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.
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;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
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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 |
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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
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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
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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
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ASSAULT CASES
UP FOR TRIAL AT |
NEXT TERM COURT
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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.
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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.
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