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r i "This Argus o'er the people's rights Doth an eternal vigil keep ; .No soothingstrains of Maia's son Shall lull itshundred eyes to sleep.' $1.00 a Year. $1.00 a Year. GOLDSBOKO, N. C, WEDNESDAY. JUNE 30, 1909. NO. 61 t'Hl . YYTv w w m u m B w - - i : 1 F '. ' - ' T '. : : - - " 1 1 "I.1 i- HE KILLED ' FRED HOLT Solomon Shepard the Negro Suspect Confesses His Guilt. Says He Was Alone in His Crime, and His Shot Was Not Intended for the Engineer But for the Brakeman. Durham, N. C, June 27. Solomon Shepard, the negro of mysterious ac-. tion, has confessed that he killed En gineer Holt near Durham last Decem ber and that he had no assistant. This startling turn in the dreadful affair came last night, when Dr. N. M. Johnson went into the jail to attend a sick prisoner. Shepard had spent the day reading the Bible, and getting, religion. Why he took a notion to un burden himself to the doctor, is not known, but he did and said that lit slew the engineer that night without the aid of anyone. The negro tells a reasonable story. There never has been any large num ber of people who did not believe that Engineer Holt met death meant for an other man. The wanton use of a shot gun was commonly called a Reuben Barbee characteristic, but nobody ever found the motive whereby Reu ben Barbee became the assassin of Fred Holt. The brothers of the dead man believed that their kinsman had been murdered by mistake and the negro says so. Shot Intended for Brakeman. Shepard says that he was put off the train by a brakeman whose life he sought. The engine that Mr. Holt drove was an extra and the negro was on the lookout for another. There were several men on the cab at that time and murderer expected to get the brakeman. He failed. Leaving the coal chute, he said he fired at it "just to scare somebody." It had the de sired effect. The Greenbergs have not recovered. It was the Greenberg in cident that had much to do with the arrest of Barbee. He had trouble with them, hated the family- The officers figured it out that the man who killed. Holt, fired into that house, Theyi knew that Barbee hated them, there- j fore Barbee fired the shot. But theyj reasoned only half right. Shepard remained in Durham until, about six weeks ago. The fact that another man was sweating for his j crime kept him brave. He went overi to Petersburg and was arrested there, but escaped after telling something of the connection he had with the Holt murder. What prompted him to con fess canmot be guessed now. It was not long after the murder before some of the officers got on ; Shepard's trail, but having too little . evidence for an arrest, never gave the tease away. He had been seen the might of the assassination with a sshotgun, but he had not been more closely connected with the crime. That was two hours before the com mission of the crime. After the arrest of Reuben Barbee, there was nothing to fear. In that connection, it was worthy of note that the tracks made by the murderer did not in a single wise correspond with the shoe of Barbee, but he was held and is still in jail. The doctor tried hard to keep down the story that the negro gave him, but it leaked out last night and swept the city after midnight. It even reached other towns. The press of the North is following it closely and there is big demand for copy from lo cal newspaper men. A strange coincidence in this case is that noted by men who know Shep ard and Koonce Patterson. The only crime ever charged up against Shep ard was that of seriously cutting Koonce Patterson. Both are occupy ing the same cell and each is charged with a capital felony, Patterson hav Ing broken into the house of Dr. J. W, :Petty. Had No Accomplice. It is understood that Shepard had mentioned the name of a man who was with" him and that the fellow left here the first of last week. The coun ty officers incline to the belief that he had a white accomplice, but his con fession settles everything. Until this morning but little cre dence had, been put in the Shepard story in Ohio. Reuben Barbee, who is regarded as a shrewd and calculating scoundrel, was supposed to have -worked up this new excitement " and the scheme was believed to have been his own. But Barbee fought for trial a few days ago, and that circumstance could not be explained. It now seems - that a man with a bad name has gpent six months In jail for a crime that had not been committed by DJin. On the strength of the latest ea,er - of Shepard, 5t is -understood that the attorneys of Barbee will ask his re lease. Habeas corpus proceedings may be necessary. The trial of Shep ard will take place in August at the regular term of court. As murder of any sort is regarded as bad form, the plea of Shepard that "he hit the wrong man isn't expected