•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.