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VOL. XVIIL-N6. 34
FIRST EDITION
KINSTON, N. jC, FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1916
FOUR PAGES TODAY
PRICE TWO CENTS
FIVE CENTS ON TRAINS
DEFENSE ENDEAVORS TO PROVE ALIBI IN
TROUBLE IN DM
EIGHTY PERSONS TO
BE ACCOUNTED FOR
THE GREAT OFFENSIVE
SAM STOSICASE-OT'R BEONAM HADE
GROW WORSE, IS
REPORT TO OFFICIAL
AGAINST EPIDEMIC AT DAWN,
CAIN FAST
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JUDGE DENOUNCES LYNCII'O
AS RESULT OF GALE
INFANTILE PARALY'S OF L'BOISSELLE;
RUSSIANS DRIVING WEST
Hie Rearing into Joe Black's Lynching Goes On Judge
Bond Agam Affirms His Determination to Find Out All
the Facts Tells Witnesses That If Any Turn State';
Evidence the Law Pardons Them Defense Rested at
Morning Session
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The Joe Black-lvnchiher hearincr was resumed this
morning at 10 o'clock by Judge W. M: Bond. The entire
morning was taken up with the testimony of witnesses
for tne attendant, aam stocKS. ine aeiense lniroaucea
a number of witnesses to Drove an alibi. His wife and
the wife of his co-defendant, Arch Frizzelle, were placed
on the stand. They stated that the two families were in a
runaway the afternoon before the lynching, and that they
nil staved at the Stocks' home that night. The house is a
two-room dwelling and the two men occupied one room
while the women and children stayed in the other. The
women said they had been up a greater part of the night
with the children, who were restless because of the
bruises sustained in the runaway. Other witnesses were
introduced who saw Sam Stocks at his home late in the
afternoon prior to and early in the morning after the
lynching. ' N
.Tudo-e Bond reauested Editor Debnam of the Snow
Hill Standard-Laconic to make a statement anent in arti
cle appearing in his paper, which the Court considered a
reflection uoon its integrity. Editor Debnam disavowed
any such intention and said that a proper explanation
Would be published. - His statement was accepted.
.Tnrlo-e Bond took occasion to denounce lynching. At
the conclusion of the morning session he told the witnes
ses that if any of them had had a part in the affair and
their testimonv incriminated them when they told all
thev knew, thev would b6 pardoned under the State law,
The defense in the Sam Stocks case rested this mbrning,
&fld the State is introducing witnesses in rebuttal this af
ternoon. x
Judge Bond called Tjpon Edittor
"Debnam of the Snow Bill Standard
court, to explain an article appearing
in this week's issue of the paper,
Which the Judge considered a re
flection upon the Court. Judge Etond
accepted the statement and stated that
his only purpose in asking for it was
to uphold the dignity of the Court
and not to bring humiliation to the
editor.
Judge Bond mado a wither lengthy
statement denouncing the lynch law
and proclaiming that he was sent here
by Governor Craig to investigate the
killing of Joe Black and affirmed hisj
determination to And out all the facts,
That he came "after the Judge, who
lives in Kinston had notified the
Governor that the condition of his
health would not permit him to con,
ouci xne nearing." He called upon
every man to' 'stand by" and help the
Court carry out the Investigation.
Mi Stocks on Stand. V
6am Stocks' wife was called. She
testified that her husband was at hom
when the lynching occurred and the
day following; that he got up about
the usual time and attended to his
duties. She htrd cars passing, prob
ably three' or four about midnight, not
Baring a clock she did not know ex
actly.
Cross Examination.
Solicitor Shaw conducted the cross
examination. His first question was
what month the lynching occurred in.
She could not tell the month or day
of week. . f :! ?
Mrs. Frizzelle was next called. She
la the wife of the other defendant.
She told of riding, with Mr. and Mrs.
Stocks on the afternoon before the
killing; the . horse ran aways and
threw them all out; the runaway was
also told of by the Stocks'. She said
she and her husband spent the night
at the Stocks' that night and that
both Sam Stocks and Arch Frizelle
spent tb night at the house; she saw
them about light the next morning.