to avail him much. Until the court there is not much else to talk about. The people are as interested now as when the murder was fresh. DR. W. J. JONES DEAD. This Noted Physician Fell on Sleep Last Night at 10:15 oTlock. From Monday's Daily. After many weeks of lingering ill ness and confinement Dr. W. J. Jones, of this city, fell on sleep last night at 10:15 o'clock at his home on West Center street, south, aged seventy-one years and four months. In the death of Dr. Jones the city loses one of its most competent phy sicians, whose ability was recognized throughout the profession, and whose ready knowledge and fluency of speech rendered him a popular fav orite as a public speaker, and he was always gracious whenever calls were made upon him. Dr. -Jones was a native of Greene county, where he practiced his pro fession with great success before moving to this city, where he has re sided for the past twenty-five years, and where he enjoyed to the end a large and lucrative practice. He is survived by his devoted wife, Dr. Clara E. Jones, herself a physi cian of unusual ability, in charge of the woman's department of the State Hospital here, whose dearest care he was in his last illness, she devoting all her time at his bedside, till the touch of the death angel's wing brought surcease of suffering - and soothed the eye-lids down into that blessed sleep from which none ever wake to weep"; one son, Mr. Henry Jones, a medical student, who, also was with him constantly during the weeks of his confinement; one broth er, Mr. Jesse Jones, of Greene coun ty; two sisters, Mrs. M. A. croom, or jaGrange, and Mrs. Elizabeth Britt, of Kinston, a number of neices and nephews and "a wide circle of other relatives. The funeral will be held from the Presbyterian Church this afternoon at six o'clock, and the interment will be made in the family plot in Willow Dale Cemetery. MIJS. DAVID PRINCE DEAD. Passed Away iast Night at Their Home in Scotland Neck. From Monday's Daily. J The Argus chronicles wijth sorrow that will be shared by all who remem ber her, the death of Mrs. Minnie Hol lowell Prince, beloved wife of Mr. Da vid M. Prince, and daughter of our esteemed friend and townsman, Mr. W. R. Hollowell, which occurred last night, after a long illness, at the home of her husband in Scotland Neck. Mrs. Prince, besides her husband and father, is survived by five chil dren, one brother, Mr. Lonnie Hollow ell, and four sisters, all married ex cept her youngest sister, Miss Emma, of this city, a wide circle of relatives and hosts of friends, who will mOurn her death sincerely. The remains will be brought to this city, the home of both herself and husband, tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock and the interment will be made in Willow Dale Cemetery. The sympathy of all our people goes out to the so sorely bereaved ones in their ordeal of sorrow. UNTIMELY DEATH TODAY. Sixten-Year-Old Son of Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Hugging, Jr., Passes Away. From Monday's Daijy. Today at noon, at the Hotel WJayne, in this city, .of which his father is proprietor, Willie Huggins, sixteen years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. W, H, Huggins, Jr., died of fever, and in their great bereavement the sorrowing parents have the inexpressibly tender sympathy of our entire community. Willie Huggins had not been long a resident of the city, his parents hav ing moved here but recently, yet in that time he had become a favorite with all who knew him, and these will mourn his untimely death with real sorrow. The remains will be taken to Faison tomorrow for Interment In the family plot in the cemetery of that town. KEY. FRIZELLE LEAYES TO JOIN CONFERENCE QUARTET Will 'Sine at Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition Will Be Absent One Month. Rev.' James H. Frizelle left today for Seattle, where he will sing at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition as member of the famous quartet of the North Carolina Methodist Conference Rev Frizelle was granted a leave of absence of one month by the congre- gation of St. John Methodist ChurCb. A CHEERING POINTER Winston-Salem Southbound To Be Completed. Atlantic Coast Line Will Furnish Nec essary Funds for Its Construc tion to Wadesboro; So De. termSned Yesterday, Special to The Argus. Newv York, June 26. At a joint meeting of the Norfolk & Western and Atlantic Coast Line directorate held in this city final arrangements were completed whereby the Winston-Sa lem Southbound Railway Company will be furnished with funds required to complete its line from Winston-Sa lem to Wadesboro, N. C. Work on this extension should be gin at once, and will be pushed with all possible dispatch, as all indica tions point to a general revival of business and in such