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•OLD3BORO THE SCENE OF BLOODSHED Attack Made On CourtkouM WW* Plw N«jroe» War* I Undar Citisan Guard Goldaboro, IW. S.—Herbert Futrell, hrmrr constable In Wayne county, WSJ shot when n mob stormed the Wayne county courthouse tonight in •n attempt to take Ave negroes held there for murder of • whit# man. He wan removed to an automobile hy a»mV r» of the moh and whether he wa* killed or not could not be learned. Prior to the assault on the weit door of the courtwhere Fu'rell «ai tthot, nil Ihe v> l u'i on «tie Hide •f the courthouse were "hot out. Ac cording to report*. Futrell led a body •f BO tn ■ ui/r' net the W"*t door of the snurthouse when he fell, iihot in the abdomen Report* that, Futrell wos shot hy ♦he garrison of th«. courthouse when the assailant* broke open the door were denied by member! of the garri son, who insisted th.it the fire of the ■10b wiiii not returned. Col. John D. I.angston, who wan in shsrgc of the administration of the aelectlve service in North Carolina, and later assistant to General Ctrowd •r in Washington, and who wa* a member of the garrison, tonight em phatically stated that the garrison of a dozen men did not return the Are from without. "Thirty of about 50 men which Fu trell led against the west door of the •ourthouse," said Col. Ijingston, "were subject to a sort of cross-fire from snipers, situated at various angles. I was outside the courthouse at the time and saw Futrell on the porch, turning about in various direction* and shouting to the men about him A party of sniperi off to the tide, mh aie, opened fire about the time that Futrell fell. He was removed In an j automobile, while the party with him! ' dispersed." At the time ox the assault on tu Jail, moat of the guards were on the third story of the courthouse where tfiey had the negroes. A email guard had hern placed on Km second floor, according to Col. langaton, bat these .nen did not Are. The door on the first floor, it appears, was smashed open, bat when Fatrell Ml no attempt was made to enter. Twenty-five men at 12:80 o'cloek were guarding the prisoners and it wax expected that the garrison would he further reinforced. "It 1* utterly impossible for the mob to get the prisoners unless the build tog is dynamited," aaid Col. Langston. "We can hold off a mob of 2.000 if aecesaary." Rumor* were afloat on the street late tonight to the effect that another attempt would be made on the court house before morning. Threats were made that the lighting system of the town would be put out of commission and telephone communication with (h« Jail cut off. Attack On Courthouse Began About Nine O'rlock Goldsboro, Dee.—One m*n, H. Fu trell, former deputy sheriff of Wayne eounty, was shot ard killed tonight !>y the special guard of 12 citizens bar-' ricaded in the Wayne county court-; house, which a moh of between 76 and J 100 njen attempted to seize fiive r>e-; ^rroes being held there for trial for the murder of Herman Jones, a white nan. The attack was made under cover of, a fusillade of shots from members of the mob. The attack on the courthouse was made at 9 o.'clock and the firing lasted •nly a few minutes. Barricaded be hind felt mattresses, the small force in the building returned fire through th« windows and Futrell, said to have been the lender of the mob, was killed. All window lights of the building were skot out. The mob scattered quickly after th« Vil'ing of Futrell, but crowds gather ed in the streets, and further trouble is expected. Between H00 and fiOO grim but deter mined citizens gathered at the union station here this afternoon, deputized by Sheriff Orant, of Wayne county, to guard and escort five negroes, Harry Caswell, alias Henry Williams, aliaa Harry Chaplin: Frank Williams, Jesse Foster, George Pearsall and Jim Hall, to the courthouse, where shortly aftar their arrival the negroes were ar ranged charged with the murder of Barman Jones, a merchant, at his aoimtry home on the public highway one mile eaat of Goldsboro on Sunday aight, November 7. Following the killing of Jonea the negroes were rushed to the state pen itentiary for safekeeping. When the officer* arrived