mm DA LY FREE ' THE WEATmU ' ' 'FAIR TONIGUT ' the inr,m 1 . i 'r ati ftj.-T 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 , . j.i .v .: 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 - . ' ,.'-.1 - - " .. J 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 - I 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" ' : '