volume and swelling tide as to require all possi ble transportation facilities. It will be recalled that very recent ly Mr. Harry Walters, of the Atlantic Coast Line gave out an interview in which he expressed strong convic tions of the great opportunities that are impending in the South as to 'busi ness revival. The building of this road from Winston-Salem to Wadesboro will cwen up a vast and fertile territory raid furnish connections at Wadesboro with both the Seaboard and the At lantic Coast Line. SIXTY YEARS OF OPPORTUNITY. Retirement of Maj. John Waller from the Editorial Chair After Three Score Years in Harness. We are told in a dispatch from Mid- dletown, N. Y., that Major John Wal ler has just retired from the editor ship of the Monticello Republican, af ter an unbroken editorial career of sixty years. Think of it! For sixty years this man has spoken to, his people from the printed page. The babies whose births were in the first issue are now old or gone from earth. States, king doms, political parties, issues, the center of population, national prob lems and needs all these have changed; and through all his news paper has had to do with public opin ion, which makes and unmakes condi tions, and furthers or retards the common good. Did he know what he was doing? Did he have courage to speak the truth always? Was he swayed by sordid considera tions against divine truth? Was the torch he applied each week the bea con of righteousness? Or was it a false light luring voyaging minds up on rocks and shoals of error? Did he inspire his readers, some times by direct exhortation, some times by the spirit speaking between the lines, but always to courage in the right; or was he a blind leader cf the blind, filling the ditches of futil ity with the goodly shapes of what once were men? He who writes this never saw a copy of the Monticello Republican, and therefore does not know the an swer. But the average editor who serves his town for any fraction of sixty years cannot t escape being of good or evil influence to his people. And so it is with all newspapers. They may. speak twaddle or filth or -falsehood. They may uncover the foul things of the neighborhood. They may pander to the local Mammon They may worship in the temple of Baal, for all these opportunities oi conducting a "news" paper exist iu every community where a newspaper is published. Or they may fight the battles of truth, find 'and heroize the champions of righteousness, sound the trumpet for the struggle with wrong, or broaden tue horizon of every mind by the manner in which they report the doings cf men and the changes in things. New Orleans to I enefit. New Orleans, La., June 25. The first direct freight service between New Orleans and Sout: America was inaugurated today, wtvn the steam ship Osceola, of the Houlder line sailed for River Plate. The Osceola carried a full cargo of industrial and agricultural implements, lumber and staves. Her return carrro will be cof fee. The Illinois Cent; al. Railroad is behind the new service., from which New Orleans expects substantial ben efits. ," v John Marshall Desct lant Dead. Roanoke, Va., June 25. Mrs. Laura Marshall Crawford, widow of Thomas D. Crawford, died last night at her home in this city, aged sixty years, She was a descendant of John Mar- shall, first chief - justice of the Su- t preme Court of the United States. HERE'S TO THE GIANTS. Crockett, "Old Grandpap," is hard to beat. On first, he is there, with his hands and his feet; In running a base, if he can't make it fair, . He falls flat down and' he's all the way there. , Steinback watches his bag with an eagle eye, And a ball doesn't pass him 'less it's up to the sky, He's a star, anyway, and second bag would be lost, : Unless he ws there, hanging round to be boss. Hurrjah for Zanelli, who's as swift as a bird, He's all over the diamond from first to third, Here's wishing you further success, little short, You're here for always and not to be bought. ' What's the matter with Gettig? "He's all right," And to win a game he'll make a hard fight; His bunts are a feature in every game, . And his record on third is just the same. Fulton, our catcher, allows no steal ing, For he throws down to second, even though he be kneeling, He guards the home plate with eager eyes, '. , s And is right on the spot to catch all the flies. How jealous Doak makes them, all the league through, For they know what the Mighty Doak" can do, 4 . When playing right field or at the bat, To you, Mr. Doak, we doff our hat. : When Smith's at the bat, there's something doing, And the opposing pitcher knows trou ble's brewing, He's always there, right in the swim, For two and three-baggers are cinches for' him. : - ' ---- - Stoehr, old hoy, you're as true as steel And it's awful the way you make op