from Raleigh this aft ■ moon the train waa surrounded, and the MffiiM •lighted in company with officers from the penitentiary and lo <■•1 officers, and wers marched from the train to the courthouse, a distance of several hlock*. The sidewalk* on hoth sides frum the station to the courthouse was lined with hundreds of people, hut no demonstration what ever was m.'de by these spectators, who fell in line hehind the civilian i»u«rd and marched to the courthouse. Here a "itard shout 100 in number, was «ta Honed under the leadership of Col. John T>. Uitfiton and Mai. Matt H. A"cn in cs«' that ari attempt should he made to ru«h 'He officers while th«* nlirroes were being arraiim rd. the clvlliiin fu<ird filed into the ; t.hous* this afternoon there were few J«w-ril»« fei»v rks from among i be crown tfathi r d at the courthoune »t"pa, hot further than this there was no itanMMtratton. ft was evident from the start that the task of securing a'Jnry would be low progress, and onlv six men had lieen secured when court took a recess until tomorrow morning. and the pris oners were escorted to the county jail under a heavy guard still in command of Col. I.anirston, MnJ. Allen and Chief of Police K. J. Tew and other members of the police force. An all night watch will he maintained at the jail tonight by men unde' command of Col. Ceorire K Ffeeman and 100 men deputized this afternoon by Sheriff Grant. HARDING RETURNS FROM PANAMA Receive* Big Welcome on Hi* Arrival at Norfolk Newport New*. V*. Dec 4.—Re turning to American ahores today from hi* vacation voyage, President elect Harding received a rousing wel c ome from the Virginia cities and re sponded with a message of renewed national confidence and unitv. Final abandonment of sectionalism! and a rehirth of fearlers nationalism furnished the them* for many correc tion*. He declared that altho hi* trip from home had furnished many plea sant axperisaces, It - had aacnd to. make *tronger hi* devotion to Inde pendent America. The iteamer Panto res, on which the president-elect and Mr*. Harding made the return voyage from the canal zone, came into Hampton Road* soon after daylight and docked here at 10-.SO. Disembarking immediately *he party was taker for a ride thro »he Newport New* ship yard* and the city's downtown section before Mr. Harding's first speech of the day at the Academy of Music. Crossing to Norfolk on a destroyer early in the afternoon he was to spend the remainder of the day there as truest of the city. A* she steamed up the Roads the Pastores was accorded a triumphal ovation. A flotilla of 28 army air planes from I.angley field, atcompani ed by three naval dirigibles, went out to form a guard of honor and the ships along the path of the president elect's ship were dressed in marine signal flaps spelling out a welcome home. The presidential yacht Mayflower, which brouirht Secretary Colby to the Roads on the first lei* of his jour ney to South America, dipped her flag as the Pnstores passed and the battle ship Florida, waiting near by to take the jeiTetary aboard, manned her rail to honor the president-elect. Rig and little harbor craft joined in a thunder - !n■» chorus of sirens and fog horns This Town Can Sell Its Bonds. Hickory, Dec. 1 i"he city of Hick ory sold $30 000 worth of sewerage disposal plant bonds at par and wru ed interest last ni<rht to the Hanchctt Bond company, of Chicapo; and at the same time announced the completion of the plant., which will f»ive general relief to all towns and cities along tke CVawba river. Th» First Security Trust, company, of Hickory, was one of the five bidders, its offer beinir nractieally the same as that of the Chicago firm. Child Choke* to Death. Durham, Dec. 2.—Dixie Ruth Far rell, aged two years, the child of par ents who live on route 2 out of Dur ham, died at Watts hospital last night while physicians were making an un successful effort to remove a piece of meat which lodged in the child'* throat choking her to death. She was carried to the hospital hurriedly when the meat lodged in her windpipe while eating supper yesterday evening. The meat got so far down Into the wind pipe it was impossible to remove it, the physicians '4 charg* stated. EX-KAISER LOOKED TO ANOTHER BIG STRUGGLE Ha Expected To Emerge Victo riously From World War, Then Engage England Rerlin, Nitv. 26.