The cross examination was conducted
ky Attorney Duffy. She was ques
tioned about the time she left tie
Jacksons before the runaway; when
those who were thrown out arrived at
the Stocks' home: ' she id Sm
Stocks and Arch Frizelle were bre-! to
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night. Her husbaad worked in the
field the next day until about dinner
Und the Hobef :Hogans came along
and told about the dead mand and
Arch, went with him to Murray to
view the body. ,
Mr. J. F. Jackson was-put on the
stand. He was atMr. Stocks' about
nine o'clock the night of the lynching.
Mr. Duffy asked him if he knew any
thing about nine o'clock tha night be
foreand about light the morning af
ter. He answered no.
Joe Suggs, a negro farm owner
wiis called. " He also saw Mr. Stocks
at his home both the night before and
the morning after the lynching. He
live? across the road from Sam
Stocks. ' ' ,
Mr Shaw cross examined him. He
had heard about Joe Black's death
but couldn't tell who told him about
it. He did not see the body. Arch
Frizzelle had never talked to him
about the matter.
John Uipchtirch, a negro tenant on
Mrs. Braxton's' place was called. He
too saw Sam Stocks after sun, down
the night before the lynching and the
morning after. Mf. Duffy on cross
examination asked if Arch had been
talking about the affair, he announc
ed no. He had not talked to any.
white man about the matter. The de
fense rested. The State asked for a
recess to permit other witnesses sum
moned today to appear; these are ex.
pected by 3 o'clock.
(Before adjournment Judere Eond
annuonced for the benefit of the wit
nesses that if any who were involved
incriminated themselves that they
would be pardoned tinder the law.
Witnesses were called to verify and
subscribed to their typewritten testi
mony and adjournment taken until 3
o'clock. ' ' ,;v ; .
State Undetermined Upon
What Course It Will
Pursue, Stated
TROUBLE 10NE LARGER
Several Townships Suffer at
Hands of Night Riders
Judge Allen and Solicitor
Expected to Go to Scene
of the Trouble
ADYICE ON VENTILAHLDU
TOBACCO CURING BARNS
paring to feed the horses. She could
V. B. Shelbtrrne, a Beaufort coun
ty tobacconist, in idwe to planters,
says a great many 01 our iarmers
have just about half enough ventila
tion in the tops of their barn. There
should be more ventilation, arranges
be regulated from the ground,
which -will allow the steam front the
lot tell Um month or day of week but , bottom rails to go through the barn
aid she went over to the Stocks' and not be enclosed in the barn to
quite frequently. She told of the in- scald and rred-face1
the tobacco
in
Juries to the children from the run-, the middle and top,
way, those consisted of bruises and "A draft made at the bottom of
eaused the children to be restless and the barn with no ventilation" at 'the
kept the mothers awake most of the top is unless.
District officials and those in au
thority in Duplin county are not in
clined to minimize the threatening
situation in Duplin as the result of
night riders' activities. Rumors
reaching a high official here today in
dicated that a somewhat similar con
dition may exist in another county
south of here. The rumors were not
definite enough to announce the local
ity of the new trouble zone.
A letter received by Judge Oliver
H. Allen of Superior Court here yes
terday, intimated that conditions in
Duplin were increasingly bad. Judge
Allen said the State had not decided
upon what course it would pursue.
Troops, he thinks, are not needed yet.
The stock law, which is supposed
to be in force in Duplin county, but is
not in all sections of it, and which is
the cause of the trouble, will be re
pealed as the result of a popular elec
tion when the county has been fenced
in as a protection to adjoining coun
ties under the law. The Duplin peo
ple voted for free range in preference
to the law which is in effect in Len
oir, Tits northern neighbor, and other
counties of the section. But the fence
arourid the county has not been con
structed for reasons not well under
stood here. Oersons trying to abide
by the law's p(rvisions until the re
pealing act goes into force are-being
intimidated and shot at and their
property destroyed.