ponents feel, The hits they get off you are few, And they leave us looking like indigo blue. Stubbe, our catcher's an artist for fair, Just let them try to steal if they dare, And when they try to cross the home plate, They'll find he's never a moment late. Sharpe is the fellow who has the right name, Has won for himself "some great fame. We, might say more,, but our general vote is He makes them all sit up and take notice. There's some class to your playing, "Handsome Harry," old boy, At each game you pitch, our heart leaps with joy, As for winning the pennant, it's all up to you, So get busy, Old Steady, and show what you can do. , A great left-fielder, we have in Seal, And on him we depend a great deal, He stops the balls to his left and right. Yes, he's a winner and is out of sight. Forbes and Finn, here's a welcome to you, To our town as well as our ball team, too; . -" So show us your spirit and be .quite - alive, And maybe you'll get a "new crisp five." x Here's wishing you luck, Giants, one and all, , From cute little Smith to "Grandpap" tall, Now get busy, boys, and at the end of the season, We'll carry off the pennant or else know the reason. Last, but not least, here's to "Base ball" King ' " . Our loyal manager, your praises we sing. For we'd rather hear you cheer and root . ' ' Than to have a million and a little to boot. " ".' By S. A. E., S A Goldsboro Fan. L Mrs. W. T. Harrison Continues 111. Mrs. Wi T. Harrison, who was se- verely bruised by a fall at her home .Thursday night, continues to be quite ill. She Was slightly better today, al though suffering from some fever, He that is thrown will still wrestle. CRUEL AND UNFAIR Purported Prohibition Inter view as to Golds boro. Editor of Florence, S. C Paper Puts Startling Headlines to His Own Betrayal of Confidence. Some days ago Mr. J. M. Allen, of this city banded us for publication the appended clipping in quotations headlines and all, and his note ex planatory thereof, and we put it in tvpe together with our own comment; but subsequently we decided not to give it place in our columns, as it was deemed by us unworthy of even passing notice. Since, however, Gov ernor Kitchin and the Raleigh News and Observer have taken the matter up, we deem it but fair to Mr. Allen to give him the benefit of his effort to set himself straight prior to the publi cation in Sunday's issue of the Ral eigh News and Observer. Here is the article as put in type for The Argus last Friday: "Mr. James M. Allen, Jr., is in the city to see his brothers from - New York and from the army. Mr. Allen says that if one wants to know what prohibition really is they should visit North Carolina now and see the prac tical workings and the demoralization of labor and business from the blind tigers in spite of the Pinkerton detec tives that are employed to run them to earth. Labor is demoralized be cause all the negroes can make more money as blind tigers than by honest work, and wages are too high even if one can get a man or woman to work. "He says that there is more drunk enness on the streets now tnan ne ever saw in Goldsboro before, and that the same is true of other towns in the state. The jug trains and express company are, doing a big business. Sixty-five gallons of liquor in one day was counted a dull shipment for Goldsboro, and more money is going out of the community now for liquor than ever before. "Mr. Allen says that he is, and has always been an advocate' of prohibi tion, but that he is convinced now that the passage of such a law unsup ported by the real sentiments of the. people, has worked for corruption and evil. He thinks likely that the state legislature may repeal it next time md give the people local option as they had before, and under which temperance seemed to be advancing." Editor Argus: I have a copy of the Florence (S. C.) Times containing the above, purporting to be an interview between the editor and myself, in which statements are made that I did not make to him in regard to prohibi tion in this city and section, wich statements are so colored. &s to make me appear as mi entnv of prohibition and Goldsboro. I did have a casual, passing conversation with the editor and replied to certain questions, which conversation he knew was one of a personal nature and was not in tended to reflect on prohibition or promote the cause of whiskey, or as a reflection oh the city of Goldsboro, and for what purpose he should have published such an "interview" I can only conjecture. Very truly, J. M. ALLEN. Of course everybody in Goldsboro who reads the above clipping from the Florence, S. C, paper knows that it paints a condition of affairs unknown in Goldsboro and foreign to any town of our knowledge in North Carolina, which is now a prohibition State by vote of the people, and the law is