—The former Oer m in Kmperor William confidently •* Pk(aI tn emerire vlc»«ri«ti»'jr from the world wnr and then mini ha I hi» con tinental arni{<•« nif»ln»t Kngland in what he termed "the second Punic war," nay* Mathiaa Err,h*rsrer, in hl» voiumt' of war mulled ion* Ju»t puh liiM at Stntf|f«r». The Kmpfnir evi dently ttiu>d <hc term "Punic wnr" in the »«MM of a conflict for world *u premacy between two i»r«»»t nations. Ershtnrer. who wan formerly minis ter of finances, hot now hu» tempiimrf ly retired from public political activi ties, net forth in detail the meeting he twe-'n the then Kmperor IIinm and the Keichstair leader*, after the fall of Chancellor Methmann Hollweg, and following the adoption of the peace resolution in July. 1917. Me say* the emperor became en thusiastic over the phrase "peac* or compromise," which he assumed will what the reichstag majority d« m» id ■ "Kxcellent word 'compromise.' wn lium stated. "It means," h« said, "that we take the money, raw product*, cot ton, oil and ore* out of the pocket* of our eneli transfer them to our The parliamentary leaders, Herr Krzberger say*, were astonished by this unexpected display of imperial mentality and felt that they were be ing made the victims of his mockery. The emperor's further remarks were in the same channel, he declare*. William asserted that the United States and England had entered into an alliance for the purpoM of reckon ing with Japan after the war. He was also reliably informed that Ross la would join Japan in warding off the Anfrlo-Raxon blow. He admitted that England would not emerire from the war defeated, hat *aid the final ac counting would come when he led hit continental armies against her In "the second Punic war." tarims grew a* the kaiser, continued Ersberger report*. The monarch as serted that "a complete understand ing would be reached with Franca when the war was orer." Referring to a battle In Galieia, which occurred only a few day* pre vious the kai*er claimed that the Pruisiaii guard under the command of hi* son Fritz had "bru*hed the demo cratic dust off the vests of the Rus sian*." "Whenever the guards appear there is no longer any democracy left," he exclaimed. The Rumanians got their just de serts, the warlord told Eroberger when the latter suggested that the poor Rumanians had probably lost everything but their shirts. Enberger add* that the whole, meeting between the kaiser and the parliamentary leaders was not only a crave misfortune but It proved "the depest cut with the spade that ulti mately resulted in the overthrow of the prevailing regime." • He concludes the chapter with the statement that the reichstag veterans, who up.to that time were opposed to the parliamentary system, that very nitrht openlv avowed that the old sys tem would inevitably plunge Germany ■ito disaster. Harding Created A» The First Baptist President. Washington Nov. 27— Warren G. Harding, President-elect, the first Baptist to he President of the United States, has received a telegrarti from Washington Baptists congratulating him on his election. The text of the message, which was adopted at a ses sion of the Columbia Association of Baptist churches follows: "The Columbia Association of Baptist churches, in session on Nov-, omher 1ft, 1920, desire to express to '>ur brother, Warren G. Harding, their congratulations and best wishes on Ms election to the Presidency of the Unit-1 I'd States of America. Dr. Absher Will Accept K:" 'on, Dec. 2.—Dr. Darius C. Ab sher, ead of the health bureau here, has tentatively accepted the appoint ment to the army medical service of fered him by the adjutant general yesterday, and will probably leave here December 14 for temporary sta- \ tion at Camp Bragg. Dr. Absher will enter the military service with an un usual rank for a veserve officer of comparatively limited experience. He J will be commissioned a major, a rank which before the war many medical] officer* spent lifetimes attaining. 3.808 KILLED AS A RESULT OF AUTO ACCIDENTS Census Bureau Offers Sugges tions For the Improvement Of Traffic. Washinifton, Dec 5.