Actual loss of life is "possible" un
less there is quick action, butthe au
thorities do not consider 'it probable,
judge Alien understands that an
even larger area is being overrun by
the night riders than was first re
ported here this week. "Two or three
townships lying to the south of Beu-
laville," a score of miles from here,
ave experienced outrages and had
glimpses of a small, slow-riding band
of masked men, beardless as well as
bearded, in the dead hours of night.
That the raiders would not hesitate
to kill to enforce their wj is indicat
ed by the fact that persons have been
shot at a number of times. Arson
has played no part in their activities
so far as reported.
Prominent men, several in number.
pposed to the enforcement of the
stock law, are believed to be among
the night riders or encouraging them.
It is not known what steps have
beer taken to guard against further
outrages, other than the organization
of bands of citizens to protect them
selves and property.
Judge Allen, who has considerable
influence with all classes in Duplin and
is related to persons in the county
and Solicitor H. E. .Shaw are expect
ed to go there as soon as Col. Shaw
can get away from the lynching in
vestigation he is participating in here.
Mobile Gets Into Communi
cation With the Outside .
. World at Last
NO GREAT DAMAGE THERE
Approximately $250,000, Re
ported Four Persons
Known Lost In Alabama
Port - Railroad Service
Still Off,
Mobile, July 7.: Gale-stricken Mo
bile today got its first word to the
outgide world since the 85-mile gale
started Wednesday.
Heavy damage was done to sailing
craft and steam vessels.
Four persons, including two ne
groes, are known to have beer, drown
ed. It is feared others may have
perished.
Damage throughout the city was
about $250,000, mostly from unroofed
dwellings and office buildings. Rail
road service is still paralyzed. It
may be 24 hours before trai; sly, -ice
into Mobile is resumed.
Four Score Lives May Be Toll.
New Orleans, July 7. Reports
from various towns in the hurricane-
swept Gulf district wp to 7 o'clock this
morning indicated that over 80 per
sons are missing.
Public Health Service Takes Thousand Yards of Trcnches Taken By Allies Following;
liuil fill avciicwui Ul 17 igllUHg oimuiiaiiwua umaou-
Wide Epidemic
MALADY SEEMS SPREAD'G
Cleveland and Chicago and
Other Cities Report Cases
Experts Go to New
. . York, to Aid Authorities
In Fight
es Slavs' Within Half Day's March of Stanislaus and
Nadvorna Petrograd Announces Fresh Successes-
Take Many Prisoners, Guns, and Large Quantities of
Supplies Germany Believes Allies In West Have
Gained Little Beyond First Trenches Expect Attacks
Harder Than Any Experienced Yet ; '
Washington, July 7. Fearing
nation-wide infantile paralysis
(By Edward L. Keen)
London. Julv 7. -The British resumed the great trf-
eP;- fensive at dawn, with simultaneous smashes against the
dimic, the u. s. Public Health Sor-j Germans on a wide front. It is officially announced that a
vice today took active steps to ni.i sinKinff jriusn success occurred east OI i .uaDuissexie,
'he New York authorities in fighting where a thousand yards of trenches and several impor't
the dread disease that killed over itio ant tactical centers were taken in violent fighting.' .-'
Russians Continue to Gain.
Petrograd, July 7. The Russiansin Southeastern Ga-
licia are now within ten miles of Stanislaus and Nadvor
na and pressing westward despite the increasingly stub-.
born Austrian defense. An official statement announces
New York baries in less than a month,
Surgeon Rucker goes toNew York
tonight and will have charge of fix
service experts.
Following reports of the disease in
WA1KED TWENTY MILES
TO JOIN THE SOLDIERS
v (Special to The Free Press) .
Washington, N.C, July 7. John
Skceter, who resides in Martin coun
ty, walked twentymiles to Washing
ton yesterday in order to enlist in
the Second N. C. infantry. Ha ar
rived at the local : recruiting office
tired and dusty but enthusiastic. .