so satisfactory that no legislature, no matter of what political complexion, will dare to repeal it. The editor of the Florence paper, therefore, is not only ignorant of public sentiment in this State, but he is evidently a mian void of principle, in that, as shown by Mr. Allen's reply, he violated the confidence of a personal conversation and then proceeded to color it to suit his own personal desires. Goldsboro voted prohibition five years' ago and repeated it two years subsequently, and was therefore in the prohibition column by local op tion for four "years before the State voted dry; and the very store In which Mr. Allen does business was built, and the flourishing shoe com pany he so ably manages was organ ized since prohibition was established here. The deposits in our two com mercial banks the Bank of Wayne and the National have nearly dou bled in that time, and a savings bank, - ' something that had been before un-i dfirtaken in Goldsboro under safe management in the days of the open bar but without success, is now a pop- ular and growing institution, under its own roof, with deposits, principally from wage earners, of $112,500 weekly savings In the aggregate that formerly went into the voracious maws of the open bar; at any rate, they did not go to and grow on the ledger of a savings bank or to make bare-footed children comfortable and happy and thus roll up dividends for Mr. Allen's shoe company, as neither a savings bank nor the Goldsboro Shoe Company were known In Golds boro when open bars prevailed. But why attempt to recount what prohibition has done for Goldsboro to refute the recognized and deliberate slander of a conscienceless editor who is catering to the success of whiskey in Folrence? We hate to give such rot place in our columns, and would not do so ex cept to justify Mr. Allen, who from the day he came to Goldsboro has ever been identified with and active in promoting every movement looking to the uplift of the city and the achieve ment of Greater Goldsboro, and this puwisbea interview with him in his old home paper is as cruel, as it Is unfair to him. ED. ARGUS. BOMB THROWN TODAY. Injures 27 People and Does Great Property Damage in Chicago. Chicago, June 28. One man is dy ng, twenty-six seriously injured and more than two thousand telephones are out of service today as the result of the havee wrought by a bomb. The property loss is $100,000. The bomb caused wide-spread panic in the Loop district. The Chicago Tile and Trust Com pany received the brunt of the explo sion and every structure i nthe block was damaged. Through four stories at No. 11 Madison street, the explosion swept like wind through a hallway, sweeping everything before it. The telephone exchange was on the third floor In this building. Some of the girls fainted, others ran panicstrick en to the street. There is no clew as to the origin of the bomb. AS OTHERS SEE US, The Orphan's Friend,. of Oxford, Pays Appreciated Compliments to Our Town and People. Recently one one of the most per sistently stormy nights, Goldsboio has known, an entertainment, as previ ously advertised, was given in the Messenger Opera House here, bv a class from the Ma&onic Orphanage at Oxford, and here is what last week's issue of the Orphan's Friend, pub lished from the above institution, has to say of the occasion: When we arrived in Goldsboro we were met and assigned to the hospita ble homes of W. T. Yelverton, J. M. Grantham, A. R. Morgan, W. E. Stroud, U. M. Gillikin, Rufus Stevens, W. T. Harrison, and G. W. Brinkley. "Again in the afternoon there was a heavy thunder and rainstorm and, at the hour for our concert the rain was falling fast. Not until about half past ten o'clock did the downpour cease. 'Our class managed to come through mud and rain to the Opera House and we gave the concert to those who had also braved the ele ments and made the trip to the hall. The audience, though not large, was decidedly appreciative. They seemed to feel well repaid for coming out that evening. "It is always a delightful experi ence to meet up with former Orphan age boys and girls who give evidence to the fact that they are people of character and influence, that they are helping to make the-world a better place. 