—A total of 8, H08 persons wers killed in automohll* accidents or died as s result of in luries tlverrfrom, durinif "last year, ths i-ensu* bureau announ< ed today in s statement offering subvention" for traffic improvement An automobile Mridmt death rate of 14.1 oat of every 100,000 of population was re por'ed for 1!M9, an Incrsise over erv year alrrr 1 ?>1 ?%, wh'*n *he rats >>«n 8.0 and »/i Inof 24f> In the total i> imber of il< i*n KYW 11)18, "f'dih rear !♦ becomes mors and more for * person to walk the street s" thr <*n»u» bureau's rtatement said "The reason usually "lv*n. RTlrf probably the rorrw't one, < that the number of automobile* In iim<> is constantly Increasing. How. then, shall this ever Ui< rea»in(t daniter l>e lessened T The obvious remedy Is to improve constantly the traffir re flations to keep pare with the ever increaslnir number of automobiles. "Thlf call for better traffic regula tions is not a fanciful one. Kvery one is familiar with the necessity for slow and orderly ,»roirrcss when a crowd emerges from a circus tent and, similarly automobile traffic must b« 'owed down and controlled until it becomes safe. The 1919 rates for Kansas City, San Antonio and Cleve land, all much lower than for 1918, furnish a ray of hope that we are nally waking up." Suggestions made by the hurv«u for 'rmffir improvemens follow. Erection «t street crossings of curb ed np.fcty islands, which, at the moat dangeroue iipota, should be very riot* together. Construction of additional crossings In the middle of block*, where auto mobile! can approach from only two directions. Demonstration of great tklll In driv ing each machine before granting a driver's license for that machine. • Reduction of the sped limit, espe cially wwhus. Fine, revocations of license, and im prisonment each to have ita place as an actual penalty Youngstown, Ohio, heads the list of Ml cities in the automobife death rate with 28.5 per cent, per 100,000, but showed a decrease from the previous ■•ear. when the rate was 81.9. Rich mond, Va. had the lowest rate, with 5.9. but showed a alight increase over 1918. when it was 6.4. New York had the largest total numhe' of deaths, with 780, an In crease of 89 over the previous year and more than double the number in 1915. New York's automobile death rate was 14.0 per 100,000 persons. Chicago's total deaths numbered 328, an Increase of 87, a death rate of 12.8. Dr. Brooks Led Ticket In The' State Election Dr. E. C. Brooks, State Superinten dent of Pj'. > In*.ruction, led 'na Democratic tl' ket over all candidaVs .» the el-ctiAi of Nov 1 witn a nn).->:i-^ ty of 81,976, according to official tabu lations made by the State board of canvassers at Raleigh this week. Other Democratic majorities rang ed from 73,600 for James M. Cox for President, who received the lowest vote cast, to the high mark establish ed by the Brooks figure. B. R. Lacy, for State Treasurer, who has led the State ticket in several past elections, this year dropped to second place, 290 votes under the leader. In the Republican column, Mrs. Mary Settle Sharpe, who made the race against Dr. Brooks. foot! the ticket with a total vote of 228,513, which is 662 und'r the vote received by John J. Parker, candidate for Gov ernor, who led all Republican candi dates with 230,175 votes. The income tax amendment, first of the constitutional changes, carried by 176,553. Only 79,056 votes were cast| against It. The amendment removing certain requirements for voting and eliminating payment of poll tax as qualification for voting carried by a majority of 149,457 with the vote of: Stokes county missing. Iain's Cough Remedy. "Last winter when my children were sick with colda and were coughing a pod deal I gave them Chamberialn'a Cough Remedy" writes Mr*. C. M. Bullock, Gorham. N. Y. 'It relieved then at once and under this treatment all symptoms of the cold gradually disappeared. My experience with this med trine warrant* my recommending it to other*." KILLS WIFE AND THEN SUICIDES. Prominent F»rm«r Drunk Kill* Wifa—Sober* Up and Hangs Sell in Jail. Raleigh. Dec. 1.