Wulmmgton, July 6. Following the
ailing out of the local State militia,
an. artillery reserve organization, dt
an early hour this morning to pre
vent any possible destruction of pro
perty fey sympathizers with striking
conductors and motormcn of theTide-
water Power Company, cars on the
suburban Tine of the company' were
again operated today with little ap
parent difficulty but traffic on the city
lines continued at a standstill.
A citizen's committee of tan under
a resolution of the City Council late
today in an effort to reconcile the dif
ferences between the men and the
traction company.
vnicajfo, vieveiuna ana oiner cities, - , , , , . J
Rucker telegraphed all physicians iresn successes and large captures, oi jjrisuners nu enur-
throughout the country to be on spe- wu Muxes, equipment nu fcuna.
ciai guard. iuy uari w. ACKermanj
Germanv ExDccts Heavier Blows.
302 sENTiM Berlin. Julv 7. A severe check has been admmisterea
Washington, July 7. There is to the British armies according to local reports. " The
strong sentiment m the House for a I British are said to have suffered heaw losses.
Since the opening of the great offensive the British
have been unable to make substantial gains following the
capture of German hrst trenches.
It is well understood that the British are planning to
resume the offensive with greater violence. It is admit
ted the French have made substantial gains.
change in the revenue bill plans of
the administration whereby men with
smaller incomes could be taxed. The
proposal is to reduce taxable incomes
Co three thousand for married and
two thousand for single men.
COUNCIL PASSES ON
A TREE, COPS' DPDS
AND DOGS AT MEET'O
18 TO MOBILIZE
Richmond, Va., July 6. The first
Regiment, Virginia National Guard,
entrained this morning and left over
the Seaboard Air Line for Browns
ville, Texas. It was followed tonight
at 7 o'clock by the Second Eegimont,
which left over tho Southern for the
same destination.. Orders wero re
ived today from the War Depart
ment for the mobilizatidn for tho
Fourth Regiment, Col. E. E. Good- rwPOVPrsv olNatulral
WVn mmmnrwlmr Annxm-f ,K t I w t
the camp in this city. Parasol on King Street Is
Ended Charity Toward
? j t
Policemen Bow-Wows
to Be Unmasked
The King street driveway difficul
ty has 1een settled, it is presumed, toy
action of City Council at a special
meeting Thursday night. There had
been objection to the degpoilation or
removal of a handsome shade tree
which stands on the sidewalk almost
in the center of a double driveway
between the homes of Mr. John G.
VILLA AGAIN IN THE L IMEUGilT; HE LEADS
Tl THOUSAND MEN MENACIMj CITIES-OF
NORTHERN MEXICO, ACCORDING TO REPT'S
Has Possession of Jiminez and Is Threatening Torreon
and Other Poorly-Fortified Points Fore c Leaving
Trail of Death and Destruction Recruits Flock to His cx 204' and Mr F clyUe Dunn-200
v, 1. , " 'J' " " ' '; : East King street. Council decided to
flag threatens De Facto Government's Rule Ban- have a driveway 12 feet wide paved,
dits Wipe Out a Garrison Raid Feared Wilson to in V"1"' vf cl? could
'-, T-- . - , around the petted and pampered tree
Let Carranza Sufrcest Means hv Which American flnv- without running over its toes or
t, "i - . , , T , 1 "Marking" its shins. "Almost any
enuneiu ian nejp 1 iuuco uriei ioie Accepting ion- thing in wagon to foster and pre
ciliatory Message Goes Forward Tonight S6rve K'nslon's trees weVe blessed
witn tnem is warranwuie, ieciarea
a "pro.' today in -approving the com
munity days' generosity.
Council decided also to allow police
men $20 apiece toward summer clo
thing. "Uniforms" are different;
there hasn't been much uniformity
yet.
The couneilmcn again took up the
MORE TROOPS, IF NEEDED.