'At Goldsboro we had the pleasure of greeting Mrs. Stroud (nee Miss Maye Poole), Miss Lillian Barnes, and John Cotton. "We must here make special men tion of the service of Bro. A. M. Shra- go, in seeing to it that our baggage was properly cared for and distrib uted regardless of the rain and slush The advance ticket selling was earnestly done, and we learn that Brother King reached the highest point in this important work. "If Goldsboro date had been favored with fair weather, the progressive city would, doubtless, have done very much better for the concert. As it was, we gave receipt for $50 to add to our funds for the support of our insti tution. "Goldsboro's new union depot is a valuable improvement to the city. Its reputation for being such a hot place in summer may now be lost, as pas sengers who have heretofore had. to wait over at the old depot must have given this reputation to this excel lent city. The traveling public, as well as the citizens of Goldsboro, will appreciate the comfortable, conven ient depot. Not even the lemon will be able to escape the squeeze of the high proteo tlve tariff bunch, TRUNK MYSTERIES rhe Seigel Case Calls Ip Reminiscences That Excite Interest. A RpYiew of Noted Crimes In Which Trunks Were Used for Conceal. ment of Victims A Mar- V J shal Ney Suggestion. New York, June 28. When Leon Ling, after his butchery of Miss Elsie Sigel, sought to hide his crime by packing her mutilated remains in a trunk, he but followed a precedent es tablished by numerous murderers whose are famous in the police an nals of America. The famous Max-well-Preller case still lives in the public mind, though more than twen ty years have elapsed since the crime was committed. Preller, an English man, murdered his traveling compan ion and left his remains in a trunk in a St. Louis hotel. The murderer was captured and after a trial that at tracted international attention he was convicted and executed. Probably the most sensational of the so-called trunk murders with which the New York police have ever had to deal was the case of John C. Colt, who murdered a man to whom he owed money. Having attacked his creditor with a weapon which was at hand and killed him, Colt put the body in a trunk and shipped it to New Or leans, All of the wealth of Mr. Colt's brother, who was the inventor of the revolver and who made a great for tune in manufacturing that and other arms, was at the disposal of the coun sel retained for Mr. Colt's defense. These chief counsel retained many of the small political lawyers. They reached out all over the city, both for general and probably for specific de fense, hoping possibly that some friend of some one of these lawyers might be found upon the Jury. But Colt was convicted and was presumed to have committed suicide an hour or two before execution. At the hour set for execution in the Tombs fire broke out in the upper part of the Tombs and in the confu sion Colt was for a few moments for gotten. What was said to be, and in fact what was generally believed to be his dead body was found in his cell as soon as the officers remembered their responsibility. Yet a tradition sas always prevailed that the fire was a part of a conspiracy by means of (Vhich Colt could escape and a sub stituted body be placed in his cell. A case of comparatively recent date, tfce scene of which was within a stone's throw of where the Sigel girl's body was found, was the murder of Rev. Fr. Caspar, the Armenian priest whose ody was found in a trunk in a West Thirty-seventh street tenement house on May 26, 1907. The crime was at first attributed to members of the Al- farist section of the Hentchakists, an Armenian political organization. But later it was pretty well established that robbery furnished the motive for the murder. The room in which the priest was slain had been occupied by several Armenians who disappeared before the trunk and Its ghastly con tents were discovered. No trace of the suspects was ever discovered. Good Roads. m Charleston News and Courier. The people of Gaston county, North Carolina, have recently voted a tax upon themselves of $300,000 for the building of good roads in that county They have taken knowledge of Meck lenburg cpunty in which 180 miles of macadam roads have been built with in the last fifteen years. In the coun ty of Charleston, as we have said be fore, which was established one hun dred years before Mecklenburg coun ty was discovered, we have today only about ten miles, short measure at that, of good roads. We do not think that anything could be added to the force of this statement. One of these days there will be some other people coming who will possibly do for us what we ought to have done for our selves long ago. Surely, in a town of about 25,000 white people, most cf whom are in . fairly good circum stances, It ought not to be a difficult matter to raise by private subscrip tion a sufficient amount of money to Uld twenty-five miles of good road. - -. - . - King Edward Opens Art Palace. London, June 26. The magnificent new' palace of art in South Kensing ton, forming a notable addition to the Victoria and Albert Museum, was formally opened today by King Ed-' ward. The new structure, which is one of. the most imposing public, edi fices In the metropolis, will house the great national art collection.
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