—Charles Davis, Newlight farmer. who killed his wif« Monday morning, hanged himself by making a rope of his underclothes last night and wa» found deud in his cell this morning at 3:30: I'V prisoner, who was the drunkest mnn ever sei-n in Kaletgh Monday, re o.ered ifrix 1 li11ity enough yesterday <i linden and the enormity of his of fense Me »•■«* in denperate condition (W the terrific overdose of sKholit ;>>ic>n, family and m>ighU>rs declar' •» it in the day snd a h?!f oelween da and Sunday, when he was ob rved most affected hy li>|Uor, he had laken a irallon and a half. Sheriff Harrison <1 < not betievn Davit would havs lived in jail Ions following the horriMe drunk from which he had partially recovered. Yeiiterday when told what he had done he set up inch n moan that extra watchmen were -en him last night. They adminis tered medicine. and he fell asleep. Dur ing the night he took off his clothes, made a rope of his pantalettes, tied one end aliout his neck and the other to his cell He did not leave the floor but iieem* to have choked himself to ith by falling over and allowing his feet to work an a sort of pivot. There were evidences that he aided the crude gallows hy getting up and jumping off his feet until strangula tion wax certain. Me had been dead some hours when he was discovered. Th» coroner held the inquest and called It death by suicide. Yesterday afternoon in Newlight, in the beat; home in the township, coroner Owena held an Inquest over the dead wife. He learned there that Davis was up at 3.30 Monday morning aw? aroused his son, Allen, who came down to inquire what was the trouble. In half aa hour the shota were followed by Mr*.' Davis' outcry that ah* had been killed. I Allen Davis and a sister jumped from the upper story and fled, the sister fracturing her ankle. When they re turned they found the slayer of their j mother holding their baby In the same bed occupied by Mrs. Davis and the crazed father crying with the child. Until yesterday Davis had shown no evidence of intelligence. He did not < xeem to know what he had done. Mrs. Davis' brother was here this morning and he declared that for some time Mr. Davis had been acting strangely and the family discussed having him examined, "but we did not think he was crazy enough to be con fined." Mrs. Davis remarked Sunday 'o her son that her husband had been drinking but not to worry him. The neighbors are agreed that the couple never had any troubla and were aa well married aa any people in the eounty. I The hanging of Davis created no special excitement today. The pubic was prepared to hear it. Near his cell is that of S. P. Shadrick. slayer of his) wife on the same morning. The Davis! suicide overcame Shadrick who said he would like to kill himself but lacked the nerve. Both men have destroyed themselves with blockade liquor. The neighbors of Davis say that lis never has been himself since he went through an illness of influenza during the epidemic of 1919. They can sea now that he was bsdlv off, but the family and friends shared the general feeling that a diseased mind is a cap ital disgrace and that treatment of if' is a confession of family dishonor. The fortune'of Davis is estimated at .*100,000 He lived in the best house in Newlight and was known well through-out the county. Prominent Citizen of Wilkes is Killed Elkin, Deo Mr. Joseph S. Hoi brook, a prominent citizen of Wilkes county, was killr-fl Friday near his home at Trap Hill He was return in<r from a nei(?hl>or's in his bngrnry when a shaft hr\A< nnd the buepy ov»rtumod, throvHn/ him out on the hard frround, brraHnj: his neck and causing instant de.i h. He was about SB years old. H» had been a proml nen* 'eader in hi* rMntjr, having rep resented it in the leirislature two terms, and for several years serve'' on the board of county commissioners. He was a mason, having been n mem ber of the order for more than fifty years. The funeral was held *' the home Sunday at eleven o'clock anj In terment waa fn the Tiap Hill ceme tery, conducted by the members of the ( Masonic fraternity. He waa a splendid Christian man, a kind friend and neighbor and his passing leaves • void in the communi ty that will not soon be filled. NO EARLY RELIEF FROM BUSINESS DEPRESSION Continued Deeltna in Manufac turing Activities Noted. Washington. IW 4.