Asheville, July 6. Gov. 'Craig to
day sent a message to Gen. Laurence
Young at Camp Glenn, directing Gen
eral Young to send whatever troops
were found necessary to Wilmington
to control the strike situation at that
place. ' - i
El Paso. Julv 7. Villa aeain looms u in the Mexi
can "situation, threatening Carranza's rule in Northern
Mexico. Unconfirmed reports say the bandit heads two
thousand troops in possession of Jiminez and menacing
Torreon. Gomez Palacio and other cities,' poorly fortified.-.
'
Defeating several Carranza forces, the rebels, wheth- dog question, which isn't much of a
er led by Villa or not, are leaving a trail of death and des- question afte aii. The canines have
trUCllOn in tfieir wake. had nothing to say. They must wear
Hundreds of. recruits 'are reported to be flockincr to tas to shw that they re lieensed
t ' i . n m. w I 1 : 1 l.i:- .1 I 1
r.np rphpi srnnnnrrf ' , use pumic uruys uumcs,
Garrison Annihilated.
Washington July 7. Mexican Ambassador Arredon-
do today notified the State 'Department that a Villista
force practically annihilated the Carranzista garrison at
Vprrahtos Wednesday. Carranza asked the State De
partment to watch the border between ; Boquillas and
Ojinaga, to prevent a raid. - ; - !
Note to Carranza Late Today. " ' .
- (By Robert J. Bender)
Washington, July 7.The President purposes to allow
. . it- i i. i .i : t. il.
yxxii aiiLd. imuacu. tu BUt;e, uie utibu means py wiiicn me A Louisburg dispatch to a Hender-
United States can help Mexico solve her problems. This, 8on paper teiiing of the death of jos-
3i was learnea ioaay, is tne most important leature oi tne uh John Person, father of Mrs, w.
note-which will accept Carranza s last reply. The com- j. Nicholson of fonston, which was
pleted note Was considered by the cabinet, it is expected reported in -Thursday's Freo Press,
tn rrr fnrwarrl tn TlTpvin Pitv lafo fTi?s Avrni'mr Tho wnfo aavst ; ' " l-
LACK OF MATERIAL
HOLDS UP WORK W
THE PAVING PROG'S
Can't Complete Asphalting
Before October, Appears
Now- Litte Progress for
Some Time August jForr
merlySct
It is not probable that-the street
improvements will be completed be
fore October, Street Commissioner
Webb stated today. It had been ex
pected that the asphalting Would Jbe
finished by or during August, but the
contractors aTe unable to secure Ma
terials enough to keep their men at
work steadily. Practically no prog
ress hag been made for several weeks;
other than a littlo grading , etc. .
The progress of the work until now .
has been very satisfactory to the offi
cials, and they realize that the con- :
tractors are up against a proposition
that they cannot avoid. Strenuous ef
forts are being made to procure the
necessary materials.
ice
cream petuners ana outer inings.
Their owners or guardians must pay
the taxes to the City Clerk and draw
the tags from his office. Every dog
whose identity is unegtablished is lia
ble to have something happen to him.
LARGE FAMILY MOURN
MR. JOSEPH J. PERSON
is very.brief.'
"Air. Person was one of Louisharg's
Columbus, N. M., July 5. Parte of
the Massachusetts and New Mexico
National iGuards mobilized here will
be sent into Mexico withirt the next
few days to assist in guarding Gen
eral Pershing's line of communica
tion. This was announced officially
at military headquarters hero late
today. ' - . '.
best and most esteemed citizens. Ho 1
was a devout member of tho Meth
odist church. His pastor, Rev; A.
D . Wilcox, conducted the" " funeral
sen-ice yesterday afternoon at 5
o'clock. .'
"Besides his wife and two sisters,
Mrs. W. M." Person and Mrs. D. P.
Montgomery of this city, foor sons,
T. A. Person of Greenville, Eugene
G. Person of Macon, Ga.; Joseph M.
Person of Enfield and A..W. Person
of Louisburg, and three daughters,
Mrs. W. J. Nicholson of Kinston,
lira. P. IL Mangnm of Wake Forest,
and Miss Abiah Person of Louisburg,
survive him. All the family has beea
with hinr since a short time after he
was stnekeru" ' : '