the Mexico se$Uon of the city testified to seeing Goss and the murdered woman pasd by their homes in that section on the ill-fated morning and to seeing Goss return later as the only occupant of the car. Missing Razor Found. Another circumstance linking Go«*> with the brutal crime was the testi mony offered by a roomer at the Steadman house who stated he went 10 get ms razor to sftave himself Wednesday afternoon about one o' - clock and found it missipg from its accustomed place. This razor, it 'was £aid, was found on the defendant by Deputy Sheriff Paul Watson at the time of his arrest. Goss is well known here having at one time served as chauffeur for Dr. A. D. Barber. Some months ago, while being tried on a minor charge, he created a sensation when be pick ed his chance and leaped through the second story window of Magistrate J. R. Rives’ office to th*e Street below. Hundreds of morbidly curioufe, many of whom had visited a local under taking parlor for a glimpse at the body of the murder victim, were pre sent at the inquest to feed their yearning for the sensational. This, many who viewed the body, claimed, as one of the most wantonly cruel murders to have Uen enacted in Lee. Yet, with its aspects of sordid brutal ity, it is lacking- in the air of mystery which has been thrown around a num ber of the tragedies that have trans pired in this Section in recent years. One or Owo of the local tragedies have been so ^perfect in execution an to have defied solution, yet this lat est episode is totally lacking in angles of the “perfect crime.” Rev. and Mrs. Frank C. Hawkins, and little son, who spCnt a few days with friends in Philadelphia, return ed home Monday. Mr. Hawkins will fill his appointment at ti»<e First Baptist church Sunday morning at 11 o’clock. Umon services teill be held by the Baptists, M ' thodipt*' « 1 ' s-” byterians on Sunday night for the pe-^t two months. Rev. S. A. Cotton will preach at the First Baptist church Sunday nigoi o .vdm’n. I
The Sanford Express (Sanford, N.C.)
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July 9, 1931, edition 1
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