—Nn hope ef «rly relief from batinni dtpntttai In heM in the monthly *t*t<ment ef th# f»d«r*l reserve hoard mad* p-ihll* tnnlgh' Depression eriats In moat mw—nltl—. tha statement Mid, and one of the basic cauae* an far a* the hoard, could determine, wan a "coa nimi»ri' »trlke" an evident public d» '.Tm I nation "to wait for price* le come down." Manufacturing avtivltle i uwtteuad to fa'l eff d .rii« V'.v«mh■■ p, »he h.. >rd 1. A wave of "rrdnetl< sale*" by retal'er* haa not. It a<M<-d iltt I a ho vim*. whlrh would cause • resumption of reduction#, A decreaee In the buying power, resulting fma I he dfcrtaw^ trade, also ws* noted. "It I* Impoaalhia." th* hoard mm tinned, "to estimate the extent to which the completion of the read justment process may Involve further alackenlnr of employment and the la crease of commercial embarrassment. The favorable element* In the imme diate situation are th • improvement of transportation and ea*lng of craA condition* " Th lioard *ald there wai a tendeney hy aome retail merchant* to attempt »o realir.e on stock* at the particular dav'a nrjee*. hut that reporta from tha various reserve district* Indicated that there wn* a!*o a counter *entimeat among merchant* to make their prof it regardless of the current wholesa)a price*. "Cold weather in mo*t section* haa stimulated the buvlntr of clothing," the hoard aald. "In general the usual seasonal demand la *till lacking. Theaa Is generally reported a decided deter mination on the part of the buying public to wait until price* come dowa and thi* la characteHied by #ome at a consumer*' strike. "Store* generally are reduclag stock* and making no attcnpt to Fa plenlsh them. Outstanding ordaa art declining and ratailen ara order ing only what la madad to awt img to day requirement*. "While price* ara nlowly d •.•lining. It ia artlTl fait that present ilaillaaa have not paralleled decline* In whofe sale price*. 'Shopper*' are confllng baying to necea*ltie* and itaple* wltfc the reault that the volume of trade haa fallen off." The hoard attempted no forecaat mi future condition* in individual llnaa. I.umher manufacturer* reported drop pine order* despite paring of prlaa list* and likewlae disclosed, in *otM ca*ea, no more than half time opera tion of mill*. The *hoe and leather induictry ha* been likewise affected, although it* order* were somewhat larger for immediate delivery to flM current requirementa. No indlcatjaa of a revival in the *ilk industry waa seen, and while maker* of men'a clothing have announced reductioaa to stimulate sales, few order* hava been placed, ao far. the hoard aaid. Price* for women'* wear have n«t declined along with reduction* of W to M) per cent in men's clothing, the ->rd said, aa thera la no surplM stock. Cancellation of order*, prevalent la ♦he domestic ti-»de, has a counterpart in the export trade, the board said. They have been particularly heavy by •>onth Amrican importer* and in gen eral have "tended to subject export enterprises to uncertainty." the Hoard ndded. * Despite these handicap* export* had hen "tolerahlv well maintained aa a result of the larjre movement of sta >'l»s to European ports," the state ment said. Dccidfi Bank in Safer Than Old So* A* a result of numerous hold-up* and the alleged murder and robbery of Glenn Lippard near Hickory, a well known mountaineer and bis wife ram* into Hickory and deposited in a kxaJ bank the sum of t2.800. He had navar used a bank before and asked a vari ety of fju»s*tions, finally being con vinced that any money he left with "the bank would still be bin. If be waa not entirely convinced, he at any rate remarked to the cashier that he him self would be safer without the money and he and hi* wife went to work loosening the greenback* from a score of small package* which w»ra fattened to their clothe*. Othar men have be (run using the banks late ly, bat tt is said that thousand* of dol lars an hidden away In tb« mountaia section by people who bavs not yak learned the tajertsss sf bssUaf their money and as'nf eheeks.
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